John Curtin

@curtinwrites.bsky.social

Ennie-nominated game and culture writer Words @Paizo.com and sundry Projects: @starfinderfacts2e.bsky.social https://www.patreon.com/BearlyFactual https://ko-fi.com/bearlyfactualproduction Occasional musician. Built a robot once.

Its complexity may intimidate, but 𝘗𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘰 rewards gamers with surprising mechanical richness. ★★★★☆ Category: Object Permanence Games Publisher: Mom

Three friends are in a hotel room in Sverdlovsk. The first two men open a bottle of vodka, while the third is tired and goes straight to bed. He is unable to sleep however, as his increasingly drunk friends tell political jokes loudly.

Do you want to know how popular school vouchers are? They have never won on a ballot. Not once. In any state. Ever. The only way states are able pass a school voucher scheme is behind closed doors. Legislatively. The people would never approve their tax dollars going to private religious schools.

It's interesting to compare this to the similar list of influential games (drawn from a survey of game designers) assembled by @polarisgamedesign.com. The Polaris list is dominated by stuff that's out of the time frame of the Giant Bomb list (which ends in 2005), but there's some notable omissions.

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...

Giant Bomb's Games That Made History
I have played 47 and completed 17 out of a total of 151 games on the curriculum - a history of industry shifting, culturally relevant, and historic firsts in games since 1962. https://giantbomb.com/ogu

For the avoidance of doubt: the video games industry absolutely is in a major investment and labor crisis. This is the view of basically 100% of industry professionals, journalists who cover the industry, and specialized market analysts.

Yesterday, WIRED learned that Madison Square Garden was suing us for our accurate reporting. We stand by our work. That’s why we’re removing the paywall from two of the MSG stories they don’t want you to read, making them free for everyone.