If I must suffer so must all my followers etc etc BUT ALSO Ben and his team at The Onion have the hardest job atm like how does one satirize this

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · yesterday

Oh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.

This review from Rebekah (one of my favorite games people, please follow her!) makes me REALLY want to stream this sight unseen with the team. @hoagietime.bsky.social set Starfox aside (you still have to play it haha); this is the one

Rebekah Valentine@duckvalentine.bsky.social · 2d ago

this is the best video game experience i've had all year. i love big walk. ask me about big walk. kotaku.com/big-walk-the...

This thread should be required reading for Michiganders, and will absolutely delight you no matter where you're from. Kathryn's grandmother is an all-timer.

Kathryn Tewson@kathryntewson.bsky.social · 3d ago

I have just been sent the transcript of a deposition my grandmother gave in 1977 while she was serving as an expert witness in a series of tribal rights cases and let me tell you, if nothing else this is proof that I come by it honest for every conceivable value of “it”

Hi, I’m sorry, scratch that, Katana Daddy can’t be stopped A WHOLE MINUTE BARRIER for console category HAS BEEN BROKEN!! 31:41 -> 31:17 -> 30:41! You can now beat All Bosses in the mode with Zangetsu Mode in JUST HALF AN HOUR on console (ps4, Xbox or switch!)

Bobby, Multicolored Permanent@bobbeigh.com · 3d ago

NEW WORLD RECORD for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night ZANGETSU All Bosses Console Category! 31:41 -> 31:17 RTA Twitch.tv/bobbeigh

Finished Black Flag Resynced today and I feel it's the best of all the Assassin's Creed games (admittedly I have missed Shadows -- will get it this fall). I'll note that as a first-time AC4 player here, the added chapter felt natural to the game -- I didn't realize it was an addition until after!

I found the original sound source of the piano used for "To Zanarkand" from Final Fantasy X. The hardware version is the KORG Kronos German Grand preset. There's a VST version you can get called SGX-2. Here's the original MIDI data played through the VST (with a little adjustment for velocities).

There is an element here that the video doesn’t warn you about in advance; I was almost sick with disgust and rage about taking advantage of this poor woman and her family. This should be criminalized yesterday and Cheryl’s right, it is at least as obviously cruel as Kalshi etc. if not more.

Cheryl Lynn Eaton@cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 4d ago

I want these CEOs sued into oblivion. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXgI...

"Why should I major in History?"

Bits@bitshammer.bsky.social · 7d ago

"The unknown heroes of the street have more talent than some who occupy a privileged place" - @patcamu #globalmuseum #music #Streetmusician

This is right now! You can stream it from the US and I loved last week’s episode.

Julie Elven@julieelven.bsky.social · 4d ago

New episode of Game Tracks on #BBCRadio tonight 😍🥹 with wonderful Alex Humphreys! Honored to be a part of this episode with @ebrenneisen.bsky.social's beautiful #StarGuardian #Ahri Theme from #LeagueofLegends with my singing, and a voice note where I share how our collab came to be 🎼🎙️🩵

Okay, let it

The Irish Times@irishtimes.com · 7mo ago

AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns

Short review of Spider-Man: the best Holland has ever been in the role. The MVP of this film is Jon Bernthal (staggeringly excellent as Frank Castle), and a brief, hilarious appearance from Florence Pugh reminds us that she is carrying the post-Endgame wider MCU. 1/2

Would anyone be willing to share a screenshot of a track in Logic, Fruity Loops, or some similar DAW that I could include in the second edition of *Listening to Rap*? I can't for the life of my get in touch with the person from whom I got the image in the first ed.

It's been a minute since I shared this collection! Science + videogames? Say less. #gamestudies go.bsky.app/Vp95Zio

I can't help but wonder reading @tressiemcphd.bsky.social's critique of the new Little House on the Prairie & wonder if younger generations of women have never seen male competence and don't even think to dream of it as escapism it's so foreign. The bar is VERY low for dudes. (Ask how I know lol)

No stream tonight, friends! Sarah and Dana are in Rochester conferencing (I'm not jealous, I swear :p), and the rest of us are either with family or catching up on work things (or both! AUGUST AHHHHH)

Go help Bobby across the line, friends! He is one of my models I point students toward for how to be a good broadcaster while you're playing, and if you watch GDQ you've almost certainly seen him in action covering Mega Man and Metroidvania platformers.

