I am enjoying Wano a ton so far

I regret what i have done

Masahiro Sakurai is all of us.

New rule: if a bunch of lunatic millionaires/billionaires have made the atmospheric stress in my life so thick I could swim through it for no reason whatsoever this month, then they should at least make my car payment for me

Haha oh no. I’ve awoken to the existential dread, but rather than put the horrors into words, I’ve decided to scroll endlessly on my dread box. Yippee!

Well, being sick allowed me one accomplishment: I have officially finished Whole Cake Island. Next is a brief interlude with the Levelly, and then Wano, here I come.

Animated Version

If you're in Alpha Lab 2, we're trying to cram a bunch of folks into Ranked Lobbies right about for now testing. Come play!

Yes! It's good. membership.theonion.com

One of my favorite things this week has been watching people react to the Duskbloods’ announcement. It’s a study in a) how amazingly on point Fromsoft and Miyazaki are as auteurs (cause everyone had guessed Fromsoft before the logo), but b) HOW RIDICULOUS NOT JUST LETTING THEM MAKE BLOODBORNE 2 IS.

The 2025 experience

Stuck in traffic and I’ve found the best way to pass the time is to get your SO to try and explain the entire lore of the No More Heroes franchise.

I’m seeing a lot of negative reviews on games along the lines of “this isn’t exactly what I wanted, even though it was exactly what was promised”. I can’t overstate how much more joy you will have if you allow art to unfurl in front of you, instead of demanding it be what you imagine you want.

From a design perspective, I'll never understand why Luxray isn't electric/dark type. SO WHAT IF THIS WAS MY FIRST SENTIENT THOUGHT THIS MORNING?!?!

You know you’re clocked by an algorithm when you start getting videos combining niche and modern perfume houses with video game characters. Anyway, Vincent Valentine and I smell the same, so that’s something.

Aloy's story is about fighting back against the apocalyptic effects of hubristic tech CEOs whose greed and short sightedness destroyed civilization

I came in early to take a meeting that I accidentally worked straight through. Focus is a flighty mistress.

Tax evasion for rerolling away all my econ

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My SO is getting me a working atlatl and darts for my birthday and I feel seen :D

fun fact: if you draw fanart for a game within the first week of any sort of major PR event for it (announcement, demo, release etc) there is a 99% chance the entire dev team on the game knows who you are because they are doing nothing but reposting fanart in slack

Ursula le Guin, on the accusation that fantasy is an escape from reality

Astro Bot is smart for many reasons, but by releasing special levels post launch, they can ensure the theme song is CONSTANTLY PLAYING IN MY HEAD FOREVER

What do you mean you can tell I’ve been going through my eyeshadow palettes?

When you’re mean to me, this is who you’re mean to.

okay but every fucking company that dropped anything remotely "DEI" so fast without any actual impetus to do so, preemptively for laws that were never going to be upheld because they weren't constitutional, needs to be fucking dragged into the street and stomped on forever

The sun is shining. The birds are singing. And my beloved is screaming in the other room, playing an under-appreciated tank in Marvel Rivals. And it is here I know peace.

should I play the other pillars of eternity or hop straight into avowed?

I wouldn’t even know where to begin dissecting Baki the Grappler’s critique on American politics, but part of me wants to.

experimentation drives innovation the human spirit yearns to boundary push. innovation naturally happens when talented, creative people are given the resources to play. give the time, space and means to ask themselves, "what if?" and then create projects following the question

Life is about moderation. I can wake up at 6:00 AM to go to the gym and ALSO stay up past my bed time, order chickie nuggs and playing FF6. I contain multitudes.

True, we have a woman who wrote a game that made like half a billion on the strength of her writing. But on the other hand, look how fast this website can shit out the most stilted, toneless writing you’ve ever seen! Tough call

thinking about the post that was like "what do you expect dems to do? are our representatives supposed to be throwing blows on the congressional floor?" and like... yeah. they are imo

I kinda wish the horrors would stop persisting actually.

Black Milk understood the Final Fantasy assignment when their collection includes a few FF prints and then just EVERY piece of clothing they’ve ever made with a buckle.

cat-coded characters

How Am I Still Coughing: A Cat’s a Whiny Baby Story

What IDIOT let me pick up Balatro again? (It's me. I'm idiot.)

If I lose one more night of sleep to this cough, I will combust. I’m so tired.

Read aggressively, read broadly, try to figure out how the writers you admire pull off their tricks. This will help you more than any workshop or MFA program, but more importantly it will fill you with the love for this stuff you absolutely must have in order to endure the bullshit

Long version: Games have slid so far into the tech sector that corporate leadership forgets that they're art. When you strip the human element out of your storytelling mechanisms, the humans who consume it won't enjoy it. You lose the bet. Short version: aaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

This is especially disheartening because like diversity, I thought we'd finally made headway in making people see how important this job was

I’ve been knocked on my ass by a lung infection caused by ash from the LA fires. I wasn’t in an evacuation zone, and the air seemed clear, so I went for a walk unmasked about a week ago. Since then I haven’t slept properly due to coughing all night, and meds aren’t helping. Please stay safe friends.

Being autistic or neurodivergent has never once made me, or any other neurodivergent person I know, perform or engage with anything close to a fascist dogwhistle. Just saying.

Sometimes you just gotta eat a whole bowl of tomatoes to feel something

I appreciate patapon’s innate ability to make it impossible for me to hyperfixate on despite how much I love it. Eventually I’ll hit a boss I have to grind to get past, and it’s like a built in game timer.

As far as I'm concerned, if keeping your vision for your film under budget requires A.I., you're admitting to the world that you suck at creative problem-solving.

So TikTok is already back? I have such severe whiplash.

i feel like anyone making “the switch 2 shows nintendo has lost its way” argument has never heard of the Super Nintendo or the Game Boy Advance, two of the company’s most successful products which are still beloved among gamers