just an update from when we talked to the reporter: we’ve now successfully connected over 100 families for direct, peer to peer rent adoption. we’ve collected and immediately distributed…a lot. it is a drop in the bucket, but all of this is. everyone is just doing what they can.

itch.io/b/3484/no-ic... The NO ICE IN MINNESOTA bundle is up. There's a lifetime's worth of good games in this! If you submitted something or just want to shout something out, reply here and let's reshare it and spread the word on this thing.

I can confirm this is true and I can also say that the lack of an eviction moratorium is fueling this trend.

I'm contributing some work for a stretch goal for Blades '68! Very excited to write about a normal day out at a normal spa. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/e...

RIP to one of the greatest Made one of my favorite soundtracks. Mad respect for anyone that makes a song this long, with a solo and everything, on the NES: www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7mp...

They just want to make everything worse. They want us to die from diseases that could eradicated. They want dirty food and air and water. They want increased child mortality. They want a more unsafe, disgusting, hateful world. And the corporate press is like “but that’s a valid perspective tho?”

i used twine to make an interactive fiction game for casio calculators :) (and i made a tool so you can too <3) adamledoux.net/blog/posts/2...

It's LIVE!!! Spirit Swap: A Slice-of-Life solo TTRPG is now funding on @kickstarter.com for #zinequest!! Can't wait for people to see what we've been cooking! www.kickstarter.com/projects/sof...

Looks like Gobliins 6 is out on itch: pierre-gilhodes.itch.io/gobliins6

I talked to @cressup.bsky.social this weekend about Firewatch turning 10, and also about adventure games for a while because why not. It was a great chat, the only downside is I am now a youtube thumbnail head. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuAj...

I'm opening 10 slots of grayscale valentines comms! They'll be open until all the slots are filled or until valentines day 🖤🤍 turnaround time is a week. You can dm me or email [email protected] if you're interested or have questions!

“Please enjoy the museum”: Relooted is OUT NOW! Please share!

👻Shadows of the Afterland is OUT NOW!!!👻 Carolina arrives in the afterlife, in the wrong year and the wrong soul. A long, bumpy road culminates today, and I couldn’t be prouder of this game. ⚫✨ Would you help me spread the word? Cross over now: https://shadowsoftheafterland.com/steam

lmao at people leaning about the Moroun family and how they privately own the busiest US-Canada border crossing (until the Gordie Howe Bridge opens, anyway!). They should also look up the history of Michigan Center Station for more info on how shitty this family is.

Orson Welles is considered the greatest director of all time because his video essay is only 90 minutes long

some things are actually getting worse here.

The Idle Thumbs forums have outlasted every other online service and website I've used so maybe I should just stick with that for forever

Well I guess I have a new thing to look into, so if you’re in BC and you’ve ever seen a game called “Lotus Spring” please let me know (That’s just “Lotus Spring”, *not* “The Legend of Lotus Spring”)

LinkedIn is going to be the only website without age verification. The last place where people can post hog

I don't think there should be drafts. People should immediately post their thoughts and instantly regret it

obviously forums aren't a 1:1 replacement and aren't for everyone and (insert every disclaimer, etc here) but I do want to shoutout papercult.club and www.dosgameclub.com for being two nice smaller communities to talk about ttrpgs and DOS games. It's ZZT month in DOS Game Club!

RPG Maker Festival 2026 is running! For $3.49, you can hop into Slimes, where two guys go into a dungeon to kill some slimes (and also maybe each other). It's a world with an indifferent government and growing religious extremism... wow, wild if that were real store.steampowered.com/app/1313490/...

just put your money in a credit union jfc

Stoat has removed all their LLM commits.

Telling the Discord "That's me. Gabriel Knight"

I think Laura Dern got a new record for how much stuff she grabs in today's Criterion Closet video? It rules www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2IZ...

Lovely write-up of the storybundle that supports @globalvoiceslingua.bsky.social !

Perfect Tides: Station to Station is now available on Itch for PC & Mac! You can get it (along with the first Perfect Tides) here: granulac.itch.io/perfect-tide...

Discord should know I'm old anyway based on how much I talk about multimedia cd-roms

Good morning. Still 49% 😬😬😬😬😬 www.kickstarter.com/projects/637...

A really excellent, detailed review, that's more explicit about just how much stuff *hasn't* made it into this remake - including the Murder at Cafe Alps sidestory, as well as the sidestory where Kiryu emphasises with a transwoman's struggles

look at all these blogs and websites talking about ttrpgs that you can add to your rss feed reader

can folks finally stop putting all their documentation in discords?

i dont think one thing should replace discord, i think like three things at minimum should replace discord. it being an All-in-One app has ruined so many parts of online.

yeah well, Myst Online doesn't require me to upload my ID

Gonna need everyone to pitch in and tell a couple hundred of their friends to watch the LP of Gabriel Knight 2 that @shirokumahi.me and I did. If you don't, you love fascism. 🤷🏽‍♀️ youtu.be/T7qwFEtWstI

fwiw it seems like you still get The Teen Experience if you don't put an ID in (I'm not) but maaaaaaan

Remember back in October how Discord's third party suffered a data breach where 70k+ ID photos were leaked? Yeah. Discord can pound sand. discord.com/press-releas...

Ten years ago today we shipped Firewatch. I say this every anniversary but it feels both like a lifetime ago and like it was yesterday. Thank you everyone who played it back then or played it today for the first time. Thank you to everyone on the team, I’m still so proud of what we made.

@jesthehuman.itch.io's No ICE In Minnesota charity bundle has gone live with over 1300 games available priced at $10 min. All proceeds benefit the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota. Jes also shared a few words with Exalclaw about the bundle and their goal for it: exalclaw.com/2026/02/09/w...

So much is owed to Black culture, I swear. SO. DAMN. MUCH. #SuperBowl #HalftimeShow #InLivingColor www.instagram.com/reels/DUbq1v...

Buried in this piece is a throwaway line about how actually her real hustle is selling online courses to aspiring AI hacks, marking an extraordinary symbiosis of my two most hated internet poisons

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 videotome family of engines stole my heart. it was really easy to pick up and learn in a weekend long jam. you can run the engines in pretty much in any device that can open a code editor. this jam is a perfect opportunity to learn and do a cool little game!! the theme is great too. go nuts!

It happens to be my birthday tomorrow, so if you feel inclined to help support what I do, I'm still $290 short of last year's year-end goal to keep beestung funded! 😘🐝 www.gofundme.com/f/beestung-y...

Blog Roundup (February 8, 2026)

not only are there great reasons to ditch substack, there are alternatives! leavesubstack.com

canonical neopets homophobia