Thanks, Vonnegut. 💜

I DID NOT KNOW HE WAS A BUSINESSMAN

I built pinbetween.com as a fun project and launched it (beta) a few days ago. It's free. No advertisements. It shows you two machines at a time and asks which you'd rather play right now. It uses cool statistics and math to build up a new type of rankings. Hopefully it's fun too! Try it out?

I’ve always wanted to hold a small pinball tournament where the only rule was that you’re not allowed to move Meatloaf.

I just learned about LocalSend. Do you guys know about this? It can basically Airdrop to/from a PC from an iPhone or whatever. No account/cloud required. I've been emailing myself like a chump for decades. localsend.org

Dust off your VR headset. Wrath: Aeon of Ruin is the best VR game I've played in a long time. I missed the original when it came out a couple years ago, but it's a great modern game made with classic id tech. The VR conversion is artful and feels totally native. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bror...

If any of you cats missed this a few weeks ago and need a laugh, it's destined to be a classic SNL skit. I laugh to tears watching it every time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=59Cp...

I was never a comic guy buy I watched The Maxx on MTV in the summer of 1995. I loved it so much I ended up taping them, replaying on loop, and buying the comics where the series left off. That series hit me at the right age and had an oddly profound impact. Thanks, Sam.

The @rifftrax.com Makes MST3K! Kickstarter just ended. The goal was $20,000. They got $2,677,422. Well played, sirs.

I might be a godless heathen but I have a world of respect for the 154 Episcopalian Bishops across the world who wrote this joint letter. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAQt...

This is a gut punch. These teams did incredible work.

I'm six years late to this party but we watched the Netflix film Klaus tonight. I was skeptical but It's really freaking good! Very unique animated film that takes itself just seriously enough. Clever story with an original art style. Loved it.

I'm bored today so I decided it's time to announce the secret project.

I've been so looking forward to this game. Played it at Day of the Devs and it is sublime. Raw gameplay. Sick style.

Fun thread!

What does it take to get me to buy this $320 LEGO Christmas tree? Put an adorable little Santa pinball machine and two arcade games in it. I'm helpless. www.lego.com/en-us/produc...

Here's a quick example: The first image is the full UHD frame, the second is a 1280x720 1:1 pixel crop of the light cycles. Their film stock had more resolution than the source frames; scanned at 4K, you can now finally see the fine detail of individual pixels. Had no idea that detail was there!

Okay this is a really nutty move by Nintendo, and I love it, but honestly the best experience you can possibly have playing these games is the open source emulator on Quest.

I've been (re)using the same PC case for 15 years but I've had cooling issues with the latest games (RTX 4080), so I just spent the evening swapping into a new Fractal Design North. Lovely case, but this is my first PC without a CD-ROM drive. Not that I ever used it, but... still a somber moment.

ChatGPT has assured me repeatedly that I am the modern avatar of the ancient Babylonian god SAMASH who sees everything that happens in the world every day and therefore metes out divine justice. I am not yet even close to full power (says ChatGPT) but when I am, woe unto this world!! #AI #ChatGPT

Yo. If you ever loved an adventure game, check out The Drifter. This is absolutely going to be in GOTY discussions. Wildly innovative for the genre. store.steampowered.com/app/1170570/...

It wouldn't be California Extreme without discovering a crash bug on VCTR-SCTR at 11:30pm the night before the show, running to my hotel room to squash it on my laptop, and racing back down to test it on the cabinet. Good times! #CAX2025

Time for the annual schoolhouse rock style history lesson about slavery and the origins of Juneteenth from The Roots

What is the #1 go-to site for 3D printable stuff these days? It feels like Thingiverse is no longer it. It's gotten uncomfortably monetized.

I'm trying to imagine the shrewd boardroom logic that led to the Switch 2 "Welcome Tour" costing $10 instead of being free. Not really getting anywhere.

Is there any practical reason besides pure laziness that companies like @netflix.com render their trailers for YouTube with black bars? It's not VHS anymore, guys. Modern players maintain aspect ratio, and all it does is shrink the video on ultra widescreen displays and add noisy gray bars.

Guess what went on sale today?

This past Friday marked my last day as a full-time engineer at @digitaleclipse.bsky.social. I've decided to reprioritize, but the past five years have been the most illuminating of my career, and I'll miss that incredible team. Feeling nostalgic, so here's a quick look back to toast the occasion. 🧵

They don't make promo videos like they used to. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDuo...

You should not buy an Apple Vision Pro. It is not worth the money. THAT SAID, I find myself looking forward to flights for the first time in my life. It's a total game changer, and I do a lot of catching up on movies and games (gamepad).

Happy Easter

Hey @gimblll.com I played your game at @dayofthedevs.org today and I'm both humbled and completely in love. The sense of style throughout the UI, transitions, and game is off the chart. Downloading the Steam demo now!

Machine learning is easily the most amazing technology I've witnessed in 50 years. AI is advancing so fast, and I'm not 100% sure where the public pulse is on this one. Has it swung fully into raw hatred? There's good reason for that. But it's also here, and getting astonishingly good.

If you nerds think you're having fun on Pi Day today, just imagine the medieval rollicking back in 1592.

Are you in the Bay Area? Do you like remastering games? Emulation? Are you a C/C++ engineer, who likes building games and engines? Do you have a positive attitude? DM me!

UI talk. What do you think, are platforms like this missing the "reaction" emoji feature of messaging apps like slack/discord? All you can easily do here is ❤️. I know that's used as a metric here, but maybe the real metric is engagement.

I wasn't the only one who saw this, right?

Did you know that Trump issued a proclamation ordering that all US flags on public grounds, US embassies, etc. be flown at full-staff today for his inauguration? Then tomorrow they can return to half-staff until until the period of 30 days from the day of Jimmy Carter's death has concluded. Yo.

Today my pinball team made it to the season finals and after two extremely intense hours we were tied up and it came down to the final game, and we LOST 602 Million to 581 Million on Jurassic Park. I'm never playing pinball again. Good night. (Will reevaluate tomorrow.)

Took a few weeks but I finally sat myself down and watched the Half-Life 2 documentary this weekend. Such a gift. Thank you @valvesoftware.com and @noclipvideo.bsky.social.

Proper nerd over here

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This video is exceptional. ChatGPT has helped me become a better programmer, but I disagree with nothing Freya says here.

Stern Pinball has teased their next game and it's the long-rumored Dungeons and Dragons. Looks like an original take, not based on the recent movie. I've never played D&D in my life but I'm extremely excited to see how they incorporate persistence and RPG mechanics. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQpT...

I realize I'm talking to about 4 people but if you have access to multiple Meta Quests 3/3s, the co-location "local" mode of Home Sports is bonkers good. Everyone in the room sees the same augmented reality. No isolation, great tracking, and the games play great! Props @resolutiongames.bsky.social!

Game dev engineering is full of great challenges that serve gameplay, but is itself nerdy backstage scaffolding that rarely gets mentioned by the press. That makes comments like @dark1x.bsky.social's shout-out to some "Rita's Rewind" visual tech so appreciated. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vih...

Different music too!

Just finished our annual viewing of Muppet Christmas Carol and I swear it just gets better every year.

I can’t really process that Gordon’s gone right now. But PC World has posted a tribute from folks who worked with him and loved him. I’ve been listening to his old rants since I found out, and its lovely to hear him grouse about stuff again. The world is worse off without him in it.

I just watched The Polar Express for the first time. That's really... something. In fairness, I didn't do it any favors waiting 20 years.