Dr. Steve Mallory
@drstevemallory.bsky.social
Game Designer, Game Studies Academic, Historian, Digital Games and Fascism, Digimodernism, Assistant Professor of Design. Views are my own.
Three Video Games in a Trench Coat
Three Video Games in a Trench Coat
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hard not to notice that as trump's polls crater and gop gets crushed in election after election, news orgs are not racing around hiring progressive commenters and boasting about how they're reaching out to real americans by following the will of the volk.
January 18, 2026 at 5:58 AM
hard not to notice that as trump's polls crater and gop gets crushed in election after election, news orgs are not racing around hiring progressive commenters and boasting about how they're reaching out to real americans by following the will of the volk.
It's true though
January 17, 2026 at 3:38 PM
It's true though
We warned them
January 17, 2026 at 11:53 AM
We warned them
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Dropkick Murphys are releasing a new song called "Citizen I.C.E."
The lyrics go: "Too scared to join the military/ Too dumb to be a cop."
consequence.net/2026/01/drop...
The lyrics go: "Too scared to join the military/ Too dumb to be a cop."
consequence.net/2026/01/drop...
Dropkick Murphys' Unveil Anti-ICE Song: "Too Scared to Join the Military, Too Dumb to Be a Cop"
Dropkick Murphys are releasing an anti-I.C.E. song, "Citizen I.C.E.," as part of their tour-only split LP with Haywire. Learn more.
consequence.net
January 15, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Dropkick Murphys are releasing a new song called "Citizen I.C.E."
The lyrics go: "Too scared to join the military/ Too dumb to be a cop."
consequence.net/2026/01/drop...
The lyrics go: "Too scared to join the military/ Too dumb to be a cop."
consequence.net/2026/01/drop...
Post a game you remember playing that nobody else remembers.
January 14, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Post a game you remember playing that nobody else remembers.
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A U.S. president cannot be held accountable. Therefore, a U.S. president must never make a policy decision.
January 14, 2026 at 4:41 AM
A U.S. president cannot be held accountable. Therefore, a U.S. president must never make a policy decision.
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This picture of laughable screens-are-killing-our-kids conman, Jonathan Haidt, in which he equates the Left's rejection of IQ pseudoscience with Rightwing fascism, gets funnier once you notice that all of the things in the LEFT column read like character labels in a Kelly cartoon.
January 14, 2026 at 9:55 AM
This picture of laughable screens-are-killing-our-kids conman, Jonathan Haidt, in which he equates the Left's rejection of IQ pseudoscience with Rightwing fascism, gets funnier once you notice that all of the things in the LEFT column read like character labels in a Kelly cartoon.
I knew it
"Winthrop says that if children are building social-emotional skills largely through interactions with chatbots that were designed to agree with them, 'it becomes very uncomfortable to then be in an environment when somebody doesn't agree with you.'"
We already see this among the #Oligarchy.
We already see this among the #Oligarchy.
A new report warns that AI poses a serious threat to children's cognitive development and emotional well-being. n.pr/4pA3kkl
January 14, 2026 at 12:53 PM
I knew it
I look forward to the US Treasury bond being annihilated by the Trump regime if they push on Greenland
January 14, 2026 at 12:43 PM
I look forward to the US Treasury bond being annihilated by the Trump regime if they push on Greenland
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Just wondering has anyone lost their job over saying vile things about Renee Nichole Good and/or Keith Porter?
January 13, 2026 at 5:46 AM
Just wondering has anyone lost their job over saying vile things about Renee Nichole Good and/or Keith Porter?
I did this last night via their online chats. When asked why I was doing so, I said:
"I have many options to choose and if I can avoid supporting fascist-enabling corporations, I will. Remove me."
"I have many options to choose and if I can avoid supporting fascist-enabling corporations, I will. Remove me."
In case you missed this thread last night: you can ditch your Hilton account by writing to PriorityLetter@Hilton.com or, if you’re in a state that allows it, by demanding deletion of your personal data through this link
www.hilton.com/en/hilton-ho...
www.hilton.com/en/hilton-ho...
January 12, 2026 at 8:53 PM
I did this last night via their online chats. When asked why I was doing so, I said:
"I have many options to choose and if I can avoid supporting fascist-enabling corporations, I will. Remove me."
"I have many options to choose and if I can avoid supporting fascist-enabling corporations, I will. Remove me."
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ICE agents are, simply put, fucking clowns. Some observations from four days on the ground in Minneapolis.
www.garbageday.email/p/we-re-all-...
www.garbageday.email/p/we-re-all-...
