My no-fun-at-parties take is that "christmas is a secular holiday" is an uncomfortable way of assuring me that christianity is the status quo and everything outside of that is an aberration. Sorry! It's still a christian holiday!! Just because you're an atheist doesn't make it secular!

"Durham and the south have always been home to so much courage and noncompliance and resiliency in the face of historic oppressions. It’s not building a model of charity. It’s building a model of intentional care for each other.” By Victoria Bouloubasis in @theguardian.com. #ncpol

This year's "dumbest thing" category and the ensuing winners is one of the funniest things MinnMax has ever done

Listening to @plante.bsky.social and @jacobgeller.com talk about one of my favorite games for an hour was such a nice way to spend my Sunday morning. Post Games always delivers (even if I'm months late to an episode) open.spotify.com/episode/6JLV...

i never knew you could request library books. i requested this like a week ago and it's already in the database? thank u @jacobgeller.com

Impossible to even describe how many versions of this he could do. He could be the patron saint of the entire world. Instead, they'll have to bury him in a secure location because of how many people will try to piss on his grave.

We're streaming to support World Central Kitchen, a non-profit which has served over 289 million meals to Ukrainians affected by the war, and with a goal of serving one million meals PER DAY in Gaza Currently we've raised nearly $7,000 Join us: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpVY...

Spotted @jacobgeller.com at Elliot Bay Bookstore here in Seattle tonight

Buried in this article are FIVE DIFFERENT WIP versions of Begin Again. Unbelievably cool.

can't stop blastin this youtu.be/1vI_xrmc8gE?...

Some of Austin's finest work and even though I was incredibly incorrect at least I wasn't the MOST incorrect youtu.be/35yfu2wXmto?...

How about that fucking Odyssey trailer huh

of all the things I thought I might get claimed for, a completely reworked cover of a song from a 1989 NES game is not one of them. guess I won't be making any adsense money on my top ten this year, lol

Reading @metallicaisrad.bsky.social's new book about Guitar Hero and Rock Band and apparently the games "doubled the world's need for drumsticks"

The benefit of managing the arts section is stocking stuff that I like outside of work hours, like @jacobgeller.com's book!

I frequently send this kinda thing to @hotcyder.bsky.social for my thumbnails

"they don't know how to express the idea" here's rian johnson's storyboard for knives out pick up a pencil and a napkin

every conversation with a tech ceo

🩵🩵🩵A big thank you from The Somali Museum of Minnesota for all of the generous donations during our reaction stream for The Game Awards. Thank you!🩵🩵🩵 www.givemn.org/story/12p1xe

Honored as always to contribute to @sightsoundmag.bsky.social list of "The Best Video Essays of 2025." Here are my favorites of the year. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...

"placeholder text" "concept art" either the temporary thing you put in matters to the process, in which case you need to get a human to work on it, or it doesn't, in which case you can just as easily put a bright pink rectangle that says PLACEHOLDER in and save everyone time and effort

YOU can unlock all 17 hours of MinnMax's Game of the Year debates weeks early by supporting us at the $10 Backstage Pass tier right now. www.patreon.com/posts/145988... You'll also unlock the post-show unleashing of grievances we call The Pissy Zone, it's an hour of raw piss. Enjoy!

Hello! This morning I am on @whatsallthispod.bsky.social, one of my favorite podcasts, to discuss "Grand Designs," one of my favorite shows. It's a grand old time! You should listen!! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...

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My book is NPR's "book of the day"???????? www.npr.org/2025/12/12/n...

The most powerful narrative device a game can deploy is "throw you back to the main menu but it's different"

Took some time to unpack a few thoughts on Expedition 33. Watching what I thought was a "pretty good" game get transformed into A Cultural Object has been disheartening. So I have some thoughts on glitz, glamour, and respectability... transgamerthoughts.com/post/8027631...

@jacobgeller.com Arundel Books in Seattle has your book up at the front of the store, accompanied by a great blurb. Thought you’d appreciate!

I've seen enough, welcome back DmC: Devil May Cry

I love Jacob’s summary of Citizen Sleeper 2 in this. If you haven’t yet played, it’s the most fully-rounded and concise pitch I could imagine offering. Made my day 🥹

wait this is actually really fun, I've been making video essays for half the time my channel has been up (before that, I was making Minecraft videos of course)

The best games of 2025 give a glimpse into a better world — where artists can invite audiences into their memoirs, where AAAs are thematically ambitious and small teams can sculpt epics. This is also my 100th(!!) proper video on YouTube, a milestone seven years in the making youtu.be/tJ4X6FsLn6Y

The best games of 2025 give a glimpse into a better world — where artists can invite audiences into their memoirs, where AAAs are thematically ambitious and small teams can sculpt epics. This is also my 100th(!!) proper video on YouTube, a milestone seven years in the making youtu.be/tJ4X6FsLn6Y

WHATUP GRUBB

This sequence of sources made me laugh

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RIGHT NOW, on Nebula: My Top Ten Games of the Year (and a very special video milestone is hit) nebula.tv/videos/jacob...

This year MinnMax is using our reaction stream for The Game Awards to raise money for the Somali Museum of Minnesota. People aren't "garbage". Please donate/share to help the museum's mission of connecting Minneapolis with the beauty of Somali art, dance, and history. www.givemn.org/story/12p1xe

RIGHT NOW, on Nebula: My Top Ten Games of the Year (and a very special video milestone is hit) nebula.tv/videos/jacob...

so insanely fucking real for this

just a lovely piece of writing imo

I have played and beat Unbeatable and it is a weird lumpy thing that basically does not cohere for me, but the good parts are SO good that I kinda want everyone to give it a try anyway

Have spent the last 3 hours making the source list for You're Not Overthinking It and I'm only halfway done, but at least I can listen to the Skate Story soundtrack youtu.be/3zvv8G7NfDM?...

extremely sharp thoughts on horses and the discourse around it, from harper

This is the best commercial for a video game I've ever seen

It's so messed up that acknowledgement gets the e but judgment does not

✨ new video! ✨ silksong is a game obsessed with faith. abstractions, literal depictions, corruptions of faith — it's all there. most important though is silksong's faith in its players, and the lengths it goes through to help us find strength within ourselves. youtu.be/G8MB434ddTk

I replayed Metroid 2 for the first time since childhood this year, and fell so deeply in love with its design. It is so different to the rest of the series in its progression structure and toolset, so much so that it actually reminds me most of all of Shadow of the Colossus. (1/7)

This is exactly what I do upon finishing a podcast