mattaukamp
@mattaukamp.bsky.social
Writer, podcaster, "journalist", "comedian", cool friggin dude. I host the podcasts Save Your Game zencastr.com/Save-Your-Game and Every Folk Song everyfolksong.xyz.
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A catalog of dark-pattern-free mobile games !
www.darkpattern.games
www.darkpattern.games
DarkPattern.games » Healthy Gaming « Avoid Addictive Dark Patterns
Game reviews to help you find good games that don't trick you into addictive gaming patterns.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:17 AM
A catalog of dark-pattern-free mobile games !
www.darkpattern.games
www.darkpattern.games
30 people at a party standing uncomfortably around Elon Musk's phone as it calls them slurs and he laughs like a maniac.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 8:41 PM
30 people at a party standing uncomfortably around Elon Musk's phone as it calls them slurs and he laughs like a maniac.
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I'm on the new episode of this :3 I had a lot of fun. Pat just DMed me to say that we cut about an hour of actionable threats of political violent. For this additional labor, my apologies
Reminder that I have a very funny, very cool X-Men podcast called Mutant Menace! We break down every goddamn issue of the comic book X-Men from 1966 onward.
We are currently in the early 1970's, where the X-Men are cancelled and only pop up in other books! Check it out!!
We are currently in the early 1970's, where the X-Men are cancelled and only pop up in other books! Check it out!!
Mutant Menace Podcast
An X-Men podcast, where Matt Aukamp (Save Your Game, The Very Worst) and Pat Reber (The Very Worst) read the X-Men in chronological order talk about all the weird, funny, ridiculous, insightful, and i...
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November 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I'm on the new episode of this :3 I had a lot of fun. Pat just DMed me to say that we cut about an hour of actionable threats of political violent. For this additional labor, my apologies
This is a good example of how fans shouldn't be playing amateur market analyst. I think Dispatch is doing well because its good, not because of some market potential being under-utilized.
Telltale failed because it churned out games like a factory line, with declining levels of heart and soul.
Telltale failed because it churned out games like a factory line, with declining levels of heart and soul.
Dispatch proves the death of Telltale-style games was a mere mirage, as it rakes in 2 million players: 'Wouldn't be here without you'
We could be (2 million) heroes.
www.pcgamer.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
This is a good example of how fans shouldn't be playing amateur market analyst. I think Dispatch is doing well because its good, not because of some market potential being under-utilized.
Telltale failed because it churned out games like a factory line, with declining levels of heart and soul.
Telltale failed because it churned out games like a factory line, with declining levels of heart and soul.
I keep saying sorry when I bump into or almost bump into people in London, but I guess "sorry" is more of an attention getter here? So people keep saying "Yes?" and I'm like "uhhhhh"
November 20, 2025 at 9:16 AM
I keep saying sorry when I bump into or almost bump into people in London, but I guess "sorry" is more of an attention getter here? So people keep saying "Yes?" and I'm like "uhhhhh"
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The U.S. government is now inarguably spreading medical disinformation that is going to kill babies preferentially.
Period.
This is an INTOLERABLE. UNPRECEDENTED. DANGEROUS. ATTACK. ON ALL OF US.
Period.
This is an INTOLERABLE. UNPRECEDENTED. DANGEROUS. ATTACK. ON ALL OF US.
November 20, 2025 at 3:29 AM
The U.S. government is now inarguably spreading medical disinformation that is going to kill babies preferentially.
Period.
This is an INTOLERABLE. UNPRECEDENTED. DANGEROUS. ATTACK. ON ALL OF US.
Period.
This is an INTOLERABLE. UNPRECEDENTED. DANGEROUS. ATTACK. ON ALL OF US.
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Hey I just want to remind everyone that even if vaccines did cause autism (they don’t), they also cause ALIVE CHILDREN, and if you don’t think an alive autistic child is something to celebrate, please fuck off into the sun forever
The U.S. government is now inarguably spreading medical disinformation that is going to kill babies preferentially.
Period.
