Dan Johnson 🔜 GDC

My mental pitch for a Shipbreaker sequel was always the same characters running a little indie salvage yard & repair shop.

(BBI, call me!)

This really IS the optimal way to read this headline

A brief guide on writing good alt text for images, which suggests including 1. Who or what 2. Their expression or emotion 3. A description of the image 4. Notable colors 5. Interesting features The included example image and description: "A capybara looking relaxed in a hot spa. Yellow yuzu fruits are floating in the water, and one is balanced on the top of the capybara's head." Dan's addition: saving the "interesting thing" for last is a bit like writing a joke - end with the memorable punchline!

Irregular reminder that alt text on images is a valuable accessibility tool, and also lets your images show in search results or respect mute lists. For instance, I found the below image by searching "capybara alt text".

It's also a black eye to Trump, who hates nothing more than he hates losing. And she was fine by him, but cost him public approval.

Vfx so crispy the gun is OP

PSA: there are (at least) TWO placebo gun buffs that worked.

(The other is the Enemy Territory SMG that got an audio glow-up)

THAT'S the shotgun story. I conflated that and the ET gun.

To his credit, at least one content creator I've watched (KMBest, on Marvel Snap) is very aware of the dynamic, and regularly goes out of his way to reiterate that his problems as a streamer and high-Infinite ranked player are not average-player problems. No idea if it lands, but points for effort.

(Farscape)

One player's wrong is probably true *for that player*, at least. But yeah, that may just be taste.

The modern problem (that you kinda gestured at) is Reddit/streamers/etc creating a consensus that may not be accurate (or even exist).

Always here for a space Western.

TIL Foddy is the voice of Jim in Baby Steps. (10/10 no notes)

Praying to the fridge gremlins for you.

Launch day is for celebrating!

Good read about another vapid AI "declaration". Their closing thought is one that I keep coming back to: if the claims about AI were true, the *only* solution for that future is the end of capitalism. (See also: theoretical AGI vs slavery)

But Sammy isn't ready for that conversation.

Nice work. 🫡

More accurately an IP reboot, if anything. After 32 years you can't really cash in on sequel hype (and the original was a Mac exclusive, even).

But, predictably, Bungie still makes great-feeling shooters.

It's not a metric to measure success, but it's certainly a sign pointing in the general direction. And I do imagine (and hope) Marathon will grow as we head into Americas prime time.

But comparing the scale of the projects/teams, the player response is noteworthy at least.

"We want to find the next big hit"
"No not like that"

Horrific. I'm so sorry. 💙

"New Bungie game" ought to carry the same weight, or more.

But publishers work really hard to pretend devs aren't real.

Ok, do I have any follower that actually works in a Library on the USA?
I need to see a teeny tiny note that Side Quested must have gotten on March's Booklist magazine.

Anyone?

Yessss

SteamDB top Steam games by concurrency #4: Slay the Spire 2 (175,000) #11: Marathon (85,000)

I wish every live-service-obsessed games industry executive a very look at this damn chart

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I think we all know the answer to that

Welcome!

They can't keep getting away with this 😭😭😭

"Only currently serving senator without a bachelor's degree" nailed it