Joe Rybicki
@joerybicki.com
He/him. Writer, video game consultant, virtual tourist. Former Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. Other credits: higround.net/#bylines
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4,000 words on the stage I haven't been able to stop playing for the last six years. Early dev screenshots, talk of tech challenges, five demo tracks embedded so you can hear the song's evolution. All the good stuff.
December 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
4,000 words on the stage I haven't been able to stop playing for the last six years. Early dev screenshots, talk of tech challenges, five demo tracks embedded so you can hear the song's evolution. All the good stuff.
Holy shit. This is magnificent.
Since yesterday, many people have DM’d to say that they were strongly affected by my essay & wished they could share it.
So I've revised, expanded, & posted it for free on both Substack & Patreon.
Please feel free to share.
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So I've revised, expanded, & posted it for free on both Substack & Patreon.
Please feel free to share.
www.patreon.com/posts/this-i...
catvalente.substack.com/p/this-is-wh...
December 20, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Holy shit. This is magnificent.
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Want to impress your friends and family this holiday season with obscure holiday knowledge? A deep dive into the medical conditions likely afflicting Tiny Tim by the late pediatric nephrologist Russell Chesney:
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Environmental Factors in Tiny Tim's Near-Fatal Illness
Physicians, Dickens scholars, and historians have tried to diagnose the condition that affected Tiny Tim in A Christmas Carol. Leading entities include tuberculosis (TB), rickets, malnutrition, cerebr...
jamanetwork.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Want to impress your friends and family this holiday season with obscure holiday knowledge? A deep dive into the medical conditions likely afflicting Tiny Tim by the late pediatric nephrologist Russell Chesney:
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Y’all you’re probably gonna want to mute me for the duration of the Olympics unless you want copious curling commentary
3️⃣ I made an Olympics starter pack 🥇
Small for now, but I will add to it as we get closer and share it again.
Will be a mix of real reporters and good posters.
Hoping BlueSky will be a fun place to follow along during the Olympics like it’s become for other sports.
go.bsky.app/H39APXB
Small for now, but I will add to it as we get closer and share it again.
Will be a mix of real reporters and good posters.
Hoping BlueSky will be a fun place to follow along during the Olympics like it’s become for other sports.
go.bsky.app/H39APXB
December 19, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Y’all you’re probably gonna want to mute me for the duration of the Olympics unless you want copious curling commentary
If money is speech, can I plead the Fifth at tax time?
December 19, 2025 at 1:23 PM
If money is speech, can I plead the Fifth at tax time?
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I'm looking for concept artists or illustrators working in gamedev who would like to share thoughts or comments (anonymous or attributed) regarding the use of GenAI as a reference tool in their process.
If that's you, DM or email me! Details in bio.
If that's you, DM or email me! Details in bio.
December 16, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I'm looking for concept artists or illustrators working in gamedev who would like to share thoughts or comments (anonymous or attributed) regarding the use of GenAI as a reference tool in their process.
If that's you, DM or email me! Details in bio.
If that's you, DM or email me! Details in bio.
Trying to come up with other soundtracks that are as indivisible from their material as Guaraldi’s for A Charlie Brown Christmas. The Crow maybe? Ok and I know I caricature myself but, Harold and Maude for sure. What else?
December 17, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Trying to come up with other soundtracks that are as indivisible from their material as Guaraldi’s for A Charlie Brown Christmas. The Crow maybe? Ok and I know I caricature myself but, Harold and Maude for sure. What else?
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The "GoFundMe 2025 Wrapped" is the one that's really the worst reminder of how this year went.
I didn't need another dystopian refresher on how grim modern American society's lack of safety net is, thanks.
I didn't need another dystopian refresher on how grim modern American society's lack of safety net is, thanks.
December 17, 2025 at 1:39 AM
The "GoFundMe 2025 Wrapped" is the one that's really the worst reminder of how this year went.
I didn't need another dystopian refresher on how grim modern American society's lack of safety net is, thanks.
