Jason L (Lab Coat)
@jasonnomore.bsky.social
he/him 🇨🇳🇺🇸 | nichijou stan | game and shader dev | game design faculty at Parsons School of Design | ranting & creative code @ https://www.instagram.com/jasonnomore
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a game being recognized for its artistic merit, and celebrated as art, does not protect it from storefront censorship. we should stop fooling ourselves into thinking that storefronts view games as art. games are products & services to them. as long as monopolies exist we’re held back as an artform.
November 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
a game being recognized for its artistic merit, and celebrated as art, does not protect it from storefront censorship. we should stop fooling ourselves into thinking that storefronts view games as art. games are products & services to them. as long as monopolies exist we’re held back as an artform.
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Literally saw a video pass through my youtube recs a week ago with the thumbnail "STEAM - THE GOOD MONOPOLY" because a decade and a half of people self-propogandizing has had effects.
seeing people being like "ehhh Idkkkkk horses DOES sound kinda icky, I get why it was banned" like barely 2 months after a bunch of people kicked up the wildest possible hostile campagn against _itch_ makes me feel like I'm losing my mind lol
November 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Literally saw a video pass through my youtube recs a week ago with the thumbnail "STEAM - THE GOOD MONOPOLY" because a decade and a half of people self-propogandizing has had effects.
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Nobody's clamouring for AI games, nobody's mad that games don't feature AI, there's a total and utter lack of demand for it. The only demand is from business heads who think it'll save them money, audiences and creatives are rejecting it.
Indie game developers have a new sales pitch: being ‘AI free’
Indie game developers have a new sales pitch: being ‘AI free’
“We can produce results that meet our quality standards without its assistance.”
buff.ly
November 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Nobody's clamouring for AI games, nobody's mad that games don't feature AI, there's a total and utter lack of demand for it. The only demand is from business heads who think it'll save them money, audiences and creatives are rejecting it.
is it friendslop or a nicer looking roblox game
Sunday reading from me over at @inverse.com on the ongoing strength of "friendslop" and the ways in which players continue to expand online spaces beyond developer intentions.
People feel isolated and anxious RN but keep seeking fresh ways to connect online.
www.inverse.com/gaming/frien...
People feel isolated and anxious RN but keep seeking fresh ways to connect online.
www.inverse.com/gaming/frien...
Friendslop Is The Biggest Gaming Trend in 2025 — And It’s Just Getting Started
2025 is the year gaming embraced friendslop. From new games like R.E.P.O and Peak to the friendslop-ification of Fortnite & GTA, it's just getting started.
www.inverse.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:16 AM
is it friendslop or a nicer looking roblox game
is this what bubba received when trump gave him that sloppy
Q: would you feel comfortable living in NYC under a Mamdani administration ?
TRUMP: I would. I really would.
TRUMP: I would. I really would.
November 21, 2025 at 10:05 PM
is this what bubba received when trump gave him that sloppy
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We can and should boycott The Game Awards. We can just not talk about it at all, not go, totally ignore the whole thing and just report about the trailers when they go up on YouTube.
A better world is possible!
A better world is possible!
November 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
We can and should boycott The Game Awards. We can just not talk about it at all, not go, totally ignore the whole thing and just report about the trailers when they go up on YouTube.
A better world is possible!
A better world is possible!
open challenge to game devs: can you make a better nyt daily puzzle experience that doesn't come with irresponsible reporting? seems like an easy banger
every few years it's revealed that the NYT was sitting on information about some horrific thing that public knowledge of would have changed the country's course and for some reason a ton of people still give them money. you can play those games on other sites
November 13, 2025 at 2:48 AM
open challenge to game devs: can you make a better nyt daily puzzle experience that doesn't come with irresponsible reporting? seems like an easy banger
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BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT! @mahliann.bsky.social, @marcuscarter.com, and myself have combined our collective brains and written a wide-reaching introduction to the complex and interdisciplinary field of Game Studies in this forthcoming book for Polity. www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
September 4, 2025 at 4:59 AM
BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT! @mahliann.bsky.social, @marcuscarter.com, and myself have combined our collective brains and written a wide-reaching introduction to the complex and interdisciplinary field of Game Studies in this forthcoming book for Polity. www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
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all of this is also true for sexism. you tell me you think women are biologically less smart and i’ll suspect that i could probably convince you to drink your own piss
November 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
all of this is also true for sexism. you tell me you think women are biologically less smart and i’ll suspect that i could probably convince you to drink your own piss
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Friends, we're back to self-publishing (which is both fun and scary). We'd be really happy if you wishlist the Simogo Legacy Collection if you have any interest in it! store.steampowered.com/app/3817040/...
