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bird fancier, forest troll, junior game designer, writer. I live in Winnipeg! opinions my own and things of that nature. PFP by the excellent @aplante.com
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beyond the ice palace II rules

mother mother.......... so very good. this one really made me feel my age though, they didn't -have- to say how long they'd been doing this for lol

fuuuuuck

off to a bad start lol. i keep starting games and not finishing them

*codec call jingle* snake, it's me, the colonel. did you know that your bones have a type of health pool? it's called "bone HP". it goes down when you pick things up, or lie down, or sometimes when you don't lie down. you restore it by dying

alrighty, this is gonna be a bit of a hail mary-- does anyone happen to have any talks, resources, or even externally available development reading material they could share or recommend about the organizational structure of barks systems in games? #gamedev

i like how the new york times is running a piece normalizing the idea of annexing the place i live. that's extremely cool. it's crazy how one of the most highly regarded journalistic institutions in the world is now an oblique weapon of state violence!!!

I'm gonna try and be better at sharing things ive enjoyed playing--flawed, interesting, or just plain fun. It's so rare to play anything truly bad, and any released game is a victory!

Nightreign is cool...... definitely an interesting foundation! The biggest friction I have isn't with the tutorialization or onboarding but actually specifically with how hard the map is to read ingame.

once again, would be really cool to turn of specific people's retweets!!!

*codec call jingle* snake, it's me, the colonel. did you know that your bones have a type of health pool? it's called "bone HP". it goes down when you pick things up, or lie down, or sometimes when you don't lie down. you restore it by dying

haha. uh oh!

alright now we're cookin

do they always make the dogs listen to the american anthem

fuck FUCK bean learned how to puyo chain at puppy daycare. she's filling the house with garbage blocks bean STOP

well at least Castlevania, the icon of darkness that returns to our realm when humanity cries for destruction, has not appeared. that would be a pretty big problem......

I don't remember exactly what it means historically when sputtering Empires turn their violence inwards, but i'm pretty sure it wasn't anything bad. likely not a problem

as someone who has always fought the instinct to wait for "adults to step in" my whole life-- that's not going to happen. "they" never come. either you stand on your own, or together with friends and comrades, or bend to whatever is coming

please let us turn off retweets from specific people already, good lord

It's hard to express how much is going on here and what a big deal it is. We've been building toward this for over 8 years now, and we genuinely built a video game history research tool that is usable by anyone. We're democratizing game research through a free, no-bullshit, human-curated resource.

manifesting. Scott thinks he knows where to drop down to get to the bonus level barrel, but he doesn't and just plummets into the abyss. he has no extra life balloons.

Scott Gillingham is rotting Winnipeg from the inside out. If you asked me 10 years ago if this city could ever get more corrupt id have absolutely said no, but, well, here we are lol

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what if instead of playing any game i've purchased instead i play a romhack of quest 64 that makes it harder

Stream and DONATION link is live. Stream will be held Monday but you can already donate to the transgender law center NOW. let’s do this!! www.youtube.com/live/iQ1FbkI...

A very weird little experiment for my first piece of 2025: “Beedle” 🪲 a sculptural mask made of gourds, driftwood, mountain laurel, paper clay, acrylics & gold leaf. Part of THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S CABINET group exhibition at Arch Enemy Arts! On display Jan 18-Feb 16

JOHN BLACKTHORNE’S WIFE BACK IN ENGLAND AFTER FINALLY GETTING AROUND TO WATCHING “SHŌGUN”: What the hell

i can't believe my entire banana hoard was taken by some stupid lizard-men. they walk with the grace of man, but mock us with their crimes

I literally need everyone in games, regardless of discipline, to read this book.

i really try not to make people into idols and heroes--find the beauty and the power in the art, not the artist. but lynch leaves a real hole for me. no person was more instrumental in helping me see and smile with the beauty in my own life, and how to identify and ward against the darkness.

kingdom hearts rules because they got wallace shawn to say "bahamut"

We're selling this brand new design featuring the original Rude Tales of Magic cast to fundraise for the Anti-Recidivism Coalition. 100% of the proceeds will go to support the incarcerated firefighters and their efforts to fight the LA wildfires. 🫶 www.bonfire.com/bubbled-up-r...

ATTENTION: I am starting a charity bundle to benefit victims of the Southern California wildfires. Game (and other) makers, please submit your projects so we can do some good. There is a call for submissions of projects through the 18th, please share widely! FAQ below: itch.io/jam/californ...

AGDQ this year was so great. It's such a source of genuine joy, i really hope i get a chance to go someday