the boys are over and we're all taking the Which Invisible Cities City Are You? quiz. Jacob's trivial ass got Maurilia lmao

New Yorkers, vote!!

Social anxiety question: how do I signal to other humans that I’m wearing AirPods at a live musician performance because I forgot my earplugs, and NOT because I’m listening to something else?

Check out this sword stuck in a stone!!

SJÄMSÅRA

Made a site that takes objects from wikipedia and turns them into endless I Spy > neal.fun/wiki-spy/

I have updated YOU ARE ELON MUSK. Players now have a full $1.3 TRILLION to spend. Will it make a difference? direkris.itch.io/elon

A video game studio should be allowed to make a bad game and gain some institutional knowledge without being gutted, skinned, and melted it down into glue every fiscal year.

I wrote a little thing for manifesto jam 2026. If we’ve met in person, I’ve most likely given you a small object like a sticker or a button. This zine, to be printed, folded, and given to others, explains why: numberless.itch.io/the-socially...

I also made something for #manifestojam & I would love if you would check it out. thisisstar.itch.io/instructions...

Meta is throwing some wild AI nonsense into my Facebook feed now.

Whenever I hear “Knicks in five” it sounds like the family band of a disgraced former president.

MacOS Seward Street Slides

They’re packaging it like this so it looks like a shallow trend, but Gen Z has gone through two financial crises, a pandemic, rising fascism, active shooter drills since they were toddlers, and are now being told by the oligarchy they’re to be replaced by robots. Socialism is the logical conclusion.

Wind Waker :(

look. is everything more expensive now? yes. but you have to look on the bright side too. now every time you open a computer, it doesn't work

Now you can keep track of how many billions the AI companies are losing on AI. (Red is spending, green is revenue.) isaiprofitable.com

Just found a subreddit that pairs people with fucked up balls of string with people who love detangling balls of string and it is *very* wholesome

Inventing the air conditioner Make it a 100 fucking pounds. No, no center mass to it at all somehow. Throw some fuckin…accordion arms on it that flap out and catch on everything when you’re carrying it up from the basement. And let me get 50 razor blades on the back of it too.

Blue Prince (2025)

this is… nuts, right? Like, holy crap good governance nuts?

Did you know Zelda began in part as a multiplayer prototype? Or that Miyamoto considered a sci-fi story? I promise that even super fans will learn something new about the series from this historical deep dive with Zelda expert/historian/interview archivist @maxnichols.bsky.social!

Fuck it, Zordon Mamdani

The Firth will be with you, always.

One of my favorite examples of the magic of tiktok stitching.

Games journalism is... A. Dead B. More vibrant than ever C. Complicated and requires an hour-long explanation with dozens of historical comparisons + insights from journalists and critics across the media landscape D. All of the above Here's my recent NYU lecture, remastered for audio!

Been wishing you could read @rascal.news, @rogue.site, @neverpo.st and @aftermath.site for one price and just one click? We've launched an indie media bundle that gets you one month of all our sites for 50% off!

I wrote about why I quit my job, and how weird and tiring tech feels these days.

Such a smart and lovely talk by @plante.bsky.social at the NYU Game Center tonight, putting in context how tough these times are while still being hopeful and, for me, unexpectedly cathartic

It was very special getting to hear @plante.bsky.social talk at NYU Game Center about the history of games journalism, the bleakness of its present, and the hope for its future. And I loved the applause for every journalist mentioned.

One last thing before we go. Today, after 2+ (or 10+??) years of work, we’re launching XOXO Explore, a complete archive of all eight years of the festival. xoxofest.com

only Mamdani can do a Pokémon Go To The Polls and have it come across well

dance dance revolution, warning screen, playstation (2001) www.mobygames.com/game/3794/da...

This year’s Experimental Games Showcase is up on the GDC Vault, and it’s free for anyone to check out! If you wanna see a handful of really interesting projects doing very unique things in the industry, take a look: gdcvault.com/play/1035831...

I don't know who needs to hear this right now, but a reminder that Trent Reznor spelled backwards is Ron Zertnert

me, every single day of my 12 year gamedev career: I'm learning how to make a video game

*david byrne voice* #crosswordcon

Elder Mall Animal

Aging was supposed to happen in base 12, not base 10. You're actually meant to be a kid until 12, a teenager until 24, a 20-something until you're 36, and in your thirties until you're 48. Your 40s should last until you're 60. That's why every decade milestone (30, 40, etc.) feels premature.

I think their undisputed masterpiece is "Hip to be Square", a song so catchy, most people probably don't listen to the lyrics. But they should, because it's not just about the pleasures of conformity, and the importance of trends, it's also a personal statement about the band itself. Hey Paul!

I’ve posted it before, but it feels evergreen The two hardest problems in Computer Science are 1. Human communication 2. Getting people in tech to believe that human communication is important

HoloVista. It deserves to be on more platforms than just iOS. Not that I’m biased or anything.

Don’t forget that today is the day to unlock Reala if you don’t have that on your Christmas NiGHTS save file!

🍷 I was blessed with excellent pairings tonight: 🎤 Negative reviews on Glassdoor, to the tune of Cake’s “The Distance. 🎤 Pharmaceutical side effects, to the tune of Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance”

i deleted all the games and apps off my phone, put my phone in a trash can, and now just carry my game boy around in my pocket instead. so if you want to reach me you will have to release a new game boy game.

New collection announcement: We're live at GDC... 1989! We've digitized 21 hours of talks from the third ever Computer Game Developers' Conference, now available for free in our digital library 🔊 gamehistory.org/cgdc-1989-ta...

As raph koster put it, what we call "fun" is in fact learning the game. As stanislas dehaene puts it , failing is the requirement to learning. Be prevented to fail and you can never learn. Be prevented to fail, and you can never have fun.