Jess Mulligan
@jessmull.bsky.social
Online game maker and consultant. Author of Developing Online Games: An Insider's Guide. Also wrote the game industry column Biting the Hand... back in the 2000s.
I don't answer DMs from people I don't know and usually block first & ask questions later.
I don't answer DMs from people I don't know and usually block first & ask questions later.
"Monday? Really? Only Monday? FML."
November 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
"Monday? Really? Only Monday? FML."
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I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
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Awww, Kim Davis, first of her name, Queen of the Karen, Bigot Supreme got rejected by SCotUS.
I mean her appeal was basically asking to SPEAK TO THE MANAGER of the judicial system.
Seen below with her typical hateful scowl. These people need to get a hobby and chill the fuck out.
I mean her appeal was basically asking to SPEAK TO THE MANAGER of the judicial system.
Seen below with her typical hateful scowl. These people need to get a hobby and chill the fuck out.
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Awww, Kim Davis, first of her name, Queen of the Karen, Bigot Supreme got rejected by SCotUS.
I mean her appeal was basically asking to SPEAK TO THE MANAGER of the judicial system.
Seen below with her typical hateful scowl. These people need to get a hobby and chill the fuck out.
I mean her appeal was basically asking to SPEAK TO THE MANAGER of the judicial system.
Seen below with her typical hateful scowl. These people need to get a hobby and chill the fuck out.
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As a veteran of the Great Satanic Panic, I am wildly surprised that the Godly GOP can condone the production of the coin. The laws of Similarity and Contagion would make it a prime focus for Black Magick being used against their chosen one.
Someone will get a thesis out of this...
Someone will get a thesis out of this...
November 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
As a veteran of the Great Satanic Panic, I am wildly surprised that the Godly GOP can condone the production of the coin. The laws of Similarity and Contagion would make it a prime focus for Black Magick being used against their chosen one.
Someone will get a thesis out of this...
Someone will get a thesis out of this...
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Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
November 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
In my career in games, I've worked with many great marketing teams.
Then again, I've also worked with Marketing teams like this:
Then again, I've also worked with Marketing teams like this:
November 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
In my career in games, I've worked with many great marketing teams.
Then again, I've also worked with Marketing teams like this:
Then again, I've also worked with Marketing teams like this:
Trump: "The whole shutdown/SNAP thing is the Democrats' fault! Democrats are starving children!"
Also Trump: "We're demanding the Supreme Court let us not pay SNAP."
Also Trump: "We're demanding the Supreme Court let us not pay SNAP."
November 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Trump: "The whole shutdown/SNAP thing is the Democrats' fault! Democrats are starving children!"
Also Trump: "We're demanding the Supreme Court let us not pay SNAP."
Also Trump: "We're demanding the Supreme Court let us not pay SNAP."
Hey Trump voters! Your Participation Award arrived.
November 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Hey Trump voters! Your Participation Award arrived.
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Tell me more about ‘Sleepy Joe.’
November 7, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Tell me more about ‘Sleepy Joe.’
Our non-woke President.
November 8, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Our non-woke President.
Conditions and treatment at the Broadview ICE installation.
This is horrifying, almost beyond belief.
This is horrifying, almost beyond belief.
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Conditions and treatment at the Broadview ICE installation.
This is horrifying, almost beyond belief.
This is horrifying, almost beyond belief.
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A couple of final points on this:1) I’m not trying to dump on lawyers, they have been, are, & will continue to be incredibly important in pushing back against this. But they can’t be the end all/be all. 1/
I want to briefly elaborate on this. A few know of what I’m going to write. Between 2017 & 2023 I leveraged every senior level contact - including one of the most who is an institution unto himself & great mentor - to try to get picked up where I could be of use. 1/
And some research institutions that can actually help drive things forward while also doing damage control or better yet prevention. Because the ones we’ve got are largely useless & part of how we got into this mess.
November 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
A couple of final points on this:1) I’m not trying to dump on lawyers, they have been, are, & will continue to be incredibly important in pushing back against this. But they can’t be the end all/be all. 1/
We knew the Epstein files had to be bad. Now it is looking like they are *bad*; explosively bad; Moon falling to earth bad.
The fuck is worse than raping children?
#PedoTrump #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
newrepublic.com/post/202813/...
#PedoTrump #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
newrepublic.com/post/202813/...
DOJ Admits to Republicans That Epstein Files Are Even Worse for Trump
Details in the files are reportedly even more damning for Donald Trump than previously indicated—and it was already bad.
newrepublic.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:23 PM
We knew the Epstein files had to be bad. Now it is looking like they are *bad*; explosively bad; Moon falling to earth bad.
This is *the* point: They have broken so many laws, they can't afford to lose power. Bet on them doing whatever they can to rig '26 and '28 elections.
“Everyone’s a communist now. Everyone’s an enemy of the state. Everyone’s deserving of no mercy from this Cobra-Kai regime...Their list of crimes is by now so long that they can’t afford to let go of power, even though their policies are about as popular as episiotomies.”👇
November 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
This is *the* point: They have broken so many laws, they can't afford to lose power. Bet on them doing whatever they can to rig '26 and '28 elections.
My favorite phrase in this thread: "... utterly ridiculous pansies."
Defense begins, “This case, ladies and gentlemen, is about a sandwich. A sandwich that according to Agent Lairmore somehow both exploded on his chest in a spray of mustard and onions but also landed intact on the ground still in its Subway wrapper.”
November 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
My favorite phrase in this thread: "... utterly ridiculous pansies."
Man, Newsom's team is absolutely brutal.
November 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Man, Newsom's team is absolutely brutal.
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Helena Halfass
Germany, Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898
Germany, Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898
November 5, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Helena Halfass
Germany, Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898
Germany, Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898
I'm evenly split between a 2 and a 7.
November 5, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I'm evenly split between a 2 and a 7.
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ATTN: if you’re on the sandwich guy jury, my Signal is in my bio. I’d love to talk after the trial. I’ll keep you anonymous. Please share widely.
November 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
ATTN: if you’re on the sandwich guy jury, my Signal is in my bio. I’d love to talk after the trial. I’ll keep you anonymous. Please share widely.
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MAN! This really chaps my hide!! I'm LIVID!!
November 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
MAN! This really chaps my hide!! I'm LIVID!!
Here's hoping you have an excellent Tuesday.
November 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Here's hoping you have an excellent Tuesday.
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Lion in winter - I know you know.wmv
YouTube video by Vikram Singh
youtu.be
November 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Lion in winter - I know you know.wmv
YouTube video by Vikram Singh
youtu.be
November 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
OK, this one is messing with my mind this morning.
November 4, 2025 at 1:11 PM
OK, this one is messing with my mind this morning.
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Game design is simple, actually. Except when it isn't. Here are the 12 things you need to know.
Game design is simple, actually
So, let’s just walk through the whole thing, end to end. Here’s a twelve-step program for understanding game design. One: Fun There are a lot of things people call “fun.” But most of them are not useful for getting better at making games, which is usually why people read articles like this. The fun of a bit of confetti exploding in front of you, and the fun of excruciating pain and risk to life and limb as you free climb a cliff are just not usefully paired together.
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November 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Game design is simple, actually. Except when it isn't. Here are the 12 things you need to know.