It was wild to hear teachers and professors say how lucky we are to live in this peaceful democracy. How capitalism creates the best lives and most efficient industries. All that. And life since then has been a slow but steady revelation of the utter ignorance and cope that this worldview requires.

Exhausting how history keeps happening... But fuck it, we ball.

i love robinson's description of this, from memory like "i had no idea how to play this spy shit, but alexander siddig was the most beautiful man i'd ever met in my life, so i decided to just play it like i had a crush on him, and bless his heart, he picked it up immediately and rolled with it"

Working on some smooth low-poly 3D tiles, for subterranean environments. Having trouble with Blender, getting the sharp seams/normals to be shared across different tile shapes. Tricky to get the edges pointing the same kind of forward, but keep the vertical smoothing. Like the general look though!

Working lots of small jobs has enriched my life in so many ways: Teaching music built my communication skills. Angry-customer-management skills learned in retail/restaurants has been invaluable for working with and leading teams. Factory and bio/medical jobs enriched my creative work a lot. Etc.

I think of myself as someone with a good sense of smell... ...but in the Neanderthal "I can guess when a friend is sad, angry, or flustered by their smell" and "I can smell the residue of blood plasma on your day-old scrape from across the room" kind of way.

stay strong today, friends! Happy Rent Day!

Happy New Year! 2025 has been year of big but hopeful changes in my life. Managed most of my big "Goals For The Next 5 Years" since 2020, too. Looking forward to spending 2026 moving, building community, and finding a way to do more of what I love and am good at.

20 years of Job History: - Sax Teacher - Shipping/Receiving - Photo Lab - Prep Cook - Fusion & Blues Musician - Scuba Web Store - Tarantula Research - Junkyard/Salvage - Pet Store - Songbird Rehabilitation - Factory Env./Safety Dept. - Game Dev. But in interviews, I just call myself a Generalist.

Stonesense, the isometric front-end for Dwarf Fortress I made with friends... which was the inspiration for Minecraft's pixels-and-cubes look. When Notch was considering pivoting graphical styles to something higher-res, our chats might be what convinced him to keep the pixels-and-cubes look, too.

Side Story enthusing about @earthbornegames.bsky.social's Earthborne Rangers. How exciting! We've nearly wrapped up our 2-ranger Lure of the Valley campaign. It's such a unique blend of ecological sci fi, co-op card game, and open world immersive sim. Easily an all-time tabletop game experience!

Every time I try to imagine UK terfdom, its a political cartoon where this toothpick with 'queer people are all powerful and malignant in their dominance' scrawled on it holding back a fucking DAM labeled 'bullying poor, weird people is fun and nobody stops you

Check it out lol

This is the type of stuff you think only exists in Dwarf Fortress patch notes

Fixed the mistake. Finally making progress again. Just finished one skein of brown yarn, 420 yards. Only 31 rows until bind off.

Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up. I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.

The only thing ChatGPT ever does.

I love the gimmick in Absolute Martian Manhunter, where the comic tells you to hold a page up to the light, so the colors from the other side of the page bleed through and change the image on the page. Very cool way to represent the isolation of John and Bridget's broken relationship.

Me pretending to be one of my British friends pretending to be an American: "Howdy there, I'm Sara Pepsi from Washconsin Pennesota."

Bored? At your parents' place? Dodging christmas conversation? It's the most wonderful time of the year to help Christmas Hound Mia survive the night! das-kunstkollektiv.itch.io/christmas-ho... #games #indiegames

Saw Die Hard for the first time, and it was pretty good. Felt like an early archetype of the quippy action hero film... But interesting how differently that comes across when that guy is doing it as an unhinged sort of coping mechanism for incredibly stressful circumstances.

