Axel حسن Taiari

a Nintendo 3DS running Etrian Odyssey. A rubber band keeps the stylus pressed against the A button.

it's 2026 we idle grinding Etrian Odyssey IV thanks to comrade rubber band

small hours big time weather - minus three night staff - looking out quiet - unlit a care home in the snow

5/1/26 - nocturn

[smash brothers announcer voice] MICHAEL CLAYTON
[tinny voice from wiimote] ᴵ’ᵐ ⁿᵒᵗ ᵃ ᵐᶦʳᵃᶜˡᵉ ʷᵒʳᵏᵉʳ ᴵ’ᵐ ᵃ ʲᵃⁿᶦᵗᵒʳ

When you have to name 9 swords before content lock

PSA: there’s been an exploit for Signal and WhatsApp released that can be used to silently track you.

Temp fixes for both can be done in your settings:

For WhatsApp: Settings>Privacy>Advanced>Block unknown messages.

For Signal: Settings>Privacy>Phone number>Who can find me by number>Nobody

[Commodus, after butchering a giraffe in the Colosseum] thank you for supporting our decision matrix

BlueSky's "Block account" and "Report account" options, put front and center. That's the reply.

shoutout to Lee Grant in Ransom for a Dead Man btw. what a legend, I could fix her, etc.

it ain't great, but there are worse ways to exist

bandwidth status: just enough to watch a couple Columbo episodes a night

"Get his ass” Is so unreasonably funny to me. A huge win for the English language. Today's version of "seize him" imo

Support Rockstar Workers Fighting Unfair Dismissals! Last week over 30 members of staff at Grand Theft Auto VI developer Rockstar were fired en masse in a “calculated attack on workers”. The IWGB described Rockstar’s actions as ‘the most blatant and rut...

Fundraiser here: actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...

unconditional support to the workers at R*, organizers, and IWGB folks

thank you for contacting the abyss your scream is VERY important to us

My favorite games event of the year, every year, and it's not even close.

How do I explain to offline people that my favorite Japanese mascot said "we can only be liberated from queer oppression if we are truly seen as human" and then started wielding fireworks like a rocket launcher on the side of a mountain without sounding like I've totally lost it?

Chiitan forever

good yes

if I defeat him there better be a Souls-style text pop-up that reads CIRCADIAN RHYTHM FIXED

insomnia is some bullshit. isn't my sleep debt bad enough? what if i go into sleep default. is the sandman working on a repossession scheme

🖤

Enormous shoutout to @peregrinecoast.press, @austinkelmore.com, and all the folks at @gameworkers.co.uk.

Heroic bunch ✊🏽

On a personal note:

1. We fucking did it. I am so proud of everyone involved.
2. Unionizing is a goddamn fight, regardless of any, ah, "diplomatic" coverage on the matter. This is a general observation, unrelated to today's news -- of course.
3. UK devs: your turn. DMs are open if you need help.

Workers at ZA/UM Announce Landmark Recognition Agreement - IWGB Game Workers Video game developers at ZA/UM Studio, represented by the IWGB (Independent Workers Union of Great Britain) have today announced their formation of a union at their workplace. After a negotiation proc...

The workers at ZA/UM Studio have unionized.

First recognised games union in the UK, too. May many others follow.

www.gameworkers.co.uk/workers-at-z...

[watching FLCL for the first time] damn Deleuze & Guattari would have loved this shit

Heidi is a wonderful person who has endured the unspeakable over the last few years. Please donate and/or spread this around as you’re able, and let’s help our colleague.

You actually want to deploy *her*?

That was my favorite part. Once I realized staying in melee range was a bad idea, the fight was just me catching glimpses of the fucker, hugging the walls, and panic-swooping in after hearing it spit

King's Field update: first boss (?) down. love to try and circle strafe with a character that moves with the grace of a drunk tank

doing super great. hanging out with my pal the secret passage murder skeleton who definitely did not destroy me on sight

Andrew do not encourage this