My fav question time of year: What’s the best gift you gave this year?

Our neighborhood is truly blessed with this lake bar.

The DnD cookbook still rips.

The big day has arrived! The day I post the Adama Maneuver again. Next time: 2026 🫡

this is TODAY!!! in just a couple hours. join us and get ready to laugh at our goofery

Friends, I'm working on a short turn-around piece about collecting vintage video games, specifically Legend of Zelda stuff. Anyone plugged into that realm at all? Wanted to bounce an item or two off ya in DMs.

In-person office holiday party and multiple people are just, “Yeah, I don’t even have e social media. At all.” I… I like it here.

2025 is explaining to the kids that it costs Nintendo Switch-to-PS5 every time you get sick.

The Mecha TTRPG Bundle is live! Until Jan 12th, get Rivals, Mectors, Fist World Volga, Spectres Of Brocken, Rig, Leadbellies, S.W.O.R.D. Pilots, Brass, Rust Never Sleeps, Scars & Steel, MechFast, and more all in one place! itch.io/b/3426/sprin...

Give me this in 75mm, please. All of Gwelf. Please.

Alright, okay... @larianstudios.com's Divinity and @lucasfilm.bsky.social's Galactic Racer look hot. I'm not that dead inside after all.

*yawn* Had a great night’s sleep after giving no fucks about the game awards. Woke up to an inbox with trailers for two new Mass Effect clones and a shitty mocap Diablo. Sucks, man. Peace out. *hits FSD in Elite*

Doom studio id Software unionizes to secure AI protections, benefits: "We see the direction the industry is headed" aftermath.site/id-software-un...

It’s Yoba and Derp Vaber. Thanks Williams Sonoma! Strong work.

I need this in my life.

Ganked in Ark Raiders last night by a fella that was not enjoying the experience. "I'm honestly really sorry that I have to unlock this achievement on you." *winding up to punch me to death* Very bizarre vibes in there. Otherwise good times. Got enough loot to rebuild all the loot that I lost.

So, how does one purchase a working vintage GameBoy without getting screwed in the year of our lords 2025?

If you’re at PAX UNPLUGGED and you have a cool game to show me, this is your last opportunity to do that!

Portillo’s is far superior to this. Wtf, Philly? Dry-ass sammich eatin’….

It ain’t DiNick’s, but it’ll do. That dang line is like 45 mins long easy.

Vendor floor at PAXU delivers.

Can confirm: Good hugs.

I spoke with people role-playing ICE raids in video games to help educate people on their rights and what to do in real-life situations. Tonight, they're holding an event in Fortnite www.wired.com/story/activi...

This is how I found out.

Realis is coming sooner than you think! Sign up to be notified at launch when the print edition of @austinwalker.bsky.social's TTRPG goes live in 2026, and start bracing yourself for all the additional art, player options, and GM resources being added to the game: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru...

I should play VtM: Bloodlines 2, right... right... ?

Super glad to be part of the @indiegameawards.gg for the second time, amongst a wonderful team of judges including the wonderful @laurakbuzz.bsky.social, @stevesaylor.net, @alannamode.bsky.social and @slashie101.bsky.social to name a few.

Great piece by @adashtra.bsky.social . I was pulled into MTG circa 2020 mainly because of its original, wildly varied and multifaceted background. Its UB sets have been extremely hit-or-miss, entirely on whether I was a fan of the property featured or not.

Y'all, Ash is on it. Please consider looking at my former colleagues at The Verge. Little by little, they're ably filling the gap left by the loss of Polygon with maturity and humanity.

Every grade school choir should perform Weezer’s Buddy Holly.

“I was there the day Horus slew the emperor.”

Finally caught up with this award-winning video essay from @amabel.bsky.social. Love love love love this and you should check it out.

all reviews should have scores, and by that i mean bespoke music

Might 'a been sacrificed, coulda mill'd once or twice Might 'a gone deep in their library's coffers. And all that remains of the High Tide they claim Are Commanders, and Modern, not Pauper!!!!

Who will come sit with me for the Acquisition's Inc show Saturday night at PAXU? I've sat quietly in the corner keeping my thoughts to myself because coverage for years now, and now I want to enjoy it with other humans.

sort of incredible to read a review that doesn't just made a vague nod at AI being bad, but actively reckons with the ways in which falling obsessively to AI usage actively obliterates the artistic intent and integrity of the work you've made.

WE HAVE A NEW WEBSITE This has consumed around 4 months of my life. We've rebuilt the business from the ground-up. New site, new backend, new customer experience, new platform, new everything. we spent two years flailing, having no idea how to run a business. now...we have more of an idea.

For the BSG hive: Katie Sackhoff and Jamie Bamber interviewwwww! It good. open.spotify.com/episode/6KW4...

We have been doing a rewatch of Battlestar Galactica with another couple who are very good friends of ours. The husband has not seen the show ever, and I am enjoying it so very much. Tonight is 33. Lock the fuck in.

Please buy this beautiful book for your coffee table and support one of my union colleagues. Makes an excellent holiday gift.

Hey kids, if yer in Asana right now... maybe, like, save your work. Looks like a big outage rolling out atm.

Da fuq?

Good digital hygiene update, friends. Look into it.

Apocalypse World is far and away my favorite game, period, and this new edition is *even better*.

Would you believe that today I *also* got paid for my first freelance invoice in ... checks notes ... 13 years?

If anyone can isolate the "ah, logistics" line from Zavala in Destiny 2 I will ... empties pockets... thank you. I will thank you. Hard.

In not unrelated news, I am heading to PAX Unplugged for the very first time. What are your tips and tricks, and where should I be eating w/in walking distance of the convention center?

I GOT A JOB! Thanks to @quasigrant.bsky.social for the opportunity. More on LinkedIn, because Bluesky gets to be my happy place from now on. NO WORKIE ON BLUESKY!! www.linkedin.com/posts/charha...

Switching my virtual workday from Slack to Discord is sending me for a loop this week. It's like moving from gaming on a console to modding games on a PC, which... yeah, I guess that makes sense.