yeah this is insanely good, actually. it's literally sweet corn-flavoured ice cream, with some chocolate bits inside the shell there. get to the nearest korean grocery store posthaste

@selectric.space obtained the coveted corn ice cream and is pointedly NOT sharing it with me the 2,000mi commute is immaterial to this matter

Happy World Goth Day. I paint how I live every day: gothically

From the creator of #ButterflySoup and #PomGetsWiFi, The Crane Rider's Tale is a mystery game inspired by Disco Elysium, Zero Escape, and Chinese folktales. 🪽On Kickstarter now! www.kickstarter.com/projects/psy...

I am having a miserable time lately and missing writing every day. You can fix at least one of those problems by hiring me! I'm open to basically any writing/editing-adjacent work, but examples of game criticism, interviews, op-eds, and other things I'm most experienced with are in the thread

Peelander Z is an Austin institution, please help them out if you can

your girl is, as ever, looking for work 💜 essayist, critic, journalist, published author hire me for crit, features, reviews, interviews, reporting, news, and entire books words: lost in cult, unwinnable, VGC, RPS, EDGE, polygon, mothership, stop caring, and many more ashlikeadragon.bearblog.dev

we are on a noble quest to get to 50 reviews so Steam will show it to more people who would like it. If you dug it, would you mind leaving a review? It'll take thirty seconds, it can just be the word "texas" i don't care. Thank you!

buzz on the marimba's e-flat resonator has been driving me nuts for AGES and I finally muted it by adhering the cut-off end of a q-tip to the offending rivet

there is NOTHING more satisfying than finding a very basic (if slightly strange) solution to a persistent problem

What We Are Seeking, Cameron Reed enjoying it a lot thus far, and particularly appreciate Reed's commitment to depicting plausible alien ecosystems with careful detail

adding my own 2¢ about Norco... I finally played it earlier this year, and I'm glad I waited as long as I did (but not longer) it's an incredible game that came for my throat in ways I did not anticipate

norco rules. if you want to experience another soulful text-heavy game in this week of zero parades, also check out our debut at Radiant Array, Interstate 35! store.steampowered.com/app/3283890/...

Norco is great and it is also intrinsically southern in a way games almost never are. we need more intensely regional games.

adding my own 2¢ about Norco... I finally played it earlier this year, and I'm glad I waited as long as I did (but not longer) it's an incredible game that came for my throat in ways I did not anticipate

it's not, like, a coincidence that in my first game i literally dropped a nuclear bomb on my hometown

wanna give a huge shoutout to Steven, and will urge readers to check out his own videogame website, @deletedsavesmag.bsky.social, one of the premier places for potent videogame criticism www.deletedsaves.com

NEW ESSAY TIME @stevenstoermer.bsky.social on Battlefield 6 "[it] demures from naming names out of a dual desire. One, to present combat as an apolitical mirror image of the real world but that is vacuum-insulated from it. Two, to depict a fantasy of player agency" www.stopcar.ing/a-vivisectio...

Phoenix Springs is one of those games that bothers you in your sleep, great to talk to others about it after finishing too bc of how wtf it is. I also recommend reading this piece from @kellymerka.bsky.social on the game, its loops, and loss: unwinnable.com/2026/01/27/t...

Hello, 

 We're *this* close to announcing our new, self-funded indie game.

 We could use your help

! If you enjoyed Phoenix Springs, please help us one last time by spreading the good word to your fellow ambiguity freaks. 

It's 50% off this week 🙏 store.steampowered.com/app/1973310/...

despite everything, i hit vertical slice milestone one today

you really do need to try to be kind. it's so important.

Art of the ancient Americas may not be your thing, but you have to love this earthenware crab vessel. I'm sorry, I don't make the rules. 🦀 This is going into our imaginary museum replica store, pronto. #LACMA Colombia, Calima style, Ilama period, ca. 1500 BCE-100 CE. 🏺 1/ 📸 me

sneak preview of game2 combat UI, cw: cruel robo-violence

I appreciate nothing more than a press kit with a) key art sans logo and b) a solid number of screenshots, including options uncluttered by UI elements wherever possible it's best to have both!!

Every guy in a videogame:

Once upon a time, years of training and competition were required to rise to the top of classical music. But as Jeffrey Arlo Brown reports, the under-qualified ultra-wealthy are skipping to the front of the line, wads of cash in hand.

sometimes the youtube recommendations really do deliver

sometimes the youtube recommendations really do deliver

just did it again

"mooooooooom come pick me up, km's hollering about the raw shark texts again"

The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."

exhibit c

exhibit b

enclosing more evidence of thumbelina's criminal activity exhibit a

Did a little thing I have added a page on Stop Caring my own personal recs for videogame criticism websites and blogs I will probably add more as my memory jostles and as time passes www.stopcar.ing/recommendati...

enclosing more evidence of thumbelina's criminal activity exhibit a

no sunglasses are safe from thumbelina

SHE DIDN'T EVEN WANT THEM

THIEVERY

I am dinging the game 1 out of 10 because due to my personally collected anecdata I can attest that goats do not like to wear sunglasses, only steal them

from my position as a self-ordained expert on cats and goats, I give Titanium Court a 9/10

*beams cicada noises into your mind*

I will gladly say you should go for this. Working with @stevenstoermer.bsky.social and @kellymerka.bsky.social is an absolute pleasure, and Deleted Saves has paid me more than any other byline.

Deleted Saves will run paid special features to help support those affected by the closure of Paste/Endless Mode. These will run outside the quarterly cadence to put money in pockets faster. Pitch me at [email protected]. Literally anything you want.

Today for @scrmbl.com: I wrote about FLCL, why it only could have been made when it was made, and why there will never be another one

Hey if you're impacted by layoffs/closure at the AV Club I'd love to figure out how @unwinnable.com can support you! Especially if you have something that won't see the light of day anymore!

If you had anything you were working on for Paste that needs a home, please reach out to @skyboxcritics.com It's lousy that we have to say this every couple of months, but we'll do what we can to help out as many people as we can.

from my position as a self-ordained expert on cats and goats, I give Titanium Court a 9/10