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December 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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it occurs to me that the actual play area of Elevator Action is basically modern widescreen, but it avoids the usual pacing problems that come with that aspect ratio in 2D games because you need to progress up and down, really simple solution to a problem that didn't even exist yet
December 6, 2025 at 1:52 AM
it occurs to me that the actual play area of Elevator Action is basically modern widescreen, but it avoids the usual pacing problems that come with that aspect ratio in 2D games because you need to progress up and down, really simple solution to a problem that didn't even exist yet
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I wrote this joke article about Ian Bogost's idiotic takes on game narrative *eight years ago*, there's absolutely no point in relitigating this nonsense. He's just a stupid old man playing the same stupid old song.
medium.com/@NotBrunoAga...
medium.com/@NotBrunoAga...
Videogames Are Better Without Mechanics
A transcript I salvaged from a 1992 issue of PC Prospect magazine.
medium.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I wrote this joke article about Ian Bogost's idiotic takes on game narrative *eight years ago*, there's absolutely no point in relitigating this nonsense. He's just a stupid old man playing the same stupid old song.
medium.com/@NotBrunoAga...
medium.com/@NotBrunoAga...
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listen. i love myself some mechanics. I read kingdom of loathing's monthly updates and i don't even play the game.
but this is like saying the interesting thing about movies is whether there is a dolly zoom or not.
but this is like saying the interesting thing about movies is whether there is a dolly zoom or not.
The interesting, sophisticated thing about games is not whether they can tell stories as well as books or movies (they can’t) or float shocking themes as well as fine art (honestly, who cares).
It’s the manipulation of systems, the play of contingency, the brokenness of machines.
It’s the manipulation of systems, the play of contingency, the brokenness of machines.
December 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
listen. i love myself some mechanics. I read kingdom of loathing's monthly updates and i don't even play the game.
but this is like saying the interesting thing about movies is whether there is a dolly zoom or not.
but this is like saying the interesting thing about movies is whether there is a dolly zoom or not.
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every single goddamn time i see somebody mention N. K. Jemisin i think about her criticizing the story and then tweeting “well I didn’t read it but”
I Sexually Identify as an Attack Helicopter wasn't actually that intense. A lot of the "queer community" pilloried a trans woman and ran her out of society entirely and buried her literary future because they felt like it and they could taste blood in the water, and that's how all this works.
December 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
every single goddamn time i see somebody mention N. K. Jemisin i think about her criticizing the story and then tweeting “well I didn’t read it but”
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Sonic the Fighters is broken 😢
Sonic the Fighters is Broken
YouTube video by wusstunes
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December 4, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Sonic the Fighters is broken 😢
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the glorious new alternatives in games press are comprised of people responsible for this, or involved in this so they’re not really alternatives, they’re the same thing different face www.nathalielawhead.com/candybox/abu...
blacklist & block your victims
blacklist & block your victims
“Abusing you was by the book” (documenting two years of abuse from Game Journalism, after sharing my #metoo… the whole painful story all in one place)
www.nathalielawhead.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
the glorious new alternatives in games press are comprised of people responsible for this, or involved in this so they’re not really alternatives, they’re the same thing different face www.nathalielawhead.com/candybox/abu...
blacklist & block your victims
blacklist & block your victims
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Fascinating look at how much one band—Los Campesinos!—makes from streaming.
“If everyone who streamed All Hell on Spotify had done so using Tidal instead, we would have received an extra £31,847.38, which would double the amount we made from streaming of the album in this time period.”
“If everyone who streamed All Hell on Spotify had done so using Tidal instead, we would have received an extra £31,847.38, which would double the amount we made from streaming of the album in this time period.”
Here’s how much money Los Camp! make from streaming… - Los Campesinos!
loscampesinos.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Fascinating look at how much one band—Los Campesinos!—makes from streaming.
“If everyone who streamed All Hell on Spotify had done so using Tidal instead, we would have received an extra £31,847.38, which would double the amount we made from streaming of the album in this time period.”
“If everyone who streamed All Hell on Spotify had done so using Tidal instead, we would have received an extra £31,847.38, which would double the amount we made from streaming of the album in this time period.”
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WELCOME TO THE DRACULA PAPRIKA DISCOURSE!!
(meme from tumblr, not my own, original link seems to be dead now)
(meme from tumblr, not my own, original link seems to be dead now)
December 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
WELCOME TO THE DRACULA PAPRIKA DISCOURSE!!
(meme from tumblr, not my own, original link seems to be dead now)
(meme from tumblr, not my own, original link seems to be dead now)
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okay since there's been a lot of discourse around HORSES but not so much about the actual content of the game itself and it came out today i wrote up a review/some impressions of it on backloggd. some spoilers, tho not full spoilers backloggd.com/u/ellaguro/r...
ellaguro's review of Horses | Backloggd
there's been a lot of coverage around this game as a target of direct censorship in being banned from Steam and now Epic as well - but not very much discussion about the game itself. i played it throu...
backloggd.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:46 PM
okay since there's been a lot of discourse around HORSES but not so much about the actual content of the game itself and it came out today i wrote up a review/some impressions of it on backloggd. some spoilers, tho not full spoilers backloggd.com/u/ellaguro/r...
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Here’s Judith Butler explaining what this movement is and always was, about five years ago.
December 3, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Here’s Judith Butler explaining what this movement is and always was, about five years ago.
