This sounds like somebody who grew up rich trying to imagine what poor people sound like. We know how cash money works FAR BETTER than you do. You might know systems like stocks & IRAs & bonds & trust funds, but we do know cash money. We know SNAP doesn’t buy EVERYTHING at the grocery store.

NO NO NO YOU DON’T GUYS LET ME PLEASE SPREAD THE GOSPEL OF FREE TAX USA federal is free, state is $16, handles even my chaotic freelancer taxes just fine, same step-by-step “designed for normies” kind of interface as TurboTax but NOT EVIL tell everyone you know www.freetaxusa.com

#ScottPilgrimEX is 100% funded, developed and published by @tributegames.com. Ubisoft isn't and never was involved. There's no Uplay required. When you buy Scott Pilgrim EX, you help Tribute Games make more cool games! Thank you for your support!

idk I’ve seen a bajillion kids movies where the kids parents die & let me tell you, having a convo with my kid about how anyone can die at any time & it doesn’t matter if they’re someone’s mom or dad is way harder than having a convo about how sometimes someone has two dads or whatever. And yet

Mask-off corporate bootlicking that causes these fucks to junk the most vulnerable members of their audience at the first sign of resistance aside:

I know it's called "The Liberty Bell" and I know it's a famous military march by Sousa, but nothing is funnier to me than it being absolutely, completely stolen forever in front of the entire world by a bunch of British Funnymen.

…Baxter, hold all of my calls please.

Today we have an amazing interview from 1989 with Shigeru Miyamoto and Shigesato Itoi. Conducted shortly after the release of Mother, it's full of deep musings about realism, creative exhaustion, the moral panic over kids & gaming, and prescient visions of the future. shmuplations.com/itoimiyamoto/

“Coked-up wolverines tore our nursery apart. Here’s my 15-point newsletter you can read so when YOU use coked-up wolverines, it might not can happen less.”

So, minor confession time: Until very recently I had not played more than an hour or so of Nier: Automata. I know! I know! I enjoyed the original, I was looking forward to it, and then I lost my job right when it was released... Anyway I'm nearly all the way through it now, and have a small story:

I will tell you what and who counts as human. There will be no problems with this.

A lot of people say AI isn't very good for the world and its outputs are routinely unreliable, but these haters fail to see how it's revolutionizing how we incinerate schoolchildren.

I've written more Boba Fett dialogue than anyone else.

Can’t wait for the new pokemon game

When a commenter sums it up better than I could

I currently have brain metastasized melanoma (skin cancer). The prognosis is classically a few days to a few weeks. I was diagnosed at the end of last June. Getting close to 9 months surviving and keeping this in stalemate. Treatment options are that much better than ten years ago!

Never ship your arms deals on a Friday.

this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to bomb this elementary school full of kids because he thinks it makes him look cool. also his scheming viziers will be betting money on it for fun. good luck soldier

please to not give in to despair. if you want to start somewhere you can help, a donation to Doctors Without Borders is a great place to start

I tried. I donated, phone banked, talked. Whatever I could think of to avoid him getting elected. Other people did more, I know. At what point would I have done enough to stop 60 little girls from getting blown apart by missiles my tax money paid for? I never would have known, but I’d pay it now.

This is what negotiators told the media just hours ago btw. There is no reason for a "preventative" or "preemptive" strike on Iran. This is only being done either so a peace deal is not reached, or so that there is complete capitulation (which won't happen without a war)

Lud was on his way to renew his fucking work visa when ICE snagged him. This is beyond fucking parody at this point. Our country is deeply, fundamentally fucking broken. #FREELUD aftermath.site/ice-ludovic-...

All the stars are here! 🪩

Hey, if you like what I'm doing on the podcast and all that you can get a weekly bonus podcast, an ad-free version of the main show, and more right over here on Patreon. Thanks everyone for your support! twitch.tv/jeffgerstmann

Me every other minute: this situation can't possibly get any worse Titanic: you dumb bitch

Big news. I wrote a biography on Nobuo Uematsu and it drops this Fall, published by @viz.com. It is jam-packed with amazing revelations about the Final Fantasy composer that the public has never heard about, as shared by himself and those closest to him. This is the definitive chronicle on Uematsu.

In the study but NOT included in the article: “However, reverse causation cannot be ruled out, as some individuals may begin to use cannabis to self-medicate prodromal symptoms of psychiatric disorders even before a diagnosis is made.”

Rewatched this & the moments leading up to the medal ceremony several times since last night - not only because it's wonderful seeing someone take such joy in what they do, but also because her story of burning out, stepping away, and coming back on her own terms is inspirational for so many of us.

Our first #Kickstarter Update is out! THANK YOU to everyone who has backed Game On so far... we truly believe @brendaromero.bsky.social's story should be seen by everyone who's a fan of #games. Please check it out if you haven't already! 🎮 www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...

Immediately thought of the folks at @pewpewbang.bsky.social . They had a whole episode!

I wrote about things to plan early for if you want your game to be Steam Deck verified: blendogames.com/news/post/20...

Bluepoint did the Xbox360 port of Titanfall 1. They did an amazing job squeezing our rabid chaos into a previous-generation box. I'll forever be impressed by and thankful for the work they did to bring that game to so many more people than would have seen it otherwise.

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

Longtime Castlevania and Bloodstained developer Shutaro Ida passes away at 52 after battling cancer automaton-media.com/en/news/long...

Really surprised I haven't seen more buzz about Crisol: Theater of Idols! Couple hours in and it's polished, mechanically neat and has a ton of style.

We just hit $20k for the WFM's Immigrant Rapid Response Fund, and are continuing on! Next up: Keith and Art have to carry a huge pain of glass through a nightmare world filled with obstacles, and bc of a donation incentive, they are not allowed to talk about the glass! twitch.tv/friendsatthetable

ICE using the same ruse that Ted Bundy used to kidnap people should tell you something.

This post is really taking off. I know the Thanksgiving detail is grabbing, but I would encourage everyone to also read the full article about this family’s struggle at Dilley. They’ve been locked up for 130+ days. I spent hours with them on Zoom this week, and their story deserves to be heard.

I say without hyperbole or levity: this is evil.

This is just unconscionable man

The Heritage Foundation has released a 250-year roadmap to “save America.” The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there. jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...

we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

Give a man a fish, and he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he’ll eat forever. Steal a fish from one man, give it to another, and tell the second man that he needs to pay you a subscription fee every month if he wants to keep getting fish, then you’ve successfully disrupted the fish market.

Dismissed because of jurisdictional confusion, it should be stressed, rather than any new revelation that would discredit the survivors of sexual assault who have come forward.

Thanks! For those interested in how Prince of Persia got made, you can find my published journals, and my graphic novel REPLAY, on my website at jordanmechner.com -- along with archival materials and commentary (some of which is referenced in this article).

“They’re eating the HOCKEYS! They are eating the Cup!”