I didn't need another dystopian refresher on how grim modern American society's lack of safety net is, thanks.
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Stephen King offers a written tribute to Rob Reiner, as only he can. Beautiful, @stephenking.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/o...
Opinion | Stephen King: Why I Hugged Rob Reiner After Watching ‘Stand by Me’
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Stephen King offers a written tribute to Rob Reiner, as only he can. Beautiful, @stephenking.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/o...
I bet some of y’all might be interested in this games-adjacent job in print publishing
Senior Managing Editor, Square Enix (Open to Remote)
Senior Managing Editor, Square Enix (Open to Remote)
jobsearch.createyourowncareer.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I bet some of y’all might be interested in this games-adjacent job in print publishing
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Alright gang, there's a Senior Level Designer opening on my team.
You know the drill. 👇 Please pass this along and AMA*
jobs.zenimax.com/requisitions...
You know the drill. 👇 Please pass this along and AMA*
jobs.zenimax.com/requisitions...
ZeniMax Jobs - Senior Level Designer - Arkane Studios - France
Bethesda Softworks is hiring for multiple positions across our award-winning game development studios and global publishing teams!
jobs.zenimax.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Alright gang, there's a Senior Level Designer opening on my team.
You know the drill. 👇 Please pass this along and AMA*
jobs.zenimax.com/requisitions...
You know the drill. 👇 Please pass this along and AMA*
jobs.zenimax.com/requisitions...
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Posting this again because I've been getting questions: at this moment there is no licensed merch for Murderbot or Sanctuary Moon except what is on Worldbuilders Market worldbuildersmarket.com/collections/... where it's sold for charity fundraising. And they are getting a new t-shirt design soon.
Martha Wells
Worldbuilders Market is the official online shop of Worldbuilders, a geek-centered nonprofit supporting humanitarian efforts worldwide. We carry a wide variety of officially licensed merchandise from ...
worldbuildersmarket.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Posting this again because I've been getting questions: at this moment there is no licensed merch for Murderbot or Sanctuary Moon except what is on Worldbuilders Market worldbuildersmarket.com/collections/... where it's sold for charity fundraising. And they are getting a new t-shirt design soon.
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As an addendum, after a whole day of this article being online (i.e., more than enough time for "AI" which can check the Web to be able to find it), here is Gemini once again getting the answer wrong, and fabricating a quote:
December 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
As an addendum, after a whole day of this article being online (i.e., more than enough time for "AI" which can check the Web to be able to find it), here is Gemini once again getting the answer wrong, and fabricating a quote:
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I don’t use social media to argue about politics with strangers.
I use social media to talk to people about fish.
When I talk about fish on Bluesky, people ask me questions about fish.
When I talk about fish on Twitter, people threaten to murder my family because we’re Jewish.
I use social media to talk to people about fish.
When I talk about fish on Bluesky, people ask me questions about fish.
When I talk about fish on Twitter, people threaten to murder my family because we’re Jewish.
"Bluesky is an echo chamber."
"Bluesky doesn't have enough reach"
"Liberals must return to X to challenge the far right"
I'm not a tech bro or a journalist. Your priorities are not my priorities. Stop telling me I need to do anything other than chat about comics & telly with people who seem nice.
"Bluesky doesn't have enough reach"
"Liberals must return to X to challenge the far right"
I'm not a tech bro or a journalist. Your priorities are not my priorities. Stop telling me I need to do anything other than chat about comics & telly with people who seem nice.
December 15, 2025 at 11:44 AM
I don’t use social media to argue about politics with strangers.
I use social media to talk to people about fish.
When I talk about fish on Bluesky, people ask me questions about fish.
When I talk about fish on Twitter, people threaten to murder my family because we’re Jewish.
I use social media to talk to people about fish.
When I talk about fish on Bluesky, people ask me questions about fish.
When I talk about fish on Twitter, people threaten to murder my family because we’re Jewish.
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And what tyrannical triumvirate,
Their hour come ‘round at last
Slouch toward Bethlehem
To give myrrh to a fucking baby?
