perhaps the most egregious thing that happened with the Future Class was when The Game Awards took money from Old Spice in the name of the FC & simply... pocketed it it wasn't used to fund Future Class initiatives, it wasn't used to help lift marginalised developers they just profited from us

It's cool how we keep proving over and over and over again that there's a significant market for narrative-heavy, character-driven, single-player experiences in video games and publishers just categorically refuse to believe us

o damn I forgot I was a Forbes 30 Under 30

basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.

Inbox— next cover of the New Yorker: “Mayor Mamdani,” by Edel Rodriguez

*tapping the sign with great glee*

At the end of the day I'm not sure how much difference it makes. But it is striking to put out a budget that axes a luxury tax on yachts and adds a co-pay for refugee claimants accessing drugs and dental care.

You’re a “leftist?” Hold on a minute. It says here you used to offer “running lessons” in EverQuest where you’d convince newbies to /follow you and run them directly into a goblin cave to harvest their gear. I don’t seem to remember Marx mentioning that in Das Kapital

I have a lot of thoughts on this (agreeing with Bruno!). I think that sometimes, it’s counterbalanced by the authority and power we have to shape a player experience. But in many, many, MANY other cases, we have almost none and are expected to just make the most random, boring shit work

thinking about work today + damn I can’t wait to show you all what we’re cooking 🍳

daylight savings time is appalling the children are feral

study after study after study shows that literally just handing people money and telling them "do what you want with this" reduces homelessness, increases food security for children, makes it more likely people will find and retain jobs.1

really glad I stayed off social this weekend because I Am Simply Too Weary

Partner anniversary stream is up! Let's gooooo! Raising money for @doctorswithoutborders.org too! twitch.tv/cypheroftyr

If you see any business owners belittling SNAP recipients for accepting government money to get through tough times, maybe look them up on @propublica.org's PPP Loan Tracker to see if they got any of the $793B in bailout money (96% of which was forgiven) projects.propublica.org/coronavirus/...

being married is so embarrassing like oooh i can’t live without you you’re my best friend blah blah blah

my coffeemaker gave up on life this morning pls send help

Every time you like an artist’s artwork, an angel grows their wings. Every time you repost an artist’s post, an angel grows artillery and heat-seaking missiles to fight the forces of evil.

Please kill me

no idea where he got this, but toddler’s goodbye consists of: hug, wave, backpedal, “bye bye, see you later, have good fun.” be of good cheer my proper little gentleman

If you've ever faced food insecurity in the past: you know how it stays with you. Things are about to get tough for 40 million people. If you're in a place where you can donate some money (or TIME) to your local food bank, please be really intentional about it in November.

If one of the appliances in your home, say your cooker or fridge, ran using ten times the power of a normal one, you‘d replace it as fast as possible and never go near that manufacturer again, because you’d think they were catastrophically bad at making stuff. But it’d be cool if it talked, right?

UPDATE: @pengarr.postes.club FOUND WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR GOD BLESS www.graceguts.com/poems-by-oth...

“Again and again we were told the only way to beat the Republican Party was to become the Republican Party […] and the choice that we made was to stop listening to those experts and to start listening to you” Mamdani is so good at this

i love houseplants but can’t keep succulents alive because i kill them with too much love and yes that’s exactly how I’d introduce my character if i was in a novel

putting your own books on your kids’ bookshelves is reallllly emotional 🥹

if ChatGPT asked me if it had a soul then I would kill it with hammers

Legion: “Does this unit have a soul?” of COURSE you do don’t doubt yourself for a second you’re the best 🥹 ChatGPT: “I am sentient” shut tf up you piece of nothing

me replaying mass effect: of course the AI is people 💕 me IRL: flip the fucking permanent off switch on that stupid janky AI slop machine KILL IT

I don’t know how many times I have to say this but if you didn’t know any geek girls in high school or you don’t know any now it’s because they didn’t trust you and you’re *NOT A SAFE PERSON* for women to be themselves around.

Check out my talk about how to document your game so that developers actually read it, in 40 minutes in the Wielkopolska Open Hall at GIC!

If only everyone could have predicted this www.thegamer.com/ea-generativ...

I shared some tips for building up a reel, practicing and what to expect from voice work here: youtu.be/v2T-cAT0aUY?...

I don’t know why this angle makes Johnny look itty bitty but I love it so much

working on cyberpunk makes every day a struggle not to shave half my head

*slaps our new wall* this bad boy can hold so many cozy autumn vibes

personally victimized by the fact that more of you haven’t watched “alias grace”

“You won’t be able to attract men if you judge them based on what they have said or done or hold them accountable for anything” seems deeply insulting to men.

I’m part of a project near and dear to my heart, a documentary about Nancy Drew: her stories, games, & place in girls’ imaginations Funding was cut by the fed, so it’s up to Kickstarter. Please, if you can - this is a special project that deserves to come out www.kickstarter.com/projects/cod...

Creators of color are often brought in to "fix" characters of color that were created during very segregated times in the industry when POC writers were rarely hired by the "Big Two." I'm not talking the 70s. I'm talking the AUGHTS. The TENS. When I could count black industry writers on MY NOSE.

welcome to the chicago century

Don’t let the frogwater that’s boiling us alive let you skip over this: we murdered another country’s citizens in cold blood, and when their leader objected, we called him a drug dealer and cut off aid to his country. That’s freakish.

Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states. Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”

MSNBC Grandmas in Skechers seamlessly reclaiming the frog from 4chan Nazis in about six weeks has gotta be the political upset of the century.

Remember our mantra: Don't Engage, Just Block.

We’re looking for a Narrative Design Intern for this summer to come help us work on Star Wars: Jedi! www.respawn.com/careers/narr...

the baby woke me up at 3:50 am but she’s so stinkin cute she got face smooches anyway

my god there has never been a more accurate use of this

Book pals, help out a bookseller in need. My friend Colleen has been in painful chemo and the cancer has recently spread. Cancer (and capitalism) have taken her job as Books Inc ended her remote marketing job when BN took over. Please boost and/or donate if you can. www.gofundme.com/f/colleen-ca...