My already complicated feelings towards a game I backed over a decade ago just turned into wide-eyed hissing into the void. The mental gymnastics the new Drift Stage team's undertaking to make a functional game while pretending they're not becoming part of the genAI problem is mind-boggling.

Nick Taylor@ntay.us · 2d ago

Drift Stage rising from the dead like a zombie was already weirdly grim but today's update that they've solved some Unity update problems by letting AI code workarounds is like.. man, what a shit show.

This is a well-produced segment. I encourage you to watch so you can hear the noise for yourself. The professor of environmental health science that they interviewed called it an “unprecedented new noise source.”

Neighbors say noise from Michigan data center is 24/7 and upending their lives

One Michigan community has been experiencing the reality of a data center next door for a couple of years now, and they say the sound has changed their lives.

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scoutsscoop.home.blog/2026/07/12/p... It took a few days, but I wanted to make sure I got this right. A cautionary tale for those who watched pinball on #SGDQ from the queer folks standing up for LGBTQIA advocacy and inclusion in the scene.

Pinball’s Cautionary Tale

Last Thursday, one of my friends from the pinball community ran Total Nuclear Annihilation at Summer Games Done Quick 2026. I’ve been around the pinball community, particularly the competitiv…

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pinball. they're terrified of the community that's half trans women (us) but they love the isolated ones who will go along with anything

SJ Klapecki (should be writing)@sjklapecki.itch.io · 4w ago

ever feel like the trans woman is meant to be isolated. like people like us best when we're the only one of our kind in the group, and don't raise any fuss? ever feel like our job is to be alone or singular and scared of being disposed of? ever feel like people hate us forming actual communities?

Imagine a NES Block! Or don’t, because it’s gonna happen anyway! Wake up and tune in to @gamesdonequick.com

I'm so glad SGDQ viewers are gonna get to hear the soundtrack for Total Nuclear Annihilation pinball. It is, arguably, the greatest set of bangers on any pinball table.

OH MY GOD ARBOK IS COBRA BACKWARDS WITH A K I never realized this, I don't play Pokemon

Archipelagos are going to get me to re-experience or finally beat games I haven't touched in ages. Finally beat Link's Awakening legitimately (i.e., without a Game Genie, I sucked as a gamer kid) for the first time. Just gotta learn a few extra tricks and it'll be alongside Doom in my repertoire.

Statement from VGHF director Frank Cifaldi on the discontinuation of physical PlayStation media, and the closure of the PS3 and PSP digital storefronts.

I'm so tired of people asking me to be angry over video game stuff I'm used to or I've seen coming for years. Is the expectation that I devote untold hours to becoming some sort of video game newsbreaker to my friends or creating the next big viral meme? I just don't care. Fuck 'em.

A game I backed on Kickstarter over 11 years ago at an atrocious amount is coming back from the dead, and it's really weird to see. I didn't stream back then, I barely had a personality, and there's these awkward remnants of my pre-streaming goober self bolted into what should've been a cool game.

This is one of the best movies ever made and I do not trust your taste if you dont agree.

Ryyudo @ MAGWest (Aug. 14-16)@ryyudo.bsky.social · last mo.

How the FUCK are folks watching with their eyes closed and ears plugged????

You've gotta stop posting tweets from X the everything app. Who cares, man?

For those unaware of pinball, Jersey Jack is a MAGA company that ran a Make Pinball Great Again marketing campaign and also recently released the Harry Potter pinball machine If it were licensed by like, any other pinball company this would be exciting but like Fuck Jersey Jack

The Sonic Stadium ✪ Sonic the Hedgehog News & Community@sonicstadium.org · last mo.

BREAKING: Sonic the Hedgehog Pinball has been unveiled by Jersey Jack! #SonicNews Sonic's first full-sized pinball table, it's themed around Sonic Generations, featuring animation & music from it. It's crafted by pinball designer legend Steve Ritchie. Article with loads of info in replies.

whenever anyone I know admits to using ChatGPT this appears above my head

Nashies! Aug. 16th 🎂@nashiez.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"So, if I use ChatGPT you think less of me?" Yep. Hope this helps.

I HEARD SPIDERMAN WAS THERE

It's amazing how much poor production quality is forgivable in endurance racing when ads aren't playing every 5-10 minutes like the US networks have done for the last several decades. Confusing leaderboards? Prattling, unfocused commentary? Just have 20-30 minutes of racing between ads and I'm fine.

oh hey Bluesky finally added a Group DM

"FOR TONY SCHIAVONE! FOR TAZ! FOR EXCALIBUR! FIX YOUR HEARTS OR *DIE*!!!!!! *THIS* IS ALL ELITE WRESTLING!!!!!" - @shutupexcalibur.bsky.social #AEWDynamite

It's June, so I would like to share with everyone my gay #F1 cars. These are keychains, badges and stickers you can get in a variety of different Pride colours. There's even a bundle deal! Check 'em all out over on hayleymulch.com/collections/... #Pride #PrideMonth #LGBTQIA #BSNM

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When the edible hits

TDE Wrestling@tdewrestling.com · 3mo ago

It's fine. This is fine. #AEWCollision

It's been six months since a trans woman was ejected from a bathroom at a pinball tournament. It's been six months of bullshit, inaction, and blaming trans people for the problems they suffer. I've written an updated post about it. posts.arborelia.net/six-months-a...

Six Months After OBX

The IFPA has taken no responsibility for their trans-exclusionary pinball tournament, and thinks we should shut up about it.

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They're not out for everyone yet, but Phasmophobia's new models are already a tremendous experience (featuring sailorsugarplum watching @jojosaysbreee.bsky.social get down and die).

To be clear about this, anything over about +6s at this Grand Prix requires getting special permission from F1 stewards to compete in the race, because it's uncompetitive and dangerously slow. Aston Martin is twice that gap, over $400M later. Hilarious.

Nick Taylor@ntay.us · 3mo ago

Aston Martin spent > $400,000,000 securing all the top talent they could get their hands on for 2026 and in qualifying they are one DNF, one 12 seconds off the pace. +12s in racing is like, what you'd expect if we were whipping chariots around this circuit, not open wheel cars.

Fuck. I mean obviously I don't care for Apple, but the throwback Apple design on Porsche's Laguna Seca livery goes so hard.

You belong here @kylebrandtsky.bsky.social

Mr. 200 ⚾️@warrencb11.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Kyle Brandt just had a great anti-AI rant on Good Morning Football. Aired at like 950am Pacific @cjzero.bsky.social

Me: I should be careful about saying too much unhinged shit online, it's beginning to get out of hand Also me:

Ryyudo @ MAGWest (Aug. 14-16)@ryyudo.bsky.social · 4mo ago

(Also thanks @djtatsujin.bsky.social for this)

Shifting my focus to horror communities around streaming spaces has been a breath of fresh air by comparison. I feel so much more welcome in them now that I'm active, to the point it's almost embarrassing to think there was a time where I felt like I wasn't worthy enough to do anything but lurk.