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We got a new piece up on Stop Caring.
@coledone.com makes their debut appearance on the site with a personal essay on Planescape: Torment. Less straight-up videogame criticism, more narrative-focused, David reminisces about a man without a name and a woman draped in layers in longing.
@coledone.com makes their debut appearance on the site with a personal essay on Planescape: Torment. Less straight-up videogame criticism, more narrative-focused, David reminisces about a man without a name and a woman draped in layers in longing.
Only You
An undying man without a name, a woman draped in layers of LONGING. Reminiscing through Planescape: Torment.
www.stopcar.ing
February 13, 2026 at 3:47 PM
We got a new piece up on Stop Caring.
@coledone.com makes their debut appearance on the site with a personal essay on Planescape: Torment. Less straight-up videogame criticism, more narrative-focused, David reminisces about a man without a name and a woman draped in layers in longing.
@coledone.com makes their debut appearance on the site with a personal essay on Planescape: Torment. Less straight-up videogame criticism, more narrative-focused, David reminisces about a man without a name and a woman draped in layers in longing.
I legitimately feel so much gratitude to @stopcar.ing for allowing me to tell a story in a way I felt I needed to tell it. I am not a critic, I am a storyteller. This piece was one of the hardest things I've ever written and it wouldn't have been possible without Artemis.
February 13, 2026 at 6:22 PM
I legitimately feel so much gratitude to @stopcar.ing for allowing me to tell a story in a way I felt I needed to tell it. I am not a critic, I am a storyteller. This piece was one of the hardest things I've ever written and it wouldn't have been possible without Artemis.
You have long heard stories of the Sensorium, where the emotions of others are kept. Accessible just by placing your hands on a cold, indifferent orb.
Deep in the basement of this place, a particular orb calls to you. You observe it, eyes falling to the dusty plaque. It reads, simply:
ONLY YOU.
Deep in the basement of this place, a particular orb calls to you. You observe it, eyes falling to the dusty plaque. It reads, simply:
ONLY YOU.
Only You
An undying man without a name, a woman draped in layers of LONGING. Reminiscing through Planescape: Torment.
www.stopcar.ing
February 13, 2026 at 6:20 PM
You have long heard stories of the Sensorium, where the emotions of others are kept. Accessible just by placing your hands on a cold, indifferent orb.
Deep in the basement of this place, a particular orb calls to you. You observe it, eyes falling to the dusty plaque. It reads, simply:
ONLY YOU.
Deep in the basement of this place, a particular orb calls to you. You observe it, eyes falling to the dusty plaque. It reads, simply:
ONLY YOU.
Pretty sure Ghost Babel basically opens with a line like
"Life is worth living even if it hurts you, even if you hurt through it."
and DUDE.
"Life is worth living even if it hurts you, even if you hurt through it."
and DUDE.
February 13, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Pretty sure Ghost Babel basically opens with a line like
"Life is worth living even if it hurts you, even if you hurt through it."
and DUDE.
"Life is worth living even if it hurts you, even if you hurt through it."
and DUDE.
Reposted by David Cole
Found an additional graphic that gets even more of these quotes together.
I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.
I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.
February 12, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Found an additional graphic that gets even more of these quotes together.
I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.
I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.
Ring: We collect footage from our networked cameras and feed it to our AI.
America: 🤔
Ring: It's to find puppies!
America: 🥵
America: 🤔
Ring: It's to find puppies!
America: 🥵
February 9, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Ring: We collect footage from our networked cameras and feed it to our AI.
America: 🤔
Ring: It's to find puppies!
America: 🥵
America: 🤔
Ring: It's to find puppies!
America: 🥵
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When the edible has you spending 30 min workshopping a joke about Taizo “Dig Dug” Hori being unsure if he is more mad at his therapist for probing about him being an absentee father or that they used the phrase “let’s dig into that” to do so.
August 20, 2024 at 2:40 AM
When the edible has you spending 30 min workshopping a joke about Taizo “Dig Dug” Hori being unsure if he is more mad at his therapist for probing about him being an absentee father or that they used the phrase “let’s dig into that” to do so.
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Please read my poem about a dominatrix.
Tap into Poetry Edition 18 is out now, featuring works from @ronita.bsky.social @coledone.com and @youcanandyouwill.bsky.social
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February 1, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Please read my poem about a dominatrix.
