Bryn Shaffer

The hallway staircase at the Palmer house. Twin Peaks S02E10 - Dispute Between Brothers.

Twin Peaks: The hallway staircase at the Palmer house.

Wow - Thank you so much for taking the time and care to talk about VILE: Exhumed.

If you have the time please watch this very thoughtful piece on the game.

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Damn fine coffee coop.

Pikachu N64 connected to a 10-inch CRT with Zelda: Ocarina of Time gameplay on screen.

I'd take a night playing the same N64 games on a tiny TV over most things.

I feel like once a character crosses X-files, Law and Order, and Sesame Street they're essentially a real person at that point.

A LEGO video game asking me to choose between performance or fidelity as if it's going to actually offer either

An Irish reboot of Star Trek the Next Generation where instead of teaching Data about human emotions they lie constantly so he makes a fool of himself every time he meets a stranger.

meme with geordi from star trek : up : geordi no: "data breach" down: geordi yes: "decentralised surprise backup"

Chef's kiss colour scheme.

sparkling apple spider

Honorable mention: Dead Finger Dice by @rocketadrift.bsky.social

This short but stellar game killed it on art, gameplay and above all soundtrack. Plus you get to chop off the fingers of billionaires. Satisfying in all the right ways. Quality work from a Canadian studio with a great track record.

Easy Delivery Co was a total surprise. I didn't expect a chill spooky lo-fi delivery game to sweep me off my feet, but it did. It's charming, it's creepy, and it pulls you into mysterious weird cozy 2000s era console gaming in the best way possible. I couldn't put it down from start to finish.

I loved Hades I and I loved Hades II. They took the first game, and instead of fixing something that wasn't broken just amped up an already stellar system. Amazing art, crispy mechanics, fantastic voice acting. There's nothing not to like here.

Cruel was instantly a favourite for me - retro FPS is already my jam and the chaotic shooter in close quarters with procedural elements hits all the right notes to be totally addicting.

Strange Antiquities was super cozy, spooky, and had some really well designed puzzles. It filled a hole in my librarian heart for cozy occult cataloguing.

Promise Mascot Agency just blew me away with how weird it was, but also how well it captured the PS2 vibe and leaned into just being a fun whimsical time. I think we need more games that prioritize whimsy instead of roguelike elements.

My top 5 games for 2025:
5. Promise Mascot Agency by @kaizengameworks.com

4. Strange Antiquities by @badvikinggames.bsky.social

3. Cruel by James Dornan

2. Hades II by @supergiantgames.bsky.social

1. Easy Delivery Company by @sweaters.bsky.social

Warm yourself by the virtual fireplace in this cosy 16-color EGA #Christmas scene. No MS-DOS or floppy 💾 drive required. Thanks to software preservation, it's still crackling on the Internet Archive.

✉️ Open the full 1986 Sierra On-Line "A Computer Christmas" card ⤵️
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God, that one is so good

The thing I always think of is getting to pick a name for the dog in Kentucky Route Zero. Does it affect the plot or gameplay in any way? Of course not. But it changes what the dog is called.

Just checked the USPS tracker and I'm pretty sure one of my packages is stuck on Kentucky Route Zero

Interview: Joachim Trier On What a House Holds in ‘Sentimental Value’ | InSession Film Joachim Trier speaks with Nadine Whitney about the power of structures in SENTIMENTAL VALUE

I chatted with Joachim Trier about SENTIMENTAL VALUE.

insessionfilm.com/interview-jo...

Turning online console games into the garbage that is software as a service wasn't just a scam - it was a calculated decision to create a deeply classist social divide in who gets participate in gaming and generate continuous profit off people's (especially youth) sense of feeling included.

Audrey dancing at the RR Cafe. Twin Peaks S01E03 - Zen or the Skill to Catch a Killer.

Twin Peaks: Audrey dancing at the RR Cafe.

Now, look, don't make me take off my sunglasses!

It's not just one of the best Ghiblis imo but it's a top tier anti-fascist text adults and kids should both watch.

Do I have academic research abstract deadlines? Yes. Do I have extra free time? No. Will all my research abstracts now have to be about DoomScroll? Yes and I'm super excited about it.

Patent drawing of two artificial Christmas trees joined into an hourglass shape with fish swimming alongside.

Turn old artificial Christmas trees into underwater reefs.
US Patent 12495775, issued today

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🤖 image processing for #JWST 🔭 data (ZTF20-background). RGB Filters: 1000, 770, 560
PI: Hillenbrand, Lynne A., program 12486. CRVAL: 44.461047, 61.213636
Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI.

Video Cat, one of the best and last standing movie rental joints in Vancouver, has the greatest card machine going - WWE? Next Gen Trek? Pokemon? Yes.