Hey you know despelote, that medium-redefining video game that’s on every cool person’s best-of-2025 list? Did you know there’s also a dope sweater based on the game? Get it here: ⚽️ despelote.game

smilemakers online ("the internal mcdonald's merch site that anyone can order from!") really delivered on this powerful holiday sweater… …then really really delivered with the matching sweater ornament. i'll be stealing this idea someday just fyi

we saw Avatar (2025) joby (16): “am i buggin or is the frame rate changing between every shot? it’s pmo. feels like its loading” violet (11): “why does that young girl sound like an old lady?” joby: “that has to be one of the best visual experiences i’ve ever seen though”

I waited for some downtime to play Time Flies (timeflies.buzz) and I'm glad I did. It's a quietly amazing thing—charming, clever, tender, and funny, and that's all before the final act hits you unexpectedly in the gut. A game that makes me want to make games, and my favorite in a long time.

i love this sauce so much i accidentally caught a #wildredesign in my house! the new design is on the left. there are some very subtle design changes here that i'm very curious about! i'll leave it up to you to spot them.

i played my first yakuza game this year, and instantly fell in love with the series and its direction. so this particular famitsu developer goty list feels extra special to me.

what i will say: playdate catalog likely wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for stripe connect, and stripe is one of the only tech companies i actually tespect. it’s so cool that they made this for us. what i want to say: i think they brought in a special camera lens to fit my enormous head in the frame

let's take a moment to appreciate the excellent 80s menorah at pioneer courthouse square

An obituary/remembrance for Eddie Sotto, a designer who shaped modern theme parks. Thank you to the former Walt Disney Imagineers who contributed. www.latimes.com/travel/story...

it’s not too late

secret: this weekend i've had multiple groups of strangers come in to the panic office and play the first hour or so of big walk. folks: it's going very well. i'm extremely excited about this game. (we'll open this special opportunity up to the wider public sometime in 2026, i'll let you know!)

bluesky slowly catching up to twitter in one crucial aspect: bot follows (no offense to timothee chalamet, n thanks for the follow bro hope you like snack foods and bumper stickers)

i love how you first get to the patio furniture and you’re like “hmm, that’s kind of a dumpy choice” and it’s like a little clue and then BAM INTERIOR TIME BABY

You’ve probably noticed Blippo+ appearing on GotY lists. The story of how the game was made is as incredible as the game itself and a reminder that there are better, healthier alternatives for creating art! postgame.substack.com/p/can-you-fi...

trying to decide if this would be a good or bad idea

here’s tom, eloquent as always, in remembering eddie.

really very sad to hear about the passing of legendary imagineer eddie sotto. he had great taste, incredible talent, and although we never met in person, i always dreamed of having a (probably energy-overload) conversation with him. maybe i'll still have that conversation someday, somehow, somewhere

Happy Steam Sales Day everyone!! Now’s the perfect time to share you favourite indies of the year! Quote this with one game you think deserves some more love! store.steampowered.com/app/2000120/...

@wardjenkins.bsky.social i saw this post from Tom and thought of you! bsky.app/profile/tomk...

still one of my favorite christmas sweate… err, jumpers. once a @rare.co.uk fanboy always a Rare fanboy

very disappointed that my son ate the last of my limited holiday chocolate-covered Ritz crackers without asking me but i suppose i should be grateful he's taken an interest in my hobbies

Despelote is one of my favorite games of the last few years. Documentarian and personal and unlike anything else I’ve played. Go run around as a little kid trying to make sense of the world in the shadow of the World Cup.

the signs were all there — seven years before mario kart

if you have a chance, drop a despelote review!

some nice signs spotted at portland's union station. i love that, once upon a time, gift shop myrtlewood was important enough for neon.

it's true. 🔊 sound on

i'm out of the loop on this, so forgive me if this question is dumb: "prediction markets" is just gambling/betting right

From the Latin American Games Showcase team and all of LATAM, huge congratulations to @despelote.game on scoring two nominations at #TheGameAwards. We’re all in the stands rooting for you tonight! ⚽💙

despelote 35% off right now. that's less than $10 in the US, less than $5 in latam! i know a bunch of u wishlisted the game after @thegameawards.com nominations, now is ur time to buy it! store.steampowered.com/app/2367820/...

i hate to do one of these, but i was just thinking about how if Walt Disney built Disneyland today, Main Street would be the nostalgic 1980s i kind of want that. kind of

two notes re: mcdonald’s AI ad • haven’t seen any dingus saying “it worked! you’re taking about it!”. we’ve evolved • in the article they say it took a lot of work! so the only advantage is that it’s cheap? left unsaid: no money goes to actors, grips, camera people, lighting, catering, composers, …

I drew way too many fonts for the game Time Flies…

oh man i am constantly having to force quit the bluesky ios app!! about 70% of my video views drop me in a player with no way to exit but a force quit. i’m happy it’s not just me, but now i wonder if the developers use the app

this one goes places. it’s worth your time. (spoiler: despelote for switch landing imminently.)

this is the first time in my life i’ve seen a “tracker action” pipe organ. it uses thin strips of cedar (!) to mechanically pull open pipe valves when you press the keys. i got to play it a little bit! lower notes were harder to press because the valves are bigger!! analog. i love this so much. 😍

@tomkmorris.bsky.social a friend recently asked me: “why were there people obviously painted out of this mural at the end of the Mexico ride?” i was totally stumped. it sure looks like it. i don’t believe you worked on this attraction at all, but i’m guessing the answer is lost to time?!

Folks are discovering Blippo+ as we reach end of the year so sharing some of my favorite things around it in thread here. 🧵 Did you know the team put on an open to the public exhibition/puppet show to celebrate the launch? The team showcased some of the game's props, costumes, miniatures, and more.

what a beautiful walk home last night

What if Blippo+ goty

this is an extremely very good price for 25 movies. (yes i still enjoy buying media via apple tv like an old man. quality is very good, portability is good, they don’t disappear on me, can download easily for trips without expiration, etc.)

canonical "just another day in the office"

hell yea

@josephcox.bsky.social just curious: has there been any reporting anywhere on “Elite”, and what it does? i can’t find much. thanks for all you do! via www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

i will be semi-annoying about this, but only because i really want one? our Herdling calicorn plush is 80% funded… with ONE DAY LEFT. please buy this goofy guy for your holidays!! so fluffy!! take us over the line! www.makeship.com/products/cal...

*youth pastor voice* “of course you guys know that heaven is pretty sick, right! what’s that?” *looks around* “what’s that?” *starts doing hand thing* “sick-heaven… sick-heavennnnn… haha yeah you guys know what i’m talkin about with that one”

i've said it before, i'll say it again: some of the best video game storytelling of all time

@vegh.ca i get this maybe 50% of the time and only in threads. any thoughts?!

on the E.T. ride at Univesal Studios, you give them your name and E.T. says goodbye to you at the end. apparently he says over 20,000 names. (no cabel of course. he called me charles.) anywayyyy I took a picture of the E.T. name computer. and there's one possible name I can't stop thinking about…

Blippo+ is one of the 25 best games of 2025 according to @inverse.com! www.inverse.com/gaming/25-be...