You can tell summer is winding down when The Old Woman Of The Woods starts hunting for meat to help her and her young survive through winter hibernation.
David
@sighingcorvid.bsky.social
Planes, trains, automobiles, big boats, little boats, music, books, giant robots, videogames, parenthood. Not necessarily in that order.
Are you tired of having to double take everything you see online because it might be fake AI slop? Get ready to double take your own photos because they may be fake AI slop.
Did an accidental flirt at work and now I want the ground to swallow me whole.
"Rincewind sat at a little table in a dark corner of the Broken Drum." The first Discworld video game, a text adventure released in 1986, and the only one to directly adapt a specific novel. 📺: The Colour of Magic, Delta 4, 1986. (ZX Spectrum)
Netflix's gaming "secret weapon" is no more - Oxenfree studio Night School is to close www.eurogamer.net/netflix-game...
In 2021, in their bid to get more of a hold on the games industry after dominating film and television streaming, Netflix acquired Oxenfree and Afterparty developer Night School Studio. https://bit.ly/4hsM0NI
Might post some good environment news every so often to showcase that it's not over yet and there are good things happening, we just have to fight for it First: beavers are basically magical creatures that help with drought and flooding, and we're reintroducing them more and more
Beavers helping to reduce drought with wetlands
Research shows beavers are creating more wetland areas since being reintroduced to the wild.
bbc.co.uk
I guess maybe not www.preventionweb.net/news/europes...
Europe’s wildfires have raised the danger posed by unexploded WWII bombs
Europe is contaminated with explosive remnants of two world wars. Many of these munitions sit precisely where wildfires now burn and the continent’s wildfires are now big enough, hot enough and last l...
preventionweb.net
After the Night School news, and the Double Fine news, and all the other closures, I hope no indie game studio ever sells themselves to a corporation again. Unless the goal is a couple of years of financial stability only to be closed after releasing one or two games.
Five years after acquiring Oxenfree developer Night School Studio, Netflix are shutting them down. https://bit.ly/4hsM0NI
Stop shutting studios, start “releasing” them - give the team the IP and let them use their notice period to find investment.
Kotaku@kotaku.com · yesterdayNetflix Shuts Down Studio Behind Beloved Narrative Adventure Oxenfree https://kotaku.com/netflix-oxenfree-night-school-moonlight-shut-down-2000724221
Nigel Farage is a genius. Anyone that thinks otherwise is an idiot. Who else would resign to call a by election to avoid being investigated for various crimes only to get humiliated by a man dressed as a bin and then to get investigated for various crimes again.
I had such a fun time with @lewispackwood.bsky.social on this. Best quote I forgot about: "I don't love the things most people love, but there's enough weirdos like me out there that love exactly what I love" Things that make the world bearable ;) #gamedev
"I don't see why people are scared of it" – ShipShaper developer Tomas Sala on why indies shouldn't be stressing about GTA6
"The media doesn't cover indies anyway"
gamesindustry.biz
laughing at the "Gen Z questions millenial party culture" thing. Oh, is a younger generation making you feel bad about the good times you had? Guess you weren't out saving the world like you were supposed to be doing :(
JFC ban these sex crime glasses in healthcare. If anyone you know buys them it is your duty to mock them until they stop wearing them.
Woman Calls Out Doctor Wearing Smart Glasses During Consultation Where She Had To Take Off Her Clothes: 'They Need To Be Banned'
A woman's discomfort with a doctor wearing smart glasses during a consultation has sparked debate over privacy and the use of camera-equipped technology in healthcare settings.
fashiontimes.co.uk
Oxenfree and it's sequel are two of the best narrative videogames ever made. Afterparty rocks too. Closing Night School is a crime.
Stephen Totilo@stephentotilo.bsky.social · yesterdayBREAKING: Netflix is shutting down two of its game studios (only one left beyond its central team) - Moonloot, which hadn't released a game - Night School (Oxenfree), which just released the thriller Unhinged Netflix says it still see games as an "opportunity" www.gamefile.news/p/netflix-cl...
BREAKING: Netflix is shutting down two of its game studios (only one left beyond its central team) - Moonloot, which hadn't released a game - Night School (Oxenfree), which just released the thriller Unhinged Netflix says it still see games as an "opportunity" www.gamefile.news/p/netflix-cl...
BREAKING: Netflix to shut down two more game studios
Oxenfree Night School and Moonloot closing, as streaming giant continues to shrink internal game studio operation
gamefile.news
Kakapo had a record-breaking breeding season and hatched 105 eggs!!! Considering there are only like 235 kakapo, that is a big deal!!!! Also, look at this baby!!!!!! www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a...
Amanda Wong@amandawtwong.bsky.social · last yr.*Thinks about one of her favourite birds, the poor dumb endangered chicken-sized parrots in New Zealand, and tears start welling up again*
If you see this, post your marine-themed art! #SciArt #Invertebrates
JABart(Justin) - Commissions Open!@juicebars.bsky.social · 3d agoIf you see this, post your marine-themed art! 🌊🐚
If you see this, post your marine-themed art! 🌊🐚
Karen Yumi 💚Vgen OPEN!@karenyumilusted.bsky.social · 3d agoIf you see this, post your marine-themed art!🌊 🐠