Austin Manchester

“We just want everyone to think a little bit harder about the ways they listen to music,” Karthikeyan says. “It just flattens culture at its core if we only stick to this algorithmically built comfort zone.”

And yet... I still don't believe it! Lol
(Perhaps I'm coping)

My first for Aftermath!! Thx for the great edits @rcmacleod.bsky.social

hey there! you can email me at manchester.writes@gmail.com

Tradewatch: exciting bookshelf editions for the week of 09/08/25 Featuring Moon Girl, Micronauts, DC Horror, and the lingo of comics.

📚 New AIPT Tradewatch!
@colinreedmoon.bsky.social spotlights bookshelf gems for 9/8:
✨ DC Finest: Horror – The Devil’s Doorway #DCComics
✨ The Complete Moon Girl @darkhorse.com
✨ Micronauts Epic Collection #MarvelComics
✨ Paying the Land by Joe Sacco #Macmillan
✨ The Lexicon of Comicana
& more:

This would add administrative costs, making rent stabilization much more expensive for the city, while discouraging ppl from seeking better jobs/pay. They'd lose housing before they could afford market rate. We'd have more homelessness! More poverty! More ppl leaving the city! It makes no sense!

what are we even doing here

The Spiritfarer team’s next game is all about messed-up families and super cool swords Thunder Lotus, the team behind Spiritfarer, is pulling from aristocratic history, Celtic mythology, and personal stories for At Fate’s End.

Really happy with how this piece turned out. Any fans of Spiritfarer should check it out!

www.polygon.com/gaming/61599...

@jamesgunn.bsky.social what do you have against eyes, my guy

Maelle remains Clair Obscur’s boss-killing machine, even after being nerfed Stendhal still slays, as does plenty of Maelle’s other OP abilities.

Maelle remains Clair Obscur’s boss-killing machine, even after being nerfed

An older Rita Moreno dressed as her character Anita from the movie adaptation "West Side Story." In the background is a musical stage of New York City at twilight.

My latest title in the WHO HQ collection! Learn all about Rita Moreno, the first Puerto Rican actress to win an Academy Award for her role in "West Side Story," who voiced Carmen San Diego, and a known political activist for human rights.
#amwriting #whohq #ritamoreno #nonfictionforkids

A month behind but it’s been one year since the publication of WHO IS BAD BUNNY? To many more fun books to write and more amazing music from el conejo malo.

How Dispatch survived COVID-19 and evolved into a familiar Telltale-like game With inspo from an unlikely place: SportsCetner commercials

How Dispatch survived COVID-19 and evolved into a familiar Telltale-like game

Jeffrey Wright’s Dispatch performance surprised developer AdHoc Studio in the best way Gotta go fast

Jeffrey Wright’s Dispatch performance surprised developer AdHoc Studio in the best way

The Eternal Die team always knew Lost In Random would make a great roguelike ‘It was very important to keep the essence of Lost in Random’

The Eternal Die team always knew Lost In Random would make a great roguelike

What really goes into fine-tuning a roguelike, according to Lost in Random: The Eternal Die director ‘Sometimes you just have to kill your darlings’

What really goes into fine-tuning a roguelike, according to Lost in Random: The Eternal Die director

The fiscal conservatives in the GOP just added $4 trillion to the deficit to give the wealthiest people on earth a tax cut. The pro-family party just took healthcare away from 17 million Americans to give ICE a bigger budget than Brazil’s military. The single most inhumane bill ever passed.

the alters has a great finale...just takes too damn long to get there

yep, got a text today from the state saying my insurance may be affected 🙃
'beautiful' bill, my ass

getting a New York City Department of Corrections ad while watching Andor is a, ah, hm, interesting ad placement, to say the least

Aftermath

Aftermath (at last) has a pitch guide! We're a growing outlet and can only accept so much right now, but we'd love to see stories you think might be right for us. Learn more about what we're looking for and how to pitch here:
aftermath.site/aftermath-free...

The one-man-army behind a Raid-inspired beat-’em-up answers all of our questions ‘We’re going all-in on violence,’ the developer behind the graphic beat-em-up Acts of Blood told Polygon.

The one-man-army behind a ferocious new Raid-inspired beat-’em-up answers all of our questions

The Lonesome Guild champions the power of friendship Battling our loneliness epidemic one level at a time

The Lonesome Guild champions the power of friendship

I can’t stop playing The Alters even though it’s stressing me out The Alters is ostensibly a survival and management sim, but it’s really a test of how well you handle stress.

I can’t stop playing The Alters even though it’s stressing me out

Summer 2025 is being propped up by indie and AA gems No GTA, no problem — indies and AAs are filling in a summer release schedule that’s missing heavy hitters outside of Mario Kart World.

Summer 2025 is being propped up by indie and AA gems

The newest Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game will leave you wanting more Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown is a fun new tactics game from Strange Scaffold.

The newest Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game will leave you wanting more

Lies of P: Overture’s story elevates an already great game And the new weapons aren’t too shabby either

Lies of P: Overture’s story elevates an already great game

The atmosphere in Indianapolis last week was electric. The city was taken over by NBA Finals madness.

But could you really feel that pomp and circumstance through the TV?

The Finals are supposed to be big. Has the NBA lost the plot?

http://dlvr.it/TLNWgm

Dispatch offers something new for superhero video games — engaging deskwork Dispatch mixes The Office and The Boys

Dispatch offers something new for superhero video games — engaging deskwork