*1980s movie computer interface* > question is it bad for you to only eat snap pea crisp for 3 day straight > answer not if you are. strong > question are you. snap pea crisp > answer ..........no. why > question are you.......snap pea crisp corporate > answer ......................no

Disable your location on your smartphones.

Okay but is this based on the NES game or the comic book villain team?

Cynicism is boring. Sincerity is radical.

Final Fantasy, Ultima, Wizardry, and Dragon Quest VII are the best of their respective franchises. When making an RPG, just go right to 7.

Landscape Mode > Portrait Mode

Luck is the most important metric for success as a indie creative, but "get real lucky" is a terrible business plan.

It's always a good time to look into FOSS alternatives

Next I'll start on an analysis of Police Quest, which is less propaganda than it is a police procedural manual masquerading as a game. At least until Daryl F. Gates gets involved.

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It is 2026. I have been unemployed since June 2024. Several interviews, a little freelancing, but I'm in dire need of work.

Hey, I've uploaded the first narrative analysis video of the new year. We're delving into Space Quest II: Vohaul's Revenge. Released in 1987 by Sierra On-Line, it carries the franchise forward into a realm of deadly insurance salesmen clones. #retroGames #retroGaming www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsOS...

This just in - Google is about to break to gmail for POP3 users: www.theregister.com/2026/01/05/g...

1. try not to post things that will get you arrested 2. try not to post things that will make your friends want to off themselves

A lot of people are going to preface tu-tutting tweets with variants on the theme of "Maduro was no angel" and it's very important to have the moral clarity to understand that these people are the lowest form of coward imaginable

Oil and Coal supplies can be controlled to maintain artificial scarcity, whereas solar and wind cannot.

This video falsely claims to show US strikes on the Fort Tiuna military site in Venezuela this morning. In fact, it shows Iranian missile strikes on Israel during the 12-day war in June.

Morning. If you're waking up to a feed full of vague "wtf" it is because the US bombed Venezuela overnight and kidnapped its president That's where to start if you're catching up. Good luck

I put together a free #gamedev software starter pack for newbies. A lot of this leans towards my personal tastes, but I'd love to hear some suggestions about things I could add to it. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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My plans for 2026: mcoorlim.com/now/

Currently planned 2026 projects: * More video game narrative analysis videos. * Writing my first novel since 2017. * A game about a 1970s FCC agent investigating anomalous arcade cabinets * #gameDev tutorial blog posts: #godotEngine and parser #interactiveFiction

2026 is new game+

Outlook for the new year ...

Squeaking in one last narrative analysis video before the end of the year: Sierra's Space Quest II! This is the second time I've had to try and produce it, as the first time I forgot to hit record in OBS and ended up with my commentary and analysis, but no gameplay video.

The ai bubble's pop takes out a lot of studios and venture capitalists, and a lot of large corporations shutter their games divisions. The field is left to innumerable indie studios and solo developers but discoverability is shit.

Six years ago today politicians, business leaders, and trusted health agencies began to downplay a highly contagious lethal airborne vascular disease that has since killed over 7 million people, left over 400 million with long covid, and caused countless others health complications. Never forgive.

888 to 685. 203 votes over them. In the words of the noted philosopher, “To the extreme, I rock a mic like a vandal, light up the stage and wax a chump like a candle.” Thank you all. Next step? The #iHunt feature film that’s currently in development!!! www.shortoftheyear.com/audience-cho...

In 2015 I wrote a novel set in 2025. Guess that counts as alternate history now.

A vote for Olivia is a vote against AI.

As a creative professional, since 2011 I have: * written a dozen novels * produced 2 seasons of a full-cast audio drama * wrote a web series pilot * freelanced as a narrative designer * started several podcasts * Written TTRPG materials * Developed solo games * produced narrative analysis videos

Might fuck around in 2026 and write my first novel in almost a decade. "Network Protocol" was released in 2017, just before I pivoted to narrative design. As long as I can find enough work to keep myself housed and computer-accessed. That's a big asterisk, I know, as my situation is fairly dire.

Doing make-your-own cookie decoration kits as a holiday activity

The only path to success in writing (or any art) beyond a pre-existing fanbase in another field is luck. You get noticed or you don't. Talent, marketing, persistence can tilt the odds in your favor, but that's it. If you're going to get salty about this, aim your ire at capital, not peers.

This is great news. Also a reminder that Moonring is FREE and EXTREMELY GOOD, even if you've never played an Ultima game in your life. If you like it, there's a single piece of DLC that adds a 100-level endgame megadungeon.

Shits *and* giggles? In this economy?

Consider making 2026 the Year of the Personal Website. Even a little thing on Neocities works. It’s just nice to have a home base on the internet that you don’t have to deal with bsky mods are random popping into every post and if something goes wrong with your host, you just move it elsewhere

The father of indie games was some kid in their basement making arcade game clones on their Commodore 64 or ZX Spectrum, selling cassette tapes in plastic baggies with "art" that their mom drew out of the local Radio Shack.

Want to learn to make a simple ball-and-paddle game in #godotEngine 4.5? Of course you do, all the kids love ball and paddle games. A follow-up to my godot basics lesson, this post covers 2-direction movement, bouncing, component-based design, and more. Patrons get source files! #devLog #gameDev

The teen children of adventures mixing together the remnants of potion vials and drinking the sediment to get high. It's called Dredging. Are your kids doing it? It's more likely than you might think.

I vow to make smaller games faster by hand without using AI.

Reply or quote if you are anti-AI, anti-generative-AI and pro-human made art.

Final Fantasy was developed as a challenge to Dragon Quest. TO understand DQ you'll need to check out its inspirations, Wizardry and Ultima, both inspired by Dungeons and Dragons. Final Fantasy was also heavily influenced by Michael Moorecock's Elric books so read them too.

Just putting this out there

Had to explain Ea-Nasir to my therapist

SO since Firefox is going to be shit, what's the next best free browser?