Martin Dubuque
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Oh yeah everyone's attention span is awful. If you put out an extremely complex elaborate barely-tutorialised text-heavy role-playing immersive sim RPG they'll all just go on tiktok. Oh shit everyone played it for two million hours each. Uhhhhhhhhhh
November 15, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Oh yeah everyone's attention span is awful. If you put out an extremely complex elaborate barely-tutorialised text-heavy role-playing immersive sim RPG they'll all just go on tiktok. Oh shit everyone played it for two million hours each. Uhhhhhhhhhh
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We all saw that Netflix shit about the spaghetti and we all collectively groaned and I thought we all knew it was bullshit!
but I guess a lot of you were going "Ugh, what a shame Netflix are totally correct in their damning assessment of humanity. I wish they weren't right that everyone sucks!"
but I guess a lot of you were going "Ugh, what a shame Netflix are totally correct in their damning assessment of humanity. I wish they weren't right that everyone sucks!"
November 14, 2025 at 9:26 PM
We all saw that Netflix shit about the spaghetti and we all collectively groaned and I thought we all knew it was bullshit!
but I guess a lot of you were going "Ugh, what a shame Netflix are totally correct in their damning assessment of humanity. I wish they weren't right that everyone sucks!"
but I guess a lot of you were going "Ugh, what a shame Netflix are totally correct in their damning assessment of humanity. I wish they weren't right that everyone sucks!"
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this is so cart-before-horse to me. i don't accept that people's attention spans are shorter in a way that has to matter. the problem is that we keep thinking that and "complying in advance" with the imagined boogieman of "people not paying attention nowadays". nothing done in that direction helps
You wanna know why we're having nag line discourse in 2025? Because developers know we're fighting an attention economy war we'll lose no matter what. Players don't read, have TikTok open next to them, god forbid we are scared you miss something and then blame us for not giving you all the info.
November 14, 2025 at 9:10 PM
this is so cart-before-horse to me. i don't accept that people's attention spans are shorter in a way that has to matter. the problem is that we keep thinking that and "complying in advance" with the imagined boogieman of "people not paying attention nowadays". nothing done in that direction helps
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if you watch enough playtests you will find that everyone, no matter how attentive and video game literate, will sometimes fail to notice important things. and also some people are just beyond saving. and that's okay. you gotta let it go, man. you gotta let it go!
November 14, 2025 at 11:35 PM
if you watch enough playtests you will find that everyone, no matter how attentive and video game literate, will sometimes fail to notice important things. and also some people are just beyond saving. and that's okay. you gotta let it go, man. you gotta let it go!
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If you're making a game for the players who absolutely need extremely high-frequency nagging barks from an NPC, you're kind of making a game for no one *but* those players
November 14, 2025 at 8:23 PM
If you're making a game for the players who absolutely need extremely high-frequency nagging barks from an NPC, you're kind of making a game for no one *but* those players
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oh y'all are talkin about overbearing ways to direct the player's attention again huh. well this stuff is all solved, the only relevant attention span is your own and that of your boss
People were talking about yellow paint in games again, and I got thoughts on that and the sorts of things you should do instead, so here's a blog post on that. Imo read my blog post and buy influx redux
www.joewintergreen.com/what-i-recko...
www.joewintergreen.com/what-i-recko...
November 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
oh y'all are talkin about overbearing ways to direct the player's attention again huh. well this stuff is all solved, the only relevant attention span is your own and that of your boss
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Any God of War fans here?
What about a ruling for Boundless where your "companion" is represented by a dice Pool that shrinks as they help you or tackle their own challenges.
Tested this in a solo play session and it was so much fun.
What about a ruling for Boundless where your "companion" is represented by a dice Pool that shrinks as they help you or tackle their own challenges.
Tested this in a solo play session and it was so much fun.
Companion — Boundless Extra
Boundless ruling to add an ally to your group and let them help you.
boundless.farirpgs.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Any God of War fans here?
What about a ruling for Boundless where your "companion" is represented by a dice Pool that shrinks as they help you or tackle their own challenges.
Tested this in a solo play session and it was so much fun.
What about a ruling for Boundless where your "companion" is represented by a dice Pool that shrinks as they help you or tackle their own challenges.
Tested this in a solo play session and it was so much fun.
It is incredible just how much this sounds like satire but is Totally Real.
HANDS-ON: "So far, Metroid Prime 4 doesn’t feel much like Metroid at all – and I’m worried."
www.videogameschronicle.com/features/so-...
www.videogameschronicle.com/features/so-...
So far, Metroid Prime 4 doesn’t feel much like Metroid at all – and I’m worried | VGC
As a Metroid fan, Nintendo’s hands-on demo left me cold…
www.videogameschronicle.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
It is incredible just how much this sounds like satire but is Totally Real.
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I think people are unwilling to give the NYT and its staff the benefit of the doube because they [checks clipboard] have been able to observe and think about the NYT's behavior as an institution on virtually all issues for the last 20 years. Hope this helps
I was at NYT for 7 years & one of a dozen reporters who investigated Epstein’s interactions w/the rich & powerful. I don’t know every conversation held at every level there, but I do know we dedicated ourselves to exposing those who supported Epstein & engaged in the abuse of girls he facilitated
November 14, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I think people are unwilling to give the NYT and its staff the benefit of the doube because they [checks clipboard] have been able to observe and think about the NYT's behavior as an institution on virtually all issues for the last 20 years. Hope this helps
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Epstein's emails read like they were written by a dog who got turned into a human right at the moment the spell started wearing off
November 13, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Epstein's emails read like they were written by a dog who got turned into a human right at the moment the spell started wearing off
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no matter what you think about valve we are unfortunately at a stage of capitalism when it is extremely refreshing when a company comes up with a product for you to simply exchange money for
November 13, 2025 at 3:10 AM
no matter what you think about valve we are unfortunately at a stage of capitalism when it is extremely refreshing when a company comes up with a product for you to simply exchange money for
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You guys wanna see a dead body?
