BAFTA pulling a trailer for an autobiographical game about surviving sexual assault only hours before it was said to be a part of a showcase is an exceptionally bad look.

Happy Birthday April Ryan! April was named after a month of her birth. The start of spring and the season of new beginnings. It's spring again and we want to take a moment to celebrate the girl who started it all. The very first protagonist of the series back in 1999.

I'm so tired of Trek plots that are instigated by "we love learning about new cultures but not enough to learn if they have any stupid laws" lmao

Okay CTA. This is a good sign.

Podcast in which @kabanaw.bsky.social and I watch Star Trek and review episodes, but we only record when we have an opinion that differs from the general consensus.

Do not watch Sesame Street on Tubi with the subtitles on 😭. I swear, I didn't edit or add anything. Is it hilarious? Yes, but also, they need to fix this immediately. Absolutely incomprehensible and bad

I love Radiata Stories so much. Let me count the ways: 1) Detailed NPC schedules. It's not just the fact that they all have a schedule and are in different places all day, but the fact that they have different dialogue depending on what they're doing. It makes the characters feel alive.

Was trying to stay very focused while shopping at the pet store but I locked eyes with a Jack Russell Terrier in the daycare and he looked so excited to see me and I couldn't possibly ignore my boy.

I know it’s an ice-cold take but I still don’t know how to respond when you’re passing someone and the convo goes “hi” “hi, how’re you?” Like, we’re passing each other! We don’t have time to do the phatic “good, how’re you?” “Good!” exchange. Literally what am I expected to say?

I’m shocked by how badly the censorship of Noah Kahan’s The Great Divide completely inverts the meaning. I hope you settle down, I hope you marry rich I hope you’re scared of all the ordinariness Is a *scathing* indictment. Go live this life you think you want and I hope your soul rots away.

I think there should be an anti-april fools, on the exact opposite day of the year we all share uncomfortable truths and engage in excessive, destructive honesty

Void Bass. It’s a simple slap and chum fish. It only has a weather requirement so you have the whole 8 Eorzean hours (~23 real life minutes) to fish for it. Probably took me over a dozen windows. 😭

Okay, wait, I just saw that there was a Polygon article celebrating DA2 and I want you to know I was thinking about DA2 3 hours before they posted it. I'm just like this.

When Baz Luhrman had the guns say "sword" on the side in Romeo + Juliet, that was the best choice that has been made in any modern adaptation ever.

Dragon Age 2 is a fascinating case study in taking a bunch of wonderfully skilled developers, not giving them anywhere near enough time, and seeing what corners get cut and what gets polished.

It’s unconscionable for life insurance to be tied to an employer.

the xehanort in me read the first sentence and hit repost lmao

Shoutouts to that one time at Magfest when someone was asked what their favorite game was, answered “Dragon Age 2” and I alone, in the packed panel room, wooed.

I wish people didn’t need jobs, that losing a job was like a breakup. Sad, but probably for the best if it was coming anyway. If we had universal healthcare and UBI, we could just do this.

“Fare la scarpetta” on Italian Wikipedia it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fare_la...

This is striking. How did “constitutional originalist” ever become more acceptable than saying “I only care about the rights of rich white men”?

My passport is in my maiden name and I’m terrified to get it changed because I’d have to mail it in. Is it safer to have a valid passport with a name that doesn’t match other documents (but does prove citizenship) or to go without for an unknown amount of time. Love asking these questions.

Remembering how when I was little, my parents taught me the hotkeys for copy and paste as "it's ctrl+c, for copy" and then I guess wanted to give me a way to remember ctrl+v so they said "for Virginia" (where we lived).

The live action One Piece is for the girls and the gays

worth remembering, David Lynch directed “fix your hearts or die” specifically at transphobes. it wasn’t a generic “no mean people allowed” statement, it was said by his Twin Peaks character in defense of a trans woman he cared for and deeply respected.

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This headline filled my imagination with ideas of a standardized adventure game, custom built as an exam, testing standard adventure game skills like lateral thinking, pixel hunting, persistence, synthesis, etc. Instead, the takeaway is "Two people have played Maniac Mansion before." :(

Nothing quite prepares you for looking at the baby monitor and seeing your child laying directly face down into their crib mattress

Having a kid is like getting really into an MMO: there are so many progression systems it's hard to even keep track, you talk about it so much it makes the people around you somewhat annoyed, and it immediately makes you want to get all your friends into it too.

The most beautiful words any software engineer can hear: "I've found a repro"

Oh and just remember - once you’ve decided a minority’s human rights are up for debate, you’ve decided HUMAN RIGHTS ARE UP FOR DEBATE. To everybody who framed all of this as “The Trans Debate,” well done! You’ve opened the door to The Anybody Debate.

I’m really mad that when I filed my taxes I had to specify that I was claiming my daughter as a dependent. Not child, daughter.

the things i get in my inbox sometimes what's my credit limit with these goblins. is this capitalone hooking me up

There should be no legal concept of gender. Drivers license, passport, birth certificate, marriage license, literally none of it needs a gender on it, because it *does not matter.* It is no more relevant than any of my other medical details.

This is a weird thing to realize about myself but I think I'm becoming a shredded cheese hater? Taco bowl? Rather just have sour cream. Chili? Ditto. Chili dog? Put cream cheese on the bun instead. This doesn't make sense. This isn't a thing people believe.

There's a section of FF5 where the Moogle village burns, and you can find a Moogle who says "I'm dying, kupo." This immediately struck me as one of the funniest things I've ever read and has permanently changed my speaking habits.

The Dragon Care Tarot demo is live on Steam NextFest! Play if you want 🐉 dragons, to pet them and feed them snacks 🔮 a nice little fortune to make you feel good 💆 a cozy, no-stress creature collector 🎨 big colors, over 80 million possible palettes 🏳️‍🌈 to support a tiny indie team of gay artists

*trying to fall asleep at 5:48 am* AI could never create The Most Unwanted Song

my cat every day at 4 pm

I can’t believe I made a person. What the fuck.

I’m a hot drinks person because as a drink goes on, I like to prioritize consistency of flavor over consistency of temperature. Hot drinks cool off but iced drinks get *watered down,* which I simply cannot bear.

My least favorite contronym is "transparently." Are we doing this very clearly and upfront, or invisibly and behind-the-scenes? Guess. 😌

A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:

The current regime took a week to abolish USAID, which is three times as old and was not in the news every day for brutalizing children

Billionaires should not exist.

I'm so sick of seeing comments like "we all knew this would happen" or "this is what our country is." It is *good* to be shocked and horrified by the awful things happening in our world. Let that horror and anger fuel you into taking action.

Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly

I do not recommend being a new mom while the Epstein files are coming out.