they said it was the height of foolishness to go up against baby steps on 9/23. don't do it, they pleaded, you must postpone. but no.... i vowed this wave of silksong delays would end with me. and so, i am pleased to announce i made today's puzzmo crossword, SELECTED WORKS puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...

I tried an early version of this and it feels like running a good-natured psyop on your friend group, it rules

I had a chance to try out an early version of Starfriends in March while having a couple of beers and it was a blast! If you're looking for a social card game, it's easy and a lot of fun.

damn… huge moment for my friend dracula, he’s worked so hard for this

we can call this one in under 20 minutes, instant classic

CHOTINER: This game you like to play, what's it called? ME: Slay the Spire. CHOTINER: And you play it on the computer? ME: Yeah. Well, I also have it on my phone. I played another 300 hours. CHOTINER: And these other games in your Steam library. Have you finished them? ME: Now hold on a second,

on a scale of ★ to ★★★★★, what's a ★★ food? or ★★★★★ weather? do you and your friends even agree on what "★★★★" means? announcing STARFRIENDS, a new social card game that melds these questions into the best kind of loosely competitive experience. physical decks coming soon, follow our KS page today!

I love reading this as if I don't know that "baby steps" is a video game

i have some tips for people playing baby steps: - when you're on solid ground, you can hold your foot in the air indefinitely. use that to find perfect placement for it - you can walk in directions other than forward. - you can pull back a step to regain footing - i think the crown is worth it

Baby Steps starts as an elaborate shitpost before slowly revealing itself to be a sincere game about male insecurity. A deconstruction of the kind of idealized picture of manhood that video games helped create wrapped in a terrific slapstick comedy. My review. www.polygon.com/baby-steps-r...

Baby Steps is genius and somehow truly thrilling in pajamas. OUT NOW by Bennett Foddy, Gabe Cuzzillo, and Maxi Boch! store.steampowered.com/app/1281040/...

doubtless you have already heard, but Bennett Foddy, Gabe Cuzzillo, and Maxi Boch's new game is out today and it's really good. store.steampowered.com/app/1281040/...

they said it was the height of foolishness to go up against baby steps on 9/23. don't do it, they pleaded, you must postpone. but no.... i vowed this wave of silksong delays would end with me. and so, i am pleased to announce i made today's puzzmo crossword, SELECTED WORKS puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...

edit: nobody’s ready for baby steps TODAY

🚨 ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 After 4 years of work, my solarpunk game finally has a title, a trailer, and a Steam page! Wishlist... Future? No Thanks! 👉 futurenothanks.com

sorry but nobody’s ready for baby steps tomorrow. this game is going to ruin people (complimentary)

There's one week left to apply for the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant ⏰‼️ If you're thinking of applying, make sure you get your applications in before next Sunday in order to be considered. Grant: $15,000 USD Deadline: Sept 28th Link: grants.draknek.org

PROSPECTOR: whoa, big hit on the detector here by the river ME (his assistant, finding a body): uh, boss— PROSPECTOR: damn it’s a huuuge gold ring ME (more insistently): please take a look at this PROSPECTOR: haha another giant golden ring! and i see even more, scattered— ME (wailing): sonic is dead

My new shirt design is a very serious PSA that I was asked to make, because apparently a lot of people don't know. roryblank.bigcartel.com

The law firm that handles my institution's visa and immigration work is urging the same. If you have an H-1B visa and are out of the country, get back today, or not at all. And if you're in the U.S. already on an H-1B, don't leave.

Higher education in the USA is in a death spiral: ludicrous tuitions, defunding, censorship, repression, and a looming demographic cliff. That's a huge opportunity for English-language universities worldwide. www.cbsnews.com/news/college...

Our standalone encore feed of A Year of UFO 50 has begun! A weekly re-airing from the start, the best way to experience the book club. Tell a pal! It should be searchable within a few days but links for now: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... feeds.libsyn.com/593495/rss

Do you guys ever think about how if Keiko ever left him, he’d be Solo Dad O’Brien

compelling and thoughtful critique! i was definitely part of the cart life hype apparatus at the time, and this illuminated some blind spots i don’t think i was as conscious of back then. game still fucked me up in an indelible and impressive way but it’s good to revisit stuff like this, years later

icymi i did a Cyber Owls speedrun LIVE last night www.twitch.tv/videos/25690...

it’s not like there are any other games releasing at the same time 🤡 store.steampowered.com/app/2359120/... #indiegames #hades2 #gaming #silksong #cloverpit #babysteps

Naarm/Melbourne! We are re-fostering these beautiful two cats (indoor only) and looking to adopt them (as a pair). They are so so so sweet and we would have adopted them ourselves if we didn’t already have our own. Get in touch!

