Ryan Hobbs

An easy way to explain luddites:

Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.

And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.

That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.

I’m also caught on “platforming” as a “niche” game mechanic. Running and jumping on things is about as bread and butter a basic game mechanic and style of gameplay as you can get.

You wouldn’t refer to Mario games as niche, would you?

Spell out your terms- what would have been the number of sales to take an indy game out of niche category, or be successful to you?

Like are you comparing an indy game’s success numbers to Call of Duty numbers, what are we doing here?

“Sold millions of copies” isn’t niche. And all the things you list are pretty popular gameplay mechanics.

I guess I don’t see what Shovel Knight would have left if it was a different art style, no platforming, no challenging gameplay? That sounds more like “make a different game entirely”.

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A petition to the government chastising its discrimination and negligence towards the disabled community within Canada. People are living in effectively government mandated poverty, and incentivized to die by suicide. Consider signing at the link above, please!

I like this Tucch model of wallet-phone case, works for me.

screenshot of a tumblr post from user “wildmansters” The thing that really boils my potatoes about Al in general is that I have been a creative professional for over a decade now and the devil has ALWAYS been in the details. Big and small, I've had single-person businesses rip me to shreds over how their colors turned out on newsprint, and have worked with huge companies with THICK brand guidelines with every detail of their brand identity laid out and enforced with an iron fist. But I guess all of that stuff doesn't matter anymore? Who gives a fuck if this Al generated baby has six fingers, that mom-and-pop shop is still going to use it. That rug from Temu says Happy Thanksgivirg? Oh well haha it's just a silly funny thing now (nevermind that you never would have given a B-grade item from a craft show the same consideration). I don't actually care that the Al Coca-cola ad has a truck that changes size every scene, but I can't help but think about how, if it had been some poor underpaid artist, they would have been laughed out of the building. I don't really know how to put it in a succint way but it just feels all the more obvious how much more grace and flexibility has always been possible but never offered.

i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao

Related: In Wolf Among Us there's a scene where I was having a perfectly nice conversation with the Woodsman in a bar. At the end of the convo, the option "glass him" appears. I expect them to clink glasses, like 'cheers, mate'. Nope, it means SMASH GLASS IN HIS HEAD.

...I replayed that section. :P

To go back further I should add that as a child watching the end credits of Astro Boy are what made me understand animation was a series of drawings.

Drew a lot as a kid, went to CEGEP for Visual Art and dabbled in a variety of types of art. Met a friend who was in Animation at Algonquin College, and I followed the next year.

Got a job at Mercury Filmworks during a hiring scoop my last semester in 2005, and have been doing it since.

Ngl I thought this was another, tinier dog at first glance. (Eyes and a muzzle).

The low-angel Frieren meme is genuinely inspiring. Someone braver than the troops shares a picture they know turned out weird. Thousands start sharing their own art, offering advice and laughing together at something that is genuinely hard.

No ai to be seen --- just people supporting each other.

Digitally illustrated graphic with big, bold, black text in the center reading "trans lives are more important than harry potter". Two cats with alternating colours of the trans flag lay above the top left and bottom right of the text, turning it pink & blue where they cross over.

happy pride month!

This is what country music is supposed to be.

All dressed chips. Sometimes licorice.

My 3rd year students finished their first independent assignment, and I was pleased to show their work back to them during an in-class showcase. Everyone clapped for everyone else's work. Very pleased with all the variety of ideas on display! <3

A cow wearing a t-shirt with the word "SICKOWS" on it looks through a window at 4 crudely made tools and says "MOO... HA HA HA... MOO!!"

How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...

how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...

Not exactly the question asked, but Rat and Art.

...Now I'm wondering if you have a character named Tra. -_^

A picture of Colin Robinson, energy vampire, from the show What We Do In The Shadows

That man is an energy vampire.
Avoid!

Nuremburg trials is the moderate position

It is discouraging to see the large ratio of my students who never read the feedback I attached to the grades on their assignments, given the time I put into it. :/

To be clear, not a suspicion on my part- the software shows teachers the "Read" tag if students click on the feedback link.

Ball x Pit - Sphere Itself (Review) Ball x PitReleased: October 15th, 2025Developer: Kenny Sun Publisher: Devolver DigitalSystems: PC, PS5, Switch, Xbox Series X/SMate, Ball x Pit is fucking fantastic!Few games could speak to me as inte...

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The review from Stephanie Sterling which spurred me to get the game. A good read!

A screenshot from the game Ball x Pit, with a warrior shooting balls down the corridor towards an oncoming skeletal horde.

I am enjoying the new game Ball x Pit. Gives me Vampire Survivors vibes with all the character unlocks, weapon evolutions, and “just one more turn”. The pinballing block breaking gameplay used in town builder AND primary battle gameplay is fun.

Thanks @commandersterling.bsky.social for your review!

Always be MacEwinning.

The Sounds of Sonic #animation

I tabled a petition calling on the government to stop the cuts to Algonquin College’s AAADD program: a vital program that helps students with developmental disabilities pursue postsecondary education and build life skills.  Every student deserves the chance to learn, grow, and succeed.

No- I do not have direct contact with the Bros, nor would I expect them to keep me apprised of legal matters.

I doubt very much it has their approval, as well. I have passed the information along, thank you.