John Henderson
@misterpedantic.bsky.social
Ask me things about Austin game development. Knows people. Austin Game Dev Beer Night, Yellow Card Services, et al.
Finally got to see this at the local Buddhist temple. The temple director and dharma master approved of my question at the end. Very silly and funny, filmed on a microbudget around Round Rock.
EASY DIGGING (2024) Official Trailer
YouTube video by What's Left Films
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Finally got to see this at the local Buddhist temple. The temple director and dharma master approved of my question at the end. Very silly and funny, filmed on a microbudget around Round Rock.
Self snitching AI.
November 19, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Self snitching AI.
Maybe the last chance to say goodbyes.
This is it. I nearly suffocated by using the reetroom. I’m asking my doctors agreeing on a short cure. Only really sure painful prolonged angona is hereafter the grim reaps me. Please donate on the funeral fund me now.
November 17, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Maybe the last chance to say goodbyes.
"Making comics is pretty solitary by its nature. You can do comics, share and publish them for all your life, and never meet anyone else. There's very few other art forms that work like that."
Video games. Video games can be like that. A lot like that. All the time. Isolating from reality itself.
Video games. Video games can be like that. A lot like that. All the time. Isolating from reality itself.
A rare interview with the creators of the always-funny, always-brilliant, and *usually*-sexy—or occasionally anti-sexy—OGLAF!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Talking Oglaf with Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne: 'We'd stay up all night drawing stuff to make each other laugh' - The Comics Journal
Other than some time off every year for Christmas, Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne have delivered a new Oglaf comic, skewering fantasy tropes with absolutely not safe for work humor, every week since 2008...
www.tcj.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
"Making comics is pretty solitary by its nature. You can do comics, share and publish them for all your life, and never meet anyone else. There's very few other art forms that work like that."
Video games. Video games can be like that. A lot like that. All the time. Isolating from reality itself.
Video games. Video games can be like that. A lot like that. All the time. Isolating from reality itself.
@civvie11.bsky.social goes for the classics. The ultimate punishment game, that tacks on a barely possible happy ending that Harlan Ellison didn't write, onto a whole lot of pain that he did. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNqb...
POINTS, CLICKS, AND MISERY
YouTube video by Civvie 11
www.youtube.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
@civvie11.bsky.social goes for the classics. The ultimate punishment game, that tacks on a barely possible happy ending that Harlan Ellison didn't write, onto a whole lot of pain that he did. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNqb...
Firebreak officially busted.
Remedy CEO Tero Virtala steps down with immediate effect
Remedy CEO Tero Virtala steps down with immediate effect
The news comes shortly after Remedy issued a profit warning with FBC: Firebreak struggling to find an audience.
www.gamedeveloper.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Firebreak officially busted.
Who's solving the Louvre robbery? Right answers only.
October 22, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Who's solving the Louvre robbery? Right answers only.
Reposted by John Henderson
"But when the team looked at the employees’ actual work output, they found that the developers had completed tasks 20% slower when using AI than when working without it. Researchers were stunned. “No one expected that outcome. We didn’t even really consider a slowdown as a possibility.”
🎁link
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October 19, 2025 at 10:51 PM
"But when the team looked at the employees’ actual work output, they found that the developers had completed tasks 20% slower when using AI than when working without it. Researchers were stunned. “No one expected that outcome. We didn’t even really consider a slowdown as a possibility.”
🎁link
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Way to go Cargill!
Holy shit, gang. This isn't the first time Scott & I have had the number one movie, but it is the first time we've done it with OUR movie and not the Marvel machine. BP1 never got higher than 4th place. This is huge for us & we owe every last bit of it to you. THANK YOU!
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Blumhouse Rebounds As Moviegoers Heed ‘Black Phone 2’s Call With $26M+ Opening – Sunday Box Office Update
Universal and Blumhouse's Black Phone 2 dialed up $2.6 million in previews Thursday and is eyeing a $23 million opening weekend.
deadline.com
October 19, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Way to go Cargill!
here we are in trouble, coming every day
Rancid - "Sex & Death" (Motörhead Cover)
YouTube video by Rancid
www.youtube.com
October 17, 2025 at 12:53 PM
here we are in trouble, coming every day
Reposted by John Henderson
It's amazing how incredibly explicitly OpenAI seems to be admitting that they have no idea how to actually monetize their automated lying machine.
Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults
Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults
ChatGPT is about to get flirty.
buff.ly
October 14, 2025 at 9:13 PM
It's amazing how incredibly explicitly OpenAI seems to be admitting that they have no idea how to actually monetize their automated lying machine.
RIP Drew Struzan. www.thewrap.com/drew-struzan...
Drew Struzan, Iconic Poster Artist Behind ‘Star Wars,’ ‘Blade Runner’ and ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark,’ Dies at 78
Drew Struzan, a poster artist who illustrated the posters for Star Wars, Indiana Jones and Blade Runner, has passed away at the age of 78.
www.thewrap.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:45 PM
RIP Drew Struzan. www.thewrap.com/drew-struzan...
Millions of Monsters' next game. Some people in Austin working on this.
Chess Arena - Official Trailer
YouTube video by Chessarena
www.youtube.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Millions of Monsters' next game. Some people in Austin working on this.
Reposted by John Henderson
This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.
Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵
Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵
October 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.
Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵
Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵
RIP Diane Keaton.
Diane Keaton, a Star of ‘Annie Hall’ and ‘First Wives Club,’ Dies at 79
www.nytimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 10:15 PM
RIP Diane Keaton.
Things fall apart.
All the President's Men (1976) - Ending Scene
YouTube video by White Chaddar
www.youtube.com
October 6, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Things fall apart.
Here's your Ed at.
Had a great time talking to @parkermolloy.com about my work on the AI bubble
www.readtpa.com/p/the-man-ca...
www.readtpa.com/p/the-man-ca...
The Man Calling Bullshit on the AI Boom
Ed Zitron built a massive following by saying what tech journalists won't: that generative AI is an unsustainable bubble propped up by hype and bad math.
www.readtpa.com
September 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Here's your Ed at.
Caught Stealing is worth seeing, though better kept to streaming. Aronofsky did not make a wacky New York crime caper, but a lot of great actors made bit parts big. Maybe they were thinking Requiem for a Dream, not After Hours.
Picaresque works better when the main isn't a *total* shit magnet.
Picaresque works better when the main isn't a *total* shit magnet.
September 22, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Caught Stealing is worth seeing, though better kept to streaming. Aronofsky did not make a wacky New York crime caper, but a lot of great actors made bit parts big. Maybe they were thinking Requiem for a Dream, not After Hours.
Picaresque works better when the main isn't a *total* shit magnet.
Picaresque works better when the main isn't a *total* shit magnet.
Reposted by John Henderson
wow, I was today years old when I learned that the voice actor for the dad in My Neighbor Totoro was Shigesato Itoi (yes, that Shigesato Itoi, of Mother/EarthBound fame)
September 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
wow, I was today years old when I learned that the voice actor for the dad in My Neighbor Totoro was Shigesato Itoi (yes, that Shigesato Itoi, of Mother/EarthBound fame)
Recession indicator.
The Word: Shhhhhh!
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
www.youtube.com
September 19, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Recession indicator.
That's one way for Paramount+ to buy some goodwill. Streaming Oct. 7.
Ozzy: No Escape From Now | Official Trailer | Paramount+
YouTube video by Paramount Plus
www.youtube.com
September 17, 2025 at 9:29 PM
That's one way for Paramount+ to buy some goodwill. Streaming Oct. 7.
