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Yeah, seems like the Kepler Interactive model is fairly promising going forward. I think an even more equitable version is possible -- would be interesting to see a large publishing cooperative made up of several member studio cooperatives. Not an easy thing to set up in the US, though.

if the astronauts from planet of the apes woke up today they'd be very early

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if you asked me to diagnose the western game industry's current problem it would start with "landlords have absorbed basically all disposable income"

yeah. i do think this generally leads towards reactionary conservatism. but not always

many such cases unfortunately

like the only way you put hbomberguy, chris chan, and jhonen vasquez in the same game is if you just don't really think politics are real on some level. which is stupid and potentially destructive but it's not actively malignant

my impression from interviews is that his politics are pretty underdeveloped and incoherent, which is very lame, but it's also very common. i don't think it's damning in the same way as, like, jon blow's rampant insane misogyny etc

this is giving me actual vertigo. finally the cliff blezinski/jhonen vasquez/jerma collab we've been waiting for

seconded! fork rules

Or it's about, like, a video of the secret police murdering someone in broad daylight. The plausibility of the claim is no longer meaningful, but the in-group signifier is

They're still saying stuff like "that doesn't mean what you think it means" but instead of being about a cryptically racist pepe meme it's about the White House tweeting unambiguous nazi slogans

A few years ago, nazis would use obscure dogwhistles for some level of plausible deniability (ok hand, milk glass emoji, etc). Now that they're in power they play the same kinds of rhetorical games, but they no longer need the deniability to be plausible at all. It's kind of fascinating to watch

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curious if you've read Embassytown! for me it's a total masterpiece of alien language fiction, the new genre I'm inventing right now. confounding & gorgeous & so intricate

whoa!! absolutely loved visiting this space when I lived in austin. the light in there is unlike anything else

Half of U.S. game workers want to join a union According to the 2025 Game Industry Salary Report, 64 percent of developers support unions and 56 percent want to join one.

GDC survey indicates over half of U.S. game workers want to join a union

i'll probably be there but i'm 50/50 on getting a pass. i mostly go to see friends at this point

weird coincidence that the unionization efforts in the game industry are starting with QA

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the vial of activator liquid from The Substance

mmmm jupiter

we need shazam for smells

an ad for Google Ads that says "be where AI helps turn content into ads"

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Oh, so sorry to hear this!!

as soon as the matter consortium makes up their mind i assume

are you counting magma

That's very encouraging to hear. Thanks Mitch!