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elevator action looks so cute and sluggish in the clip but I was absolutely shitting my pants and crying for basically the duration of this clip
December 3, 2025 at 1:34 PM
elevator action looks so cute and sluggish in the clip but I was absolutely shitting my pants and crying for basically the duration of this clip
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A thing I wish critics would interrogate more: does a game really fail to meet modern *standards*, or does it just not conform to contemporary *trends*? Sometimes design ideas are left behind for good reason, but not always. Is it automatically bad if a game feels like it belongs in a different era?
December 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM
A thing I wish critics would interrogate more: does a game really fail to meet modern *standards*, or does it just not conform to contemporary *trends*? Sometimes design ideas are left behind for good reason, but not always. Is it automatically bad if a game feels like it belongs in a different era?
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god this really is how videogames work
December 3, 2025 at 4:14 AM
god this really is how videogames work
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If you're trying to ditch NYT Games, which you should be since their games singlehandedly prop up the entire dogshit rag financially, you should switch to Puzzmo. An annual sub is 50% off today for a crazy $19 and as a bonus doesn't enable the genocides of Palestinians and trans people
Puzzmo — The (new) place for thoughtful puzzles.
Re-imagined mainstays like the daily Crossword Puzzle, modern classics like Really Bad Chess and SpellTower, and even a few brand new puzzles.
www.puzzmo.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
If you're trying to ditch NYT Games, which you should be since their games singlehandedly prop up the entire dogshit rag financially, you should switch to Puzzmo. An annual sub is 50% off today for a crazy $19 and as a bonus doesn't enable the genocides of Palestinians and trans people
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Just to have it on record, we had already been working on a 3D Metroidvania where you can use a motorcycle to travel quickly from one biome to another for… 3 or 4 years at this point? haha
(Hopefully we won't take as long as that other 3D Metroidvania with a bike... which I can't wait to play!)
(Hopefully we won't take as long as that other 3D Metroidvania with a bike... which I can't wait to play!)
Hello new followers!
I'm Tiani Pixel, 3D/2D artist, game dev and coder
Me and @ironfairy.bsky.social previously made UNSIGHTED, and now we're working on ABYSS X ZERO, a 3D Metroidvania inspired by Mega Man Legends, Zelda Wind Waker and more!
Wishlist to support us! (link 👇)
#gamedev #indiegame
I'm Tiani Pixel, 3D/2D artist, game dev and coder
Me and @ironfairy.bsky.social previously made UNSIGHTED, and now we're working on ABYSS X ZERO, a 3D Metroidvania inspired by Mega Man Legends, Zelda Wind Waker and more!
Wishlist to support us! (link 👇)
#gamedev #indiegame
December 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Just to have it on record, we had already been working on a 3D Metroidvania where you can use a motorcycle to travel quickly from one biome to another for… 3 or 4 years at this point? haha
(Hopefully we won't take as long as that other 3D Metroidvania with a bike... which I can't wait to play!)
(Hopefully we won't take as long as that other 3D Metroidvania with a bike... which I can't wait to play!)
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Quick post for existing fighting game players looking to get into Vampire Savior!
www.pressbuttonwin.com/p/play-vsav-...
www.pressbuttonwin.com/p/play-vsav-...
December 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Quick post for existing fighting game players looking to get into Vampire Savior!
www.pressbuttonwin.com/p/play-vsav-...
www.pressbuttonwin.com/p/play-vsav-...
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bummer situation but grim lol at this exception on the epic games store
December 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
bummer situation but grim lol at this exception on the epic games store
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This. But also, remember that passion alone doesn't pay the bills. Most indies underprice their games, are ignored by algorithms, undersold, some even unfairly blocked from selling... So check that your money actually moves in the direction you want people surviving and making things.
December 2, 2025 at 6:37 AM
This. But also, remember that passion alone doesn't pay the bills. Most indies underprice their games, are ignored by algorithms, undersold, some even unfairly blocked from selling... So check that your money actually moves in the direction you want people surviving and making things.
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There is a vibrant industry of people selling fixes to inadequacies in the Unity editor on the Unity store, and since Unity gets a cut on those but their editor is free they'd be actively depriving themselves of revenue by fixing it themselves
December 1, 2025 at 5:47 PM
There is a vibrant industry of people selling fixes to inadequacies in the Unity editor on the Unity store, and since Unity gets a cut on those but their editor is free they'd be actively depriving themselves of revenue by fixing it themselves
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By far the longest strike in NHS history, if you live in Gloucester I would urge you to get in touch with the NHS trust and let them know how appalling this is - their rebanding would give them around 90p an hour more, it’s not even a big ask!
"I'm a mum-of-two, I'm a hard worker, we all go out and earn our money and we love the job we do,"
"We just want the recognition that we deserve for the work that we do at the hospital," said a phlebotomist at today's rally in Gloucester supporting the striking health workers
"We just want the recognition that we deserve for the work that we do at the hospital," said a phlebotomist at today's rally in Gloucester supporting the striking health workers
Striking Gloucestershire NHS worker 'meticulously planning' food shops
NHS staff who handle blood samples are entering month eight of their industrial action.
unsn.uk
December 2, 2025 at 9:29 AM
By far the longest strike in NHS history, if you live in Gloucester I would urge you to get in touch with the NHS trust and let them know how appalling this is - their rebanding would give them around 90p an hour more, it’s not even a big ask!
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Obviously this is impossible because Alan Moore looks like he's genetically a wizard, it's simply impossible to imagine what he would look like as a schoolboy oh there he is.
Spot Alan Moore in his 6th form Northampton Grammar School photo, taken two days before he was expelled
December 2, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Obviously this is impossible because Alan Moore looks like he's genetically a wizard, it's simply impossible to imagine what he would look like as a schoolboy oh there he is.