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Rob "Xemu" Fermier

@xemu.bsky.social

He/ Him. Making games since 1993. System Shock 1&2, Age of Mythology, Heretic Operative, Millennia, and lots of others. MIT grad, founder at Irrational Games & C Prompt Games. Next project: TBD!

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Slay the Spire is literally the only game that every single member of my family plays. Can't wait!

04.03.2026 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I told my parents about the state of the game industry like this: a game was announced in the prime spot of the game awards, then it came out and had 2 million players. so it was a collosal failure

04.03.2026 13:58 β€” πŸ‘ 445    πŸ” 100    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0

tired: Blexas

wired: Blarkansas

04.03.2026 03:42 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

They’re referencing a PC world article but … yeah

04.03.2026 03:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

i haven't seen enough: Dallas County is Crockett's home district, is currently reporting 0% votes in, and Ken Paxton just said people waiting in line can go fuck off

04.03.2026 03:16 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

The TX supreme court interfering in Dallas is just going to add so much noise to a close election.

04.03.2026 03:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A screenshot of the Polymarket website showing a prediction market titled "Nuclear weapon detonation by...?" under the Geopolitics and Ukraine categories. The market displays three betting options with their current probabilities and "Buy Yes" or "Buy No" prices: "March 31" at 5%, "June 30" at 12%, and "Before 2027" at 22%. The total trading volume shown is over $843,000.

A screenshot of the Polymarket website showing a prediction market titled "Nuclear weapon detonation by...?" under the Geopolitics and Ukraine categories. The market displays three betting options with their current probabilities and "Buy Yes" or "Buy No" prices: "March 31" at 5%, "June 30" at 12%, and "Before 2027" at 22%. The total trading volume shown is over $843,000.

Polymarket has created a betting market on the use of nuclear weapons. Everyone involved in this should be put in prison for life.

04.03.2026 01:05 β€” πŸ‘ 7894    πŸ” 2343    πŸ’¬ 251    πŸ“Œ 509

Are Democrats in the Colorado legislature ready to impeach Polis if he does this?

04.03.2026 02:27 β€” πŸ‘ 128    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0

Seriously, I respect MY favorite Final Fantasy game by constantly trying to collapse all of time and space, it's like the minimum bar.

03.03.2026 21:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So, in launching a huge bombing campaign on Iran they apparently didn't plan for:

- Who takes over;
- Interceptor shortages from sustained drone retaliation;
- How to defend US bases in the region;
- Threats to ships in the Strait of Hormuz; and
- How to evacuate Americans with airspace closed.

03.03.2026 21:13 β€” πŸ‘ 10900    πŸ” 3394    πŸ’¬ 604    πŸ“Œ 352

I agree with all of this, and it seems crazy to me that ZERO of these things were listed in that "Target comeback" article that was making the rounds.

03.03.2026 21:37 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

How do you launch a game as a service without a post launch run scheduled and budgeted? This keeps happening to an extent that I assume it’s part of the (stupid) plan.

Gonna open a restaurant, but if it’s not profitable by 7:30pm on day one, I’m gonna burn it down and blame the chef.

03.03.2026 21:08 β€” πŸ‘ 370    πŸ” 46    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 2

If I were teaching the classics to a bunch of gen Z kids, this is the model for a greek tragedy.
Chorus: This is a bad idea
Keighley: I'm gonna do it.
Chorus: This is a bad idea.
Keighley: Not only am i gonna do it, I'm gonna be real smug about it too.
*TRAGEDY*
Keighley: Welp this was a bad idea

03.03.2026 21:17 β€” πŸ‘ 111    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Love to be told we can't have UBI or Universal Health Care when we can afford to insure the most-at-risk oil tankers there have ever been.

03.03.2026 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Greg Davies: Walked out of the underworld. Didn't look back once. Job done!

Orpheus: Thanks

Alex Horne: We did want to show you one more clip of when he came out...

03.03.2026 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 328    πŸ” 78    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 11

Yeah I am great with PvP, and I am great with PvE but for me personally, the mix of the two is very unpleasant.

03.03.2026 19:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

7 only for chewing on the cap.

03.03.2026 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Bernie Sander’s 2028 litmus test would strangle America’s golden goose

Bernie Sander’s 2028 litmus test would strangle America’s golden goose

Surprise! The Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post is against my 5% billionaire wealth tax. I wonder why?

If enacted, Bezos would owe $12 billion in taxes, and an average family of 4 would receive a $12,000 direct payment.

Poor Jeff would be left with just $224 billion to survive.

03.03.2026 17:09 β€” πŸ‘ 6652    πŸ” 1892    πŸ’¬ 182    πŸ“Œ 105
Preview
@xemu22's finished Typeshift #870 Re-imagined mainstays like the daily Crossword Puzzle, modern classics like Really Bad Chess and SpellTower, and even a few brand new puzzles.

puzzmo.com/play/typeshi...

