Saoirse Lynch

this is what really killed the place even before the nazis fully took over

the Venn diagram of “people willing to pay for Twitter so their replies are boosted” and “people capable of making funny comments” is just two completely separate circles side by side

Aw, Microsoft wants to "rebuild trust" in Windows! Like the comic, with fhe dog and the ball!

"No reverse any of our actions which actively destroyed it! Only give back trust"

"Our standing rule is: If one of us brings up using GenAI in any of our work, then it's safe to assume we've been assimilated by _The Thing_ and should be burned alive by Kurt Russell." -Consultant (Game Design), Washington State

Choice quote from GDC's state of the industry report:

Some of the mists in our minds are never going to dissipate. Some bits of us are always going to be stuck in November twilight. We walk and jangle the dozens of bottles of pickled time.

"I saw the most awful thing on twitter/X and-"

no. No thank you. That's fine.

I've already walked away from shitty Omelas.

to young people: you may at some point have heard about the Y2K problem. some people may have told you it wasn't a big deal

i need you to understand the only reason it wasn't a big deal was that everyone spent loads of time fixing code before it could become a problem, which is why it never did

[very quietly, almost inaudible] snelm

A poster for [Untitled Games Event] on Sunday the 18th, in Amsterdam! Sunday 18 Jan 2026 5-7PM Tussen de Bogen 46 1013JB Amsterdam (canal side through the gate)

Excited to announce a trial run of [Untitled Games Event], a new Amsterdam-based space for experimental games and playable arts 👾

This will be a monthly 'book club' of sorts for games and conversations about play, inspired by @molleindustria.org + others' LikeLike.

Help us spread the word!

Dictionary of the Oldest Written Language–It Took 90 Years to Complete, and It’s Now Free Online It took 90 years to complete. But, in 2011, scholars at the University of Chicago finally published a 21-volume dictionary of Akkadian, the language used in ancient Mesopotamia.

Dictionary of the Oldest Written Language–It Took 90 Years to Complete, and It’s Now Free Online

www.openculture.com/2026/01/dict...

#books #literature #language

Castle of the Crystal, the jagged, obsidian-like fortress that serves as the seat of power for the Skeksis.

Jim Henson and Frank Oz's The Dark Crystal (1982): Skeksis Castle of the Crystal, art by Brian Froud

For no reason.

Spiderman meme. "I support a full, trans-inclusive ban on conversion practices." "It could criminalise mainstream, historic Christian teaching on marriage and sexual ethics, and make sharing the Gospel with some people illegal." "I already said I support it, Harry. You don't need to sell it to me."

Start your 2026 with a water ritual. The Award-Winning Caves of Qud is on sale!
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Manchester, 31 Dec 2015. Chaos in the streets.

Happy tenth anniversary to photographer Joel Goodman’s classic image which by rights should be hanging in the Louvre.

it couldn’t be more simple. making things is fun. to hand over the joy of the process of creation to AI is to submit fully to the logic of capital. i am hilariously unproductive and un-prolific, but i enjoy making things, and people enjoy the things i make. i would not trade this for anything.

This June 2000 preview of Timesplitters on the website PlayStation 2 Central expresses some doubts about that second analog stick on the DualShock 2 controller

This also applies to cartoons and comics and basically everything. It doesn’t matter if you have a concept of something already out there. If you love it, do it. Your work will have your unique mark on it by virtue of being made by YOU. (Also two cakes.)

Just finished this one. A really rewarding experience, leaving you in the dark and making you piece your environment together from thin bits of information. Really funny and horrifying story told through scraps of chatlogs, too. Absolutely worth your time and money.

she’s a 10 but Excel thinks she’s October

This was peak UI and I'm not joking

The social construction of economic "value" has never been clearer to me (for better and worse). So much cutting-edge digital game dev work today is happening outside the paradigm of "distribute an exe on Steam"... mods, fan games, ORGs, weird web experiments, IF, alt ctrl, game jams, etc.

gonna make an FPS where releasing the crouch button while in a crawl space causes you to bump your head and take critical damage. no toggle.

