Aside from any of the obvious points, the Jobs Ready Graduates Scheme that ushered this into being and continues to be is a great illustration of the Ratchet Effect in politics, where the establishment right ruins something, and the establishment left does nothing to fix it when they gain power

I hate how absolutely Ubisoft are going to hook me into buying Black Flag again, because it just felt so satisfying to putter about being a pirate. Just an honestly good fun gameplay loop. Like dunking bad guys in Arkham, you want to go out of your way to do it. C’mon Ubi, just do that more.

Wait, did I become the age I was, or am I the age I am now? Do I have a way back? Do I have to carefully re-tread history exactly so my family will exist? Am I going to die before I get to now again? There's SO MANY GODDAMN QUESTIONS. Oh, but I definitely go regulate Big Tech.

When AI Came First it came for the Writers And I did not speak out Because I was not a Writer Then it came for the Artists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Artist Then, it came for me; - And there was no one left * To speak out * For me

Provoked by very tedious attempts to supplant actual writers with the usual this week: “If you think AI slop is good writing, that says more about your reading comprehension than its writing ability.”

My video games rotten brain knows, definitively, there's a secret area available if I climb up onto the bottom right pipe, run along it, and jump to that partially visible hole in the wall.

I know it's a take as old as time, but that there's no 40K competitor to Planetside 2 is just... absolutely mindblowing. The format is exactly right for 40K. The models are already digital formats, and work flawlessly in Space Marine 2. And there's no modern competitor. Why doesn't this exist?

But critically, still leaving the door open for things like... 'supported by AI drafting' and 'Crafted by humans with generative concepts', or 'with background assets procedurally generated' and other euphemisms for 'lol we used the plagarism machine to make it more profitable'

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, here revealed as Cyberdyne Systems Nonce-800, presumably was just trying to check Sarah Connor wasn't on the island.

@ironspike.bsky.social I can't reply sadly, but I see your 'Playing House' C&H, and raise you this absolute diamond of short-form, minimalist storytelling.

@rossignol.bsky.social @marshdavies.bsky.social Oh my days yes....

@evilhat.bsky.social I'm sure I won't be the only one to say this, but.... *Sobs in Australian*

How do we possibly have a quite good Fallout TV show, and it's NOT timed to release with a Fallout game? Surely, surely that would have been a smart thing to do. I mean, it's also been 16 years since New Vegas, and nothing else in the franchise came even close, so maybe we are ruled by idiots.

I’m confused - I recognise objectively Fight Club is not a story to aspire to, and it’s really about toxic masculinity. But also I really want to watch the corporate buildings collapse whilst the Pixies play ‘Where Is My Mind’ in the background.

www.reuters.com/business/med... Fantastic news for Joss Whedon dialogue fans! Terrible news for *checks clipboard* literally everyone else!

LMAO and you thought you were out of reasons to think Kotick was a shitheel.

I've been reminding myself of this so much recently.

Thanks again @davidmccormack55.bsky.social!

Biscuits! It’s only world’s greatest Dad Bandit! (Literally just walked up to him, said you’re the spit of Dave McCormack, he said ‘yeah cos I am’) 😂

What video game do you consider perfect?

"Yes, I know he's the same. We've got 3 people playing Rogue, a Fighter in Aragorn, a Wizard, Dwarf and an Elf. No, natural 1 on the save for that stupid ring wasn't my fault - No, I hear you, I know we don't have a Cleric!" Boromir's player to the GM when introducing his new character, Faramir.

I'll take it, solid result. Wordle 1,671 4/6 🟩🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬛🟩⬛🟨 🟩⬛🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

1. KOTOR 2. Half-Life 2 3. Breath of the Wild 4. Fallout: New Vegas 5. Disco Elysium Those five rewrote the rules for their respective genres. In raw quality, BG3 sneaks in right after. It's wild to me to put Clair Obscur, which is no doubt a very good game, even on the same list.

Genuinely brilliant.

Genuinely, for 2026 - I'd like an RPG Group I... like. Like, a group I'd actively want to spend time with outside of the game.

@netflix.com - I can make your live sports more profitable, hire me. Skip the whole boxing match part, just have a show where huge people punch Jake Paul in the face until he falls down. Over and over. Guaranteed top 10 most viewed.

The Whitsundays are… well, they’re really something. You never believe the hype about a place, but they manage to meet the hype and then some! Just… mind boggling natural beauty.

I think for PR reasons, Andrew should change his name to just a symbol, like maybe just an outline of Epstein Island. Then he could be ‘The Nonce Formerly Known As Prince.’

*Taps 2 Black Mana to summon @kierongillen.bsky.social*

Well done to dipshit #3,271 next to me on the flight to SYD today, actually arguing that when everyone puts up their trays for takeoff (yes, takeoff) that somehow their rights are being impinged. Brother. Please brother.

There needs to be a word for when you're stymied at work due to outside forces you can't control, and you're just building a dam of anxiety over lack of progress despite it not actually being your fault.

Never been prouder of you goons. What an excellent tribute to a man who has defined an entire universe that has influenced millions of imaginations.

The Dave Easy Guide To Voting: Step 1. Find out which candidate is being backed by a series of billionaires. Step 2. Vote for the other one.

Left: We want to have equity for all. Yes, even the blue haired shrieker. Right: We want a technobro run factory state with Christian overtones where you can discriminate against anyone who doesn’t profile. Centrists: Well, these two things are both crazy.

Off to SYD again FIFO; It absolutely needs to happen for work, and it’s to my benefit professionally, but my days it is exhausting to do frequently.

Literally every convicted felon in the world, serving and finished, who ever had a sentence longer than this...

And this ratio definitely isn't already roadmapped on a Jira somewhere to be eroded as soon as possible, nosiree.

I am vexed enough to do it, @aftermath.site.

Well, that's PC Game Pass gone, and a clear window of opportunity exists; To create a curated 'Here's what you should buy this month and still save half the money you would have spent on Xbox' set of articles for a year or so.

And now, as Ghost of Yotei draws near, the standard Sony dreariness of awaiting the PC version begins. Once the exclusivity is milked, we'll get it, obviously, but you almosst wish we didn't need to have the wait.

You thought all those 80s Mums collected spoons for no reason?

Post a perfect album from the 90's that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice in Chains

Logged back into Twitter just now as I’d got some notifications. All ‘For You’ posts, from: JK Rowling Tommy Robinson Piers Morgan (And I have never followed nor interacted with any of them.) Good thing that site isn’t peddling gateway drugs to influence you politically, right?

I regret NOTHING about my impulse purchase today. #transformers #mtmte

Hey @snapesnack.bsky.social, just querying - did you ever post a recipe for your Byzantium? Just looking to replicate your bronze particularly.

Two truths and a lie: 1. I kill the people who interact with me for this joke. 2. I’ve got blue eyes. 3. I feel remorse about #1.

"What radicalized you?" Nothing. I refuse to bow to the framing that my beliefs are "radical." Kids should be fed not bombed or shot Schools should be safe places. Reading is an unalloyed good. The world is amazing and should be cherished. Science and medicine is star stuff understanding itself.

On the fob of the loan car I’ve got whilst it’s in the garage. Just say ‘Don’t put it in your butt’. Be honest. We all know what you meant.

The best thing about RATM is no matter how old I get, their music remains relevant. The worst thing about RATM is no matter how old I get, their music remains relevant. youtu.be/bWXazVhlyxQ?...

It's apt that corporations/governments divided the internet into SFW and NSFW & are now making it all Safe For Work, because that is the defining frame they want to place on the world--everywhere you go is for Work, not pleasure or art or love or culture. You must always Work for Them, or die.