I don’t know if anyone’s observed this before but being poor fucking suuuuuuuucks

Rene Magritte (1898-1967) The Human Condition, 1935. Oil on canvas. #Surrealism

I was invited onto a local radio show to talk about french fries based on an article I wrote 3 years ago, making it the primary legacy of my time in local journalism (not complaining)

Jesus christ, is it so unbelievable that someone might care enough about games to want to write about them

One of the big differences with Netflix is that (I feel) TV audiences don’t care so much what they watch as long as there’s more of it. Today it’s Severance, tomorrow it’s Heated Rivalry, whatever But people have extremely specific ideas about what game they play

Has anyone done a really thorough analysis of why “its like X meets Y” is the dominant mode of criticism in games?

Fireworks fucking suck (This message brought to you at 2am)

Could everyone please stop bombing my dog

A smaller number of emails than usual, so there's a far better chance of getting featured this time out! Indie devs, to action!

Phew, don’t know why i didn’t do this earlier, but just nuked the substack account i abandoned two years ago from orbit

I started like six games this past weekend and the sole survivor is Beastieball

You’re telling me that when i start a new skill i’m not immediately highly proficient?? What a scam

someone who’s good at time management help me with my schedule 30 min: writing 10 min: cleaning 3 hours: deadlock 15 minutes: walking dog

Im sorry, are we credulously covering Order of the Sinking Star??

OK indies, time to preserve the artistic backbone of an entire medium while simultaneously being the only games anyone can afford (because of inflation) running on the only hardware anyone can afford (because of data centers) while also being the only games on the market not using AI. No pressure!!

I wrote about Resident Evil puzzles and why I thought the Final one was kinda cheeks

Mosquitos are great enemy design

Something i DONT recommend if youre working on a video essay is watching people make fun of video essays

Im almost more interested in the dark triad of Judy, Sally and Susan

I’ve thought about the start of the Lincoln level once a week for like a year

The KC streetcar is packed. People are speaking ten different dialects of spanish. How can anyone not see this as an absolute social good

Concocting my theory that fromsoft games arent actually that hard and that’s why players whose egos are tied up in video games impose limitations on what is an “acceptable” way to play

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So true i DID throw over priest, liturgy, and sacrament for room of people waiting in silence for the Light

Health of the industry notwithstanding, it’ll be fun when everyone starts planning their gaming itinerary for September

Danganronpa is Persoenix Wright

You could make a pretty good supercut of game announcements that include “death is not the end” or “death is just the beginning”

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Devastated to report that large sections of Arkham Asylum are kinda butt. That game knows how to get in its own way

(me closing Instagram) man some Instagram would really hit the spot right now

Im taking a social media hiatus until i am capable of saying things about Frank that i won’t regret

I have never asked you for anything but i am asking you to check out this game

Looking forward to playing more of this, but the demo was REALLY GOOD

We need a cheap, commonly available way of destroying data centers. Like hammering copper nails into a bradford pear

Comforter? I hardly know her!

new essay!! 💜 very grateful to jane for inviting me onto her blog to write about whatever i wished, which turned out to be an essay on guardians of the galaxy's repeated swings and misses with its emotional beats on loss, grief and acceptance. a little sad to be a hater on this! please enjoy! 💜

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Saw a dude at the coffee shop reading House of Leaves between respawn timers in Battlefield 6. Should I… do something?

Finally started Perfect Tides Station to Station. I may be the first person to observe this but it’s extremely great

Watching Directive 8020 and I would love to hear in Supermassive’s words what they think *the game* is? Is the walking around meant to be a load bearing system or are they just hallways between story beats?

Everyone in my neighborhood recovered from the huge KC blackout except me, so I’ll probably be without power for at least another day. My takeaways are 1) I would not have made it in any era before 2025 and 2) the steam deck is the greatest piece of gaming hardware maybe ever

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Duetting yourself silently reacting to a video is the modern laugh track

I downloaded the Danganronpa theme as a custom ringtone when I was like 19, which is when you decide what ringtone youre going to have for the rest of your life. So Danganronpa it remains

First day of vacation time to play 5 hours of a game that gives me hypertension

Open question for experienced critics: how do you actively training your ability to write/think critically? “Apply to an internship” obviously doesn’t exist anymore but “start a blog” feels like undirected

good read

Social Media in 2035

Heat Signature the first game in a while that’s made me go damn, this is maybe too good