November 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
You guys wanna see a dead body?
And there were people who didn't think it'd get renewed!
Rave reviews and audience reaction mainly adjusting to the idea of "what if we didn't do another shameless nostalgia retread".
Rave reviews and audience reaction mainly adjusting to the idea of "what if we didn't do another shameless nostalgia retread".
‘Alien Earth’ Renewed For Season 2 As Creator Noah Hawley Re-Ups Overall Deal With FX & Disney Entertainment TV
Noah Hawley, the creative force behind FX' Alien Earth, is staying in business with the network and Disney Entertainment Television.
deadline.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:53 PM
And there were people who didn't think it'd get renewed!
Rave reviews and audience reaction mainly adjusting to the idea of "what if we didn't do another shameless nostalgia retread".
Rave reviews and audience reaction mainly adjusting to the idea of "what if we didn't do another shameless nostalgia retread".
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As a bilingual living in a Spanish speaking country: people on the internet always have dog shit reading comprehension, and it is unrelated to three cueing, because we don't have that issue. People just don't like thinking about words I'm afraid
November 11, 2025 at 10:02 PM
As a bilingual living in a Spanish speaking country: people on the internet always have dog shit reading comprehension, and it is unrelated to three cueing, because we don't have that issue. People just don't like thinking about words I'm afraid
what obsession to canon and lore does to an mfer
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
what obsession to canon and lore does to an mfer
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“Run your character like a stolen car” is great advice because D&D characters are clearly just cars. HP? Horse power. AC? Air conditioning.
November 11, 2025 at 2:07 AM
“Run your character like a stolen car” is great advice because D&D characters are clearly just cars. HP? Horse power. AC? Air conditioning.
I'm still scarred from when ER came out and someone wrote a whole thread about how the game was bad at "onboarding", how it needed a tutorial area you couldn't leave until you learned the basics.
And that the big tree sentinel at the start was "bad design" because it looked friendly but wasn't.
And that the big tree sentinel at the start was "bad design" because it looked friendly but wasn't.
I'm watching a vid on Silksong and they're saying Dark Souls 1 had a 'bad' opening section (firelink) because, while there are multiple paths, there's only one you can fully pursue. Thus the others are 'fake' and it's a 'guess' as to whether you have a 'good' or 'awful' time...
November 11, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I'm still scarred from when ER came out and someone wrote a whole thread about how the game was bad at "onboarding", how it needed a tutorial area you couldn't leave until you learned the basics.
And that the big tree sentinel at the start was "bad design" because it looked friendly but wasn't.
And that the big tree sentinel at the start was "bad design" because it looked friendly but wasn't.
Incredible that the messaging is "Lucy wants us to hit the football now :)" instead of "We decided to reopen the government to stop Trump from withholding SNAP/starving kids."
The latter is genuinely a good point, the former is a sign of dementia.
The latter is genuinely a good point, the former is a sign of dementia.
Shaheen: "We've heard from a number of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that they're willing to come to the table, they're willing to work with us once the govt is open to get this done. We've heard the same thing from the White House. So now we'll see if they're really gonna work w/us"
November 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Incredible that the messaging is "Lucy wants us to hit the football now :)" instead of "We decided to reopen the government to stop Trump from withholding SNAP/starving kids."
The latter is genuinely a good point, the former is a sign of dementia.
The latter is genuinely a good point, the former is a sign of dementia.
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His attendant is a “penitent” - a criminal, ritually strangled, reanimated, and doomed to eternal labour (his conscious soul still trapped in his skull, according to local beliefs) (3/3)
November 10, 2025 at 5:20 AM
His attendant is a “penitent” - a criminal, ritually strangled, reanimated, and doomed to eternal labour (his conscious soul still trapped in his skull, according to local beliefs) (3/3)
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sort of incredible to read a review that doesn't just made a vague nod at AI being bad, but actively reckons with the ways in which falling obsessively to AI usage actively obliterates the artistic intent and integrity of the work you've made.
November 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
sort of incredible to read a review that doesn't just made a vague nod at AI being bad, but actively reckons with the ways in which falling obsessively to AI usage actively obliterates the artistic intent and integrity of the work you've made.
Getting harder and harder to watch any Netflix production as of late, you can hear the exec giving notes.
November 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Getting harder and harder to watch any Netflix production as of late, you can hear the exec giving notes.
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I heard from a bunch of federal employees last night and this morning. They aren't happy.
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
'A Slap in the Face': Federal Employees Feel Betrayed by Democrats' Shutdown Cave
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something."
www.gravityisgone.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I heard from a bunch of federal employees last night and this morning. They aren't happy.
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
Pros/cons for either option regarding the shutdown, but if they were going to open it for SNAP, Fed worker pay, etc..
They needed to lead with that and seize control, take credit for re-opening the government.
Now, it just looks like a surrender because Schumer couldn't control his caucus.
They needed to lead with that and seize control, take credit for re-opening the government.
Now, it just looks like a surrender because Schumer couldn't control his caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Pros/cons for either option regarding the shutdown, but if they were going to open it for SNAP, Fed worker pay, etc..
They needed to lead with that and seize control, take credit for re-opening the government.
Now, it just looks like a surrender because Schumer couldn't control his caucus.
They needed to lead with that and seize control, take credit for re-opening the government.
Now, it just looks like a surrender because Schumer couldn't control his caucus.
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