Our MIDI Week Single today comes from playing Mario Kart World with the Squire this past week, specifically Versus races w/ only the Kamek item while driving on Rainbow Road. www.stageselectstart.com/2026/02/midi... #MIDIWeekSingles #MarioKartWorld #RainbowRoad #VideoGameMusic #StageSelectStart

I cannot think of a funnier or more appropriate summary of the state of the news industry in 2026 than “the Onion has more subscribers than the Washington Post” please help make it happen

Alright, friends! Share those women-led games in Next Fest here, please!!

We have a new site! It's actually the old site, but it's new now. So it's old-new. You can still read us at our old URL, but might I introduce you to our new one? www.StageSelectStart.com #NewWebsite #StageSelectStart #WhoDis #Rambling

This is what happens when you buy a game for fewer than 100 pennies & the opening song captures the essence of the game. Music by the late Kirill Pokrovsky. stageselectstart.blogspot.com/2026/02/midi... #MIDIWeekSingles #DivineDivinity #KirillPokrovsky #LarianStudios #StageSelectStart

Hey folks! How about supporting Jack and Talha in creating something weird and horrible? Go on, it'll be brilliant.

We have a short Game EXP article for a short stop-motion horror game, The Children of Clay from indie developer Balazs Ronyai. stageselectstart.blogspot.com/2026/02/game... #GameEXP #TheChildrenOfClay #BalazsRonyai #IndieGames #StopMotion #ArcheologyHorror #StageSelectStart

SALE! Only $1.99! Please pick up a copy wherever you buy e-books. You don't need any D&D playing or reading experience to enjoy this story. It can act as an open door to the world of D&D and Ravenloft, but seasoned players will feel right at home, too. Also there is a hairless flying cat. 🦇

I'm thrilled to announce that we launched the Steam page of Clown House: Lunacy! Don't forget to wishlist and follow. store.steampowered.com/app/2858120/... #horrorgames

Our Game EXP article today looks at The 18th Attic, a new psychological horror narrative walking sim from Steelkrill Studios. Discl: I rec'd a review key from Keymailer stageselectstart.blogspot.com/2026/02/game... #The18thAttic #SteelkrillStudios #IndieGames #Keymailer #StageSelectStart

A new Castlevania!? From the developer of Dead Cells!? Releasing this year!?!? Hell Yeah! #Castlevania #BelmontsCurse #EvilEmpire #MotionTwin #Konami youtu.be/3k9Yy-o6tpo?...

Trump and his Administration want to make an example out of me so they can scare Americans like you and keep you from speaking out against him. The most patriotic thing any of us can do right now is to keep speaking up.

We have a bit of out of left field choice with today's MIDI Week Single, both in terms of game and that it was cut from the game. So enjoy this track from Chicken Little. stageselectstart.blogspot.com/2026/02/midi... #MIDIWeekSingles #ChickenLittle #BillyMartin #NintendoGameCube #StageSelectStart

The ABIDE KickStarter is now LIVE! Stop motion horror the likes of which have never been seen before! Back now and be involved with something very cool. www.kickstarter.com/projects/637...

Picked up the Mashina soundtrack by @king-spooner.bsky.social & @taloketo.bsky.social , and Knightclub from Feuerschwanz

Our Game EXP article today looks back at a months long use of Mindway a mindfulness & meditation app from Mindway VR on the Quest 2 VR Headset. Discl: I rec'd a review code from Keymailer stageselectstart.blogspot.com/2026/02/game... #MindwayVR #Mindway #MetaQuest2 #Keymailer #StageSelectStart

Be Kind Bring Joy Repeat

Huge collection of Forgotten Realms books (epub and pdf) on Humble, right now. They're mostly post-1400 DR, although there are a couple pre-1360 DR novels; earliest is -6048 DR w/ "Star of Cursrah" by Clayton Emery. www.humblebundle.com/books/forgot...

Already pledged, excited to see the game come to fruition.

For those keeping score at home:

Our MIDI Week Single is from the 16-year-old Fallout New Vegas and was used in season two of the Fallout streaming series, w/ music written & sung by Marty Robbins stageselectstart.blogspot.com/2026/02/midi... #MIDIWeekSingles #FalloutNewVegas #ObsidianEntertainment #MartyRobbins #StageSelectStart

Remember her name: Aliya Rahman Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself. It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did. ICE MUST GO‼️

I’m sharing Aliya’s entire opening statement. We owe it to her, and those who no longer have a voice, to watch. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...

Jesus Ochoa is a Border Patrol agent who joined CBP in 2018. Raymundo Gutierrez joined in 2014 and works for CBP’s Office of Field Operations. Records show both men are from South Texas.

Full on concentration camps. "We don't know half of what's going on in the camps, but we know enough" is echoing from 85 years ago.

Check out the ABIDE KickStarter We need your support! www.kickstarter.com/projects/637...

happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.

