Non-US folks should really do this survey, the last question is about whether you’ve cancelled travel plans to the US or are reconsidering travel plans due to current policies. GDC needs to know this, maybe some talks could go online live with enough feedback? Maybe they could even lobby? Who knows!

Forgot to share this photo I took last week, spotted playground sidewalk during canvassing. Keep it up, we can make Spotify suffer even more~🎶

Your regular reminder that IGFs, BAFTAs, and the DICE Awards mean a hell of a lot more than The Game Awards do. If you’re at GDC, attend the awards. If you’re at DICE, attend the awards. If you’re able, watch the BAFTAs via stream (unless you’re fabulous enough to be invited, of course).

Game company sows misinformation to cover up union busting, fans fall for it, actual employee posts explaining the employees were fired to prevent the studio unionizing This is *unacceptable*

Game Awards: We're inviting less press and opening up seats to the public so that we (probably) can have a more engaged, excited audience for the camera and make more money What the Game Awards thinks the public can afford:

fun fact: the irs knew this was gonna happen and put the source on github like a year ago, it doesn't have 100% of the functionality since some of it was irs backend proprietary but it's been forked a bajillion times now

Solidarity with the Rockstar Workers, support them 👇

Metric Tip xkcd.com/3164/

this must've been so annoying before computers

For some reason the media is not mentioning that the reason GTA6 is being delayed is they fired 40 staff over threats of unionization and now the rest of their staff are revolting

The union is calling on people to boycott btw!!

the game makes it easy but i've been having a lot of fun framing the screenshots i've used for my N++ thumbnails and i feel like i'm really good at it

[NEW VIDEO] We're in B-row! and I'm immediately talking nonsense www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1B4...

A side discussion I never see happen with achievements discourse is that there are several different websites for tracking how many achievements a user has, and those websites have leaderboards. so some of these requests are almost definitely coming from people trying to juice their numbers

holy shit. actually huge news

the fruit shaped bluetooth speaker with generic hardware from Shenzhen: "the bluetooth device is ready to pear"

it's wednesday evening, you know what time it is

Hey! Former Starbucks worker here (still have scars from 2nd degree burns), please don't cross this picket line. Starbucks is a chronic union-buster. There are so many wonderful local coffee shops to support instead. Make your support for Union Starbucks stores known until *& then after* a strike! 🖤

🦨I've got a quick one question poll for you guys: when you're playing nonogram/picross games, how important is it to you that the game remembers how long you took to beat the puzzle? let us know: forms.gle/kT2nwhYzWBPr...

ouch. moderately funny that the game is getting delayed because you literally can't beat it sometimes

what? you know what, sure. could be good

As a headsup for anyone on Vyvanse, you should go check your lot numbers. www.health.com/adhd-medicat...

[NEW VIDEO] Starting immediately from the previous episode... www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLzd...

In Super Mario Bros. Wonder, the Floating High Jump badge is called "Luigi" internally. This means the playable Luigi has to have a different name - "PlayerLuigi". Whenever Luigi wears the badge, it is actually PlayerLuigi wearing Luigi.

flow free shapes variety pack is kinda wild

I’m on it.

much love to the big apple from my much smaller apple, which is also seeing pretty good blue results so far

not providing context

it's what professionals in the field are calling "perhaps one of the most washed franchises ever"

discord why are you formatting minutes like this

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[NEW VIDEO] I don't even get how you're supposed to do this www.youtube.com/watch?v=wi71...

The programmers of the Donkey Kong arcade left a message in the code to hackers mockingly congratulating them and offering to teach them as a joke. A group of bootleggers actually took this seriously and contacted the company asking for help pirating their own game.

PLEASE vote in local elections–mayors (of small towns, even), board members, etc. They have a direct effect on your life AND are currently the last line of defense against destructive federal policies. In many places so few people vote for city council etc. that your 1 vote can change the result

honestly we should've known Microsoft would eventually exit gaming the moment they didn't call it the Xbox 720

It's weird to think about how Tetris was made by some guy and isn't much older than I am and isn't a game that's just been around forever with no clear inventor like chess or baseball

xbox classics for nintendo switch online

We've found plenty of keitai freeware games, but "Super Merio" has shown up on multiple devices. As the name suggests, it's a Mario clone. Released in 2001, it's one of the earliest pieces of keitai freeware that we've preserved. It has two sequels (?) and even a spinoff called "Dr. Merio."

They shouldn't

TAke a look, y'all: IMG_4346.jpeg.exe

met with a demon today

When you email issues to Obsidian Entertainment (the video game company) their AI support hallucinates and tells you to email Obsidian (the note-taking company) instead. If the reward function is to reduce the number of touches in a support ticket, this is one way to do it.

i owe so many video game designers an apology

[NEW VIDEO] It is rocket science, and I'm gonna be the best there is www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHIV...

Today I learned there’s a Wikipedia page that has a section on the “Goomba fallacy”