No one: Chase Utley:

had a dream last night where i kept trying to call 911 but was repeatedly directed to a pizza restaurant's delivery hotline because 911 had been discontinued

Look, I just don't like books in which it is easy to tell what is happening.

i liked dragon age: origins too much

"A Chinese immigrant was found dead in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, with his hands and feet tied behind him, an attorney has alleged." www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...

can’t wait for thissss

Rebecca was one of the founders of Interplay and programmed & designed for some of the most influential games of my youth, notably Bard's Tale I & III and Wasteland. She will be missed.

they’re calling it the most “website for 38-year-olds” of all time

Incredibly honored to see a second edition of this zine. Amazing work again! Check it out.

i know a book’s gonna be good when i’m learning a new word on the first page

A section of dialogue choices between the player (blue) and Outer Worlds 2 character Ethel Tinsley (red). The full tree of choices for the conversation is shown on the right. The dialogue is written in OEI Tools, a tool made by and for Obsidian Entertainment

ALSO @jesawyer.bsky.social be joining us for the panel !!

we got permission to operate today!

Our panel is tonight at 17:30 in the Grand Ballroom! Come on through, I’d love to say hello!

why would anyone try to make a humanoid robot when you could try to make TARS instead

Michael Shannon cooking with gas here:

I had a blast talking to Stephen with @jesawyer.bsky.social and Leonard Boyarky a couple weeks ago about how we write our games!

they got big hills here

I will also be in Busan, South Korea next week for G-STAR/G-CON! I will be on a panel with Jason Latino and Martin Klima, moderated by Casey al-Kaisy, about player choice and the expansion of narrative. Jump in!!

It's out! The game I've been working on! If you'd like a grounded but optimistic city-builder with gorgeous art, amazing music, and curiosity-provoking story alongside sustainable core loops, check it out!

I'll be in Busan, South Korea next week to attend G-Star! Come see me and @thewritegame.bsky.social on a panel with Casey Al-Kaisy, Ben McCaw, and Dino Patti talking storytelling in games.

anyway for my fellow devs I recommend filling out the state of the industry survey, it's imperfect but about as good as we get in trying to get a yearly pulse of the industry gdconf.typeform.com/SOTI26

struck me today that i’ve been listening to the deftones for twenty-five years

i love to cry about baseball streamable.com/ksrzta

@jesawyer.bsky.social just remembered that this interaction prompt from Pentiment nearly made me cry

This is the photo.

it's the sport of all time for me

my neighbors are lighting fireworks lol

BUILD THE STATUE

YAMAMOTO THE GOAT

Admiral William Halsey, November 1942, Guadalcanal:

“we play on to November 2nd” lmaooo

This game is the baseball equivalent of being punished for stealing fire.

HAHAHAHAH

it's the sport of all time for me

YOSHI TIME

MY HEART IS IN MY ASS

God I love baseball. this is what it's all about

YEAAAHAHHHAHSDHFHSDFGASHKFLGSDg

The dodgers have been thoroughly outplayed in this World Series yet find themselves within three runs of winning it with three innings to go. Baseball is wild.

in agony

sorry to 2016 but this might be my favorite World Series

okay, update: i have had this question answered, and I am now looking to speak to game QA testers ON the record about the weirdest, silliest-sounding things they've had to do to make sure games work. the wackier the better. happy to keep folks anon if they prefer. DMs open, email/Signal in bio

I think this is bang on, and gets at a sense of what I see in play with stuff from Dwarf Fortress and Qud to Rimworld to Crusader Kings and the Sims: a desire to understand the world, whether a familiar or an alien one, through play

YOU — "Kim, be honest with me. Am I 'chopped'? Am I 'Unc'?" KIM KITSURAGI — "I don't think this is relevant to the investigation."