Having now refreshed my memory on Hexen, I'm finally returning to finish what I started with Hexen: Beyond Hammerwatch, where I left off after finishing the Shadow Wood (so, start of hub 3) watch.cney.stream

Weather today was already even more extreme than yesterday, plus apparently it's supposed to break tonight by way of "extreme thunderstorms", so I guess stream may be up in the air

John Romero is genuinely one of the kindest people in this industry. Five years ago, back when nobody knew the game, we emailed him a janky alpha build of Selaco. We didn't expect much - then he sent back a sizable breakdown of what worked and what didn't That conversation went 39 emails deep!

I've never unsubscribed so fast Seriously Patreon can you please just fuck off and do your actual job that is the reason people use your website and stop finding innumerable completely unrelated things to implement that nobody wants

New month, new shmup in the rotation: BULLET SOUL watch.cney.stream

Zenless Zone Zero / COGNOSPHERE PTE Undisclosed gen-ai used in the game "program-wise" to "better smoothen the game progress." -y www.eurogamer.net/zenless-zone... www.ign.com/articles/how...

Two weeks after #SteamNextFest I finally have write-ups for the demos I've played so far (I still have more). cney.stream/reviews/2026... Highlights include: Autonomous Anarchy Changeable Guardian ESTIQUE Entropy Kaido Genkai Over the Hill Scraps of the Machine Slow Roads Zozo and the Lost Dreams

Apparently Mets owner Steve Cohen showed his whole ass today, protecting the one person they should absolutely fire into the sun (David Stearns) saying "we don't want to burn and churn, then no one will want to come" my dude, you've already been there and done that, fire the one guy who needs to go

I am extremely late due to multiple things coming up, but let's see if I can finish the Entropy demo, which I started before I even knew it was in #SteamNextFest. I suspect I'm close to the end... watch.cney.stream

Bandcamp has been one of the best ways to support artists, but as soon as the company was sold to Songtradr it was clear things would go downhill. "Laid off along with most of the remaining engineers" does not seem to bode well... and they all deserved a hell of a lot better than this.

Looking over Patreon's documentation on the creator/fan profile merge process, and I have to imagine there's some subset of Patreon users who prefer separate creator vs. fan identities that this absolutely sucks for, as it forces you to use your creator identity on both sides.

Good news, but would've been better if Godot didn't have to learn the hard way, tainting their codebase in the process... godotengine.org/article/cont...

This is literally why there's a bipartisan effort to remove internet access from young people. It's an attack on queer people, leftists, and anyone who questions authority. They don't want our children finding out that MLK and Frida Kahlo were socialists or that Stonewall was a riot.

This week I'm hoping to wrap up at least one if not both #SteamNextFest demos I had started but not finished. First up is The Kingsward, the ARPG with strong comedic writing. watch.cney.stream

Continuing Hexen, about to dive into the first inner map of the Castle of Grief (Hub 4) watch.cney.stream

Reminder if you're in the US: badger your rep about this absolute garbage this weekend (I just did via email form, may also leave a voicemail tomorrow) If you want a starter script but don't want to use EFF's "Tell Congress" form, enter nonsense into it until you get to step 3 then copy the text

Picking back up on my re-playthrough of Hexen, entering the Heresiarch's Seminary. watch.cney.stream

RE _another_ demo I tried starting tonight, I apparently need to reiterate: If you put up a demo for #SteamNextFest and then immediately remove it as soon as the event ends, I assume you have something to hide and/or are full of yourself (there were thousands of demos, yours is not that important)

Absolutely disgusted that we're apparently already at the point where not only do I need to check #SteamNextFest demos for #AIslop disclosures, I need to check _other games/demos by the same developer_ for slop even if the game I'm looking at doesn't have one

I reckon I ought to finish the #SteamNextFest demos I started before I forget context, regardless of how many I haven't even touched yet... Since Kaido Genkai has an active Kickstarter, I'm prioritizing that first. Going to try for 100% (left off at 72% when I "finished" it) watch.cney.stream

Also while I'm pissed at stupid sportsball shit at the moment, let me also remind people in the US what to _actually_ be pissed about and badger all of their representatives www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

Right now the world is full of people who want to code and write and paint and film stuff and people who want to play and read and look at and watch stuff and nobody is allowed to do any of that because some unrelated third guy isn't making enough money off the deal

Unpacking was included in the "Design & Disability" exhibit at the V&A South Kensington, and they've now opened that exhibition at @VADundee. It'll be on view through October, and well worth a visit. Details here: www.vam.ac.uk/dundee/whats...

