the details of this are so harrowing and should be getting so much more coverage than i've seen www.npr.org/sections/sho...

i played a bunch of hades 2 early access and somehow thought starting a new file in 1.0 would have me less sucked in. the naïveté.

This whole section really.

There is no measured way to say what I am about to say. If the Supreme Court agrees with the Trump administration to end birthright citizenship, we must end this current Supreme Court. I do not say this lightly.

I joined Matt and Lex on their Trails playthrough to talk about Renne’s introduction, toxic yuri, and the sobering timeliness of its political themes!

I think Falcom fans should be using this image way more

it was so much fun to have @theautumnwright.bsky.social on the show, everyone go listen and then read all their writing about Trails

the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.

Consume Me just dropped a day early AND is the subject of the most vulnerable thing I've ever put on the internet, so go check out the video and then go play the game!

I have so many feelings about what this game is doing, so glad I got to share (some of) them in this video with Matt!

It's already one of those days

I have so many feelings about what this game is doing, so glad I got to share (some of) them in this video with Matt!

Are you or someone you know skipping GDC (or considering doing so) because of worries about coming to the US/San Francisco in the current environment? If so, I want to hear from you for a piece. DM me here or kyle DOT orland AT arstechnica DOT com. Please spread the word

@lexplays.bsky.social and i are onto something (we're onto nothing)

Y’all need to hype this one up more. Marc wrote a thoughtful take on remasters and remakes (including Trails and Metal Gear) by dissecting the history of translations of Homer! WITH an interview too!! Good stuff!

Finally wrote about Trails, the series that’s winning by basically doing the opposite of what everyone else is www.theverge.com/games/781492...

✨NEW EPISODE✨ It's time to start Chapter 3 of Trails in the Sky SC! Anyway, what's with this sassy lost child? LISTEN: trailspod.online/s2/6

Umineko oomfs HAVE to play this btw You just have to It has everything you love: Mothers with traumas of complex societal and interpersonal nature to pass on Women who slay (with sharp objects) Non-linear story with layers that will hurt you like a very big onion every next time you play

Ta-Nehasi Coates is doing a lot of things with this essay, but one of the most important is fearlessly using examples of anti-trans hate to describe Charlie Kirk's politics. The contrast between his choices and those of other writers for major legacy outlets is revealing.

reposting with alt text because this feels incredibly significant. the right-wing disinfo machine means a lot of the people grieving Charlie Kirk never heard any of the things he said that would have tarnished his brand as Guy Who Just Wants to Have Dialogue Across the Aisle

My cover and piece for the Lamine Siblings zine, 2021/2 #FE3H

I kind of love the idea of FE creating an interconnected world out of the Fodlan planet the way they did with Archanea/Valentia/Jugdral and even Ylisse, with stories spanning different time periods but linked by connective tissue like Naga

I will also say, putting aside jokes, I do think it's reductive to call Fortune's Weave "another Three Houses game." I can absolutely understand feeling Three Houses Fatigue, dgmw, but I really don't think that's applicable here the way it is to like, FE merch and FEH.

I’m so excited about the new Fire Emblem so I’m gonna repost some of my old fire emblem art, starting with Sothis!

new 3h-universe fire emblem is the only thing that could get me analyzing trailers frame by frame i swear

nintendo direct you say

This should be illegal.

this is the next fantasy life game

given how often I sing on this show, this was bound to happen eventually

come on ace attorney 7

given how often I sing on this show, this was bound to happen eventually

van arkride is so cool

For some reason I thought this was funny, I can't tell if it still is. #octopathtraveler | #tums

There are genuinely no words for how much I hate this. EVO being used to sportswash Saudi Arabia is one of the most vile things I can think of.

I love how Falcom is just committed to making Aurelia the coolest character ever

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Full text of the International Association of Genocide Scholars Resolution on the Situation in Gaza: genocidescholars.org/wp-content/u...

i cannot believe how good this demo is, and also i can't shut up about it, as evidenced by this bonus ep

the episode title moment might be the hardest i've laughed doing this whole show. hot damn

super late to post this on socials, but this week's ep is here!

Commission of Kloe destroying Lechter at a card game 🤭 #Trails #軌跡シリーズ #art 🌟

super late to post this on socials, but this week's ep is here!

It's expensive to have a table at Fan Expo. To walk in & see a booth using stolen art, undercutting artists who kill themselves to get into these shows, is abhorrent. As a show organizer this is a huge insult to the folks giving Informa interest-free loans (table fees) to run these shows.

I used to go at enormous lengths debating my fellow Ukrainians (especially pro-Israel ones) telling them that if we lose the war, our situation will be very much like that of Palestine. People laughed at me.

almost a decade late but i can confirm that natasha pierre & the great comet of 1812 is a blast

if any artists at fan expo canada are selling anything trails please let me know. i will haul ass to give you my money so fast i'm not even joking

The gig is up; I've played the first 7 hours of Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter! @falcom.co.jp is looking to be delivering their singularly most impressive release to date. www.rpgsite.net/preview/1821...

The fact that the thing we're calling artificial intelligence *can't do math* and yet we're jamming it into programs that successfully *have done math* for decades, then warning people against using the AI to do math, seems like an excellent summary of where we are.

Now that I have video evidence for it, Falcom basically built the Sky 1st trailer off of the "demo movie" for "Legend of Heroes VI Sora no Kiseki" - so before we even *knew* of the sub-series. It's SUPER cool that they did this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNye...