Matt Chandronait
@talkingorange.bsky.social
Part of AREA 5 (area5.tv), a host on RebelFM rebelfm.libsyn.com . Tetris Forever was nominated for a BAFTA! I guess that means I can put “BAFTA Nominated” in my profile now? He/Him
Sesame Street was critical to those of us in poorer, rural communities. It connected us to this huge world, showed us that the kids in the big cities were just like us but in different circumstances, and beautiful moments like this connected us to our shared humanity. RIP Reverend.
I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
February 17, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Sesame Street was critical to those of us in poorer, rural communities. It connected us to this huge world, showed us that the kids in the big cities were just like us but in different circumstances, and beautiful moments like this connected us to our shared humanity. RIP Reverend.
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this essay about the importance of in-person gaming communities (DDR specifically, but it pertains to a lot of similar fandoms) is really lovely imo www.mothership.blog/love-letter-...
A love letter to the rhythm game communities that helped me find myself
It was in the arcade around DDR machines that I first met people like me — kids picked on for being "weirdos," for being neurodivergent, for being queer.
www.mothership.blog
February 17, 2026 at 3:43 PM
this essay about the importance of in-person gaming communities (DDR specifically, but it pertains to a lot of similar fandoms) is really lovely imo www.mothership.blog/love-letter-...
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These are concentration camps and its our duty as citizens to ensure these things don't get built.
Breaking news: ICE expects to spend $38.3 billion on its plan to acquire warehouses across the U.S. and retrofit them into immigrant detention centers that can hold tens of thousands of people, according to agency documents.
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:28 AM
These are concentration camps and its our duty as citizens to ensure these things don't get built.
I feel (very effectively) targeted.
We’re Sorry About Optimus Prime | The Transformers: The Movie (1986) 40th Anniversary
YouTube video by Hasbro Pulse
youtu.be
February 14, 2026 at 2:18 AM
I feel (very effectively) targeted.
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Surprise -- our next game is out TOMORROW! We're celebrating the landmark release of the original Rayman with some surprising new features. Really excited for you to see what the team's done with this one.
Rayman 30th Anniversary Edition releases tomorrow and collects five versions of the original game, and a "never-before-playable" SNES prototype. gameinformer.com/2026/02/12/r...
February 12, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Surprise -- our next game is out TOMORROW! We're celebrating the landmark release of the original Rayman with some surprising new features. Really excited for you to see what the team's done with this one.
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arts criticism and appreciation dies in darkness too, it turns out
Analysis: Weeks before he set foot on the stage, Bad Bunny’s halftime performance had already become a media event.
But if you were looking for political commentary, the closest that you got was when he said “God bless America” in English.
But if you were looking for political commentary, the closest that you got was when he said “God bless America” in English.
Analysis | Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show was expected to provoke. Did it?
The Bad Bunny Super Bowl show nodded to injustices in Puerto Rico but mostly evoked wholesome family values that meshed with the more sentimental commercials.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:14 PM
arts criticism and appreciation dies in darkness too, it turns out
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it's fun to get really detailed about the state of games journalism sometimes!! thanks so much @chrisbratt.bsky.social for giving @zoehhannah.com and i the opportunity
Extremely pleased to bring The Games Press back today with Mothership's @midimyers.com & @zoehhannah.com!
We talk about the current state of feminist writing in the games media, whether "subscription fatigue" is real & how they've processed what happened to them & their former coworkers at Polygon.
We talk about the current state of feminist writing in the games media, whether "subscription fatigue" is real & how they've processed what happened to them & their former coworkers at Polygon.
February 9, 2026 at 3:37 PM
it's fun to get really detailed about the state of games journalism sometimes!! thanks so much @chrisbratt.bsky.social for giving @zoehhannah.com and i the opportunity
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Wow, NBC edited out the audience booing JD Vance at the Olympics. And this is one of the few remaining news outlets NOT owned by right-wing billionaire Trump sycophants
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
NBC appears to cut crowd’s booing of JD Vance from Winter Olympics broadcast
The US vice-president, JD Vance, was greeted by a chorus of boos during when he appeared at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Milan on Friday
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Wow, NBC edited out the audience booing JD Vance at the Olympics. And this is one of the few remaining news outlets NOT owned by right-wing billionaire Trump sycophants
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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With tax season in full swing, here's our reminder that TurboTax owner Intuit spent two decades fighting to prevent Americans from filing their taxes online for free.