Simogo Legacy Collection on Steam
From cute arcade novelties to innovative text-based thrillers and acclaimed fourth wall-breaking stories, Simogo Legacy Collection is an eclectic celebration of Simogo's past, featuring faithful rendi...
store.steampowered.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Friends, we're back to self-publishing (which is both fun and scary). We'd be really happy if you wishlist the Simogo Legacy Collection if you have any interest in it! store.steampowered.com/app/3817040/...
re: amazon's failure to launch against steam, they definitely could have done it but didn't actually target any of steam's several weaknesses
1. uploading a game on there is still challenging
2. 30% rev share is *easily* beatable
3. steam discovery has come almost monolithic
4. no casual games
1. uploading a game on there is still challenging
2. 30% rev share is *easily* beatable
3. steam discovery has come almost monolithic
4. no casual games
October 29, 2025 at 10:49 PM
re: amazon's failure to launch against steam, they definitely could have done it but didn't actually target any of steam's several weaknesses
1. uploading a game on there is still challenging
2. 30% rev share is *easily* beatable
3. steam discovery has come almost monolithic
4. no casual games
1. uploading a game on there is still challenging
2. 30% rev share is *easily* beatable
3. steam discovery has come almost monolithic
4. no casual games
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Like no you're not gonna unseat Steam, but you can certainly go after all the people who aren't gonna go near Steam for a variety of reasons, like- that's a LOT of people
Hell, damn near the entire Causal Game audience is still floating in the wind, most didn't convert to mobile and just gave up
Hell, damn near the entire Causal Game audience is still floating in the wind, most didn't convert to mobile and just gave up
October 29, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Like no you're not gonna unseat Steam, but you can certainly go after all the people who aren't gonna go near Steam for a variety of reasons, like- that's a LOT of people
Hell, damn near the entire Causal Game audience is still floating in the wind, most didn't convert to mobile and just gave up
Hell, damn near the entire Causal Game audience is still floating in the wind, most didn't convert to mobile and just gave up
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im glad the government posting halo memes is revealing that half the people reporting on it are fine with it
October 29, 2025 at 2:29 AM
im glad the government posting halo memes is revealing that half the people reporting on it are fine with it
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hey folks - just in case you missed it, we just decided to extend the deadline to submit to 2026 Experimental Games Showcase at GDC one more week! if you or anyone you know was thinking of submitting but ran out of time, now's your chance! www.experimentalgamesshowcase.com
October 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
hey folks - just in case you missed it, we just decided to extend the deadline to submit to 2026 Experimental Games Showcase at GDC one more week! if you or anyone you know was thinking of submitting but ran out of time, now's your chance! www.experimentalgamesshowcase.com
rng is not gambling
October 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
rng is not gambling
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We are very excited to announce:
HYPERBEAT releases October 22nd!
HYPERBEAT releases October 22nd!
October 16, 2025 at 1:21 AM
We are very excited to announce:
HYPERBEAT releases October 22nd!
HYPERBEAT releases October 22nd!
i cannot believe i am saying this but silksong has too much Gameplay
September 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
i cannot believe i am saying this but silksong has too much Gameplay
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game design is a spiritual thing and maybe we should all try less hard to quantify it into a science
September 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
game design is a spiritual thing and maybe we should all try less hard to quantify it into a science
unsolicited silksong accessibility feature wishlist:
* auto pogo
* all damage on off or knockback only
* death restarts in room
* damaging objects contrast highlights
* sparkly hidden passages
* foreground art toggle
* combat game speed slider between .25x and 1x
* auto pogo
* all damage on off or knockback only
* death restarts in room
* damaging objects contrast highlights
* sparkly hidden passages
* foreground art toggle
* combat game speed slider between .25x and 1x
September 18, 2025 at 3:15 AM
unsolicited silksong accessibility feature wishlist:
* auto pogo
* all damage on off or knockback only
* death restarts in room
* damaging objects contrast highlights
* sparkly hidden passages
* foreground art toggle
* combat game speed slider between .25x and 1x
* auto pogo
* all damage on off or knockback only
* death restarts in room
* damaging objects contrast highlights
* sparkly hidden passages
* foreground art toggle
* combat game speed slider between .25x and 1x
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searching youtube for video essay on how to make bad game idea into good game
September 17, 2025 at 12:43 AM
searching youtube for video essay on how to make bad game idea into good game
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From ‘The Onion’ Editorial Board: It Is Journalism’s Sacred Duty To Endanger The Lives Of As Many Trans People As Possible https://theonion.com/it-is-journalism-s-sacred-duty-to-endanger-the-lives-of-1850126997/
September 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
From ‘The Onion’ Editorial Board: It Is Journalism’s Sacred Duty To Endanger The Lives Of As Many Trans People As Possible https://theonion.com/it-is-journalism-s-sacred-duty-to-endanger-the-lives-of-1850126997/
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a game having dailys for example like major red flag
September 5, 2025 at 10:08 AM
a game having dailys for example like major red flag
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The 'does not respect your time' thing is so relative because I feel like all those like super smooth high production games have absolutely no respect for my time, they just want to consume it and give me nothing back in return.
September 5, 2025 at 7:30 AM
The 'does not respect your time' thing is so relative because I feel like all those like super smooth high production games have absolutely no respect for my time, they just want to consume it and give me nothing back in return.
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i generally think it's a good thing for a game to be book-like, in the sense that you can flip to any "page" (game state) relatively unimpeded, which i feel is a more radical position on difficulty than "dark souls should have easy mode"
September 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
i generally think it's a good thing for a game to be book-like, in the sense that you can flip to any "page" (game state) relatively unimpeded, which i feel is a more radical position on difficulty than "dark souls should have easy mode"
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