this is the very first book they made us read in history at uni and everyone saw it and went "aaawwww no" and then two weeks later realised it was FASCINATING

few things i love more than putting a nice big art blast together (and chatted a little with some of the artists on this one too)

early easter miracle: my nex 5t, having been dead and unresponsive for years, just took a charge, opened up and took photos. all working perfectly.

Frank Herbert's Dune

we have over 20,000 people who are 'free' subscribers. if that's you, you can now get your first month of a paid sub for just ONE DOLLAR. if just 500-1000 of those 20000 convert to paying subs that's HUGE for us

not so woke now are we motherfuckers

the only saved posts i have on reddit are lotr memes that i open up when i need to feel better

i had a ton of fun doing this legally-distinct logo and merch for our theme week. the shirts and hoodies are premium as colour blanks, and most items ship from global warehouses to avoid tariffs.

watched the peaky blinders movie last night and after nearly turning it off during the first 25 mins it hits a precise moment where it becomes a final ep of the show, instead of a movie that doesnt quite know what its doing and that final episode is fine! much better sendoff than most shows get

this guy sucks

hell yeah

while many gaming communities default to white guy-centric toxicity, @gamesdonequick.com proposes an alternative: welcoming to all, with "trans rights" as a rallying cry. but it wasn't always this way, and old problems still fester. for @aftermath.site's woke week, my months-in-the-making report:

21st century tech journalism in a nutshell

when americans try and organise a zoom call for work

every time i see anyone talking about a game's player count or copies sold in the year of our lord 2026

this rowling HP shit has made me truly regret being so mean to george lucas for so long

one of the coolest goals i have ever seen

The only thing that will move the mouse is money and Sam Altman is an obvious grifter. This whole rigamaroll was probably cheaper than suing and still ends with Disney on top.

DEI this, DEI that, DEI is killing video games, blah blah blah: for woke week I spoke with a recent DEI manager at a AAA games company, to find out what leading a diversity team at such a huge studio actually involves, and what the challenges are:

excuse me the man was born in Austria in the 1970s and was called what

2 groups getting mad at this post: 1) People who add you to 1,000 lists titled "POOTINS LOYAL TANKIES" and "TRANS DINGALINGS" if you say genocide is bad 2) Academic/Journo bluechecks whose gameplay loop is Bad Post -> Cry About Response -> Play Victim -> Milk Until Engagement Ebbs -> Repeat

gutted today that ive been robbed of the ability to be all smug about owning an EV in these times. drove over a nail this morning and got a flat and the car had to be TOWED, and now can't be repaired at the dealer for DAYS.

Easily one of the root causes of all the dumb shit we're dealing with is how guys like this lie, just straight-up make up the dumbest most "everyone is 12" brained bullshit they can possibly imagine, and everyone reporting on it just runs with that as their headline uncritically

i made it maybe 5-6 hours in before my subconscious yanked the handbrake and saved me. a studio spending 7 years to copy the shape of better games, without once realising what we actually loved about them, is just so depressing

its back (welcome to our first sub drive of 2026, we're running TWO sales and have a whole week of WOKE CONTENT lined up)

heard a SUPER loud BELCH sound last night coming from the laundry that sounded like either our dog turning inside out or the pipes exploding. we ran into the room to find...this guy sitting on the outside of the glass door.

every time a studio writes a statement like this, they're either lying or they think you're a huge idiot. sometimes both.

guillotines.jpg

the first time i flew to the US in 2007 I took a bottle of aftershave my wife had bought my for xmas. a border guy at LAX took it out of my bag, looked at it and just straight pocketed it. extrapolating that out into what ICE are gonna do is like a line going straight to hell

a classic in the genre

the human body was not designed to know what the worst person in the world is doing every fifteen minutes

love to see it

was sent this today and its one of the funniest things ive ever seen

Since he's in the news again (ugh) play my game instead

formal proposal of a replacement for the vince mcmahon meme format

we're so fucked

crimson desert really is that bad, huh

(gonna be worth it though)

and yet

also me on radiohead

just got a press release that said this game sold 250000 COPIES ON STEAM. Holy shit.

we're old enough to have archives now!

i have missed him so much