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(he/him) I make totally sweet games like MechAssault, Shadowrun, Halo: Reach, and Destiny. I made this account as a placeholder and for testing purposes. My main social media presence is over on Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@mantis
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Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security.    Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.   Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

Oh my god they did it

Good news for (future) Nuclear Throne fans: there's an updated beta build on Steam with many quality of life improvements like 120fps support, different aspect ratios, and a new controls menu! Oh, and a new melting loading screen tip. 😎 store.steampowered.com/app/242680/N...

Here's the ultra-short read on the Mamdani logo design www.gq.com/story/zohran...

Mamoru Oshii (Ghost in The Shell) in Death Stranding 2 (as a pizza man) 😆 www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwMB...

HELL YES

Any Seattleites feeling jealous of NYC right now? You can do the same thing they just did by voting for @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social in our mayoral primaries!

Congrats to NYC for dogwalking the entire democratic establishment

i would like it a lot of zohran did whatever it takes to keep lander involved with the campaign. ride a tandem bike with him in your ads man this is great stuff

Cosigned, there are no excuses left, swing the fucking pendulum already cuz the people have fucking had enough

"Best Of…" movie lists are just like awards shows: they provide a literal checklist for people who might be looking for movies recommended by people with taste. That's their value. There's no such thing in art as "the objective best". And no list is "complete". Don't overcomplicate it.

UK launches new $40.5m fund to support British game development www.gamesindustry.biz/uk-launches-...

the reaction to Mamdani's campaign is clear proof that centrism is a reactionary ideology, and has nothing to do with a pragmatic desire to win.

FREEZE FRAME Well them Duke boys gotta be wondering right now whether they should be doing more to lower carbon emissions

Celsius is for science, Fahrenheit is how the body feels. I believe they can and should coexist; °C should know its lane here

important life hack for video games

There's a Frinkiac for Detroiters now: l

if there are reprisal terrorist attacks in the U.S. they are less likely to backed by Iran than they are to be independent actions by individuals unconnected to any state. think the San Bernardino ISIS shooting this is just how political violence works today, it's nothing specific to this conflict

The people whose foreign policy acumen created ISIS are trying to convince you you lack the sophistication and expertise to oppose war with Iran

LA right now has Catholic priests and also members of various gangs accompanying people to their immigration hearings. ICE is afraid of both these groups and so leaves the immigrants alone. If one of you isn't already working on this screenplay I don't even know what to say

the thing with Mamdani is that he’s obviously an incredible political talent - the campaign he’s run has been extremely impressive even if you don’t like his policies the party should be delighted, and that they’re instead pulling out all the stops to beat him speaks volumes

it’s quite funny that my 15yo thinks the music being made now is the best music in the world and my 80yo dad thinks the best music in the world was made when *he* was 15, but the *actual* best music in the world, empirically, was made when *i* was 15. they both look so stupid lol

This is incredibly beautiful storytelling.

Are they gonna start pronouncing “nuclear” like “tubular” again

I cannot fucking believe we are reposting Get Your War On in 20 fucking 25

The United States effectively has no major journalistic institutions. The general population simply does not get proper information, reportage, or context from any major press, so major breaches of the constitution and international law are reported like dinner specials.

This is why right now is dumber than thr Iraq runup. There was a year of endless propaganda on top of the war mindset of post-9/11 and Bush at +60% approval. Right now its a historically unpopular president following an unpopular ally into a war nobody wants and he's making zero attempt to sell it

they are blasting Hanoi Hannah at the marines in LA omfg this is so good

the Parliamentarian dropped a list of stuff that isn't eligible for reconciliation and this is the first time i'm hearing that they're trying to steal the Smithsonian's space shuttle this is (irrationally) the most upset i've been in a while

Unironically the thing I love about this point, is that it's a great basis to start talking to y'all about the fact that most of the people in jail in the US are just as innocent as Khalil. Many are Black folk that have been arrested with *absolutely no basis*, but wait *over a year* to see a judge.

Remembering this great tweet on the Summer Solstice

This looks rad, and I’m shocked that this post is the first I’ve heard of it.

👋 Aussie living in NYC here. We have had ranked choice voting in Australia for over 100 years. Pro-tip: To maximize the power of your vote, rank FIVE candidates, not just one or two. This is the best way to block a candidate you don’t want to win and doesn’t harm your first choice.

amtrak’s marketing team gets it

Happy Summer Solstice

I got mad and I wrote about it.

new vlog: wearing boots in Aotearoa New Zealand vt.tiktok.com/ZSkWN1wsp/

Today’s weather report styled like The Weather Channel in the 90s: WeatherStar 4000+. [weatherstar.netbymatt.com]

Jesus Christ as somebody who lives between two gigantic treacherous mountain ranges and is constantly getting news (both from komo 4 and friends of friends; my dad lost a dude a couple years ago himself) about people who have died while lost on said ranges: fuuuuuck

When an article does that thing where it slowly fades into a paywall sometimes I think "oh I am dying now, everything is growing dim"

again we can solve Columbus day protests by simply making it Isabella Rossellini day - we can do Italian film heritage and make her dad's pasta and feel good impatientfoodie.com/rossellini-s...