I’m watching episode 8 of #WidowsBay and I’ve got to upgrade my recommendation. If you’re not watching this show, you’re actually a loser. Please let me know your status so I can act accordingly. I run a tight ship.

Bookshop has price-matched! 2.99 for an ebook AND supports indie stores!

When i wrote this yesterday I forgot one simple rule with this man: he can and will always make shit worse for other people, often for the most asinine reasons

btw just as a reminder as we get into the hotter months, some ssri's can make you heat intolerant, be sure to invest in ice packs, neck fans, take a lot of breaks, drink a LOT of water, you will become dehydrated and not even realize it sometimes!

HOW AM I ONLY SEEING THIS NOW?!?!

O Antony!

They never want us talking about the low rates or how difficult shoots are. You raise your voice and you risk not being invited back to set. Very happy to see the crew of Obsession slowly talking about their experience

I am obsessed with this finalist in this year's Michigan “I voted” sticker design contest

Hi #PitchYaGame! ROSEWATER is an epic wild west point & click adventure featuring: - Choices that affect the story - Puzzles with multiple solutions - Hand drawn backgrounds & rotoscoped animations - An amazing cast of voice actors (Also currently 25% off) store.steampowered.com/app/1226670/...

Get ROSEWATER for 25% off on Steam until June 14! An epic wild west point & click adventure featuring: - Choices that really affect the story - Puzzles with multiple solutions - Hand drawn backgrounds & rotoscoped animations - An amazing cast of voice actors store.steampowered.com/app/1226670/...

“I tell you hwæt!” - hillbilly Beowulf

Y'all. Please remember the artists that drew these things when sending around memes. I feel for these artists who NEVER get credited for these (and some, nowadays, are even being accused of being AI!) Here's a few common ones I see (feel free to add others, I want this to be a living thread): 🧵

RIP to John Blanche, the best to ever do it. Before Warhammer was even Warhammer he understood what it was: weird, gross, unsettling, maximalist.

“Curtis Sliwa sitting shiva for the Times Square Red Lobster” is hysterical on several levels, no one doing it like him

HOLY SHIT

May was a bad month because my games were only discounted on the first and last day. Help make June a good one by picking them up or recommending them to friends! For fans of point & click adventures: get 3 great stories for less than $26 until June 14th! store.steampowered.com/developer/gr...

Hey, whoever is trying to use my email for a dating app in the UK, could you stop? Thanks.

Republicans say James Talarico ordered a vegan taco. Democrats say that it wasn't vegan because it had both egg and cheese—doubling down on the cultural elitism that has cost them so dearly in recent elections.

I am not remotely a lawyer, but I think if you agree to review a manuscript for a press and then feed that manuscript into AI without the permission of the author, the author should be allowed to sue you into poverty.

ROSEWATER is currently 25% off on GOG! A critically-acclaimed point & click adventure set in an alternate Old West where your choices actually impact the story! www.gog.com/en/game/rose...

Wikimedia Foundation just fired a long time lead developer of MediaWiki as well as its entire community team for unionizing. If you’re a donor, email [email protected] to protest this move. medium.com/@jakeorlowit...

ANNOUNCEMENT: The workers of Dark Horse Comics @darkhorse.com are forming a union. Please read our mission statement below. 👇 #DHWU

NYC: can i put a dead rat in the compost ?

As this week's #Game_Pick we have the newest solitaire game by #indiedev @greyalien.bsky.social and @nightsignalentertainment.com. Take a look! #indiegame #indiegamedev #indiegames

🎶 Well, the word got around, they said, "This kid is insane, man" Took up a collection just to send him to the mainland "Get your education, don't forget from whence you came, and The world's gonna know your name, what's your name, man?"

Hi! I'm Francisco, and I've been a professional indie game developer for 13 years. I make point & click adventures with unique settings, including: - 1920s Miami - A post-apocalyptic future with fops - An alt history 19th century city and wild frontier Check out my games here: grundislav.games

Bluesky is not "dying", in fact it's about to become the next Martha's Vineyard

Oscar Isaac deserves credit for being, as far as I know, the first major actor to capture the tech bro CEO, in Ex Machina. Those guys were all over the news by then, but movies were still doing the "babbling nerd with a pocket protector" thing. Also accurate: what he really wants is slavery.

Forbidden Solitaire's NEW GAME+ DIFFICULTY is now available! New challenges await thee in "the best solitaire game on Steam" (Polygon) this National Solitaire Day! ♣️♥️♠️♦️ 🃏FORBIDDEN SOLITAIRE: tinyurl.com/ywj43ptj

The poor babies at the Economist were forced to acknowledge HERE WHERE WE LIVE IS OUR COUNTRY

CG has largely put a stop to actors in horror movies holding puppets up to their own faces screaming "aaaaahh get it off get it off" and I think that's too bad

Dear automated phone tree, we both know your menu options haven't actually recently changed, so why don't we skip the formalities and cut to the part where I yell "representative" six times and you connect me to a human

Sunday plans...

New Episode of DAMN YOU UNCLE LEWIS available for EVERYONE at ScreamQueenz.com! The "We Hate Uncle Lewis Club" is back in session for another deep dive into FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE SERIES as we discuss "The Great Montarro".

My cat has come to meow at me in bed the past three days after his breakfast goes off. Today I figured out it's because he wants me to supervise his eating. We have an auto feeder so I don't have to get up, kitty.

Why, it's another edition of the Grundislav Games Dispatch! This month I provide a small update on Project Lion, as well as talk about my approach to puzzle design. Check it out here, and subscribe so you don't miss any updates! buttondown.com/grundislavga...

I want to make a Homelander cosplay but can't decide if it's too close to The Horrors.

Games Industry plant

JK Rowling is now represented by a trans person in the Scottish parliament. Absolutely incredible.

Another great adventure game developer who's now doing his own thing is Francisco Gonzalez/@grundislav.games - his adventures are all really notable for being complex and replayable, incorporating player choice and offering layered, interesting characters. Lamplight City and Rosewater are awesome!

Best film adaptation of The Odyssey, wrong answers only

funniest thing i’ve ever seen

You are a skilful and trusted vizier. You will advise me wisely on how best to rule the kingdom. You will not scheme or plot. You will not inveigle my other courtiers into turning against me. You will not lie to me about scheming or plotting. If you scheme or plot against me, you have to tell me,

If it’s “Bowser” with an S Then he’s Mario’s nemesis If it’s “Bowzer” with a Z Then from Sha Na Na he be

Hell yeah

It’s been a major frustration that Battlestar Galactica hasn’t been on a major streamer, but it’s BACK! BSG hit Paramount+ & Pluto TV today, praise the lords of Kobol! Why you should watch (or rewatch) & PLUS !! a lil excerpt from my upcoming book on Battlestar: www.moryan.com/praise-the-l...

LAUNCH ANNOUNCEMENT Forbidden Solitaire is out now! We are immensely proud to release this awesome game made by two veteran indie studios and we hope you really like it. Steam: tinyurl.com/ywj43ptj GOG: tinyurl.com/2s3sv45j Itch: tinyurl.com/3k4bjt8m Please share, many thanks! #indiedev #FakeOS