One lesson of the Sandwich Guy Case is now more than ever when you are called to jury duty you should go

My Space Quest site, Roger Wilco's Virtual Broomcloset, launched 30 years ago this month. That makes it one of the oldest video game fan sites on the web. To celebrate the milestone, I've updated the site for the first time in ages with tons of new content. Check it out! wiw.org/~jess/roger.html

I’ve never seen an American elected official fight so hard to starve people.

“I’ve got a great marketing plan, we’ll get the dumbest motherfucker in our industry, one that just nobody respects, and we’ll have him say the most asinine thing possible and that will be our pull quote, it’s surefire

NEW: Inside the Biden administration debates in late 2024 that could have changed the course of the Gaza war -top intel official sought to cut support for Israel but Brett McGurk pushed back -talk of "very likely" US liability -Blinken spoke of "ethnic cleansing" www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...

yep, dragonheart on game boy is way more elaborate and MEGA-POWERED than you'd probably guess

i mean, as long as we keep it 🏳️‍⚧️, i'm fine with it

What good's an honest soldier if he can be ordered to behave like a terrorist?

If you choose this Trautman says something like “It’s up to you, but the game doesn’t start until you say YES.” Nothing special today but as a kid this little meta moment kinda blew my mind. (Also i maintain that this game, for all its jank, is easily the most interesting Rambo game out there.)

Collecting TikTok avatars of ppl telling me New York will be under sharia law in six months

Tfw you’ve obtained the “Ham”

very funny for Mr Beast to go 'no its not the Saudi blood money that made me choose there for my theme park, its because its roughly the middle of a world map'

I know this is pedantic, but Kim Davis was not "jailed for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses." She was jailed for contempt of court because she refused to follow a court order (she had stopped issuing all marriage licenses). NYT makes it sound like the Woke Police broke down her door.

Mamdani is already cleaning up the NYPD!

What happened, @nytimes.com? Why not stand by your original headline? Because it’s absolutely an accurate representation of this trash conversation. To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil

Priorities. [Cartoon by Michael de Adder]

might and magic VI: the mandate of heaven, screenshot, pc (1998) www.mobygames.com/game/812/mig...

Trump claims to be a dealmaker. Well, let's make a deal.

i don't have much to say other than that this article is really, really good and i suggest everyone give it a read in terms of how to view, what to keep in mind when engaging w/ interactive historical fiction, and our participation in a glorified past that exists w/in unique contexts.

apropos james watson’s death i had an idle thought today about how stupid race/iq stuff sounds. “buh if your skin is darker you are biologically less smart” is a thing only a dumbass can believe

nothing is more feminist than being profoundly anti-feminist

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if you are the public defense investigator who just subpoenaed Sam Altman on stage know that i love you and think you are a wonder upon this earth.

I'm losing my mind over how many reviewers are like "GDT's Frankenstein makes you wonder who the real monster is." THAT'S THE STORY! That's the story Shelley wrote!

its right behind you dumbass

It is extremely hard and brave to be a woman who wants to take away other people’s rights, including women’s, and for that I am feminist

knightmare II: the maze of galious, boss, msx (1987) www.mobygames.com/game/19474/k...

so proud of all the marginalised devs who have refused to shut up and be grateful. the fight for justice continues, all the stronger without "allies" who are anything but kotaku.com/game-awards-...

"It is very much a game about pretending that you’re getting better by getting better stats, actually.”

The time for science is upon us! Let's rank a fresh batch of NES games, including... wait, Ultima IV was on the NES? Cripes. twitch.tv/jeffgerstmann

if this even happened, it's encouraging that the moms left, because that's what the bare minimum response to this trash needs to be. this bitch has been out to harm children for years now, from covid masking to this, and she shouldn't be considered part of a society

Also, the “decimate” and “[the] hoi polloi” battles are the most poisonous and ass-showing. Avoid them.

My advice to would-be prescriptivists: • Choose your battles. • Don’t pick all the most classist “well, if you spoke Greek, you’d know this” battles. • Know what you’re talking about before you talk about it.

Their recent Worsts video was so valuable to me, most notably the discussion about Shadow of the Erdtree, which remains my fav "game" in years; although I disagree nearly entirely I completely understand their thoughts on it & my experience with the game is richer for understanding Tevis' POV

It's haunting me likely bc I spent all yesterday watching Pluribus, but the extent to which getting genuine enjoyment out of hearing someone else's experience has lost importance vs "validate my every whim no matter how it hurts you" is the source of every problem we currently have.

As the prophets prophesied:

It does deeply tickle me that neoliberalism believes all of politics is keyfabe and you can't truly hold a conviction.

I know I blow this trumpet all the time because I'm quite a fan but I really encourage people to listen to Tevis Thompson's videos on the best and worst games they played in 2024. Their criticism owns its subjectivity but I also always find it revelatory. In other words, even when I disagree,...

holy shit there is no value inherent to the game. The value comes via interpretation. That's why something super valuable to me might be worthless to you

do people really think reviewing a video game is the same thing as reviewing a refrigerator? Can we measure the objective qualities of a video game against other similar products? Can we do a price/value breakdown? Should every video game review reveal the same collected data?

Friends, you can search for a food bank near you via the nonprofit Feeding America - www.feedingamerica.org ** Down to $1.18: How Families Are Coping With SNAP Cuts www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...

lol no she wasn't!

I'm in @thenation.com this morning on the repeated failure of transphobia as political strategy, efforts to scapegoat trans people for Democrats' own failures, and Zohran Mamdani's model of solidarity

Holy shit is this ever true. I had a colleague in one place who tried to fire people who talked about how much their bonus was. I managed to lie down in front of the bus and make that not happen, because even in the USA that’s illegal.

For those idles, we played part of a song for the performer once and told them: You don't have to remember it well. You don't have to be good, in fact it's better if you're not. Think "singing in the shower."

Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man

A film by the mom of our new mayor is now playing on Criterion 24/7!

This is fun!