Bobby, Multicolored Permanent@bobbeigh.com · 7d ago

ALMOST THERE! We are almost done with Step 1 of 3 to regain Partner Plus eligibility! Just FOUR MORE points, if anyone has spare change in their back pocket, it would mean the world to unlock higher revenue to support during job hunting💜

Indie devs, here's a FREE way to get eyeballs on your game! For the 1st week of August, put your game in a slideshow on all MinnMax videos. Upload 1 promotional image here - forms.gle/XFH2PKJKevTP... - 1280x920 - BIG, CLEAR TEXT - No AI art in promo image or game Any help sharing is appreciated!

Decided to indulge in @lauraintravia.bsky.social's incredible cadence at 1:30 here before a meeting starts -- if you missed this performance from NACVGM 2026, take the six minutes and allow yourself to be astounded. www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1s6...

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Vocal Medley (NACVGM 2026)

YouTube video by Laura Intravia

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The feeling of apathy that Imran alludes to here is what I spend my days of university teaching fighting against. My biggest advice: do cool shit that computers can't replicate. Sing for a person you love. Go in with friends on a truckload of Porto's pastries and hand them out in the lobby.

Imran Khan@imrankhan.bsky.social · last wk.

Of a robot taking over and shooting people dead in the street? 0%. Of people ceding all their decisionmaking to computers that don’t do it well and that slowly sucking the soul out of society? Dead certain.

The chintzy-looking M64 clone console of the N64 by a company named ModRetro has been released, I think, I don't pay attention that closely to shit. But as the great @frankcifaldi.bsky.social posted before, it is our civic duty to push back against this company and shun ANYONE who doesn't.

I'm really proud of how we approach cultural history: we curate, collect, interpret and provide access to it for free online. People ask if we'll open a museum and it's like...why? Museums are wonderful and I love them but we have 100x the impact of a museum at less than 5% of the cost.

Video Game History Foundation@gamehistoryorg.bsky.social · 2w ago

New in our digital archive: We're taking you back to E3 like you've never experienced it. Explore thousands of pages of ephemera and nearly 24 hours of video from the history of the Electronic Entertainment Expo Read more: gamehistory.org/e3-history/

*cracks up laughing*

Indie Book Spotlight@bookspotlight.bsky.social · last wk.

LMFAO

I've commented here and there, but my biggest thought re: Wilson's review / criticism of Nolan's film is that far too many people have forgotten that criticism involves *critique* and not just an extended, in-depth advertisement. Other critics should aspire to be half as informed and engaging!

It’s nice to see everyone’s textual analysis of The Odyssey It’s almost like the humanities give you entertainment, feelings, pleasure, and fun/interesting stuff to talk about, as well as lenses into both past and current society

It is constructive criticism, it is generative debate, it is productive critique!

Casey Stegman@caseystegman.com · last wk.

People who think Emily Wilson is being mean have clearly never presented a paper at an academic conference

Hear me out: myself and @johnrobertmatz.bsky.social as creative consultants for the remake. Terra and Celes remain the two leads; we play the torching of Maranda and Celes' failed defecting to warn about Doma's poisoning; we also play the Light of Judgment in Mobliz as Terra rescues children.

VGC@videogameschronicle.com · last wk.

A Final Fantasy 6 remake is a difficult prospect because it would need four or five games to do the story justice, Final Fantasy 14 director Naoki Yoshida says. "I understand the feelings of the players, but you’ve got to think about it," he says. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/a-final...

I am well aware that $5,000 isn't even a rounding error for a game budget, but I would have assigned this one to a major university course that has 50 students a term for multiple years in a row. What a fun way this would have been to talk about the past meeting the present of game development!

Phil Salvador@philsalv.bsky.social · last wk.

Holy moly. The publishers who passed on funding this (now out-of-production) Myst spinoff missed out on a slam dunk

If we allow this, we cannot be taken seriously. On a metaphysical level, this might be the distillation of all the national rot. www.reuters.com/world/us/kal...

Kalshi debuts US midterms hub for election forecasts and polling data

Prediction market operator Kalshi said it had launched a new hub for tracking the U.S. ​midterm elections, offering users real-time election forecasts ‌alongside polling, fundraising and historical el...

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I don't announce it publicly with regularity, but I was diagnosed with autism as a junior high child (the now out-moded Aspergers' variety) and I received both diagnosis and the treatment/therapy for it because I am a man. Women my age / generation almost univerally were not given the same care.

NPR@npr.org · last wk.

For decades, ADHD was viewed as a childhood condition that mostly affected boys. Researchers now know ADHD manifests differently in girls, but many still go undiagnosed until adulthood. n.pr/4pCF42m