Kimmel’s defiant return highlights one of the most disturbing dynamics of Trump II, that so many people in positions of leadership are chickenshit frauds who would rather fold in advance than put up anything resembling a fight www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Yup. My mantra right now is: - Do what you can. - If some joy floats within reach, *GRAB IT* - Spite is a valid motivator - This too, WILL pass. See line 1.

CHOTINER: So, I think it's safe to say you falsely prophesied the rapture? "PROPHET": Well, scripture says no one can know the hour nor the day- CHOTINER: But you literally predicted the hour and the day. "PROPHET": I mean, I heard it from jesus! CHOTINER: So, you're saying HE got the day wrong?

it's not the rent that gets you it's the utilities -R

Maybe the real Ship of Theseus was the Ship of Theseus we made along the way

Okay, wow. I think I'm actually getting pretty decent at Ring Racers. :o Even a year after release, coming back in bursts, I'm still learning new things and improving! :D

Me: Imma look something up real qui- Google: Throws up the "Do you wanna opt into AI search" thing that I've declined a dozen times RIGHT where I'm clicking, a half second before I click. Me: What, no! Stop! How do I opt back out?! Google settings: /shrug Gods, I hate this garbage.

The risk of traveling to the US used to be a delayed flight or lost luggage. Now the risk is to be detained and possibly tortured for weeks. I am a father of 2, I can't make that bet.

Nothing quite like spite to make you inspired to write that one story idea that's been burning in your mind for months. Now I just gotta learn that whole "turn RPGmaker into a tactical game" plugin, because it really feels like a "blitz" tactics game would fit it really nicely.

Move over “realistic gravity doesn’t feel good,” we have a new best example of why game designers have to temper the idea the realism is what the players want 🐐

Why is Tylenol trending? .......Oh. ...WHAT??? Gods this is the dumbest survivable timeline.

I really do need to figure out the best medium for telling that one story idea I had a few months ago. Because I don't know if I wanna wait 3 years until the next TTRPG campaign I run, where it'd be perfect. XD

Hot damn, Radicalfish is knocking it out of the park again. This really does feel like an evolution on Crosscode, which was already *REALLY* fun.

Yup. I am very thankful for both the Etrian Odyssey games and Outward for making me much less reluctant to use my consumables when I'm in a pickle. They're meant to be used. If they weren't, the game wouldn't GIVE them to you!

Sun Tzu in his Art of War once said "those who save consumables will be buried with them."

Wait, did I really, somehow, manage to lock myself out of Karlach's romance arc in TWO separate playthroughs of BG3?! Even when on my second run, I was deliberately aiming for it?! *confused noises*

This makes me want to scream, but I also can't fully refute it lmfao. I need to think of an action game where there's no menus and no jumping. XD

This is hilarious. These people have never run a real business. It is 100% a scam operated by skiled, dedicated grifters. www.wsj.com/articles/sto...

I would very much like things in the world to get better now

Nine Dots survived 2 flops and had been in a precarious situation for 8 years before we launched Outward. Being used to how harsh the market was, I thought that if we sell 250,000 units, then I'll consider this a major success. This is nuts. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JY_...

Okay the billing department at UPS need to get their shit together. I got a bill, when I hadn't ordered anything through them, and there was no searchable information to figure out what it could be, so I thought it was a scam. Turns out, nope, it WAS legit, and I had a whole rigamarole to do. >:(

This thread had me nodding along slowly/mournfully the entire time. Game writing is hard, yo. Things can change at any time, which can throw a wrench into the works and require a lot of extra time and work.

The wait for Silksong was longer than the Confederacy.

Hello! Today is my birthday 🎉🍰� Can I kindly ask for a RT as a gift today? It would mean the world if you could share my art ❤️ As always, thank you all who've supported my work. I apreciate all of your words, can't thank you enough! #dnd #art

While scratching my head at people who seem exceptionally hostile to turn-based games, I thought of the most blistering hot take I've had in months. From a certain point of view, Dark Souls and Elden Ring are turn-based. Or at least, their boss fights are. 👀

*Looks at that upcoming sonic racing game* It does look kinda fun, but I think- *blinks, realizes he's gone back to playing Robotnik's Ring Racers, where I'm STILL learning new things because this fangame's a bottomless behemoth of a speed racing game*

It's me. I'm Vivi. #anxiety #finalfantasy9 #finalfantasyix

It’s really funny that The Art of War is treated as this like alpha male book when it’s clearly meant to be read by ancient Chinese failsons because it’s all “please don’t forget you have to feed your troops” and “if someone asks if you’re going to attack them consider lying about it”

How the hell did they even get this patent approved when it applies to HUNDREDS OF GAMES going back decades? Is there no prior art protection clause in the US?

Huh. After a whole week of extremely minimal internet (I hate using my phone for browsing, posting, videos and social media) And I feel like my instinct to keep up with it all once I'm back to my PC feels... Like I really ought to keep up *less* lol.

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars. OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

Signed! It isn't even mentioned in the petition but typically when conservative groups attack pornography, the goal is to extend any representation of anything queer as pornographic as the next step. It's something legitimately worrying even beyond how it affects people in the porn business.

This sums up this payment NSFW fiasco pretty well.

Sea Level xkcd.com/3135/

Capcom has arguably the best performance out of any video game company in the world. That's not a position from which you're supposed to complain, especially while the industry as a whole is collapsing.

interesting how some ppl are taking advantage of adnan hussain being muslim to smear all muslims as anti-lgbt+ when they never mention wes streeting being a christian or bridgette phillipson being roman catholic. by interesting i mean tedious and typical. 🙄

🏆Achievement Unlocked🏆 "Mountains're nice" Climbed to the top of a Swiss mountain: Edelweiss peak!

Using this piece by @reallygoodwizard.bsky.social in my introductory lectures for my design students.

Every difficulty we had getting to this trip to the alps was sooo worth it already and we're still on day 1. I am so grateful my girlfriend and her family invited me. 🥺

Me a month ago: "I'll save my copy of the Aurora graphic novel for my trip abroad! :D I've been looking forward to it so much!" Me today, finishing packing: "Hoooooly shit this thing weighs like 2 pounds, this is NOOOOT coming on the plane with me. 😭"

We're very happy to be the official #TurnBasedThursday host this week. This community is amazing and support us a lot. Now it's your time #GameDev #IndieDev to let players discover your #turnbased games. Love #turnbased games? ♥ / 🔁 great games in the replies and @ who should be in this thread!

Look what they did to Notepad. Shut the fuck up. This is Notepad. You are not welcome here. Oh yeah "Let me use Copilot for Notepad". "I'm going to sign into my account for Notepad". What the fuck are you talking about. It's Notepad.

If this is in any way true, I pity those people. Your brain is capable of so much just by itself. Wanting to shock yourself over using your imagination and thinking just makes me sad for them. (Those with aphantasia get a pass, I'm not sure how much that condition affects alone time)

Oddly good heuristic for what it’s safe to give AI control of

Having gotten into fun Themed Solitaire variants (like Scoundrel, A+ that game), I was seriously let down by the last one I tried to learn. Most of the other ones I learned have like 2 pages of rules, and are LOADED with decisions to make (the lifeblood of a good dame), and the new one... oof...

Man, a nightmare's gotta be a special level of awful to be the worst thing to happen in a night where I also was sick with something. Boy was last night the worst one I've had in recent memory.

Yup. It never works. I hits a ton of people who shouldn't get hit, misses the endless stream of bots and predators, and just plain breaks the site for most people.

An excellent game if you like puzzles with many solutions and that don’t punish you for messing around. Also one of the funniest and most charming games. And now: cheaper!