For centuries the Irish have emigrated, built the world and supported families and communities back home. This Christmas new communities from all over the world proudly call this island home. Often torn away from the land and the people they love, just as centuries of Irish have been. [1/7]

One of the lesser-known manifestations of the Machine God, the Cringewagon Iron protects, even in its humblest form

If the RAM shortage is leaving you worried that you won't be able to play a slick videogame that's been intensively optimised to run on the piece of broccoli you use as a laptop then wishlist Roman Sands RE:Build today store.steampowered.com/app/2231460/...

I keep having dreams about eating moldy bread. Then waking up with a stomach ache.

Whenever I make time to stream, I remember how fun it is. Might try to stream once a week in the coming year, and see how it goes? Could get through a bunch of the games I've been meaning to play.

Ontologically speaking, Kyle Rayner is Dick Grayson’s Wario.

Archived last night's Zero Ranger stream over on YouTube. Highlight of the night was the lead up to the surprise appearance of the Space Elevator Crab at 2:19:13. What a great game, my goodness. - Link (Timestamped): www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKXl...

As a side effect of streaming tonight, I crossed paths with an old friend. With the Ireland move pending and a lot of things in flux, I've felt sort of adrift... was really nice to trade recipes and catch up. Something grounding about it.

Last 12 hours in the Angeline Era launch sale - Thank you to so many for bumpslashing and searching over the last two weeks!!! The reception has been amazing and we look forward to making many more games!! store.steampowered.com/app/2393920/...

This was a really fun stream! Made doubly so by someone posting it to the System Erasure discord, and introducing me to a bunch of super-fans who hung out. Thanks for coming out all! I had a great time. Hoping to stream some more soon!

Going live! May we attain enlightenment. www.twitch.tv/gadgetpatch

Going live in 30-ish minutes! I grew up on Shmups, so tune in if you want to watch someone be Very Good at Video Games. Or to watch me succumb to my own hubris! Link: www.twitch.tv/gadgetpatch

It's my holiday, and I think I'd like to stream some Zero Ranger tomorrow. I'm thinking Noon-ish, EST. Might be doing a bit of achievement/secret hunting, so it should be a fun watch.! Link: twitch.tv/gadgetpatch/...

playing with colour tables in #picotron

It's my holiday, and I think I'd like to stream some Zero Ranger tomorrow. I'm thinking Noon-ish, EST. Might be doing a bit of achievement/secret hunting, so it should be a fun watch.! Link: twitch.tv/gadgetpatch/...

My new favorite game soundtrack is the Zero Ranger OST, but specifically +TEK's FM Synth arrangements. Seriously, listen to this: plustek.bandcamp.com/track/was-it...

"A fierce battle with Dark Dragon ensued..." The original Shining Force, vanquishers of the Runefaust Invasion and the sinister guiding force behind it all. Now, we turn the page to twenty years after... 📺: Shining Force CD, Sonic! Software Planning, 1994 (MCD)

Suddenly gripped with the desire to make a shmup game where you play as a courier or freight pilot, and have to run blockades and dodge enemy fire with no means to fight back.

BARBAROUS UPDATE! ⚔️🪡 Chapter 9 Pg 28! my cool sword... 🗡️😭 Read for free at johnnywander.com!

Keep thinking about this term "pre-digested" that Kojima used to describe art that's instantly gratifying. And how it's better when people grow to love something instead. I've gravitated, as player and designer, toward the latter, but that term "pre-digested" is new and feels very strong.

itch.io's Winter Sale 2025 has started!🎉 LovelyComposer and DungeonWitches are also on sale, and you can grab the bundle for just $7! itch.io/s/173177/win... #LovelyComposer

Recently discovered a series of one shot Phantasy Star manga, written and illustrated by various artists involved in the series, and printed in a short-lived Sega Fan Doujinshi. Got me wishing we'd seen more of Chieko Aoki and Rieko Kodama's visions of Phantasy Star in the rest of the series.

My little puzzle game was just selected to receive a big grant! I am very pleased. :3

n163+apu2 drums with very dynamic sounding DPCM chords makes for such a lovely sound 🥰 also feeling like i might try to make a cover of this for fun/to better my music theory lol