alas I have acquired the Platonic ideal of a hair tie, but I bought it in a yarn shop in Sweden so I'm destined to never find its equal again

are video games art garfunkel?

Interesting dive into design principles behind prosocial games. Makes me think of systems at work — sure, your job can't cover everything. But most of my companies would have been better if "toxic behavior is carefully monitored and mediated" was a requirement. polarisgamedesign.com/2022/kind-ga...

How many times do you think I've checked the expiration date on my passport since I bought my flight to Copenhagen? (It expires in 2029. I know it expires in 2029. But what if it *actually* expires in 2025? Can't be sure unless I look at it again.) Couldn't possibly be related to anything.

Oddly good heuristic for what it’s safe to give AI control of

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This is so funny — this is wonderful, and it has that constant feeling of almost crashing into a wall, which can be really fun in live performance, and which I am now informed was indeed because of a tempo error. A happy accident, if you ask me.

i don’t think it’s fair that the walls can get dusty. like what am i supposed to do about that. that doesn’t seem like it should be my problem.

weather: solar eclipse

I love many things about my tiny local pharmacy, but my favorite might be that their hold music is an 8-bit version of Holst's "Jupiter, Bringer of Jollity"

A lunar geology class called "We Choose to Go to the Moon."

an argument that i did not make in here but i do fully believe is that if you're the kind of parent who wants your kids to have Good Taste in Art, you gotta also let them watch some real trash taste doesn't come through restricted access to a pre-curated list, it comes through Trying Shit

We absolutely have to stop using Facebook and Twitter to warn the public about things that could kill them - and we need to do whatever it takes to help local and state government break this habit. My latest on Little Flying Robots: little-flying-robots.ghost.io/we-have-to-s...

not only are his pants doing excellent work, I wore a red petticoat under my wedding dress because of Cyd's outfit. Brigadoon's costumes stuck with me

I keep thinking about this one

I feel like not enough of you heard me tell you that you must read The Tainted Cup so I’m saying it again. two weird detectives in a quasi-Roman fantasy setting with the most interesting magic system I’ve seen in a while uncover murder plot while beset by… fine I’ll call them kaiju

water left in a glass overnight tastes bad because it gets haunted

This is a beautiful article on Fallen London. The FL team put out some of the best writing in games *every single month*, and it’s wonderful to see that recognised. (Got quite emotional to see shroom-hopping mentioned, too: one of my first pieces of work for games.) www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/iv...

Gotta do some finger stretches, someone's asked me to give notes on a survey. This person has no idea what they've unleashed. It's 800 miles to Chicago, I have a full tank of metaphorical gas, half a Chemex of coffee, it's raining, and I have no meetings today.

forget the museum trip I had planned, instead I'm spending tomorrow running around K-town buying as much SPF 50+++ as my backpack can hold

I have a very NSFW story from my first job where someone sent a porn parody asset to Disney (it was in an asset library and not in the build, but still — the client found it in the source files.) Never, ever, ever, put something that you don't want to ship anywhere near your project.

This is game development 101 stuff. Never, ever, make a placeholder that could ship – it’ll ship.

The Crock Pot is one of the only times when real life works like video game crafting. You dump in some powders and the remains of several vile birds and out comes hot delicious food

Women’s clothing stores should be required by law to show a picture with a phone in the pocket

Unsurprisingly, this is a great thread.

After you eat an ortolan this is what you get for dessert

laying in bed, trying to go to sleep, then my brain spontaneously recalls a (detailed!) plot summary of the NBC miniseries The 10th Kingdom (2000) including the parts where a dog turns to gold and trolls can’t figure out elevators that’s some aggressive counterprogramming, brain

I need everyone on Normal People internet to know that American Girl Doll Instagram is doing doll protests today. There are tiny t-shirts and signs. AND THEN I realized it's a joint protest with the Barbie ppl, where there are EVEN TINIER SIGNS.

Is she confident, or is she just wearing bright yellow pants? (yes)

“guy who wants you to buy his SaaS product claims it can replace 20% of the workforce”. ok. in other news local cat claims at 5:59 that he has never been fed once in his life

I take an odd perverse pleasure that this week’s AI-inserted podcast ads think I need reliable roofers and bigger grill, I, a person who lives in a one bedroom apartment with no backyard

a key skill for working creatives is realizing when you’ve been handed a horse shaped box. IE, the goals & constraints are - must have hooves - must say “neigh” - can’t have horns - needs to be this tall - rideable the sooner you realize the box is horse shaped, the sooner you can deliver a horse

there’s a funny paradox to me in creative work which i call “the horse shaped box.” basically: lead wants to give IC a space to work within, with constraints. but the constraints are extremely specific; “you can put anything you brainstorm into this box!” but the box is shaped exactly like a horse

This was super helpful, especially considering we have to rank five candidates!

god give me the confidence of someone tagging in John Darnielle to show him how good AI is at analyzing one of his songs

hey just some quick feedback. the groceries -> cooking -> washing up loop feels too tight, it’s like I’ve only cooked a few times before I have to start over again. it’s a reliable resource sink for sure but it would be great to not have to do it so often. can we do a tuning pass

May 12th - The Bridge on the River Kwai, that will connect Bangkok and Rangoon must be completed by this date according to the POW camp commandant, Colonel Saito. 📽️📅 The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

*Margo Has Money Problems* is as good a book as everyone told me it would be, which means it is a very good, stay-up-til-2-reading-it kind of book.

As part of the launch festivities, we're excited to host @raygan.me & @laurajnash.bsky.social of @shortgame.fm for a special LudoNarraCon Broadcast - who you can watch tackle a full playthrough of the game alongside some wonderful commentary. Give it a gander store.steampowered.com/app/3487020/...

this is also why you can trick google into manufacturing justifications for entirely old-fashioned and well established English idioms we're all familiar with and love to say regularly

really interested in small scale indie post-Sleep No More immersive experiences with high actor-to-audience ratios... also love that Adrian ends with Grand Designsy "ok but how on earth is this financially sustainable" questioning

One cannot defeat Air Bud by playing fairly. He is a dog, the ultimate athlete. No human can match his basketball skills. In the movie, the only thing that stopped Air Bud is when the opposing team bent the rules even further and recruited a grizzly bear

I supported folks from @alt18f.bsky.social who worked on Direct File for two years (and briefly worked on it myself in 2023). It was an INCREDIBLE service for the public, but also showed how agencies worked across silos and barriers to delivery something amazing. A gutting loss.

Shelly-Ann racing in her kid's Parents Day race at the school is the funniest thing I've seen all week LMAO

It’s 8am in the Montreal airport bar and grill and they are playing The Doors Greatest Hits. In my opinion, it’s a little early to ride the snake.

based on how often the naughty teens of major cities throw the rentable scooters directly into the river i've formed a theory that the many iron age swords and cauldrons found in lakes around europe that we've previously assumed were ceremonial and sacrificial in nature were in fact thrown by teens

I think the text that appears to dissuade you from using hints in Case of the Golden Idol should also be presented before you’re allowed to reply to someone’s Bluesky post

Man Mel's so good, I almost want to make up a project just to hire them. (You should hire them instead.)

Mar 24th 1927 - Don, Kathy and Cosmo hatch a plan to save The Duelling Cavalier by turning it into a musical. 📽️📅 Singin' in the Rain (1952)