Just one week left on my contract with Blizzard! I'll soon be open to freelance and fulltime work in games and games-adjacent media.

I swear I’m not ghosting you; Google decided the only email I want to see is marketing bullshit I had to sign up for to get 10% off a sweater

i just think if you’re hot, you shouldn’t have to learn how to parry

Seems wrong to characterize the Kimmel affair, as I’ve seen some people do, as “corporate censorship.” The but-for condition was a direct threat by the FCC chair; that’s state censorship.

it appears my toddler flushed thousands of dollars worth of Invisalign liners because he’s very into the concept of throwing things away rn i have not lost my temper but I think I deserve a croissant or something

I went down a rabbit-hole researching the American right-wing Bluey ripoff (not bc I’m gonna show it to my kids, but because I didn’t know it existed), and my biggest takeaway is: people writing stuff for kids should, you know, actually like kids

the secret to great parenting is monitoring + staggering which parent is sick of ms. rachel

too many ads on news sites!!! I can’t read my longform journalism because every 30 seconds the page crashes and reloads with all the fucking ads!!

made the rookie mistake of telling my toddler we’re moving closer to the ocean. now every morning he assumes we’re going swimming (and is furious when we’re not) my son, we are new englanders. We don’t SWIM in the ocean; we stare at its steel-and-silver churn and mull over the horrors inside us

Hell yeah brother

Bluesky is like if the world was divided into people who are silly and the literal silly police

the children yearn for the gaem

So I rented out Porter Square Books for a private browsing session with this literary bunch. Thanks for coming @marykgames.com @carlivelocci.com @bryantfrancis.me @chrisdeleon.bsky.social @stcymsn.bsky.social and M'sieu Sage!

welcome to The Resistance, *checks notes* *sighs* *weeps gently* ...michael eisner

not to brag but my toddler’s room is shocking clean* and organized right now *because we packed it up last night for our big move

Bruh

the only thing saving my sanity right now is Trixie and Katya

As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read. They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.

Jesus.

Imagine being such a weenie that Jimmy Kimmel hurts your feelings good lord

update: yes

Somehow I completely missed The Paper up til now, so I’m hopping in 1) probably hilarious bc I’m a former newspaper journalist 2) will probably hurt my feelings because I’m a former newspaper journalist

update: uhmmmmmmm

Harvard’s ending its program to recruit from minority groups, but not legacy admissions. Legacy students make up about 30% of each class.

absolutely fascinated by the TikTok trend where British people use a recipe to prove British food doesn’t suck, and then the recipe’s either “unseasoned potato in crust” or stolen from another country

hey guys my durge made a new camp friend!

Me and the game industry

Yesterday's piece from @jamellebouie.net is the only high-profile piece I've seen that specifically discusses the watchlist, its effect on academics, and its effect on public attitudes toward academia as a whole. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/o...

this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either

The Imperial Radch books: holy shit. My favorite reads in years.

I need to understand how all these ✨aesthetic✨ TikTok people hide all their chargers and cords because good god really wish Silicon Valley was obsessed with replacing cords instead of replacing labor

so incredibly cool of my 6-month-old to learn to crawl the week before a big move. so chill of her

time to show the children howl’s moving castle. for spooky season 🎃

It still hurts my feelings that they didn’t renew this show IT WAS SO GOOD the music (the same guy who scored freaking INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE), the puppets the environments

If “free speech absolutists” actually cared about free speech they’d advocate to end at-will employment

The coverage of GamerGate 2.0 was not any more sophisticated or serious than the coverage of 1.0, despite the repetitive playbook.

I feel like the last 48 hours have just been the entire world going full NYT Pitchbot. "Whether it's the people on the right saying we should shoot everyone on the left as terrorists, or the people on the left saying we should give everyone on the right health care, both sides are---"

when you’re feeling sad, remember to give yourself little compliments + reminders throughout the day >my skin is glowing >i give amazing hugs >my sword is forged from the souls of 10,000 husbands i’ve slain across the years you can do it!

Bluesky is growing and folks wanting to find more gaming content don't know where to start. I made this Starter Park full of devs, content creators and gaming journalists making meaningful posts that I love seeing on my TL! go.bsky.app/TtCF8vE

In Germany, any company with >12 employees can form a Betriebsrat, which has equal say in management decisions. I've seen up close that such a Workers Council can ensure that layoffs are spread equally across all projects, souring management on the idea

the best Halloween costume for a toddler is raygun because it leans into their already-existing walk anims

i wore main character eyeliner today look out

"Over 70%, and in some years 75%, of the layoffs have been in North America."

The Crimson, scooping every news outlet not run by undergraduates working in between classes, gets into how court orders mandating return of research funding have been flaunted, and makes a clear case for contempt proceedings against DOGE officials. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

This “solo dev” and “only 3 devs” rhetoric is getting truly dangerously out of hand. Investors see this and think “I only have to pay 3 people” and the result is severely overworked and/or underpaid people and a subpar product. We need to stop treating outsourcers and contractors like ghosts.

Asking for advice from other parents is so wild because you wind up with everything from solidarity/“there is no advice, only survival” to “have you considered LOVING YOUR CHILDREN”

SLOUCHY SWEATER SEASON* LFGOOOOOOO!!! *it was 87 degrees two days ago

I’m gonna go out on a limb and say it deserves to be a game because the decisions you make are kind of the entire point I’m getting so sick of this idea that a game reaches its full potential when it’s adapted to a movie or show, some of them are games because they were meant to be games!

all my children are just kinda chillin. don’t need me right this second. it feels like a trick and a trap