The good news is layoffs aren’t just hitting the game industry… Also It might have been too long and I don’t know what good news is anymore…

@geekwire.com · 17h ago

Zillow layoffs hit 91 jobs in Washington state, with senior roles bearing the brunt https://www.geekwire.com/2026/zillow-layoffs-hit-91-jobs-in-washington-state-with-senior-roles-bearing-the-brunt/

This is not a knock on big walk. Play it. It’s fun. But if you are a reviewer for a big game site and you gave it a 10/10! And it’s your first friend slop game… Take that as a hint to what you are missing out on and play some of the other ones you dismissed cuz they came from an unknown team.

Dear god… they are going to make Todd Howard do more interviews aren’t they?

Insider Gaming@insider-gaming.com · 11h ago

Halo Studios Hit by Layoffs After Campaign Evolved Launch insider-gaming.com/halo-studios...

I’ve been online long enough to know… when there are a flood of commenters all with the same views - pro ai… and their accounts look like this? Seems Ai is good at making bots to promote ai…

This is the exact same behavior I saw with cheaters on steam. They couldn’t believe everyone else wasn’t cheating. They were sure everyone else was cheating but just hadn’t been caught. It’s cool to see this mental defect move from 15 year old boys to powering our economy….

Charlie Stross@cstross.bsky.social · 22h ago

My answer is LOL ROFL (dickbrain) The terminally AI-pilled can't even *imagine* some people have *never* asked stochastic parrots to cheat at their job for them.

The WA 3rd Congressional District is going to a republican but the democrat incumbent is so far right, a republican might help And thank god Sawant @cmkshama.bsky.social is being soundly defeated even with the endless promotion by pos @mudede.bsky.social - never has a "reporter" campaigned harder

Curious for anyone playing big walk - fun game grab it. The question- do you like/understand the voice chet distance? I was surprised it was so short and am curious if we are missing something. There isn’t death so no instant silence comedy and the intro of radios/walkie talkies is fun but

The good thing though is there are people still on X who won’t leave and their staying empowers musk and extends his reach. Oh I meant bad thing. Yeah that’s a bad thing. Sorry I was confused as the entire game industry stays there and attracts new users while normalizing this hate speech.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · 2w ago

Elon Musk, owner of X, has called the editor of the Economist "a traitor to the West, plain and simple" after her recent interview with him. He now argues that "anyone who opposes remigration is a traitor" Musk has been socialising violence since Aug25: "fight or die, that's what it comes down to"

Reading/watching another company that formed and closed without ever shipping. I think the press continues to miss how big of a disruption Covid was to both development and players. Large companies are still navigating the fallout and the little guys were decimated by it.

I miss when companies posted the “awards” they got from the ai companies for using over x number of tokens… they were so proud of spending money. What did the companies make with all that compute? Well… “that’s not the right question Chet.”

404 Media@404media.co · 2d ago

Microsoft is introducing budget limits for AI use but says it still wants to be an ‘AI-first’ company.

I think the thing people miss about gen AI How amazing the community is Any other time in history when there has been secret sauce that could put you ahead, make you millions, make you better than everyone else... people kept it hidden. They used it and never shared their magic... not the ai kids!

Our favorite regular playing friendslop game is The Headliners I think we play it at least once a week. So good and breezy to get in and out of. store.steampowered.com/app/3059070/...

The Headliners on Steam

Co-op horror game where you play in teams of 1 to 8 reckless journalists, ready to explore a city overrun by deadly creatures to snap spectacular footage. Your only goal: make the headlines without be...

store.steampowered.com

Valaquesse@valaquesse.bsky.social · 3d ago

I like that. Its how I feel about the genre and I also enjoy it. I've spent the last few weekends on Flock Around. Considering Gamble With Your Friends next. Any recommendations?

