"I’ve been wrestling with this truth that I have far more negative to say about Silksong than positive, but that great art isn’t measured in points." Just over a month after its release, @rygilliam.bsky.social grapples with Silksong in our review. www.rogue.site/editorials/h...

good stuff here, puts a lot of my thoughts into words

New Pat's Labor! After two episodes we thought we were getting a handle on what Patlabor was all about and then we swerved right into a noir Kaiju story! www.rogue.site/podcasts/pat...

Easy sales recommendation. A team of AAA veterans (including Bioware & Ubisoft) do a smart, mechanically complex fusion of Shadow of The Colossus, Tears of the Kingdom and a little bit of extraction shooter? It's exceptionally polished. This team could go a long way! Absolutely worth the price.

This week only! In celebration of our brand-new annual report, which shows everything looking 🚀up and up🚀 in the world of Hell Gate, we are 🔪slashing🔪 the prices on our annual subs. 34% off! Our biggest sale ever! Did we mention it’s THIS WEEK ONLY! hellgatenyc.com/membership/

I know a lot of people won’t click through to read about “med beds” so here’s the crucial quote to explain how fucking crazy this is. Trump just posted an AI video of himself promising every American access to this.

why does this make trash cans and dumpsters the empire and the rats the rebellion.

One Battle After Another is a great film for lunatics, haters, and dirty punks [complimentary]

Here it is, my last piece for @eater.bsky.social: my treatise on the last 20 years of food culture, and how food turned into fandom. I really hope you read it. www.eater.com/food-culture...

Pro tip from @mattielubchansky.com is that theme song is so much better at 1.5x speed... it might even be considered... a "bop" (also the original version is way better than jimmy buffet sounding version they started using in season 3) www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ddJ...

i rewatched The Abyss last night and it's so frustrating how good James Cameron is at making "big" movies with huge stakes and timeless SFX sequences that still have fundamentally "human" relationships tying everything together narratively... and now he's hyping AI in Hollywood SFX? c'mon

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

still makes me a little giddy seeing my neighborhood being highlighted. had dinner Zyara last night which is right next to Mokafe! at the end of the block you've got some of the best seafood in NY at Abuqir and my favorite croissant in the city at Noissette!

That's a wrap on season one of Enterprise on Temporal Culture War! Much like the show, most of the finale is egregiously boring, with listless action, wooden acting and a severe lack of Shran, but we have a good time talking about it anyway! rss.com/podcasts/tem...

I'm so glad we got to commission this piece from the talented and tuned-in Ana Diaz

another classic in the @cassmarshall.bsky.social canon and a great impressions piece on Troleu!

if this happens it would be, no joke, the greatest accomplishment of her governorship

currently a subscriber to @aftermath.site and @hellgatenyc.com and I’m looking forward to supporting more! There’s also @hearingthingsco.bsky.social , @boltsmag.org , @marisakabas.bsky.social and of course I’m a little biased but @rascal.news and @roguesite.bsky.social are also pretty cool too 😎

Everything is awful right now but reading this for the first time last night was awesome and I recommend doing the same if you need a boost. 5 min read

New Episode of Pat's Labor! Come for the thoughtful world building, stay for the biting satire! www.rogue.site/podcasts/pat...

We welcomed 400 new members to Rogue.site this past week. Thank you to everyone who shared, subscribed, or pledged their support. For more highlights of what went on at Rogue this week, consider becoming a free member to receive our newsletter. www.rogue.site/email/02484c...

the shooter was an online gamer. it's important for newsrooms to understand video games more than ever. that's where i step in. so umamusume: pretty derby (ウマ娘 プリティーダービー) is a gacha horse racing simulator based on real life japanese race horses. in the world of umamusume, anime girls replace horses,

a great idea if you haven't already cut it by now!

