Everything on social media is fake at this point. I thankfully somehow have a sixth sense to spot this but I have no idea how normies even use the internet anymore.

Jesse Guarascia@jesseguarascia.com · 5h ago

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Good games with good framerates and artstyle > graphic fidelity

Chris Plante@plante.bsky.social · yesterday

Maybe the weirdest thing about Nintendo is that it's selling the cheapest and least powerful hardware (which won't play GTA 6) and yet it's the face of financial and creative stability.

I run a website that from its remit literally can't cover GTA, certainly not in depth, so when I see folk saying it's impossible to not put every resource into it I do roll my eyes a bit. It's possible if your business is built carefully to not be fragile to the whims of the single biggest game

We're approaching that special time of year again. Sign up to the APWOT 7 pre-launch page to be notified when it goes live! 🔥 www.kickstarter.com/projects/caz...

Coming soon: A Profound Waste of Time 7

The seventh issue of A Profound Waste of Time

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I’m doing it. I’m implementing ipv6 in my home network.

International Game Informer print subscriptions are now available! We heard your requests and are delivering magazines to your door across the world. Check the link to see the list of countries now offering print! gameinformer.com/2026/08/21/g...

/noclip turns 10 on September 12th so with the help of our community I put together a video attempting to sum up the past 10 years. A few tears were shed while editing this. I suspect I'll go back and watch it time and again over our next decade. youtu.be/EY-HmdHrUN8

Remembering 10 Years of /noclip

YouTube video by /noclip

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All these people talking of "switching to linux" and needing to learn how to do things in linux and at the same time saying windows "just works" have severe stockholm syndrome. Windows has more issues/annoyances than linux at this point. Use the brainpower you have left to learn something new

Aaron Swartz was prosecuted for scraping, while Meta does it without consequence

I'm Upset Again About a Co-Creator of RSS Being Prosecuted For Something Meta Is Doing With Little Consequence

Also here's a cool unrelated photo of a chipmunk because I need some chill

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Gamers: ”I’m convinced this person didn’t play the game” Also Gamers: “I only read the free headline or intro paragraph of an entire paywalled article” Gamers: “Games criticism is dead/sucks now” Also Gamers: “You can’t critique a game I like rrreeeee”

There's some response to this centered on the idea you should only say nice things about games. Here's the thing: lotta folks lament the loss of criticism ATM. But! You don't get to be sad about a lack of critical writing and also believe the first thing as well. You can't have it both ways.

Jank@jank.cool · 2w ago

Death to the self-playing game. www.jank.cool/death-to-the...

And while I dislike the ziplines from the middle point on Wake Island, seeing everyone start on the carrier and going on the zipline is comical. I wonder why they did it like that. Many empty gunboats being left behind

Carrier strike mode is a new limited time event (1 month) in BF6 and available on one map (Tsuru Reef), not available on the new Wake Island map the same update ships with. The mode is fantastic and it being time limited and not also being on the only other naval map (Wake Island) is insane.

1000xRESIST is coming to Nintendo Switch 2 on August 20, 2026. A huge visual improvement, bringing the experience on par with PC. Hekki grace.

screaming screaming and screaming into the void! thatshubham.com/blog/news-au...

The 49MB Web Page

A look at modern news websites. How programmatic ad-tech, huge payloads and hostile architecture destroyed the reading experience.

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Scrolling my socials this week.

"If it was opt in, nobody would opt in," admitted the streaming site's chief product officer. This happened during a livestream earlier today focused on addressing the controversial decision to force users to opt out of Amazon using Twitch content to train its AI models and tech.

Kotaku@kotaku.com · 3w ago

Twitch Is Now Using Your Content To Train Amazon AI Models And Has Hidden The Option To Opt Out

Want to add this as a panel to your stream? You can use this editable Figma file! You can change the colors and text to fit your own branding Credit not required, but always appreciated www.figma.com/community/fi...

New research reveals the sun is hot

404 Media@404media.co · 3w ago

NEW: How exactly do men harass women with Meta Ray-Bans? New research reveals this ecosystem works, and how pickup artists influencers who are using Meta's products, including its smart glasses and social media platforms, to perpetuate a culture of harassment against women.

put more boobs in the farming games actually

www.amazon.com/Doom-Guy-Lif... As somebody who already read Masters of Doom, this is still a great book that adds a lot (even though there is quite a bit of overlap) If you’re a fan of id looking for the definitive original story, recommended

but what do i know kotaku.com/xbox-protest...

In Protest Of Mass Layoffs, Bethesda Devs Greet Xbox Leadership With A Giant Inflatable Rat - Kotaku

'We heard that Microsoft leadership was coming to our office this week, and decided to make our presence visible'

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noclip_2 covers the best indie and underground games out there. Here are some of our favorites from 2026 so far. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifeJ...

the Best Games of 2026 So Far - noclip_2

YouTube video by noclip_2

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"Indies will save us" No! YOU WILL SAVE INDIES! Go leave a review for that neat indie game you like, share the trailer for an upcoming game you're anticipating, tell your fave developer they did a good job, go tell people about such and such game that's just come out, you can make a difference!

5000 hours minimum in Flight Sim required, but you can just let Steam idle

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 3w ago

America’s air safety is apparently now in the hands of gamers

tech ceos love to talk like it's impossible to know what the computer will do at any given time as if that's smart and powerful and amazing. the determinism was like, the best part of the computer though. removing the determinism is the opposite of smart. it's stupid

Did you know GOG offers a 30 days unlimited playtime refund vs Steam's 14 days and max 2 hours played? I didn't.

I love video games.

Our QuakeCon documentary is coming. Filmed over three years of one of the best annual weeks in gaming.

dannyodwyer@dannyodwyer.bsky.social · 3w ago

well this is fantastic