I was laid off from Restart today, alongside my wonderful and talented co-workers. Sucks to write, but here we are. Lots of ways you can help, but I'm currently live with a lay-off subathon where you can come and chat and sub to keep the timer going to give me some cash Twitch.tv/MamaVitelli

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I was Laid Off So I'm Doing A Subathon! | Subathon | Cool Content | Variety | Streaming just chatting.

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I really hate hearing that yet another gaming outlet has been shut down. It sucks that @restart.run didn’t have the money from their scrappy little partner *checks notes*… Walmart, to keep it afloat.

Id Software Dev Says Xbox Doesn't 'Understand Art' And That After Layoffs It Is 'Impossible' To Make Big Games

Id Software Vet Claims Xbox Doesn't Understand Art Or Games

id Software vet Chris Hays says entire departments have been 'gutted'

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My son has *very* emphatically been performing the DK Rap upstairs for the past half hour or so as I'm trying to focus on work meetings.

hello chicago-area parents + teachers, @chicago.suntimes.com reporter here!! If you've been school supplies shopping recently (online or in person) I'd love to hear from you. bonus points if you know how much $$ you spent!! message me here or email me at mrush@suntimes.com :)

Let @ramiismail.com remaster Golden Sun

Kotaku@kotaku.com · 5d ago

Happy 25th birthday to Golden Sun https://kotaku.com/25-years-ago-golden-sun-video-game-adventure-2000721340

Every site's review AI summaries: Some customers praise how well this item works, while others report that it does not work at all. Many enjoy the reliability, while some reviews state that it is not very reliable.

I need to figure out how to become a LEGO influencer so I can get my kid (and, let's be honest, me) all the Pokemon sets without spending a fortune.

if I ever taught film criticism lesson one would be “you being smarter than the movie is not interesting to anyone”

I wrote a whole @dallasnews.com article about this comic once. Newspapers should include comics as ads again.

Peppers Ghost@peppersghost.bsky.social · 6d ago

The X-Men once went to the State Fair of Texas, but that’s not even the best part, the local advertisements steal the show. A thread of the best ads:

In response to the unprecedented number of game developers laid off this year, we have created a bundle on itch to benefit a Game Industry Hardship Fund, managed by @videogameworkers.bsky.social. More than 100 games for 10+ bucks! Please share widely and donate generously! itch.io/b/3802/game-...

And yet Ubisoft still probably won't do the cool thing and make a sequel to Immortals Fenyx Rising.

GamesIndustry.biz@gibiz.bsky.social · last wk.

Following the release of Christopher Nolan's Odyssey film on July 17, daily active users of Assassin's Creed Odyssey increased significantly across all platforms www.gamesindustry.biz/analyst-data...

This sucks for a whole host of reasons. Market Hall was a place where I could go for a huge book clearance and was also where I got my first (or second?) pandemic vaccine. It served lots of purposes.

Robert Wilonsky@robertwilonsky.bsky.social · 2w ago

Trammell Crow's Market Hall has long been "the world's largest privately owned exhibition hall." It was Dallas' OTHER convention center, but it was for locals, not out-of-towners. Come week's end, the days of boat shows, guitar fests & political rallies are over. www.dallasnews.com/opinion/comm...

Listen, Universe. You've been hard on us lately. We deserve a lot of little treats. This could be one of them.

Deadline@deadline.com · 2w ago

After three years, 'Dungeons & Dragons' has another campaign in store for fans of the 2023 movie... if it can just get the greenlight.

I own a bunch of copies of different editions of favorite video games and books (Myst, Final Fantasy, Zelda...) I have a small collection of old C.S. Lewis books. I've got the complete Narnia series in like 5 different editions. I've got both theatrical and extended LotR movies in multiple formats

Sophia_Nyx 🐰@sophianyx.bsky.social · 2w ago

Name physical media you purchased more than once.

They should make Excitebike 99 in the style of Tetris 99. That’s a free idea for you, Nintendo.

Jonathan Mitchell@jonphilmitch.bsky.social · 2w ago

Why the hell aren’t we getting a new Excitebike every generation with a cool track editor and online racing?

Whoa. I hate the fact that I can’t play this. The world needs an actually-new Myst game badly.

Phil Salvador@philsalv.bsky.social · 2w ago

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

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I'll give props to Sony for the fact that a digital movie redemption code from a 2015 Bluray, which was supposed to expire at the end of 2019, still just successfully redeemed for me on Movies Anywhere.

Before he was Gump, he was... Forrest Before he was Tracy, he was... Dick Before he was -Man, he was... Spider

DiscussingFilm@discussingfilm.net · 2w ago

First poster for ‘EBENEZER’, a new film based on ‘A Christmas Carol’ starring Johnny Depp. “Before he was Scrooge, he was Ebenezer”

What do you mean before he was Scrooge he was Ebenezer those are just his first and last names lol

DiscussingFilm@discussingfilm.net · 2w ago

First poster for ‘EBENEZER’, a new film based on ‘A Christmas Carol’ starring Johnny Depp. “Before he was Scrooge, he was Ebenezer”

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/

Revisit E3 Like You've Never Seen it Before

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Poinpy has been freed in more ways than one. This is great news.

Devolver Digital@devolverdigital.com · 2w ago

Crush fruit and feed the beast in POINPY! Back on mobile...FOR FREE! 🍎 🍋 🫐 🍊

This is a really awesome thing. There are a handful of games where I had to ask, "Wait, *did* I play this? Did I finish it?" But I feel pretty well-rounded having been through the list, even though I apparently have around 40 historically important games to play. giantbomb.com/ogu

Chuck Zimmerheld@chucktowski.com · 2w ago

I've been working on this for a few weeks now on @giantbomb.com, ready to share it out. Still got a ways to go, collecting blurbs/citing sources. giantbomb.com/the-most-imp...

Cinematic parallels.

I don't think she's lived here in a very long time, but I'll still consider @felicia.day a "fellow Texan" for congratulatory purposes for reaching The Guild movie's funding goal (and then some) within a day. www.kickstarter.com/projects/fel...

The Guild: Ren Faire'd

Help us celebrate The Guild's upcoming 20th anniversary by making the most epic renfaire movie of all time!

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Halloween Creep may be trying to overtake Christmas Creep. I have received a shocking number of Halloween decoration ads in July.

Nothing like smoke detectors beeping at 1:30 am to remind you you’ve been in your house for almost a full year.