"I avoid ___ like the plague" has a somewhat different impact these days, having lived through a plague.

Hello! If you're looking for a voxel artist, I'm available for work! I've got 10+ years of experience, working across multiple engines, game genres and styles. Most recently worked on Vampire Crawlers, Survivors VR, Teardown and Moonglow Bay. 📧 [email protected] 🎨 Voxels.ca

Chrome is reaching into users' machines and writing a 4 GB on-device AI model file to disk without asking. It is the weights for Gemini Nano, Google's on-device LLM. Chrome did not ask. Chrome does not surface it. If the user deletes it, Chrome re-downloads it. www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-...

I think about this all the time.

Stymphalian birds are underrepresented in modern literature

Yet more game developer layoffs

Managing my email folders one by one because nobody knows how to make anything any more

How's about a round of applause for chocolate Turtle Chips

Finally people can see this on your shelf and know that you have exquisite taste!

some loser: hey claude, how do I run a successful business? claude: well here's what a bunch of guys who went out of business did, if that helps.

Just pushed a tiny bug fix update for Gun Godz on itch.io & Steam! Also runs real nice on Steam Deck now. store.steampowered.com/app/522940/G...

We've just released a major quality of life update for our classic freeware shooter GUN GODZ on both Windows & Mac with bug fixes, gamepad support, rebindable controls, and a proper settings menu! There has never been a better time to wake up in a jail on Venus: steamcommunity.com/games/522940...

Big thanks to @jujuadams.com and @fredtwood.com for their tech work, @wildrumpus.bsky.social for the beautiful art for the update, and shoutout to the O.G.'s @pietepiet.com, @jukio.bsky.social, and @doseone.bsky.social for helping make this game come to life!

unfortunately this will cascade down to end-consumers in price hikes for sure. www.tomshardware.com...

Might I introduce you all to old.reddit.com/r/SpottedonR...

workboy, game boy peripheral, cancelled, displayed at the consumer electronics show (1992) 'a pda-style, keyboard addon for the game boy with calendar, phone book & convert measurement functions.' archive.org/details/mico... gamehistory.org/ep-16-the-el...

One day I will explain but: Do not, under any circumstances, use AI for legal advice. Also $800/hour lawyers do not do any of these things.

How are ravens like writing desks, Anya? Huh? What colour is a mirror?

I am reminded of wisdom passed down to me some time ago: Your personality is what you do when you think no one's watching.

"Birds with socks makes people better at maths" is what I dreamed and I'm struggling to disprove it

The (excellent) Secret Lives of Games podcast hosted @kissakolme.bsky.social, @jukio.bsky.social & @jwaaaap.com to have a big long chat about Nuclear Throne Update 100! Tune in and find out why bandits can't aim right here:

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After 9+ years at ustwo games I have unfortunately been made redundant. If you are looking for a stylised 3D generalist with 10+ years experience to have on your team please give me a shout or let others know that I am available for work! I'd love to chat ✨ fensartden.com [email protected]

💎 Brilliant Indie Treasures will be back for 2026! 💎 We will be opening applications on April 6th for our Brilliant Indie Treasures showcase in Brighton. 📍BITs will be happening on July 15th at the Old Ship Hotel once again this year (don't worry, we have more space)

Making an indie game? Want people to read about it in the upcoming new issue of EGM? As in, in an actual paper magazine? Pitch us at [email protected] and include "Under the Radar" in the subject line. Three main criteria to keep in mind:

Today is the 10th anniversary of this gif of me showing how to make games on TV.

We've teamed up with @theyetee.com to bring you a brand new Nuclear Throne t-shirt, with $6 from each tee getting donated to Prevent Cancer Foundation. theyetee.com/collections/...

Some #AGDQ2026 news! - Super excited for tomorrow's Nuclear Throne any% (4 characters) run by fishmcmuffins at 1:51am ET! - Minit 110% run by shovelclaws on Friday Jan 9th at 10:55am ET, with commentary by @jwaaaap.com! Head to gamesdonequick.com/schedule/ to see the schedule in your timezone.

Were classical statues painted horribly? buff.ly/fS78ULM It is often suggested that modern viewers dislike painted reconstructions of Greek and Roman statues because our taste differs from that of the ancients. This essay proposes an alternative explanation.

The freshly updated Nuclear Throne stays 50% off, rolling straight into the Steam winter sale: store.steampowered.com/app/242680/N...

We put a bonus level called "Golden Shower" (there were a lot of coins) in a pitch demo sent to a major platform a couple yeats back. They still signed us but we had some explaining to do.

Derek just did a thread of trailers for visual novels that he thinks are very good, and three out of seven of them were mine. In conclusion: consider hiring me to make VN trailers.

Thank you all so much for your amazing entries! We've spinned the wheel, and big congrats to the winners of a Y.V. plushie: @cakepan513.bsky.social and @chloraa.bsky.social!

Not enough minigames these days

It's coming up, it's coming up, it's coming up, it's coming up, it's coming up It's Gim (ooh)

Happy #screenshotsaturday ICYMI we launched the Three Year Anniversary Update for Astra Protocol 2, overhauling the visuals to have the retro CRT effect we wanted at the game's launch

holy shit we broke the Nuclear Throne concurrent users record

OH and did anyone say Y.V. Plushie? Yeah we've got that too: www.makeship.com/products/y-v...

It took a while, but Nuclear Throne Update 100 is out now! (and 50% off on Steam) store.steampowered.com/app/242680/N...

Didn't even have time today to pick a Christmas sandwich.

Had a dream where I owned two cats called Alfa and Beetle.

Not one but two Draknek & Friends games are in the Pocket Gamer "Best Puzzle Game" category! If you played and enjoyed Spooky Express or LOK Digital this year, you can vote for it here: www.pocketgamer.com/pocket-gamer...

We were hit by a strange issue that made it impossible to nominate Öoo for the Steam Awards… it was pretty disheartening 😢 But it looks like the problem has finally been fixed! If you have a moment, I’d really appreciate your vote 👍 🔗 store.steampowered.com/steamawards/...

A new Chinese law regulating influencer speech has gotten applause from social media users and commentators who want similar policies in their own countries. But the truth is far from what's in the news and it's a sad reflection of our internet and media space. wenhao.substack.com/p/anatomy-of...

If one more YouTuber tells me to grab a snack and a drink I'm going on hunger strike.

Learnt far too much about Git today

Oh dang Tomonobu Itagaki died a few weeks ago