Their hour come ‘round at last
Slouch toward Bethlehem
To give myrrh to a fucking baby?
December 9, 2025 at 1:34 AM
And what tyrannical triumvirate,
Their hour come ‘round at last
Slouch toward Bethlehem
To give myrrh to a fucking baby?
Their hour come ‘round at last
Slouch toward Bethlehem
To give myrrh to a fucking baby?
Nuh-uh, YOU watched this 9 times in a row
TikTok - Make Your Day
www.tiktok.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Nuh-uh, YOU watched this 9 times in a row
This has a real “moon’s haunted” vibe and I’m a little scared
I can’t explain it but I think Alfredo sauce is about to get fuckin huge
December 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
This has a real “moon’s haunted” vibe and I’m a little scared
Yes, and if you air-dropped a millionaire in a third-world country with literally half of one U.S. penny they could probably make a thousand dollars in a few years, they’re so special and magical!
Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
December 13, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Yes, and if you air-dropped a millionaire in a third-world country with literally half of one U.S. penny they could probably make a thousand dollars in a few years, they’re so special and magical!
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Do you know how much you have to suck to make most of my friends root for the Catholic Church?
I want to believe that Vance can be excommunicated
NEW: The Trump-Vance White House has falsely accused an ally of Pope Leo — Sr. Norma Pimentel — of illegal activity tied to migrant aid, and cut off all federal funding to Catholic Charities in Texas.
Church leaders say it’s a targeted, political reprisal against Pope Leo and the Catholic Church.
Church leaders say it’s a targeted, political reprisal against Pope Leo and the Catholic Church.
December 13, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Do you know how much you have to suck to make most of my friends root for the Catholic Church?
What actor's facial expression in a movie/TV show will stay with you for the rest of your life?
December 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
What actor's facial expression in a movie/TV show will stay with you for the rest of your life?
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hey man, I think there's something wrong with your website: there should be 600 similar articles about people who got fired for making jokes about Charlie Kirk, but I'm not seeing a single one? must be a database error or smth, IDK
December 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
hey man, I think there's something wrong with your website: there should be 600 similar articles about people who got fired for making jokes about Charlie Kirk, but I'm not seeing a single one? must be a database error or smth, IDK
Do you know what happens when you have normal person insurance and try to see a specialist before talking to your PCP?
Because Mark doesn’t.
(Psst Mark, you can totally do it but you’ll pay every penny your own damn self while ur insurance and specialist giggle and shop for their next boat’s boat)
Because Mark doesn’t.
(Psst Mark, you can totally do it but you’ll pay every penny your own damn self while ur insurance and specialist giggle and shop for their next boat’s boat)
For all Universal HC/Single Payer/M4A advocates.
What do the biggest, expensive hospital chains do. Do they opt out and only serve the rich ?
Who in the USA gov runs the program?
R U ok with having to see a primary care doc before you can see a specialist ?
What do the biggest, expensive hospital chains do. Do they opt out and only serve the rich ?
Who in the USA gov runs the program?
R U ok with having to see a primary care doc before you can see a specialist ?
December 12, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Do you know what happens when you have normal person insurance and try to see a specialist before talking to your PCP?
Because Mark doesn’t.
(Psst Mark, you can totally do it but you’ll pay every penny your own damn self while ur insurance and specialist giggle and shop for their next boat’s boat)
Because Mark doesn’t.
(Psst Mark, you can totally do it but you’ll pay every penny your own damn self while ur insurance and specialist giggle and shop for their next boat’s boat)
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Sure buddy here goes:
Flu shot $28
Level 4 ED visit for influenza $1700
Flu shot $28
Level 4 ED visit for influenza $1700
Roger Marshall: "We want patients to become consumers again. We want patients to see what the actual prices are. We believe that if we would add the price tags to this bill, that it would save the country a trillion dollars a year."
December 11, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Sure buddy here goes:
Flu shot $28
Level 4 ED visit for influenza $1700
Flu shot $28
Level 4 ED visit for influenza $1700
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