Dave Shramek
@dshramek.bsky.social
Game designer and writer. Currently Broadsword and Star Wars: The Old Republic. Distressingly typical geek interests. He/him.
Return to office is just a way to make people quit. It's a layoff that doesn't involve unemployment benefits. There is no reason to work in an office in games dev. We've proven they can be developed exactly the same from home.
Over 1,000 Ubisoft workers around the world have walked off the job.
In response to a return-to-office mandate, layoffs, and the cancellation of several games, workers launched a three-day strike.
The workers walked out in response to five French unions issuing the strike call.
In response to a return-to-office mandate, layoffs, and the cancellation of several games, workers launched a three-day strike.
The workers walked out in response to five French unions issuing the strike call.
Ubisoft workers are on strike: 'We are treated like children'
The strike comes after the publisher revealed plans to cut up to 200 jobs and ordered remote workers back into the office
www.polygon.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Return to office is just a way to make people quit. It's a layoff that doesn't involve unemployment benefits. There is no reason to work in an office in games dev. We've proven they can be developed exactly the same from home.
Age verification? I still call them "portal fantasies" not "isekai"
Age verification? My first anime was "Space Cruiser Yamato"
Age verification? On my middle school basketball team we all chewed lemon-lime Gatorgum.
February 10, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Age verification? I still call them "portal fantasies" not "isekai"
A K-hole so deep he's going to need his engineers to build a device to get him out.
February 10, 2026 at 12:38 AM
A K-hole so deep he's going to need his engineers to build a device to get him out.
It's new TMBG music day! And trust me, this song is nothing to fuck with.
Hear the brand new track from our upcoming album The World is To Dig. The song is Wu-Tang. Arrives in April.... and get your own free download of it right now at TMBGshop. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io63...
Preview TMBG's new album The World Is to Dig: Wu-Tang
YouTube video by ParticleMen
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February 9, 2026 at 9:49 PM
It's new TMBG music day! And trust me, this song is nothing to fuck with.
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"Watch out for snakes"
"Nipple, nipple. Tweak, tweak... and fly!"
"Nipple, nipple. Tweak, tweak... and fly!"
Does anyone else have an MST3K line they use regularly, even if it makes no sense out of context?
Because I have both "That'll keep your panfish down for a while." and "Come come, boys, we must confound Jerry at every turn!" from MST3K the movie alone.
Because I have both "That'll keep your panfish down for a while." and "Come come, boys, we must confound Jerry at every turn!" from MST3K the movie alone.
February 9, 2026 at 9:15 PM
"Watch out for snakes"
"Nipple, nipple. Tweak, tweak... and fly!"
"Nipple, nipple. Tweak, tweak... and fly!"
Reposted by Dave Shramek
Reposted by Dave Shramek
I'm hardly the first person to note this, but it's enormously instructive that our President and his followers saw the message "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE" and understood it, correctly, as an attack on them
February 9, 2026 at 2:11 AM
I'm hardly the first person to note this, but it's enormously instructive that our President and his followers saw the message "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE" and understood it, correctly, as an attack on them
I cannot believe they turned The 'Burbs into a TV show. And where are the antiwokes to come out and be mad that the main characters are gender-swapped like the Ghostbusters?
February 9, 2026 at 2:26 AM
I cannot believe they turned The 'Burbs into a TV show. And where are the antiwokes to come out and be mad that the main characters are gender-swapped like the Ghostbusters?
If only there was an allegory for how we shouldn't abuse technology to make things ill-advisedly, like bringing back things from the past, but not quite correctly.
Yeah I’m afraid I’m gonna have to veto that Xfinity Jurassic Park ad.
February 9, 2026 at 2:17 AM
If only there was an allegory for how we shouldn't abuse technology to make things ill-advisedly, like bringing back things from the past, but not quite correctly.
Bad Bunny's performance was so electrifying it jumpstarted this whole game. Is this an actual drive?
February 9, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Bad Bunny's performance was so electrifying it jumpstarted this whole game. Is this an actual drive?
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the set design and choreography was so beautiful that it was irrelevant that I’m a dummy who can’t understand Spanish
February 9, 2026 at 1:37 AM
the set design and choreography was so beautiful that it was irrelevant that I’m a dummy who can’t understand Spanish
I mean, they'd be correctly understanding it as a direct rebuttal of their philosophy while not understanding how they're telling in themselves.
