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Writer, Podcaster, Game Designer | Friends at the Table | A More Civilized Age | Shelved by Genre | Formerly: Possibility Space, Waypoint, Giant Bomb, Paste Games

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COMPUTER WORLDS: A Showcase of Strange & Distinctive Games - Coming to noclip_2
COMPUTER WORLDS: A Showcase of Strange & Distinctive Games - Coming to noclip_2 YouTube video by noclip_2

INTRODUCING COMPUTER WORLDS

A showcase of strange & distinctive games created by independent developers - premiering next week on noclip_2

SAVE THE DATE
MARCH 12th - 1PM ET / 10AM PT

WATCH & PLEASE SHARE:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYRp...

06.03.2026 17:10 πŸ‘ 421 πŸ” 159 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 29

Totally. At stake here is the conflict between games as β€œcontent” (retrogressive behaviorist bullshit) and recognizing context. The entire notion of β€œdesign” is saddled with so much fucked ideological baggage, be careful out there folks.
bsky.app/profile/dant...

07.03.2026 03:27 πŸ‘ 286 πŸ” 78 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 0
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Marathon, by Maria BC 13 track album

i'm also picking up Maria BC's new album "Marathon". in 2023 their album "Spike Field" blew me away: dark, dark, dark rich music. also extremely good visual design on both albums mariabc.bandcamp.com/album/marathon

06.03.2026 22:06 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Jack de Quidt Jack de Quidt is a writer and composer based in Ann Arbor. Avatar by lorhsdraws.

as usual, if you've been waiting to pick up any of my music at notquitereal.bandcamp.com, today's the day to do it. realis is in a really interesting place and perpetua is bursting at the seams with traditional FatT tracks and also crumbs of musical ephemera that are sticking the video game together

06.03.2026 22:05 πŸ‘ 49 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 5
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More wok i did for Where the Water Tastes like Wine. 2015-2018

05.03.2026 17:37 πŸ‘ 324 πŸ” 83 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 2

Felt like I was going insane watching people accept an AI model's explanation for why that same AI model committed a war crime.

05.03.2026 15:49 πŸ‘ 1395 πŸ” 283 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 4

I hate to say it but every time I’ve tried I’ve bounced off very hard. I have no doubt about his talent or the value of his work to the world, but I suspect his prose just not be seasoned right for my tongue.

That said, if it ever comes up on SBG, I’ll of course read with an open heart.

05.03.2026 16:37 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Well gamers, it seems like America really has been "Grabbed by the Ghoulies".

05.03.2026 00:19 πŸ‘ 390 πŸ” 60 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0
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Amberspire, our dice driven science fantasy city builder, will release MAY 6!

Roll dice, grow a city, forge alliances, interact with an ecology, and read a history of the future.

PC, Mac, Steam Deck - May 6!

s.team/a/3350750

04.03.2026 15:01 πŸ‘ 389 πŸ” 117 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 20

RIP Baudrillard you would've loved this episode of imperial decline

05.03.2026 03:29 πŸ‘ 1474 πŸ” 292 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 8

it was bad then and like... incredibly worse in 2026

04.03.2026 23:39 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

been thinking about this a lot as an escalation (or alt evolutionary path) of forever war

war, forever

not one long war (neither authorized nor under the autocrat-imperial euphemism of 'police action')

just a constant, numbing sequence of bombs and missiles and special ops, across fronts in flux

04.03.2026 07:21 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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04.03.2026 03:59 πŸ‘ 817 πŸ” 110 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 7
fanart of the nausicaa manga: small inset panels of fires raging, the fungal forest, and the white glider in a blue sky, over a background of columns of petrified fungi, slowly collapsing into still water and darkness.

fanart of the nausicaa manga: small inset panels of fires raging, the fungal forest, and the white glider in a blue sky, over a background of columns of petrified fungi, slowly collapsing into still water and darkness.

finished reading the nausicaΓ€ manga recently and unsurprisingly liked it a lot.. 4 color risograph print (cornflower, bright olive green, bright red, hunter green)

03.03.2026 23:18 πŸ‘ 536 πŸ” 123 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 0
A black linework embroidery of a woman from behind, standing in a very pathetic fighting stance (if it can even be called that). The text reads "get ready"

A black linework embroidery of a woman from behind, standing in a very pathetic fighting stance (if it can even be called that). The text reads "get ready"

Embroidery of a chart labeled "states" that depicts the character's status in a video game. There are little image icons such as a bed, a heart, a smiley face, a pill, and a fork and knife. Each icon has a bar beside it that is either red, yellow, or green depending on the status.

Embroidery of a chart labeled "states" that depicts the character's status in a video game. There are little image icons such as a bed, a heart, a smiley face, a pill, and a fork and knife. Each icon has a bar beside it that is either red, yellow, or green depending on the status.

A black linework embroidery of an electric keyboard. The text reads "now it is not necessary"

A black linework embroidery of an electric keyboard. The text reads "now it is not necessary"

All three pieces hanging together on a wall

All three pieces hanging together on a wall

Happy 10 years to THE let's play of all time!!! Thank you @runbutton.bsky.social @carberry.deals @notquitereal.bsky.social @ali-online.bsky.social for the laughs. If you haven't watched the Arctic Alive let's play, go watch it NOW!!!! It's truly an all timer

02.03.2026 19:59 πŸ‘ 147 πŸ” 52 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0
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/Stock market tanking, war with seven different countries, gas prices set to spike, CEOs laying off thousands to justify AI investments

"Guys, don't kill the golden goose! You wouldn't want to see what it's like without this magical goose!"

