IF YOU KNOW WHO RANSACKED THE DATA CENTERS, NO YOU FUCKING DIDN'T. REMEMBER: THE GUY WHO SOLD OUT LUIGI DIDN'T GET REWARDED AND IS NOW A PARIAH. YOU SEE NOTHING. YOU HEAR NOTHING. YOU KNOW NOTHING.

I think this might be one of the most incredible, unsettling and symbolic photos of today’s America I’ve ever seen. I can’t stop looking at it. From Reuters, published on the Guardian website.

This also applies to large ROM & disk image collections, right?

This is an extraordinary thread. Worth reading in full, but you can start here if you prefer.

Code is Just, all three seasons, as heavily requested, is finally out in a compiled PDF and ePub for easy reading. Price is whatever is reasonable for you, including zero. 1720541891659.gumroad.com/l/qkali

currently FREE on the Epic Games Store

new romantasy dedicated bookshop is opening in Oxford today and 10/10, no notes

Big misconception I'm seeing is that the decision to go all digital reflects a company thinking that players do not care about physical. This isn't true. Everyone knows a physical player base exists. The choice to go all digital reflects a belief that this is not a market worth keeping or growing.

New blog post. "June Games"

ive seen some folks lately talkin on NEGATIVE REVIEWS and how to deal with them as authors or artists. personally i have not cared about reviews for several decades. negative reviews do not bother me in the slightest and buds often ask me HOW. ill explain a bit here and why this applies to everyone

At present I buy physical games for 1 of 3 reasons: 1. I know I'll just play it through once and then trade or give it away 2. I'm not sure I'll like it so I want to be able to trade 3. It's loads cheaper than digital. Otherwise I prefer the convenience of digital anyway.

"Carcinization" is a biological phenomenon: given time, across environments, many species turn into crabs. The body of a crab, with its low center of gravity, sideways gait (for evading predators), ease of concealment and protected organs is endlessly suitable: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcini... 1/

My mate dropped a packet of smokes in a puddle, once. That's the last time I saw one man bail out 10 players like this.

The most infuriating thing about games journalism is it often (not always) reports the company line. "Microsoft says it has to do this meet challenging market conditions." It is a trillion-dollar company! It doesn't have to do anything! Microsoft is *choosing* to ruin peoples' lives! Call it on it!

Reminder: it is still *illegal* in the UK to rip a legally bought and owned CD to MP3 on your computer. But Google will likely convince the UK govt that every creative endeavour should be available for it to remix and regurgitate, entirely for free. One rule for the public; another for megacorps…

You would think “your mom using AI to make it look like you were given a birthday party” is the most pathetic thing you’d ever see but then you remember he runs this account himself

there's a saying down our way that translates to "a crook does not believe honesty exists" and I think it's spot on

no

some of you clearly haven't been on PCpartpicker in the last month

For @aftermath.site, I reviewed the Steam Machine. It costs $1049 base. It is beautifully designed. It might be one of the most important computers ever made, launched at the worst time imaginable. aftermath.site/steam-machin...

With the newly released AI warning for Steam v1.1.0 you can turn the AI disclosure on Steam store pages into an unmissable popup and blur or hide games with an AI disclosure in the search results! github.com/seeeeew/aiwa... addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addo... chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ai-wa...

Just seen that some of my mutuals are following this slop account that uses "AI journalists" to scrape and repackage retro gaming news - a fact that is not apparent unless you dig deeper into the site.

They’re calling it the quote on British politics that ended the need for all other quotes

If you're wondering why Rockstar is going all out on the GTA 6 cover art reveal its the poisoning news results about them losing their union busting suit

Millions of copyrighted songs were fed to AI music generators - now there's proof Suno and rivals are being sued for $150k per song. A sum that would bankrupt these companies and set an important precedent.

Seeing the Peter Serafinowicz Harry Potter announcement just made me think, once again, about this excellent James Acaster bit from Off Menu.

it's so fucking cool how you can never trust anything xbox says or does. nobody does it like them. that game we showed 4 times? it never even entered real development. We knew we were canceling it after the second time we showed it.

That there are people on Earth who idolise Elon Musk is beyond understanding. Indeed, Musk has become a handy barometer of morality, or rather immorality. Where someone stands on Musk is an almost instant guide to the rest of their beliefs and their character My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column

Fuck off, no it isn't. Stop throwing translators under the bus.

“Scots discovering tailgating” could be a real Prometheus stealing fire moment

I can't stop thinking about this utterly delicious anecdote in last week's Guardian Q&A with Mark Williams...

Currently: Watching: Spider-Noir Reading: Dungeon Crawler Carl - Matt Dinniman Playing: Hollow Knight: Silksong Listening to: KNEECAP - Fenian

This is an iconic point.

This might be one of the most insane scandals in game history When Pokemon Go players scan PokeStops, theyve been unknowingly building a detailed visual model of the world which is being sold to a military contractor to build a no-GPS positioning for the new generation of unmanned killing machines

I often describe inkle as your favourite game developer’s favourite game developer. For $20 you can find out why - AND have the treat of some wonderful voice work throughout their games too. (Including me, yes, I’m biased.)

This dropping the week after you fly a bunch of fans to LA, give them free consoles, and cancel a version of a game on a platform double your size is… unfortunate timing.

Why is the Chief Strategy Officer of Xbox retweeting slander from an Xbox fanboy against his boss

What a mess this comeback has been (the Christmas special has been cancelled):

One of the best, sorely missed.

Approvals processes are soooo 2025 man.

Sektori is now on sale for the first time on Steam as part of the Bullet Fest! We also put together a bundle with Claymatic Games so you can go get an extra discount for Platypus Reclayed too! 🌈 store.steampowered.com/app/2105620/...

New Eternal Darkness game announced for Switch 2

*deep, sharp inhale* ...Fuck it, we ball. ELITE BEAT AGENTS 2

Share your most unrealistic expectations for the next Nintendo Direct

New blog post "May Games"

c'mon, man