Deadlock, it's good(?) now!

Today is the day. Right now hundreds of Minnesota businesses and institutions are shut down. Thousands of people are refusing to work. There’s a massive picket at the airport. Minnesota’s resistance to ICE today is changing the tenor our fight against fascism. www.jphilll.com/p/the-first-...

people are making good points about how you should expand your knowledge base and the referential pool you can pull from, but i think we can go one step further if you don't get into non-gaming shit you'll end up writing ready player one, and we have enough of those

My first stream appearance in quite a while! Ask some questions! Tune in and see me look like an idiot!

I can't tell if Valve timing a major Deadlock update for the same week as Highguard is a coincidence or a public execution, but it's *something*

In a world of AI slop shortcuts in gaming, I am reminded that for The Friends of Ringo Ishikawa, the developer's 60 year old father learned pixelart in MSPaint to help make the game If it matters enough to you, you can always learn too, even at 60

What a fun night out! Time to log onto bsky and see what wild shenanigans my internet friends have gotten up to! I sure hope I didn't miss anything crazy!

In case anyone was wondering if the ratios were still the same. Turns out: Yep! People fucking hate AI!

This weekend is when I've realized that basically everyone on my feed is a MTG sicko. Y'all ok?

Digging through producers' Soundcloud likes is a great way to find new music. Memes aside, turns out Soundcloud IS where the real music is.

this is cute... voteyesornoai.com/vote/no

For all those who have been calling for a General Strike. How we support a localized/ state-wide General Strike to succeed, is an important muscle building exercise for a larger General Strike.

Today is a great reminder that we can never be too ready.

Paranormasight is a hell of a game

I hope they server Dilberrirtos in hell

Once upon a time, Dilbert creator Scott Adams got big mad at me for talking about his failed line of burritos (the Dilberrito).

Absolutely in the pocket of Big Hops

I'm excited to play the full version of Big Hops. The build I played was super fun and maximized the tongue mechanic without it feeling like set dressing. The levels were designed well and avoided falling into the "shmovement for shmovement's sake" trap. Seeing it getting 9s is unsurprising.

I don't localpost on here much (It's now a more professional account), but today is a Very Good Day at Work. Seeing how many people are excited for TC is really validating and one of the bright spots in an era defined by Bad News.

What a weird and strange webpage for what appears to be a weird and strange game. 👀 Oh wow, F O U R IGF Nominations??? Maybe I/you/we should wishlist it? 😳 store.steampowered.com/app/2364580/...

Rhythm games are cool

With IGF noms dropping tomorrow morning, it might be a good time to re-read Aura's post from the judging period so you can look super cool in front of your friends when you know all the nominees.

DELL EXEC: Consumers are “not buying based on AI. In fact I think AI probably confuses them more than it helps them understand a specific outcome." @pcgamer.com #CES www.pcgamer.com/hardware/del...

Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo rips btw. Best non-Nintendo Zelda and it's not close

Man, one day they're gonna release Deadlock and it's gonna be over for me.

important news that's going under the radar: the mayor of SF is putting together a group to rewrite the city's charter that's composed almost entirely of tech fascists, with very little representation from labor groups (or anyone left wing) missionlocal.org/2026/01/sf-c...

Look Outside is an interesting sort of nu-RPG Maker horror game that is also an RPG. It has really cool tone and awful art (praise). Wild vibes and worth checking out

Oh the Minecraft movie is BAD bad, huh?

Everyone at the party was hyped when I showed up and it felt good but later I found out the bene gesserit had already been here for thousands of years seeding the myth of the “crazy ass white boy “

Damn, my optimism for 2026 lasted two whole days!

Sorry We're Closed is currently free on EGS and it absolutely rules. It's like Silent Hill met Paradise Killer, if that makes sense to anyone? Stylish as hell (literally).

PG&E is having a massive outage in San Francisco. Waymo robots aren't handling the traffic light outages well. Cell service is also out is some places. No surprise as Waymo robots & cell have repeatedly failed during power outages. CPUC regulates both Waymo and PG&E (Profit Greed & Explosions).

Around half of San Francisco is without power right now and something like 1/3rd of intersections I drove through had waymos stopped in the middle of them making a dangerous situation even worse. Do not let Waymo into your city.

Critical Reflex got accused of some serious mismanagement issues from a former community manager. - Never got the contract they got promised - Paid less than minimum wage - No HR - Got sexualized by founder and former producer youtu.be/aB6jrARl_jA?...

Pee Wee's Big Adventure still rules

It's sale season again and Volume Two has its deepest discount yet! Under ten bucks waow that's a lot of nun for none money

So thankful to Six One Indie and their Jury for this award! 🥳

Damn, I hate this dogshit country.

Keep thinking about this term "pre-digested" that Kojima used to describe art that's instantly gratifying. And how it's better when people grow to love something instead. I've gravitated, as player and designer, toward the latter, but that term "pre-digested" is new and feels very strong.

Seeing a lot of AI doomerism on the feed today. Please remember the far back pandemic years when we were told that crypto and NFTs were inevitable. We've laughed tech lunatics out of the conversation and we'll do it again, no matter how loudly they insist.

The list of 50 indie games stuff is great. I like hearing about the under-the-radar games people like and I hope we can keep this energy going outside of the context of disliking The Game Awards

Add to this that social media age checks in Australia are being outsourced to KWS, a US-based subsidiary of Epic Games -- created by startup SuperAwesome (youth-targeted ad strategies). "We may share your information with our Epic Games family of companies" www.kidswebservices.com/en-US/partne...

If you only reward cromulent success with your time and money, then you'll end up with only safe mediocrity.

Folks I emphasize as always, if you don't actually show up for the things you want, they stop getting made. Sometimes you gotta be okay with taking a chance on that 7/10 game knowing it's the only way those creators get to keep making the stuff you wanna see

2025 was a helluva year. Published some of the best work I’ve ever done, but still going into 2026 on the job market. So check out my website and keep me in mind if you find yourself needing a writer/producer/editorial multi-hyphenate. Happy Holidays!!! www.mattkimwrites.com

If you’re interested in a grand sokoban adventure that’s not made by a massive bigot (which I’m bringing up for no reason of course!), might I suggest Isles of Sea and Sky? One of the best games of last year by a lot! store.steampowered.com/app/1233070/...

They put a lifelong Liverpool fan on stage right before a hardcore ManU fan. Fucked up TBH

MA DONG-GOAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!