I had a killer year of gaming in 2025. It was definitely the most ive played in a few years (I blame steam deck)

Here's the link to our reaction stream for The Game Awards, where we're also raising money for The Somali Museum of Minnesota! youtube.com/live/zu8ncDQ... Donate here - bit.ly/minnmaxsomali

MinnMax is raising money to help our Somali neighbors in Minnesota during our reaction stream for The Game Awards tonight at 6:30pm Central. Tune in live or donate early to The Somali Museum of Minnesota! youtube.com/live/mvlpxuz... Donate here - bit.ly/minnmaxsomali

🥳 We've smaaaaashed through 33% of our annual fundraising goal in less than four hours! If we reach our goal on day one we'll literally kick Phil out of the office and make him go home early to relax.

Watch Nintendo try to patent game consoles in the shape of a cube.

MinnMax is 6 years old today. I'm so thankful to have an infinite project of trying to build, steer, and sustain this outlet. I could spend the rest of my life thinking about the things and people that magically lined up to give MinnMax momentum. We cannot thank you enough for making this possible!

Owlcat Games has launched a free game development learning resource, featuring over 350 learning resources including software recommendations, tutorials, and online courses www.gamesindustry.biz/owlcat-games...

Me as a best man

Introducing the William Volk papers, a new digital collection in the VGHF Library! Explore thousands of documents, developments schedules, and memos from the early history of Activision. Read more: gamehistory.org/william-volk...

When the ebook you want to buy isnt available anywhere else but amazon.

Now this is podracing

I have surpassed Shenmue 2's ghost hall building Quick Time Event and thus am entitled to never doing another QTE in my entire life. Please adjust your games accordingly.

BREAKING: Silksong will be out on September 4. Two weeks from today. Really. Often, games that take 7+ years to make are plagued by mismanagement and painful burnout. But for Silksong? Team Cherry was having a blast. They still are. This is their story: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Some games want to give you the unique experience of forcing you to listen to over 10 mins of a cassette tape to have a small section at the end that progresses the story just for you to rewind the last section and play it again.

BUBSY IS BACK!!!!

Everyone would be happier if they had a scooby doo sandwich every once and awhile.

Although I never plan to get a switch 2 I am excited to watch the Kirby AirRiders direct. It was one of those games my brother and I would play as a palette cleaner or if we wanted to have pure fun with no mission. Lots of memories racing to build dragoon or Hydra and just free ride the city.

Ive officially finished Elden Ring please bow to your Elden Lord.

Its always a good day when my entire feed is covering #videogamehistory

We've acquired the historic game magazine Computer Entertainer. As in, we got the rights. We own the magazine. And we're putting it into the Creative Commons for anyone to use for free. Learn more: gamehistory.org/computerente...

🎉LUDOCENE LAUNCHED 🎉 So excited (and nervous) to send our game-finder into the world. Ludocene.com If you want a better way to find amazing games that rewards experts and is in the hands of players, this is our shot. Thank you to the 1000's backers and supporters.This is just the beginning.

Embed with Games, my gonzo style travelogue from 2014 covering Blendo Games, @ellaguro.bsky.social, @harvey1966.bsky.social et al is available for pay what you want in this bundle!

"You look happier" Thanks I didnt need to air out the books in Shemnue 2 today.

Last 6 months have been wild: 🤯We realised game discovery was broken. 🧪We made a prototype game-finder. 🎯We Kickstartered it into reality. 🥘We cooked and cooked with our backers. 🚀On Weds 6th Aug we launch Ludocene.com into the world. 🙏Last chance back/share: www.kickstarter.com/projects/lud...

Day 9 of blue prince

The contrast of me picking Sleep Token vs my coworkers picking bon jovi, chili peppers, and Marry Poppins etc. Im cackling

My corporate job wants me find a song that shows my "day in the life" at the company. So obviously I will compile the list of songs I wish I could send here. [Gamer edition] Suggestions encouraged.

All social media has failed us for many reasons but the big failure is not having a metric for "This post made me close the app"

The One Piece is real and its the internet archive.

How in the world was a game like Shenmue ever made in the year 1999. It will never cease to amaze me.

🐣 ANNOUNCEMENT 🐣 PAPERKLAY HAVE A RELEASE DATE!!! My 3D Platformer where you rotate and unfold a paper and cardboard world is launching on May 27th! Featuring the Banjo Kazooie composer on the title track! I’m SO excited for this! Share to help <3 store.steampowered.com/app/1350720/...

Noooo im trying to save money but how can I not buy one of my favorite pieces of media ever made..... why

Does that mean we are going back to @teamspeak.com ?

Suggested tip starting at 35% is criminal

Hypothetically If someone were to receive war plans via text should they full scale recreate them in World of Tanks, War Thunder or Minecraft?

So is Wanderstop going to be the #gamedev equivalent of HR training vids (but useful)? It will be a mandatory training game we all need to play each year to remind ourselves of the power of burnout and to not go 200% everyday.

Fighting poo nightmares, soliciting at every door I see, and solving puzzles to rewire my brain and regain memories.

Consumers are being sold an illusion of ownership. "Buy" a digital movie, an e-book, or a game today? Tomorrow, it could vanish. 🕳️ Senator @wyden.senate.gov is calling on the FTC to crack down on this digital "bait-and-switch." ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/02/28/w... What's at stake? 🧵

If you havent checked out "Who wears the crown?" demo on next fest then get on it. Chess puzzles + Getting over it. The tutorial humbled me and my chess skills.

The games industry right now

Just realized how many life changing events that have happened since starting #gamedev Got engaged Covid Immigrating wife to from Canada to US 90 days to plan a wedding Moved to Alabama to renovate a house from 1940s And got a puppy Thats a packed 5 years if I do say so...

Applying for jobs in the game industry is weird when you only have unfinished solo projects. Might need to fix that soon but worth the try.

#ue5.5 It may not seem like much but this is one of the most annoying things while you are in a good work flow. Ever since moving to 5.5 there are bunch of little things like this that are happening. The menus are so sluggish compared to 5.3. Anyone have this issue or know a fix?

Is anyone else struggling with #UE5 .5? It took around 8 hours just to get my project working in 5.5. On top of that its sluggish many of the menus are loading slowly when they used to be instant. Oddly enough I had an easier time and less things broke going from 4.27 to 5.0-5.1.

Is 9 am too early to start drinking IF you are on the phone with a billion dollar company?

Id like to make a good will agreement with Canada. I am willing to offer game dev services in trade for Coffee Crisps and Poutine. I can also offer a script for an American spiritual successor to Letterkenny. Ill be in touch.

The Video Game History Foundation Library is now in early access. For free. For everyone. Wherever you are. Read more: gamehistory.org/vghf-library...

Wooooooo!!!

Since it has been a little glum around these parts lately, we'd also like to invite you to the party that is Slopecrashers by @byteparrot.bsky.social. Give me a great indie game made with love over a AAA racer with microtransactions any day of the week. www.gamerswithglasses.com/impressions/...

I had to snip out my favourite moment from #TheGameAwards. @laratlarian.bsky.social's words echo the heart of every developer. The industry needs to listen. We just want to make cool stuff for people. #indiedev #gamedev