Had the unpleasant realization that what we have is the national equivalent of a bunch of angry gaming YouTubers suddenly being put in charge of an actual triple-A game studio

Failed country.

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I'm losing my mind over how many reviewers are like "GDT's Frankenstein makes you wonder who the real monster is." THAT'S THE STORY! That's the story Shelley wrote!

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money could buy my friends with shitty, soul-crushing jobs they're only keeping for the health insurance a year of rest to work on creative projects and take care of their bodies and minds (and cats, and gardens, and families), but it can't buy Elon Musk kids who actually like him

OVER A MILLION USERS DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT EVERY *WEEK* what the fuck are we DOING here

New — While some states have received SNAP benefits for November and USDA is supposedly pushing through all federal payments soon, that doesn’t erase the psychological terror of the last few weeks. I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:

“0% woke shit” a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time

Trump is appealing the judicial order to pay full SNAP benefits by tomorrow. He’s spending tax payer dollars going back to court to try and avoid giving folks money they are legally owed. He’s starving 42 million people because to him they are leverage. It’s enraging.

ECONOMICS GAMES ARE NOT ABOUT MONEY AND I CAN PROVE IT BY SHOWING THIS ALIEN BABY ABSOLUTELY BEEFING IT AND LOSING ALL AUTONOMY AND LIVELIHOOD IN SPACE WARLORD BABY TRADING SIMULATOR. I GROW MORE NORMAL BY THE DAY.

i wish everlasting harm and distress on every person and firm who voted for this

You don't need me to tell you this is yet more good money being burned after bad. But as someone who's worked with that QA team, I'll say they're unsung heroes who truly play a huge role in maintaining SE's reputation for high quality locs and to attempt to replace them with AI is deeply insulting.

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guys I’m sorry but have you looked through Getty images for yesterday 💀

It’s hard to believe but there was a cartoon about an immigrant mouse and it was seen as totally fine and not controversial and not woke because it was an aspirational and nice thing about America that people could come here and find a better life

ok this is what a bunch of sesame street characters would look like without their fur

Yep that’s what we’ve been telling you all, you shameless asshole.

if you see anyone expressing shock that a candidate who exudes warmth and authenticity and wants to improve the quality of life for working class people won over a rapist whose entire campaign was "that guys a terrorist" that's not a smart person. you don't have to listen to that person anymore.

@libbyapp.com I love you so much. Please reconsider using generative AI in your app. Just like @thestorygraph.com, we don’t need generative AI to make book suggestions that you can already make based on our interests.

Evidently the game industry has decided it's done with me. Any advice for industries/jobs outside of it that has crossover with systems design?

It was a rejection of the entire administration and Dems should see this as a signal to become an actual opposition party. On everything. You don't stop the shutdown. You don't approve another appointee. You do nothing at all. The voters saved you, not the other way around. LEARN TO LEAD.

many are saying canceling everyone's flights and food benefits right before the Traveling & Eating Holiday is a good move, politically

As a reminder, early Zionists experimented with partnering with Nazi Germany under the theory that when the crushed Great Britain they would export all the Jews to British mandated Palestine. They've always been short-sighted assholes willing to suck off a fascist in return for an obvious lie.

For your potential needs: Paptimus Scirroco yelling "Women's voices?" right before he gets rammed by the power of women

Looking at the registration form for GDC and they don't even include production or QA or narrative or UI as a role you can have as a game developer 😩

Turns out maybe people LIKE having jobs, and healthcare, and education, and not watching their cities being attacking by our own military!

mamdani's other victory is making so many overpaid Dem consultants look clueless

They think AI is the genie that will grant all their wishes and solve all their problems, but fairy tales about relying on magical solutions are usually there to teach you that taking shortcuts and avoiding hard work or using devious means to undermine others leads to your unmaking. I could go on :)

AAA studios don't even email me back, no matter hard I hurl myself at the brick wall lol. I've barely been staying afloat at all out here but it's ONLY because I've been able to work with a handful of wonderful like-minded people on some smaller teams.

The way all of these people convinced themselves that Mamdani is antisemitic is a subject far more worthy of media examination than any of the ‘groupthink on campuses!’ thinkpieces we’ve been subjected to

Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.

Don't fall for "layoffs are to replace humans with AI." Company layoffs are to PAY for AI. Most companies still aren't seeing an AI-ROI. 🤖🫧💥

my god he's brought back the grocery store id thing? i wonder how this plays now. not only is maxwell house coffee 15 bucks now, President Grandpa's sole focus is on how you need id to buy it

basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.

Happy Andrew Cuomo Moving To Florida Eve to all who celebrate

there are basically not enough republican voters to create enough safe seats to withstand the kind of wave that, for example, turned virginia into a democratic supermajority state for the first time in the modern era of its politics

Trans rights is a winning platform. Pro immigration is a winning platform. Taxing the rich is a winning platform. Affordable housing is a winning platform. Free childcare is a winning platform. Hating Andrew Cuomo is a winning platform. SOCIALISM IS A WINNING PLATFORM

That last sentence made my year. Hell yes. The people will always come out on top if we unite and fight together. Eat shit, moneybaggers!

if democrats are serious about winning they need to learn from tonight and convert to islam

going back to ringing the bell that Trump's win in 2024 wasn't because of a huge cultural shift to the right, especially among young voter blocks that went for him, as much as it was a general frustration with Biden, with centrism, and with the lack of a clearly articulated positive vision from dems

super happy this happened but damned if it isn't fucking horrifying that this isn't the norm everywhere

If you’re still in line, STAY IN LINE

on the topic of dick cheney, one thing i’ve always said is that you shouldn’t kill a million people

Game design is simple, actually. Except when it isn't. Here are the 12 things you need to know.

I can't disagree with any of this, except to say it's not even really about the money, per se: the bosses will happily nuke a perfectly profitable enterprise just because they don't like it, understand it, or think it should exist

The Amazing World Of Tomorrow

Yet the media is covering the Trump Shutdown as if it's a huge political problem for *Democrats* — ironically an attempt to pressure Dems into helping Trump staunch the bleeding of his own popularity by rescuing him from his own shutdown.

Rest now, brother. We have the watch. And I will see you in Valhalla. 🫡

Many full time creatives have “invisible safety nets” like bread-winning partners, trust funds, external support, etc. No shame on anyone, but it creates a false vision of success. The cost of going to cons alone on top of hoping to eat as a freelancer are untenable, IMO.