One month later, we've sold enough tapes to almost cover almost 1/6th of what it cost to make them 🦾🦾 Peep the link to help make that 1/5th!

Gotta say I HATED seeing Tupac announced for Stranger Than Heaven, but it’s hard for me to divorce it from the bigger issue of deep faking people for profit long after their deaths. Personally, I’m against it, but it’s hard to articulate why.

see you in a few hours

The rumors are true: Jordan and I will be steaming Summer Game Fest, offering insight and commentary that will blow minds like literally nuggets will be exploding as if we stuck dynamite in your ears see you then

Played through the Silver Pines demo this morning. I love it! You can check out my playthrough and commentary over on the HIDDEN MACHINE ANNEX

HAM HOLE DEMO OUT NOW

One time when I was home sick from school my grandfather came to check on me and asked me if my bowels had moved, but I had never heard the term before and was convinced he was asking me if my balls moved. I was frozen with embarrassment and confusion and just said, “I think so”

007 First Light is good! The gameplay is tight, but I am equally impressed by all of the little environmental details.

An all-new episode of Yeah, I've Played is live on the channel right now! This time around we are discussing Pragmata!

At some point in the future, I've got the next Nancy collection and the complete Zap Comix coming from @fantagraphics.bsky.social, and the Alan Wake and Grasshopper books from @lostincult.co.uk (plus the next issue of [lock-on]). A gift to my future self from a past self who had extra book money.

Drop everything and buy Endlight AGAIN. It's 50% off ($10 CAN / $7.50 USA) which is an absolute steal. I recently started replaying (just for fun) and boy howdy is it chaotic and absolutely weird. What were we THINKING?! store.steampowered.com/app/1299860/...

Watching America's Serial Killers: Portraits in Evil (2009). The narrator does a great job most of the time, but maybe once per episode he goes into a ridiculous character voice and it always catches me off guard

Finally starting to be nice enough to shoot some Yeah, I've Played episodes outside! Our Pragmata discussion is coming next week!

Game dev update: I think all core functions are in place. Playtest demo v soon. Then, a massive overhaul, all of my shoddy environmental art is being reworked by @fearmongrel.bsky.social (who is also doing the character models and animations). A big, real demo coming later this year.

I've been searching for a reliable ergonomic keyboard for the past five years. Lots of duds that wind up malfunctioning after 16 months or so. Today I received a Ragnok RK104. My first low profile keyboard, and my first mechanical keyboard. Feels good so far!

this is why you should play Heavy Rain

Honored to be working with @glebtsereteli.bsky.social on my game! Congratulations!

Just heard Violent J describe ICP’s sound as a mix of Michael Jackson, NWA, and Pearl Jam. Totally makes sense.

Hi, if you'd like to help test a very nascent and rough version of the point and click adventure game that I am working on, please shoot me a DM. The goal of this test is to get some feedback on the controls and basic systems. Nothing too exciting, but it will be very helpful!

Is it totally unrealistic to ship a game that doesn’t need any updates after launch?

I have no idea if it was intentional, since both games are likely inspired in part by the board game Operation, but the first arcade game you can play in Replaced is very reminiscent of M*A*S*H! Looking at the sprites, it seems like an obvious homage, but I'd love to get a confirmation!

Now that I’ve gotten 100% of the achievements in Brotato, I need a similarly addictive/mindless game for evening Steam Deck sessions. Suggestions?

Twelve years in the making, my cohort Sam Egan and I have published a 14-song compilation of underground punk songs we have collected over the years. Tapes and downloads available via Bandcamp! This is a little piece of something much larger; it'll make more sense in the future.

I saw a lot of excitement over the "RESIDENT DEVIL" poster in PRAGMATA, but I didn't see any posts about the "GHOULS 'N GHOSTS" poster. Maybe there's a deeper meaning, but either way, it's fun to see Capcom acknowledge their own rich history like this

working on some new music

I haven't had a ton of time for gaming lately, but today I'm making a roundup video with mini reviews for around 30 games and demos I've checked out over the past few months

found a folder of images from 2022 that I generated using Midjourney. There was a brief window where gen AI was exciting for me, solely due to how horrific the results were. I hadn't yet considered the social or environmental impacts, I just wanted see Ronald McDonald with a gun

9pm EST, Jordan is starting Death Stranding 2!

Many years ago, I compiled a big gallery of game art ripping off other art for Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social Now I've started rebuilding it as a database with browsing by tags and fun comparison sliders at samderboo.com/tracing.php

Last summer, my band self-released our first LP. This week, we published a video breaking down all of the costs involved in making that vinyl record. We learned a lot, and we're hoping that this little project postmortem can help other people learn some things too!

Some extra new shots from the Gamescon Latam panel and Remedy dev diary! #ControlResonant

Jordan is live RIGHT NOW and he is close to beating PRAGMATA!

The vocal processing on pop country is getting so intense that people are starting to sound like K.K. Slider

Jordan going live with more PRAGMATA in 15 minutes from now! That's 10:15 pm EST!

No spoilers, but the ending of PRAGMATA got me pumped for a potential sequel. I really didn't care much about the story throughout most of the game, but the scenario being set up at the end feels like it has so much potential to go to some very fun and unexpected places.

An insane find at Ollie's today. Imagine getting questioned for letting your dog wear the GREEN LIVES MATTER shirt so you hit them with the "I Just Really Love Pickledog" bandana in response

getting closer

Feeling like I might 100% PRAGMATA

More PRAGMATA with Jordan tonight! Going live at 8:15 pm EST!

Jordan is going live with Pragmata right now!

A new update video! If I look tired, it is because I am!

I have made a few tutorials for getting Max Payne to run on modern computers. They work for a lot of folks, but just as many report issues. It’s unfair to the legacy of this game and all who worked on it to let it fall into disrepair like this, but I don’t know how to help.

Picked up PRAGMATA today. Happy to report that I think it is brilliant. Lots of Capcom goodness in there. I think it does a great job of recontextualizing and remixing lots of familiar tropes into something that is engaging and challenging in a really fun and welcoming way.

Last year, I had the opportunity to interview Ed Logg, the programmer behind games like Asteroids, Centipede, Gauntlet, and many more. That interview was originally intended to be part of a straightforward career retrospective. However...

After ten years or more I have finally upgraded to the sane and rational case for season six

7:30 pm EST, Jordan returns to the village! The evil village! The RESIDENT EVIL VILLAGE!

I spent a full year working on this video and it is finally done! It’ll premiere on Friday at 5pm EST! Three hours, interviews with nearly twenty different people discussing over thirty years worth of games! I learned a lot!

Please find enclosed the latest FBC document on Dylan Faden (P6). Be sure to study it closely. For any additional information needs, please submit an information release form in triplicate. #CONTROLResonant

Pretty solid thrifting haul. I had no idea there was a Belly 2, but it turned out to be an unrelated movie that just had the Belly name slapped onto it. The Get Down On It VHS is still sealed, but I'll be cracking it open and transferring it soon!

I haven’t talked about my game much lately, but things are going well. Lots of cool little things coming together! My main priorities right now are getting a playtest build done for June and to just make as much money as I can in the meantime to fund the rest of development