Oh my GODDDDD, this is so GORGEOUS. There are so many outstanding shots and environments, it's such a joy to watch, I really hope @glitchprod.com keeps making more of this!

No spoilers Silksong review on @backloggd.com with more words about difficulty in games than about the game itself, because Idk that's where my brain is since no one will shut up about it. backloggd.com/u/everin/rev...

Just finished reading "Player of Games," wanted to see how people reflected on the various qualities of what The Culture novels are presenting in a utopia, and this @bloodknife.bsky.social essay on the subject was very good.

Now in Act 3 of Silksong, and despite how hard it is and how mean it is and how much I'm not *that* good at this game but just good enough (and it gives enough tools to let you modulate the difficulty if you pay attention, similar to Elden Ring), this game is so fucking peak.

Less than 48 hours of Silksong release before I'm already ranting about lack of accessibility/difficulty options in the discord chats. Not because I want them for myself yet, just because I feel bad for people for whom HK was already their limit of difficulty and this game expects a lot more.

The customary Silksong release day charcuterie board.

Instagram algorithm was clever enough to target me with an ad of this specific character and now @melbotstudios.bsky.social has my money.

my power (to do grid-based level design within a specific frame of reference) is absolutely unlimited.

it's a conspiracy. they don't want you to know that it's as simple as two little functions to swap between world and local space. they want you to suffer in confusion and fear, huddling in the dark, lost from the illumination of truth, clawing to learn math that they will just do for you.

Two incredibly normal millionaires living the most basic life of game development happiness completely ignoring the entire internet and doing what they want. Heaven on earth, good for them.

For real.

Always happy to find a new video essay channel that brings something new to the table. Good analysis, great presentation.

A horse struggles to exist #art #animation #indieanimationday #horse

Alternatively, consider there has to be at least one planet more embarrassing than ours.

He stuck on my home til I Viziepop.

What if I have *two* PCs literally hovering between both possible locations that change elevation for my physical wellbeing.

Always love that @backloggd.com does these throwback GOTY events. There are some tough choices for best narrative, but had to go for the one that made me feel the most.

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.

Yeeeeah, though for me all my good ideating time was when walking or on public transit, and I lost that with WFH, tradeoffs. The periods where I do have it, unfortunately I do just want to listen to a podcast because I'm just sooo tired anyways.

Really good take on genre discourse around horror lately.

Took PTO for a long weekend to deal with stress, 100%'d the Lagoon Layer of Donkey Kong Bananza in 4.5 hours, having a fucking blast. I still wish Nintendo could bring the graphics, especially when Astrobot showed just how amazing a game like this can be with top of the line, but it's still awesome.

"Too Much" on Netflix is so good it's crazy, why the fuck did it take this long for a proper evolution of the romcom. It's awkward, sweet, funny, and real, and it consistently actually makes me feel a lot. Great show.

me_irl

New pinned post...I made six YouTube videos and then got a promotion, so I got too busy to keep working on other ones, but then the game industry went and does what it does, so I don't even know what I'm doing next with my career for a bit. Maybe I'll make more YouTube videos once I stop being sad!

Death Stranding 2 is an absolutely gorgeous game.

if youre like u cant joke theres genocide going on let me tell you about the last 15000 years

Horrible week at work, trying to find happiness where I can. Gosh I wish I could work on a game as smooth and fun and deep as Death Stranding. I'd settle for working on one that actually can ship at all. Going on nearly 5 years of work that went nowhere and meant nothing (KotOR and Perfect Dark).

Cultists. Absolutely unhinged.

"...as efficiencies were found, duplication was rooted out..." I wish @polygon.com wouldn't put this corporate propaganda in even part of a sentence. Acquired studios share almost no infrastructure -- not QA, IT, HR, tech stack, almost NOTHING. They are essentially autonomous companies. (1/6)

Lou Wilson is really having a Nathan Fielder moment with this channel. This is great.

My lower back decided to go "fuck you" today, so I watched John Wick for 7 hours. I'm glad I decided to put the 4th on even though 2nd and 3rd definitely bored me.

Great topic, great vid.

Latest Zenless Zone Zero. Not flawless play, but they keep making this game more fun. Still hate the gacha model, but the biggest thing keeping me in is that it's one of the greatest motivators for me to lift weights that I've ever had. Play between sets while listening to D&D pods, it's awesome.

Almost Friday always has the best twists, premium sketch comedy.

The Alters is really really fun so far. Playing beer pong and watching short films by YouTube's Chris and Jack with my alternate reality clones. Lots of Death Stranding influences in the game mechanics. Really satisfying survival/crafting UX. Great dialog writing. Huge recommend.

As I lay in bed with my forearms literally hurting because I don't stretch enough and use my phone too much, of course the faction with the highest moral code in Tera Ignota is legally required to stretch. Amazing detail fully 3.5 books in from @adapalmer.bsky.social.

This looks really impressive, all of the feel looks like it translated flawlessly to 3D. Issue will be depth perception, unfortunately. VR actually solves that (see Astro Bot Rescue Mission), but unfortunately VR is basically dead.

The bizarre marketing of Silksong is gonna go down in history. Microsoft uses an indie game made by tiny team they're not even publishing as bait to get people to engage with their trailer of a new handheld that's technically just a handheld Asus Rog (a thing that already exists).

Reading a lotta comments saying it's good if kids see this "Animal Farm" film (by Andy Serkis btw) and it still lands the message, and I agree. Imagine a movie that kids could watch in the 2020s that says anything at all.

I made six YouTube videos and then got a promotion, so I haven't touched the one I shot about Animal Well a year ago in a while. Maybe one day I'll make YouTube videos again, but for now, it's time for a normal face and name and to find satisfaction in being incredibly busy working on Perfect Dark.

God damnit, this is so fucking cool.

I didn't need to rewatch the original Lilo and Stitch again to know it's a masterpiece unparalleled by all of Disney's output after it came out, but it doesn't hurt to do so because it's still a great time.

Doom: The Dark Ages is rocking my socks off. It's overall way easier than Eternal at the same difficulty level, I don't feel like my blood is being melted from the inside just to interact with the combat, but I actually think I love the core combat principles of this more than the two prior games.

I don't play Magic at all anymore but I need dis.