the true spirit of Christmas is staying up all night playing a new game you're obsessed with

finally finished clair obscur, holy shit this game is cracked

“What radicalized you?” Being alive in the world with eyes?

"they don't know how to express the idea" here's rian johnson's storyboard for knives out pick up a pencil and a napkin

America has deindustrialized so much they can't even manufacture consent

Q: Well how would that even work? Have you thought of every single mechanic and eventuality of this scheme? Do you realize how hard it would be to accomplish? A: oh then I guess we shouldn’t try. sorry

Q: you’re really supporting another GOVERNMENT REGULATION? A: uh huh

Since Polygon is leaving it out of the headline: Epic Games partnered with The Game Awards to put money into the pocket of a bigot who uses her wealth to further the genocide of trans people through lawsuits and legislation. Every 'free' game gives money directly to JKR, and they are complicit.

have we considered doing a ladies' choice awards for videogames yet

We all know Clarke's "sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" Well we have corollary:

ok big broad question what does effective leadership & direction look like in games? I picked up @amandalitman.bsky.social's When We're in Charge over the summer, along with Crucial Conversations, which were both quite good, but I'm curious what other folks like/dislike in that space

This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.

you should be able to use your amiibos at the grocery store to give food different attributes and items. big food. food that's harder to launch. food has a big hammer for a bit. invincible food (can't eat). food is just a bomb. stuff like that. sourdough loaf hits you with a bat. this could be huge

Ok quick thread on Game Mechanic Museum-like resources 1. Geoffrey Engelstein & Isaac Shalev's Building Blocks of Tabletop Game Design, genuinely changed my brain chemistry www.goodreads.com/book/show/45...

it does feel like an intense societal problem that the founder of palantir, the biggest survellience company, thinks like this

sometimes i think it would be very funny if there were nazi bait in games, but engaging with it corrupted your save, shut down the game, and uninstalled it from your computer

We have GOT to bring back antitrust laws man

Is there a TV tropes for game mechanics? I've seen small attempts at game design / game mechanic wikis before but they seem pretty sparse 🤔🤔🤔

Maybe instead of committing atrocities, we could just make the rich pay their fair share and have universal healthcare and affordable housing instead. Idk, just spitballing here.

watch for rolling rocks half a press

Private equityyyyyyyyyyyyyy

the feminine urge to put little hats on wild animals is vastly underexplored in videogames

New from me in @talkingpointsmemo.com: The generational divide of our moment isn’t about partisanship or social issues. It’s about how differently each generation experiences what it takes to build a good life. talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/young-c...

Impeachment isn’t an option, it’s a necessity. I know firsthand the lengths Trump is willing to go in order to silence dissent. Impeach, convict, remove. And if our current leaders won’t do it, they need to step aside for people who will: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo54...

poetry is hacking was not on my bingo card 🤣😭😭

esquie is a wine mom 😭😭😭

big bugs bunny getting elmer fudd to marry him vibes in the white house currently i see

Republicans in Congress can’t be counted on to condemn their leader calling for the execution of their legislative colleagues. They are a profoundly pathetic and anti-American group of cucks.

this unmoving plaid implementation wasn't nearly as bad as i thought it was gonna be and now i feel quite silly for waiting this long to try it

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

“The government is allowed to post real death threats on social media but you’re not allowed to post sarcastic death threats on social media” is actually a pretty apt distillation of power and violence

they have names and addresses

It's very funny to me how MS is pulling the brakes on Xbox hardware and valve's taking more swings at their own

me, age 22: these political shitheads are knownothing incompetents me, age 32: I should give politicians the benefit of the doubt, when they certainly have access to information I don't have and which shapes their choices me, age 42: these political shitheads are knownothing incompetents

girl can't even get mag mile's name right smh

bring back maligning racism as the mark of a stupid person. prejudice is the mark of an idiot. if you believe that shit i bet you also don’t wipe your ass

This is the facility that I and many others have been protesting. We’ve been hit, thrown, gassed, and shot with pepper bullets but none of that holds a candle to what is being done to people *in* the actual facility. Read this thread. Don’t look away. Keep your eyes and the pressure on Broadview.

😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎

Democratic party leadership has been on autopilot for ten years, they weren't losing to fascism, fascism isn't popular enough for them to lose to fascism, they were allowing it to fill the void where their leadership should have been. Tonight we're seeing that we have other options. They should too.

Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.

*scratching neck* where them NYC results

My goal is to create a capsule wardrobe where every single item is a statement piece.

I like when the game has story in it

bioshock booker dewitt is actually just a magical girl send tweet

he was asking for it what was he wearing???

hello [sees everyone is in hell] oh awesome

Picked up Stray Gods this week, it's got a lot of interesting ideas, I don't think I've ever played a game with branching narrative in a song???