the silksong mods are already popping the fuck off

Nate Baby Steps is the most "just try estradiol for a couple months and see if you feel better" character of all time

Estradiol

"The decision has not affected Microsoft’s wider commercial relationship with the IDF, which is a longstanding client and will retain access to other services" but still!

Poly Pixel if you read this I'm free on Thursday night and would like to hang out. Please respond to this and then hang out with me on Thursday night when I’m free. www.inverse.com/gaming/blipp...

Starting imminently!!

because we are not immune to marketing, @stellarine.bsky.social will be playing Peak tonight to unlock a new emote for everyone in chat, then maybe moving to something new depending on how quickly we perish. 8:30 Eastern at twitch.tv/parallelplayers

I get that glorifying violence while demonizing sex is like a core part of american culture but it seems insane to focus so much on how gory and violent wolverine is going to be in the midst of a moral crisis cracking down on even a suggestion of a hint of sexuality in games

Highly recommend this great critique from @beewertheimer.com too, which gets at why Consume Me being autobiographical doesn't actually make its messiness any more compelling www.endlessmode.com/video-games/...

I love the way Consume Me coaxes you into self-destructive behavior to make progress, but was extremely let down when both its mechanics and narrative undercut its message in the end www.inverse.com/gaming/consu...

on account of our being briefly raptured, tomorrow's episode will be up a few hours later than normal. also god says we're her favorite podcast

PaRappa's PaRapture

I can't believe it. They've finally made a funny video game

Me when I'm trying to enjoy my leisure time but I also have depression

DO YOU REMEMBER

Where is his condemnation of the endless amount of harassment Erika Ishii has received because they're playing the main character in Yotei?

Waiting in a freezing room for someone to come take my blood. A mixture of anticipation and fear sets in and I've been here so long I wonder whether they've forgotten me. I know I'll feel better when it's over but I still cringe at the pain. Doctor's visits are vampire yuri

When I was in journalism school so many years ago it felt like writing for New York Times was the goal - like you'd made it if that happened. But now, I wouldn't write for that paper for any amount of money - not with their attacks on trans people, and anti-democratic rhetoric. Just a weird thought.

Happy 🐝 yourself Friday!!! Listen to this incredible ep of Leaving the Party about Felvidek! A game that we almost talked about on our show, but ultimately did not for a lot of the reasons Kerry and Tess bring up in the episode!!!!

I'm sooo glad we got Stephen on to talk about my favorite comic! This episode was an absolute blast

save me, many drawings of rats

Metal Garden got another update (adding auto-aim, which is really cool), so I was finally able to justify writing about it www.inverse.com/gaming/metal...

slight delay, see you soon! <3

Woman goes to doctor. Says she's depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Doctor says, 'Treatment is simple. Great stream ParallelPlayers is in town tonight. Go and see them. That should pick you up.' Woman bursts into tears. Says, 'But doctor…I am twitch.tv/parallelplayers 8/7c tonight

Yes we talk about Silksong in this episode. Though we also find time for Fire Emblem thoughts, a wedding debrief, and Willa's Katabasis review. open.spotify.com/episode/3KWG...

I just wish people would stop reading the new york times and writing for the new york times and sharing links to the new york times and subscribing to the new york times and playing games from the new york times and acting like harming trans people isn't a core function of the new york times

After loving the demo for Ambrosia Sky, I had a really illuminating chat with Kaitlin Tremblay and Adam Volker of @softrains.bsky.social about death, community, and mushrooms www.inverse.com/gaming/ambro...

my wife (EATI) has finally returned from war (being too busy to edit)

💚💜DARK KNIGHT GIRLFRIEND💜💚 (fanart for @foreverfuture.bsky.social , this game rocks!!)

want to put put there again that @goblin-cat.bsky.social and i plan to keep making games, and would really love to find a sound designer and/or a coder (familiar w godot) to keep in our circle and hit up for projects. ideally you’re also into telling strange and often scary queer stories. lmk!

me after reading 100 consecutive "trannies are a threat to the nation's purity and must be exterminated" headlines: wow why do I suddenly feel so depressed for no reason

me at 5pm: night coffee ? the various demons which have begun to crowd my field of vision until all i can see is a pinpoint of light: night coffee (:

ditto, Ditto

the wsj is sincerely desperate to find some way to use this event to get trans people killed

I could really go for some cave time this weekend (where I leave society to live in a cave and am never heard from again)

also big fan of a woman who hates a man so much that simply killing him will not satisfy her and for that reason she refuses to die

there need to be actual repercussions for all the people who use our community as an immediate scapegoat and punching bag for anything and everything that happens and the mainstream media who willingly go along with them on this. enough is enough.

Queer developers speak out as adult games remain in limbo following payment processor showdown at Steam and itch.io www.eurogamer.net/queer-develo...

it turns out we are NOT as smart as rabbits. I had no idea those little guys were doing such complex spell rotations all the time, it makes sense why they always seem stressed

having mastered the art of being bugs, @stellarine.bsky.social and I will ascend the food chain and become bunnies tonight at 8 Eastern on twitch.tv/parallelplayers

okay this seems like a good moment for this: do you guys think video games are art

Mankind collectively escapes the cycle of suffering.

taking my Dark Knight Girlfriend to the corner store is very silly but that's not going to stop me from getting all sentimental about it www.inverse.com/gaming/dark-...

Had an absolutely lovely time with my dear friends AJ and Kim talking about pushing bugs off tambourines, and also how I love crying and being sad about a different video game (coincidentally also about fighting bugs)

I'm two for two this year on sequels to indie games I loved not hitting for me, so the idea of Hades 2 launching just makes me nervous

lately when i’m feeling hopeless i just think of the Katamari cat wearing scuba gear. if she can survive in an inhospitable environment then so can i

taking my Dark Knight Girlfriend to the corner store is very silly but that's not going to stop me from getting all sentimental about it www.inverse.com/gaming/dark-...