Joseph Luster
@subhumanzoids.bsky.social
Dealt heretofore untold levels of psychic damage to myself today when I realized this year is the 30th anniversary of Super Mario 64
February 10, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Dealt heretofore untold levels of psychic damage to myself today when I realized this year is the 30th anniversary of Super Mario 64
LinkedIn is so cool. The feed is basically:
• AI
• Have you tried AI?
• Here are ways to use AI
• I'm starting out a post with AI skepticism but by the end you'll see the light
• Here's a pie chart. Also, AI for some reason
• Actual human people saying please hire me for the love of god
• AI
• Have you tried AI?
• Here are ways to use AI
• I'm starting out a post with AI skepticism but by the end you'll see the light
• Here's a pie chart. Also, AI for some reason
• Actual human people saying please hire me for the love of god
February 9, 2026 at 11:45 PM
LinkedIn is so cool. The feed is basically:
• AI
• Have you tried AI?
• Here are ways to use AI
• I'm starting out a post with AI skepticism but by the end you'll see the light
• Here's a pie chart. Also, AI for some reason
• Actual human people saying please hire me for the love of god
• AI
• Have you tried AI?
• Here are ways to use AI
• I'm starting out a post with AI skepticism but by the end you'll see the light
• Here's a pie chart. Also, AI for some reason
• Actual human people saying please hire me for the love of god
preaching to the choir here but those AI portraits making the rounds lately are so hideous I can't help but question the taste of anyone who shares them.
February 7, 2026 at 3:08 PM
preaching to the choir here but those AI portraits making the rounds lately are so hideous I can't help but question the taste of anyone who shares them.
Also, as someone who has been perpetually trying to query agents for the past year, I have reached a zen state of rejection acceptance.
February 5, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Also, as someone who has been perpetually trying to query agents for the past year, I have reached a zen state of rejection acceptance.
I know this may sound rude, but it actually makes me feel better about people not getting back to me. It's easier to just think "hey, maybe they deleted it without even looking at it." That's fine.
February 5, 2026 at 8:15 PM
I know this may sound rude, but it actually makes me feel better about people not getting back to me. It's easier to just think "hey, maybe they deleted it without even looking at it." That's fine.
I don't know who needs to hear this but you can just delete emails without looking at them
February 5, 2026 at 8:14 PM
I don't know who needs to hear this but you can just delete emails without looking at them
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25-minute video by Nukeledge walking through the wave of A.I. slop VGM “remixes”
youtu.be/D1-7DPkNAh0
We’ll stay over here with real music created by real musicians.
A.I. music doesn’t involve real skill or development.
youtube.com/ocremix
youtu.be/D1-7DPkNAh0
We’ll stay over here with real music created by real musicians.
A.I. music doesn’t involve real skill or development.
youtube.com/ocremix
YOU are listening to AI-generated Video Game Music, Please Stop
YouTube video by Nuclear [NUKELEDGE]
youtu.be
January 26, 2026 at 5:57 PM
25-minute video by Nukeledge walking through the wave of A.I. slop VGM “remixes”
youtu.be/D1-7DPkNAh0
We’ll stay over here with real music created by real musicians.
A.I. music doesn’t involve real skill or development.
youtube.com/ocremix
youtu.be/D1-7DPkNAh0
We’ll stay over here with real music created by real musicians.
A.I. music doesn’t involve real skill or development.
youtube.com/ocremix
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If only all the kids who made fun of me for having the poster on my wall back in 95 could see me now, alone and watching it in B&W. Can’t overstate how hard this version goes. More ready than ever to join the Lo-Teks.
January 28, 2026 at 5:33 AM
If only all the kids who made fun of me for having the poster on my wall back in 95 could see me now, alone and watching it in B&W. Can’t overstate how hard this version goes. More ready than ever to join the Lo-Teks.
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I can finally share that I wrote a retrospective on the Tales of series for Game Informer! I chatted with some of the leads of the series at Bandai Namco about the many games, like Symphonia and Arise. I’ve been working on this piece for a few months and it’s one I’m so proud of finally sharing.
30 Years Of Tales
Bandai Namco’s anthology RPG has been growing in quality and popularity for the last three decades.
gameinformer.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:31 PM
I can finally share that I wrote a retrospective on the Tales of series for Game Informer! I chatted with some of the leads of the series at Bandai Namco about the many games, like Symphonia and Arise. I’ve been working on this piece for a few months and it’s one I’m so proud of finally sharing.
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🚨 New post alert! I’ve got a stack of album reviews for you, featuring some 90s throwbacks, death metal picks, brand new records and everything in between! thediscovertab.substack.com/p/seven-laye...
Seven Layer Bar
Indie Rock, Death Metal, Deep House, Minimalism, Power Pop, Alternative Rock and much more!
thediscovertab.substack.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:26 PM
🚨 New post alert! I’ve got a stack of album reviews for you, featuring some 90s throwbacks, death metal picks, brand new records and everything in between! thediscovertab.substack.com/p/seven-laye...
