hell yeah

Stranger Things Season 5 "Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up". Directed by The Duffer Brothers

Happy New Year!! It is time for the circumstances to improve, etc.

The final day

fat pikachu my beloved

You can get everything we've ever done at a ridiculous price until January 5! store.steampowered.com/bundle/6097/...

done! (mostly, will probably do some minor edits and weathering when I get back to my laptop haha) #sinners

posting occupies an entirely different part of my brain than texting does

My end-of-year best-of list for my newsletter turned into an extended dive into Pluribus. newsletter.justinaclin.com/p/a-carol-co...

That time of year again!

whoa hey i'm joe, thanks for liking the porno i drew. there's a lot more of it, too. mostly i draw and write about My Guys because i author comics for mature readers, often with my partner @kingfishercove.bsky.social all of which can be read for free or for cheap

not just in art, either, there are guys who would go around obsessively fixing every clogged pipe in a 10-mile radius if they had the free time and social infrastructure to do so

I have always said it, I will continue to say it, we are limiting the productive potential of millions of freaks by demanding they earn a wage to survive instead of enabling them to do whatever thing their brain is broken for

something I learned this year is you should invite people to things even if you know they can’t come. instead of it making them feel bad it actually makes them feel good

when a narrative indie game about a sensitive social issue suddenly takes a turn for the Praise Christianity and Jesus six hours into its roughly seven hour runtime ❌❌☠️

an awful year but I am very glad it has Pluribus and Heated Rivalry airing simultaneously to close it all out. gay rights

earlier this year, a fan project restored the shuttered Dragon Age: The Last Court, a text-driven narrative game that launched in advance of Inquisition, and I'm gonna play it soon and I'm so excited

Using gen ai for text and asset placeholders is not solving a problem; games have been made for decades with regular placeholders. studios using AI this way are just testing the water to see what more they can get away with - which will inevitably mean laying off skilled workers, to make worse games

My current background TV show is the old Kirby anime, and it's a phenomenal selection of voice acting Choices. King Dedede is Foghorn Leghorn, Meta Knight is Zorro, Rick the Hamster is inexplicably Australian, and Dedede's snail henchman is doing his best impression of Paul Lynde

sigh

Exciting news! Thanks to the repeated generosity of @iamdavidbrothers.com, we are adding TWO more mini grants to this year's round! Please make sure to submit your applications by the end of the month. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Introducing Comix Cleric, a web framework that makes it easier than ever to make and host your webcomic YOUR way! Crafted BY comic creators FOR comic creators and jam packed with features, you can learn more by checking out the Kickstarter NOW! #comic #webcomic #webcomics #kickstarter

I'm getting around to watching the Game Awards and most it is very not my speed—only so many ways you can dress up military shoot bang games—but I am laughing that apparently I've already played 4/5 of the Games For Impact nominees

love reaching the age of "have to threaten one's elderly parents to keep them from doing something stupid that could get them permanently injured" years old

congratulations to heated rivalry for finding new ways each week to make my wig spin, jesus christ

In a nearly pitch black bus on my way home from work, reading comics I picked up at MICE by the flickering light of a Lady Gaga music video on my phone, cackling at @keezyyoung.bsky.social’s ‘I Only Have Eyes For You, Dear’ in particular.

next year I’d like to hear less “you’re so resilient” and more “you just got *more* good news?”

Me, scrolling through a social media site algorithmically designed to make me mad: why am I so mad right now

RIP

Accidentally left my headphones at home, which has reacquainted me with the joys of eavesdropping on public transportation.

♥️

the "gay actors and gay roles" discourse is a "multiple things can be true" conversation but unfortunately most people who wade into it just want one thing to be true

Anyone have recommendations for non-mint flavored gum? Preference for longer lasting. I’ve been dealing with a 24/7 taste sensory issue and gum is one of the few things to help mitigate it

NORCO's a Christmas game. 65% off on Steam through December 12th.

In less than a week, MICE returns to BU's Fuller Building and we'll be there at Table 47B! We'll have our entire available catalog along with our brand new titles: Slices of Life and Testament! See you there 😁 @massmice.bsky.social

this game is one of my faves of 2023! great if you love character-driven ensemble narratives and vibrant art styles

Dealing with a chronic health issue that is being made only more chronic by the fact that my specialist seems to be caught in some time loop where she only recalls 2% of anything I've ever told her

update: I've been liking Random From Follows bsky.app/profile/boog...

The malwarebytes Google opting-your-emails-into-ai-training thing is not true. The post is based on one bad tweet. I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait. www.theverge.com/news/826902/...

about to read a horror comic that's likely going to unglue my skin. wish me luck

as a comics journo who, in a former life, wrote about webcomics: Lavender Jack is exceptional and I could not more highly recommend it @danschkade.bsky.social

nothing better ensures that a statement comes off as rude than opening it with "friendly reminder"

America's first ever esports champion was Rebecca Heineman, a trans woman. She went on to found some of your favorite video game studios and worked on your favorite video games. Next time you see somebody rail about 'woke' and 'DEI' Remember that. Remember her.

Anti-AI pins have been RESTOCKED in my shop! (Shipping US & Canada only). Get 'em before the AI bubble bursts. 😉🤞 shop.breelundberg.com

anyway pouring one out for the zillions of competent, ethical journalists who are currently unemployed

take: the indie game equivalent of "AAA studio adding half-baked 'open-world' to a game because 'players prefer it' and 'more choices always equals better'" is having a sudden "multiple endings" choice that is not informed by what the player was doing in the first 98% of the game

one thing I miss about Twitter is that it felt more amenable to sadposting. bluesky feels like everything has to be actionable or productive. a righteous madposting or bust

Marge

I’ve seen a few folks go for the “if you simply must watch that new Harry Potter show just pirate it” and sorry. No. Just no. Just don’t watch it. At all. Ever. Break free of it. It’s time. You’ll be ok. I promise. I know it mattered to you as a kid. Find new things, it’s healthier. Just move on.