Oh my god

Ashamed to admit I knew very little of her story. What an extraordinary woman and a wonderful write-up.

Excellent long read on the weird, amazing creative folks behind a truly unique game. on.ft.com/45beFip The curse of ‘Disco Elysium’, the greatest RPG ever made

This is as close to perfect as an interview can get. Magnificent work.

incredible collection of sentences www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

You cannot tell me that we're not living in an episode of The Simpsons right now.

On Hideo Kojima’s strange, anxious, grief-stricken science fiction game, which contemplates how our digital interactions are no substitute for the stuff of physical existence — and risk hollowing out both ourselves, and our communities: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

I love this country.

@mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social's What About Men? is a very kind, thoughtful read, but I'm also struck by the things that others have noted. This is a section about Men struggling to have meaningful conversations, and 60 separate people have all highlighted it. Like a quick reference "how to" guide.

Games will never be a priority for _all_ politicians, but I would love to see the health of the sector being a regular question for the UK's culture secretary. At least while that job still exists.

A very merry Switch-mas to all those spending today periodically refreshing a delivery tracker in the hopes of seeing their parcel *eventually* leave the depot...

I'm not sure I've ever even seen a duct. Let alone taped one.

I did my best "obrigado" in a Portuguese cafe the other day and the lady behind the counter chuckled before saying "that's lovely". 😒

"It's a disgrace," he said. "A f***ing disgrace."

also you all need to see this, because this is something I don't think *anybody* could predict for where this ad goes

There's a joyful uniformity on social media the morning after a local election. It turns out that so many people, all of hugely different opinions, were right all along.

The Wired team have been on an absolutely incredible run lately.

My favourite bit of nonsense in this show is the woman who randomly decided to make her own life harder by pretending to be Welsh. And so she now has to maintain a semi-convincing accent alongside performing the usual emotional theatrics. #TheTraitors

After yesterday's frenzied rush to finish the final book of 2024, we start the new year with one I've been looking forward to for a while - Material World by @edconway.bsky.social

Okay, okay, enough. I get it. It's time to renew my game pass subscription again.

Very much appreciating Salman Anwar’s photo of The Shard in the UK, which he points out they’ve tried to make festive and instead made look menacingly evil.

Monument Valley Three, Balatro, the Pokémon Trading Card game - mobile gaming has not been this good for a verrrrrry long time. And I'm absolutely digging it.

I have never been more confident that #Spurs are going to absolutely boss #Chelsea this weekend. Or at least produce another high chaos draw. It's the only result that makes sense at this point.

Importing the archive: The New Scientist is the only source of band names you’ll ever need. #newscientistbandnames

Man, if I made 3D printers, I'd be working *so* hard right now on - 1- building an absolutely bombproof user interface, and 2- finding a generative AI partner with a real understanding of IP I'd orient my entire company around some exhausted Mum of three being able to just do this…

Predictions. A mug's game.

I mean, it's Dylan isn't it? It kind of has to be? #gbbo

"I bought my house in cash, and I often wonder why more people don't do the same" is quite a take for 2024.

Yeah, I think "internet-diseased" pretty much nails it...

More than I realised I wanted to know about salt.

A mere 40/51. Disappointing performance for all concerned. www.football365.com/news/footbal...

For the final 15 minutes before submission deadline.