I cannot understand what these people think the purpose of human life is? It is *not* "pursue joy, deal justly, love well, try to understand as much and see as much of this beautiful world and of the deepness, richness and variety of human culture and experience as you can before you die"?

"Magick is the Science and Art of causing Change to occur in conformity with Will." Aleister Crowley - Magick in Theory and Practice (1929)

Fantastic piece about the unionization victory of teachers at the Manhattan School of Music. Some really far-ranging takeaways, definitely relevant to other precarious lines of work like games- brooklynrail.org/2025/10/fiel...

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

Be safe, and don't you dare go hollow.

This picture makes me laugh every single time I read my kid's book about visiting the doctor. She looks like a "without downloading new pictures how are you feeling?" meme that's come to life

Lot of interesting stuff in this survey- Looking through it, another one that jumped out at me is the "Is there anyone who speaks for people like you?". 60% of all respondents say no. Of Democrats Bernie is the top answer (at 4%), AOC is 3rd, and Mamdani places ahead of basically all elected Dems.

"I have been asked by many people about the life and times of Amelia Earhart" might just be the thing that finally breaks me

One the things I'm really loving about Consume Me is how unmistakably it takes place in NYC, in subtle but detailed and grounded ways. Reading on the subway, going on dates at museums, the manhattan mall, doing laundry in the basement. I grew up here too, and I never see the city shown like this.

A restaurant down the block from me has gone viral on tiktok, and it's been really funny seeing literally 4 hour long lines at a place my partner and I considered "eh, pretty okay, but good given how close it is"

My next rpg is FERAL BLOOD DOLL. Play as a dual-personality sexworker fighting cops and feds in an underground city beneath the present-day US.

Interesting preview of the bubble collapse here. Nvidia is sort of paying to rent their own GPUs from the companies that buy those GPUs to resell compute, so that those companies can raise more debt, to buy more GPUs. It's driving demand by using debt, whole thing seems liable to topple over.

Yoda: yeah hi sorry but I didn’t even like this guy before he was evil and the last time I saw him he was killing children Luke: thank you for your wisdom Master Yoda Yoda: no I’m saying it’s bullshit I have to sit on a log with this guy Obi: yeah I wasn’t going to say anything but he murdered me

My toddler has apparently just accepted that when I pretend to talk for the dog (doing a little voice, wiggling her paw to punctuate etc) it really is the dog who's talking. Anyway so now he shows her books and asks her for help with puzzles.

A man in Washington, DC, plays the Imperial March from Star Wars while following patrolling soldiers. One of the soldiers threatens to call the police.

KIM KITSURAGI - "What is it, detective? Can you make it out?" BULLET - "if you read this you are gay lmao" 1. "It, um, doesn't say anything." 2. "Transgender ideology. My old foe." 3. [Espirit de Corps - Medium 10] "I think you should read it for yourself, Kim."

A relevant extension of this: it's not hypocrisy when those on the right mourn their own, but care nothing for other victims of violence. It's not a contradiction- they are in favor of using violence against their enemies! It being used against them is the part they don't like, not violence itself.

"Forget, but never Forgive"

Mario accurately reflecting the findings of "10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Man" (2014)

If you're an indie developer, you should hang this screenshot on your wall and use it as inspiration to never give up

I noticed this mural at the Prospect Park zoo of... monkeys fighting a mountain lion? It feels like a monument that monkeys themselves commissioned to celebrate some epic battle. Can't find out anything about it, but it's New Deal era. This is why we need publicly funded arts programs people!

This being surprising is hard for me to reckon. Having lived here for 20+ years, and in big cities for most of my life, it's just how civil life works! I can't even really conceive of just how atomized and car-dependent many people's everyday lives are elsewhere. I don't even have a license.

Fantastic show! Lot of great games and I saw lot of folks playing the Suzzzy Show by @bugfoe.lol!

I just had to see what this actually looked like, and... that's it. Between rounds that face appears and winks at you, or wiggles her nose. Nothing links it to the theme (a spider-themed Centipede/Invaders riff). Just like, "Yeah, and we threw a face in there, cool!". 1982 was a different time.

There's a lot of interesting data in this, but the one most interesting to me is this one. It's funny that 7 is such an overwhelming winner, but it's a "lucky number", so maybe that makes sense. But look close, and all the odd numbers are locally favored over the even numbers-

you are a writer (@thewriterwins.bsky.social) "journey forth as a modern day writer in this short form typing incremental game." Free - Windows, Browser: warpdoor.com/2025/08/17/y...

