Tristan Cooper
@tristanacooper.bsky.social
senior social media manager at @theverge.com, also @canyoupetthedog.com guy
My friends at @drawfeeshow.com are making a Jackbox-style drawing game and it looks delightful! You can (and should!!) support them here:
Drawnsters: a Hilarious Art Game by Drawfee!
Draw your own monster cards, fight them to the death, and collect your favorites in an irreverent video game by Drawfee and friends!
kickstarter.com
Help us choose the official Drawnsters mascot by going to the Drawnsters Kickstarter and voting for your favorite! www.kickstarter.com/projects/pil...
Drawnsters: a Hilarious Art Game by Drawfee!
Draw your own monster cards, fight them to the death, and collect your favorites in an irreverent video game by Drawfee and friends!
kickstarter.com
Exciting news! We're making a video game with @caldy.bsky.social and we need YOUR HELP to finish it! All good video games need a mascot so we're designing four potential options on today's Drawfee! youtu.be/FEdmb_IPw7E
Designing Mascots for Our REAL VIDEO GAME!
YouTube video by Drawfee Show
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For our latest big story, @duncanfyfe.net dives deep the bestselling pinball game of all-time, The Addams Family.
The Addams Family pinball: An oral history
We talk to the team behind the 1992 breakout hit to learn about licensing, magnets, and how it designed the most popular pinball game of all-time.
designroom.site
I don't post on here super often but I'd be remiss if I didn't mention I landed my @nytimes.com debut this week writing about the fifth iteration of MIKE's Young World
Where Rap’s Avant-Garde Takes Shape (Gift Article)
The Brooklyn festival Young World spotlights emergent indie rappers and veteran artists. It was the brainchild of Mike, an artist and label head who has become a fulcrum of the alt-rap scene.
nytimes.com
A lot of folks have interviewed Grant Kirkhope about the DK Rap over the years and he's had very interesting things to say! But I really wanted to talk to the guys who actually rapped it, and managed to get the "So they're finally here!" guy on a call for this:
Kotaku@kotaku.com · 3w agoThe DK Rap is a silly, yet beloved, cornerstone of Nintendo and Rare history. It was also recorded in a stuffy hallway by the game director and a programmer who was picked because he listened to Tupac sometimes. https://kotaku.com/stuffy-silly-arhythmic-hallway-recording-original-dk-rap-2000715929
modern godzilla shit loves 2 treat the breath weapon like the craziest shit in the world. of immense importance and gravitas. u gotta feel it in your balls lifting up when he shoots that thing. but back in showa n heisei he just throwing it out like it's a command normal. dont even cost meter.
If your chill background mix to work/study to isn't at least like 3 years old I'm not clicking on it, I'm sorry but these days I just can't take that chance
for 404 media, i wrote about video game clones—who makes them, how they make them, and where the line gets drawn between inspiration and cloning
404 Media@404media.co · 3w agoVibecoding has made it possible to create a cheap rip off of a video game in just a few hours.
I had to stop and take a few minutes to doodle out a little dreamt visual of Mr Darcy.
I keep thinking about this Alex Ross painting of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen that is, for some reason, also the cast of 30 Rock
Brought my 3DS instead of my Switch 2 on vacation because of @andrewrweb.bsky.social and I gotta say every moment of Picross 3D has been worth it. An unrivaled form factor
The Nintendo DS is still the best gaming handheld for travel
With solid hardware and a huge library of games, it’s the perfect device to slip in your carry-on.
theverge.com
I worked some on this! Come for my goofy animations, stay for the best narrative experience you will have in games this year!
Meredith Gran@meredithgran.com · last mo.the Steam summer sale is underway, and you can get the very beloved (by me AND some others) Perfect Tides: Station to Station for 20% off! store.steampowered.com/app/2088810/...
Sleeping Dogs is full of great little touches, like how you’ll knock out the front windshield if your car doors are blocked
woke stifler@yelix.bsky.social · last mo.sleeping dogs is the best GTA game
I've seen a few people say the Ocarina of Time remake's realistic aesthetic is like the promo art/ads from 1998 and I gotta say I respectfully disagree. The stuff back then was very stylized and anime-adjacent, imo a game chasing this look wouldn't look like the trailer we got
This year I'll finally be able to play remakes of my favorite N64 games on the go
I don't think I'm ready for hyperrealistic child Link
How is it that I've seen five million memes of Elrond/Frodo dreamvision in Lord of the Rings and not one of Mr. Darcy's floating head jumpscare
Weird that they called this Valor Mortis and not Napoleon Bone Apart
Wario64@wario64.bsky.social · 2mo agoValor Mortis - Sept 24, 2026
Been a couple weeks and I think I can safely say the new Steam Controller is completely worth it. Feels great to hold even though I prefer the Xbox style stick layout, and not having to mess with cables or Bluetooth every time I want to play something is a game changer
