This is horrible. This shouldn't exist. I shouldn't be laughing at it. It's 5am and tears are streaming down my face [tw unsettling artificial wet mouth sounds]

the absolute worse part of genAI is that it's causing us all to be immediately skeptical of any "animal does cute thing" video, a foundational pillar of trust and mutual joy on the internet

Today was very long and it was mostly watching other people have even longer days

I really wanna play ffxiv again but I also know I do not currently have the time or brainpower to play ffxiv again

I can't even form coherent sentences lately I blame the trees

Oh so ffxiv is getting a simplified mode? The worst people on the internet are about to crawl out of the floorboards in droves

Do you like dice games? Do you like merging games? Do you like PHYSICS BASED DICE MERGING GAMES? Do you just want to know what the hell that would look like? Anyway Rune Dice is very fun, a lot of DNA of Peglin store.steampowered.com/app/3989510/...

Oh okay we're still doing this on random Tuesdays--

if this damn bubble doesn't pop i'm gonna pop it with my bare hands

The s4 updater may not be working but somebody just made me familiar with modding

me: I should try mecha anime two people simultaneously: *WATCH MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM*

Laur (sometimes Nova) ☄️ Adult, disabled, asexual, gender-whatever Former streamer/Youtuber. I do a lot of fanfic and roleplaying I like cartoons, video games, gamedev, tabletop, music composition, singing, space, shiny rocks, and sparkly stuff.

"ugh paralives isn't coming out for another month I guess I'll just make character sims in s4 again" [s4 patcher no longer exists] "well nevermind then"

I've now seen multiple mobile ads use the term "ASMR puzzle". I think there's a lot of language we need to just put up on a shelf until we know how to use it responsibly

The idea that bright, wild color is something you outgrow is a damaging lie society tells us. This unspoken rule, that enjoying intense, clashing colors makes you childish, is pure bullshit. The depression palette trend has only gotten worse because it saves corpos money. We gotta end it.

Y'know, for some reason, literally just the announcement of the crossover character in the Mario Galaxy movie has taken it from "I wanna see what they're doing with this!" to "this is going to be a complete shitshow"

Oh yeah, apparently I got put on a blocklist for c*nsoring w*rds... I literally only do that with the names of popular things so my takes don't pop up in their fans' search pages

ohhh so For/tnite got GUTTED gutted I'm sorry for the good people who lost their jobs, but I also pray for this game's downfall

I hear the atmosphere in ADZ is getting better again... Hmm...

lrp also teenager or literal child: [makes poor decision in general] an alarming amount of viewers: this character is morally evil

well-meaning character: [makes bad decision while under extreme mental strain] too many viewers: this character is morally evil

i remember getting to narcissus and thinking it was such a cool concept for narcissus to be this faceless figure in contrast with the myth explicitly portraying him as handsome i didn't even think it WAS a placeholder asset until i found echo, who also used the design in the 1st image

There's so much.

nothing gives joy like seeing a bunch of notifs and it's just a single person demolishing through your posts. i will never be caught complaining about this bc how can you be upset when you're the reason someone is having a great time. you've become a metaphorical gold mine to someone in this moment

The game industry’s obsession with graphics is so funny because every other year there will be some breakout hit called “Stick Figure Mansion” or some shit that outsells 90% of the market and runs on a toaster

Wow I can't believe the last episode of Chaotix Casefiles had Vector straight up break the fourth wall and tell Charmy Bee haters to go fuck themselves

Stands on my soapbox: zelda wind waker is a game old enough to drink in the usa and it looks better than a good 50% at least of the current gaming market.

AO3 DON'T DO THIS TO ME AGAIN

First thing that came to mind when I saw the announcement

Average Puyo Puyo fandom experience

WE FUCKING WON, PUYO BROS ARLE IS *IN* THE CAR

HOLY FUCK IT HAPPENED

I don't go to Pokemon much and Pokopia is way too expensive but I also appreciate that it's one of the few games that lets you play as a kind but ultimately enigmatic shapeshifting genderless Thing, which is my ideal

it kind of sucks that my primary device for socialization and entertainment is also my primary device for feeding my brain distressing updates about the ever-worsening state of the world

I'm really trying to turn to reading books instead of scrolling when I know there's nothing to see...My attention span is pretty poisoned, but it's working out decently so far, I'm just grabbing things from Libby that osund interesting and reading samples. My writing INSTANTLY feels better too

YOU ARE SELLING YOUR GAMES FOR $80

Thanks bsky for making sure I saw the gigantic plot twist for Episode 7 of the Chaotix Casefiles, which I am not caught up on--a plot twist which might impct the whole franchise--literally the first thing when I opened the site this morning

Spending tonight struggling with the reality that the fics in my head I have not written yet do not yet exist

game companies: b-b-b-but we NEED to use A/I for placeholder art!!! slay the spire 2:

Someone in a youtube video I was watching last night started complaining about Fire Emblem Engage being bad I immediately got unreasonably annoyed on behalf of a friend. I have never played this game.

I need to get back into reading but my attention span's been eroded to hell, does anyone have favorite short stories or writing serials to share?

It's rather rude for all of my energy to abruptly leave my body while I'm in the middle of something

a lot of people think making games is easy. i'm on the completely opposite end of the spectrum. how does anyone even manage to do all that. wizardry.

I think AO3's volunteers have been working on the same problem for over 24 hours by now...godspeed...

Last night's weird dream: involved somebody meticulously analyzing an old episode of Spongebob for evidence of Spongebob/Squidward aka "SpongeSquid"

@spootaloo.bsky.social rhythm game guy confirm?

LRP Marathon also sucks because Bungie sucks and also they're art thieves. But it's a very insightful article that explains why I've never managed to like an extraction shooter despite liking the ideas behind their gameplay loops

I wrote about Marathon (2026) again, trying to figure out why it pushed me to tears. blog.aurahack.ca/marathon-rep...

Where do people get their FFXIV mods from now? Or request them, since what I want probably doesn't exist I wanna get back to and maybe do something with my newer character, but I also want him to actually have his real hair first