@jesthehuman.itch.io's No ICE In Minnesota charity bundle has gone live with over 1300 games available priced at $10 min. All proceeds benefit the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota. Jes also shared a few words with Exalclaw about the bundle and their goal for it: exalclaw.com/2026/02/09/w...

The No ICE in Minnesota Charity Bundle has officially LAUNCHED! There are 1,439 games to discover for a $10+ donation to Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota! Purchase the bundle here: itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...

on benito, and america

Not at all surprised to learn that Bad Bunny has a historical adviser. His halftime show was a reminder that our history and culture are deeply intertwined with the rest of the western hemisphere. We should think of his performance as part of #America250. #SuperBowl news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...

@jesthehuman.itch.io's No ICE In Minnesota charity bundle has gone live with over 1300 games available priced at $10 min. All proceeds benefit the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota. Jes also shared a few words with Exalclaw about the bundle and their goal for it: exalclaw.com/2026/02/09/w...

You and I Are Polar Opposites should’ve been required watching for like half the ppl I knew as a teen

404 Media just had an ad during the #SuperBowl! We Googled "smallest TV markets in the United States" and bought an ad for $2,550 that only ran in Ottumwa, Iowa, population 25,000. That still counts www.404media.co/watch-404-me...

icymi: I played (and finished!) Harvestella! It's a good messy video game that you can feel was really made by people noescapevg.com/harvestella-...

Seen a few ppl talk about bouncing off this which is understandable. It is ultimately still like other Bennett Foddy games in that you will bang your head against a wall until you eventually learn how to climb it, put a hole through it, or walk away and treat your concussion

As much as I agree that it’s obviously very important right now to put pressure on the admin to release the full Epstein files and prosecute all of the predators involved This org is anti-sex work, pro-Nordic model, and classifies consensual sex work as exploitation.

it’s dare’s birthday and she was just fired! help her pay for her bills so she can enjoy today!

If anyone has leads on a job, preferably in the non-profit sector or something similar, please send them my way.

Also, cackling at the way the Patreon page currently looks. Three images of space stations from a sci-fi game about surviving intergalactic capitalism and then just a big picture of some frog standing on a sandwich at an oil rig. Making stuff is funny

The latest addition of Observing Digital Space Debris is out! Titled 'False Sandwiches', today's poem is inspired by Big Hops and a frustrating interaction about, you guessed it, sandwiches: www.patreon.com/posts/observ...

some recs for Black history month! (and always!)

It’s incredibly frustrating to see people spread conspiracies that Epstein survivor Virginia Roberts Giuffre “didn’t really kill herself.” It ignores her allegations of domestic abuse against her husband before she did, actually, die by suicide. It’s a way to minimize how pervasive abuse really is

Team Ninja’s latest adds a theme park version of open world exploration to its buffet of highly enjoyable hollowness.

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Also, cackling at the way the Patreon page currently looks. Three images of space stations from a sci-fi game about surviving intergalactic capitalism and then just a big picture of some frog standing on a sandwich at an oil rig. Making stuff is funny

The latest addition of Observing Digital Space Debris is out! Titled 'False Sandwiches', today's poem is inspired by Big Hops and a frustrating interaction about, you guessed it, sandwiches: www.patreon.com/posts/observ...

That's right! And, thinking of the works that @aetataureate.bsky.social compares it to, I (Don) am going to take it as a personal recommendation to play this game.

both solid competitors but after "Someone accustomed to burlap is different from someone who wears silk" you have to give this round to Blazer Unc

wrote about JM DeMatteis and Shawn McManus’s Dr. Fate

We’re launching a zine about games and play called GUTSPILL! A place to shamelessly gush about play experiences that embed themselves in our hearts and brains and GUTS! No industry talk, no metrics ~ just SPILL! #1 features words by me and the Jameseses: @jickle.net + @omgmorejames.bsky.social

First need met! Moving on to the second one with $160/$2600 already funded! 🌻

🔴 NEW | Private jets chartered by the US gov't are being used to deport Palestinian men from the US to Israel & the occupied West Bank, where they are handed to Israeli authorities & left at checkpoints. At least 8 Palestinian men were deported on a Jan. flight from Arizona to Tel Aviv, w/ a 2nd...

I've written a blog aimed at cis ppl, on the recent revelations of rising trans suicide rates since NHS England removed gender affirming care for u18s, in particular about my involvement with trying to seek the truth and the trauma the gaslighting by Appleby, Streeting, Cass and the media causes.

Zipper rules

Took one workout to decide I don’t listen to this song enough

Some news: Ahead of this week’s devastating layoffs at The Post, a group of deep-pocketed locals approached publisher Will Lewis about acquiring the paper’s local news and sports teams. He ignored them. More in @status.news www.status.news/p/washington...

Look forward to tomorrow’s poem

2/7/26 Update: 10/120 ko-fi.com/kobanya/goal...

Epic made provably incorrect statements about the game’s content, refused to provide details supporting their claims, and has not shared their claimed AO IARC certificate, which normally includes a link for the developer to appeal. They do not ‘love that studio’, they have effectively ghosted us

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Job offer!! I’m helping a PBS series look for a social media manager/content creator for an upcoming promotional campaign. The start date is ASAP, and a project timeline that currently goes to July. This is for a series on American Muslim history, so candidates with cultural familiarity preferred!

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Want to learn what it's actually like to make games in South Africa? Hear from the developers of Relooted in this week's Patreon-exclusive segment. Post Games: the only gaming podcast that digs into "load shedding!"

Hi, all! I’m still looking for work, and I’m far behind on bills despite selling everything I can. I owe $162 by the 10th for my electric bill and I’m $95 in the red. Anything $25 or more will net you cookies, anything helps. Thank you. ❤️ PP: www.paypal.me/Briggsycakes Cash App: $Briggsycakes

announcement that was too long to fit into a single post!

it's bandcamp friday again!!! by this time next month my album should finally be done and out, so please watch for that!! but in the meantime, if you haven't checked out my music, now's a great time to - ellaguro.bandcamp.com

Can’t believe I have to decide what to do for my birthday AGAIN, Imma mind-wipe the date if this goes on much longer

We're starting up a new issue today, beginning with @youmeyou.bsky.social on Baby Steps. bulletpointsmonthly.com/2026/02/04/m...

I have played a thousand hours of JRPGs over the last 30 years, dating back to the original Dragon Warrior. The genre, and the way it handles combat, is messy; you don't fix it by trying to find ways to make battles not matter at all. www.avclub.com/dragon-quest...

this is a prime example of both why subscriptions matter and why, given where we're at currently (something for which we're extremely grateful!), we still need a whole lot more

It’s true! You can catch me writing a monthly column on Aftermath starting…SOON

I love games that feel like strange found artifacts. They don’t have to literally be found footage like Sam Barlow’s brand of FMV games, but games that don’t feel like they’re chief aim is to be experienced in a recognizably game-y way. Indie and AA games will be more of a focus for me this year.

Just gonna say since we're already talking about unionizing game writers: hey, maybe let us localizers in on those talks, too, because it's pretty fucking rough out there, even in AAA. I'd probably have three times as many credits if we were unionized and I'm one of the lucky ones with any at all.

My plan is to start responding to these today, but I'm definitely still looking for more folks who might have a story to share. If you're a dev, media person, or content creator and Pokemon has ever had an impact on your life or work, I'd love to hear from you.

It's once again Bandcamp Friday ✨ Support on there helps me loads *any* day of the year, much love to everyone checking out my music 💖

A list of games made with Black leadership you can wishlist) and congrats to Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator for being the first out the gate!