Great analysis of the crisis at UChicago, a failure brought on by becoming a "tax-free tech fund", ahead of actual education. Strikes me as probably not good that the only big universities not in a crisis are the ones that became a "tax-free real estate fund" and/or "tax-free healthcare fund"

Okay @joeyschutz.bsky.social maybe you were right about this stuff

Made a fun donation to the Game Center library today, a quarter-century-old Intec mobile LCD screen for Game Cube! (or really my partner's donation, found in an attic from her childhood). It (conceivably) would let you play in your car, powered by the cigarette lighter! Still works and sounds great-

There's a lot about this that's outrageous, but the funniest part is it underscores just how much Cuomo thinks like a landlord: He believes everyone should pay as much as they can afford in rent, and it's inconceivable they pay any less.

This is a fantastic historical analysis on Oblivion's "Radiant AI", useful design reference too. I really appreciate the deep dive into both the marketing / dev statements (I distinctly remember that '05 E3 demo video myself), but also digging into the construction kit and game code as well.

This is pretty incredible. A guided tour of 20 years of "control panel" displays, all actually interactive running via emulation in browser. There are even little achievements and easter eggs in each section! Lovely UI design resource.

I really enjoyed this piece about the Iraqi bluffing game mheibes. It's pretty amazing- one person on a team of 50 is secretly holding a ring. The opposing captain looks into each of their eyes. Then he has ONE GUESS who has the ring (and in which hand!!!) www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

we here at IGDA leadership want you to know that at this pivotal moment we don't have any opinions and don't think anything should happen, because that might challenge our longstanding mission of redirecting energy away from unionization

I wrote up a (perhaps) overly in-the-weeds design analysis of resource mechanics in Card Quest (2017). I think the game just has a great palette of interesting mechanics for resource costs, so I decided to catalog them and how they work- blog.literallyaking.com/2025/07/23/d...

I wrote up a (perhaps) overly in-the-weeds design analysis of resource mechanics in Card Quest (2017). I think the game just has a great palette of interesting mechanics for resource costs, so I decided to catalog them and how they work- blog.literallyaking.com/2025/07/23/d...

Argh search is so awful these days. I was trying to look up the html to vertically center an in-line image, totally trivial. After wading through sponsored results and useless SEO clickbait, I'm finally able to unearth a literally 15 year old forum comment with the answer: "vertical-align:middle;"

I agree with this, only a minor bit on word choice: No company, Nintendo included, will "let" developers have stable careers. Nintendo does bc of stricter labor laws protecting longterm employment in Japan. It isn't smarts, it isn't benevolence, it's mandated by the state. THAT is what we need here.

Me explaining to my partner that the Sandman is a part of the DC universe: "And you know Despair? It's rumored she's responsible for the destruction of Krypton, where Superman's from." My wife: "I'm not gonna watch the show if you keep doing this."

You can tell [Blue Prince protagonist] Simon Jones is a rich kid, because he might be the only 14 year old in existence who cleans his plate when dinner is wild quail or boiled stew pie, but won't finish a pizza.

Art can't just be a luxury for the few. That requires a city where artists can actually afford to live and create, and where musicians don't just receive recognition but fair pay. That's what @local802.bsky.social organizes for and I'm so proud to have their endorsement.

As I get older and more idealistic, I've come to really reject this sort of consequentialist approach to morality, especially in politics. Conflating 'was this right?' with 'was this effective?', you can never analyze effects accurately, so it's an easy cover for criticizing anything you dislike.

Feels like Revelations 22:18-19 would apply here, which suggests for every word you add to the Bible, you get one plague.

you dont need remasters!!!!!!! just play the game as presented!!!!!!!! enjoy historical context!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Games industry is now on the cutting edge of inventing new leading indicators of a recession

Giving up on the Bear midseason, a real rarity for us, but yeesh the writing on this show took a nosedive. Meandering, poor pacing, just all over the place. So I honestly can't believe reviews of the show don't talk more about the impact of the writing room budget cuts post the 2023 strike.

Our tickets are $30, or pay what you can. We’re volunteer-run. We don’t have corporate-sponsored talks. And yet, unlike GDC, if you speak at Roguelike Celebration, you’ll get paid! No travel costs! We pay for streaming hardware if you need it! Human transcribed captions, uploaded with no paywall!