January 12, 2026 at 7:53 PM
ICE agents are, simply put, fucking clowns. Some observations from four days on the ground in Minneapolis.
www.garbageday.email/p/we-re-all-...
www.garbageday.email/p/we-re-all-...
Brandywine
My favorite Twitter prompt was "RT this with your home river," so reskeet this with your home river.
Mine is the Patuxent.
Mine is the Patuxent.
January 12, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Brandywine
Mine would be a F4U Corsair
Gloriously powerful and absolutely blasted European Fascist and Ur-Fascist IJN and IJA forces out of the air with its ridiculously large engine and 6 M2 HMGs. A beast that could do CAS and Air Superiority in equal measure
Gloriously powerful and absolutely blasted European Fascist and Ur-Fascist IJN and IJA forces out of the air with its ridiculously large engine and 6 M2 HMGs. A beast that could do CAS and Air Superiority in equal measure
January 12, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Mine would be a F4U Corsair
Gloriously powerful and absolutely blasted European Fascist and Ur-Fascist IJN and IJA forces out of the air with its ridiculously large engine and 6 M2 HMGs. A beast that could do CAS and Air Superiority in equal measure
Gloriously powerful and absolutely blasted European Fascist and Ur-Fascist IJN and IJA forces out of the air with its ridiculously large engine and 6 M2 HMGs. A beast that could do CAS and Air Superiority in equal measure
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I know it’s evil, but the JU 87. I mean look at it, it’s just so stupid looking.
Your 2nd favorite aircraft?
January 12, 2026 at 6:02 PM
I know it’s evil, but the JU 87. I mean look at it, it’s just so stupid looking.
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don't share medical information with AI chatbots don't share medical information with AI chatbots don't share medical information with AI chatbots don't share medical information with AI chatbots don't share medical information with AI chatbots don't share medical information with AI chatbots don't
January 12, 2026 at 4:02 PM
don't share medical information with AI chatbots don't share medical information with AI chatbots don't share medical information with AI chatbots don't share medical information with AI chatbots don't share medical information with AI chatbots don't share medical information with AI chatbots don't
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When the only guardrails on your system are the goodwill and morals of the people within it, your system is totally broken…as is currently being demonstrated.
January 12, 2026 at 11:17 AM
When the only guardrails on your system are the goodwill and morals of the people within it, your system is totally broken…as is currently being demonstrated.
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we should be no kinder in our assessment of Schumer and Jeffries abject uselessness in this moment than history has been in its judgment of Neville Chamberlain (a figure so reviled that maga hasn’t even bothered trying to launder his rep and valorize his accommodation of nazism)
January 12, 2026 at 1:28 AM
we should be no kinder in our assessment of Schumer and Jeffries abject uselessness in this moment than history has been in its judgment of Neville Chamberlain (a figure so reviled that maga hasn’t even bothered trying to launder his rep and valorize his accommodation of nazism)
Folks need to start calling ICE fascists. Stop dancing around the word. If they do fascist things, which they are, then they should be called fascists.
January 12, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Folks need to start calling ICE fascists. Stop dancing around the word. If they do fascist things, which they are, then they should be called fascists.
I just canceled. They told me it was permenant per email address.
Oh well.
Oh well.
It's worth your time to call Hilton to cancel your account with them. 1-800-446-6677. Here's why:
They asked me if it was because of the ICE thing. I said it was. Then they suggested I wait a couple days to see if they were going to change course.
The pressure is getting to them. Let's keep it up.
They asked me if it was because of the ICE thing. I said it was. Then they suggested I wait a couple days to see if they were going to change course.
The pressure is getting to them. Let's keep it up.
Boycott Hilton Hotels
January 12, 2026 at 12:11 AM
I just canceled. They told me it was permenant per email address.
Oh well.
Oh well.
Show me what comic you loved when you were 13, and that's all I need to know about you.
January 12, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Show me what comic you loved when you were 13, and that's all I need to know about you.
Something for everyone to remember:
Fascism doesn't appear because of the failed promises of Liberal Policies. Fascism appears because of the failed promises of Conservative Policies.
Fascism doesn't appear because of the failed promises of Liberal Policies. Fascism appears because of the failed promises of Conservative Policies.
January 11, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Something for everyone to remember:
Fascism doesn't appear because of the failed promises of Liberal Policies. Fascism appears because of the failed promises of Conservative Policies.
Fascism doesn't appear because of the failed promises of Liberal Policies. Fascism appears because of the failed promises of Conservative Policies.