omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for gradient.horse

I tried to take a photo of a grasshopper on my windshield, but now it looks like a gigantic bug destroying the town.

Well said, Ciara Mageean.

We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”

Tavern Keeper by @greenheartgames.bsky.social is the perfect mix of tycoon strategy and creative building... let's check it out! youtu.be/HXWzJEKc_sw

I do think CS Lewis was on to something when he wrote about the lure of being in the Inner Ring. (“Of all the passions, the passion for the Inner Ring is most skillful in making a man who is not yet a very bad man do very bad things”) www.lewissociety.org/innerring/

Blessed Imbolc, which roughly comes from I mbolg, meaning in the stomach, ie when sheep carry their young. It's the first of the 8 Irish seasons and it begins with Bridget's day.

i talked to the lead designer for Seance of Blake Manor, one of my favorite mystery games of last year. it's not as brain-destroying as something like Blue Prince and that's very much by design. you can walk away and come back to it, for example www.mothership.blog/seance-of-bl...

So-called "AI Girlfriends" are being pushed at teenage boys on all platforms, prompting them to create sexual abuse imagery of classmates. How is the government standing over this type of content? It's simple. We need turn off these toxic algorithms. #TurnOffTheToxicAlgorithms

If you enjoyed Winter Burrow OR Afterlove EP in the last 12 months, please do go and leave them a review. Both teams are wonderful people who deserve the love, and you’d be surprised how little makes it through

We have released our latest patch that addresses a number of issues reported by the community. The full notes can be found here: store.steampowered.com/news/app/139...

"A Gothic Masterpiece That Dares to Be Different" -- Expert Game Reviews The Necromancer's Tale is discounted by 20% this week. Check it out if you like good (un)wholesome fun, dabbling in the dark arts and raising the dead. store.steampowered.com/app/1315320/...

The Séance of Blake Manor got a nice mention in this list.

My Favorite Games of 2025. Featuring: The Seance of Blake Manor Arc Raiders Atomfall PIGFACE Sol Cesto Carimara Cape Hideous Despelote And Roger Without a Dawn Lego Party Kingdom Come Deliverance Wheel World Demonschool and more... www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3T8...

in all this chat about Grok and explicit AI images etc, and Musk and banning the tech, we should also remember that the people who use this tech to do such things are also creepy weirdos and should be made to feel like creepy weirdos.

In the UK soldiers lifted people of the street and raided houses, busting the door and dragging kids from their beds. I know this because I was one of those children held shaking with cold and barefoot at gun point while other armed men emptied the contents of my mother’s hot press onto the floor.

It is time for use it or lose it in Ireland Hoarding should not be tolerated when so many urgently need a home Western Road, Cork City #DerelictIreland #VacantIreland #SpeirGorm

I ended up playing Darkside Detective for the first time ever on switch instead of doom scrolling, and I have to say it was a good choice.

What a language

I love that the literal translation of escalator into Irish is “living stairs”

I agree.

How hard is it to make a good detective video game? The story behind the excellent The Seance of Blake Manor, whose developers were changing integral parts of the design six months before release, might help answer that question. New column: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

ICE is not about "immigration", ICE has the purpose of creating the white supremacist nation that the US has always had as a holy vision.

A reminder to leave positive reviews for anything you played and enjoyed over the festive season!

No oh, the mountain is depressed.

You’re a comprehensive fool if you think Sweet Baby Inc. has any power in an industry that routinely disempowers actual game developers for the benefit of corporate interests. You’ve no proof, not even a contrived shred of proof, you have LORE that you’ve made up just to troll yourself. Moron.

Pushing my kids around town in the pram: attentive father, gentlemen, role model. Pushing a pram around town with no kids: freak, wretch, child snatcher.

Discord wants to know how you feel about AI. Go tell them: discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Sport is a hobby and shouldn't follow any news broadcasts.

My sister is running a marathon to raise funds for the hospice that looked after my brother in his end of life care. If anyone fancies chucking a few quid, or resharing, itd be v appreciated ❤️ gofund.me/50abded52

Facebook memories tells me that today 15 years ago I posted this image. Back then I was working in Facebook, longing for a creative life. Here I am, many many many mistakes later: still alive, creating, making mistakes. Life is so wonderful: as long as we breathe, we can always choose our next step.

We need to stop saying shit like "IP" and "content" when we mean art. Don't let them strip the walls in your own brain, man.

Calling yourself a "content creator" or a "creative" is positioning yourself as a service provider within capitalism and actually preclude you from being an artist. Artists are selves in contention with problematic cultural narratives, not in service to them.

It's the final day to get 25% off The Séance of Blake Manor as the Steam Winter Sale ends tomorrow. Don't miss out: store.steampowered.com/app/1395520/...

Insane, dangerous, and disgusting.

Interesting cloud crossing by the moon on an otherwise clear night.

Wonderful article Westen! 😊 You didn't need to sell me on Blake Manor any more though 😂 - I loved this paragraph. Cheers!

For 2026 I'd ask all reviewers move to percentiles. 4/5 seems good until metacritic or opencritic converts it to 80%, where it becomes damaging.

Vote for the Séance of Blake Manor here please!

Where do we go from here?

Please do not use AI for legal advice, or near legal documents, or for anything even adjacently legal. It's only when it's an area of law you actually have expertise in that you can see just how much it gets wrong. Otherwise it might look dangerously plausible. Just trust me. Don't.

Best week of the year now that the chaos and stress of Christmas is done but we're a week away from returning to capitalism world.

Neat write up of @psychicsoftware.com's The Necromancer's Tale here: medium.com/@Froswald/th...

It’s a Christmas miracle! I have ANOTHER video for you! youtu.be/nWVTRM_ABsg?...

Good moment to reread this excellent essay about how the software industry preference for “shipping velocity” over readiness & reliability caused the 737 Max air disasters spectrum.ieee.org/how-the-boei...

Seasons Greetings from all of our spooky detectives in long coats. See you all in 2026!

This solstice break I'll be playing Tchia and Tiny Terry's Turbo Trip.

The fact that 5e garbage will make millions of dollars and one of the most important games ever is BARELY over $200k really tells you how fucked the TTRPG community is

"Draped in darkness and gothic Irish trappings, The Séance of Blake Manor makes the most of its eerie atmosphere and mysterious cast of characters in this detective's race against the clock with satisfyingly smart gameplay." - Thank you for 95% @aghotspot.bsky.social bit.ly/4alKCZJ