Look, it's been hard for me to figure out how to talk about the difference between healthy masculinity and bullshit, weak, fear-based control fantasies, but BOY HAS THIS WEEK MADE EVERYTHING MORE CLEAR.

We're that the point where I'm reposting George Conway, lifelong republican turned democrat who's speaking the truth. That's where we're at folks!

ICE agents are America's failures, basically indistinguishable from lazy school shooters, losers who want to play Call of Duty on our streets against people who can't fight back. They have unlimited ammo and toss tear gas like they're pressing L1. They have to be defunded and jailed. All of them.

Alas.

@nextlander.com @alexnavarro.bsky.social Lethal Weapon 2 better than 1? Unhinged take!!

'The price of freedom is eternal vigilance' - so says this portentous 1995 CD-ROM Today magazine ad for the FMV-laden Wing Commander IV - Hamill! McDowell! (Scan via the VGHF Library.)

With Anthem servers shutting down after this weekend, I think it’s worth mentioning that I never finished any Destiny campaign because they refuse to offer matchmaking for campaign missions. Anthem did, however, and I finished it, and had a really good time!

For Apple Music atrocity

Settings > Apps > Music > Animated Art > Off

I will finally play Avowed!

I really only need the first one, but I’m happy the original TMNT trilogy is in 4K.

I had more fun w Metroid Prime 4 than Prime Remastered. It plays better and the environments are the best in the series. I think the beam switching requirements towards the end of Prime Remastered make it almost unplayable. Nothing like that in Prime 4.

How is Twin Peaks? ..so good. Let’s Rock

Cassette tapes are the worst format for music in the history of humanity. Do not buy cassette tapes. Buy CDs, LPs, or digital. Horrible format. Burn them all.

No words. Vince had everything this industry was always looking for.

SEE YOU JANUARY 8. This trailer gives a very small taste of what’s coming… probably the end of my career lol

Happy Holidays from the other side

It’s like an N64 game out here.

Perhaps I am a but old fashioned, but I think it’s generally better when real human beings perform music.

Pretty disappointing when a game’s sequel ditches live musicians for a cheap sounding MIDI score.

This weekend did not feature my best performance in Burnout 3's Crash Mode.

Mementos of an old scoring stage

My top 2025 game is from 2016: Deus Ex Mankind Divided. My second top game is actually from 2025: Blue Prince. I’ve thought more about these two games than any other this year.

Whoops

Dark stuff for dark times.

Highly recommend going through the old skits on YouTube. No, not those. *These*. The Canadian skits.

Wayne’s World is a national treasure.

Bring back Apple Newtons.

You don’t say…

If you've got Prime Video, you can watch FROM during the month of October without having to subscribe to the MGM+ add-on. I directed episodes 7 and 8 of Season 1, and they're really good, for which I take only the credit I am due because everyone who works on the show is exceptional at what they do.

Deus Ex Mankind Divided really hits different now.

Just thinking about how this was my first conception of the FCC as like a thing that exists. youtu.be/uo-km-qfJe8?...

@tolkoto.com @grubb.wtf @janochoa.bsky.social For Myst-likes, check out The Journeyman Project series (on GOG) made by Presto Studios who would then go on to make Myst III. Lots of FMV acting!!

It's the 26th US release anniversary of a landmark ahead-of-its-time piece of gaming history, celebrated on its release, unfairly maligned for years, and now finally appreciated for its unique qualities It's not the Dreamcast

We made @grubb.wtf play through the entirety of the ill-fated Jurassic Park: Trespasser, and here's 28 minutes of highlights: www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-Bp...

@grubb.wtf I saw you all talking about Discord giving away Blight Club games. They added a 2nd privacy panel where some protocol will grab data from other sources to display what you are doing. It’s gross. I think the settings are only visible on desktop app. @tolkoto.com @danryckert.com

What they really hate is capitalism. Capitalism enabled extreme specialization, so you could do your job and someone else could become an expert in a field that you desperately need to survive. And if you're unethical, it's impossible not to project that onto others.

I feel like having a hot take. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within is a better Final Fantasy VII than Final Fantasy VII.

Serious question, why is the onus on @bsky.app to block themselves from Mississippi? If they want to pass a dumb draconian law, fine, but they should be the ones to have to block websites they deem as violating their state law.

Dark Chocolate Peanut. The only edible M&Ms.

We need everyone back in the office because we want the serendipitous magic that only happens when you let humans get creative together and also we're replacing all of you with an AI machine that can only do things that it's seen done before

Way more entertaining than the latest film. And the episode art is so good! Sit back and enjoy the beauty of dinosaurs and 1990s physics.

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I love video games.

Short trip