Reposted by David Cole
January 30, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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In ON:3 we want to showcase and mentor 6 new voices in 1000 word features. We champion long form videogame journalism, the future of print and give freelancers a fair deal. Email [email protected] by the 8/2/26 with an example of your writing and your experience to apply. www.on.games
#GamesJournalism
#GamesJournalism
January 30, 2026 at 2:02 PM
In ON:3 we want to showcase and mentor 6 new voices in 1000 word features. We champion long form videogame journalism, the future of print and give freelancers a fair deal. Email [email protected] by the 8/2/26 with an example of your writing and your experience to apply. www.on.games
#GamesJournalism
#GamesJournalism
I'm going to get into Swatch Internet Time™️ and tell people it's for doing business but actually I'm just following the lead of 1999's hottest computing experience: Phantasy Star Online.
January 29, 2026 at 8:44 PM
I'm going to get into Swatch Internet Time™️ and tell people it's for doing business but actually I'm just following the lead of 1999's hottest computing experience: Phantasy Star Online.
So many of the jobs are actually gonna be so, so safe. Holy SHIT.
You don't have the be an avowed AI hater to be impressed without lifeless and unwatchable this is.
January 29, 2026 at 8:42 PM
So many of the jobs are actually gonna be so, so safe. Holy SHIT.
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Super Monkey Ball for the iPhone may be bad but it is the only entry in the series endorsed by the late Lou Reed
![I didn't find it on your website.
[To manager] How come it's not on the site? [Manager responds, "I'm sure they're on there somewhere. Some songs play without prompting. But there's a tab that says 'A Gift From Lou, and that lets you listen."]
Well, I couldn't find them.
Do you find the website hard to navigate?
I do. The menu keeps bouncing around.
That's exactly what I've been saying! It has to change. To manager This is a young guy! We should make it easy. I'm complaining about my own website.
Plus, the font is too small. Call our website guy now. Seriously. I want the truth
— that's why I asked. The thing's impossible to navigate. [To interviewer] Have you seen Super Monkey Ball?
No.
It's for an iPhone. There are people who told me that they think the iPhone is an elitist thing. But they have cellphones. Anyway, you were saying?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:joocv6wsipeuw4pbpkzrxw4l/bafkreicumqwepytzg74lzdp7xlzfvy36vj74g33idofl2bxtlq7kbicqci@jpeg)
January 22, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Super Monkey Ball for the iPhone may be bad but it is the only entry in the series endorsed by the late Lou Reed
It's Christmas, the perfect time to learn to play Caravan.
December 25, 2025 at 2:39 AM
It's Christmas, the perfect time to learn to play Caravan.
Always been a big dot pack guy myself.
All the hits for the PlayStatis2 in 16-Bit Sensation: Metal Gay Solid, .pack, and Kingdom to Heart. There may be a Silent Building, too.
Fake/close-enough game titles are one of the things I always dearly love to see 😌
Fake/close-enough game titles are one of the things I always dearly love to see 😌
December 15, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Always been a big dot pack guy myself.
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Big night for guys trapped in invisible boxes.
December 12, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Big night for guys trapped in invisible boxes.
"Much in the way that the musicians move collectively, your journey with the Calicorns is one of careful choreography. You direct the animals not with a conductor’s baton, but a shepherd’s staff, setting the pace and steering them away from danger."
@kellymerka.bsky.social 4 @startmenu.bsky.social
@kellymerka.bsky.social 4 @startmenu.bsky.social
Not A Herd, An Ensemble: How Herdling’s Music Brought KM Nelson Closer To Her Calicorns — startmenu
KM Nelson’s experience playing Herdling was shaped by the power of its music. The soundtrack’s emphasis on the physicality of each instrument’s performance engenders closeness, cementing your bond wit...
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December 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
"Much in the way that the musicians move collectively, your journey with the Calicorns is one of careful choreography. You direct the animals not with a conductor’s baton, but a shepherd’s staff, setting the pace and steering them away from danger."
@kellymerka.bsky.social 4 @startmenu.bsky.social
@kellymerka.bsky.social 4 @startmenu.bsky.social
Up for a short writing challenge? Join me in the @nycmidnight.bsky.social 250-word Microfiction Challenge on December 5th! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/250
The 250-word Microfiction Challenge — nycmidnight
The 250-word Microfiction Challenge is an international creative writing competition that challenges participants to create very short stories based on genre, action, and word assignments in 48 hours.
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December 5, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Up for a short writing challenge? Join me in the @nycmidnight.bsky.social 250-word Microfiction Challenge on December 5th! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/250