"If I am to flower into something other than myself, I would rather rot into nothingness as I am." - The Reflecting Pool

Heyooooo Aftermath @aftermath.site dropped a link to my @mothership.blog Ciri essay in their weekly newsletter! Fame and glory, here I come! The essay is free to read (with email) here: www.mothership.blog/i-loved-gera...

Nope, just thought we were doing some kind of bonkers nonsequitur thing where we just make bizarre accusations

I created this short-form promotional video for TikTok and elsewhere, but I thought you busted oldheads might also enjoy it.

I doodle a Caves of Qud creature every day until I don't feel like it: day 52

space combat is a tricky way to get people to enjoy 18th century naval combat

ok here it is: HDR: woke anti-aliasing: not woke volumetic fog: very woke particle effects: extremely woke screen space reflections: not woke LOD range: woke motion blur: woke, but has some weirdly regressive opinions about "the gays"

every game genre you think isn't "for you" or that you think you'll dislike has a game that will blow the gates wide open for you if you give it a try.

is the plural of "cold medicine" "colds medicine" or is the word "colds" plural here for some other weird reason

this is why Caves of Qud is so good - it does both

joined this site almost three years ago me not a single solitary thing that has happened since has convinced me that arguing with people online is a good use of time

I'm sorry, WHAT

Opposing this is seen as the extremist position

Overambitious Man Wants To Get 2 Things Done Today

We have an *extremely* important announcement to make. From Wednesday, we will be launching our puffin live cam, coming to you from the Farne Islands. So you can watch puffins all day long. In celebration, please enjoy this clip of puffins being really busy for 39 seconds straight.

We're working hard on the PancitoMerge update, which will include multiplayer and other extras, like several new customers in each bakery :D Announcement coming soon!

#aseprite #pixelart Ink Castle (2024)

Did you guys hear about Will Stancil leaking the Tinder ICE Honey Trap details just to take credit for the work done by women for months (ruining the entire operation by doing so)?

I just want to find joy and peace but also hold grudges and get revenge

swear to god nothing has radicalized like me like watching rich men burn our planet, dry up our freshwater and poison our kids to invent the world’s most powerful technology — a robot chick who laughs at all their jokes

Not enough people are talking about this.     The Trump Administration is moving to cut benefits for up to 400,000 disabled Americans — people with Down syndrome, severe autism, dementia — for no other reason than that they live at home with their families instead of in an institution.

I think we took something of a 'wrong turn' as a society when we made our intellectual ideal the young 'best and brightest' and put all of the value on *intelligence* as an inborn trait rather than on *learning* as an earned value. Learning is, frankly, far more important.

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Come for the influential palace, stay for the shipyard that grows spaceships in tanks

Happy Beltane

No no keep letting ChatGPT write articles this is ART

Over 250,000 copies sold in less than 24 hours. 91% positive reviews on Steam. Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era has had an incredible launch. We're so thrilled that players are loving this game as much as we've loved publishing it. 💛 Congratulations to the @unfrozenofficial.bsky.social team!

I refuse a world in which "dude" and "man" and "bro" are gender-neutral and "girl" is not.

i wish cats understood migraines. telling pippin "i love you more than life itself but i crave the sweet release of death at every sound and movement so please stop yelling for me to get up and swish your feather toy around for you" should buy me an hour of peace.

games media is essentially the canary in the coal mine for the rest of culture writing, because what is still seen or said to be "essential" at the places that cut games out of their coverage plans will eventually also just get the axe.

Forbidden Solitaire AND Titanium Court in ONE BUNDLE? (is that allowed?) That's two games that shouldn't exist at a very real discount of 15%! They forbade us, but we didn't listen! 💎 🏰 store.steampowered.com/bundle/72486...

Hey there, folks! To help you get started with Olden Era's Early Access, we prepared a video that tells you all about its contents and where to find it! Join Ana from Heroes Take Turns as she tells you all you need to know to enjoy your Olden Era experience! youtu.be/DArcEDRmViY

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I'm not really interested in Star Wars these days, but I *am* fascinated by Disney's mismanagement of Star Wars. Not even in a schadenfreude way, but as a grotesquerie. The stripping down of this cultural artifact into saleable bits, the turning the nob back and forth and looking at the crowd stuff.

The Voting Rights Act is essentially dead and it’s quite possible that we will, like when a similar SCOTUS gutted civil rights at the fall of Reconstruction, see a disappearance of much of the Black congressional representation, especially in the most heavily Black states, which are in the South.

I have two daughters and I think about this all the time. I don't know how I will explain it to them when the time comes. bsky.app/profile/carn...

on the same day that the supreme court struck yet another grievous blow against the voting rights act, two members of the house took aim at... a twitch streamer

OH GOD OH FU

"we made an environment-destroying theft machine so you can see yourself fucking a movie star" for christ's sake why can't you all write fanfic like the rest of us

i feel like a lot of companies say "contractors" when they mean "third-party dev sweatshop firms" and i really do think we need to make that distinction stronger

even aside from the blatant racism this ALSO kind of illustrates how to a lot of nerds the ideal form of culture is a smooth, flavorless paste. like what do you mean someone's speaking in a way that suggests a specific personal and cultural context, art isn't supposed to expose me to the unfamiliar!

Victorians, the world awaits your governance. Victoria 3 is free to play this weekend. Consult the map for timings in your region and make your preparations accordingly. 👉 pdxint.at/42o7nXD

I am choosing to believe this is a deliberate joke

Our new and updated faction Grove reveal is out on youtube ! Thank you so much for all of your feedback, and do not hesitate to keep it coming. Olden Era releases in Early Access tomorrow, on April 30th! youtu.be/3YORCyN0B88

Rewriting the ending of Of Mice and Men so that George and Lennie open a successful petting zoo

'We've been a little bit too romantic about the idea that we should have employees and give people long-term job security' is an extraordinary thing for a video games CEO to say on record: aftermath.site/video-game-job...

I doodle a Caves of Qud creature every day until I don't feel like it: day 40

After a while I started picturing Dromad Traders from Caves Of Qud as big eagles, so here is a mixture of that with the actual camel like trader they're described as. #drawing #CavesOfQud #watercolour #penandink