We play a ton of friendslop games on our discord. RV there yet was one of my favorite gaming experiences ever. I call it friendslop. It’s fine. If me calling it that makes you mad, might I suggest you not worry about having other people define or judge you? You can own and define words…

I miss the card catalog and Dewey decimal system… Searching the stacks for a book to look something up only to find a bunch of other books on the subject you had no idea existed and just grabbing a bunch of them…

Maddy Myers 🏳️‍🌈@midimyers.com · 6d ago

it's actually sad as hell to use AI for research when research is the fun part. you can just email people and call them on the phone and ask them questions about the thing that they have expertise in. you can read documents & learn cool shit. ok now i'm just talking about how being a reporter is fun

Was pulling up comparable properties to our house tonight. Was looking to file to lower the amount that is used for taxes... WTF are you all doing paying this much around my neighborhood? That shit isn't worth it... you are killing me.

I don't think I've ever agreed with anything that follows... "Chet, we both know..."

Why is George Broussard weighing in on politics and the game press. He should stick to his lane of… oh.

Quest 64 Official @quest64official.bsky.social · 4d ago

Dumbass indies making the wrong creative games… Why when they ignore trends or feedback do they always pick the wrong feedback to ignore? They are so lazy… Why don’t any of them have passion or care enough to make hits? It’s like picking the wrong lottery number? Why would you do that?

GamesRadar+@gamesradarplus.bsky.social · 2w ago

We need games like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Balatro, and Peak as a cure for the "fear" in the industry, say experts www.gamesradar.com/games/we-nee...

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

Mentalwards Relaxing in Theater

ALT: Mentalwards Relaxing in Theater

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Susan Arendt@susanarendt.bsky.social · 4d ago

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

Sony has started quarterly investor calls just to react to change.org petitions… or maybe she was just responding to one question in an hour plus long call… nah.

This is the face of a 14 year old cat that is asking me - why did you wait until now before giving me my first Churu? That said, holding them in reserve until needed on a night like this? Genius.

Grabbing more reference... Someone designed this screen... someone designed this screen without a GUI... I get the rows of data, but the middle? What they choose to "circle" or highlight and that resolution and trying to give the data a hierarchy? Wild...

Hank green continues to be the biggest most beloved star… That I do not understand. I find him insufferable and normally just sit quietly while people praise him thinking all the while… i don’t get it.

A. K. Venrinn@venrin.bsky.social · 6d ago

Omg not Hank Green using AI for research and calling to his “bad habit” 💀😭🤡

The YouTube studio app was using 100gb of storage on my iPhone. How do you free up all that unused storage? Only one way. Delete the app and reinstall it. This from the biggest media app in the world… feels like we have just given up any concept of quality control.

I have a Chevy Bolt. It’s my favorite car I’ve ever owned. I refused to allow them to activate onstar. I will be fixing that car until I’m dead.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 6d ago

Companies are all in on selling folks the idea that it’s in your best interest for your products to “know you” as if you are getting a dedicated servant but what you are really getting is a spy.

This site is an island… in a good ways. Reading on Mayor Wilson’s call for the police chief to resign on here is mostly a discussion of the mess she inherited with our absentee chief… Outside of here? Bot armies screaming for her to resign… often mentioning cameras… those miles from the shooting.

This is real Sophie Cunningham level of… I’m not transphobic, it’s just all the transphobes agree with me bullshit. Here is an archive of the original report. archive.org/details/repo...

Report A Growing Threat The Anti Rights Movement In The UK July 2026

To understand the rise of an anti-rights movement targeting the rights of women and LGBT+people in the UK, it is important to situate it within the broader context of a generaldeterioration in human r...

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Lee Hurley@hleehurley.com · 6d ago

Amnesty have issued an apology to JK Rowling and the rest. Adjust your expectations, and donations, accordingly www.amnesty.org.uk/latest/an-ap...

Huh... well look at that...

Doesn't she mean - our audience didn't grow with our business?!?! Cuz phil grew that business..

Rock Paper Shotgun@rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 7d ago

Sometimes the foodbank has books, mostly for kids… and sometimes…