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@heyitsjon.bsky.social

Trying to Build a Better Game Industry Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated and Opinions are regrettably my own.

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Latest posts by heyitsjon.bsky.social on Bluesky

I apologize to every Superman writer who’s ever written about Krypton’s destruction.

Evidently, people *can* just destroy their own planet and not care.

11.02.2026 14:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

they pissed off the WeRateDogs guy enough from him to break character to directly tell them off, that's genuinely impressive levels of being an asshole

10.02.2026 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 5554    πŸ” 1709    πŸ’¬ 49    πŸ“Œ 12

Imagine if John Lithgow was playing Master Roshi instead of selling out to line JK’s pockets.

10.02.2026 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Play Ladykiller in a Bind. Tell Discord that you're playing Ladykiller in a Bind. Tell your friends that you're playing Ladykiller in a Bind. Start a Ladykiller in a Bind book club. Let Discord use fuzzy analytics to determine that you must be an adult because your book club is too busy to ever meet

09.02.2026 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 236    πŸ” 88    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Hey @discord.com - you *do* understand how bad this is going to backfire, right?

Just wondering.

09.02.2026 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A post on threads from user stephens_bens. It reads 'I'll always remember an interview with Steve Buscemi on Bulleye, Jesse Thorn asked him "As an actor with many decades of varied and outstanding roles across your career, does it ever bother you that one of the things you will most be remembered for is a 3-second gif in which you're wearing a backwards baseball cap and carrying a skateboard?"
And without missing a beat, Buscemi replied "I'm carrying *two* skateboards."
And you know what? He is.'
Below that is a screen cap of Buscemi's famous "fellow kids" moment.

A post on threads from user stephens_bens. It reads 'I'll always remember an interview with Steve Buscemi on Bulleye, Jesse Thorn asked him "As an actor with many decades of varied and outstanding roles across your career, does it ever bother you that one of the things you will most be remembered for is a 3-second gif in which you're wearing a backwards baseball cap and carrying a skateboard?" And without missing a beat, Buscemi replied "I'm carrying *two* skateboards." And you know what? He is.' Below that is a screen cap of Buscemi's famous "fellow kids" moment.

I never noticed this either.

08.02.2026 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 16222    πŸ” 3924    πŸ’¬ 92    πŸ“Œ 154
Marvel’s Orphan-Maker and Nanny

Marvel’s Orphan-Maker and Nanny

Telling my kids this was Dunk and Egg

08.02.2026 17:57 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Guys only want to do one thing, and it’s disgusting.

The one thing:

08.02.2026 18:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Context: this speech is from SIR THOMAS MORE, a history written, as near as scholars can tell, in the early 1600s by 6 or 7 people including Dekker, Heywood, Chettle, Shakespeare, and Munday.

It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.

05.02.2026 14:30 β€” πŸ‘ 4592    πŸ” 1804    πŸ’¬ 47    πŸ“Œ 37

This is the type of thing we need to be saying to every person in power who lets the atrocities of ICE and this administration continue.

04.02.2026 14:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No. Commonsense reform is to burn ICE to the waterline and scatter the rubble so that all of us who value a constitutional republic with a Bill of Rights can prevent such a monstrosity from ever being constructed again.
And nothing above is hyperbole.

God, but you are not a leader for this time.

03.02.2026 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2926    πŸ” 688    πŸ’¬ 77    πŸ“Œ 12
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A new version of ScummVM has been released and it now supports (among others) The Adventures of Willy Beamish, Heart of China, Martian Memorandum, Another World, and Dark Seed!

Grab ScummVM here β–Ί www.scummvm.org

03.02.2026 10:41 β€” πŸ‘ 111    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 5
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Every win Mamdani gets makes the Dem Establishment look more and more like Principal Skinner saying β€œNo, it’s the Children who are Wrong,”

30.01.2026 22:56 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just a reminder, the greatest living American historian filmmaker, Ken Burns, released a 720 min exploration of every facet of the American revolution using zero generative AI and paying for all of its assets instead of cobbling it from stolen data, then he gave it away for free on PBS this year.

29.01.2026 19:08 β€” πŸ‘ 11025    πŸ” 3308    πŸ’¬ 84    πŸ“Œ 43

we've got Schumer calling for Miller's head, folks

we're dragging them kicking and screaming in the right direction, keep it up

28.01.2026 19:26 β€” πŸ‘ 6438    πŸ” 1121    πŸ’¬ 55    πŸ“Œ 46

Abolish ICE says the most popular Dem in the party. The most popular politician of the moment. The guy who got 50% of the insane melting pot known as NYC to vote for him. Maybe he's got the right instincts? Who can say

26.01.2026 23:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2369    πŸ” 393    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 7
Man ponders if he is still a good person if helping others benefits him. The universe answers and tells him: 'Be kind, I don't care why'

Man ponders if he is still a good person if helping others benefits him. The universe answers and tells him: 'Be kind, I don't care why'

26.01.2026 19:38 β€” πŸ‘ 14332    πŸ” 4857    πŸ’¬ 65    πŸ“Œ 74
A scan of a coloured illustration of the five playable characters of mages, knights, and clerics, all posed in a group.

A scan of a coloured illustration of the five playable characters of mages, knights, and clerics, all posed in a group.

Heyhey, it's the 30th anniversary of the release of GUARDIAN HEROES! Treasure's synth and sax-infused Sega Saturn 'Fighting RPG'.

Here's a snazzy bit of concept artwork of the main chars. But yeah, it's an audio-visual treat, and a real blast to play if you're fond of brawlers with some EXTRA. πŸ”₯

26.01.2026 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 404    πŸ” 119    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 20

Genuinely the only thing keeping me goingβ€”but it really is keeping me goingβ€”is how good it is to see people link arms and push for this to end.

I cannot stop thinking about how much love people can have for their neighbors, and how much work and money is poured into breaking that love apart.

24.01.2026 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 4659    πŸ” 981    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 15

Anyone who is part of the federal government who is not doing everything in their power to stop this administration, regardless of the assumed cost to normalcy or career, is a coward and a collaborator.

24.01.2026 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 4528    πŸ” 1380    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 21

damn. relentless march of time got hands

24.01.2026 03:04 β€” πŸ‘ 166    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0
ICE Agents Wait At Edge Of Delivery Table To Deport Newborn

ICE Agents Wait At Edge Of Delivery Table To Deport Newborn

ICE Agents Wait At Edge Of Delivery Table To Deport Newborn

22.01.2026 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 10967    πŸ” 2794    πŸ’¬ 339    πŸ“Œ 181
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Shoutout to @cheflubu.bsky.social for this set of bangers years ago.

I got a History/Religion degree because I played games like this. Xenogears fucked with my brain in a way nothing else did

Devs - never underestimate your audience. Make players reach for things they never thought of looking at.

21.01.2026 01:23 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Happy Birthday, Cameron!

I hope it’s a good one for you and yours

21.01.2026 00:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Games Study Study Buddies should be required listening for anyone with an academic interest in Gaming as a medium.

It got me into listening to Ranged Touch shows, which means (for better or worse) Homestuck Made this World got me to read Homestuck.

A Herculean feat.

21.01.2026 00:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Senate Democrats absolutely have to shut the govt down to stop this ICE insanity in the Twin Cities. This is not sustainable & cannot be normalized. Any Democratic vote to provide money to the thugs who are brutalizing this community is a grave betrayal to the people here. Accountability can't wait.

15.01.2026 03:37 β€” πŸ‘ 23339    πŸ” 7019    πŸ’¬ 566    πŸ“Œ 428

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