Tariffs are fucking things up for everyone, and "AI is killing jobs" is the cover story, except the GenAI emperor has no clothes and seven fingers

sorry guys i accidentally deleted the spreadsheet with the first drafts of homophobic potato chip brands and it turns out it was somehow load bearing to the entire driving system and the only guy who knows how to fix it got fired in the union busting so

Huh, maybe they should have held onto those 30-40 employees.

I thought people were overreacting to the rude label but mine was set to hide and not warn and I didn't even know it. Go check your moderation settings and make sure that they're what you want.

Break out those calipers, boys, we're doing phrenology again

The fact that Steam requires disclosure of GenAI usage is exceptional because most players simply do not care

Tonight's Too Good To Go haul is absolutely diabolical. Three kgs of vegetables, zero meat, zero snacks, and two family-sized meal prep kits (just add meat!) for our family of two 😅

Hey! This sounds great I’m currently working on two active game projects for @mrhands31.bsky.social and @enbykaiju.itch.io where I’m creating all the backgrounds myself You can check out my work here: www.artstation.com/artwork/qJ6P4R Do you already have the backgrounds story ready for this project?

Me: Took the product photo in the poop box like you asked, boss Boss: I said "light box"

Me: Took the product photo in the poop box like you asked, boss Boss: I said "light box"

This was on for me too! Wtf!!

Everything reminds me of him 🐴

Today we just got 100 new followers and a bunch of people saying "whoa I've never heard of this" re: the game we have been thumping into the ground for the last 3 years by posting one gif from our earliest demo. If you think you post too much about your game: you probably don't!

Losing one's CashApp for buying a sex toy... insane

You have to lay the bricks for the churches you want to see in the world, even if you can only carry one at a time

This is good. It means we're punching through the noise 👇

I love discussing my ideas for narrative with the game director 😊

Working two jobs is fine and all, but throw in a job interview in the middle of my day, and I am one drained bitch 😫

I have supported my partner with my UI/UX salary in the past! But in this time of brutal games industry layoffs and project cancellations, he's currently my safety net thanks to his job as a Sr Gameplay Engineer, while I've been underemployed working freelance contracts and unable to find FT work.

I work for a startup as the breadwinner for my family, and I'm making an indie game on the side. My wife says I'm lucky to be handsome because smart he ain't

It's starting to feel like the US's soft power is kinda played out, which could be good, or, umm, really bad

You can expect more of this from countries, even close US allies and trade partners going forward. Not many countries out there willing to let a growth sector of their economy be crippled by US payment processors deciding to fuck with international trade.

If they gave me the "not very good at posting" label I wouldn't contest it, but they don't have the balls

I can't wait for the fourth unprecedented economic crash in my lifetime

Us adult game makers all have a Gem. I use mine to power my electric kettle

Many people are saying the game will "fuck you up emotionally, but in a good way"

I hope other states take note about how to present ballot proposals about taxes because this is some excellent content design

Turns out "everyone transgender now" was a winning message after all 😌

This pose is harder than it looks 🤍🐇

When you lend a piece of your heart to a cat, she will inevitably run away with it 💔

Never underestimate the productivity gains from making custom-tailored tools for your game, and the productivity losses from spending all your time making tools instead of making content 😤

The major flaw in this doomed project to slide more dollars into the pocket of a militant transphobe is that the books have already been adapted into an extremely successful movie franchise

I don't care what anyone else thinks, this movie fucking ruled

this was for a colorado measure guaranteeing universal free lunch for kids. funny how a short two-column table can say so much in so little space.

Us adult game makers all have a Gem. I use mine to power my electric kettle

Yeah the next time anyone tells you to throw us under the bus if you wanna win, you just go ahead and throw them under the bus instead cus yerp

Everyone wins when everybody uses public transport

Finally, it's the Year of the Gay Foxes Desktop

Couldn't help it

I work for a startup as the breadwinner for my family, and I'm making an indie game on the side. My wife says I'm lucky to be handsome because smart he ain't

This is a common story from triple A friends and, imo, as good an argument as any for why games should be drastically smaller productions. It's bad leadership, but also it must be easy to get paranoid about whether or not you have 'the thing' when the budget keeps ballooning. It becomes a cycle.

I contracted on a game that fundamentally changed what it was trying to be every six months because the CD had played a new game over the weekend. They worked on that doomed project for ever seven years before someone finally pulled the plug

You could honestly boil this down to even fewer bullets, IMO: 1. Failure to delegate (this covers all of the "approval" or "direction" issues) 2. Not prioritizing retention (turnover has *enormous* hidden costs) 3. Lack of transparency (this is where weak direction and decision-making live)

And you can buy an excellent handheld microphone on Amazon for €100 and record your own sound effects if you can't find something suitable for your game. I promise it's fun!!

It's cool how we keep proving over and over and over again that there's a significant market for narrative-heavy, character-driven, single-player experiences in video games and publishers just categorically refuse to believe us

"[ASMR] Person Who Kinda Looks Like Your Mother If You Squint Comforts You About Your Poor Academic Performance While You Hold Hands" has been removed from PornHub for depicting handholding outside of wedlock

And you can buy an excellent handheld microphone on Amazon for €100 and record your own sound effects if you can't find something suitable for your game. I promise it's fun!!