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Not to be a stereotype but

The dumbest way I have ever won a game of Magic.

This is vile. I'm sorry we lost a legend but he's gone and no soulless, hack computer program will ever recreate the man he was. He will not "once again be a presence." A ghoulish facimile will be. Shame on everyone involved in this stunt.

Happy Friday, nerds!

We're just expected to keep doing this, huh?

Riftbound preview night!

Remember when people shit on the plot of Tomorrow Never Dies because a media mogul wasn't scary enough of a villain?

Good lord. Watching a Spider-Man MTG box opening video only to get jump scared partway through as dude starts going off on "why is Spider Woman on the packaging for Spider-Man? It's called Spider-MAN." Imagine being Like This in 2025. Loser behaviour.

If I had a nickel for every movie that stars Jack Black going into dangerous wildnerness to shoot a movie only to put him and his crew's life at risk due to the oversized creatures lurking within, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot but yadda yadda you get it.

When you take a dozen beautiful, vibrant, and intentionally chosen colors and blend them all together, you get a sludge brown that contains none of the beauty of the original ingredients. That is genAI.

Oh shit! I'm on this week's @amithebolcast.bsky.social talking about how @jfcdoomblade.bsky.social finally got me into MTG, my love of storytelling as card mechanics, and more! rss.com/podcasts/bol...

This is the most 90s-ass game ad I have seen since commercial breaks between Dragonball Z.

My TV's latest firmware upgrade changed the screensaver to include an ad about LG's streaming channels. Who the fuck came up with the idea of enshittifying a TV screensaver? I am going to lose my mind.

My 24hr stream in support of SickKids Children's Hospital is in November, so it's time: I'm looking for prizes to give away! Digital goods, cool swag, you name it. This is my 10TH YEAR and we have raised over $23,000 USD together! DM me if you have anything! Does not need to be game-related!

A young girl, reported missing after a cave-in months ago, has re-appeared as the leader of a mysterious Pokemon commune. With no humans welcome, there is only one way to get to the bottom of this case: Pokemon Pokopia x Detective Pikachu: 2026

The official Canadian Petition to reign in payment processor censorship has stalled out just under 10k signatures. This is a reminder for Canadians, this is an OFFICIAL petition that will be responded to. Show your support in protecting our free speech! www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Guess I won't be picking this up. Shame, I was looking forward to a full series playthrough.

The final Yakuza shipment came in from Limited Run! Now I just need a lot more free time.

"No feminist agenda here" I scream into the ether, begging for money from an audience of losers. "It's not like we hate ourselves", I assure them. "We just lack integrity or the ability to read the fucking room."

The world has progressively gotten worse since we stopped making AMVs to Save Yourself by Stabbing Westward. Coincidence or correlation?

A rare Warner Bros W. Feels weird to root for a corporation, but if they win this, it becomes a very big domino falling along the way to destroying this slop and its sloplords.

Tell the government that your credit card company should mind their fucking business!

Toxic Avenger fucking rules. Over the top, funny as hell, and full of performances best described as "understood the assignment." Can't believe it took so long for us to get to see this film, but it was worth the wait.

Using this piece by @reallygoodwizard.bsky.social in my introductory lectures for my design students.

Good morning from Montreal, the normal place.

Papers Please but you're a player trying to find the right person in the chain of command of a dev team to issue your complaints to.

Kringles.

Good mail day!

Who's going to PAX Unplugged? Never been to a PAX. Thinking of finally fixing that.

Every video game development cycle is made up of a number of We're So Backs and It's So Overs. You only learn how many of which in realtime and they cannot be predicted. When you ship with more We're So Backs than It's So Overs, you made a good game. #GameDevWisdom

I am becoming more and more intrigued by Riftbound but do I have space in my life for two TCGs??

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I unplugged from my devices for six days as part of a cottage trip and I feel like a different person. I've decided to stop wearing my smartwatch unless it's to track exercise. I'm going to start putting my phone on Do Not Disturb more often just to distance myself from it.

Haven't been keeping up on my weekend reads lately because of how busy things have been, but spent a few days at a cottage with friends and took care of this backlog.

Wow, Valiant Comics can get fucked.

After being certain I'd miss it, I got to see the Shin Godzilla 4K re-release and goddamn what an experience. Missed it in theatres when it first came out and it was worth the wait.

SOMA 2015 Frictional Games

Wait, we can have 3??

I'm offering writing portfolio reviews or half hour career advice calls over Zoom to anyone who donates $20+ to the Poprik fundraiser. DM me!

Fighting the urge to go into the AI boyfriend Reddit and respond to every single thread with "this is an embarrassing thing to admit in public."

Literally making the case for their own demise.

Writers should internalize Lao Tzu's lesson about how the emptiness at the center of a wheel is what makes it useful, and how a pot is valuable because of where the clay *isn't*. Corporate geek culture has warped us into thinking that negative spaces are flaws that need to be fixed.

Oh hey, that's me!

Good mail day!

Together is going to stick with me for A WHILE. What a movie.

They put Scarecrow in the Windows XP wallpaper and called it an improvement.

I've been super busy and forgot that this went public. Thrilled to be part of the 2025 Next Gen Leaders cohort alongside some incredible people from across the industry. Between this, taking game design, and oh right, My Actual Job (TM), 2025 has been a busy one!

*Jack Kirby intensifies*

Traded for my most-wanted card from Edge of Eternities!