Ah, I see the Mets have reached the point of "blame the manager instead of doing what is actually warranted in and fire David Stearns into the sun for doing a blatantly shitty job" point in the timeline So they're probably gonna suck for another 3 years

One more round of Blast Wind for the Shmup Book Club before it leaves the rotation watch.cney.stream

Ouroboros 20XX

Carmack's brain is like twenty years past the best-by date.

New meaty Chapter 2 Development Blog is live! talks about Jetpacks, Abilities, Squad Mates and more. steamcommunity.com/games/159228...

Wasn't sure whether I would have time or energy for a stream tonight but I do so we're doing even more driving through my #SteamNextFest overflow from last week watch.cney.stream

The Kaido Genkai demo is very good. How good? I played for an hour longer than I should have

I've still got a ton of #SteamNextFest demos to play. First following up on unfinished business from yesterday, then should have time for at least one other sizeable demo today. watch.cney.stream

The thing that I find most mystifying about the Steam Machine is that...both models only ship with 16GB of RAM. Having been using Linux exclusively for 2 years now and playing lots of games, I would say the number of games that have run out of memory on my 16GB system is non-negligible.

A24 Films LLC Google is investing in independent movie studio A24 as part of a new artificial-intelligence research partnership between the two companies. Movies: Backrooms, Midsommar, EEAAO, Hereditary, and upcoming Elden Ring www.msn.com/en-us/money/... www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...

Next Fest week is over and I just downloaded more demos and now definitely have more downloaded than I did at the beginning of Next Fest week

RE last boost: even more encouraging that NextBroom is not only forking TrenchBroom, but hosting the repo on Codeberg to get away from the Copilot-soaked quagmire that is GitHub

Helping out our brothers and sisters in the Quake mapping scene! NextBroom, the non-generative-AI fork of Trenchbroom, is welcoming contributors to lend a helping hand! Head on over to codeberg.org/NextBroomTea... to check it out!

The FPS demos I picked out yesterday from #SteamNextFest weren't stellar, but I've got even more of them to try today. watch.cney.stream

It's the weekend during #SteamNextFest week, which means it's time for FPS demos. watch.cney.stream

Real weird to say "I enjoy programming and learning so much" as a justification for doubling down on vibe-coding, given that vibe-coding suggests the exact opposite: you hate programming, don't want to learn anything, and actively want your brain to atrophy

for anyone concerned about AI code in TrenchBroom, the AI agents file was added in March 2026 (github.com/TrenchBroom/...) so the last no-AI version was likely v2025.4 (github.com/TrenchBroom/...)

I don't know the Quake community very well, but I have to wonder if we'll see a clean break to a new Trenchbroom fork now that the creator is pulling a Graf Zahl.

Looking at some driving/racing demos in #SteamNextFest tonight watch.cney.stream

Time for shmup demos in #SteamNextFest. I just stumbled across another one tonight that I somehow missed earlier, that might even be the highlight of the bunch. watch.cney.stream

Oh, nice of Twitch to show a warning popup that "Captions Are Now Enabled on Your Clips" so I could go in and turn it off. I've heard about this coming, and I don't need Tiktok-esque bullshit and _definitely_ not LLM slop. Turn it off under Dashboard > Settings > Stream > Clips Settings

I can't stream late tonight, but I've got 2-3 #SteamNextFest demos on the list that I can probably fit within a couple of hours. watch.cney.stream

Given how the vast majority of UE5-based games already either run like shit, or look like shit in order to not run like shit, it makes sense that UE6 optimizes for ensuring that nobody will even want to come within 10 miles of any game built with it. Build "content" faster that no one will consume!

I've struck a surprising number of #SteamNextFest demos from my list while preparing for stream, but I've got at least a couple of strong contenders tonight watch.cney.stream

Just to drive a point home that a number of solo game devs are missing right now: I am a solo game dev and I do not need/use/want AI in my development process. If you are a solo dev (or any gamedev really) and you "need" AI, you're missing the point of what making games is all about.

Hoping to take a look at 2 #SteamNextFest demos tonight to start off the week watch.cney.stream