This is political violence. It's only accepted because the state claims the monopoly on violence.

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So they cling to civility as a shield to cover the monstrous barbarities the system they defend does. Civility becomes calmly discussing millions of people dying as a result of cuts to USAID and ignoring the mass death and violence of that act. Civility is often a mask for vicious barbarity.

Deep down, so many of the liberal elite are unwilling to sacrifice any bit of discomfort to bring about a more just society because the current system has given them their wealth, prestige, and platform. They are hopelessly inured to a failing system and unwilling to break from it.

i hope nobody still accepts the bullshit "to appeal to more voters" framing. rich people are spending money to push the politics they favor, it has absolutely nothing to do with electability

I wrote my own Charlie Kirk obituary, and about valuing truth over manners: www.thenation.com/article/poli...

the entire purpose of masquerading american imperialism as “defense” was so that ppl could feel as tho war is a necessary evil. now there is no more need for obfuscation. i see it as the us moving into open fascism. vice is now virtuous. evil is good. up is down.

obviously it's not as bad as, say, a baby running into a wall over and over again, but these types of "scares" in Cronos are embarrassing

Cronos is a hacky, terribly balanced, and grossly cynical game comicbook.com/gaming/news/...

if you are a cool person who loves Doom, you should totally play Metal Eden comicbook.com/gaming/news/...

I remember someone on the Something Rotten podcast explaining the value of analyzing COD and not just writing it off each one as a six-hour sequence of brainless explosions. This fantastic essay once again demonstrates that value. youtu.be/eKPM7cZORTE?...

A generational talent. Who else could barf up what felt like seven gallons of yak directly into the small box where I keep my old controllers

sometimes you just find a shrink-wrapped Xbox 360 in a suitcase on the curb

A cool little detail in MGS Delta is that they seemed to have added new dialogue referring to Godzilla Minus One to the existing part about Godzilla. (shoutout to @tylertreese.bsky.social for pointing this out to me)

Snakes, snipers, and simians

ah yes the good shit you can beat in a single day comicbook.com/gaming/news/...

this is the first time I've been (*very cautiously, I might add*) optimistic about a Pokemon game since I was like 12

As Dems struggle to find an off-ramp for the increasingly unpopular Gaza genocide their leadership spent 22 months supporting, they've settle on blaming "Netanyahu." I wrote about the rise of One Bad Man Theory and how it serves to obscure much deeper issues with the logic and reality of zionism.

They made a great Ninja Gaiden game. They should do that more often. comicbook.com/gaming/news/...

I played Cronos and spoke to Bloober about how it is channeling/twisting real Polish history to give the game more of a soul. comicbook.com/gaming/news/...

Wuchang is fine, but it definitely has a harsh case of "annoying ass difficulty" syndrome. A cannon in a tent! Come on! Stop wasting my time!

big fan of the Mr. Robot-ass conversation camera angles in the two recent RoboCop games

I didn't see when this went up and last week was kinda dog shit anyway, but I wrote about how Death Stranding 2 would have been cooler without guns. comicbook.com/gaming/news/...

I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy. I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.

I was always waiting for the DS2 twist that did not come, the kind of setup/gameplay twist I've come to love about Kojima games. It's a unique standard to grapple with, and I tried to unpack that here. comicbook.com/gaming/news/...

SO PROUD TO BE A NEW YORKAH* *guy who has visited NY three times

Death Stranding 2 lacks the surprise I've loved about Kojima-led games, weirdly doubles down on combat, and has a messy, jargony story that thinks it's slick. It's a weird, conflicting game, but doing deliveries remains a joy and I can't help but like a lot of its stupid parts. Also it's gorgeous:

I'm proud to say I wrote the Shadows of the Damned essay book for this, and I'm happy with how it turned out! People sometimes look down on DMD like it's a stain on GhM's legacy because of EA, and while there's some merit to that, I tried to explain why that's reductive and not entirely fair.

I'm excited for the two Kojima 2025 drops: Death Stranding 2 and his official Letterboxd account www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/hide...

hat aside, "i'm sick of playing the same Call of Duty every year" is a real telling on yourself type statement. play something else. there's so much else.

Some of the most chilling 2 minutes you've ever seen. Look at what's being said, openly, on one of the most popular TV channels in Israel. History is happening in front of our eyes. Don't look away. Please help share this widely. Read the full story here: zeteo.com/p/inside-the...

My experiences as an editor in recent years have made me feel this more and more deeply. Lots of online writing is slapdash and ill-considered. More readers and writers (and apparently a fair number of editors) have little concern for rhythm, structure, clarity, the things that make writing good.

here's a very sleepy raccoon to interrupt all the bad news

It's not surprising that I liked Doom: The Dark Ages a lot, but it is surprising how long it took me to actually click with it. I cannot stress how bad the default settings are! comicbook.com/gaming/news/...

indie games media is great! and good! and worthwhile and absolutely deserves your support. all my homies love indie games media but it just doesn't scale, and the systemic collapse of certain levels of this job's ecosystem wreaks havoc on the overall economic ladder for everyone involved

Sony should have advertised how the zombies now shoot out of a Looney Tunes cannon in Days Gone Remastered

There are a *lot* of baffling decisions in AC Shadows but the bad world design stuck out the most after my 60 hours with it. comicbook.com/gaming/news/...

GameStop CEO before and after Trump's tariffs lmao

I don't think I can go back to playing Hitman the old way anymore

It felt good to cover GDC again! Free bagels! $6 bananas! Some of the smartest people talking for 55 minutes about rock textures in Helldivers 2!

I still want/have to play more, but AC Shadows just didn't hit for me after about 16 hours. Janky-ass intro, standard stealth, annoying level gating, combat that severely lacks impact... It just has very little sauce (so far)!

I'll be at and around GDC this week, so say hi if you see me and I'll give you a homemade cookie.

it’s incomprehensible to me that you can see even a fraction of what republicans are doing or believe and think working with them is remotely a possibility. you need to crush them, like republicans are currently doing to everyone else

the answer to this sort of insipid bullshit is always to shift focus to the politicians failing to reach those voters. the democrats could have won, laughably easily, with different tactics. they could have not sent bombs to be dropped on kids for a year, for a start. but they didn't want to change

Just download Balatro, you'll be fine

ah man this hurts

She has an 80% approval rating. She blows the entire narrative of incumbent parties faltering. Turns out leftist populism is popular. The centrist neolibs who punch left keep us from this in the US.

It's nice when most games on your GOTY lists are titles you've barely heard of pre-launch or ones you don't expect you'll really click with. www.backloggd.com/u/OrangeFlav...