zeke virant

honestly, it could be like 10 different ween songs. the stallion, pt. 3 is probably more stupid.

me
my bff's ford tempo
ween "the fucked jam"

are there contemporary movies that have 1 singular song that is tastefully and/or painfully repeated throughout the entire movie? basically harry nilsson's cover of "everybody's talkin'" in "midnight cowboy" or the la's "there she goes" in "so i married an axe murderer."

one Nice thing about getting older is being able to say that moves like Jagger is a terrible song instead of trying hard for a taste of it and understand nobody cares

losing myself in the service of listening to bad music because I can fix it has become me

This style of light doesn't really appear in animation anymore. You know it when you see it -- it's bright, hot and almost dangerous.

Our new issue explores the tricks behind it, and how one artist has revived the look for the digital age: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/dangerous-...

Absolum review: feels like a labor of love! i Don’t know enough about this genre to overthink it’s goodness, but I was a sucker for the fake beating the game (and finding the real end boss). It’s like if someone pulled a curtain and yelled, “he’s the real Hootie!” (at a Hootie and the blowfish show)

Would you rather take care of a horse or really slimy cat?

new definition: it's a roguelike if there's a floor

Anytime I ask myself a question like this I usually end up finding that things like rope making, cooking, boat building were invented by Proto human species, not humans themselves. Makes it a little bit harder to track then since the assumption could be that humans just lifted it

it‘s wonderful to be where I’ve always wanted to be (listening to harry nilsson)

Gyms, Zoos, and Museums: Your documentation should be in-game — Robin-Yann Storm, Product & UX Designer for Tools Gyms, Zoos, and Museums: Your documentation should be in-game

My 2025 talk 'Gyms, Zoos, and Museums: Your documentation should be in-game' is now also available in text format, for those who like to read instead of watch: rystorm.com/blog/gyms-zo...

And if you haven't seen it yet, there is an all new video too, with bonus material on the history of Zoos!

worth it ngl

After hating game jams forever, I like them. I’m Stravinsky in my 12-tone era.

will always like this image

wandering in search of the trashcan that wasn’t there and finally resigned to swallow your chewing gum

when people ask me what designers actually do, i always lie hehehe

A timeline visually representing the advice from my post, emphasising how dramatically and reliably having more time, with a testable build, converts to your game being better and your studio being safer.

I've been running an indie games studio for 15 years now, and it felt like a good time to boil down what I've learned into 4 pieces of advice:

www.pentadact.com/2026-01-08-1...

I hope it's of use, not least because goddamn I forgot how long blog posts take to write.

Still from The Werckmeister Harmonies: a young man walks down a street at night

Still from The Werckmeister Harmonies: piles of books illuminated by a window

Still from The Werckmeister Harmonies: a crowd of men marching at night

Still from The Werckmeister Harmonies: an old man gazes at an artificial whale in an empty town square

RIP Béla Tarr. I first saw The Werckmeister Harmonies in downtown Manhattan, a month or so after 9/11. A strange, slow, melancholy film that's haunted and inspired me ever since.

glitch art poster with the text: boshi's lecture series presents...liz ryerson. february 19th 2026. doors at 7, talk at 7:30, listening party at 9:30. $5 - 15 suggested donation. at boshi's place

join us 2/19 for our first ever lecture series event, featuring @ellaguro.bsky.social: "What Doth Videogame? A personal history of art and life in the age of collapse."

following the talk will be a listening party for liz's new album, Saint Elizabeth!

rsvp here: www.eventbrite.com/e/boshis-lec...

hope you make it to book 14, "Glinda of Oz"

I feel like every pitchfork review starts after the reviewer has had one drink and concludes after about 6 more

Could be a fun thing to subvert! People’s expectation is that the lock and key have no grander meaning so it’s rich for presenting it in a stock way and then revealing a grander design behind it. E.g. you find out that keys are also persistent currency that & don’t need to use them (shouldn’t use?)

Four panel Lindsey and Tobias from arrested development. I have advised a number of soldiers to fire small arms at Demogorgons. Did it work for those people? No, it never does. … but it might work for us.

every military commander on stranger things

YouTube video by AnotherProf 1968 HITS ARCHIVE: Quick Joey Small - Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus (Run Joey Run) (mono)

RIP to Jerry Kasenetz, who if I'm being honest had just as much influence on my musical taste in college as Brian Eno

my daughter is excited about sleeping in the taxi to the airport tomorrow. back in the u.s.[awkward pause].a.

YouTube video by SlyATFamilyStoneVEVO Sly & The Family Stone - Runnin' Away (Official Audio)

youtu.be/b7bvIIgQIJU

ZeniMax Jobs - Senior Level Designer - Arkane Studios - France Bethesda Softworks is hiring for multiple positions across our award-winning game development studios and global publishing teams!

Alright gang, there's a Senior Level Designer opening on my team.
You know the drill. 👇 Please pass this along and AMA*
jobs.zenimax.com/requisitions...

playing strife for the first time (haven’t had a chance to play with audio-enabled because kids were asleep). i am in love with these super simple abstract hub worlds (chapter 1 of Hexen 2 being another favorite, and half-life 2 roleplaying server maps).