Charles/Chuzzy 🔜 PAX East

So, uh, this is why I'll be at PAX East.

I'm giving the keynote!!

Like I wonder if some of people who do nasty things could've led very different lives if they just joined some hobby groups

Sometimes I wonder if there was enough clam chowder (or equivalent thereof) for everyone, if world peace would be achieved

One-Third of U.S. Video Game Industry Workers Were Laid Off Over the Last Two Years, GDC Study Reveals One-third of U.S. video game industry workers say they were laid off over the past two years, according to GDC.

still just really upset about this variety.com/2026/gaming/... unreasonably upset. uncouth ass industry

Wow what an article. It would be at least reinvigorating for a studio who's gotten tired of a pair of sports franchises to let loose on the RPG genre that hearkens back to their roots. Could shake things up...! And then they'd make even better tennis and golf games lol

less than two months after release, highguard is shutting down. the usual suspects are chalking up its demise to culture war nonsense when the truth is more mundane: mismanagement sank another project. the video game industry punishes success and failure alike, but hubris most of all

Kingdom Hearts' Gummi Ship and 101 Dalmatians: Superfluous Travel and Collecting as Analog for Peak Oil Decadence

A Real Plumber's Crack: Freud, Super Mario, and Working Class Dissociativity

What Kirby is Really Sucking: Hyperconsumption in 21st Century Gaming

If this were my Civilization file, I would try to load a previous save

hey you..... make video game

Oh hey, turns out both of my former employers are in the news today!

What a complete fucking shitshow, I am so bummed out.

Games media set for more layoffs, as IGN-owned Eurogamer cuts editorial staff | VGC Gamer Network brands including Outside Xbox are facing another wave of cuts…

The games media is set for yet more layoffs, after IGN-owned Eurogamer and its network of sites launched another wave of editorial cuts this week, VGC understands.

vgc.news/news/games-m...

A meme of Alysa Liu based on Da Share Zone reading: JUST WALK OUT work social thing movies home class dentist figure skating too fancy weed store cops it your quick friend ships IF IT SUCKS... HIT DA BRICKS!!! Real winners quit You can leave!! Da Gold Zone

I’ve been talking about Alysa Liu’s story about her quitting skating only to come back and become even better because she did it for herself and this came to me in a dream…

Here's our whole fundraiser schedule at a glance! It all goes down THIS SATURDAY, February 21, 11AM-11PM ET -- don't miss it! (and don't forget to donate!)

donate.romchip.org

4 panel silly comic in black lines only. A blob guy has a big pencil. It says “I draw”. In the second panel he seems happy with his drawing and it says “all done yeah”. Panel 3 shows him holding up the drawing of a triangle with legs and a happy face. He goes “come on”. In the final panel he’s very pleased with himself, closes his eyes and tells himself “I’m a bit incredible”

Come on

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One of the most interesting things in Matthew Ball’s State of Video Gaming 2026 is the suggestion games are being outcompeted by, essentially, the gamification and gamblification of the rest of the world - r/wallstreetbets being an early sign of that

(Someone should write a book about that etc etc)

YOU CANNOT GRIND THE BONES OF YOUR ENEMIES INTO DUST TOMORROW IF YOU DO NOT TOUCH SOMETHING SOFT.

Sad that we never got a fan-translation of
Goldenland 2: Cold Heaven because only like 50 people downloaded the fan-translation for Goldenland 2... the guy was like "why bother?" :(

Watching Muppet Babies with one's toddler does sound like one of life's delights tho

I've heard a possible rumor that a lot of the reason why they have trouble airing Muppet Babies is because a lot of those copyrighted footage agreements were done with goodwill handshakes with Jim Henson. But after he passed and things went more corporate, it became much more difficult

It took me months, about 495 rides, recovering from a shattered right foot and hacking a folding scooter, but I finally own a Nintendo Switch 2 using points obtained from Citi Bike. Afterwards, it left me questioning the very nature of work. For @aftermath.site.

aftermath.site/switch-2-cit...

Only if you have a problem with if they looked up your cringey adolescent videos and shared them publicly

Interesting seeing some of this economic news reach more mainstream coverage. It's important

Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month Age verification for all.

Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month

Mr. Rogers theme song being used to promote real estate is... I dunno if he would've approved.

The good news is that audiences can shift their opinions and views. But they often happen slowly and generationally. And technology can be massively disruptive, not just AI, but communication platforms and social media.

It's important to always challenge yourself to be on the bleeding edge

Lots of things are based around passive growth, but implicitly a regression to the mean. AI gives an average but good enough response. Passive investing invests in the total market for the sake of retirement, but supports corporate interests. Large brands regress to the average of audience opinion

zine month 2026 all-ages TTRPG projects shows a graphic of a collage of several project title cards with the zimo 2026 moth logo

This month, there's a TON of TTRPGs funding as part of Zine Month!

Check today's TTRPGkids post for a highlight on some of the ZiMo projects great for young players and for introducing new folks to TTRPGs:

https://www.ttrpgkids.com/2026/02/05/all-ages-ttrpg-projects-during-zine-month-2026/

sign that says HEY MALL NERD, WHEN YOURE DONE GETTING YOUR ASSORTMENT OF NARUTO SHIRTS FROM VARIOUS RETAIL STORES, COME GET SOME INDIE GAMES

sign for a market i'm doing at the mall this weekend.