Reese Jensen

According to a study from the National Alliance to End Homelessness, it would cost the government an additional $9.6 billion per year to end homelessness in the US by providing Rapid Re-Housing / Permanent Supportive Housing to individuals in shelters.

But sure, this is better.

Happy new Converge day to those who celebrate.

In retrospect, the people who have been calling this guy a hack for ages were so obviously right that I’m embarrassed it took me so long to see it

Genuinely, the best place to start is simply the original Mobile Suit Gundam (1979)

Yeah that game rules

AI could never in a million years give us something as good as Minmo

I think I’ve never gotten into this kind of thing not because I’m immune to dark patterns or addictive psychological hooks, but because I find this kind of UI utterly repulsive to navigate. How does one not immediately grow tired, close and delete the game upon being greeted with this shit?

“I’m going to get in trouble for this, but fuck it.

*farting noises*”

I feel like there may be no more demonstrative example of how my video game tastes have changed over the decades than the fact that when Final Fantasy XII first came out, I hated and didn’t understand it, and now it might just be my favorite FF.

I’ve come to deeply appreciate Bradbury’s focus in this book. As a vision of government censorship and oppression, it feels facile in comparison to Orwell. As a vision of how a distraction-obsessed society destroys critical thinking and leads to cultural suicide, it remains shockingly prescient.

Read through the Beatty speech about mass media in Fahrenheit 451 with my 11th graders this morning and have been thinking a lot about the exact ideas expressed here. The 1984 references are obviously apt, but 451 might be an even better depiction of the anti-literacy of our moment.

In theory it makes sense to me, since the Like a Dragon-branded games are kind of “post-yakuza” games, about the dissolution of the Tojo clan and the aftermath. Sticking with the Yakuza name for the original 6 games feels in line with that. But from a marketing perspective that’s…a hard sell

Feeling real bleak today seeing how thoroughly, beyond this current administration, the American media and business culture at large embrace and normalize fascism. Not a new revelation at all, to be clear, just feels particularly stark at the moment.

Hope it all turns out good!

Seems that the spirit bomb we were charging up on Friday went off course and hit Rudy instead. Eh, I’ll take it.

I love Hank Hill, I wish respectable conservatives were real

I know a lot of you have already heard or read about BDS Movement's call against Microsoft, and felt weird and bad about it all, but decided to move forward as normal because of some degree of ambiguity.

"What service is Microsoft providing?"

Here it is, clear as day. A direct line to death.

tx3k, by Texas 3000 11 track album

Was just listening to this album earlier today!
texas3000.bandcamp.com/album/tx3k

Yeah absolutely. I’ve also seen both games get categorized as “precision platformer” or “twitch platformer.” I think I’ve also heard “splatformer” which tbh to the best of my memory is something somebody at Giant Bomb threw out during the Celeste Quick Look or something but it just stuck in my head

Banger IDM album looking image

I suspect when it comes to this game and the people who have attached themselves to it, it has less to do with horniness than it does just good old misogyny. I’m glad that we’ve evolved past reductive sexiness=sexism conversations in games, but in this particular case the vibes are just off, idk

Tekken 3 promo featuring King and a bottle of Corona Extra

Trying to come up with an explanation for my black eye less embarrassing than “Nazi Throuple drama”

“Yeah man, that 5 year old packs a punch”

YouTube video by Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Topic Sleep

I know this is a Trump impression but for some reason when I first read it I heard this guy youtu.be/7EGTD7azzWk?...

Somehow, Palpatine acquired an assault rifle.

Uh oh is this game responding specifically to people who completely ignored the stock market in cruelty squad (me)?

When you realize why Die-Hardman’s real name is John McClane you will regret your words and deeds

Okay this is going to sound crazy but I followed this advice when I was struggling against this fight and it actually worked - turn the difficulty all the way up. Yes, he’ll do more damage, but so will you, which is vital for beating the time limit.

These guys are not beating the fake gamer allegations

Nardwuar-style interviews of indie game devs is certainly an idea