'measles outbreak at the child prison' seems entirely avoidable, it's really the kind of thing that only happens if you do several unthinkably evil things on purpose all at once

I'm hoping anyone can help me from feeling like I'm going crazy. I 100% have memories of listening to The Elder Scrolls Blades soundtrack by InonZur (@inonzur.bsky.social) and there being either an 8-bit or chiptune or retro remix of the theme as the final track, but can't find it anywhere.

DHS should be embarrassed that their ICE agent hires are so soft they can’t handle being videotaped, even while masked, so they resort to pepper spraying women at close range. And we should be proud of the Santa Barbara women who stood their ground anyway.

Our Game EXP article for The Shaved Ice Shop from Holitass is now up, ashort thriller indie night cafe sim-lite. Disc: I rec'd a review key from Keymailer stageselectstart.blogspot.com/2026/01/game... #TheShavedIceShop #Holitass #IndieGame #Keymailer #StageSelectStart

New stop motion animation style horror game from the developers of Judero & Mashina is live on Kickstarter: @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/637...

My first piece for @mothership.blog! www.mothership.blog/dragon-age-g... I pitched this back when Veilguard was coming out but we ran out of time and Maddy's been hounding me for it ever since. I'm very excited to have it up and on MADDY's NEW SITE which you should sub to

This paragraph got my eyes to well up while sitting at my desk at work. My thoughts went to my best friend whom I've known since I was 2 & he was 1. Thoughts of my kid who made a sign I have on my office door that reads "Love not hate" in lightsaber colors, 'but not red, because red is bad guys.'

Was a little busy this morning watching the new Mothership Discord get filled with new subscribers, but my first piece for Mothership went up at launch - not a fun one to write, but an important one that I am glad Mothership supports. CW: IPV/abuse www.mothership.blog/if-your-roma...

The BViG Black History Month Showcase is coming soon! We're putting out a call for game trailers, tag a game developer or studio you think would be a great fit for the show!! Submit your trailers before January 29th! tr.ee/UH3LmU #gamedeveloper #gametrailer #BViG

Hey @chuckwendig.bsky.social very uncool of you to make me cry with something so beautifully profound and relevant right now in one of your books.

Last week we had an article for the beautiful and short indie game MANDAGON, a platformer that takes visual and narrative cues from Tibetan mythology and philosophy. stageselectstart.blogspot.com/2026/01/game... #MANDAGON #BlindSkyStudios #TibetanMythology #IndieGames #StageSelectStart

We're past doom scrolling ar 1:30 in the morning right? It's just rage scrolling. . right?

Our MIDI Week Single today takes us to the town of Springfield and the home of one C. Montgomery Burns, with music by Christopher Tyng. stageselectstart.blogspot.com/2026/01/midi... #MIDIWeekSingles #TheSimpsonsWrestling #ChristopherTyng #PlayStation #StageSelectStart

Something I hadn't anticipated playing LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga in couch co-op, was getting motion sick from inadvertently watching two vertical screens on the Switch 2 handheld screen. 🤷‍♂️🤢

sometime this year, donald trump is going to say the money we took from other countries in the form of tariffs will be used to pay for greenland and the right-wing propaganda machine will repeat it. it won't matter that this makes no sense at all bc nothing matters.

www.nytimes.com/video/us/100... Analysis from multiple angles of Jonathan Ross putting himself in front of Renee Good's vehicle, hitting the front with his hand/allowing the car to hit his hand/arm, then murdering Renee Nicole Good. Video analysis is free to watch w/out a subscription.

LucasFilm/Disney should give Project Aces Star Wars assets and let them make an Ace Combat game in the Star Wars/Strangereal Universe. #LucasFilm #ProjectAces #StarWars #Strangereal

This is surreal. 4 Oglala Lakota men kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis have finally been located. One of them was released but the other 3 are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp used to imprison Native people incl. the Dakota 38 during Dakota Wars. ictnews.org/news/north-c...

Just in case anyone else needs an adorable dog clip this morning/week/month/year/decade/epoch as a brain cleanse

🚨"This is nuts! What the f*ck is going on, this is insane! ICE is just trying to scare people; they tell you it's only immigrants—it's f*cking anybody!" -furious Minneapolis resident tells our @zdroberts.bsky.social after ICE shot a man in the leg tonight. LIVE NOW ⬇️

16-year-old Arnoldo Bazan and his father were getting McDonald’s before school when immigration agents pulled them over. They slammed his father to the ground and put the teen in a chokehold. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” he said. Read the full story: https://propub.li/4qSnVkQ

Our MIDI Week Single today is from an unintentionally obscure title, released on the Game Boy Color in Japan in 2000. stageselectstart.blogspot.com/2026/01/midi... #MIDIWeekSingles #GontaNoOkirakuDaibouken #GameBoyColor #VideoGameMusic #StageSelectStart