Jamming on my freshly 3D printed Ocarina ✨

If you find yourself putting together slide decks for quick explainers or workshops, try this zero-config markdown to slideshow tool from my friend @tforster.com www.npmjs.com/package/@tfo...

So it begins www.engadget.com/ai/openai-is...

The AI bubble is ripe for popping and the ubiquity of AI is on track to explode. I'm starting to evaluate projects like these more closely github.com/Crosstalk-So...

I've only been in here twice or thrice, but I've recommended it to so many musicians over the years. Simply knowing that it's around used to be an indescribable comfort. Thanks for everything Steve's.

Planets and Bright Stars xkcd.com/3219/

Anniyan???????

🎮🎨HAPPY HOLI, GAMERS! 🎮🎨 Did you know our Chapter 1 takes place during Holi? 🥳 🌟 #WishlistNow! #indiegames #gamedev #HappyHoli #rpg #ps5 #xbox #pcgames #steamgames #aikyamgame

Venba 플레이했고 이민자 부모님 서사라는거 알아서 울거 같았지만 진짜 매 챕터가 너무 내 부모님 얘기같아서 ㅎ ㅏ............심정적으로 타격이 매 챕터마다....... 아들이 불꽃효도해서 밥상 다 식었을때 진짜 ㅎ ㅏ 멱살잡고 싶었음 워어 워어 진정해 내 얘기가 아니야 하지만 내 얘기이기도 하다 나는 Venba에 등장한 아들같진 않았을지도 모르지만 우리 부모님이 미국살면서 하는 모든 고생들과 인종차별들은 우리가족의 얘기기도 하기에......

Found myself really immersed in 'Venba' (2023). I can't speak from a personal standpoint, but I like to think the themes it was trying to get across were handled with care. Found myself caring for the characters and their struggles. The cooking aspects were very fun to play and the music bopped.

Posting this late Valentine’s Day art here!! #venba #fanart

Because Venba isn't localized, there's a genre of reviews that go like: "Didn't understand what was happening, but the game left me very hungry". It might be my favourite genre of Venba reviews.

I am convinced that Artists, Politicians and Philosophers can not simultaneously do those things for a living and produce soulful work. There is an inherent conflict of interest. What other categories fall under this rule? * getting paid for thing ≠ doing thing for a living

Venba is 60% off on sale as part of Global Food Faire and is only 5$!!! For the price of pre-pandemic latte, you can now get the BAFTA winning game about cooking lost recipes and restoring relationships! store.steampowered.com/app/1491670/...

Btw, this track Scarborough Night from Venba is a tribute to Toronto's best borough. 💜 If you haven't seen Scarborough you haven't really seen Toronto. youtu.be/S9Baqn4Fr4A

It's becoming clear that Big AI's only remaining strategy is to try and integrate itself with as many employers and institutional entities as quickly as possible so that when the bubble inevitably pops, they can make the case that they are structurally important enough for a bailout.

Immigrants: Thank Goodness You're Here! If you donate to our ICE Out Charity Drive with @giantbomb.bsky.social, you're in the running to win a game code! Help thank the good folks at @panic.com, @annapurna.com, @visaigames.bsky.social, @lululu.games, and @popagenda.co! bit.ly/iceoutminnea...

The two genders of not being in the Epstein club

Before AI could generate images, folks used to post prompts on social media and we'd all collectively imagine it in our heads.

Folks, my next album is on the way: Inverted Sentience / உள்வெளி உணர்வு Album artwork by the amazing @nabihaiderali.bsky.social 💜

Vaa Vaathiyaar - Not a scam. Aana idhellaam oru qualification-a da? #Tamil #Kollywood

Venba Fantastic, concise, touching and extremely relatable little game. Go talk to your parents; unless they are absolute assholes, in that case fuck em, fly high brother.

Me defending my Windows machine running @flstudio.bsky.social with 4gb ram and a usb mic in front of industry peers:

If you want a cool puzzle game that makes you feel, i HIGHLY recommend Venba. It's Cooking Mama by way of Orba Dinn. You inherit a generational cook book, but it's falling apart. You have to recreate the recipes using context clues.

Good to see Duck Duck Go bringing a more sensible approach to the playground.

Thiruvalluvar really cooked with this one 🔥 Played on Kayali, the 3D printed Yaazh I recreated specifically for @visaigames.bsky.social's next soundtrack. (Thanks to @kandasamy.bsky.social's Book Of Desire for reminding me of this banger)

Itching to show so much more but here's a look at one of the "bad guys" from our game. Looking forward to you guys making him say things like: "Huh What was that?? Must be the wind..."

