Ben Johnson
@gamedesignerben.bsky.social
Best of the Web. Game Designer on [unannounced] at Double Fine. Previously: Psychonauts 2, Dead Space (2008), Babycastles. He/him.
Japanese rock band GLAY has a line of shelf-stable dairy products, if the Prince Estate is looking for ways to vertically integrate with their Tribute Potato lines.
November 22, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Japanese rock band GLAY has a line of shelf-stable dairy products, if the Prince Estate is looking for ways to vertically integrate with their Tribute Potato lines.
CORRECTION: A *third* potato has been named after Prince.
November 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
CORRECTION: A *third* potato has been named after Prince.
A news story constructed entirely out of unreportable details, like a castle in the air. The words seem to shimmer and fade as you turn your head.
November 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
A news story constructed entirely out of unreportable details, like a castle in the air. The words seem to shimmer and fade as you turn your head.
When a Nintendo character says more than 2 words at a time
November 14, 2025 at 5:49 PM
When a Nintendo character says more than 2 words at a time
Unicron, himself
November 13, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Unicron, himself
You could say I'm a fan of "the original trilogy"
November 11, 2025 at 6:46 AM
You could say I'm a fan of "the original trilogy"
People remember Andrew Carnegie for his funding of libraries across the country, but few remember when he teamed up with Teddy Roosevelt to advocate for changing English to phonetic spelling.
November 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
People remember Andrew Carnegie for his funding of libraries across the country, but few remember when he teamed up with Teddy Roosevelt to advocate for changing English to phonetic spelling.
Guys like Dick Cheney spend decades loudly and publicly making the world a worse place, and then one day you realize you haven’t thought about them in years and now they’re dead.
November 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Guys like Dick Cheney spend decades loudly and publicly making the world a worse place, and then one day you realize you haven’t thought about them in years and now they’re dead.
If Fortnite ever does an Eva crossover, it should be with the Schick razor ad AU.
November 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
If Fortnite ever does an Eva crossover, it should be with the Schick razor ad AU.
Hey New York, if any of you happen to be in Times Square any night in November between 11:57 PM and midnight, Leo Villareal, a lighting artist I worked with before joining Double Fine, is taking over all the screens with an art project called Pixel Dust. staging-tsq.webflow.io/tsq-arts-pro...
November 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Hey New York, if any of you happen to be in Times Square any night in November between 11:57 PM and midnight, Leo Villareal, a lighting artist I worked with before joining Double Fine, is taking over all the screens with an art project called Pixel Dust. staging-tsq.webflow.io/tsq-arts-pro...
We should bring back memento mori snack packaging.
October 30, 2025 at 3:23 PM
We should bring back memento mori snack packaging.
This is somehow less coherent than Nothing Forever, the AI -generated Seinfeld stream from early 2023.
October 29, 2025 at 11:05 PM
This is somehow less coherent than Nothing Forever, the AI -generated Seinfeld stream from early 2023.
I always really liked the poster design for The Descent, but the movie is surprisingly good, even 20 years later.
October 27, 2025 at 4:54 AM
I always really liked the poster design for The Descent, but the movie is surprisingly good, even 20 years later.
This is, truly, a stunning work. Hundreds of hours of delicate hand labor.
October 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
This is, truly, a stunning work. Hundreds of hours of delicate hand labor.
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
October 19, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
This is a great detail from the heist.
October 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
This is a great detail from the heist.
Somebody must have finally explained that *this* was the Rare Earth discovered in Michigan.
October 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Somebody must have finally explained that *this* was the Rare Earth discovered in Michigan.
The You Testament finally has its moment
October 19, 2025 at 7:12 AM
The You Testament finally has its moment
I had forgotten that Sneakers has a plot critical moment where Ben Kingsley cannot believe that a computer would ever match Mary McDonnell and Stephen Tobolowsky for a date, so she must be a spy.
October 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I had forgotten that Sneakers has a plot critical moment where Ben Kingsley cannot believe that a computer would ever match Mary McDonnell and Stephen Tobolowsky for a date, so she must be a spy.
I hope Matt Furie is able to get some peace out of political frogs getting pulled away from fascism, after what the 4chan goons did to Pepe.
October 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I hope Matt Furie is able to get some peace out of political frogs getting pulled away from fascism, after what the 4chan goons did to Pepe.
In Raiders of the Lost Ark, Rene Belloq presents as a worldly sophisticate, but he also forced Marion Ravenwood to wear a frilly white dress while he held her captive.
October 15, 2025 at 4:22 AM
In Raiders of the Lost Ark, Rene Belloq presents as a worldly sophisticate, but he also forced Marion Ravenwood to wear a frilly white dress while he held her captive.
If you’re curious about how you could ever levitate the Pentagon (or maybe just exorcise it), well, they wrote it down. I don’t know how long the list of Historically Significant American Magical Rites is, but this is probably on it.
October 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
If you’re curious about how you could ever levitate the Pentagon (or maybe just exorcise it), well, they wrote it down. I don’t know how long the list of Historically Significant American Magical Rites is, but this is probably on it.
It’s the protest where the famous “putting daisies in rifle barrels” action occurred, after an organizer’s plan to drop daisies on the pentagon from a plane fell through (because of course it did) and left him with 200 pounds of daisies, which he handed out to protesters.
October 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
It’s the protest where the famous “putting daisies in rifle barrels” action occurred, after an organizer’s plan to drop daisies on the pentagon from a plane fell through (because of course it did) and left him with 200 pounds of daisies, which he handed out to protesters.
The upcoming No Kings protest falls almost on the anniversary 1967 “Pentagon Rising” protest, where a hundred thousand people marched to the Pentagon to levitate it 30 feet and turn it orange. Or maybe exorcise it? Different organizers wanted different things.
October 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The upcoming No Kings protest falls almost on the anniversary 1967 “Pentagon Rising” protest, where a hundred thousand people marched to the Pentagon to levitate it 30 feet and turn it orange. Or maybe exorcise it? Different organizers wanted different things.