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the rise of the fascist nerds was anticipated by Ellen Ullman's 1995 essay "Out of Time: Reflections on the Programming Life."

I just now realized the key art for this season of Fortnite features a sexy version of Midas and like Why are we making sexy versions of Midas

I cannot emphasize enough that TikTok has gotten unbearable post its return. Engagement farming drives the algorithm, and it's easy to rack up engagement from both sides by posting inflammatory pro-Trump stuff right now.

Go play it!! If you like PS2-era platformers, sick movement tech, and vibrant characters you're gonna have a blast. store.steampowered.com/app/3477260/...

The Demon Tides demo is OUT NOW! Play the beginning of the game, some of the story and a chunk of the game's open world! In this chunky demo you can also share graffiti tags and compete with other players via ghost runs! And guess what? Your saves carry over too. LET'S GO!

I imagined how goofy the shoulders would end up looking, giggled, then immediately drew it because I needed to see it made real

After streaming it last night, Macaw45 weighs in on the out-of-control beat 'em up School Hero, which is available on Steam for just $4.00 and thus far has only 19 reviews. Check it out if you're a fan of the genre! store.steampowered.com/app/2871290/...

Protect yourself from that nasty thing going around and also proudly understate how much you enjoy video games or anime with one of these masks! Available in 4 colors! tama-hiroka.creator-spring.com/listing/vide...

@thejenna.bsky.social out here fighting the good fight for actual introspective and challenging game critique ✊ youtu.be/Ij6FOmbWxoE

Just look at these paragraphs from the AP story. Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver. This is what "merit" means to them. apnews.com/article/trum...

Of the Chiefs of Staff, vice chiefs of staff, and judge advocates general of the three branches, Trump fired all the women and Black people.

This absolutely rules. Go kids.

I'm gonna keep reposting examples of people not taking shit because it's important for us to see that you can, simply, reject the shit. Say "Uh... no no no, we will not be tolerating that."

had a "video game" talk at work and someone mentioned the new assassin's creed game and how "ubisoft made everyone in japan mad." i had to calmly explain to my coworker how asmongold videos and facebook video game groups are not legitimate new sources.

This is a stunning betrayal by Whitman Walker in DC. You CANNOT jettison the trans community to protect yourself. It’s shameful. I got my name changed at WWH. I have promoted their research. Now they are capitulating to save gay people at trans people’s expense by trying to erase us.

The author's request for comment went to spam and this was published without it. When I replied, the author was out of office. So in the interest of saving time, here is my full response:

PERIPETEIA has officially RELEASED into early access. This has been an incredible journey thus far, possible only thanks to all of you. We will continue to release maps, bugfixes, and content for all as it continues development with KS and patron backers early. store.steampowered.com/app/1437760/

PSA: Golden Light is free to keep until Feb 24th on Steam store.steampowered.com/app/1245430/... It's a good roguelike where walls are made of meat and furniture tries to kill you at every corner

... Why are we centering YouTube comments, of all things, in this piece? Who gives a shit what they think?

Been playing it a lot this past week and still can't get Peripeteia out of my head. I expect very weird reactions to it when it releases, because it is, for many, the opposite of a good videogame. The developers know this. They've described the demo as a filter to keep those people from buying it.

So is he wearing the glasses because drugs or is he wearing the glasses because he's emotionally stunted and stopped developing as a person around the age of 14 and he thinks he looks cool

announcing my new new game: Castle v Castle!!! a strategic 1v1 castle battler that has you build up your castle and reduce your opponent to rubble, brick by brick! DEMO OUT NOW!!! with funding from Slay the Spire dev @caseyyano.bsky.social via Outersloth (Among Us) and Future Friend support!

Among those Trump and Musk fired at the FAA: - Lawyers who help keep drunk or reckless pilots out of the skies - Air traffic control support staff - Employees who track potential new flying hazards like cranes - Staffers who medically clear pilots to fly www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Avowed's combat is good but I'm playing on hard and the number of times I've beaten the main boss of an encounter only to be immediately shanked by some grunt offscreen has caused me to rage quit multiple times

After playing it a few hours in co-op, Blood Typers is rad. It's Resident Evil Outbreak, but controlled entirely through typing. You pan the camera or change targets with the shift keys, and toggle combat mode with tab. Procedurally generated maps & good difficulty options (adjust spawns & typing)

Who's ready for the demo on Monday?!

Hey WRAL why did you phrase this like a gag headline

why, exactly, are your games not subject to union contracts? that seems like information that is very important here

what’s it going to take for the average liberal voter and mainstream liberal news outlets to start turning on the current useless democratic establishment

Bringing this back because this has been my life for the last week:

‘How Different Could Purified And Distilled Water Really Be?’ Thinks Humidifier Owner About To Enter World Of Shit

This is exactly how I've been playing too, and I genuinely think Avowed would have garnered more interest if this build was front and center in all of its marketing. It's cool as shit, and, more importantly, very funny.

One of my favorite things about Avowed thus far is that its world feels very designed - which gives it some artifice, I guess, in the sense that it feels like a world designed for gameplay first and foremost. But also it makes exploration extremely rewarding and improves pacing.

Using deck.blue manages to sate like 90% of my desire for a Tweetdeck for Bluesky, except for the fact that going full screen on videos for some reason crashes the page for me

Posting this for no reason at all

REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.

There’s an active fascist takeover going on. Let’s check in with the Democrats on the Senate Judiciary committee to see how they’re resisting it. Oh… oh I see. They’re trying to blow up Section 230 and open the floodgates for Trump to censor the Internet. Inspiring!