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(And for context I am currently about two thirds of the way through a many year project to read all of X-Men. So I have read....... a whole lot of runs.)

I mean... the Claremont Run, including New Mutants. Strong runners up include Jason Aaron's Wolverine and the X-Men and Kieron Gillen's Immortal X-Men.

y'know, it's the Black Bug Room. very normal. everyone has one in their psyche, but only Grant Morrison could perceive it clearly enough to name it.

May every games industry team have a Myriame

Dang I sure miss that lunchroom! But ever so glad to hear that the old TMF friendly lunch culture has carried over now that there are a lot more people in that office!

absolutely yes, I love to dress up fancy and hang out in the lobby of the JW Marriott

Damn, so sorry Hannah. This shit sucks!!

Hey so, today is my last day at Crystal Dynamics apparently. I joined the company in 2018 to work on Marvel's Avengers and it's been the longest (and best) job I've ever had. It now means I'm looking for work, so if you know of any senior writer/narrative designer positions please send them my way.

Ah yes, a very load-bearing classic article in the world of larp theory!

Right? I loved playing it through one chapter at a time and spending at least a day between chapters to just sit with it and process. (And a year and a half after I played it I'm STILL thinking about all of it!!)

Hekki allmo! What a masterpiece!

PEK ✈️ LAX

Celebrating the Possessor(s) team 🖤 | Notion I am not one to post like this usually, but as things have developed recently, I want to take a minute and get some stuff off my chest.

POSSESSOR(S) is launching today.

I have been the producer on this project for three years, & the last few weeks have been difficult. Most of the team isn't around anymore to celebrate the launch, so I wrote many words about these incredible people to celebrate them.

🖤 shorturl.at/MpMra

It is on my to play list now!

Hey all you gamers claiming to "want shorter games made by fewer people who are paid more to work less" here's your chance to put your $15 where your mouth is: a spooky & elegiac exploration game made by ex-Bethesda & Ubi devs. It's excellent. Buy it & prove there's a market for games like this!

YouTube video by Soft Rains Games Ambrosia Sky 🪐 | Launch Trailer

Ambrosia Sky: Act One is available now!!

15% off on both Steam & Epic!!
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Oh yeah this was a real fun series of mindflips

see you at the j dubs

love me some Clues By Sam

yeah I'm seeing them in december for the first time since 2019 and I'm like... damn I got a lot of albums to catch up on as homework for this show!!

Square Enix says it wants generative AI to be doing 70% of its QA and debugging by the end of 2027 | VGC The publisher is researching “Game QA Automation Technology” with the University of Tokyo…

www.videogameschronicle.com/news/square-...

I imagined trying to get through bug reports written by an LLM and immediately got an honest to god headache. What do you mean I can’t even go back to the person who wrote it and ask for more details because there isn’t one, but it can still make shit up?

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Oh I am the mirror image of this. My sense of smell is almost nonexistent and 90% of the time it is a wonderful blessing.

first time I’ve ever been sad to not be a New Yorker, hot damn

feeling this strange unrecognizable emotion that almost reminds me of… hope?? that better things might be possible?? what a concept!!

“He doesn’t have a mandate” are you fucking kidding? Dick Cheney died the day Zohran is elected he has the mandate of HEAVEN

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

Requiem Mash, by DJ Doktorvox 1 track album

if you like the Mouth Experience, check out these mashups from my favorite musician, they hit a very similar vibe for me
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unironically some of my favorite work music, because my brain is broken in seventeen different ways

yeah man. I was already pretty radical but living in china and sweden really drove home for me that a better world IS possible, but unfortunately we just... live in america