Here’s the thing about E33, DE, Metaphor, BG3, etc.: there is a deeply hungry market for RPGs that aren’t about high schoolers.

GamesRadar+@gamesradarplus.bsky.social · 2w ago

We need games like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Balatro, and Peak as a cure for the "fear" in the industry, say experts www.gamesradar.com/games/we-nee...

RT to scare a speculative collector

Your Canadian Girlfriend@yourcanadiangf.bsky.social · 4d 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?

They should invent a games discourse that isn’t 10-20 years old

Thank you, Seattle voters! Proposition 1, the Seattle Library Levy, is currently passing with 72% of voters saying yes. Learn more about what this will fund at www.spl.org/2026Levy

If you enjoy playing video games in the US you should be paying attention to this and contacting your reps if you're into that sort of thing or like personal rights or whatever.

404 Media@404media.co · 3d ago

Mike Lee's SCREEN Act, which heads to Senate Commerce Committee for markup on Wednesday, would expand age verification requirements to a nearly limitless scope of websites, and is supported by the architects of Project 2025.

public libraries ftw

I have, with my own eyes, watched my tax dollars in the form of missiles as they hit buildings inhabited by civilians. I'd much prefer subsidizing a grocery story I don't use.

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 5d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

if there's a sunday chore you hate doing i encourage you to avoid it. yes you've painlessly knock it out every other week and yes it only actually ever takes 15 minutes, but what if this time it kills you? best to avoid it

The power of light and shadows

Talarico is correct when he says the US has an affordability crisis because there is a corruption crisis. Voters are coming to the conclusion across primaries that an establishment Democrat is no different than a Republican if their entire campaign is funded by corporations and foreign interests.

**°•.FAFO.•°**@fafo-ez-one.bsky.social · last wk.

James Talarico: “Trickle-down economics is not a theory, it is theft. They have been stealing the wealth that we all created. It’s why everything sucks right now. We have an affordability crisis because we have a corruption crisis. We don’t have a government of, by, and for the people."

The magical #book trolley #Baltimore 📚💙 ✏️🖤

"If you let them ban porn, they'll call you porn when they want to ban you."

Suzanne ✨🌑@tendermiasma.com · 6d ago

The TOS being so strict that they control you offsite is the problem; sites like Patreon and Kofi have offsite clauses too. The social criminalization of the suggestion that somewhere you might be doing nsfw is a problem. It's branding a person as obscene and we need consumers to stand up for us

a bad habit is biting your nails. using the fascist misinformation pump when you could easily hire a research assistant is a weakness of character.

A. K. Venrinn@venrin.bsky.social · last wk.

Omg not Hank Green using AI for research and calling to his “bad habit” 💀😭🤡

I love that I took film classes in college, because I saw this post on mute at first and thought "Is that yellow box Happiness? Is that Cooper Hoffman? Is he talking about watching his dad jerk off on-screen?" and turns out that's exactly it.

mojito friend@mojitofiend.bsky.social · last wk.

lmao

"Let PlayStation have a Wii U generation" goes so hard.

Here's an example of how not to disagree with someone who has a genuine concern (read the 🧵). If his point was "it's just one game, one newspaper, not a big deal," okay there's a way to say that without being rude. Or he could've just said nothing at all. But he chose to spit a joke in their face.

Ken Jennings@kenjennings.bsky.social · last wk.

They were like “Trans people are not a monolith” and “Like-minded allies may disagree on specific media boycotts” and stuff like that. It was a huge load off my mind!

If you've got even an ounce of a soul in your body, you don't touch anything by ModRetro. It's too intrinsically linked to Palmer Luckey and his cohorts. I know the vast majority of you haven't and won't, but it's always worth a fresh reminder.

Bucket Mouse@mousebitelabs.bsky.social · last wk.

The chintzy-looking M64 clone console of the N64 by a company named ModRetro has been released, I think, I don't pay attention that closely to shit. But as the great @frankcifaldi.bsky.social posted before, it is our civic duty to push back against this company and shun ANYONE who doesn't.

ModRetro runs on blood money. Do not work with ModRetro. Do not buy from ModRetro.

Argonaut Games@argonautgames.com · last wk.

Every July, the Buck Moon marks a new phase 🦌🌕 This year, it's bringing a very specific Buck back with it 🐝 Buck Bumble for the Nintendo 64 has returned on physical cartridge, available from ModRetro modretro.com/product... #BuckBumble #RetroGaming

everything modretro does, analogue does better anyway

When the mesh is so fine, but the grids don't align, that's a moiré.

I’m sharing this video again because people don’t really get what these data centers and ai are doing to our planet and our communities. Especially Black communities because they were strategically placed there. I need you to listen to these people. STOP USING AI. STOP SUPPORTING AI.

CNN@cnn.com · 7mo ago

The world has entered “an era of global water bankruptcy” with irreversible consequences, according to a new United Nations report. https://cnn.it/4qxGTNX

It's on Strago. It's literally on Vivi. It's on Vaan with ads. It's literally on Yuna. You can probably find it on Noctis. Dude it's on Quistis. It's a Wakka original. It's on Prompto. You can watch it on Prompto. You can go to Prompto and watch it. Log onto Prompto right now.

I want to meet the developers of this game because they seem to be having fun. They've added multiple [free] DLCs that come across as "We came up with new ways to break our own game's mechanics, here ya go."

Wario64@wario64.bsky.social · 2w ago

Ball x Pit - The Naturalist Update (final free update coming August 6) www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J8s... -2 new characters: The Ballbearer & The Hoary Hoarder -11 new balls -5 new passives

We are doing a little beginner's guide for video games type episode. Pls help us by filling out this form.

Pew Pew Bang!@pewpewbang.bsky.social · 2w ago

Do you have someone in your life who’s new to video games? Someone who doesn’t know where to start? Fill out this quick form and we’ll choose a game for them in episode 2 this season*! ✨ *we may not get to every entry but we’ll try! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

starting to worry I might have to make my own decision on whether or not I enjoyed something

please never be a person who says "oh it's just for kids, they won't care" when referring to something badly produced or written

I did the coolest transition EVER #gamedev #indiedev

I don't know why Hall H has screens that wrap around the entire room, but this is the best usage of them I can think of. "At the end of the day, it's all about the art."

Rob Keyes@robkeyes.com · 2w ago

Funniest thing I've seen in a long while is Josh Gadd at #SDCC talking about the 100+ year plan for the Spaceballs Cinematic Universe, which is part of the "Almighty Schwartz Saga" (ASS for short, which is part of a BIGGER cinematic universe - the ASSwhole) 🎥 @fandango.com

Everyone recommend a game for me to check out this weekend.