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BREAKING: PROTEST BEGIN IN PARIS AGAINST ISRAELI KIDNAPPING OF ACTIVISTS ON MADLEEN FREEDOM FLOTILLA The gathering has began at Place de la République in Paris. “For these 12 activists who do us honor. FREE THEM”

AI technocracy has fully crested past the realm of the material into a sort of apparition-worshipping technomysticism

persona fans be like ‘ten more years of naoto discourse’ brother you chose to join the naoto discourse fandom

It's weird how everything "gives the fascists exactly what they want" except giving the fascists exactly what they want

"Make FPS Great Again" ok, when are they bringing this back?

One of my biggest surprise games this year: the free copy of Return to Moria I got through Epic. Been playing a weekly game with the boys, and it's been just really nice. The little touches like starting a work song with your friends while you mine, etc., make a great social experience.

A free Palestine and an end to Microsoft's genocide profiteering.

truly impressive inability to stfu on display here solidarity to the splitgate team just having to grin and bear this

Direct quote from Secretary of State John Kerry: "Israel can be a Jewish state or a democracy. It can't be both."

you can save yourself a migraine by skipping the Game Trailers Weekend streams and just browsing games on the Steam page for each stream at your own pace. it's more direct, more enjoyable, and devoid of skits.

Your friendly reminder that any money Microsoft/Xbox/etc earns through online ad/stream revenue and direct purchases continues to support the Palestinian genocide. Avoid giving them either through whatever means you see fit.

Found out last week a respiratory/sinus problem I’ve had for literally half a decade that had been marked down to allergies + a structural issue was actually a low key infection this whole time, and now it’s already clearing up. Modern medicine is so cool, I wish diagnoses were real.

Today is Microsoft's Xbox Showcase and I really think not tuning in is both the right call and the literal least you can do to show Microsoft and Xbox that you are NOT OKAY with them aiding Israel with an ongoing Genocide.

RIP Governor Gavin Newsom. He was pursued up a construction scaffold in the rain to the edge of a rickety platform, where he declared "You can't hurt me, I have diplomatic immunity" before Jean-Claude Van Damme said "You aren't immune to gravity" and roundhouse kicked him off the building

This made me feel genuinely queasy.

the columbia raid, and ucla letting zionists throw grenades at students, really rattled me because it was democrats letting rich kids get curb stomped with impunity, all over trumped-up claims of anti-semitism. no surprise stephen miller now thinks he can invade california to "secure the border"

an important thing to remember as The Cool Zone looms: the most egregious recent violent and militarized crackdown -- at places like UCLA and Columbia -- was done under democrats with the full support of democrats. they aint gonna help

Inspiring: this Solo Dev cloned himself 22 times and kept the copies in a dungeon while they worked on his project.

BREAKING: International coalition of over two dozen worker unions declares emergency over AI use in animation

A teacher breaks down after ICE causes multiple schools to lockdown during graduation ceremonies and parents to flee for their lives. Only the soulless aren’t hurting from what is happening in our country. This is affecting all of us.

sorry men this is what peak performance looks like

this is so funny

gooood morning!

Apropos of the Xbox Games showcase tomorrow.

jesus christ lmao

not a moment of peace for the rest of their miserable lives

Reminder: Actors are still on strike for bare minimum guard rails on the use of AI in videogames and we have been for 11 months. We have struck longer and with less resources than our on-camera colleagues.

In case we need a reminder about the inappropriately euphemistic "Less than Lethal" weapons... www.scientificamerican.com/article/what...

This is your brain on Great Men Theory.

This sucks, but there’s also some schadenfreude in watching everyone suddenly discover that the guys who made a multiplayer FPS whose big showcased competitive mode was “teabag confirmed” (CoD-style kill confirm but you have to teabag the corpse) are raging dudebro assholes

Not all treasures are lost… some are just waiting to be reclaimed. Announcing Relooted: An Africanfuturist heist game where you reclaim real African artifacts from Western museums. Please share, & wishlist! youtu.be/KgPxPfXb734 (Wishlist links in next tweet!) @dayofthedevs.org #SummerGameFest

the number of "solo devs" who make a game entirely by themselves with no help is. astronomically tiny and vastly overstated

fuck em up

TFW Mad World in games trailers in 2025