last year it was Depends ads on twitch... the past month? junk mail from 2 retirement homes, a crematorium, estate planning services, and an Alzheimer's study... I'm old, but I'm not THAT old.

I'm not fat, I'm poison resistant and inertially sound ;)

Cleaning up a hobby

you think about scrooge and he basically gave cratchit reasonably stable long term employment and paid him more or less enough to raise a family on a single income and he's still a fucking villain. today's billionaires are like 10x worse

Hope everyone has a happy holidays, a bit under the weather, but the holiday streams will be here come hell or high water, if you need somewhere to hang out and relax.

Helps that it's a really solid game - definitely recommend if you like games like classic Resident Evil (secrets, puzzle solving, survival, limited ammo, etc.) - the dilapidated amusement park theme is really well done too.

Think I still want to regularly post this - for the data, not the article (article itself ranges from 'fine' to 'where did you reach that conclusion?') quanticfoundry.com/2025/12/18/g...

I have been fairly lucky to only deal with it a handful of times, but I will never comprehend stalker/harasser type folks... You've been blocked, rejected, and told to bugger off, yet continue acting this way for weeks, months, or even years? The delusions of affection/slight/etc. don't change facts

My stance on the Larian ai thing? I don't like it (I abhor gen ai on ethical AND ecological grounds). THAT SAID - there are layers of grey to it that are definitely able to be discussed and that I absolutely do not have enough information for. (thread)

I do find it odd that people think Youtube still follows old broad engagement algorithms like twitter/fb/etc. - when it really uses more demographic based engagement algorithms (and doing actions that are contrary to actions of other people in your demographic influences it too) - 1/3

It's because they don't view art as a craft, an expression, a tool, or even as something made by a person. They view it as a commodity, something to be speculated on, used, and forgotten about - not appreciated. Surround yourself with money, and all you see is costs to shrink, quality be damned.

Why I don't help out new youtubers as much anymore? Gen-ai fatigue. If you're not willing to put in the effort for your content, why should I put in the effort to watch/critique it? Hell, if you're not willing to put in the effort to write your own post asking for help? why should I?

Saying that you did something, with evidence of that something, is not a "personal attack" - it's accountability.

Every facet of generative AI has made my professional life worse, without question, but THIS specific aspect has been driving me NUTS. Clients, who have made me toil for weeks over indescribably small details, are now approving & producing in-house commercial artwork that looks like a fever dream.

Even in my lifetime I've sadly seen migration turn much more from a mixing and moving of cultures to essentially a job interview. It's sadly much easier to migrate as a CEO with a golden parachute than it is as someone simply trying to move to give their family a better chance at a fulfilling life.

Just a Reminder for people that aren't pickle/jalapeno/olive people: Normal Order = Some (topping) "Extra" Order = war crime levels of (topping), spiting mortal enemy levels of (topping), enough of (topping) that it will be tasted for generations, economy collapsing quantities of (topping)

I'll likely never play/watch/etc horses, but we should probably be blaming payment processors, not storefronts, for this one too folks.

With all the youtube/twitch recaps going around, I just want to say thanks for the continued support of the gaming content - it's appreciated more than you can realize. You all have over 9000 DAYS worth of watchtime on the gaming channels in 2025... and really do help make tough times better.

You'd think blocking someone would be enough for them to get the hint... but nope - just saw spam in inboxes across multiple platforms because I dared to point out a flaw in a mediocre remaster of a game lol

Saw this posted elsewhere, and have to say: If you're following people in an attempt to get reciprocal support - don't. I swear, some people need to be sat down to have the 'friend zone' discussion - if you're being friendly in an attempt to get 'something more' - then you're not being a friend.

It is absolutely fine to love a game, and even gush about it, BUT for the love of god, don't make a game your entire identity. Every game has flaws, and if you're going to go off the handle and attack, try to dox, etc. someone because they acknowledge these flaws - you have a bloody problem

Revoking a press key in general is weird behaviour (hinders follow-up/secondary/etc. coverage - and can often interrupt other content the creator is making because it's a fecking popup). Revoking it several days before the game's release is even weirder behaviour.

New Lancer Tactics build! wick.itch.io/lancer-tacti... Highlights: - First pass of *all* NPCs classes, sans optionals - Upload and download other player's maps via an in-game mod.io modal - Got mac & linux builds working again

No - "youtube money" isn't massive for most creators - just because the outliers are making millions, your average medium, and even medium-large creators can very easily have multiple videos or even series that return less than minimum wage. ESPECIALLY when we take the time to cover pet projects.

