The successor to GZDoom is out now, after GZDoom's lead developer decided to start 'vibe coding' with AI. For those worried, this should perform EXACTLY the same as GZDoom. Probably better, and with improving compatibility as there's more people actively working on it and listening to the community

Paris innit

lmao

One more for the morning crowd: go play the demo for this. It is *special*.

I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.

The trailer sold me but holy moly the demo blew me away. This has the potential to be something very special indeed.

The Game Awards not paying for Future Class members' *coffee order* is fucking batshit, and it is far from the worst thing in this thread.

A note about the TGAs worth remembering as this Future Class story unfolds: it’s a marketing beat, consumer-facing, and voted on by media/influencers. Developers are, by design, not included or considered in the structure. Which feels bad! www.polygon.com/explained/49...

The Game Awards not paying for Future Class members' *coffee order* is fucking batshit, and it is far from the worst thing in this thread.

I was a member of TGA Future Class 2022 and lemmee tell ya, my skin has been crawling since pretty much every interaction I had with them (few) & story I heard about other members' interactions with them (many) was bad. & by bad I mean, so many shades of being used as photo op tokens & nothing more

Migraines blow

Is Game Writer under Performer?

good morning specifically to the FBI agent who introduced Mamdani’s dad to Marx

Every time I quote this please know it is a *direct* reaction post. So. Here it is again.

Last week, 30 employees in the United Kingdom and Canada of GTA VI developer Rockstar working to organize for better working conditions were unexpectedly and unfairly dismissed. Linked below is a fundraiser to help them out in the coming weeks and days. actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...

Wednesday

Bluesky rn

Cuomo giving a victory-coded speech as the last vestiges of his political career evaporate is just...

A sneak peek at the cover of next week’s issue, which celebrates Zohran Mamdani’s historic win. #NewYorkerCovers https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM

This is gonna shift to a Cuomo/Adams/Giuliani road trip movie where they go off to "solve crimes" but Adams just chases sparkly lights, Giuliani shits himself to death, and Cuomo gets tased constantly for being a weird fucking creep.

VP Cheney will be honoured with a 21 gun salute accidentally aimed directly at 21 of his friends

legit lol from this. Very good.

Dick Cheney shot his friend in the face the right way. by Ezra Klein

SAG-AFTRA stands in solidarity with the IWGB Game Workers Union exercising their right to organize following reports of union-busting at Rockstar. Our members’ union performances on Rockstar games are an integral part of the success and legacy of games like Grand Theft Auto.

the doc is maybe even better

The gutting of Teen Vogue, a publication which dared to treat its readers seriously and with respect, is an especially dispiriting day in old media's long, self-destructive forced march to nowhere

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Oooooh there's a *real* sneaky quest in Arc Raiders. It cleverly gets around telling you to kill other raiders by instead getting you to extract with a specific item of which there is only a single one. Cue 4 solo players, initially friendly, turning on each other the moment realisation hit.

One thing that's great about AI is that I immediately know which people are not worth my time.

Well that was fun for a moment.

The headline is transphobic Paul. There is no debate, at any level, when one side is "Can I still give money to this person who directly funnels her riches into an attempt to erase the most vulnerable demographic from existence, and still feel ok about myself."

Then don't write transphobic headlines.

I've done a lot of benefiting-of-the-doubt with Tassi over the years but this chicken shit "debate" framing alongside the "I guess I know the ICE Halo guy" stuff, is beyond the pale in the context of our time. It's so fucking easy to not be like this.

I missed the start of this particular "game narrative is bad" cycle but this is an excellent thread regardless.

Know your subgenres, Cracking open a cold one with the fellas: buddy comedy Cracking open fellas with the Cold One: dark fantasy Cracking open one fella with a cold: medical drama A cold open with one cracking fella: sitcom One cold fella with the open crack: public solo porn in winter

Think I just had the greatest online experience of my life thanks to Arc Raiders holy shit.

This whole thread is Doc Squiddy encapsulated. - Sweeping Statement Presented Authoritatively: "This thing is bad." - Drawn out analysis with no real point or conclusions. - A few toxic comments airing personal grievances. - "Except when I do it of course, I am the only one who does it right."

This whole thread is Doc Squiddy encapsulated. - Sweeping Statement Presented Authoritatively: "This thing is bad." - Drawn out analysis with no real point or conclusions. - A few toxic comments airing personal grievances. - "Except when I do it of course, I am the only one who does it right."

‘Special thanks’ is for people’s dogs and cats. Not for people who spent five years of their lives actively developing a videogame for you

producers when the game director comes in with a million new changes after finishing the latest hit title last night

If true this is fucking reprehensible. "[Rockstar] terminated between 30 and 40 staffers...All employees were part of a private trade union chat on Discord."

Nothing fancy tonight, just the traditional crippling uphill bike ride to an electro-house concert. Happy All Hallow's everyone!

This is a Hall of Fame post.

Phasmaphobia, for reals. Doesn't matter that it can be slapstick as hell, when you're alone in the ghost room and that fucker starts a hunt it is beyond terrifying.

Off to a good start (all solo players, we teamed up, looted a high value location and extracted while rescuing ANOTHER group of solo players from a big robot).

Off to a good start (all solo players, we teamed up, looted a high value location and extracted while rescuing ANOTHER group of solo players from a big robot).