Brooklyn, September 19th 2025

Brooklyn, September 19th 2025

Brooklyn, September 19th 2025

Actual new comic sometime this summer.

Brought a good buddy a modded 360 and we ended up playing Burnout Crash as a pass the controller co-op for 4 hours straight. A perfect experience. I think sometimes the best thing a game can be is a way to just BE in the room with someone else and not have to feel like you need to make it important.

Brooklyn, September 19th 2025

On (game dev) pre-production. Student who doesn't do storyboards never finish their comic. At best they disappear from class and shows up on the last day with their "comic" that looks like storyboards. You HAVE TO be able to bear the stage between the spark of imagination and the toil of execution.

Queens, September 12th 2025

0.000% of Communism has been built. Evil child-murdering billionaires still rule the world with a shit-eating grin. All he has managed to do is make himself *sad*. He is starting to suspect Kras Mazov *fucked him over* personally with his socio-economic theory.

Queens, September 12th 2025

Queens, September 12th 2025

Locoroco Midnight Carnival (PSP) Look how they masocored my blob. A precision platformer with odd controls that feels great until it slams you against the wall. But I played WAY past my frustration point because of how good the loco(roco)motion felt. Sample some levels but bounce when you've had it.

One of the BIG talks I have to have with my students every semester is that if the audience perceives that you don't care about what you have made then the first question they are going to ask is, "well then why should I?" But I dunno maybe a large group of people have become okay with eating slop.

Game recognizes game

At last. My final form. The roadie

As the kid who wormed his way into his High School's internal TV studio because he wanted to get his hands on the tech inside. The part mid way through where Bryan LOSES IT about buying a video titler in 1992 for his backyard wrestling federation is an arrow right to my detail oriented heart.

Ah but we have fun

Queens, September 12th 2025

I think I did some psychic damage to myself properly ripping and labeling all my 6TB worth DVDs. Some real laughs, but a lot of "Who was I, who am I?"

Queens, September 12th 2025

Rebuild of Evangelion (1.0 - 3.0+1.0) Barely made sense. Though I think this was intentional. But the spectacle never hit as hard as the original. Repeating iconic images doesn't produce a second impact. Also the dub made everyone talk like no human being has ever spoken before. "Accuracy" I guess.

Queens, September 12th 2025

Queens, September 12th 2025

It is 2008 I am hacking a Wii and adding games to it for a friend It is 2016 I am hacking a Wii and adding games to it for a friend It is 2026 I am hacking a Wii and adding games to it for a friend

I am SURE this is the usual NYT bullshit. BUT. I would love nothing more than to have a cat. But because of sense (and trauma) I do not have one. And straight up. I would prefer having the company of a cat to 99.9% of the women who present themselves on dating apps, particularly the dog owners.

Look. As the price of gaming (and everything else) goes through the roof. I really must stress, play retro roms anyway you can. Or grab heaps of modern indies in bundles. But most importantly, TALK ABOUT the games you play publicly (see below). You don't have to be part of the discourse.

Destruction AllStars (PS5) There's something here in the look and vibe. It's dumb and fun and silly. But the mechanics are THIN. A couple arenas, a couple modes. But it feels like there's no real tactics or high skill ceiling. Even the story mode is just training for online. Shoulda been a pack in.

Guess which one won the student a prize? Guess which one they were most proud of? Oh but before we get too precious, know that the true winner was the one that let the student get into the absolute level of control over ones vision that I feel is the burning flame of artists as I know them.

Queens, September 12th 2025

Queens, September 12th 2025

Day of the Tentacle Remastered (XBO) my first Lucas Arts adventure since Maniac Mansion NES. Overflowing with charm. Every time I deduced a puzzle solution it brought a smile to my face. I understood the developer's language. And I got pretty far in the non linear structure before needing a guide.

Queens, September 5th 2025

Brooklyn, August 29th 2025

Brooklyn, August 29th 2025

Scavenger's Reign (S1) A gorgeous survival story of slow dangerous steps into the unknown. Sadly all we will get of this show, but maybe all we need. I don't want anything explained or answered. There was a profound joy in a show that demands such complete attention as you watch things unfold.

Brooklyn, August 29th 2025

Brooklyn, August 29th 2025

One of my best students is doing the damn thing, so check 'em out mjones24.itch.io/rhubarb-issu...

Queens, August 17th 2025

Excited to play that game about 3 teenagers in the 90s having an exciting night that everyone is talking about

Queens, August 17th 2025

everyone's an adult what even is happening lol. we turned into such a child civilization, having imbibed only the media and philosophy for children and anyone who remembered the adult world has long since died. eternal adolsecence.

All as it should be

Sin and Punishment Star Successor (Wii) Dark Souls by way of a rail shooter. The hidden Panzer Dragoon game. The best graphics on the Wii. I thought my CRT was going to explode from the bloom. Perfect skin of your teeth encounters. Is what I would say about 95% of the game and half my play time.

Queens, August 17th 2025

Queens, August 17th 2025

Queens, August 17th 2025

Donald Duck's Playground

Queens, August 17th 2025