how to use video games in your book, “ready player one” style

Your reminder that what happened to Renee Nicole Good is something that happens regularly in America. This is not new, but it is an expanded version of militarized people targeting Black people in particular. From ICE detention to murder with impunity, we've been doing it. Now it's broadened.

we’re never returning to “normal “ that world is dead and gone we create a new one, or we live in hell

all open-world video games should have a "don't make me play an hour of tutorials" option that plops you in the world with a machine gun and a bmx bike

Some of our plans for 2026. www.yarnspinner.dev/blog/yarn-sp...

I am not sure there is a funnier joke in Delicious in Dungeon--a VERY funny manga--than Chilchuck being a 45 (in halfling years) year old single father of 3. Just What an incredible reveal

I'm still fired, looking for work. But aside from writing comics, I've also started with Blender. Might be opening commissions if I get better at it. Hi, I'm Jerna, a comic writer and Blender artist. You can find my comics at jernacious.itch.io and my portfolio at jarnevanvooren.com/portfolio-2/

sheesh, the only thing worse than getting kicked out of the polycule is finding out via jira ticket 😣

In the Incredibles (2004), Elastigirl is worried her big butt is a turn off for her mediocre husband. This is a reference to the movie taking place in the early 2000s & also how cishet men hate eating ass.

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In September 2023, Lilian Weng, then Head of "Safety" at OpenAI, used her public Twitter account to announce how ChatGPT could be used as a therapist, and encouraged users to also use it as such.

modesty laws prevented showing even one lousy frame of John Waters' PINK FLAMINGOS (1972) in the trailer, so the only footage in it is of people reacting to a screening they just came out of. every single type of extant queer person is contained in the specific sequences I have selected here

Remember: When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them. When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips. ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.

A curious void, precariously perched, observing that which she cannot hope to understand. We love this for her

Many such cases 😭😭

This is just going to always be my go-to response to this kind of thing anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...

The wonderful game director of Alan Wake 2 confirmed the first time this conspiracy went around that it is completely untrue. Sweet Baby Inc is a Narrative & Writing company and the backlash against our team has only ever been rooted in paranoid racism. Tell your friends. I’m tired of this shit.

Not to be controversial but I think we should use tools and resources to make people's lives less miserable instead of more

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half life 2 is set in seattle and I cannot be convinced otherwise

Do you think getting a Na’vi avatar body is cheaper than getting bottom surgery and FFS. Like I bet if you were just like “yes sir general sir I need a female avatar body for uhhh guerrilla warfare reasons” you could get a free cat pussy and just sort of fuck off into the woods to do space peyote

Legal weed is fine to corny, illegal weed was cool, thus we must conclude that drugs aren’t cool but crimes are.

My family and friends all went in on a Banjo for me for Christmas so I'm busy being like all whimsical and shit.

Your dev decides "Y'know what? Nevermind. Lets make it fire five shots." Me and you? Instant comprehension AI Agent? Another huge set of button overlay datasets to comprehend. This would destroy efficiency, even if you have a dedicated "press button for dataset" guy.

AI nerds got so pressed over this they hacked my web site and forced it offline through a plugin vulnerability unfortunately for them it took about five minutes to restore because i actually know how things work and don't rely on the computer to do my work for me stay mad losers

please, please, please watch this. its shorter than most video essays on youtube rn. u can do it. please watch this. dont look away. youtu.be/Ybj10537yi4?...

Mandatory crunch time to complete a demo is not what we sign up for as video game workers, yet it's a reality we're all too familiar with as studio execs exploit our passion for the games that we create and love. And it won't stop unless we organize.

For our Playdate game based on Firewatch, we wanted some collectible Forrest Byrnes posters with a creepy and threatening 60s-70s Smokey Bear aura. Scaring kids into not starting fires. So I made these.

Released a fun little prototype garbagegal.itch.io/yuri-mycosynth w/ @kaibuzetta.bsky.social @donutshoes.bsky.social @lute01.bsky.social and @charlatanmonarch.bsky.social

"Lay off CEOs instead": Game Awards protesters fed up with the show and the state of the industry aftermath.site/game-awards-...

while industry figures, dressed to the nines, filtered into LA's peacock theater last week, protesters chanted "the industry is dead" outside of it. despite how often geoff keighley says the game awards exist to "celebrate" games and the people who make them, many feel ignored

considering options to profit off my trauma. if it's gonna make me suffer like a capitalist boss would, lemme at least get paid too

"Anyone who works in the games industry can identify that our art form is being sold for parts to make a few people a lot of money. And they don’t care about the games. They don’t care about the art. They just want their money." @alyssamerc.bsky.social

they're trying to ban our health care and you're still worried about whether that mean tranny thinks you're trans enough

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Doom studio id Software unionizes to secure AI protections, benefits: "We see the direction the industry is headed" aftermath.site/id-software-un...

Congrats to all the winners and nominees tonight! And our biggest of thanks to folks who turned up on our picket line, took a flier or zine, or showed us support (either in person or online). The industry might be dead, but it is actively being reborn every day by the efforts of us: the developers.

We gather here at PEACOCK SQUARE, 2-4 PM PT TODAY to celebrate the life of a once vibrant game industry, killed far too soon by greedy bosses. Wear your mourning fit, and join us for a candlelight vigil in front of The Game Awards, because THE INDUSTRY IS DEAD! actionnetwork.org/events/the-i...

a modern stephen king probably isnt about the horrors hiding behind the clean facade but the simple kindness hidden in the tilting horror

I'm vaping straight battery acid, feeling like the Energizer bunny fuckin my girl. This shit ain't nothing to me man

New Chucky cheese movie bad, felt like a slasher movie without any kills. Put the rat down.

"there is no more ni hao... Only ni HOWDY" is the best line delivery of 2025 Late entry but they locked it in folks

Heya Seattle! Want to support indie artists and shop small? Urban Craft Uprising is this weekend at the Seattle Center! urbancraftuprising.com