pretty clear illustration of the lie of late capitalism here. it's not about making functional products people want, it's about feeding the hype machine to attract venture capital with empty promises until the bottom falls out and people flock to, you know, shit that actually works

hey balrog fuck you

i think i like my job and playing video games again.

there's a counter-argument here that because coke is coke, they can get away with it. probably true! how many brands do you think could, though? how many times? how many times do you think you could see "codd-coca" or pikachu with teeth or mickey mouse with a pointy nose before real damage is done?

SELL IT TO WHO, BEN?? FUCKING PUMAMAN??

When I worked on DC Comics trading cards we couldn’t use any art from or the name of the War of the Supermen arc—an official, published DC series!—because WB/DC said making “Superman” a plural would dilute their trademark

it's wild to me that coke made an ad with ai that has logo inconsistencies. this is, maybe, the most iconic brand in the world, with maybe the most iconic logo. disregarding brand safety and consistency guidelines for a logo like that in order to test drive technology nobody wants is baffling

Merry Jagmas, everybody And too everyone a Liam Coen Duuuuuvallll

Advice for people who are knew to this websight:

dawg it got so big it was covered by the news. kamala was given the warnings and a blueprint for beating trump by the people who are now being harmed the most and she and the dems in power were just like nah let's do 2016 again since it worked great the first time

stranger things gets a lot better when you think about it as the duffer brothers' charity project to put a bunch of kids who can't act through college

my friend’s bird just sang the final fantasy victory theme back to him, my heart has exploded

Also whatever the fuck this is youtu.be/UPf3d9c5WhE

this is the reason why splatoon 1-3 getting panned for soundtrack awards always galls me. they put together literally TWENTY DAMN TWO BANDS for the games, each of which have multiple songs, as well as their own distinct, unique sound

the shit I care least in the whole world about is whether the story about the Earl of Sandwich is true. yes it fucking was. my man was playing cards and eating meat with his hands and then he said hold up check this out. you won't believe this shit. bring me some fucking bread & hold onto your hats

remarked on this back when the campaign was still going: anybody who WASN'T already going to the rallies was basically treated as a moderate republican. they did not mix in 'you guys are weird freaks obsessed with kids genitals' on the view with 'and i'd put a republican in my cabinet'.

love whenever somebody brings up "actually they never stopped calling republicans weird, you'd know that if you went to the rallies". cuz it's like. okay. what was the message the campaign was dropping on every media appearance they had outside of rallies, then? cuz it wasn't 'republicans are weird'

Real ballsy choice for this Netflix gemini ad to completely spoil every single story beat of Stranger Things. Not the way I would have done it!

THEY ARE ALL LYING TO YOU

realizing with horror that the entire game industry fails the scrooge benchmark

this is true and i agree but i also think it bears mentioning that all these apps do have their own vibes and in my experience, bluesky's is generally rancid. lots of ppl here just wanna fight/scold/take people in bad faith and few here refrain from feeding the trolls!

merry christmas... from Geo

Had a dream where I was joining the current season of critical role but I was also on the run from assassins because everyone hated the character I was playing. Matt Mercer was cool though

what if i restarted twitch trivia tuesdays in 2026

IT'S TRUE

The reason for the season...

epistemologically, santa claus is as real as anything else, and I can prove it 🧵

Not my video but I got my hands on this record and it is so fucking special

Shoot me but I do think you need to include some of the Jim Carrey ones too. All the tender sweetness of a seasick crocodile goes pretty hard

I'm sorry y'all if you haven't played saints row 4 how the saints save christmas I do not respect you as a games industry professional

No warfare but class warfare except it's classes of posters

Sam's Best Christmas Games List Bayonetta 2 Jazz Jackrabbit Christmas Edition Christmas Skyroads Astro Bot Snowboard Kids 2 Raw Danger Dreams of Saturn (Shenmue fangame) Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Yakuza Kiwami but the best one by FAR is Saints Row IV: How The Saints Save Christmas

hard to pinpoint the most culturally significant pop culture moment of the year, but i would hand it to clipse making a long awaited comeback by dropping a single that starts with the line “yellow diamonds look like pee pee”

one of my fave holiday traditions is making pretty fucking good lunches out of leftovers

social media site where there is a different algorithmically generated topic every day and if you post anything unrelated to the topic you're permabanned

quick note: when writing up the @ricesnot.bsky.social interview i thought 'maybe this global tv anecdote is a bit of a deep cut' and then the day i hit publish global tv became an international news scandal so you're welcome

Better than ttyd

Free updates resume this week! I really love this page about a psy op accidentally targeting their own bots. Panel 5 is one of my favorites I've written for this series so far.

Be sure to leave a glass of milk and Swiss rolls out for the Judge tonight.

BREAKING - MARVEL TRAILER LEAK

seems like the kind of thing you could sue for damages and lost ticket sales and emotional distress and libel about

sajam was incredibly wishy washy about working with shady esports orgs but i'm glad to see him standing firm on this issue at least

Hello, the Big Decision has arrived

need a platform fighter literally yesterday

This was the first year a publication (and MULTIPLE at that) asked me for a blurb about what may personal GOTY was. I've been at this for a good while but I'm still always STUNNED when people want to know what I have to say (and I'm always happy to yap about Blue Prince). 😅 Honored to be in this! 💖

Me: Hey buddy. Do you have to use the bathroom? 3yo: No. I don’t. Me: Are you sure? Check in with your body. How does it feel? 3yo: I don’t feel anything. Me: Alright little dude. Same.

Good question Ruel! I bought the new Monikers expansion but i forgot to pack it before leaving for the holidays, so my family and i will be stuck playing the discourse party game Die On This Hill (still available at a discount with code GRASSTOUCHER) at dieonthishillgame.com