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thenewd3stiny.bsky.social
Senior editor at HPP. List writer at DualShockers. Formerly at oprainfall and Workprint. Prolific consumer of games, books and movies. Proud nerd.
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PLEASE: Watch what happened in Coeur d'Alene Idaho today. This is fascism. Unmarked cops. 1A violations. RESIST.

The GoFundMe to help my cat Bella get cancer surgery has reached 40% of its goal! To celebrate here is another excellent photo of her in her Halloween pumpkin hoodie. Still a lot of the fundraiser to go, and shares still appreciated! www.gofundme.com/f/help-bella...

For those in my hometown island of #Alameda, neighbor Scout is delivering Girl Scout cookies! Doing my part to get the word out 😁

This is officially as fancy as I get. Drink it in! It'll probably be a decade or so until I'm dressed up like this again.

I gotta emphasize the importance of being kind, great to work with, making friends, & “kismet” in publishing. Anyone you meet could be your next collaborator, or recommend you for a comic/book/gig in the future! It’s not a guarantee, but being dependable makes it easier! Let’s raise those tides 🌊

Trump wants Michael Gates to be Assistant AG for Civil Rights While City Attorney in Huntington Beach CA, Gates worked to: • Ban the Pride flag • Ban library books • Make it harder to vote He spent millions in taxpayer funds filing frivolous lawsuits against Gavin Newsom c: @schiff.senate.gov

I both love and hate Yellowjackets. The charismatic insanity and debauchery is great, but after 2 seasons I have less and less confidence they'll be able to satisfactorily explain anything. Shame given the amazing cast...

It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

Also if you feel strongly about Eric Adams, you should call your city councilmember to express that and ask for their position. You’d be surprised. Hochul’s stance is highly disappointing but it doesn’t come from nowhere. Press all your electeds. City elections are in 5 months. Ask candidates too.

Best thing I bought for this trip so far were all used a second time in my impromptu lunch today! Amazing chicken sausage brought it all together.

The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is 40% off in The Storyteller's Festival on Steam! ⛏️💀 It's an honour to be part of such a great event with our folk horror adventure game set on the misty moors of Victorian England. store.steampowered.com/app/1182310/...

While I HATE being lost, even momentarily, this was the payoff. Totally worth it!

musk's private security deputized by u.s. marshals service -- potentially clearing the way for his personal bodyguards to be carrying weapons on federal grounds. um... www.cnn.com/2025/02/20/p...

Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

Between Google Maps and the confusing NY subway system, this is turning into an interesting afternoon. Least I'm burning calories in this freezing ass wind. FML

New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

To journalists: Flashes is launching next Tuesday, February 25th! I’ve set up a website where you can find the Press Kit (under “In the Press”) and a link to the FAQs: www.flashes.blue

So if you criticize Elon Musk, Trump’s DOJ will send you this letter. Members of Congress must have the right to forcefully oppose the Trump Administration. I will not be silenced.

Happy #wishlistwednesday. We're working hard on KOTOMASHO! So it'd really help us if any of our followers wishlisted us over on steam! If any game devs got any updates they've been working on, we'd d love to take a look! #steam #indiedev #pixelart #2dpixelart store.steampowered.com/app/1822660/...

Definitely a weird, but also undeniably tasty, dinner. Sauteed spicy garlic potatoes, spicy bok choy and some chicken sausage!

Nickelodeon celebrates AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER 20th anniversary with new animated series

I gave @softnotweak.bsky.social’s Kickstarter-backed (which I was part of) take on PANEL DE PON, SPIRIT SWAP, a look today. Unintentionally, I think the game and its message is more important in 2025 than at the project’s launch.

Even when I'm on vacation, I'm still preparing meals. Oddly comforting. Also tasty!

Gamers Heroes did an interview of the dev for an upcoming game called Neon Inferno! It's a 2d shooter with a cyberpunk theme and looks rad as hell! #CouchCoOp #CoOpGaming

"Key congressional Republicans have powers they’re choosing not to use... "Senator Susan Collins, for example, believes the White House and DOGE may be breaking the law. She doesn’t, however, seem eager to use her considerable influence..." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Here's my preview for an upcoming cyberpunk adventure @cjmelendez.bsky.social @uberstrategist.com www.heypoorplayer.com/2025/02/20/m...

@gxblino.bsky.social here is a link to my review of @akuparagames.bsky.social Cabernet! Really neat adventure, all things considered. www.heypoorplayer.com/2025/02/20/c...

If you are still angry about Elon Musk taking a sledge hammer to our government, please call your representatives! The website/app 5calls.org is super helpful for this! You pick a topic, they give you a script and your congresspersons phone number. All you have to do is leave voicemails, please!!

Tried to organize some thoughts on the current generative AI push in video game development. What bugs me is how much executives seem to think that the human touch has no bearing on why people like games, and that players will just play ANYTHING. www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/why-w...

I'm in the Big Apple! Not too jet lagged either, though we'll see if that's still the case tomorrow morning.

Public comment is now open for passport gender marker changes. You can go here to go to each of the three proposed passport rules, and submit comment. My suggestion: be unique, argue for trans-inclusive policies, against the constitutionality of the changes, etc. www.reddit.com/r/Passports/...

Dammit, Chutkan...

For indie devs these three factors are super important: 🔸Visibility 🔸Curation 🔸Finding their audience Safe to say, I'm massively excited by the potential of this new app, Ludocene. Find out more and back below... www.kickstarter.com/projects/lud...

Just signed up for a yearlong membership - if you can spare it, please consider doing the same; this is some of the most important reporting currently happening.

I didn't like Pence or agree with most of his policies. But when it mattered, he did the right thing. It's clear the current VP has no such compunctions. Sniveling little puppet.

Crazy how quiet Media & Political Elite have been about our new concentration camps: How many people are in Concentration Camp Gitmo? What countries are they from? Are any American citizens? Are they getting lawyers? Are they being held in humane conditions?

Since our country is so busy abandoning everything that makes us noteworthy and good, I feel it's high time to drop celebrating President's Day. At least until we have one again.

Not to throw shade at Rachel Dratch, she's great and the SNL 50 year anniversary show has been pretty solid. But Debbie Downer just hits different when one's country is this massively fucked up.

"this game's graphics are a generation behind" isn't a valid criticism for a new game. Just throwing that out there.

Reblog y'all. And remember.

This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement. The wholesale erasure of history in real time.

I’m sure it’s just my TDS, but I think Trump is proving to be exactly as bad as we said he was going to be and people who acted like we were hysterical should be embarrassed they didn’t do more to try and stop it.

This is the way.