being an artist means finding things that you have absolutely zero memory of drawing

The new indie game Truck-Kun reminds me of the "Playing Subway Surfers while watching Family Guy" meme. That isn't an accident. @writnelson.bsky.social talks about designing for an audience that expects more and more stimulation. And why that's not as unusual as it sounds.

Games Need You to Give a Shit and Pay Attention

Plus: Get every bonus episode for $1

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i'm gonna read this review, but just this excerpt from it seems to affirm my very uncomfortable feeling about the entire premise of the movie being living in a dystopian hellscape where you can only have premarital sex one night of the fucking year

🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩@oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · 8h ago

"If this is what it takes to get a rom-com greenlit these days, maybe we should just let them die. Death with dignity is surely a better fate for the genre than fascist capitulation." Zero stars for this piece of shit movie. My review of ONE NIGHT ONLY for @ebertvoices.bsky.social

First, you tell me to get a hobby; now it's an “appropriate hobby”.

friendslop

Grayson Morley@graysonmorley.com · 1h ago

friendslop

People are going to say that Spider-Man BND making a billion in its first week is proof it's a great movie, but the quality of a movie isn't usually why it does great right out of the gate. First weekend sales are about if people see a movie as "important", pent up hunger, and emotional attachment

Do people just not write dialogue anymore? This entire scene feels like did a first draft with a bunch of "[insert joke line here]".

For some reason I’m hearing the Jaws theme in the distance.

Fascist Dem Tracker@fascistdemtracker.bsky.social · 4h ago

Erica Schwartz is confirmed 51-44 to be the Director of the CDC. Tim Kaine voted yea. This is his 44th yea for a Trump nominee this session.

Finally

The Independent@the-independent.com · 13h ago

James Bond producer shares update on 007 casting: ‘It’s got to be really different’

RT to scare a speculative collector

Your Canadian Girlfriend@yourcanadiangf.bsky.social · 2d ago

Why? Why must everything we enjoy be sealed up with a "grade"? I get baseball cards being put in plastic because you can still enjoy both sides of the card. But a Blu-ray?

Every time there's a presidential election year, progressives are told now is not the time to push for radical change. Save it for the off-years! Progressives did that, and they're still met with "not now!" attitude from people who are terrified of losing power. Sorry suckers! Too busy winning!

You're paying $2,358 in federal taxes for Trump's mass deportations. @epi.org 's new calculator shows what your community could have instead www.epi.org/deportation-...

Don't forget. Don't mess it up. Crow Country is pretty great, more people should visit this absolutely not haunted abandoned theme park.

Roddy McDowall chilling on the set of PLANET OF THE APES (1968)

New worst sentence just dropped

Next, I wrote about "friendslop", and how every decade or so, people who like videogames seem to flip from wanting to praise the medium to wanting to lovingly call it garbage. Very proud of this header image!! limitedrungames.com/blogs/news/d...

Don’t Call It a “Friendslop”, It’s Been Here For Years – Limited Run Games

With these waves come subtle shifts in how people talk about games, and some early signs show that we may be headed into another shame wave soon. Just look at the “Friendslop” label that some influenc...

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Maureen McCormick was born August 5, 1956 in Los Angeles.

Been sitting on this one for a while, but today marks the start of our new collab with Strange Scaffold! Super excited to work with Xalavier and crew on this project... and even more to come 👀

Xalavier Nelson Jr.@writnelson.bsky.social · 8h ago

Strange Scaffold's first-ever merch drop just went live with @theyetee.com - and there's gonna be more to come! LOOK HOW CUTE THAT PIN IS theyetee.com/collections/...

A gracious concession: “I want to congratulate Abdul El-Sayed on winning the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. He is a doctor, a community health official, a Rhodes Scholar, and a dedicated Michigander. I am proud to offer my support as he takes on Mike Rogers in the general election…

Good morning readers and writers! We are starting a new essay jam today that'll run until August 19! We're calling it the Blogs of the Round Table: Friendslop Jam! Check out the details here: critical-distance.com/2026/07/20/b...

Blogs of the Round Table: Friendslop Jam

Happy Monday, Readers (and Writers)! We’re practicing some necromancy today by bringing back a beloved and long-running feature to Critical Distance: the Blogs of the Round Table! Originally …

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Whoa I got so much new stuff on the LRG blog! Like you did you know Batman and Abatman, who is slightly more popular than batman now, are going to be in a comic where they solve the same crime in separate worlds. It's a great way to show off their differences! limitedrungames.com/blogs/news/b...

Batman of Two Worlds Takes the Dark Knight and His Doppelganger to Par – Limited Run Games

Batman of Two Worlds Takes the Dark Knight and His Doppelganger to Parallel Perils

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If Stevens won they would not print that moderates didn’t get the big election night they wanted, they would print that moderates have struck back and reasserted their place leading the party

Politico@politico.com · 16h ago

Progressives didn’t get the big election night they wanted

It was posted too early for the @critdistance.bsky.social jam but seeing as Big Walk is relevant I thought I'd repost my thoughts about "friendslop" as a term hylkelanghout.com/2026/03/07/i...

I wouldn’t call it friendslop if you paid me

There are two kinds of co-op games. The first is a game that can be played either single player or co-op and will have roughly equal experiences either way. This is where you see games like Elden R…

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ok how about friendscore instead of friendslop. friendslop sounds derogatory and so it’s therefore not a good term. be part of the solution people

Please please please.. we need the Kiwi

Alpha Chrome Yayo@alphachromeyayo.com · yesterday

the oscilloscope can produce mind-boggling effects 💀

Due to popular request... the oscilloscope can produce mind-boggling effects 2.0 (Kiwi edition)

May May the Nard@maymaythenard.bsky.social · yesterday

Please please please.. we need the Kiwi

This was one of the most expensive primaries ever, with an outside group throwing down $30 million only to see their candidate lose. So what does Politico talk about: how the winner should have had a larger margin of victory while being massively outspent 🤡🗿