I wish there were a few more survey rounds so the map would get bigger faster, but otherwise Repel the Rifts is a really solid roguelite TD, and I look forward to trying out the other classes in the full version - if you try it out, this is an 'upgrade focused' TD (vs Tower Spam) Demo's on Steam:

In jRPGs, the "old man" character is usually 10 years younger than me...

My Pet Peeve in youtuber communities? Dozens of Posts per day: "Why is my video not getting pushed!?" Go to look: I don't know Ted, it could be all the shitty ai videos and thumbnails, and the fact that you have 300 emoji-bot comments on every one of them - looks like your viewbot got blocked.

"Do you need healthcare for 2026?" absolutely, but don't think I can afford *checks* half my monthly income for it.

Looking forward to this one - I loved the demo, definitely check it out if you like tactical rpgs. And yes, I do hope to be streaming it - though I'll have to wait until I get paid the week after.

It may just be the demo, but I am in love with the casting system in Moonsigil Atlas - instead of mana, it's basically focused on comboing shapes into a casting circle (the moon). I hope they continue to lean into this spell system in the full release. You can find the demo on steam:

If mushrooms are more closely related to people than plants... does that make them the splenda of cannibalism?

Faith in Despair is being marketed wrong - I was told "Dark Souls of Deckbuilders" - when the more apt description should be: Deckbuilder with a socket System (FF7/Path of Exile style). I literally played for 5+ hours my first time, and would do more, but needed sleep lol... That 5+ Hour Session:

I'm still working out how I want to handle them, but am going to be trying to do first impression posts here on games as I try them out for the side channel - since I know I won't get around to doing full reviews on all of them. Expect the kinks to take a while to work out... (insert kink joke here)

I was a huge fan of Wall World 1 (even preferring it over Dome Keeper) - Wall World 2 feels like more of the same, but MORE. Which I think is a good thing - something about having my 'dome' be mobile, and an evolving story in a roguelite setting. The multiple zones help a TON too. First Few Hours:

I'm not a youtuber, I'm a pile of random interests and hobbies in a trenchcoat pretending to be a youtuber.

While there are some limitations compared to the original, as well as a handful of bugs (the original is buggy on modern systems too) - the Sacred 2 Remaster is, "fine". Much like the Fate remaster I would say "worth getting if you struggle to run the original" First 2 hours of raw gameplay:

I don't think most non-streamers/youtubers realize that it's not as simple as just "stream something else" or "make videos on another game" - especially for small/mid-size creators. It can be a "Rent/Food vs Ethics" conundrum.

Hate to be conspiratorial - but it's awfully weird that I ordered 1 of something for $20, it mysteriously gets "delayed in shipping" and has its delivery date replaced with "running late" and no shipping updates. If I refund and reorder - the only purchase option now is a "2 pack" for $50...

A word of advice to devs/publishers: Adapt and Grow? Yes. Chase the latest techbro bubble? No. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

In case the message isn't clear enough: We want progressive leaders creating a better, safer, and more accepting world for ALL OF US. Fuck Xenophobia. Fuck Bigotry. Fuck Systemic Oppression. Fuck Hate.

With the current state of the world, I shall henceforth consider myself Schrödinger's-whelmed - for I am every variant of whelmed until observed.

I really have to wonder how many accounts on reddit are just bots using gen-ai at this point... the amount of replies that just seem to latch on to keywords and then spit out weird unrelated comments is ridiculous. (I mostly only use reddit to discuss games and help new creators)

All I wanted was a borger, I didn't need that shade thrown...

I really wish devs would stop putting crt filters on their games - or at least give me a way to toggle them off.

Yes, I will from henceforth be referring to them as "Techbruhs" - it is my sole ¿useful? contribution to 2025, take it or leave it.

I swear some of you would try to backseat and wrongly explain the mechanics a game even if I made it from scratch myself lol

I don't think most people realize just how isolated their internet experiences are - we may exist on seemingly monolithic platforms, but what you see is HEAVILY catered (not by a person, but by the actions of "people like you" and how they interact with the systems)

I do have to wonder what filling my inbox up with this kind of stuff accomplishes, other than making me laugh a little... (I swear, I get these more on my gaming channel emails than my non-gaming channel emails)

Just a reminder: "Just because someone runs a large channel, doesn't mean they know how the platform works" - example on youtube - the amount of large channels that haven't even read the help articles on ads, copyright claims, community guidelines, etc. is astounding...

I still have to wonder why all these discord spambots have the most "live laugh love💖😍🦷" profile blurbs lol