This is an INTOLERABLE. UNPRECEDENTED. DANGEROUS. ATTACK. ON ALL OF US.
Period.
This is an INTOLERABLE. UNPRECEDENTED. DANGEROUS. ATTACK. ON ALL OF US.
November 20, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Hey I just want to remind everyone that even if vaccines did cause autism (they don’t), they also cause ALIVE CHILDREN, and if you don’t think an alive autistic child is something to celebrate, please fuck off into the sun forever
US: Pizza
UK: Wet, salty foccaccia bread with brown(?) tomato sauce and half-melted shredded cheese
US: No, pizza
UK: A 12cm crispy disc of naan topped with watery crushed tomatoes and 7 kinds of cheese for £20
US: wtf? PIZZA!
UK: Springy flat cake w 0.2mm of burnt tomato sauce, 80 toppings & mayona
UK: Wet, salty foccaccia bread with brown(?) tomato sauce and half-melted shredded cheese
US: No, pizza
UK: A 12cm crispy disc of naan topped with watery crushed tomatoes and 7 kinds of cheese for £20
US: wtf? PIZZA!
UK: Springy flat cake w 0.2mm of burnt tomato sauce, 80 toppings & mayona
November 19, 2025 at 11:37 PM
US: Pizza
UK: Wet, salty foccaccia bread with brown(?) tomato sauce and half-melted shredded cheese
US: No, pizza
UK: A 12cm crispy disc of naan topped with watery crushed tomatoes and 7 kinds of cheese for £20
US: wtf? PIZZA!
UK: Springy flat cake w 0.2mm of burnt tomato sauce, 80 toppings & mayona
UK: Wet, salty foccaccia bread with brown(?) tomato sauce and half-melted shredded cheese
US: No, pizza
UK: A 12cm crispy disc of naan topped with watery crushed tomatoes and 7 kinds of cheese for £20
US: wtf? PIZZA!
UK: Springy flat cake w 0.2mm of burnt tomato sauce, 80 toppings & mayona
Can you even imagine growing up in the UK and spending your whole life not even knowing that pizza can actually be good?
November 19, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Can you even imagine growing up in the UK and spending your whole life not even knowing that pizza can actually be good?
Remember: Not taking men's feelings seriously and expecting them to be quiet about their problems is a patriarchal attitude that leads to emotionally stunted, anti-social men. Stereotyping men into broad cliches is STILL doing the work of the patriarchy!
November 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Remember: Not taking men's feelings seriously and expecting them to be quiet about their problems is a patriarchal attitude that leads to emotionally stunted, anti-social men. Stereotyping men into broad cliches is STILL doing the work of the patriarchy!
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Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made.
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
November 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made.
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
Runners, for some reason, don't like it when you tell them their favorite thing is to "run all around". BUT THAT IS WHAT THEY DO!
November 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Runners, for some reason, don't like it when you tell them their favorite thing is to "run all around". BUT THAT IS WHAT THEY DO!
I'm in London. If you are, too: HANG OUT WITH ME!
In the West End, apparently? It all seems very fancy and rich but I'm staying in a dingy basement hotel room so small that I could probably touch all 4 walls at once.
In the West End, apparently? It all seems very fancy and rich but I'm staying in a dingy basement hotel room so small that I could probably touch all 4 walls at once.
November 18, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I'm in London. If you are, too: HANG OUT WITH ME!
In the West End, apparently? It all seems very fancy and rich but I'm staying in a dingy basement hotel room so small that I could probably touch all 4 walls at once.
In the West End, apparently? It all seems very fancy and rich but I'm staying in a dingy basement hotel room so small that I could probably touch all 4 walls at once.
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Side-by-side of the original Life's Too Short front garden and LTSHD. It's coming together!
I think the front is mostly done now. Time for the back garden and all the shenanigans in there!
#indiegamedeveloper #gamedev @play.date
I think the front is mostly done now. Time for the back garden and all the shenanigans in there!
