Randy Nelson

He actually has quite a number of "story songs" in his solo work—highly recommended listening!

PlaySFMOMA: The MIX Indie Games Gallery Play games and hang out with some of the best creative minds in the industry at this indie games pop-up arcade.

GDC attendees (and others in the Bay!)

@digitaleclipse.bsky.social will be showing some of our interactive documentary games at SFMOMA on Thursday and Friday, the 12th and 13th! Requires museum admission, which I believe is discounted if you have a GDC badge.

www.sfmoma.org/event/playsf...

Stan Ridgway - Camouflage YouTube video by tetos67

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Something’s off with you, Mike, but I just can’t put my finger on it…

This is WILD!

Star Trek The Next Generation scene. Pictured is "After hours Geordi La Forge." He's wearing a velvety cushy soft looking future space guy sweater and he's ready to chillax to the max. Also and always wearing his banana clip looking eye visor. Closed caption reads, "Maybe a little soft jazz."

Bar graph comparing estimated revenue of Disney Solitaire and Candy Crush Solitaire, highlighting Disney's significant earnings growth.

🧩 If you want to see the power of character IP in mobile games:

Candy Crush Solitaire
~$12M est. lifetime net revenue.

Disney Solitaire
~$137M in 11 months.

Same core game.
Different emotional connection.

🍿🍿🍿

Asking for a friend

ChatGPT uninstalls surged by 295% after DoD deal | TechCrunch Many consumers ditched ChatGPT's app after news of its DoD deal went live, while Claude's downloads grew.

ChatGPT uninstalls surged by 295% after DoD deal

Playing it as intended

Ape Escape - Hide & Seek t-shirt (by Henrique Torres) is $20 at The Yetee (today only) buff.ly/D9KOlCO #ad

So sorry to hear this, Sal! I have no doubt you'll be out there reporting again in no time.

B3-4T says bring on the weekend

When it comes to AI, I am in favor of tools that enhance quality, and strongly against tools that replace creativity

Excellent read if you’re interested in a concise history of one of my favorite console lineages, the PC Engine.

Sheer madness... in the best ways possible!

*eyes glaze over*

As a huge Ghosts ‘n Goblins fan, I remember hounding Capcom for more on Maximo whenever the opportunity presented itself. I was once there to see something else but probably spent most of my time prodding David Siller for info on the game before it was actually shown.

Wow. Would love to see more of this. Maximo is one of my favorite PS2 games and even got a cover at PSM. Fond memories of playing it at Sony’s E3 booth with my late friend Tomonobu Itagaki.

Preview TMBG's new album The World Is to Dig: Wu-Tang YouTube video by ParticleMen

Brand new TMBG--It's a hit!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io63...

If you’re worried about the future of games, remember that your $ holds enormous sway. Support companies who actually care about the art and craft of making games, who put people first and value their employees & audiences. Support indies especially. The future doesn’t belong to greedy corporations

Now Mantiques I have been to—many times. Or as I sometimes call it, Total Visual Overload. Last time I was there I left with an ALF tiki mug and an Alleyway cartridge for my Analogue Pocket.

Ah right! I still need to actually visit there, despite going to their quarterly show many times. Anyway, excellent find and glad you shared it.

Wow, nice! Which store?

"8 retro milk caps"? Pogs = sold!

🤖 🏈 Claude bet the Super Bowl on one message:

“No ads in your AI.”

Downloads jumped 211% week-over-week.
Every other major AI app dipped or stayed flat.

And the craziest part?
The biggest day wasn’t game day.

It was a week later.

That’s not a spike.
That’s momentum.

🔥 Grok just matched ChatGPT’s first year revenue on mobile.

~$79M in 12 months (estimated).
ChatGPT did ~$80M in its first 12.

The difference?
ChatGPT launched alone.
Grok launched into a knife fight.

If this pace holds, year two gets interesting fast.

Quick trend of December average selling prices of new video game hardware, physical software and accessories over the past 10 years in the US.

The average price paid per unit of hardware increased by 87% over that period, accessories jumped 121%, and software only 4% (which surprised me tbh).

💀 Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile shuts down April 17.

Lifetime estimates: 24.8M downloads, $17.3M gross ($12.1M after stores' fees).

For context, the still-functional COD Mobile sits at 459M installs and $2.47B.

Same franchise.
Completely different scale.