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New podcast episode! I spoke with @homecrust.bsky.social, a game designer, writer, and narrative designer with a ridiculous variety of experience writing and designing for indie, mobile, and AAA games. He is also a hobbyist blacksmith! We talked about that too! www.makegamesdrinkcoffee.com

If we did crossovers by the rules of the world rather than the vibes of the world, it would make perfect sense to do a Santa Clause / Highlander crossover. Think about it.

I know I'm a day late but I finally had a few minutes actually get an enemy moving around in my horror game test project. Is this spooky?

Fun fact: World War 1 started when Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated. This is where the phrase “dropping a dookie” originates.

Always a pleasure to get to talk about WEIRD SHIT with my friends!

New podcast episode! This week, I spoke with @donnotron.bsky.social, founder of the Beauty Cult, creator of Black Future '88, musician, and punk rock indie game developer! We spoke about games as subversive art, horror movies, advice on breaking into the industry, and more! makegamesdrinkcoffee.com

I was on a podcast! :O Was a lot of fun chatting with @nemo10.bsky.social about Silksong, League of Legends, and philosophical approaches to game design. Check it out! youtu.be/DtHTlp5Fvjs I’m a Certified Yapping Enjoyer so if anybody reading has a podcast, I’d be happy to be on yours too!

New podcast episode! This week, I talk with @lowbo.io (Benjamin Lindsay), a former Riot game designer who worked on League of Legends and on Riot's illustrious and secretive R&D projects. We talked about Silksong, League of Legends, and what "good game design" even means! makegamesdrinkcoffee.com

in floor baba album, jazz chords play you! seriously though this is great, tracks reminding me of everything from Babyface to Aphex Twin

ICYMI: I did my very first podcast recently and the episode is out NOW! Check it out and support Aaron's new show, "Make Games, Drink Coffee". I think it's really neat!

Sid Meier’s Software Pirates!

Episode 3 of Make Games, Drink Coffee is out today! This week's guest is @sahilbajaj.dev, a game writer and narrative designer. Sahil has worked on the Blackwood Charter Escape Room with Sweet Baby Inc and with Veritable Joy on ValiDate: Struggling Singles in Your Area, and more!

My son (6) is currently laying on the couch in his pajamas watching How It’s Made. He loves that show. I’m a proud dad.

Pay the members of Mr. Bungle circa 1999 to get back together and record an album, and then tour.

Podcast episode 2 is out! My guest this week is legendary pixel artist @castpixel.bsky.social. She's been in the industry for 20 years as an artist, illustrator, art director, and more. In this episode we talk about developing a style, aphantasia, demakes, and more! www.makegamesdrinkcoffee.com

I’m seeing a lot of shitposting in my feed today and I just want to say: Good work everybody, keep it up. Thanks.

If you've dropped off of watching Rick and Morty, I'm happy to report that season 8 is fantastic. The last episode is one of the best of the whole series, up there with Tales from the Citadel in its emotional depth. I'm so glad they finally decided to actually let Rick develop as a character.

Caught a preview screening of TRON Ares tonight. It’s bonkers. I suspect critics will hate it but audiences will be entertained. Regardless, it looks incredible, no expense was spared.

I launched a podcast! Make Games, Drink Coffee is a podcast featuring tightly edited interviews with game developers - each episode is 30 minutes or less. No rambling discussions, no boring monologues. Our first guest is Kay Purcell, CM and PROFESSIONAL DUNGEON MASTER! Listen at the link below!

Patient, sobbing: But Doctor, I AM Pagliacci! ChatGPT: Apologies. I didn't realise when recommending Pagliacci's epic show to cure your depression that you were the genius himself. I'm impressed! With regards to your initial question, I can recommend seeing the Great Clown Pagliacci.

hi this is my favorite writing advice, it's from former simpsons writer john swartzwelder (i think about the crappy little elf all the time) www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

Patient: My sinuses have been really stuffed up for a while, what should I take? Doctor Collins: Su-su-sudafed!

My wife turned on the shower in the upstairs bathroom as I went downstairs. She then asked if I could throw up a towel. I said “no, I haven’t eaten one.”

currently bobbing my head to this

What kind of video game would a Marx Brothers game be? LucasArts adventure game? Puzzle platformer like the Lost Vikings? Some other thing?

I’ve been hoping to see more of this: IP that the biggest publishers own but that isn’t worth enough for them to make any more games with, finally being acquired by a company that’s the right size to care about it. Now who’s going to buy the rights to Deus Ex…?

Tapping through someone’s Instagram reel while they’re on vacation, idly passing all the beautiful vistas but hitting Like when I see a photo of a bagel with lox, because my priorities are weird

A version of the Matrix but everyone is a fish call it Finding Neo

One of my secret hobbies is picking a funny voice to read to my son in and seeing how long I can go before he tells me to stop. Last night I read as Katt Williams and only got two paragraphs in.

…what? Why? I mean… it would be cool, but… what?

Honestly, some of these are great as made-up place names. I’m a big fan of “Neskalia.”

I am currently grooving to this

As a maker of exceptionally sexless art, I just wanna say publicly that any attempt at censorship of the arts is to be resisted. NSFW art is always an easy target, but it’s also always only the first step in a chain, not to mention the artistic value of this stuff in its own right.

Cool Ranch Doritos

I have now seen Heretic and here is my vaguespoiler review: boxd.it/am4057 tl;dr it’s really good and you should watch it.

Have you heard of the movie about the killer whale who has to grapple with the consequences of a life or death decision and the meaning of existence? It’s called “Free Will He?”

I eat frozen peas. Like, still frozen. I pour them into a mug straight from the bag, then use the mug to “drink” the frozen peas. They’re an excellent and nutritious snack!

How to Drain Your Tragon

Trying to act cultured at the local Fourth of July celebration and ordered Vada Pav, an Indian street food, from a food truck. On first bite, it was so spicy I immediately got the spice hiccups, then I cut my thumb trying to open the stupid fancy water in an aluminum can with a metal cap. Go me!

I just watched Matilda for the first time and holy shit what a perfect movie for kids! boxd.it/aa347h

The Big Lebowski: The Animated Series Just random adventures, narrated by Sam Elliot.

Hey! Please spread the word that we're still on the hunt for a fantastic Senior Unreal Game Engineer. Monomi Park is an awesome place to craft your art and is conveniently located outside The Wasteland of Sadness where much of the industry currently resides. job-boards.greenhouse.io/monomipark/j...

People talk about “oh you learn media literacy in high school English class” and I recall my 10th grade English teacher giving us literal paper/scissors/glue stick busywork on several occasions . 3 of my 4 high school English teachers were not equipped to actually teach the curriculum as intended.

OK Computer but it’s recontextualized as snarky “ok boomer” style dismissiveness.

Moby Dick II: Electric Belugaloo

The conservative movement is lying about basically every empirical "debate" of our time, from climate change to voter fraud to vaccines. Why is it so impossible for reactionary centrists to contemplate the possibility they're lying about trans healthcare too?

The idea that kids need to be “tucked in” at night is a myth perpetuated by Big Blanket

The idea that kids need to be “tucked in” at night is a myth perpetuated by Big Blanket

I tried to give Mike Dirnt (bassist from Green Day) a demo CD for my band at a show, but he thought I was going to shake his hand like a normal person, so he put his hand out to shake mine. I was embarrassed, to say the least.