i’m hearing reports that IMMORTALITY is the official selection by gamers for maximum cozying up on the couch / by the fireplace vibes… ❤️‍🔥 and!! wishlisting PROJECT C and PROJECT D is the next coziest thing you can do this winter break 😇

Frankly at this point I think talking about "safety tools" on LLM chatbots is mealy-mouthed garbage. The moderate position is that the people who built these systems should never be allowed to touch a keyboard again.

that’s why we love you creeper you’re a real ass dude

If you pay attention to any large industry long enough and follow it to its logical conclusion you eventually end up sounding like a communist even if you started off testing CPU case fans. youtu.be/cUrJVdF2me0?...

let’s relax today

Warmhearted ♥️ - Acrylic on canvas I've been dipping my toes back into acrylic painting so to warm back up I made this portrait. Can't wait to paint more!

I hate to be this guy but I do think there's a moral imperative to switching to Linux, I think it is the most important thing you can do if you really believe Microsoft is an irredeemably evil company.

not to be glib but a lot of discussions about AI will be solved very quick if you just become communist

"look we're not using AI in the final product we're just using it to speed up the conceptual stage" is what a lot of dopes affecting an enlightened middle position keep saying. I truly do not get that one. You hate imagining stuff? You don't like thinking and conceptualizing? Get a grip

35 Electric stars Shirley Wright, a former model who finds it surprisingly difficult to adjust to a new town. Just what are the neighbors up to? You can find more in-depth information in the Patreon post I just published!

35 Electric is set in the Pacific Northwest in 1959. Just like Misericorde, I wrote, illustrated, and composed music for it. @aerialshading.bsky.social is also contributing graphic design, and designed the logo/title you see in the trailer!

35 Electric is my upcoming visual novel! This is what I've been up to while resting and recharging for Misericorde: Volume Three. You can watch the trailer in much higher quality here: youtu.be/dOy2QorJCzw

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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...

It's here! We wanted to make a fun scrolling interface for DOOM levels, and call it DOOMSCROLLER. doomscroll.cx is now live! @johnromero.bsky.social

The world has been grinding me down into a pulp and I haven't been promoting The Vow as much as I should be. If you liked it, it would mean the world to me if you made your own post about it! Word of mouth is the only way it gets discovered because of its NSFW content and everything helps 💙

Sunday reading from me over at @inverse.com on the ongoing strength of "friendslop" and the ways in which players continue to expand online spaces beyond developer intentions. People feel isolated and anxious RN but keep seeking fresh ways to connect online. www.inverse.com/gaming/frien...

watched MIAMI VICE (2006) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ letterboxd.com/videodante/f...

Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...

I helped a bit as a narrative consultant on HORSES working with a couple of the good folks at Santa Ragione. I hope you'll check it out, it's really like nothing else I've played before.

I'm the English localization editor for HORSES, and if you want to play it, you can't buy it on Steam ❤️

Surprise, we're getting pretty close to the final version of REALIS! ICYMI: I've been making a TTRPG about mystical moons and living spaceships and sentences that can kill you. A preview is available now (see my pinned post), but the full version draws near! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru...

Realis is coming sooner than you think! Sign up to be notified at launch when the print edition of @austinwalker.bsky.social's TTRPG goes live in 2026, and start bracing yourself for all the additional art, player options, and GM resources being added to the game: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru...

watched EEPHUS (2024) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ letterboxd.com/videodante/f...

new blog post: a few thoughts on Masters of the Air (2024) blog.dante.cool/a-few-though...

For Arc Raiders to ride the wave of human sociability all the way to the bank, while also being so contemptuous of the thing that makes us social animals in its own workflow demonstrates a lack of artistic integrity that I find impossible to ignore. Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01

How poor leadership slows down game development

Dick Cheney departs the world he made: defector.com/dick-cheney-...

new blog post: a few thoughts on jurassic world evolution 3 blog.dante.cool/a-few-though... let's talk about the latest jurassic IP park builder game. it's pretty good! i have played way too much of it lately

KINOPHOBIA, my first piece of non-commercial interactive fiction in 8 years, comes out on the 31st. An entry into Ectocomp.

seriously cancel your fucking spotify subscription. use literally anything else. even piracy is better for both artists and the world than spotify

new blog post: a few thoughts on Classified: France '44 blog.dante.cool/a-few-though...

Learned that I am being laid off from Heart Machine, and will be leaving the studio later this month. Do you need a contractor? I've got a track record of leading scope-friendly script revisions late in dev. I have also done a lot of consulting on new IPs and pitches/demos. Feel free to DM me!

Star Sword Nemesis is now available! Read about the most fashionable girl in a utopian collective of Trans-Neptunian Objects falling in love with her fencing instructor, the deadliest turncoat milf in all of space, feat. art by @mightyatom.bsky.social! loveconquersallgames.itch.io/star-sword-n...

Hi all, Skin Deep is 25% off in the Steam Autumn Sale 🍂 store.steampowered.com/app/301280/S... ...AND we just released an update today, just for you: store.steampowered.com/news/app/301...

heading to this isolated island in japan today for a family thing. not really looking forward to it (my grandpa is a huge asshole) but should be fine. hopefully nothing bad happens!

join the hunt for the truth. butter side down. OUT NOW ON STEAM: store.steampowered.com/app/3812580/...

This is a good post. Part of why I have limited my usage of Bluesky is that I believe that it is, fundamentally, doomed, and it is doomed because it comes from a previous era of social media, where social media administration could pretend that they are unbiased in their moderation policies.

I had to expunge my thoughts on Bluesky's current, uh, choppy waters into a proper blog post (which jay can't take down for being too mean or saying 'lol' in a threatening way) azhdarchid.com/delusions-of...

Bruno is more than fair in this post, but I just want to add that yes I am *always* going to be petty about everyone latching onto spurious or insignificant complaints about Cohost, only to wish bluesky had this feature or that set of community guidelines.

new blog post: three vertical mice, reviewed blog.dante.cool/three-vertic... i have been using some vertical mice for a while now. here are my thoughts on the Big Three (the logitech mx vertical, the razer pro click v2 vertical, and the keychron m5).

Homer Knight: Simpson

saw ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (2025) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ letterboxd.com/videodante/f...

@yourkickstartersucks.com really important sighting from a street fair in Santa Monica

I've been hit by tech layoffs, which means I'm open for full-time marketing work in social media, content, events, and pretty much anything else you can think of. I've transferred my 12+ years of marketing skills across anime, games, TV, comics, and tech.. and I'm funny 😋.. TY for any shares/leads ❤️

new blog post: WE ONCE RULED HERE Announcement blog.dante.cool/we-once-rule... i'm writing a tabletop game.

New blog post: azhdarchid.com/slop-comes-f...

I've got a book coming out soon, and if you sign up for my mailing list, you'll be the very first to know when it comes out—and when you'll get to read about Eris, Comet Halley, and how one romance in Neptune orbit will change the fate of the Solar System forever! news.loveconquersallgames.com

If the line is “Robinson was radicalized into action because he had a trans partner” then what does that say about the madness and cruelty of American transphobia that a single moment of a cis man seeing it fully was enough to drive him to kill. What does it say that we as trans people weather it?

you can not freak out about everything all the time because you will not have energy for fights you can actually win!