When I moved to CA, I wanted to like Newsom, but my admittedly short time there has soured my outlook dramatically. The level of inequity throughout the Bay Area is astronomical. Shanty towns are built within walking distance of Facebook HQ. Is that the cultural norm he's shooting for?

It's wild. The extent that AI has come to dominate literally every decision-maker's brain is hard to fathom. I wonder how many bitcoins those same people bought?

The mod scene for Rimworld is unmatched in my experience. Such a wide range of possibilities...

Are we actually serious here? Good lord.

Have not. Tried Going Mediaeval which is almost there but ultimately felt a bit soulless. Lots so little colony/town games available lately!

Find me someone who has spent less time learning to talk with their hands and more time learning how to speak meaningfully.

Bigger Conservative Venn circle goes around that labelled "Sickness is a sign of immorality" and therefore even if they ARE disabled, they still don't deserve the help.

Yeah, I requested a copy from the publisher but it's not available yet! Need to do it all official-like so its available to students via the library.

Sublime.

It's time for me to spruce up the reading list for my "Games & Play" general intro to game studies course for 2026. Is there a (necessarily undergraduate-friendly) article or chapter that jumped out at you in the last little while? It's a pretty broad course so many things might be relevant.

Hearing them try to do news-puns with new words is funny. How everything is 'video-' and has to do with pictures, when this is somehow not a story about like VHS tapes or whatever.

I didn't realise Schnucks still existed - parents shopped there when we lived in Illinois, mid 90s.

"a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion" - is that not just gambling? (Like, maybe that's sophomoric, the stock market *is* gambling, right?) So... just gambling as a way of organising all human (economic?) interaction?

Was 37 out here on Monday, getting to 25 I think today. Yeehaw!

In any event, i agree with the esteemed panel's assessment of the game ;) odyssey is an excellent addition though I never even bought anomaly.

Hegseth (and others) is speaking a new reality into existence. The fog is the brain fog in your brain as you try to see through the cognitive dissonance his bullshit creates.

No, and not in a "lulz videogames" way either. He's in an even greater position of linguistic authority now than as a broadcaster and so feels he has the power to set the meaning of words. He can bend reality to fit the narrative by stating it emphatically. *This* is what the fog of war is:

Pop-pop's new meds kicked in.

Git 'er dun!

::: continues :::

*chokes on pearls*

But kids these days and their fancy iPads!! I just don't know!!

Some kids are going to see a whole lot of really outlandish shit as they swim deeper and deeper looking for a platform that hasn't been banned.

I'm gonna nominate Ninja Gaiden, F-Zero, Final Fantasy (though maybe that's already just prog metal anyway), Deus Ex, Okami, Persona (holy shit the transition), Baldur's Gate, and E33:CO as worthy contenders. This dude is my kind of nerd.

YouTube video by FamilyJules REPLAY (2025): A Metal Tribute to the History of Video Games

I've followed @familyjules7x.bsky.social on YouTube for a long time and always loved his video game covers. The 2025 edition of Replay might be his masterpiece. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pq2u...

OMG it's even a Petrucci signature Majesty in the opening frames... this is very much my areas.

You are not wrong about this.