03.03.2026 19:42 πŸ‘ 760 πŸ” 181 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 8
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Hunting Dog, by Jack de Quidt from the album Realis: Friends At The Table Soundtrack

here's "Hunting Dog", the latest track from @friends-table.bsky.social's season of Realis notquitereal.bandcamp.com/track/huntin...

03.03.2026 17:13 πŸ‘ 71 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ™πŸΎ really getting into some cool shit now. more to come

03.03.2026 04:51 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

everything theyre saying now they said during iraq

02.03.2026 14:44 πŸ‘ 1982 πŸ” 419 πŸ’¬ 59 πŸ“Œ 7

Like the neocons, Trump’s neo-neocons repeatedly invoke the West’s complacency and unwillingness to defend its own values, a frailty that can be rectified only through the ritual use of military force against weaker targets. The conservative writer Jonah Goldberg once articulated what he called the β€œLedeen Doctrine,” after the neoconservative Michael Ledeen, which was: β€œEvery ten years or so, the United States needs to pick up some small crappy little country and throw it against the wall, just to show the world we mean business.” Despite Trump’s rejection of George W. Bush, MAGA bears many similarities to the right-wing politics of that eraβ€”a fetishization of violence and torture, the treatment of opposition as treasonous, a disdain for due process, and an anti-Muslim bigotry at odds with fundamental American principles.

Like the neocons, Trump’s neo-neocons repeatedly invoke the West’s complacency and unwillingness to defend its own values, a frailty that can be rectified only through the ritual use of military force against weaker targets. The conservative writer Jonah Goldberg once articulated what he called the β€œLedeen Doctrine,” after the neoconservative Michael Ledeen, which was: β€œEvery ten years or so, the United States needs to pick up some small crappy little country and throw it against the wall, just to show the world we mean business.” Despite Trump’s rejection of George W. Bush, MAGA bears many similarities to the right-wing politics of that eraβ€”a fetishization of violence and torture, the treatment of opposition as treasonous, a disdain for due process, and an anti-Muslim bigotry at odds with fundamental American principles.

Pundits loved telling you about Trump's "anti-interventionism" because it seemed contrarian and interesting, but he always represented neoconservatism's worst impulses shorn of any moral pretense or concern www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

02.03.2026 15:44 πŸ‘ 1537 πŸ” 314 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 10
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Perfect Tides: Station to Station on Steam A point n' click sequel to Perfect Tides about the momentum and whiplash of young adulthood. Explore the big city through 18-year-old Mara's eyes. Collect items, nurture ideas, and experience complex ...

Station to Station is very close to 100 Steam reviews - can we get it there? if you've played the game on the platform, leaving a review helps a lot with visibility:

store.steampowered.com/app/2088810/...

02.03.2026 16:09 πŸ‘ 309 πŸ” 83 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 4

Nooo this fucking blows dude. Sending love

02.03.2026 07:16 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sooo true

02.03.2026 07:15 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
a figure in golden skeletal armor flanked by others stands in a dark hallway pointing a sword. the scene is dark, illuminated only by two glowing topaz gems hovering in the air. dark stains splatter the floor. the figure speaks: β€œCantata.”

a figure in golden skeletal armor flanked by others stands in a dark hallway pointing a sword. the scene is dark, illuminated only by two glowing topaz gems hovering in the air. dark stains splatter the floor. the figure speaks: β€œCantata.”

Realis - the Death Procession Pt. 2 (@friends-table.bsky.social)

01.03.2026 21:23 πŸ‘ 82 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
World Central Kitchen head JosΓ© AndrΓ©s confirms Israel has closed Gaza’s borders indefinitely and warns the NGO will run out of food this week. The group is currently cooking about 1 million hot meals a day.

World Central Kitchen head JosΓ© AndrΓ©s confirms Israel has closed Gaza’s borders indefinitely and warns the NGO will run out of food this week. The group is currently cooking about 1 million hot meals a day.

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World Central Kitchen head JosΓ© AndrΓ©s confirms Israel has closed Gaza’s borders indefinitely and warns the NGO will run out of food this week. The group is currently cooking about 1 million hot meals a day.

02.03.2026 03:59 πŸ‘ 1055 πŸ” 709 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 18
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Watch Angel's Egg | HBO Max Watch Angel's Egg on HBO Max. Plans start at $10.99/month. In an underwater city, a young girl takes care of a large egg she holds carefully in her arms. A boy with a gun arrives in search of a bird h...

Mamoru Oshii’s landmark 1985 anime film, Angel’s Egg, is streaming on HBO. www.hbomax.com/movies/angel...

02.03.2026 00:59 πŸ‘ 286 πŸ” 93 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 15

Brother I don't know you, but you gotta re-read your post from the outside and see what it looks like you are saying here.

01.03.2026 20:13 πŸ‘ 72 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Pombon, the new Pokemon fire starter. A Pomeranian with red highlights.

Pombon, the new Pokemon fire starter. A Pomeranian with red highlights.

Greater Dog, a giant dog knight from Undertale.

Greater Dog, a giant dog knight from Undertale.

β€œWhat’s Pombon gonna evolve into.”
β€œI hope it doesn’t get big and humanoid.”
β€œThere’s no way to know what it’s gonna look like.”

It was there all along.

01.03.2026 19:34 πŸ‘ 826 πŸ” 139 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 5

gee I wonder

01.03.2026 13:21 πŸ‘ 1243 πŸ” 225 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0