One time I said this to a potential client and they got all offended and nasty, which was a bright red flag that saved me and others a lot of trouble. (Good thing I didn’t get to recommend anyone!) So even when it backfires it’s useful.

injecting code into other people’s software in such a way that it seems native, famously the behavior of only the most trusted tech companies

Not satisfied with just destroying their own brand goodwill, OS companies are now using AI to try to destroy the good names of the apps users install. (Scrivener taking out adds to explain how it has no AI but Apple adds some anyway.)

This could not be more disgusting. Claiming that the most important thing the government needs to be doing is preventing families from deciding on their own health care, endangering kids with abusive parents, and inspecting kids' genitalia so some kids can't play sports at all.

thanks to Gatineau-Hull being right there, I think Ottawa is quite a bit larger than Quebec City as a market, so if growth is the objective, it might not serve

My school is mostly remote, but I like my school and wish I could go there more often-- say three times a year for a week, instead of once?

Drivers licences should be much harder to maintain. Retesting at least annually. If it’s an expensive pain in the ass, then good.

Lots of cars this am just speeding into intersections already full of pedestrians, only scanning for cars, intending to turn without respecting a stop sign, and then making an oops face when greeted with panicked screams.

Dreamed I fell asleep at a party and woke up in a zombie apocalypse, and used my last lucid moments to find people I recognized and tell them what I’d always found cool and special about them.

We need to talk more in international spaces about how much of what people think of as "Canada" is a very expensive marketing campaign. It's all a lie.

Anyone else here in the Vegetables for Breakfast club? What are your breakfast vegetables? #food

I remember hands-off demoing a game for journalists, directly under the “Eye of the Tiger” Rayman Run screen and the Ducktales screen, and they’d both go off at the same time blaring (awesome) loud music and the build was SO HARD TO PLAY. Awful week but memorable in the best way.

Cat: stares off into middle distance

3 years ago today, Riot Games offered me a job making more money than I ever thought I’d make in my life. I had 19 interviews over 2.5 months to get it. Partner and I were moving to LA for it. I put in notice at my job and apartment. 2 weeks later they rescinded the offer due to “headcount issues”.

The indie showcase is on at Le Central! There are 5 new games to try, come hangout, we are here ‘til 4pm today 🙂 #gameevents

Super excited to read this terrific-looking memoir of a Montreal garbage collector I found yesterday because some enterprising bookseller had placed their only copy face-out on a shelf at knee height.

Hier, après un évènement de la Semaine du jeu vidéo de Montréal, j’ai passé par le charmant librairie bilingue, librairiebertrand.com où j’ai trouvé ce merveilleux journal d’un vidangeur Montréalais publié par luxediteur.com.

appreciate this article breaking down a taxonomy of knowledge games (also, unfortunately, known as metroidbrainias) azhdarchid.com/against-metr...

Many posts going around critiquing what some see as a general loss of reading comprehension/reading for fun, but it's worth remembering that LOTS of factors that can make reading difficult. For me it was a combo of migraine/adhd/eyesight for years. Anyhoo, see Stella's thread for book recos!

The STM maintenance workers have announced an end to their month-long work slowdown (buses and metros run at rush hour and late night only) -- which is very convenient for people! But they're only doing it before a new government law forces them into arbitration -- which is bullshit.

If I only listen to the same muzak playlists on repeat in my office all day anyway, maybe I should just get a record player

Good job, past me who made soup and froze it for a snowy day.

My take on resurrecting bond is good for them, making Bond a news item while nothing is being released and no one was thinking about it. Bond would definitely remain dead without buzz.

Heart goes out to both attendees and organizers of MIGS & Mtl Games Week. Seemed like this was a year ppl were more invested in making it a bigger thing but between the surprise foot of snow and the transit strike, it’s going to be tough.

Not your average November flurries

Might be of interest to game Narrative Designers out there.

the secret about local elections is that they’re basically sports events. a lot of people can be radicalized and plugged in at scale by being part of a “team” and invested in that team’s success. and investment can be as common sense as “the candidate thinks the government should help people”

ha! I was just listening to an old interview with Douglas Adams about Hitchhiker's and he says explicitly his style is directly influenced by Winnie the Pooh. I've been saying this for years, ever since i read to my kids as an adult and thought, wait a minute, I've seen this before

Happy Ambrosia Sky day! Buy Ambrosia Sky because it's a sick game made by cool people!

Sunday snuggles

I need more vegan friends. It would be nice to cook for/with friends who were into the same food.

A plea for help. 🙏 One of the lead playtesters of Blue Prince, Iggy, has polycystic kidney disease and has only a few months to find a living kidney donor. His story, contact and donor information can all be found on iggyland.org Please help us in sharing his story and getting the word out.💙

Happy Inkday!

This is fun!

The goal is not to replace QA with AI. It's to drive down the wages of QA even further than they already are

Coming into Montreal for MIGS? Did you know it's also Montreal Games Week? There's whole host of games and developer related events happening throughout the same week! And it's all organized by our vibrant, local community: www.semainedujeuvideodemontreal.com

I just found this hilarious tabletop game idea in an old random folder. I love you, brain.

Congratulations, NYC!

hey so I did all the environment art on this over the course of many many years, please check it out : ) congratulations to the entire team for their hard work, what a journey

Look at our sweet little city’s bike paths competing w NYC for most riders. lp.ca/Ahe2Ps?shari...

They’ve shrinkflated the frozen mixed vegetables I have at breakfast by going “oops all carrots!” This is an outrage.

It used to be that experimental technologies created more opportunities for newcomers, rather than trying to eliminate their posts.

The Kinect was my entry point to the industry. I successfully argued that my dance writing background primed me to write fitness instructions for players.

Hello I am bumping this one last time, then I swear I will shut up about it!! I’m really looking forward to this new chapter of making cool music for cool projects, with a lot less pressure to “succeed”

Our new mayor has already abandoned her promise to audit bike paths because the bike path audit document 1) already exits 2) always has 3) is a living document that is constantly being updated, including data from the 2-person dept. that exists to audit bike paths🙄

Is today the day the stm strike forces me to become a cold and wet weather cyclist. I'd rather ride 50 mins both ways on my own bike than 50 mins one way on a bixi...

For anyone who thinks their one little vote doesn't matter

It’s a little frustrating that people are so apathetic about city elections when that’s where your vote counts the most directly and proportionately and for things that impact us and our neighbours in the most immediate way.