Bad Bunny: God bless America, *all* the Americas.
Damn that is going to make MAGA maaaaaaaddddddd.
Damn that is going to make MAGA maaaaaaaddddddd.
February 9, 2026 at 1:41 AM
I mean, they'd be correctly understanding it as a direct rebuttal of their philosophy while not understanding how they're telling in themselves.
"This is a game about field position" is what you say because the game is boring and it's the only smart sounding color commentary available.
February 9, 2026 at 12:46 AM
"This is a game about field position" is what you say because the game is boring and it's the only smart sounding color commentary available.
The people I feel the most sorry for are the ones who said "I'm not rooting for anyone, I'm just hoping for a good game." They couldn't even get that!
February 9, 2026 at 12:40 AM
The people I feel the most sorry for are the ones who said "I'm not rooting for anyone, I'm just hoping for a good game." They couldn't even get that!
In my youth, I hated the sentimental ads and wanted the funny ones that everyone was talking about. Now u tend to like the sentimental ones. Is it because the others aren't funny? Or am I just getting old? Probably a bit of both.
Pretty sure I’m not supposed to tear up for a potato chip ad.
February 9, 2026 at 12:26 AM
In my youth, I hated the sentimental ads and wanted the funny ones that everyone was talking about. Now u tend to like the sentimental ones. Is it because the others aren't funny? Or am I just getting old? Probably a bit of both.
It's a good thing Veep ended when it did, because smart satire of national politics is fully dead.
Doocy: "The new face of RealFood .gov is Mike Tyson. How did you settle on someone who was most famous for eating Evander Holyfield's ear?"
RFK Jr.: "Brett Ratner who helped produce the ad had a lifelong friendship with him."
RFK Jr.: "Brett Ratner who helped produce the ad had a lifelong friendship with him."
February 8, 2026 at 5:46 PM
It's a good thing Veep ended when it did, because smart satire of national politics is fully dead.
Two things that I think Democrats should announce:
1. If we win the House, there will be hearings and you're going to want to save your Signal chats to make a deal.
2. DOJ employees who quit on ethical grounds will be welcomed back with a promotion when we're rebuilding the government in 2029.
1. If we win the House, there will be hearings and you're going to want to save your Signal chats to make a deal.
2. DOJ employees who quit on ethical grounds will be welcomed back with a promotion when we're rebuilding the government in 2029.
February 7, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Two things that I think Democrats should announce:
1. If we win the House, there will be hearings and you're going to want to save your Signal chats to make a deal.
2. DOJ employees who quit on ethical grounds will be welcomed back with a promotion when we're rebuilding the government in 2029.
1. If we win the House, there will be hearings and you're going to want to save your Signal chats to make a deal.
2. DOJ employees who quit on ethical grounds will be welcomed back with a promotion when we're rebuilding the government in 2029.
Does the Kicksterter Campaign page count as one page? Even if it goes extremely long in the scrollbar with a lot of unlocked stretch goals?
Every RPG is a one-page RPG if you only read one page of it
February 5, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Does the Kicksterter Campaign page count as one page? Even if it goes extremely long in the scrollbar with a lot of unlocked stretch goals?
Uh, oh. Another soft layoff that presages a more direct layoff.
MachineGames is asking more staff to move to full-time office work. "We know that we are a lot more efficient and a lot more collaborative in general when we're actually in the office together." https://bit.ly/4rCdfaw
February 5, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Uh, oh. Another soft layoff that presages a more direct layoff.
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Ohhhhhhh, that’s who Gary Larson was drawing
February 4, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Ohhhhhhh, that’s who Gary Larson was drawing
See @johnrogers.bsky.social's quote about the whole point of democracy.
We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
February 4, 2026 at 8:05 PM
See @johnrogers.bsky.social's quote about the whole point of democracy.
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Believe all these guys when they act like they’re in a war against America. They think they are.
Kash Patel refers to FBI agents who raided the Fulton County elections office as "my troops on the ground"
February 4, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Believe all these guys when they act like they’re in a war against America. They think they are.