eric stirpē

Sorry. Need to stop you right there to compliment the incredible sentence starter “I’m a second generation clown.”

As someone who left animation for games in 2013, yeeeeeah you’re not wrong

YouTube video by Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers The Incredibles (2004) Trailer #1 | Movieclips Classic Trailers

I’ve always adored this one’s ability to say so much while barely saying anything at all.

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Valio is a street artist here in Helsinki whose work I just adore. He’s been doing a series of “collabs” with the electric company this year and they delight me every time.

I love LA.

Aw come on I know I’ll be riding that hyperloop any day now

And just like that, autumn.

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Unironically, I quite enjoyed the final one. I thought Lana Wachowski deconstructed, remixed, and examined the original’s legacy in some really interesting ways while simultaneously giving a middle finger to modern Hollywood’s franchise-hungry machine.

A partnership so perfect I kind of can’t believe it hasn’t happened before?

currently the mood rn

This might be a Lego situation where the branding guide demands an additional noun to pluralize it - “Installments of Call of Duty”

I have been really loving @panic.com’s choices as a publisher; basically anything they put out immediately has my attention at this point.

Just finished playing through despelote and I really enjoyed it. Honestly never seen anything like it before.

It’s a thoughtful lovingly-crafted memoir-as-game that conveys the challenge of capturing those slippery memories of your childhood.

I often wonder if the game industry would be better off if disk/cartridge space limits came back.

Did you know that the same man was the voice of Tony the Tiger for more than -50 years-, and also sang “You’re A Mean One Mister Grinch”, and also his name was -Thurl Ravenscroft-?!

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YouTube video by TOTORRO TOTORRO - New Music

And seriously, listen to how quirky and fun the music is that Totorro makes - Their album is just 39 minutes of great drum and guitar-driven instrumentals like this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXzp...

YouTube video by TheMidnightVEVO The Midnight - 'Syndicate' (Intro) (Official Audio)

I had never listened to The Midnight before today, but when I heard those drums kick in on the intro to their new album SYNDICATE I knew I was hooked.
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YouTube video by SaySheSheVEVO Say She She - Cut & Rewind

Say She She’s single CUT & REWIND has been one of my most-played tracks this year because it freaking slaps. The whole album is angry, sexy, and funky as hell.

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New Music Friday! Cinematic Synthwave, Glittering Disco-Funk, and more are on the menu today.

I know it’s Miss Swift’s big day, but some other cool music came out too. In particular, I recommend the new disco-funk album from the fabulous ladies of Say She She, The Midnight’s latest cinematic synthwave epic, and Totorro’s quirky French Math Rock:
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Now in fairness it WAS in development a long time… but also yes it’s been like ten years since it came out now. 😆

Owlboy is one of my favorite indie games of all time - It mixes the companion-based platforming of Kirby’s Dreamland 2 with the world-building of a Studio Ghibli film.

This game is gorgeous, fun, and it’s full of amazing characters, unique mechanics, stunning music, and a metric ton of heart.

I'm going to take a stab at this:

Among the popular US sports, baseball has the highest extrinsic:intrinsic structure and ruleset.

The meaningful verbs are super-limited:
1. Hit the ball [far].
2. Catch the ball.
3. Throw the ball accurately.
4. Pitch the ball cleverly.

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Ah man I am so jealous of that Lego Gameboy and Wes Anderson archive. That’s a whole set of weekend plans right there!

hooooooooly cow this just unlocked a whole box of memories I didn't know was there. I played HOURS of this game in my middle school computer lab back when it first came out. This looks so good!

So stoked you’re working with that crew - congrats man!

I heard a teenager on TikTok talk about the year “twenty oh three” and like they’re not wrong but also

Gotta start em young. At this rate they’ll be talking to their friends on the playground about how to balance Tag.