#indiegamedeveloper #gamedev @play.date
November 18, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Side-by-side of the original Life's Too Short front garden and LTSHD. It's coming together!
I think the front is mostly done now. Time for the back garden and all the shenanigans in there!
#indiegamedeveloper #gamedev @play.date
I think the front is mostly done now. Time for the back garden and all the shenanigans in there!
#indiegamedeveloper #gamedev @play.date
How tf are the QAnons reacting to all of this?
November 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
How tf are the QAnons reacting to all of this?
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bringing this statement over from Alice’s Twitter. it appears the below was Alice’s last post before passing. I am heartbroken
November 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
bringing this statement over from Alice’s Twitter. it appears the below was Alice’s last post before passing. I am heartbroken
I didn't put a lot of stock in the Trump/Epstein thing for a long time. Epstein worked hard to create thin ties between himself and people of power to seem more powerful himself.
But at this point, you'd be insane or delusional to deny that Trump was deeply involved with Epstein and his crimes.
But at this point, you'd be insane or delusional to deny that Trump was deeply involved with Epstein and his crimes.
November 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I didn't put a lot of stock in the Trump/Epstein thing for a long time. Epstein worked hard to create thin ties between himself and people of power to seem more powerful himself.
But at this point, you'd be insane or delusional to deny that Trump was deeply involved with Epstein and his crimes.
But at this point, you'd be insane or delusional to deny that Trump was deeply involved with Epstein and his crimes.
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The wonderful Save Your Game podcast mentioned me on their latest ep! Squeeeeeeee 🥰 ty @mattaukamp.bsky.social and @pushinguproses.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 1:27 AM
The wonderful Save Your Game podcast mentioned me on their latest ep! Squeeeeeeee 🥰 ty @mattaukamp.bsky.social and @pushinguproses.bsky.social
Loved this piece. Aside from being a nice primer on a growing "genre" of games that I love, it breaks down the language of this disparate set of related games. It defines the connections and differences in a way that I think will be crucial for future discussion and critique. Well done!
appreciate this article breaking down a taxonomy of knowledge games (also, unfortunately, known as metroidbrainias)
azhdarchid.com/against-metr...
azhdarchid.com/against-metr...
Against 'Metroidbrania': a Landscape of Knowledge Games
What are knowledge games? How do we relate them to each other? What sub-genres exist – and which ones might be implied?
azhdarchid.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Loved this piece. Aside from being a nice primer on a growing "genre" of games that I love, it breaks down the language of this disparate set of related games. It defines the connections and differences in a way that I think will be crucial for future discussion and critique. Well done!
Too much Taco Bell 😞
November 13, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Too much Taco Bell 😞
Reminder: HSAs are a scam, intended to reduce the amount health insurance companies have to pay per person.
November 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Reminder: HSAs are a scam, intended to reduce the amount health insurance companies have to pay per person.
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Excellent piece from @mirandayaver.bsky.social
“In practice, HSAs tend to benefit people w/ higher incomes… Furthermore, researchers…find that HSAs do not significantly benefit those who struggle with health care costs, and…they exacerbate the racial disparities the ACA has effectively reduced.”
“In practice, HSAs tend to benefit people w/ higher incomes… Furthermore, researchers…find that HSAs do not significantly benefit those who struggle with health care costs, and…they exacerbate the racial disparities the ACA has effectively reduced.”
Opinion | Trump’s new plan for Obamacare leaves Americans to fend for themselves
We finally know what “concepts of a plan” looks like – and it’s not good.
www.msnbc.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Excellent piece from @mirandayaver.bsky.social
“In practice, HSAs tend to benefit people w/ higher incomes… Furthermore, researchers…find that HSAs do not significantly benefit those who struggle with health care costs, and…they exacerbate the racial disparities the ACA has effectively reduced.”
“In practice, HSAs tend to benefit people w/ higher incomes… Furthermore, researchers…find that HSAs do not significantly benefit those who struggle with health care costs, and…they exacerbate the racial disparities the ACA has effectively reduced.”