Andrea Shearon

@majora.bsky.social

she/they 🏳️‍🌈 | redneck disco elysium & ffxiv posting | evergreen @ PC Gamer | bylines: IGN, USA Today, Fanbyte, RPG Site → contact: andrea.dianek@gmail.com

Let's keep our eyes on Nolan Wells. This young man deserves our remembrance & his family deserves our support. It seems only Black people nationally, Mississippi, & Ms Rachel care. But you all should know hearts hurt over this. If you want to know what's on the minds of Black America, it's this.

Ashton Pittman@ashtonpittman.bsky.social · last wk.

I wish everyone approached the Nolan Wells story with the care Duvalier Malone does. Care for truth. Care for the grieving family. Care for the grieving friends. Care for the history of mistreatment that informs Black Mississippians distrust of the system. It's all the above.

Me w/ my clown nose on as I almost finish the current Chocobo breeding stuff for the achievement 🤡 but also it's hell and much needed. I guess I'm a little confused since it's all MGP stuff now - there's no breeding for battle Chocobos. Are they making them the same thing + cleaning up?

FINAL FANTASY XIV@en.finalfantasyxiv.com · 2w ago

Kweh! 🐤 Starting in Patch 8.1, chocobo companions will be getting a big overhaul, and your feathered friend will be able to join you as party members in dungeons! Your hard-earned ranks and such will carry over as we continue rolling out major updates to the system!

A slide from the Final Fantasy 14 Fan Festival in Berlin Keynote. Text reads Chocobo Companion Overhaul. Dungeoneering – Bringing chocobos into instance dungeons creating light parties with 2 players plus 2 chocobos. Chocobo Breeding – Complete system overhaul. Gysahl Greens- re-examination of effects and usage. Basic commands - complete revamping. Updates start Patch 8.1.

Big overhaul on our list of the best games like Stardew Valley! This is my first stab at making PC Gamer's "best [genre]" lists feel more obviously curated by our very expert freaks. They always have been, but you should FEEL it more soon. You can even vote for what should have made the list!

The best farm sims and games like Stardew Valley

Games like Stardew Valley have fully taken root on PC, so now we're thoroughly spoiled for choice on new games to plant parsnips in.

pcgamer.com

mass layoffs at Pixar despite Toy Story 5 about to cross $1 billion at the box office. there is simply no amount of money that will make corporations happy enough to not upend people’s lives.

Pixar Bears Brunt of Disney Studio Layoffs as Company Axes Several Hundred Staffers

Pixar Animation Studios, despite riding high on the success of summer blockbuster "Toy Story 5," was hit particularly hard in a wave of corporatewide layoffs at Disney.

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I'm seeing really ugly stuff in the replies on how she chose this and I want you to take a beat to understand how the military disproportionately targets certain communities, including and especially in Texas, for recruitment.

Molly Ploofkins@mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 2w ago

This is 19-year-old Pvt. Isabella Gonzales. The North Texas resident was one of three U.S. service members killed in action during an Iranian retaliatory attack on a base in Jordan.

Fuck off. If anything is "millennial", it's those cool transparent colors our iMacs, Gameboys, and Tamagotchis came in. No fucking millennial likes the house flipper grey. Call it a millennial paint job when I can see through the exterior of a car because it's Glacier Purple like my GBA.

An image showing the colorful transparent plastic of various pieces of technology of the 90's and early 2000s, that were easily the popular choice of the millennial age bracket. Some of the tech is an iMac, Nintendo 64, Sega DreMcast, a PlayStation 2, a Gameboy color and Advance, and CD player.
Jack Saint@lackingsaint.bsky.social · 3w ago

No fuck off we're not calling this "Millennial grey" this shit was dictated completely by boomer retiree house flippers we absolutely had NO say in this

Millennial grey

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A kitchen with beige grey floors, drab walls, brushed steel appliances, and grey granite countertops.
Grey floors and furnishings are said to appeal to Millennial tastes.
Millennial grey refers to a desaturated colour scheme that is said to appeal to the interior design sensibilities of the Millennial Generation in the early 21st century.[1] Cultural historian Kassia St. Clair attributed its widespread adoption to a desire among Millennials for "a flexible, sensible choice that will last years, hide any stains, and can be adapted to different schemes."[1] Some have diagnosed Millennial grey as a reaction to the warm hues of the late 20th century.[2]

Millennial grey is polarising, particularly when used with imitation-wood-texture sheet vinyl flooring, which many describe as depressing, soulless, or corporate.[3][4] Although attributed to Millennials, the grey colour scheme is often chosen by house flippers, vacation rental owners, or other people who do not actually live in the greyed properties.[3] Thus, the occupant of the property—Millennial or not—has little say in its colour scheme, particularly when deployed for fixtures such as flooring.[4] The greying may have been driven, in part, by a desire to prepare properties for sale in a manner thought to be least offensive to the average buyer.[5] Given the housing crises gripping many countries in the early to mid-21st century, buyers and renters may feel they have no choice but to accept a property decked in Millennial grey.[4]

To the extent that Millennial grey is said to be enjoyed by Millennials, it is also said to be loathed by Generation Z.[1][2]

it’s time I finally sit down and figure out how to use one of these photoshop alternatives because adobe has somehow turned my regular workflow that took just a few minutes into a miserable process that takes ten years and looks worse. AI hell is exhausting

taking care of a parent who can no longer care for themselves while you’re in your 30s will make you feel like you’re in your 60s. I love that this piece includes all types of caregiver relationships. And I love being reminded that people care about the caretakers, too.

Wallace@exalclaw.com · 3w ago

For @mothership.blog, I talked to over a dozen caretakers about the reality of being a caretaker while working in games. The short of it? It's *very* difficult. Here's a glimpse of the current experience, its consequences, and coveted standardized practices: www.mothership.blog/the-games-in...

Spent the last few days chatting with queer men in the Love and Deepspace fandom about its homophobia problem, and why some fans are protective of the game to the point of resisting even men who like men taking part in the romance game's community. kotaku.com/love-deepspa...

Love And Deepspace’s Gay Fans Say It Has A Homophobia Problem

The otome hit is a worldwide phenomenon directed at women, so what happens when men who like men want to try?

kotaku.com

Something a bit more personal than usual: For the last 10 years my dad has been struggling with a version of ALS, a terrible neuromuscular disease. He's kept up his spirits by making photo books chronicling his life as a photographer+traveler. I'm helping sell them now to pay for nursing care:

Photo Trips by Hugh Fenlon

Personal photography books compiled from a catalog of more than 30,000 analog film photographs taken across multiple continents and multiple decades.

photo-trips.bigcartel.com

I used to talk about this w/ my pop, but taking care of the people who work for you is worth something. He stuck his neck out for others until the day he died, & at my first job, when I was anxious about grad students reporting to me, that was his advice. Show up for them, & they'll show up for you.

"She'll be joined by Stanford economics professor Chalres I. Jones—'currently on leave at Anthropic'—and Marc Andreessen: tech VC, major AI investor, and guy who believes you can improve an LLM's results by simply instructing it to be very, very smart."

US Federal Reserve taps Xbox CEO Asha Sharma, who just laid off 3,200 employees, to lead task force on jobs

The Federal Reserve says its newly-announced task forces represent a "commitment to price stability and maximum employment."

pcgamer.com

Welp. My entire team at Gamespot has been fired, so I'm more available than usual for freelance work. Also affiliate revenue consulting for anyone who wants to actually make money off of commerce content.

did they actually talk to mitch mcconnell or did they ‘talk to mitch mcconnell’ in the same way I sit on my back patio sometimes and ask anthony bourdain for his guidance and blessings