I've been thinking about this: generally, about how skilled labor is being devalued, and particularly, about the way creative labor is rendered invisible (often by having someone else assume credit for it). @brandon.insertcredit.com wrote a nice thread about giving precise, granular credit yesterday

In the original arcade version of Final Fight, there's a third button whose function is to escape grabs. It's not wired by default in arcade machines, but was left in the game code and can be accessed via emulation. Here, I tested it via MiSTerFPGA. It was probably used by the devs during QA.

Today’s xkcd made me cry. In a good way. xkcd.com/3172/

I see a ranking of #StarWars came out today so time to bring out old faithful

The Complete Calvin and Hobbes [Box Set] hardcover is $86.15 on Amazon after listed coupon (1440 pages) buff.ly/Xoe2gqq #ad

Quite a choice, making 18 the cutoff.

Oh cool they must be doing really good at it then.

If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features." There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.

All these numbers reflect shows that were developed, bought, written, and produced years ago. This year ALL of my queer lead development died. So over the next years, it’s gonna get way worse.

Beautiful view of the Alaska range on my drive into town today

So in Arc Raiders there is a door glitch. You don't need to know what it is, just that the gamers are brainstorming all the "easy" ways to "fix" the doors and it's simultaneously hilarious and horrifying. My two favorite solutions are "add a kill volume" and "put a second door behind the door".

It’s not that I still have the capacity to be shocked, but i definitely maintain an ability to be horrified.

Rebecca was one of the founders of Interplay and programmed & designed for some of the most influential games of my youth, notably Bard's Tale I & III and Wasteland. She will be missed.

My trailblazing game industry bad-ass friend Rebecca Heineman has passed away. Fuck cancer. Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...

Anyone wondering why people are mourning the loss of Rebecca Heineman should watch this video from @stopskeletons.bsky.social. This is just a footnote in her extensive career, but it's what made me follow and donate to her cancer fund. We lost a legend today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxF1...

What a killer thing to go out on. Rebecca Heineman was truly too good for this world.

I'd like to share this old video of hers, where she talks about her time working on the 3DO port of Doom. it's a wild story that stuck with me, and a reminder that sometimes "bad games" have amazing people working on them

RIP to a games industry pioneer and legend, Rebecca Heineman (@burgerbecky.bsky.social) If your unfamiliar, look her up. Her career is like the story of videogames itself.

Really incredible to have a text between the CEO and the guy he installed as CFO at Unknown Worlds that just says straight up "those three are totally heroes, think we're gonna have to kill 'em."

The story of how Rebecca Heineman overcame corporate incompetence to develop the Doom 3DO port in two and a half months is incredible (via @bghof.com) www.badgamehalloffame.com/doom-3do/

Burger Becky’s gofundme for cancer treatment is now for a funeral service. To my knowledge we’ve not yet lost her, but she has announced that her doctors have informed her there is nothing more that can be done

Been a busy day; finally tuned into the charity stream and holy hell what wonders there are in this world.

KIRO 7 ran an article and two TV pieces on the theft of a box truck full of arcade PCBs, artwork, and machines from my workplace yesterday. If anyone in the Seattle area sees someone offloading a ton of CPS2/NAOMI/Neo Geo PCBs, stuff of that nature, please reach out. www.kiro7.com/news/local/g...

Doom Guy but modded to be Chandler from Friends.

absolutely heartbroken to announce that i was part of the crystal layoffs today 💔 if y’all spot any openings for a soft, dedicated, smiley games writer — please send them my way 💫 i was on the most perfect narrative team on an exciting, ambitious project. i will cherish it all forever. 💖

I had so many people reach out before and after publication that I wanted to give some more space to share their stories. You can find that on my Patreon. www.patreon.com/posts/failur...

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second verse on this is one of the funniest things i've ever heard

SaGa freak, logging on

KEEP CALLING

If they’re going to roll over like this after an electoral blowout less than a week ago, why bother electing Democrats to Congress next year? What would they actually do?

It's important to remember that transphobia is not only unpopular politically but is also an incredibly annoying character trait that poisons someone's brain into thinking saying weird shit about kids to other moms is Praxis, and if they leave that means you Won Praxis

There needs to be trials and there needs to be people sent to die in a prison cell. Consequences must fall on the people who issued the orders and those who carried them out. We must make the punishment of these people a national spectacle that will be remembered for generations.

Posting again just to underline the fact that the X algorithm is VERY CLEARLY DESIGNED to feed far right material to new users… It is straight up a propaganda tool and decent people need to LEAVE it.

Reminder that this is a winning position, and people support it

Tonight's even more proof the mainstream reporters who are still on Twitter are suffering from a brain problem akin Havana Syndrome that is preventing them from accurately doing their jobs. They are being cooked alive by a snuff-focused apartheid algorithm.

voters nationwide today, apparently

Y'all, I know two hours is a big time commitment, but this panel I arranged and hosted last month is one of the most important things I've ever done for video game history. The launch of the NES is a crazier story than most people realize, and my guests were extremely generous with their memories.

now THIS is video game preservation

i owe so many video game designers an apology

Next week LinkedIn will use your personal data for AI training by automatically enabling permissions. To manually turn off go to: Settings ➡️ Data Privacy ➡️ under “How LinkedIn uses your data” click “Data for Generative AI improvement” ➡️ toggle off

Imagining CBS News calling Modern Warfare devs whenever some military operation happens.

Hi! My friend Natalie is having a really hard time supporting her kids right now. It would make me so happy if you could donate to help her keep going: gofund.me/17705d028

wait wait I can make this stat stupider: there have only been 2 World Series games this long. They were both game 3, both dodgers, both at home, both won by a walk off home run from a white guy whose name is an alliteration

[Please RT!] Hi all! This is a long shot, but I'm trying anyway - the nonprofit I work for is working on Christmas wishlists, and one of the young boys we works with would love an XBOX. Most likely we're going to get him an Xbox One, but if anyone has an Xbox Series X they're willing to donate LMK!

This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking.

this is worth seven minutes of your time. i've never been prouder to give somebody my vote

We can only make new things, I guess. Because once the CEOs get ahold of a property, why even bother. So it goes; we'll make cool new stuff instead. But what a shame when we can't build on top of great things that we've come to love.

You know in Hypnospace Outlaw when one of the 12-year-old kids makes a website for why he's awesome and another kid in his class sucks? This is just that.

the Nintendo Switch 2 price sucks