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Protester: I’m going into fourth grade and I’m 9 years old

submitted 4 hours ago • 106 comments

It’s…literally raining on Trump’s parade?

submitted 6 hours ago • 1 comment

Jesus. Feel awful for the families of these two (one is still alive but still). I grew up seeing “liberal hunting license” bumper stickers on trucks in Maryland. Direct line from there to here.

submitted 13 hours ago • 2 comments

Crossing the US border shouldn’t be a crime and work visas shouldn’t require sponsorships.

submitted 16 hours ago • 1 comment

Hopped on a work call and realized with horror that my @aftermath.site Destroy AI was (temporarily) not appropriate for work!!!

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

lmao it happened Trump's dumbass tariffs are raising the price of Star Wars Shatterpoint (and other AMG games)

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Hire Maddy!!!

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

SAG-AFTRA proposed AI protections will let performers send their digital replicas on strike

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

All love for Los Angeles and California. Amazing city, amazing people. ICE and these rotten bastards won't win.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

One element of the Dragon Age story that I want to emphasize: If the team had known in 2021 (after the single-player pivot) that they'd ship in Oct 2024, it'd be a much different game. Instead they were always under the impression they had to finish in 6-12 months, which led to all sorts of problems

submitted 2 days ago • 24 comments

NEW from me on the ground at the Westwood federal building, where hundreds of federalized National Guard troops are currently deployed‼️ Currently there are two National Guard troops armed with assault rifles for each protestor: FOUR troops and TWO protestors. Good use of tax dollars? 🤔

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

People will be like "oh you need AI for concept art" when in fact all that's required is a notebook and a terrible sketch, and you too can earn the ire of your production artists as they try to figure out what the hell you were trying to communicate.

submitted 3 days ago • 21 comments

Confirmed, I am at the gym, the parking lot smells like weed, and still no one has cleaned up the “Trump Sucks Ass” graffiti.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Look at all these crimes against the president in this parking lot

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

This legitimately describes the parking lot outside my gym in Medford, MA.

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

I got to interview Ulas Karademir of IO Interactive and learned more about 007 First Light. I'm very excited that IOI is doing a Bond game, it's a great pairing.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Stephen Miller is from Santa Monica, one of the richer parts of LA, which doesn't resemble a "failed third world nation." The "ruptured, balkanized society of strangers" feels like deep resentment he's taking out on the rest of us.

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

looking to talk to game devs in the US here on visas. is that you? please get in touch! meganfarokhmanesh.76 on signal, open DMs, [email protected]

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

Looks like @chrislhayes.bsky.social called it:

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

I think going full MAGA could have been a successful business strategy but hey it’s not retreating, it’s advancing in the opposite direction.

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

So this past weekend, I interviewed the Splitgate 2 director, during which he said he stood by the decision to wear the hat and declined to apologize. Then, ten minutes after I submitted the story to my editor, he apologized. So uh! Here's this! www.ign.com/articles/spl...

submitted 4 days ago • 78 comments

1047 Games CEO posted an apology on Twitter for his "Make FPS Great Again" hat. "I hate seeing division—on both sides. There's division in the community. For that I am truly sorry. I do stand by the intent of this which the intent truly is...we do want to improve this genre." x.com/Splitgate/st...

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

Reading Karen Hao's Empire of AI, and I really wish more people understood the degree to which AGI boosters are desperately trying to get everyone to believe in a technology that does not now and might not ever exist

submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments

History books will be like, “LA had fires in winter and ICE in summer.”

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Protester: I’m going into fourth grade and I’m 9 years old

It’s…literally raining on Trump’s parade?

Jesus. Feel awful for the families of these two (one is still alive but still). I grew up seeing “liberal hunting license” bumper stickers on trucks in Maryland. Direct line from there to here.

Crossing the US border shouldn’t be a crime and work visas shouldn’t require sponsorships.

Hopped on a work call and realized with horror that my @aftermath.site Destroy AI was (temporarily) not appropriate for work!!!

lmao it happened Trump's dumbass tariffs are raising the price of Star Wars Shatterpoint (and other AMG games)

Hire Maddy!!!

SAG-AFTRA proposed AI protections will let performers send their digital replicas on strike

All love for Los Angeles and California. Amazing city, amazing people. ICE and these rotten bastards won't win.

One element of the Dragon Age story that I want to emphasize: If the team had known in 2021 (after the single-player pivot) that they'd ship in Oct 2024, it'd be a much different game. Instead they were always under the impression they had to finish in 6-12 months, which led to all sorts of problems

NEW from me on the ground at the Westwood federal building, where hundreds of federalized National Guard troops are currently deployed‼️ Currently there are two National Guard troops armed with assault rifles for each protestor: FOUR troops and TWO protestors. Good use of tax dollars? 🤔

People will be like "oh you need AI for concept art" when in fact all that's required is a notebook and a terrible sketch, and you too can earn the ire of your production artists as they try to figure out what the hell you were trying to communicate.

Confirmed, I am at the gym, the parking lot smells like weed, and still no one has cleaned up the “Trump Sucks Ass” graffiti.

Look at all these crimes against the president in this parking lot

This legitimately describes the parking lot outside my gym in Medford, MA.

I got to interview Ulas Karademir of IO Interactive and learned more about 007 First Light. I'm very excited that IOI is doing a Bond game, it's a great pairing.

Stephen Miller is from Santa Monica, one of the richer parts of LA, which doesn't resemble a "failed third world nation." The "ruptured, balkanized society of strangers" feels like deep resentment he's taking out on the rest of us.

looking to talk to game devs in the US here on visas. is that you? please get in touch! meganfarokhmanesh.76 on signal, open DMs, [email protected]

Looks like @chrislhayes.bsky.social called it:

I think going full MAGA could have been a successful business strategy but hey it’s not retreating, it’s advancing in the opposite direction.

So this past weekend, I interviewed the Splitgate 2 director, during which he said he stood by the decision to wear the hat and declined to apologize. Then, ten minutes after I submitted the story to my editor, he apologized. So uh! Here's this! www.ign.com/articles/spl...

1047 Games CEO posted an apology on Twitter for his "Make FPS Great Again" hat. "I hate seeing division—on both sides. There's division in the community. For that I am truly sorry. I do stand by the intent of this which the intent truly is...we do want to improve this genre." x.com/Splitgate/st...

Reading Karen Hao's Empire of AI, and I really wish more people understood the degree to which AGI boosters are desperately trying to get everyone to believe in a technology that does not now and might not ever exist

History books will be like, “LA had fires in winter and ICE in summer.”

Nintendo just announced a Splatoon spinoff called Splatoon Raiders via the Nintendo Today app. Wild stuff.

Yes!!!! Congrats to SAG-AFTRA!!!!

FUCK YOU I SCREAM WALKING BACKWARDS INTO HELL