(Published 2019)
(Published 2019)
Inside TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans From Filing Their Taxes for Free
Using lobbying, the revolving door and “dark pattern” customer tricks, Intuit fended off the government’s attempts to make tax filing free and easy, and created its multi-billion-dollar franchise.
www.propublica.org
February 8, 2026 at 4:00 AM
With tax season in full swing, here's our reminder that TurboTax owner Intuit spent two decades fighting to prevent Americans from filing their taxes online for free.
(Published 2019)
(Published 2019)
They’re a very careful news organization with very deliberate language, so I think this is notable.
It’s not “racially charged” or “controversial.” Just straight up racist.
It’s not “racially charged” or “controversial.” Just straight up racist.
Trump's racist post came at the end of a minute-long video promoting conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. After deleting the post, Trump told reporters he "didn't make a mistake."
Trump refuses to apologize after posting racist meme of the Obamas
Trump's racist post came at the end of a minute-long video promoting conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. After deleting the post, Trump told reporters he "didn't make a mistake."
n.pr
February 7, 2026 at 5:48 PM
They’re a very careful news organization with very deliberate language, so I think this is notable.
It’s not “racially charged” or “controversial.” Just straight up racist.
It’s not “racially charged” or “controversial.” Just straight up racist.
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Internal White House meetings going on, like, "Hopefully the racism will distract from the pedophilia which will distract from the killings which will distract from the pedophilia again which will distract from the economy which will distract from the pedophilia a third time"
February 6, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Internal White House meetings going on, like, "Hopefully the racism will distract from the pedophilia which will distract from the killings which will distract from the pedophilia again which will distract from the economy which will distract from the pedophilia a third time"
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🧵The biggest cheerleaders for Trump’s nominee for Fed Chair? Big Bank CEOs.
Why? Follow the money – Warsh helped orchestrate the Wall Street bailouts back in 2008 while people were losing jobs left and right.
Why? Follow the money – Warsh helped orchestrate the Wall Street bailouts back in 2008 while people were losing jobs left and right.
February 6, 2026 at 10:34 PM
🧵The biggest cheerleaders for Trump’s nominee for Fed Chair? Big Bank CEOs.
Why? Follow the money – Warsh helped orchestrate the Wall Street bailouts back in 2008 while people were losing jobs left and right.
Why? Follow the money – Warsh helped orchestrate the Wall Street bailouts back in 2008 while people were losing jobs left and right.
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Powerful white men once equated Black people with monkeys to justify their abduction, deportation, enslavement, lynching and segregation.
The heinous image that Trump shared is explicit racism.
There is no nowhere for his supporters to hide. Supporting him is incompatible with basic human decency.
The heinous image that Trump shared is explicit racism.
There is no nowhere for his supporters to hide. Supporting him is incompatible with basic human decency.
February 6, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Powerful white men once equated Black people with monkeys to justify their abduction, deportation, enslavement, lynching and segregation.
The heinous image that Trump shared is explicit racism.
There is no nowhere for his supporters to hide. Supporting him is incompatible with basic human decency.
The heinous image that Trump shared is explicit racism.
There is no nowhere for his supporters to hide. Supporting him is incompatible with basic human decency.
If you’re gonna be at Dice, hit me up! This is going to be my first time going and I’d love to have some people to meet up with so that I can feel important and cool. 😎
February 4, 2026 at 7:44 PM
If you’re gonna be at Dice, hit me up! This is going to be my first time going and I’d love to have some people to meet up with so that I can feel important and cool. 😎
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The Epstein files reveal what powerful people see in video games: profit, coercion, and control
aftermath.site/jeffrey-epstei...
aftermath.site/jeffrey-epstei...
February 3, 2026 at 9:22 PM
The Epstein files reveal what powerful people see in video games: profit, coercion, and control
aftermath.site/jeffrey-epstei...
aftermath.site/jeffrey-epstei...
This man is my personal hero and has been ever since I heard about him as a kid.
Might have something to do with my cellular structure being made up of about 90% peanut butter by now.
Might have something to do with my cellular structure being made up of about 90% peanut butter by now.
George Washington Carver developed 300 derivative products from peanuts among them cheese, milk, coffee, flour, ink, dyes, plastics, wood stains, soap, linoleum, medicinal oils and cosmetics. #BlackHistoryMonth
February 4, 2026 at 3:52 AM
This man is my personal hero and has been ever since I heard about him as a kid.
