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Yea, sir. The rascal’s drunk

new books: get

C.A.R.R.I. Protocol initiated. Collaborate with other runners to mutually increase chances of survival. (Reminder: You must also survive the other runners.)

Isopod

3D map of the Chongqing Metro that shows the elevation and decline of each line, with some essentially looking like roller coasters (Chongqing is the Chinese city that went viral for showing how you could be on the ground floor but then walk a bit and be on the 22nd floor, due to the hilly terrain)

hospitality

@samueltolbert.bsky.social is a great guy and a wonderful pod guest. Please check out his work here:

It’s podcast day! This week, @samueltolbert.bsky.social and I had a great discussion on how to maintain a healthy work-life balance when it comes to covering games. We also talked about sci-fi books and games, sharing some great picks. Read the intro post and find the links in the replies:

trying to post through it rn

We should have never doubted this man

"Like Taco Bell does with food, platforms like TikTok and Twitter are incentivized to strip context from language, because then it can be flattened into a saleable product that can be co-opted by corporations."

Bungie's stories are deeply tied to literature, science, and history, so I made a Goodreads shelf with books that either influenced them, were explicitly referenced, or are just in the same wheelhouse as the best of those games' writing goodreads.com/review/list/46690869-matt?shelf=bungie-bookshelf

The prophecy cannot be stopped

while the site is stabilizing I think everyone should go listen to this episode of side story if you're interested in having a discussion about the type of game Marathon is/should be. directory.libsyn.com/episode/inde...

northernlion—aka the only big streamer who’s relatively normal—is making big moves. earlier this week he announced a cruise that his fanbase at first thought was a bit, and now he’s funding and publishing demon bluff, a single-player social deduction game he helped put on the map

BIG interview with the ONTOS team in here 👀

Please.... ...and bring back Into Free youtu.be/8XBlBPtQW6g?...

King’s Field [1994] From Software - PlayStation

Oh, you like HoMM? Have you heard about store.steampowered.com/app/867210/S... ? It does a cool thing where after each mission you glimpse a bard in a tavern summing up the events so by the end of each campaign the faction has a full song. JOIN THE MARSH SKYEN!

Destiny is all about pushing through darkness, overcoming insurmountable odds and finding hope through community. It's basically the story of being a Miami Heat fan.

Last night I was playing Destiny 2 while watching the Heat game. I remembered where I was at in April 2024 when @questlog.bsky.social was acting as my guide through Witch Queen. I distinctly remember logging on one night telling them I was pissed the Heat lost. Time is a flat circle.

sometimes I look at dishonored screenshots and go fuuuuck it's so good. fuck. I'll never forgive the gamers for not buying billions of copies of all the dishonored games

Someone outside, watching

get soulmogged bro. you gotta start spiritmaxxing, your essence is chopped

Okay but she's lowkey spittin here

The world’s oldest chicken lives in Portland. Her name is Gertie.

With Marathon, @robzacny.bsky.social has been really taken by watching Bungie returning to its own world from 30 years ago, a world with ideas about science fiction, cyberpunk, capitalism, imperialism, and, uh, haunted house space ships

NATURAL HABITAT FOR WHO, SCOTT? FUCKING AQUAMAN???

You can hear that shit in your head clear as day

Very good update, especially interested in how things like C.A.R.R.I. Protocol and the Mercy Kit could encourage changed player behavior

THE KING

"Marathon isn’t just a game; it feels like bootcamp for a future that’s already here."

the Hiss incantation remains one of the sickest things anyone's ever written for a video game

Deep sea creatures are indisputably some of the most fucked up guys on earth youtu.be/UXl8F-eIoiM?...

you know I'm out here making pasta roni paired with a canned margarita in preparation for playing D1 with the fellas, that's Monday night baby

I had a list of blog ideas around here somewhere, gotta get on some sort of schedule with those. The last one was so fulfilling to hit publish on

On Marathon's Cryo Archive, Destiny, and the game of life. My first blog in years and I'm quite happy with it, I hope you enjoy medium.com/quest-log/ma...

My time in Marathon at least has felt far closer to the traditional roguelike experience than whatever pick-3 upgrade is hot at the minute, but I'm a sucker for doomed narratives. Hearing the Caves of Qud guys were consulted on it was the lightbulb moment.

How many collective hours have been spent by people trying and failing to get Jokerless run in Balatro

book of the long sun making of the atomic bomb gamma world 3rd dune galactic center saga hyperion dark tower talisman mirror to damascus ubik left hand of darkness corliss anomalies series clan of the cave bear into thin air downbelow station

the passive voice store was visited by me and you were known by everybody there

Playercount discourse must die

Has there ever been a sweatier game dev recruitment ad than this one Neversoft Entertainment ran in 2005? "C'mon homies. Get out here and drink some beer!" — Joel Jewett, Neversoft Company President

RECON SHELL // YOU CAN RUN, BUT YOU CAN'T HIDE youtu.be/6q2A6PLiNMs