Posting my LEAST FAVORITE tumblr meme from 2014

the existence of the Sperm Whale is the reason I find the super intelligent alien whales that are full of immortality juice from Avatar so believable

after weeks of teasing, we FINALLY got to Risa on the latest Temporal Culture War and I think it's a really fun episode! Not the episode of Enterprise, our podcast episode, where we talk about magicians. rss.com/podcasts/tem...

If you want to know why I bother with weirdo pervert gamer shit I wrote a little about why for @roguesite.bsky.social’s launch week www.rogue.site/editorials/s...

I'm hooked on The Bazaar now even if i'm still at a loss exactly how to describe it, luckily @rygilliam.bsky.social does an excellent job here www.rogue.site/editorials/t...

this literally got me out of the house, trying a new coffee shop, doing my little computer tasks at a sidewalk table and now I’m gonna take a CitiBike… no where in particular

the median voter has feelings and thoughts that would mystify even the lord of all creation Himself

if you have not gotten a copy, well, my new book SIMPLICITY is still available wherever fine books are sold and i would love for you to read it. simplicitybook.xyz

That's right, @roguesite.bsky.social guides have ASCII cover art, so you know it's the good stuff

putting on my shameful little political consultant hat here, but considering most people don't like "WAR" it's probably a lot more popular to cut "The Department of War" budget than the "Department of Defense" budget so maybe we should do that instead of changing the name back

Thank you all so much for this wild launch week. Every Bluesky follower, free member, and paid member has helped assure us that Rogue is just getting started. Please continue sharing us with your followers, family, and friends, and subscribing at Rogue.site. Another exciting week starts Monday!

just got the new Covid vax in NYC! All I had to do was ask my doctor for a proscription, which actually just turned out to be a note, so then the pharmacy had to call and wait on hold to get a verbal proscription! So easy, only wasting the time of a pharmacist, a doctor, and their secretary!

A cool think about Grant is that, as a carpenter, you could literally ask him any home improvement/repair question and he would immediately set aside whatever he was doing to give you the most complete and detailed answer.

Big stream today! @nathangrayson.bsky.social finally has stable internet, and former Polygon writers @rygilliam.bsky.social and @cassmarshall.bsky.social are here to talk about their new site @roguesite.bsky.social. Also, a little game called Silksong. Live at 4 PM ET www.twitch.tv/aftermathdot...

Some new additions to the Game-Worker Cooperatives list. @giantbomb.bsky.social @rascal.news @aftermath.site @aesthetic.games New tag filters (Development and Journalism) exhibitplay.com/game-worker-...

this is where i'm at. built a PC in college but have since bought two pre built PCs. when crypto first started messing with gfx prices i bought a pre-built PC for the same price as building it myself. and it was shockingly cheap/easy to get the motherboard replaced when it died out of warranty

It’s true: not only will you be able to help support a cool new microcinema, you’ll also get to read some great essays by myself and others

oh this is fun

i saved Simplicity to read on my beach trip and while i'm late to the party, @mattielubchansky.com has absolutely DONE IT AGAIN with a touching, hilarious, intricate, genre defying work! the whole book but especially the ending gets stuck in your head after you've finished, read it immediately!

some of my ex polygon colleagues started a new thing. i'm extremely excited to have a place to read their work, and rooting for them unconditionally. everyone subscribe!! www.rogue.site

missed this yesterday because I was out of town — congrats to all my former colleagues who are involved in this! check 'em out!

petri dishes of democracy

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I just added the talent-stacked and superb-looking @roguesite.bsky.social to the IGM Starter Pack. It's been a while since I updated this list, though, so please throw your suggestions in the replies below! (and maybe check out @postmode.bsky.social while you're at it!) go.bsky.app/HbzgMEX

So excited to finally announce the new employee-owned video game website we've been working on for the last couple months, rogue.site! This is everything we wanted bigfriendly.guide to grow into and I'm so excited about what we've made.

This is such a fun opening salvo of posts! Blogs are BACK www.rogue.site