jesus christ people in online games shouldn't be allowed to talk to me

sometimes you think, "the algorithm is too sensitive, why is this person's avatar/header blurred?" and then sometimes you click and it is blurred because it is them posting hole

Finding out this was voiced by Stephen Colbert just made me more annoyed, TBH.

Starfleet academy ep 1 reminding me of one important thing, however: fuck Oded Fehr is hot. So, so fucking hot.

Okay I don't think... this show's for me. For starters, college students being college students is already my daily life so I don't need to do it for fun Secondly I keep wondering who the *audience* for this is. Something about the "wall of names" shot felt fanservice-y in a bad way.

"Because sometimes hanger is the greatest enemy of all" UGH I swear to god I almost closed the browser tab on the spot

Alright, Warframe nerds, considering my guns don't seem to do any damage no matter what mods I use or how well I level them up I might become a melee-focused girlie but Are there any interface settings I can change so meleeing doesn't become "you step right past your target as soon as you attack"?

I'm going to get one of those Hot Ones boxes that has all the sauces from the various seasons and then I'm going to make the exams in my classes be "I will read you questions, get them right or eat a death wing"

God I can’t today. I really cannot.

Well, this turned into a complicated morning in a hurry.

I've turned the corner a bit on Warframe, and I think how deeply frustrated I was for that first week and change of playing is because the game's onboarding isn't... stellar. As options open up to you -- new frames/weapons/etc. -- it feels like the game's actual fun starts to blossom out too.

my google searches starting to get a little desperate

Yet more in a series of “Fox is a little too susceptible to limited time flavors“

Realizing that in 2024 I could do the "you from 10 years ago" style memes because 2014 was when I did my big selfie thing that flipped the switch on me posting selfies But I can't do anything for 2015 to like 2020 or later because those were all on Twitter and I deleted it!!!!!

Related: what was this bog bombshell about D&D that got leaked this week, which is ostensibly what this was about

"just make a newsletter" "just start a worker-owned subscription-funded outlet" "just-" hey what if existing companies that were founded to produce writing about culture and society stopped firing people they paid to write about culture and society actually

Anecdotally, I'd say: yes, because the managerial class that's doing the laying off is saturated with straight white dudes.

the fine folks at Rascal invited us to appear on their podcast this week! go listen to @zoehhannah.com and i discuss the new website we're forming and also talk about tabletop games a lil bit <3

"Professors need to change their assignments and approach." True! In the same way that you need to recycle plastic bottles and cardboard boxes.

Gonna say this and then maybe not touch the subject today further b/c I can only do so much suffering Two things are true 1.) I've shifted my pedagogy and assignments the past few years because LLM use made the need to do so apparent. 2.) We can't "profs change your courses" our way out of this.

Breaks my heart to share this, but today is my last day at The Verge and I am looking for work! I'd really like to stay in video games, preferably in some kind of journalistic capacity but I can do PR/Marketing and maybe even a lil Narrative Design. Please get in touch! www.ashparrish.com

Video essays make me feel like I’m dissociating. Every time I’ll click one because of an interesting claim in the name or description. Every time I’ll reach MINIMUM 5 min in, sometimes longer, having endured hyperbolic talk, sponsor info, and subscription begs, but no info on the THING I CAME FOR

So this is a book review, and while I think it has a ton of on point critiques of LLM use in higher ed and the state of universities in general r/n I can’t quiet the part of my brain going “but what uni admin are LISTENING to is the effervescently supportive how-to text that‘s being reviewed.”

[finishes "The Duviri Paradox"] What the FUCK just happened

today my daggerheart game that had 2 sessions then went on hiatus for 4 months is restarting and i'm just here destroying myself utterly with anxiety that it's gonna suck and everyone's gotta hate it, no big deal

Now you can tag stocks! We're hiring AI engineers! We're bluesky and we DEFINITELY know why you're on our platform!

My Media LIteracy class meets on April 1st so OF COURSE that's the day I'm gonna talk about hoaxes, deepfakes, and how to triangulate

just staring at this comic for a while and hoping it will restore my sense of personal equilibrium

I have finally seen the thing that made people angry at SNK and: girl your man has been disrespecting you for TOO LONG. You deserve better. You were faithful.

ohhh I don't think I can, today. Nope, nope, nope.

So @hpheisler.bsky.social talked me around on this and you know what, worth it. Flying maternity dress catholic laser mom as a killer robot complete with Gradius option drones that sing like a church choir when activated is INCREDIBLE SHIT

Okay Grandmother is incredible. I love her. I hate this weird zerg planet but none of that matters because Grandmother is fucking wild. Bless her.

Me: "Oh this angel-themed Warframe seems cool, sort of." [looks on the store, where its idle animation is cradling a weird... jade-colored fake pregnancy belly-looking feature] Me: "Nope! Nope nope, never mind!"

Someone write me a Foundry VTT module for the playlist feature that works like an SRW game so that whenever a player's turn comes around, their theme music immediately starts playing

And if you somehow HAVE played this, it’s “screenshots you can hear” o’clock

Post a game you remember playing that nobody else remembers

i just think our launch video is really cool. you should watch it, if you haven't seen it yet. and also, there are only 12 days left in our pre-launch sale! 15% off your subscription for LIFE!!! mothership.blog 4 eva

Does it mean anything that over the past year I've gone from preferring salty snacks to craving sweet ones. Am I gregnant.

I'm shouting "nobody needs to be daddy! It's a very specific dynamic!" in the @themutantages.bsky.social dev slack if you're wondering what my mental and emotional health is like right now

I'm gonna confuse everyone and get a shiba inu out of nowhere, that'll show 'em

it's the time of year when i make a mistake and say aloud a pet might be good for me and my long-suffering friends scream "DO IT" and i say "but logistically i think it's not tenable right now" and they throw up their arms and wonder why they stay friends with me

i was able to pick up some short term work, but i'm still open and looking for my next full time narrative role! I'm an asset to your team at any stage and ready + eager to be challenged.

You ever read a statement and then feel an uncontrollable urge to punch a brick wall so hard every building on the same city block starts collapsing?

Real talk I struggle with this constantly as an educator. Making students feel bad about getting things wrong doesn't actually help anyone! They disengage. But we've also created a school environment where people are terrified of speaking up for fear of being "wrong"/getting ridiculed.

I am absolutely losing my mind at "we'll make ICE agents wear QR codes"

Looking up Matt Rogers to be sure I'm thinking of the right person and Google's FIRST suggestion is people asking if he's a bottom, jesus christ

Today I learned that wombats will defensively twerk predators to death with their fat asses. Thanks, Sandi Toksvig.

Can I add, for ANYONE buying chairs for a public space of any kind (waiting room, etc.) — wanna buy inclusive chairs? Get ones with adjustable arms or ideally no arms at all. Folks with bigger bodies will thank you and body normies won‘t even notice the difference.

For non-FF14 players, the music for the current raid series (“The Arcadion”) is literally “full-length pro wrestling entrance songs” since that in many ways is exactly what’s happening in the raids.