Short Circuits (Issue 38)

Well, fuck. If you don’t know, Mike Z has a very public history of sexual harassment, racist remarks, and more. Unless someone’s new to the FGC, everyone in the scene knows this. GGI is made up of old FGC heads. This is like intentionally having Bobby Kotick on your board of directors in 2026.

Them trying to hide this info as long as possible means they knew it was a bad look and were hoping people would either stop asking questions or would get too invested to quit. I don't expect too many people to drop it in the grand scheme because the FGC overall sucks, but it was never going away.

Tbh I think it's less that there's no demand for physical PC games or people wouldn't want it, it's more that PC lost this specific war a long time ago and people have accepted the state of things. I got a data cap, you think I wouldn't install a game from 10 CD's so I didn't have to download 80GB?

- Malls are dead - Every “third space” basically requires you to spend $30 to get in. - There are barely any part-time jobs available for teens because people with MASTERS DEGREES are in those jobs because of AI and the economy. Need I go on?

THE KIDS ARE BORED BECAUSE THEY DON’T HAVE ANYWHERE TO GO OR ANYTHING TO DO!

creators getting harassed for how they handle their own fucking characters never fails to boil my blood. you don't have to agree with every decision they make but it's frankly idiotic to claim you understand the characters better than the person who made them. literally fuck off with that shit.

Wake up, fairy boy! #oc

Good morning everyone. I just wanna go back to bed, instead of going into the clinic today

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The KIDS Act [containing KOSA] has passed the House This sucks, but its not the end. It still has to pass through the Senate committee and then be voted on by the Senate itself Please continue contactimg your Senators and demanding they oppose the KIDS Act & KOSA www.congress.gov/members/find...

We have canceled our sponsored stream with SNK. We have heard the concerns from our community regarding this partnership, specifically the company’s majority ownership by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, and the human rights concerns tied to the Saudi government.

Evergreen

Hey, a good way to celebrate Lindsey Graham kicking the bucket is to contact your senators about KOSA and the KIDS Act. Graham was a big proponent of these kinds of laws, as well as of gutting section 230.

How did the HQ of Toys come crumbling down? Let's find out! WATCH - youtu.be/Y21MZ7c8EAw

The CDC has stopped monitoring the virus that makes you go Maverick.

I nearly threw up due to stress it won't be long until I hyperventilate or something please help me

gay fairy needs rest... #oc

The US says the Strait of Hormuz must be opened to ensure "freedom of navigation" while at the same time starving Cuba and blowing up Venezuelan fisherman, who no longer have freedom of navigation. The rules have only ever worked one way.

barely got much movement on this

Jack

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In honor of the death of a phenomenal man on this day, who shaped a good portion of my life with the amount of passion and love he gave. Satoru Iwata.

yoruichi doodle #BLEACH #yoruichi

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Skeb リクエストありがとうございました！

yeah I am never leaving Japan again because of rockman!! 😎🍋

We're both really hurting today I'm as usual begging and pleading my heart out and nothing I'm about to just give up can't keep doing this I'm having an emotional breakdown and can't stop crying we need mutual aid for groceries

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Sabrina

I know im goin on about this a lot but please contact your senators about opposing KOSA and the KIDS Act. Please make friends and family aware of how this will effect them and their privacy.

If anyone is getting smacked with this - just use deer.social or another alternate client. Bsky is just an AT Protocol Client, and your Bsky account is an AT Protocol account - you can use your same Bsky account thru another AT Protocol Client, no migration or loss necessary. Could not be easier.

Man, killing id Software is akin to Sony shutting down Insomnic or Santa Monica. Nintendo killing off EAD. Disney closing Pixar.

Well I'm using Witchsky to circumvent the digital ID nonsense from Texas. VPNs still work but this to let mutuals and more know that this works

Vocal stims. Sometimes I just need to make weird sounds! #oc

She got me seeing fireworks! ✨

ryona 🍤

I see I need to make a clearer point. Framing things this way puts the blame on the consumer - the consumer that spends hundreds of millions of dollars on subs every month - as though it is their fault for freeloading. But is it the consumer's fault that the model was built the way it was? No.

So they got Rare’d. Idea after idea once they were bought that Microsoft rejected time and again because they don’t know what they want. They are BAD at this. They’ve always been bad at this. And they only got a foothold because of two lucky breaks: Halo and the Sony fumble with early PS3.

surely they'll add Jubs to marvel rivals right?? right?

I think if you needed any more evidence that the cuts are shortsighted and focused on cutting as deep and as fast as possible with little regard for the future, this is pretty definitive. That engine felt like magic in some spots. A colossal waste of talent and resources.

Imagine doing this to id and saying with a straight face "grow and extend an enduring portfolio of franchises players love"

Amazing being this fucking bad at managing your studios and not having one iota of respect or see any value in one of the titans of the industry.

Among the layoffs was character artist Christiane Meister — a 27-year veteran of Bethesda and (as far as I can tell) one of the longest tenured women in games, period. She worked on Argonians + Khajiit in TES3, horses in TES4 and TES5, Fallout creatures, and more. (cont'd)

insane that they wasted what is probably the sickest ganondorf design on a guy who ultimately just sits around and does nothing for the entire game

Dead animal in my bathroom vent, amazing way to start my day. It's only July and I want this summer to be over

Xbox layoffs reportedly include roughly 25% of Obsidian and 50% of id Software: https://www.respec.net/news/85-obsidian-id-software-layoffs-xbox-july-2026