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"We've bought this acclaimed award winning narrative games studio"

"We've tasked the studio to make a live service shooter"

"After a hugely successful launch, we're cutting 40 jobs"

"The launch wasn't as successful as planned, so were shuttering the game and the studio"

Same reason every time 😕

When I see these headlines I literally think their entire decision-making process is nothing more complicated or deeper than "what decision will make the line go up today"

Missing money, shipped chips and a 350,000% profit: key takeaways on AI ‘phantom investments’ A Guardian investigation has put the UK government’s AI plans under the microscope. Here are the key details

@edzitron.com Looks like some of the UK press are finally looking into all that magic money AI investment in the UK
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

If you have been blessed with a trans child;

1. Keep them away from the NHS
2. Try and move abroad if you can
3. Be prepared to fight transphobic staff at school
4. Find other sources of hormones/medication. If you can, get a car loan to pay for them.
5. Protect them from all governmental agencies.

But what can I do – Dr Ruth Pearce Posts about But what can I do written by Ruth

There are two things you can do right now to support young trans people in England.

1) Engage in political advocacy and community support. I've got *loads* of advice on this in my blog post and zine "But what can I do? How to fight the trans panic".

kill the imposter syndrome in you head because not only is there someone out there doing it worse than you, they're also using chat gpt to do it

Anyways.

The "my nine games" meme, showing a three by three grid of game covers. My choices are System Shock, Half-Life, Doom (1993), Secret of Mana, The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past, Shadow of the Colossus, Thief 2, Journey and Cyberpunk 2077.

As many others have said, super hard (especially if you're old) to narrow it down to just the nine, but I focused on the ones that either transfixed my soul, or really showed me the depth of other worlds you could create through videogames

I don't think I've ever replied to a post with "images you can hear" before, but... yeah

Also, ffs Kim, getting yourself kidnapped once is bad luck, but twice it starts to seem like a fetish (not judging)

Today we release a game.
This is the real chestnut tree where the main characters fall in love.
And this is the real Abbey where the whole thing takes place.
The last picture is the king that dies in it.
Wishlists are ok, buying better, reviews even better.
store.steampowered.com/app/3411970/...

Ghost of Yotei is pretty good isn't it?
Although I say this as someone who is utter shite at fighting games and I can already see the ability unlock trees and know I will *never* remember all the button combos and will grimly use the same four attacks for the whole game

MAKE AN EMERGENCY DONATION to Trans Continental Pipeline right now.

They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate there and they are overwhelmed with requests. CO borders KS, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out.

GO DONATE.

tcpipeline.org

Places for psychopaths to practice what they think are normal human reactions to things that happen

Hannah and Zack having a selfie

Final weekend. One last push.

This is about whether you want local plumber Hannah Spencer or the extreme Reform candidate.

It's hope vs hate.

It's Greens vs Reform.

Hope can win.

Spacefarer Games, a 1 person "indie game studio" steals Cyeides' Zera: Myths Awaken game, renamed it, recolored the textures and has it listed up on the Nintendo eShop. Spread the word that Spacefarer is a game thief!

Support Cyreides, the original creator! cyreides.itch.io/zerama
#videogames #psa

Photo of the actor Jonathan Frakes on the show Beyond Belief. He is looking directly at the camera, most likely about to say "have you ever wondered..." and no doubt thinking about his favourite sandwich

For sure, especially what indie devs learned from their first release(s) in terms of work & process, but also how that affected the types of games they make now - I would find that really interesting

graphic that says no ice in Minnesota itch.io charity bundle

The No ICE in Minnesota Charity Bundle has officially LAUNCHED!

There are 1,439 games to discover for a $10+ donation to Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota!

Purchase the bundle here: itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...

Was able to play Horizon Zero Dawn again for the first time in YEARS last night!

When I upgraded to Win11 it broke the game, a known issue the devs only fixed in the Remastered Edition (not the original or Complete)

Looks like some Win update finally sorted it 😁 woo!

Exactly! A therapist will help you by gently challenging you - your thoughts & feelings about yourself, others and the world around you - to help nudge you out of negative spirals, and false assumptions, which the "you are so right!" machine is never going to do, 'cos if it did you'd stop using it

hold on i gotta take this

Really enjoying the Winter Olympics but does anyone know when all the uphill events start?

Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees

Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.

One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.

Abolish the billionaire class:

Would be such a shame if people got angry about this being reposted so many times...

Had about 4 hours of meetings today and this was where I was mentally the whole time (nobody noticed)

Have you ever wanted to do a morning stretch so big that you just keep on stretching and stretching so that every joint in your aching body pops and you end up like an abused Slinky, hanging over both ends of the bed onto the floor just feeling yourself breathing?

Or just me?

I tried vibe coding for the first time this weekend and failed spectacularly. Which was actually kind of illuminating.
www.garbageday.email/p/am-i-too-s...

Sometimes you just needs a clear-out or this stuff keeps rattling around in there, like a lost tooth in a hip flash

Team Rocket Will Return In Avengers: Doomsday

The Cyberdyne Systems T-100 Will Return In Avengers: Doomsday

Columbo Will Return In Avengers: Doomsday

That Boomerang You Just Threw Will Return In Avengers: Doomsday

... sorry, just getting some stuff out of my head 😛

Yes, but which year? If it's the year I got a prolapsed disc, then count me out.