Graph showing the number of questions asked on Stack Overflow. It reminds me of a conversation that @tforster.com and I were having last year. AI is currently VERY good at solving code problems precisely because of the amount of real human knowledge it has access to.

Just me and my 1.00002 YouTube subscribers

Friends, I've consolidated all 10 tracks into an album for Grandeurs Of Delusion / மருட்சியின் மாட்சி, available on Bandcamp. 💜🤟 alphasomething.bandcamp.com/album/grande... This is my debut independent album after ~18 yrs of songwriting. Shout out to @nabihaiderali.bsky.social for the epic album art!

Mayili is all set to be shipped to my bro @brownmoney.bsky.social so I made a Yaazh jam of his favourite song from Venba. A 3D printed Yaazh made with durable ABS in pastel colors reminiscent of retro videogames. Hope the folks at @visaigames.bsky.social get as much joy from playing this as I did 🤟💜

2025 has absolutely been my year. Did all the things I set out to do, and then some more. 🤟 Very grateful to all the wonderful people who made this possible. #2025recap www.instagram.com/reel/DS8cJ70...

To whom it may concern: I've said this in 2024 and I'll say it again. #JanaNayagan will not be Vijay's last film. Bookmark this for the future.

Mogam Engu Pogudho / மோகம் எங்கு போகுதோ is now out on all streaming platforms. (everywhere except spotify) This is the first time the amazing Divya Vivek has sung a song with me in our 9 years together. 💜 music.youtube.com/watch?v=L-hE...

Platinum 67 - Venba. Lovely indie game about cooking & an immigrant experience. I totally related to the story having immigrants parents myself & being born & raised in Toronto. Can't wait to see what the developers do next! @visaigames.bsky.social #PS5 #PlatinumTrophy

Brainrot Bounce / பிரெய்ன்ராட் பவுன்ஸ் the final track from Grandeurs of Delusion / மருட்சியின் மாட்சி Out now on Bandcamp 💜 alphasomething.bandcamp.com/track/brainr...

Mazhaivaasam / மழைவாசம் from Grandeurs Of Delusion / மருட்சியின் மாட்சி Out now on Bandcamp, my website and all streaming platforms (everywhere except spotify) 💜 youtu.be/1S6iGi_sl0U

Mogam Engu Pogudho / மோகம் எங்கு போகுதோ the penultimate track from Grandeurs of Delusion / மருட்சியின் மாட்சி Out now, only on Bandcamp! 💜 Should be out on all streaming platforms sometime next week. (everywhere except spotify) alphasomething.bandcamp.com/track/mogam-...

Kojima has the right idea edition.cnn.com/2025/12/12/s...

The kid asked me to modify the Danger Snake game so that the randomly appearing bombs don't end the game - just cost a pixel instead. The reasoning? Kabooms are fun. 💥 So now the bombs are actually treats because they reduce the likelihood of self-collision and help you get to a higher score. 🤷‍♂️

If you use AI for concepting, how would the masterpiece on the left be created???

If you liked slopsquatting, you're gonna love slopciting!

Hanging out with a 3yo this weekend and he taught me a game he had invented on his etch-a-sketch: We'd draw things he didn't like, draw an explosion effect around it, and then disappear it while we both yelled "kaboom!" It was too much fun & very therapeutic, so here you go. idlesite.com/kaboom/

Kaakaa Bun / காக்கா பன் Next song from Grandeurs Of Delusion / மருட்சியின் மாட்சி Out Now 💜 (everywhere except spotify) youtu.be/rXYVlEnR2B4

Let's start the holidays early! Go play Aikyam on Xbox! 🎮 🔥 Live now as part of the #IDXbox Winter Game Fest Demo Event! #indiegames #gamedev #wishlistnow #xbox #dance #wholesome #kindness

I love using em dashes - a habit I picked up in my teens to sound sophisticated - but I've never had the patience to actually type out the right symbol and have always substituted them with hyphens instead. If you ever need to spot the real me in a sea of AI clones, just look for the lazy one.

Venba has excellent music! This piece is one of several vocal tracks that will get your heart pumping as you cook South Indian recipes. Here's "Nee Dhaane" by Alpha Something with vocals by Shreya Sukumar and instruments by Kaska Strings and Sukumar Balasubramanian. #vgm #videogamemusic #gaming

youtu.be/SROxy7KxFpw Irony is, this was made by the same company who made the iconic "1984" Apple ad. youtu.be/KBmlMQ5GG3I They're my favorite ex-employer, but this is just painful to watch.

Emptitude #poetry

It's bandcamp friday! Buy a dead chocobo with the power of music wow wow gimme me money and i can buy more treats for my cat nehapatel.bandcamp.com/track/chocob...