i get all my football updates from the guy that explains the world cup happenings via lego

this is like learning “sweet summer child” was coined by game of thrones and not from the 1800s

games have been huge success. thats why we're firing every one who makes games. also we are going to make it so players can no longer buy games

I'm looking to speak to folks who have worked as contractors via agencies or other third-parties, who have lost work recently as a part of restructurings/larger layoffs at companies like Xbox, Epic, Ubi, etc. Want to know about the larger, uncounted cost of these things. Email and Signal are in bio.

you know you're supporting local businesses when your item is delivered next day out of the back of the owner's personal sedan anyway I finally got an aeron to replace my $80 ikea chair and now I'll have excellent lumbar support for my shrimp posture

I’ve spent like six months of intermittent practice stuck on one piece in my piano book before I can really move on and it feels like a cruel irony that the piece I find so difficult is Johannes Brahma’s Lullaby like “ok time to get real serious and play a baby’s bedtime tune”

dnd update: we ALMOST started playing but someone brought up omegaverse

I just wanted to sit out in the sun to get my vitamin d without a sunburn and now I have an app that calculates that based on factors like the rotation and axial tilt of the earth in relation to the sun, technology is amazing

great news: it’s been enough time that I don’t remember any of the solutions in obra dinn

I recently learned that people will point fans at their indoor plants because they rely in the wind to build up strength in their stems so I’ve started taking my plants outside when its breezy and telling them they are going to the gym for strength training

it took one week to go from a lifetime of complete disinterest in sports to caring about exactly how many points canada beat qatar by and this is a slippery slope I might accidentally watch a football game before the month is out

almost posted a screenshot of my side project because I did a ton of ui work on it and then remembered it’s a narrative game and all my text is first draft placeholder and good lord no one should ever read that

I contributed to exactly 0.75 of a video game manifesto back in 2017. it's aged in the way of many manifestos, in that our attempt to be edgy and anti-commercial turned and became mainstream. "An Invitation to Cozy Games" oops projecthorseshoe.com/reports/feat...

"Thumbelina" by Hans Christian Andersen v0.7: Added craftable ladders to climb up to high places.

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare v0.48: Placing a bomb and then switching to a weapon no longer applies its enchantments to the bomb damage.

I’ve been working on my side project a lot lately which means emotionally I’m oscillating wildly between “I love making games this is so rad” and “fuck ui what do you mean my button stopped working and the window is now invisible and off screen and my font turned into a bunch of gray rectangles”

happy brunch day

lots of cool games at toronto games week opening but my personal favourite is the build-survive-cook game calked Deep Dish Dungeon store.steampowered.com/app/2871520/...

what I wanted: pollinators what I got: carpenter bees drilling a hole in my deck one thing I love is that all the non-lethal solutions involve things that seem like they were invented by witches, like "peppermint oil" and "wind chimes" and "mount a talisman that mimics their enemy (fake wasp nest)"

Oh, is a massive ritualized deflection of our cultural anxieties happening?

hi friends- we're looking to hire a progression designer on my team! we're remote friendly (1 onsite/year) and implementation skills are a must for this role. i absolutely love this team and game. i'm not the hiring manager, but my DMs are open for questions! job-boards.greenhouse.io/teamlfg/jobs...

watching a video on beating scribblenauts with just one word, and having a moment of joy and saying incredulously "wait you can do that?!" when I saw the player exploit the shrink ray to turn themselves small and get into tight spaces

dnd update: it's going great, we are all paying attention, ayway did you know that the pringles mascot's name is julius pringles and that colonel sanders was exiled from the us to canada

i love a documentary that involves panning over spreadsheets with dramatic music

happy pride

halfway done and it only took four hours including prep (I timed it) I would like to die now (making seven layer italian flag cookies that are really tasty almond cakes you can only get in new york bakeries but also making them pride themed for my dnd group)

a horror game where you are house sitting for a friend during a thunderstorm and the electricity suddenly goes out, and then you get a phone call... from your killer, narrating your movements like Stanley Parable meets Scream

this is great, just quickly browsing I discovered some games I totally missed because I didn't have bandwidth for all the showcases, like "Shark Dentist".

As I watched the trailer my immediate reaction was "I love these chunky vehicle controls" and I was only equally excited to learn this is from the Mouthwashing devs store.steampowered.com/app/3327430/...

I love a good competitive fps trailer that shows killing a ton of players in skillful ways to an upbeat soundtrack because I know most people imagine them as the player doing the kills but all I can see is "this is what the death cam shows me after I die in this game".

planet zoo 2 needs to stop showing me trailers, it is all I can do to stop myself from playing planet zoo 1 from scratch again and I have a life I want to live, people to see, I can't afford to become a gremlin for the next three weeks taking care of peacocks

me, muttering angrily while wishlisting stronghold 4 on steam: "I do love a game where you can place a farm"

this game has some of my favorite things: murder mysteries, lovecraftian cosmic horror, powerwashing store.steampowered.com/app/3725190/...

I tuned into the pc gaming showcase early and the preshow has already: complained about RAM prices, made fun of genAI, mentioned the wither's big naturals mod, and now discussing how cool ttrpgs are.

a game where your uncle dies and leaves you to inherit his elaborate puzzle mansion (i.e. Blue Prince, Lorelei and the Laser Eyes) except your uncle was the guy from the Saw series

happy pride month

excuse me, umurangi generation devs? making a lovecraft game?? where you play... as a penguin??? store.steampowered.com/app/3695930/...

from the southeast asian games showcase, this looks 100% my jam store.steampowered.com/app/3810240

Exit 8 is a perfect video game adaptation. Fantastic use of the camera. Really understood and replicated the experience of playing the game without making it distractingly “game-like”, and added its own thing that I thought was great.

I really, really love seeing indies help fund other indies. Slay the Princess publishing/funding Sunset Visitor’s next game? blessed, and not the first one I’ve seen

point n click horror with full fmv scenes that looks so rad? store.steampowered.com/app/2121510/...

I am not an ff7 fan but I recognize that if they announced a ffx-3 I’d be all over that so I get it and I am happy for you all

I have been saying all night that we need a story driven racing game and I guess we are getting one

geoff better be in the imposter suit

what is this wild wild west build-survive masterpiece

i hope you have to speed solve alien rubics cubes while your friends fight zombie aliens with their sniper rifles

we all saw the Saw doll in the audience right

"The Scorpion and the Frog" but now you can rocket jump over creatures

I am now on day 7 of basking in the full sun like a lizard twice a day for 15 minutes, and it’s better than any drug I’ve tried. Better than coffee. I think I’m getting high from the sun.