plato's cave: the video game

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the reality is that the pissy manbabies waxing nostalgic for the PS2 era don't want to play games like the ones that you could play in the PS2 era, they want to play GTA6 in some imaginary world where that's a boxed-product game

People always want to explain this through the psychology of reactionary thought but honestly I think it's much more simple: if you're a young person interested in the arts, reactionary communities call you homophobic slurs and push you out.

The "does not include nudity" thing really says it all don't it.

If you have nsfw set to "hide" I implore you to set it to "warn". You still won't see anything except for a blurred post Otherwise once they roll out account-wide adult content labeling a whole lot of people including me are going to disappear from your timelines, even our sfw text posts

Olá! Este bot 🤖 é um experimento que filtra atividades, votos e discursos dos parlamentares em sessões da Câmara e do Senado para computar sua presença e participação nas matérias. Apesar de não ser uma LLM, aceita comandos em formato similar a linguagem natural. Atualmente dois são suportados:

Anyway, the game still rules, I absolutely love just walking around and talking to these weirdos

@projeto-fdp.bsky.social a deputada erika hilton trabalhou no dia 27 de maio?

Reeve, Philip. Larklight (2006)

once you've gone to a dark part of the planet and looked at a clear night sky you'll never stop wanting to beat elon musk to death with your bare hands

We All Game Down Here

Pastor Sergeant Isidório, incumbent Brazilian MP, celebrated the approval of a bill reducing working hours, claiming it will give workers more time for sex.

lmao

hold r2 to make the tim allen noise

O jogo do meu parça @thepensword.bsky.social, Siren's Call: Second Wind, foi restrito no Steam sem um motivo claro além de "conteúdo sexual frequente", algo que não representa em nada o enredo do game. Vamos fazer pressão pro Steam tirar essa propaganda enganosa? www.gameblast.com.br/2026/05/sire...

look. is everything more expensive now? yes. but you have to look on the bright side too. now every time you open a computer, it doesn't work

vou guardar essa imagem

living in a 24/7 d/s (damsel/snidely) relationship with a girl who keeps a pair of airpods in so she can listen to oncoming train asmr to stay in "trackspace"

DOCTOR: The great Pagliacci is in town! IAN BOGOST: Commedia dell'arte is formally deficient DR: BOGOST: Clowning robs from us the purer joy of watching balls roll down a ramp DR: Ok— BOGOST: The circus is riddled with kids & narrativists DR: Get out. Here's a scrip for lexapro just get the fuck out

thank you occuplushie for my life............. remember to accept ur new god 👉 youtooz.com/products/occ...

holy shit

Does anyone happen to know what game design talk I screenshotted these incredibly helpful slides from? Reverse image search isn't hitting anything.

How Brazil's government boosts the local game industry

LinkedIn already updating job posts with the Unreal 6 announcement.

This is the Dunkin Shadow Glitch Corner.

big computer is conspiring to take away the only thing i've ever actually liked: the computer

this is why I find climate dooming so frustrating there is no point - none - at which throwing up your hands and going “well we’re fucked” is the correct response every tenth of a degree matters and can make a big difference and is worth fighting for

the caipirinha is God’s perfect drink

Reading a book on ADHD—this list of the conditions that create motivation for people with ADHD looks like it could just as easily be a taxonomy of player motivations for game design

just woke up. had an insane dream that sony spent like 4 billion on bungie only to shut down destiny 2 and lay almost everyone off in under 4 years. imagine if any of that actually happened that would be crazy

morrendo

I've been very fortunate to be able to build so many different Timelost Graves in Destiny 2 haha it started to become a theme for me

Analog angel's thesis is pretty solid

@smallsmallwitch.bsky.social sent me this comic idea

"A thousand years ago is also right now, and in this infinite heartbeat, his loved ones are dead, and they are also alive. 'Time is not linear,' sing Louis's electrons. 'You will always be with your family on a patio in July.'" www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/thir...

no more mass appeal

Ah. Of course. Just fully removing all traces of one of the most talented, capable, and accomplished teams in the industry.

end of an era, for real; godspeed, there won't be another like you

"real cinema is all about story" "real music is about lyricism" "real game design isn't about graphics" - quotes from the discerning Sensory Information Hater. Loves stories about human experiences but hasn't had one personally. They cannot see paintings and their house is unfurnished

Always go to source

Everybody should get the opportunity to make a game with something called "The Palimpsest" one day. Highly recommend it.

DR. MANHATTAN: It's May, 2026. I'm on social media arguing about DoorDash.

That's so funny. Oxford students and tutors tried to make their own university in Stamford (and even stole the eponymous Brasenose knocker) and for *500* years Oxford graduates had to swear an oath saying they don't recognize it.

Arrested Development ass administration.