03.03.2026 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sales tax (VAT etc) AND corporation tax AND income tax. Also don't forget refunds. Also don't forget 3rd party costs like contractors, marketing, localisation, software/tools, hardware, internet/webhosting, etc.

After all that, you get to pay yourself.

03.03.2026 09:34 β€” πŸ‘ 401    πŸ” 86    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 0
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living in the 2020’s

04.01.2026 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 5520    πŸ” 2492    πŸ’¬ 38    πŸ“Œ 9
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
No. 25A914
NICOLE MALLIOTAKIS, ET AL. v. MICHAEL WILLIAMS, ET AL.
ON APPLICATION FOR STAY
No. 25A915
PETER KOSINSKI, ET AL. v. MICHAEL WILLIAMS, ET AL.
ON APPLICATION FOR STAY
[March 2, 2026]
The applications for
stay presented
to
JUSTICE
SOTOMAYOR and by her referred to the Court are granted.
The January 21, 2026 order entered by the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, Index No. 164002/2025, is stayed pending the disposition of the appeal in the New York state courts and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari in this Court, if such a writ is timely sought. Should certiorari be denied, this stay shall terminate automatically. In the event certiorari is granted, the stay shall terminate upon the issuance of the mandate of this Court.

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES No. 25A914 NICOLE MALLIOTAKIS, ET AL. v. MICHAEL WILLIAMS, ET AL. ON APPLICATION FOR STAY No. 25A915 PETER KOSINSKI, ET AL. v. MICHAEL WILLIAMS, ET AL. ON APPLICATION FOR STAY [March 2, 2026] The applications for stay presented to JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR and by her referred to the Court are granted. The January 21, 2026 order entered by the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, Index No. 164002/2025, is stayed pending the disposition of the appeal in the New York state courts and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari in this Court, if such a writ is timely sought. Should certiorari be denied, this stay shall terminate automatically. In the event certiorari is granted, the stay shall terminate upon the issuance of the mandate of this Court.

JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, with whom JUSTICE KAGAN and
JUSTICE JACKSON join, dissenting from grant of stay.
The Court's 101-word unexplained order can be summarized in just 7: "Rules for thee, but not for me." Time and again, this Court has said that federal courts have limited jurisdiction. Time and again, this Court has said that federal courts should not interfere with state-court litigation.
Time and again, this Court has said that federal courts should not meddle with state election laws ahead of an elec-tion. Today, the Court says: except for this one, except for this one, and except for this one. Ignoring every limit on federal courts' authority, the Court takes the unprecedented step of staying a state trial court's decision in a re-districting dispute on matters of state law without giving the State's highest court a chance to act. Because that order violates basic principles of jurisdiction, federalism, and equity, I respectfully dissent.

JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, with whom JUSTICE KAGAN and JUSTICE JACKSON join, dissenting from grant of stay. The Court's 101-word unexplained order can be summarized in just 7: "Rules for thee, but not for me." Time and again, this Court has said that federal courts have limited jurisdiction. Time and again, this Court has said that federal courts should not interfere with state-court litigation. Time and again, this Court has said that federal courts should not meddle with state election laws ahead of an elec-tion. Today, the Court says: except for this one, except for this one, and except for this one. Ignoring every limit on federal courts' authority, the Court takes the unprecedented step of staying a state trial court's decision in a re-districting dispute on matters of state law without giving the State's highest court a chance to act. Because that order violates basic principles of jurisdiction, federalism, and equity, I respectfully dissent.

BREAKING: SCOTUS blocks New York state court redistricting order, over the strong dissent of the Democratic appointees.

02.03.2026 23:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1848    πŸ” 738    πŸ’¬ 63    πŸ“Œ 222

tomorrow is with one of the biggest election days of the year. there's so much to go over it's hard to know where to start.

so, let me help:

here are the *10* elections i'm watching the most closely, *at the state and local level* (=no federal elections included!)

🧡:

02.03.2026 20:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1239    πŸ” 502    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 34

Reminder:

02.03.2026 19:02 β€” πŸ‘ 715    πŸ” 138    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 2

DK Bananza, Rune Factory Azuma, Chrono Ark, one million versions of Picross. You don't need a Switch 2 for some of those, certainly, but it's nicer?

02.03.2026 19:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We've got previews of *forty* different major elections taking place tomorrow. This is a post you definitely won't want to miss out on.

02.03.2026 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

Certainly that's true about the process of making them...

02.03.2026 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

DoD planners are well aware of this, hence why, separate from forces being in place, there aren't even any plans for anything beyond "bomb stuff and see what happens??" because anything beyond that is not realistically plausible

who knows if grandpa and pete even know what hemisphere Iran is in

02.03.2026 19:19 β€” πŸ‘ 446    πŸ” 49    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 4

"No stupid rules of engagement" is how you shoot down three of your own F-15s in one day. Just a shocking display of martial ineptitude.

02.03.2026 16:23 β€” πŸ‘ 5368    πŸ” 1397    πŸ’¬ 124    πŸ“Œ 62

(I guess maybe that was Zero, not Azure, but still...)

02.03.2026 07:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0