This, I think is my ceiling.

the kids are calling it a french bless

lifehack: you can passively absorb a little more of your coffee by blowing your nose with the napkins the street cart guys put on top of the lid to absorb leaks

peaked in 2007 with Warhawk, alas

tomorrow!

Replaying Cyberpunk 2077 and was struck by a small sidequest in which Johnny Silverhand delivers the Gen X lament and wonders why history didn't end. stuckness.ghost.io/johnny-silve...

I would consider Mikhail's ReaderGrev newsletter essential reading for games industry professionals

I was laid off today, among hundreds of others at The Washington Post. I loved covering games here, and I am so proud of our international coverage. My colleagues — those who lost their jobs and those who didn't — are rockstars. It was such an honor to work alongside them.

One of the throughlines in this Post news (that anyone working in journalism will recognize) is how the people at the top take no responsibility for what is happening.

Please don't report this as a straightforward business story; it's a story about coercive social transformation being imposed by people so rich they've ceased to see the rest of us as legitimate stakeholders in our own lives

rough break for her picking whichever of the 3 cards on Wild Card was the question about Jeffrey Epstein

The Nation’s homepage today is dedicated entirely to Gaza and its people. Despite a so-called ceasefire, bombings continue, hunger persists, aid trickles, and hundreds of thousands live in threadbare tents.

etymology of "side piece"

mr mayor please greenlight the batman building bsky.app/profile/nick...

nobody told me there was a new Limasse Five thing in the works??

Yeah this thing is stock-in-trade reactionaryism; critics will run into versions of this complaint whenever they criticize anything from a position perceived to be "from without" of a more centralized group. This can be hardcore fans, but it can also be—and frequently is—straight white males, say.

it would be unfair, say, to criticize Olivia Nuzzi's American Canto for the circumstances of its conceit—the author set out to wax Didion so you can only talk about whether you like her floral descriptions of California's hills on the merits

again, this is not a thing

who can forget those taut, ambiguous scenes from Tinker Tailor Soldier The One Everyone Has Been Publicly Saying is a Spy for Six Years

"something great happened here but it's over with" hit different this year

it's like 10th worst thing about this but I'm really struck by the way the guy on the far right very obviously gets out of the car with zero idea what his partners intend to do, looks over to see the one to the left has drawn his gun, then draws his

Congratulations once again to this year's @rockstargames.com Scholarship Winner Osaze Okungbowa, who gave an amazing speech at the 15th #NewYorkGameAwards!

The Atlantic is six years younger.

I think we should abolish the "feels like" temperature

After all, why not? Why shouldn't I keep it?

old enough to remember the last time they made a games critic registry!

After all, why not? Why shouldn't I keep it?

🤪

also amazing to hear "politically correct" used in the proper sense, like from the Before-Time

Victor Wembanyama says that “PR tried” to stop him from speaking about ICE. I’m not surprised, because while working on a story that will be released tomorrow, the PWHL denied me permission to speak to someone who wanted to talk to me about the violence in Minnesota.

far be it from me to accuse the governor of not doing his homework but how much asking around did you do my guy because www.instagram.com/reel/DHG70Ps...

lrt: man it's too early in the year for me to use my posting mulligan

Within the industry linear (broadcast) tv and on-demand (streaming) are actually opposites, or were for many years. It’s a little fuzzier now that some platforms do linear streaming but this is the least risible part of her speech imo

"IDEA SCOOP: WHAT IF PHRENOLOGY WAS REAL"

if I'm a CBS staffer worried ownership doesn't care whether my new dilettante boss turns it into a right wing propaganda rag or blows it up trying, i'm sure i'm comforted to hear that she believes "streaming" is opposite "linear"

Oh and you don't have to live in NYC!

Calling new writers - get mentored and be printed in ON3! We have 6 spots available in the next magazine to showcase new voices. Email [email protected] with an example of your work and any relevant experience by 8th February. on.games #GamesJournalism #GamesWriting

We're launching a website. Jank is an independent PC games website funded by readers. jank.cool If you like funny, thoughtful games journalism and can't stand adverts, deals posts, affiliate links, and other nonsense - Jank is for you.

when you're an opinion columnist, everything looks like a problem that can be solved with a guest blog, i guess

9°F and the train station waiting room locked once again, obv better it never be used for it's literal purpose than any homeless person ever use it to not freeze. We can make it a museum exhibit and look at the benches through the glass and think about what kind of society once did things for people

that's my birthday plans set

maybe before february

"To be plainer still: In the silent depths of interstellar space, there are clouds of ionized gas that are doing as much to “work for you” as any of these people." www.theringer.com/2026/01/21/m...

I'm so impressed by the way Aonishiki strings techniques. People talk about his left inside grip, but the thing that really wins him fights is he chains takedown attempts and doesn't get short-circuited when his 1st, 2nd, or 3rd move fails—he just moves straight to the next. youtu.be/dFui_9jJ-1c?...

honestly v. rude of people to keep doing games journalism after we gave out an award for it

what's highguard?

I swear I’m about to start broadcasting Hanoi Hannah style. SUBSTACK DOESN’T CARE ABOUT YOU, NEWSLETTER WRITER. WHILE YOU ARE FIGHTING TO KEEP CONTROL OF YOUR SUBSCRIBER LIST, SUBSTACK IS PROMOTING A TV SHOW WITH CHRIS CILIZZA. GIVE UP, NEWSLETTER WRITER. SUBSTACK DOESN’T CARE IF YOU DIE.

[bagheera from the jungle book voice] I will review the game

Q: How do I unlock Sunglasses Macron? A: It's very difficult to unlock Sunglasses Macron in the course of a normal game because it requires a specific and unlikely sequence of events. While default Macron is ruler of France, the USA must choose the monarchy path and then lay claim to Greenland.