magfest is short for Magnificent Festivities

You promise?

silly sea cows

don't forget to tell your entire family about the bit where Michael Caine breaks his toe when kicking his nightcap!

recap of last night:

Tomb Raider Catalyst confirmed - 2027

She's baaaaaack! ❤️ youtu.be/N2yLZQFPSLo?...

One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential

I could quote any part of this article and it would be incredibly poignant, but this part in particular stuck out to me. Art is meant to challenge people, to make people uncomfortable; but too often the people on top are willing to sacrifice it for the sake of commercial viability.

Also how childish is it to be boiling down a piece of art to just an enumeration of things it depicts that you find objectionable. If we care about video games we have to eradicate this kind of reductive nonsense.

people getting their spotify wrapped today: it's a great time to switch to another service. spotify is doubling and tripling down on taking ICE's business and running ads. switching to tidal took me all of a few minutes and they made their own annual most-played thing anyway.

A lot of people on here will (correctly!) sing the praises of Arcadia and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, but it should also be noted that his translation of Anton Chekov’s The Seagull is genuinely one of the greatest translations to exist.

incredible quote lol

Mamdani is going to bring him that snowglobe that plays "Memories" from CATS and we're going to get government grocery stores nationwide

The Phantoms are the development team for the Flyers. Melvin is best friends with Gritty. None of this is surprising.

I don’t know how to take good videos, but I’ve been working on these gauntlets for my Vi cosplay for MONTHS and they’re finally at the end of the building stage.

Belinda is the most incredible writer, teammate, and friend anyone could ask for. It kills me that we won't get to work together anymore. But if you'd LIKE to hire us both....

I've been so lucky to count Belinda as my friend before she was my co-worker, and it destroys me to lose her like this. She is such an amazing, thoughtful writer, and was such an immense well of positivity on our team. I love her dearly, and you should absolutely snap her up as soon as you can.

absolutely heartbroken to announce that i was part of the crystal layoffs today 💔 if y’all spot any openings for a soft, dedicated, smiley games writer — please send them my way 💫 i was on the most perfect narrative team on an exciting, ambitious project. i will cherish it all forever. 💖

Hannah is brilliant and funny and such an amazing cheerleader for other members of the team. Please please please snap her up.

Hannah is quite literally what you would call “the best”, with a complete and holistic view of narrative and you should snap her up right away.

Hannah is such an exceptional writer and designer, and I feel so incredibly lucky to have worked with her at both Crystal and Telltale before that. She's a powerhouse. I am absolutely devastated to lose her, and encourage anyone to reach out and hire her. I am a better writer for working with her.

This was actually very cathartic to fill out because of the anonymity of it. Got to go off on payment processors and genAi in games lol.

[Exit Clown.]

I’ve been too sick/busy to start playing yet (no spoilers, please!) but this is INCREDIBLE! It’s so so cool to see telltale alums take up the mantle and find such great success - and with an original IP to boot! Congrats @adhocstudio.com!!!

Censorship is now coming for your dnd and your warhammer and your farming sim, they don't care if it's not adult content. They wanted everything

oh my GOD.

Hi again! Are you a studio or individual looking to hire Narrative talent for your games project? Good news! This great big Starter Pack below is brimming with Game Writers & Narrative Designers who are looking for work right now! I hope it helps you find somebody really special 🥰💛

Remember friends, the more news and media outlets peddle the “1 dev and 10 friends” line —contrary to what the literal credits of the game say— the more c-suite execs find nebulous justification for firing another round of 1000 hard working devs. 👍🏻

It’s SFO all day. Really convenient park and shuttle options, connections to BART, and I have never waited for more the 10 minutes in security, even around the winter holidays.

btw did you know you can subscribe to PBS for only like $5/mo or a $60 one-time for a year donation, and get access to their Passport streaming service? They mail you a little live programming guide and everything, too. The 40-something seasons of NOVA alone are worth it.

really does feel like if we can cyberbully the House into passing changes on the shit they openly hate and get it kicked back upstairs again there’s a chance it might not survive the Senate a second time if you live in a GOP state it’s time to ruin a House rep’s life

NEW YORK I LOVE YOUUUUUUU!!!!!!

no reason not to primary chuck schumer now

I switched over to Tidal after last Spotify Wrapped and it’s another great alternative! I was worried their discovery tool wouldn’t be as good but I was so wrong - found a lot of new favorite albums through their personalized mixes. I promise, you do not need Spotify in your life.

We have a madman in the White House who is actively trying to trigger total war. If Jeffries, Schumer, or any other Democratic leaders try to justify this, shrug indifferently, or write a strongly-worded letter and call it a day, they need to step down or be aggressively primaried.

Sotomayor, dissenting, says the majority "does irrevocable damage" to the equal protection clause and "invites legislatures to engage in discrimination by hiding blatant sex classifications in plain sight." She fears the damage in Skrmetti will go well beyond gender-affirming care, and she's right.

No kings

This last week is a real demonstration of how capacious, yet flattened the word "violent" is in our political discourse. Political assassinations are obviously, clearly violent. But the same word has been used all week to describe protestors damaging objects--not people, objects.

I want to post about weird video games and all this fucking fascism keeps happening

The correct way to connect the authoritarian presence in LA and the Big Beautiful Bill is that the bill gives the government the resources to do this in dozens of cities at once. So if you don't like what's happening in LA, it's coming to your town if the bill passes.

Finally saw Sinners and it wasn’t too scary for me!! 🙌🏻

Fanime complete! 👊🏻

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Members of my society aren't a product. I don't pay taxes, look at my fellow citizens, and think "I'd better be getting my money's worth out of you." What in the fucking eugenics is this bullshit.

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