BABE WAKE UP NEW PLASTERBRAIN DROPPED www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsxL...

When I was in high school we made 69 jokes but the economy is so bad kids these days can only joke about 67

it still slightly saddens me that on Discord you can't "send a message" to (/chat w/) strangers. not that I often do this, but I'm getting a LOT of randoms who decide to add me which share no Mutual Friends or Servers with me. it would be convenient to see requests and be able to ask "why?"....

I must be the 1% of indie gamer who has actually heard of this game before, because everyone else in the Quotes are saying they *haven't*, but I will chip in to say that knowing something exists doesn't mean I'll play it, either. this is just one title in an ocean for me!

"you can't please everyone" is passive, an excuse, loaded with shame and regret. instead, be proactive in your work and aim to piss off at least 40% of its audience

ah, I was looking down my feeds and wondering why the Red Pin feed wasn't there anymore, lol. fair enough, I guess it gets costly I will miss you, goodbye... 📌

so basically we’re going to have to figure out how to go back to building systems of knowledge based almost entirely on confirming sources - like you needed to do pre-photograph and video - since all true videos will seem fake and fake videos will seem true

The solution is that we have to stop looking for a technical silver bullet and start rebuilding human institutions that are robust enough to resist. It requires work to verify, courage to report, and skepticism to consume.

oops I just realized I got so detached from my own routines that I skipped voting for anything on the Steam Games Award Nominations despite doing it for like the past ~4-6 years consecutively except this one, lol

like there’s a gulf between nothing and parasocial that’s just like… normal appreciation that’s hard to convey online

the thing about extreme content in video games is that the most appalling taboo porn game on the internet is still more artstically valid and has more reason to exist than Roblox

A lot of creators essentially saying "My work might contain nudity and sexual situations, but it's NOT porn. My work is important and artistic, while their work is dirty, which is still okay to hate and censor." But guess what! The purity squad makes no such distinction.

This whole mindset irritates me b/c I also don't think that there's anything wrong w/ entertainment for the sake of entertainment. The idea that certain content should only be present if it's Saying Something is stupid. There's nothing inherently wrong w/ things created simply to be fun &

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realized not too long ago I'm annoying as shit

Since this is blowing up and I'm about to go to bed. I'm going to preemptively say that any nuance and/or exceptions not addressed in the comic was done so with absolute malice and I am excited to fight everyone in the morning.

the odds are low, but what if: 1. it has level editors 2. it's no longer always-online and GaaS and is a pure singleplayer download the benefits of #1 is that fans can just remake the older stuff in there instead of asking for one

yeah the harsh reality is that we do take a chance on small games no one's heard of a lot more often than anyone thinks we do. but literally no one reads the articles, which then reinforces to the powers that be that they're not worth doing. I don't know how to solve that problem!

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it's always funny to see someone make an exception for their own (problematic) faves lol... I know we all have hypocritical moments here and there, but remembering what someone said a few months back and then seeing what they're posting now it's like.. hmm.. lol

this is the solution to the "male loneliness epidemic" dudes need to either get butlers or become butler s

rich dudes got freakier after butlers fell out of fashion, like say what you will about having domestic servants but clearly it was some sort of moderating force on old rich dudes having a fancy man follow you around saying shit like "oh dear sir, that wouldn't be very becoming"

How I taught my nephew (age 4) to fear horses Was babysitting my nephew so I took him to a horse farm. He really likes horses but was scared to feed them by hand. I wanted to show him there's nothing to fear, as long as you're gentle. (1/6)

I want to make 30,000 visual novels but I also want to read 30,000 visual novels. do you understand my pain

LRP now I got Agnes Digital and literally went DM-ing friends being like "wtf why didn't they put any crumb of fanservice on her Career mode story bits (so I may be a hypocrite yet again, lol)

I will beat this drum again, but I think cis straight dudes should learn to enjoy stories without the need for self-inserting or be the bland-MC-king of it... because it seems like there's too few of that going around, seeing the industry trends. like sure, I enjoy being pampered by media, but-

the thing about piracy is that if you replace it with "buying secondhand" or "borrowing a friends copy" it cuts through a lot of chaff. you dont see people arguing youre stealing from poor indentured writers when they buy secondhand & you dont see people arguing that borrowing is leftist praxis yfm

Right, and like even the overstated examples of like "this person bragged about pirating my work to me!" it's like ok well that's rude, it would also be rude if someone was like "oh yeah I read your book, by borrowing it from my friend" instead of just talking about the work itself to the artist lol

woke up with a real terrible headache and thought to myself "surely it's not related to the fact that I've been getting a total of roughly only 12 hours of sleep in the past 96 hours and drinking an unhealthy amount of somewhat-barely-expired-Americanos-to-achieve-it, right..?" (lol)

game design, coding, art... all of these skills are trivial compared to the most important aspect of indie game development: having 10 friends who will leave a positive steam review on day 1

It’s so cool to have hitched your wagon 20 years ago to an industry that was booming beyond anyone’s expectations and have it turn out to be stripmined and utterly hollowed out by Shareholder Value, and every other industry you could slot into has been, surprise, hollowed out by Shareholder Value

And the folks who are actually writing full-time generally only got there after years of day jobs, family support, or both. The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.

There are some things that load extra rounds into the chamber - short characters (like goblins) add a bullet. Anime-ish art style adds a bullet. A high-school-esque setting adds a bullet. Submitting a review build with a nonsexualized depiction of a nude minor is like playing with 5 chambers loaded

a few posts on the steam thing are referencing how there's tons of anime porn on steam and that is technically true but also they will ban japanese games or visual novels if they're having a bad day or the humours were misaligned on tuesday or whatever

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Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.

it is a little funny that after ch2 released i heard a few responses like "i dunno if i can hang with ysme, she might be too toxic" and after ch3 it's just straight "understood ma'am i will follow you to hell 🫡"

the depression thoughts are hitting again.. my clinically insane impulses are fighting with each other and idk how to handle it

Hey. Kindly reminder. Content creators are not your friends just because you like their work. You do not know who we are. This goes double for anyone under 18; be very careful about interacting with adults. If any adult makes you feel uncomfortable, DO NOT ENGAGE THEM. RUN.

whether games are action or turn based; developed in america, japan or china; whether they're on steam or console or gacha games you play on your phone; have an audience of millions or an audience of double digits; what's important is that games are about choosing one from a list of three things

a video game review can just be the words poo poo pee pee over and over with a score of negative pi/10 and that would be fine. because it is a video game review. not exactly a sacred format

-100's of games launch on Steam every week -There aren't enough writers to cover them -Pubs/devs don't always respond to emails from excited writers -Editors can't always afford to pay for reviews/features Please don't rush to blame writers/sites when something niche isn't covered. We're trying.

(major spoilers for Blue Archive maybe but-) I just realized I might be a hypocrite😔I can't love all the girl-villains of this entire cast I am sorry... but I think I'm less hateful than the average BA fan because I just lurk in the discord sometimes and see people hating on Rio/Mika tho.. lol..

19 year old mutual: Have you perhaps considered that shipping the princess with the knight has a problematic power imbalance, hmmmmm? 30 year old mutual: Thinking about ordering jerk chicken for lunch