"If Titanium Court were a person I would go to its Edinburgh Fringe show, but not invite it to my wedding." www.jank.cool/titanium-cou...

Grenades never got better than in Halo 1. www.jank.cool/grenades-nev...

Over a year ago, I spoke with @rasheedabueideh.bsky.social about Dreams on a Pillow for a piece that was killed before it could be published. I am honored that he was willing to take the time to speak with me again in spite of that and tell me about his beautiful homeland: kotaku.com/upcoming-ste...

Zero Parades: For Dead Spies is "sleeker, sexier, more self-consciously dangerous" than Disco Elysium. "It is outsider art made from the foyer, safe from the rain." www.jank.cool/zero-parades...

Xbox is my son. Call me...

An incremental game that's also a platformer. www.jank.cool/an-increment...

New one about record shopping in the 90s, how intentional discovery used to be, how algorithms have taken that away from us and why we should probably start putting in the work again. (It's about games eventually, promise) Accidentally made it free. Oops! Go: newsletter.hitpoints.co/374-blue-note/

my last 20 games!! 98% positive on steam :O store.steampowered.com/app/4044300/...

wanted to say re: this review that there has been an overarching "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all" attitude around writing critically about indie games (partly cuz the most common haters are bad faith reactionaries) that's really hobbled the space for a long time

I am only now actually reading Mixtape discourse. The line that bothers me most is 'Stacey's music taste wouldn't be like that at a time without the internet.' I promise you that people were insufferable about stuff before the internet came along.

mfw you try to talk to me about the MIxtape discourse Anyway here's my contribution to the Mixtape discourse

26 years ago, three Canadian modders found themselves in the incredible position of making an official Die Hard game. For two of them, it was the start of decades-long careers in the games industry. For the third, it spelled the end of that career before it had begun. www.pcgamer.com/games/action...

Pokopia? On PC? It's called Abiotic Factor www.jank.cool/abiotic-fact...

Pint? www.jank.cool/a-love-lette...

On a long enough timeline, every game is a PC game www.jank.cool/on-a-long-en...

Peter Molyneux is a pop star www.jank.cool/peter-molyne...

Big news! We're offering a big bundle of subscription to different independent media websites. These are all very cool people who have been working with me to conceive of whatever is next for worker-owned journalism. Half-off subscriptions for a month, and your existing Rascal sub is comped!

WE HAVE A LAUNCH DATE FOR (NEW) FANSPLAINING! And it is very soon: next Wednesday, April 29th. 🎉🎉🎉 We (@elizabethminkel.bsky.social, @lincodega.com, and @bookshop.bsky.social) are so excited to share everything we've been working on these past few months!!

Can a game be "so bad it's good"? www.jank.cool/can-a-game-b...

Not all clones are bad www.jank.cool/defence-of-t...

Visual development art by Tadahiro Uesugi for Carole & Tuesday (2019), dir. Shinichiro Watanabe, Bones

This is some neat-sounding bullshit I wrote because Idols Of Ash is actually about being scared by a giant centipede so you press W too hard and fall down a hole

From the trailer for "Tower Dungeon" Volume 6 (Tsutomu Nihei's manga). 2D animation : Studio Keel >> natalie.mu/comic/news/6...

Angry about things but my rule is I post music rather than negativity so here's a song that's like The Go! Team or a Girl Talk mashup to fuckup your headphones youtu.be/XCCMYxvIGQI

This tweet is a lie because actually Q3DM17 is number one

Check out me, writing about computer games!

Really enjoyed this one - as both an interrogation of a previous Jank piece that went viral, and as an example of a form of back-and-forth conversational games criticism I miss.

Jank has been going for 2 months. In that time we’ve published over 100 articles. We are not fuckin around. Here's a rundown of our work so far. www.jank.cool

Built a robit

Many people don't realise you can recreate the experience of playing Dead Or Alive as a teenager in your parents' house simply by watching DJ mixes on YouTube.

me loading up the videogame vs me sitting through all the unskippable logos and copyright notices

My great friend @cjpt.bsky.social is available for work! He's a phenomenal writer, narrative designer and creative lead for games (Warhammer, Hytale, Hackmud etc). He has helped out on Pale Tides a bunch and I cannot recommend him enough. Add him up and share this please 🖤

We wanted to argue about Marathon, so we did it while playing Marathon www.jank.cool/what-we-talk...

My new column is basically an excuse to roleplay a bus driver, a fighter pilot, an accountant, an IT technician, a car mechanic, a chef, a spaceship engineer, a farmer, a truck driver, a prime minister, a scaffolder, a book shop owner. But never EVER an estate agent. www.jank.cool/ng-in-sim-is...

I might be the only games journalist still working who played Screamer (1995) upon its release. I'm sure that knowledge will be relevant someday, but it wasn't for reviewing this reboot

What are you running for? www.jank.cool/what-are-you...

The Lie-In www.jank.cool/the-lie-in-8/

We have a Discord now! It's been lovely so far. Today in the Heat Signature channel, someone figured out how to do a Hijack mission (take out all crew and deliver the empty ship) without breaking their Ghost Vow (never be seen or harm anyone) and we were all like what. discord.com/invite/3M8pf...

Lost And Found Co. review (of the YouTube videos I watched alongside it): www.jank.cool/lost-and-fou...

I've written a book! Next Level: Making Games That Make Themselves is the story of procedural generation - the tech behind games like Minecraft and Dwarf Fortress. It's about how it works, the games that use it, and the art and magic behind it. Out May 7th, in bookshops: linktr.ee/next_level 🎲🔮

Esoteric Ebb review! And @abeewords.bsky.social returns to Jank. www.jank.cool/esoteric-ebb...

Everyone on the entire planet will be turned into a dribbling, empty-headed slopmuncher by the inescapable rise of AI. Except for me, though. I'm a guy on Bsky

are resident evil requiem's big text splashes being weird for anyone else? www.jank.cool/resident-evi...

Here's what we've been writing at Jank this week. It's all still free because we keep forgetting to put the paywall up. www.jank.cool/jank-mail-ca...

I see people argue that you can't criticise small indie games, and I always wonder: at what scale does it become OK, then? How many employees does the team need? How many games under their belt? How much money made? Do developers need to submit audited accounts before you can say it's only okay?

Everyone mentioned here deserves better, but shout out to video editor Alix who was the 'invisible' team member of the RPS Video gang. Edited our first six months of the channel, took my rambling notes and turned them into some early wins. Was an exciting, fulfilling time. Hope someone snaps him up.

What game most disappointed you? www.jank.cool/what-game-mo...