what book should i read next

I! LOVE! INTERACTIVE! FICTION!!!

perhaps the most egregious thing that happened with the Future Class was when The Game Awards took money from Old Spice in the name of the FC & simply... pocketed it it wasn't used to fund Future Class initiatives, it wasn't used to help lift marginalised developers they just profited from us

And here it is! The penultimate episode of our KOTOR II Let’s Play! Time to confront our ex and also a walking embodiment of the metaphysical and emotional emptiness at the core of reality! youtu.be/4PYEdB_Eacs?...

a lot of the heritage foundation implosion and other shit happening right now etc seems like there were people who were like, "no, no, i wanted fascism, but not THAT MUCH fascism" which is a type of person I did not know existed before and I am not really certain what to do with that information

i wish i was a mech

Jefferson is the most American framer, imo, in that he simultaneously articulated and instantiated some of the noblest ideals ever articulated — which are part of the very foundation of this country, and its best hope — while behaving with a level of decadent hypocrisy that bordered on nihilism.

yeah no this is as good as i remember, god from has gotten so good at making straight-up action games that i hope they at some point move beyond "Souls" stuff entirely

when armored core 6 came out, my cat was sick and i only played a bit of it because i was afraid of it being "the game i played when my cat died," but my cat got better and she's great and so i'm restarting it tonight

the @stechlab-labels.bsky.social labeler is teaching me so much today

QA requires a level of patience, discipline, and organization that i as a narrative designer can only ever dream of possessing

Also can video game journalists, please, please stop framing QA as a 'gateway' into the industry or a way for people to get their foot in the door so they can go into 'more creative' disciplines? QA is its own specialized field which requires very capable and specialized professionals.

well at the very least i know when game2 ISN'T coming out

friends, just because the subway guy won the case doesn't mean subway is suddenly food, don't get confused

hot girls should never have IBS, and yet we all do, what's up with that

The Future Class was created in 2020 when a lot of companies responded to online critiques and broader social justice movements with DEI initiatives. Hard not to read part of the subtext here as the TGAs, like many other brands, trying to distance itself from "woke."

Geoff Keighley's Future Class leaves a messy legacy https://kotaku.com/game-awards-2025-future-class-tgas-geoff-keighley-2000641757

Once again, Jeanine Pirro's highest-profile prosecution before she was a USA was when she failed to convict Robert Durst, a man who looked like a Supernatural demon and confessed to murder every time someone sneezed

i love that all electricity is just some fancy variation of a turbine. we have one idea and it's spinning a thingy around a whole bunch

I had a rough childhood, if I'm being honest. Yeah, I was the Eraserhead baby. That happened to me. With the scissors and all that. I mean it's fine now, but it was tough for sure. I work in Admin now. We moved out to Abington. It's good now. Go Phils.

it's pretty funny the sheer number of people who, seconds into the second trump administration, decided the time was ripe to go full fash instead of waiting a little bit to see if people were actually cool with nazis now. every major company was like, we need to court the burgeoning nazi demographic

when you eat in n out, the paper wrapping you accidentally ingest is part of the flavor

i remember dudes going "hear me out" about Genevieve O'Reilly and yes we're all hearing you

i have a problem where whenever i think more than thirty seconds about the finale of twin peaks s2 i have an overwhelming need to sit down and watch the finale of twin peaks s2

I'm excited because julie posting about the game means I can burst through the door and holler "I'M HELPING!!"* *not with this part

Just checking you all know about Spirit Swap, the game that came out this year that I directed alongside many incredibly skilled friends and workers! We’re a majority (uh I’m pretty sure 100% tbh) marginalized people co-op and self-published! Please check out our trailer I love it so much!

you're welcome for the nudes, mr. mayor

in the past two days, i've built like five state machines, and they all work as intended. this is... worrying.

And then you better read the second part of the essay, about my favorite character in a video game maybe ever, and why she deserves better than the discourse often gives her

wrote about coin madness www.theverge.com/games/814111...

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reading a book about chernobyl and there's a chapter on the investigation into the accident, part of which was conducted by one soviet detective, and "police detective investigating a major industrial accident" would make a really interesting disco elysium-like

there are no narrative designers in the games industry

let me just say, if Tarrant County elects a Democrat state senator that is going to be a very big deal www.texastribune.org/2025/11/04/t...

the tragedy of charlie brown is that he could have had hoes, were his myopia and depression not so overwhelming, his obsessions not so deep. were he able to leave lucy and the football behind. his is a cautionary tale

i feel called out

Briana White - Aerith’s voice actress in the FF7 series- is currently running a huge charity auction with a bunch of Final Fantasy memorabilia. And all proceeds are donated Immigrant Defenders Law Center - helping for legal funds and reconnecting families. Take a look! tiltify.com/@thestranger...

you're excited because zohran won. i'm excited because i'm building a little mind map/mission log system and it's working.

Once more, for old times’ sake

Fighting back against AI is great. But please hire more trans women. One would be nice. More than one would be ideal. Zero is… telling.

the orator zohran most reminded me of in his victory speech was morpheus from the matrix reloaded, this isn't even a joke this is just how i felt

At this point, anyone—a university, a law firm, a corporation, a Democrat—bending the knee to Trump is doing it because they want to, not because of any political reality.

i guess it's just nice to have a tangible political sign that not everyone wants you dead you know. that the world isn't just a boot that's going to step on you your whole life.

really important element of this basically total victory is that it puts the fear of god in republican incumbents and may bring the redistricting push to a total halt

this really does feel... a bit different. not sure if that will end up being the case or not, but, like

Wow it turns out the entire country is not permanently reactionary because Trump won an election by 1.5%

BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students. Follow AP for live updates.

you're excited because zohran won. i'm excited because i'm building a little mind map/mission log system and it's working.