From my personal ranked list: 1st: The Lord of the Rings (JRR Tolkien) 2nd: The Reformatory (Tananarive Due) 4th: Foundation (Isaac Asimov)

Some of my favorite Video Game hugs:

Subnautica 2 launched 20 minutes ago. Safe to say Krafton will be forced to pay out the $250 million bonus it tried very hard (via advice of ChatGPT) to avoid paying

Extremely bisexual lighting and standees at the booth of "Obra Dinn for hookups" (The Morning After by YCH) here in the @nyugamecenter.bsky.social showcase

"If all the men were gone, who would protect you?" ...from what? From whaaaaaaat?!?

Mayor Mamdani restores library funding after public outcry gothamist.com/news/mayor-m...

When we took office, NYC had a $12B deficit. Today it’s zero. And we didn’t close that gap on the backs of working people. We closed it while funding parks, libraries, safer streets, & public housing. Call it Pothole Politics or Democratic Socialism: We are government that delivers for the people.

Yet another example of how powerful homophobes ban queer content without appearing homophobic in public Step 1: Push platforms to ban "explicit" content in the vaguest possible terms Step 2: Declare that LGBT content is inherently "explicit" Step 3: No more queer content

I have finally discovered a type of tomato I like eating raw

Baron Elmerkonnen isn't real, he can't hurt you. Baron Elmerkonnen:

Pronouncing 'Caveat' as 'Cave-eat"

Do chocobos taste like chicken or chocolate? Maybe they taste like chicken with chocolate mole?

I work at Kotaku now! :) You can go watch back today's KFGD to hear me talk about it a little if you want. You could also read my alma mater @gibiz.bsky.social to learn more! www.gamesindustry.biz/kotaku-hires...

Four video game moments that permanently live in my head, rent free

The most bad-ass rebuttal from Tite Kubo, the author of Bleach.

Is there a word for when a fantasy city features architecture from a real world culture but does not feature ethnicities from said culture?

Eid Mubarak!

Somehow I ended up with all sequels lol my9games.com

Discord has announced that it's cutting ties with Persona, the AI software company backed by Peter Thiel used for age and identity verification.

Due to recent discussions: when I worked at a library, I was trained on how to politely but directly respond to unwanted sexual comments. Unfortunately commonly-marketed fantasies about librarians mean it happens a lot. Rehearse these. Be comfortable saying them forcefully, but politely.

I finally got around to finishing the Seance of Blake Manor and I loved it! Also it weirdly made me think a lot of GDC. A spooky murder mystery in a video game conference would be pretty funny lol

Is there any animator out there who will deny this?

What's the difference between MLB The Show and Fallout? In MLBTS, WAR always changes.

Mamdani: Where else can you hear the sound of the steel pan, savor the smell of sancocho, and pay $9 for coffee on the same block? Where else could a Muslim kid like me grow up eating bagels and lox every Sunday?

excited to share all my rolls for 2025 #blessed #gottamakethatBREAD

I sometimes pronounce Gnomes the same way as Gomez with an N

I'm hoping for more articles on this situation, because we cannot stay quiet: www.gamesradar.com/games/simula...

I just bought this game. As a Muslim I want to see more Muslim characters in games, and not just as targets for some ghoul's murder fantasy. More Muslim characters in cozy games please!

Blue Prince (2025)

We have Balatro at home.

“we need to be nicer to men” bro they didn’t let women have their own credit cards til 50 years ago

Damn. I was reaaaalllly looking forward to playing Anno 117. Will probably not be picking this up.

This isn't snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, this is fishing out the One Ring from Mount Doom.

this was for a colorado measure guaranteeing universal free lunch for kids. funny how a short two-column table can say so much in so little space.

Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."

Andrew Cuomo gave more money in taxpayer subsidies to Elon Musk than the entire cost of Zohran Mamdani’s free bus plan. It’s not unreasonable or radical to want our tax dollars to go to programs that help us, instead of as giveaways to billionaires.

Another big endorsement for Andrew Cuomo. And it only cost $959 million in tax breaks.

Weapons (2025)

People on here will post anything. 'Baseball games have 9 innings.' No they don’t. That isn’t true.

Whatever happens, this has been an AMAZING World Series

On one hand I want Shohei Ohtani to win, on the other hand it'd be really REAAALLLY funny if the single Canadian team in MLB wins the WORLD series

'The "uncle" who Frodo said got rich by adventuring with Dwarves is actually a distant cousin, he clarified on Monday.' - Lobelia Sackville-Baggins, The Shire Post

What do you mean they're in the SIXTEENTH inning?

The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as any other New Yorker. And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows. No more.