We are constantly told by the media and authorities that these are both 'forest'.

One is a complex, diverse native ecosystem, full of life. The other is an industrial monoculture deadzone.

They could not be more different.

[hospital]

SURGEON: [lowers mask] I'm sorry, we were unable to separate the art from the artist
ME: are they
S: yes, they’re still an asshole

20+ Video Games You Can Play In The Irish Language Did you know that there are video games in the Irish language that you can enjoy today? Check out our listed here.

And for your interest, I compiled this:

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You miss 100% of the shots you don take. If you have that draft email that you did not send yet go ahead and just do it! You got this!

Anyone have a favourite bug or glitch, either during something you worked on or in something you played? (Even though I mean the code kind, if you got enthusiastic at the word "bug" and just want to show off some essays on ants that's pretty groovy too.)

In the pew-lined interior of a dim medieval church lit by rows of candles on tall staffs and pale sunlight coming through a window, a tall humanoid crow figure with flowing black robes and a glowing yellow eye stands beneath an ornately carved semicircular arch in Norman Romanesque style. On the wall surrounding the arch are many colourful murals depicting more humanoid crow figures with halos, carrying various items including swords, spears, harps, and chalices.

A painting set in a cosy shady woodland clearing on a sunny summer's day. In the centre of the frame, two figures sit on a fallen log mostly hidden by vegetation. The figure on the right has wavy blonde hair down past her shoulders, and wears a flowing white floor-length dress with long sleeves, with delicate lacework around the cuffs and neckline. She looks into the distance with a contemplative, sad expression. On her lap rests a small green book, covered by both of her hands. The figure on the left sits leaning with her head against shoulder of the other figure. She wears a similar dress but simpler, and in a dark slate grey. Her hair is dark and straight, and flows down her tilted face, and she looks off towards a nightingale bird perched on a nearby branch. She raises a hand towards the other figure as if to get her attention. Both figures are surrounded by various flowers. On the left of the frame are many spires of foxglove flowers in vivid pink and white, interspersed among green stinging nettles. On the right are the purple flowers of monkshood/wolfsbane. Wrapping around the figures is a clear stream flowing from a distant pond that descends in a series of steps. Around the stream are many small mossy rocks, and shoots of dark green dog's mercury. Above and behind the figures and flowers are two trees; on the left is a weeping willow with dangling dark green leaves. On the right are the branches of an old ash tree.

A snowy scene in which a humanoid figure in long black robes with the head of a rook stands in a churchyard holding a long spear. By its feet is a red fox. Both are flecked with fallen snow. Around them are many weathered snow-covered graves. In the background is a medieval church of warm coloured stone with large rectangular windows and a battlemented parapet topped with pinnacles. Behind the main body of the church is the tower with clock face and belfry. Behind the church are tall but bare trees dusted with snow. More snow falls in the air.

A snowy scene in which a humanoid figure in long black robes with the head of a rook stands in a churchyard holding a long spear. By its feet is a red fox. Both are flecked with fallen snow. Around them are many weathered snow-covered graves. In the background is a medieval church of warm coloured stone with large rectangular windows and a battlemented parapet topped with pinnacles. Behind the main body of the church is the tower with clock face and belfry. Behind the church are tall but bare trees dusted with snow. More snow falls in the air.

🎂 It's my special cake and candles day you all have to be nice to me because it's been QUITE the year 🎂

So share some of my paintings??

Even if it takes until the 2030s, I'm desperately hoping the Pathologic 2 'trilogy' gets completed, especially considering how wildly different Pathologic 3 is looking. I cannot imagine what they've got in mind for The Changeling, mechanically.

All I'm saying is that when you write "I am alive" on some paper and put it in a photocopier, judging by the output we don't know that there's *not* a very small man in there. And maybe he deserves rights