People have until Feb 17 to soak in this tome ahead of launch!
January 27, 2026 at 3:07 PM
People have until Feb 17 to soak in this tome ahead of launch!
Hate to drop in with controversy first thing in the morning but I think every Pokémon design is good. My five-year-old has the big tome of all of them and we've pored over them obsessively and they're all fine!
January 27, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Hate to drop in with controversy first thing in the morning but I think every Pokémon design is good. My five-year-old has the big tome of all of them and we've pored over them obsessively and they're all fine!
A household with the stomach bug is about as close to the structure of a slasher movie you can get with your average illness
January 17, 2026 at 3:41 PM
A household with the stomach bug is about as close to the structure of a slasher movie you can get with your average illness
Back when I was a kid there were games that looked dangerous. At least, that's what I thought the first time I saw a screenshot of Mondu's Fight Palace (AKA Tongue of the Fatman) in a magazine. This but extremely low-res was brutal fodder for the imagination:
January 14, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Back when I was a kid there were games that looked dangerous. At least, that's what I thought the first time I saw a screenshot of Mondu's Fight Palace (AKA Tongue of the Fatman) in a magazine. This but extremely low-res was brutal fodder for the imagination:
Fired up with the thought that all sports should have to move on to their 2.0 version with updated rules.
January 12, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Fired up with the thought that all sports should have to move on to their 2.0 version with updated rules.
It's gonna be even grosser, too.
"Chatbot, I'm depressed."
"Taco Bell® is open. Remember when you and Jacob used to do those midnight runs? It's never too late to bring back fourth meal, Brody!"
"Chatbot, I'm depressed."
"Taco Bell® is open. Remember when you and Jacob used to do those midnight runs? It's never too late to bring back fourth meal, Brody!"
after watching the most powerful tools of the last 20 years go from "extremely useful, just ad supported" to "deliberately worse to sell more ads" you absolutely cannot convince me that LLMs will not become intimate, deeply convincing and subtle advertising/influencing mechanisms
December 10, 2025 at 10:11 AM
It's gonna be even grosser, too.
"Chatbot, I'm depressed."
"Taco Bell® is open. Remember when you and Jacob used to do those midnight runs? It's never too late to bring back fourth meal, Brody!"
"Chatbot, I'm depressed."
"Taco Bell® is open. Remember when you and Jacob used to do those midnight runs? It's never too late to bring back fourth meal, Brody!"
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I had a blast talking with @nsuttner.bsky.social and reflecting on The Secret Lives of Games' incredible A Year of UFO 50 podcast project!
Reflecting on a Year of UFO 50 with The Secret Lives of Games Host Nick Suttner - Wayside Shakedown
How a year covering one incredible release became a mighty achievement
waysideshakedown.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I had a blast talking with @nsuttner.bsky.social and reflecting on The Secret Lives of Games' incredible A Year of UFO 50 podcast project!
Finally read all of IT. When you're young the scariest stuff might be the monsters or whatever, but when you're old it's the forgetting.
November 27, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Finally read all of IT. When you're young the scariest stuff might be the monsters or whatever, but when you're old it's the forgetting.
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My style goals
November 24, 2025 at 1:16 AM
My style goals
What's in a name? Tell me you haven't heard about Big Bad Beetleborgs without telling me you haven't heard about Big Bad Beetleborgs
November 24, 2025 at 1:09 AM
What's in a name? Tell me you haven't heard about Big Bad Beetleborgs without telling me you haven't heard about Big Bad Beetleborgs
I'm less interested in all the "anime domination" takes and more interested in the fact that two R-rated cartoons topped the box office this year.
October 29, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I'm less interested in all the "anime domination" takes and more interested in the fact that two R-rated cartoons topped the box office this year.
Everyone has that classic dream where you wake up and it's the big podrace against Sebulba but you forgot to repair your Thrust Coil
October 26, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Everyone has that classic dream where you wake up and it's the big podrace against Sebulba but you forgot to repair your Thrust Coil
Sad to hear about the passing of Tomonobu Itagaki. He was outspoken and one of the last "rock star" game devs. Fondly recalling the story from 13 or so years ago in which he declared that Aerosmith and Armageddon saved his life after a tumultuous, incomplete Japanese release of Dead or Alive 2.
October 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Sad to hear about the passing of Tomonobu Itagaki. He was outspoken and one of the last "rock star" game devs. Fondly recalling the story from 13 or so years ago in which he declared that Aerosmith and Armageddon saved his life after a tumultuous, incomplete Japanese release of Dead or Alive 2.
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He threw in that last bit just to be nasty.
October 15, 2025 at 8:34 PM
He threw in that last bit just to be nasty.
Y'all did a killer job with this trailer!
October 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Y'all did a killer job with this trailer!