Might have something to do with my cellular structure being made up of about 90% peanut butter by now.
Might have something to do with my cellular structure being made up of about 90% peanut butter by now.
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Oligarchy (noun):
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
Really need everyone to take a good look at how well the richest people in America have done in the last year.
The rest of us got higher healthcare and electric bills, food assistance cuts, price hikes, and ICE terrorizing our communities.
What are we doing here?
The rest of us got higher healthcare and electric bills, food assistance cuts, price hikes, and ICE terrorizing our communities.
What are we doing here?
February 2, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Oligarchy (noun):
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
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it has been many many years since i wrote a personal essay but i wrote one for today
Allow us to reflect for a moment, if you will, on a fabulous first week of publishing here at Mothership. Snowy allegory by @midimyers.com.
www.mothership.blog/the-moguls-a...
www.mothership.blog/the-moguls-a...
The moguls again
On difficult ski terrain, difficult games, and difficult career choices
www.mothership.blog
February 2, 2026 at 2:40 PM
it has been many many years since i wrote a personal essay but i wrote one for today
Sure. Let’s be credulous about Brett fucking Rattner.
Amazon spent $40 million for the rights to “Melania” at auction, and reportedly spent an additional $35 million on the marketing and theatrical release, an unusually high spend for a documentary.
'Melania' Director Defends $75 Million Documentary Price Tag—Here's Why It's Raised Eyebrows
Amazon spent $40 million for the rights to “Melania” at auction, and reportedly spent an additional $35 million on the marketing and theatrical release, an unusually high spend for a documentary.
www.forbes.com
February 1, 2026 at 5:32 AM
Sure. Let’s be credulous about Brett fucking Rattner.
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Every now and then, against my will, the music from this -- one of the all-time great trailers -- gets stuck looping in my head. Today is one of those days. Not mad about it.
youtu.be/LVqxMCZ3u6k
youtu.be/LVqxMCZ3u6k
HITMAN - E3 2015 Trailer | PS4
YouTube video by PlayStation
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Every now and then, against my will, the music from this -- one of the all-time great trailers -- gets stuck looping in my head. Today is one of those days. Not mad about it.
youtu.be/LVqxMCZ3u6k
youtu.be/LVqxMCZ3u6k
Mealy-mouthed weak sauce.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday that Democrats won't provide needed votes until U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is "reined in and overhauled." https://to.pbs.org/49Z8qAD
WATCH LIVE: Senate Democrats ready to force government shutdown by demanding ICE restrictions
Senate Democrats are threatening to block legislation that would fund the Department of Homeland Security and several other agencies Thursday, potentially bringing the government a step closer to a pa...
to.pbs.org
January 29, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Mealy-mouthed weak sauce.
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After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
January 27, 2026 at 9:30 PM
After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
You an indie developer? Wanna get your game shown off in the coolest physical display event of the year? Well, have I got a deal for you...
SUBMISSIONS! ARE! OPEN!!!!🥳🎉
We're looking for the best 'n' brightest upcoming indie games to show off at The Midway on March 8th for DAY OF THE DEVS: SAN FRANCISCO EDITION 2026!
Working on something cool? Submit your game here and learn more: dayofthedevs.org/submit
We're looking for the best 'n' brightest upcoming indie games to show off at The Midway on March 8th for DAY OF THE DEVS: SAN FRANCISCO EDITION 2026!
Working on something cool? Submit your game here and learn more: dayofthedevs.org/submit
January 26, 2026 at 6:53 PM
You an indie developer? Wanna get your game shown off in the coolest physical display event of the year? Well, have I got a deal for you...
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last chance!!! i am gonna wake up early and flip a metaphorical large switch tomorrow for all of this 🙌🏻
today is the last day you can take advantage of the mothership.blog pre-launch sale! because tomorrow we will have articles on the site. you get 15% off your subscription for life if you grab it now though.
Board the Mothership.
You're just in time.
A couple weeks from now, on January 26, 2026, we'll be launching the full version of our new gaming website, Mothership, which aims to analyze games specifically through the...
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January 26, 2026 at 12:22 AM
last chance!!! i am gonna wake up early and flip a metaphorical large switch tomorrow for all of this 🙌🏻