- Most excitingly, we can announce what we'll be doing next: A Year of Michael Brough (@smestorp.bsky.social) Premiering November 12 1 game a month for 12 months, starting with 868-HACK plus other non-Brough episodes in between We hope you'll join us!

- Starting this Friday 09/20, we'll be re-airing the entire Year of UFO 50, weekly, on its own standalone feed. A much more fun way to play along - just subscribe and let the episodes come to you! Perfect for Switch/new players, tell your friends! And watch this space for a link... and finally...

- In recent weeks we crossed 1 MILLION unique downloads of our show. Thanks for helping us hit such a wild number! - We also recently celebrated the 7th anniversary of our first episode as The Spelunky Showlike. Hopefully many more years to go! (And possibly another rebrand...) and also...

On this hallowed launch anniversary of UFO 50, we have some big news to share for those who missed our epic live finale last night! (VOD here, with an extra :30 of warmup: www.twitch.tv/videos/25690... - to be trimmed and posted as audio soon...) In order of escalating coolness, news in thread:

a nice writeup about our year of ufo50! looks like the media information ecosystem is healthy after all. *puts hand to earpiece* wait a minute www.gamespot.com/articles/an-...

AND WE’RE LIVE twitch.tv/eggplantshow

Tonight! A live finale to an improbable series! @nealen.bsky.social @doougle.net @lauraehall.bsky.social @stfj.net @robdubbin.bsky.social @selmaleh.bsky.social @nsuttner.bsky.social and a swath of amazing guests, segments, and news!

i won’t repost the cursed yearbook photo of the new supposed democratic thinktank everyone’s rightfully dunking on, but i do wonder if this thing where institutional loser dems point all their opposition energy leftward is gonna be what ultimately breaks the US two-party system. this shit can’t last

Natalie isn’t a public figure. But she’s been caught in the crosshairs of a broad right-wing harassment movement — one sanctioned and encouraged by the government. www.theverge.com/policy/77897...

um holy shit what CMYK is publishing MAGICAL ATHLETE with an updated design by Richard Garfield !??! This is one of the stone cold unpurchasble classics. how the heck did they manage to track down the rights to this???? instant order from me. cc @jessefuchs.bsky.social www.cmyk.games/products/mag...

yesssssssssssssssssssssssss @colbertlateshow.bsky.social !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

it’s a grace note at best on the layered ironic catastrophe we’re all living through, but Woke Bill Kristol continues to be the psy-op (right? it’s gotta be) that keeps on giving. anyway, solidarity

did a little media criticism www.theverge.com/politics/777...

ok so small correction re: that 50 in UFO50

After an episode exploring UFO 50's metanarrative this week, we'll be doing a LIVE finale for the series next week! Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games Presents: A Year of UFO 50 Finale Eggstravaganza - LIVE! 09/17 at 5:30pm PST @ twitch.tv/eggplantshow (And after that, a final dev interview!)

50 games we freakin did it

Eggplant Presents: A Year of UFO 50 - Cyber Owls We're joined by @iznaut.com, @shawndoublea.bsky.social, and legendary voicemailer Rand to discuss the 50th game in UFO 50. “A superweapon threatens to destroy the world, and it's up to the Cyber Owls to save the day!” eggplant.show/ep-a-year-of...

This Wednesday at panke.gallery: Hostile Platforms / Beloved Margins – solo show by Everest Pipkin; opening: 10 Sep 2025, 7 PM panke.gallery/exhibition/h... This is a retrospective of browser-based works from the last decade, from the lens of (or lack of) stability practices on corporate platforms.

ok i’ll bite. first question: what’s the danger

between the silksong release and rfk jr testifying to congress about his plans to kill lots of people, what a huge moment for murderous worms

maybe what crashed all the stores is calling it “silksong” when it is clearly a video game. type error

while you’re waiting for all the digital game storefronts to come back…..

well *i’ve* been waiting six years for steam to crash. so it’s a pretty big day for me too