Russ Petersen

Thinking a lot this week about how people tell on themselves in what they accuse others of as it relates to conspiracy theories and being able to write an email

loooooooooooooooooooooooooool

The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.

Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.

I think Senate folders are significantly underestimating how fucking angry Democratic voters are at them

GI Robot is aspirational

SNAP funds will be paid in full, proving that the USDA was always capable of paying the full November benefit.

Remember that the Trump admin chose to let people go hungry.

They chose not to fund SNAP until a court forced their hand.

They chose cruelty and pain.

LA/OC we gotta step up our game

GDC informa survey of the industry with the question "From your perspective, what is responsible for the rise in layoffs in the game industry?" and the answer "The economy is heading south so people are battening down the hatches. Money continues to flow upwards and consolidate in fewer hands, leaving the rest to fight for crumbs and fold. The promise of cheap labor - whether it's AI or offshoring - combines with the pressures of our capitalist system on infinite growth and competing for ever larger slices of the pie to keep costs down. The business chases profit to the point where our industry seeks out the lowest cost methods to produce the most revenue, sacrificing quality in favor quantity and a sweatshop approach to development. Funding sources have dried up, with fewer investors or publishers willing to fund a game through completion and instead pulling out partway, leaving teams abandoned with incomplete games and no money to finish them. What funding exists requires significant investment on the side of the creators in the first place - money that, again, is not available except for very few - or is dedicated toward the AI bubble, incentivizing companies to go all-in on a technology that requires them to destroy our own labor market."

man I dunno this is just off the top of my head, probably missed some things

There are more reasons that the Black Panther game was cancelled than what the character stands for but it's really quite impossible for me to seperate that as an unrelated reason for the studio closure!

I don't really love to throw industry shade because it's rarely black and white, but I am going to remind people that a game starring arguably the most iconic black superhero was cancelled *in advance* of this sale and all of the GDC talks from staff working on it were shot down at the EA level

the onion should do the funniest thing ever and start up a subsidiary that does real news

i owe so many video game designers an apology

On DHS’s unauthorized use of Norman Rockwell’s paintings across social media, an op-ed from our family today in @usatoday.com www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

If the clocks roll back due to daylight savings ending during game seven of the world series that unlocks an infinite inning overflow glitch

lunch soon k?

BREAKING: Democrats just tried to pass a standalone bill to fund WIC & SNAP to make sure families don't go hungry during the Republican shutdown.

Republicans BLOCKED it. So Trump won't use emergency funds to keep SNAP running, and Republicans won't let any bills pass. Shameful.

This is the "silence political opposition" phase of things by the way

House candidate Kat Abughazaleh calls her indictment for protesting a "political prosecution” “This case is a major push by the Trump administration to criminalize protest and punish anyone who speaks out against them.”

Trump’s DOJ unsealed an indictment against six protesters—including Democratic congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh, for allegedly impeding an ICE officer outside of a detention facility.

The move is a stunning continuation of Trump’s weaponization of judicial and police power to crush dissent.

I asked Microsoft PR about this—specially the DHS using Halo IP to recruit for ICE—and the company declined to comment.

I'm not even gonna dignify that Uptoown video with a repost, but whenever y'all are over the idea that you can replace humans in an creative endeavor, please DM me

A blaring red warning signal for the rule of law; a President declaring “we’re just gonna kill people” without a trial or even a shred of due process.

Just when I feel like I am starting to accept and have pace with the idea that I may be out of work for a while, the fucking slab leak returns.

All the things folks pretended were happening in 2022-23 under Joe Biden are actually happening now under Donald Trump

The average age of U.S. homebuyers is now 56, up from 49 last year.

In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.

who exactly was stunned by this

Look, there's a lot you can say about EA right now that isn't kind, but I have to give huge kudos to the team that did the building destruction in BF6 because it is -bananas- good for something so procedural.

no

funding partner backed out

(this will always be too soon, I am sorry)

Here's how we handle manchildren on the Steam forums at No More Robots: