Me, to my dad: "Oh maybe you'd like this podcast Shelved by Genre—they're gonna do Tolkien next year"
Shelved by Genre: "Bofer deez nuts"
Shelved by Genre: "Bofer deez nuts"
January 3, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Me, to my dad: "Oh maybe you'd like this podcast Shelved by Genre—they're gonna do Tolkien next year"
Shelved by Genre: "Bofer deez nuts"
Shelved by Genre: "Bofer deez nuts"
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went back and grabbed the full video of her intro. absolutely incredible
🇮🇹🍝👩🍳🤌🇮🇹🍝👩🍳🤌🇮🇹🍝👩🍳🤌🇮🇹🍝👩🍳🤌
🇮🇹🍝👩🍳🤌🇮🇹🍝👩🍳🤌🇮🇹🍝👩🍳🤌🇮🇹🍝👩🍳🤌
January 2, 2026 at 2:16 PM
went back and grabbed the full video of her intro. absolutely incredible
🇮🇹🍝👩🍳🤌🇮🇹🍝👩🍳🤌🇮🇹🍝👩🍳🤌🇮🇹🍝👩🍳🤌
🇮🇹🍝👩🍳🤌🇮🇹🍝👩🍳🤌🇮🇹🍝👩🍳🤌🇮🇹🍝👩🍳🤌
Bad news: if you didn’t get things off on the right foot today, you unfortunately need to wait until next year to try again
January 1, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Bad news: if you didn’t get things off on the right foot today, you unfortunately need to wait until next year to try again
In 2026 I'm going to put out a video game and you're all going to hear about it
January 1, 2026 at 1:49 AM
In 2026 I'm going to put out a video game and you're all going to hear about it
I saw a woman look at a piece of paper and say “I can’t use this” to herself, like an adventure game protagonist groping blindly in the dark for a puzzle solution
December 31, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I saw a woman look at a piece of paper and say “I can’t use this” to herself, like an adventure game protagonist groping blindly in the dark for a puzzle solution
I have one album where my favorite tracks are 1, 2, and 4, so I often skip 3. Track 3 is perfectly fine, but I worry my behavior is training this music app to consider it the most reprehensible song in the world
December 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I have one album where my favorite tracks are 1, 2, and 4, so I often skip 3. Track 3 is perfectly fine, but I worry my behavior is training this music app to consider it the most reprehensible song in the world
Late contender for video game headline of the year automaton-media.com/en/news/japa...
Japanese gamer claims Konami’s legendary dating sim taught him how to sweat from his fingertips at will - AUTOMATON WEST
Tokimeki Memorial's arcade version had a peculiar system that reacted to how much the player was sweating.
automaton-media.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Late contender for video game headline of the year automaton-media.com/en/news/japa...
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Honestly of all the potential misuses of generative AI in games, "writing design docs with copilot" is probably the worst one? Bad writing or bad art are one thing, bad internal docs are sending your coworkers into a spiral of time waste
December 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Honestly of all the potential misuses of generative AI in games, "writing design docs with copilot" is probably the worst one? Bad writing or bad art are one thing, bad internal docs are sending your coworkers into a spiral of time waste
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Most of us did not choose to write or draw or design so that we could put products on the shelf. We chose to do it because it’s a set of skills we enjoy exercising, that give us fulfillment.
It’s like asking a pro pitcher to just let a machine pitch for them. Fuck off and give me the ball.
It’s like asking a pro pitcher to just let a machine pitch for them. Fuck off and give me the ball.
December 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Most of us did not choose to write or draw or design so that we could put products on the shelf. We chose to do it because it’s a set of skills we enjoy exercising, that give us fulfillment.
It’s like asking a pro pitcher to just let a machine pitch for them. Fuck off and give me the ball.
It’s like asking a pro pitcher to just let a machine pitch for them. Fuck off and give me the ball.
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🎶 I was gonna go to work 🎶
December 18, 2025 at 9:12 PM
🎶 I was gonna go to work 🎶
Back in February I happened to see a 5080 on sale for an okay price and grabbed it, thinking I'd be glad for it later if I needed an emergency replacement. I did the same with a CPU a month or two later. "That's enough for now -- it'll be easy enough to just buy RAM whenever," I thought
December 18, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Back in February I happened to see a 5080 on sale for an okay price and grabbed it, thinking I'd be glad for it later if I needed an emergency replacement. I did the same with a CPU a month or two later. "That's enough for now -- it'll be easy enough to just buy RAM whenever," I thought
Trails in the Sky is my game of the year, of course, but it's no fun choosing a remake. If I had to choose a brand-new game...it might be Rune Factory! Definitely not one I expected would be in the running at the beginning of the year, especially with a new Nintendo console on the horizon
December 17, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Trails in the Sky is my game of the year, of course, but it's no fun choosing a remake. If I had to choose a brand-new game...it might be Rune Factory! Definitely not one I expected would be in the running at the beginning of the year, especially with a new Nintendo console on the horizon
This thumbnail makes me laugh every time YouTube puts it in my recommendations. You can almost hear him sucking air through his teeth
December 12, 2025 at 4:50 AM
This thumbnail makes me laugh every time YouTube puts it in my recommendations. You can almost hear him sucking air through his teeth
a weird specific thing i love about side story: when one of the hosts gets all excited, winding up for a punchline or big reveal, and then says "you tell them!" and throws to someone else. the generosity to let someone else say the best part! years of collaborative storytelling experience, i suppose
do you enjoy Side Story? please tell your most influential or loudest friend
this week's episode of Side Story is a duo edition, as @austinwalker.bsky.social and I sit down to talk about three very different games: Octopath Traveler 0; Blippo+; and No, I'm Not A Human sidestory.show/18-your-moth...
December 11, 2025 at 7:44 PM
a weird specific thing i love about side story: when one of the hosts gets all excited, winding up for a punchline or big reveal, and then says "you tell them!" and throws to someone else. the generosity to let someone else say the best part! years of collaborative storytelling experience, i suppose
When there's an annoying segment in a video game, it's possible it was a special one-off thing and it won't come up again. But if it happens a second time, that's when you know you're in trouble -- no designer will make something happen only twice
December 11, 2025 at 1:09 AM
When there's an annoying segment in a video game, it's possible it was a special one-off thing and it won't come up again. But if it happens a second time, that's when you know you're in trouble -- no designer will make something happen only twice
The days are still getting shorter for a little while, but where I live we’ve at least passed the earliest sunset of the season. All downhill from here, right? 😬
December 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The days are still getting shorter for a little while, but where I live we’ve at least passed the earliest sunset of the season. All downhill from here, right? 😬
If a company issues patch notes that only specify “bug fixes and improvements” with no further details they should be fined $500,000
December 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
If a company issues patch notes that only specify “bug fixes and improvements” with no further details they should be fined $500,000
Isn't...isn't Australia more than one time zone? (I was looking up when the Game Awards air)
December 4, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Isn't...isn't Australia more than one time zone? (I was looking up when the Game Awards air)
shoutout to this Flecktones setlist I got signed in 2009 where Howard thought my name was Pam (probably misled by that long-stemmed D in Béla's signature there)
December 3, 2025 at 11:32 PM
shoutout to this Flecktones setlist I got signed in 2009 where Howard thought my name was Pam (probably misled by that long-stemmed D in Béla's signature there)
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In 1954 film On the Waterfront, Marlon Brando laments getting a “one-way ticket to Palookaville.” This is because one-way tickets are often more expensive due to pricing models that favor round-trip bookings, leaving Brando with less cash on hand to enjoy Palookaville’s restaurants and attractions.
December 3, 2025 at 11:17 PM
In 1954 film On the Waterfront, Marlon Brando laments getting a “one-way ticket to Palookaville.” This is because one-way tickets are often more expensive due to pricing models that favor round-trip bookings, leaving Brando with less cash on hand to enjoy Palookaville’s restaurants and attractions.
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Just did a test of the new Mario Kart World patch and I think Nintendo really outdid themselves this time.
December 3, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Just did a test of the new Mario Kart World patch and I think Nintendo really outdid themselves this time.
The game I'm working on now is cool
November 30, 2025 at 2:13 AM
The game I'm working on now is cool
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Every Black Friday I take the time to read what is perhaps my favorite piece in the history of online media— @jonbois.bsky.social on RadioShack’s slow, painful death.
www.sbnation.com/2014/11/26/7...
www.sbnation.com/2014/11/26/7...
A eulogy for RadioShack, the panicked and half-dead retail empire
This may very well be RadioShack’s final holiday season. Jon, a former employee, looks back on a strange, craven, five thousand-fingered strip-mall monster from a forgotten age.
www.sbnation.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Every Black Friday I take the time to read what is perhaps my favorite piece in the history of online media— @jonbois.bsky.social on RadioShack’s slow, painful death.
www.sbnation.com/2014/11/26/7...
www.sbnation.com/2014/11/26/7...