Andrew
@trulydefective.bsky.social
Gamer, visionary, dreamweaver... plus occasional podcaster. Dad to two, husband to be to one.
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Andrew
@trulydefective.bsky.social
· Nov 1
I've had to put Video Game Deathmatch on hiatus. The time demands on producing it are too high for such small returns in audience right now, and I don't have the time to spare to properly promote or grow the audience.
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I'll never forget or forgive living through a period in American history where we talked about trans women playing volleyball like they were literal demons while the head of every company on earth was a cannibal baby raper.
February 3, 2026 at 8:28 PM
I'll never forget or forgive living through a period in American history where we talked about trans women playing volleyball like they were literal demons while the head of every company on earth was a cannibal baby raper.
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You all have free range to use this image in response to any transphobia now
February 2, 2026 at 10:21 PM
You all have free range to use this image in response to any transphobia now
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In honour of Melania, here's a reminder that the thing Kane is applauding in this popular gif isn't good. It's very bad! It's his wife singing poorly in an opera he paid for.
a man in a tuxedo and bow tie is standing in front of a crowd .
Alt: Orson Welles as Kane in evening dress, applauding too hard to hide his humiliation.
media.tenor.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:17 PM
In honour of Melania, here's a reminder that the thing Kane is applauding in this popular gif isn't good. It's very bad! It's his wife singing poorly in an opera he paid for.
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Reminder that "jaywalking" was literally made up by american car manufacturers to shift the blame for accidents from drivers to pedestrians. "Jay" was a slang term meaning "idiot" or "rube".
“Jaywalking is permitted in London. In 1966, the police tried to crack down on it, but gave up after three months.”
People walk and cycle on roads by right, people drive under licence.
Jaywalking is not a thing in English law and Waymo must not change that.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
People walk and cycle on roads by right, people drive under licence.
Jaywalking is not a thing in English law and Waymo must not change that.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Self-driving taxis are coming to London – should we be worried? | Jack Stilgoe
Waymo’s cars were first rolled out in San Francisco, but the English capital’s old roads, pelican crossings and jaywalkers may pose issues for AI, says science and technology professor Jack Stilgoe
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Reminder that "jaywalking" was literally made up by american car manufacturers to shift the blame for accidents from drivers to pedestrians. "Jay" was a slang term meaning "idiot" or "rube".
They do not look de-aged, they look like they've bravely soldiered on after surviving deep fat fryer burns.
Xfinity has just released its Jurassic Park-themed Super Bowl ad that features a digitally de-aged Sam Neil, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum. https://bit.ly/4rmRhrK
February 3, 2026 at 9:36 AM
They do not look de-aged, they look like they've bravely soldiered on after surviving deep fat fryer burns.
Hamm would absolutely crush it as Fred Flintstone.
Watching YOUR FRIENDS & NEIGHBORS, where Jon Hamm is carrying some intentional bloat. It occurs to me that if he pushed it just a wee bit further and let that five o'clock shadow grow in, he would be the perfect live-action Fred Flintstone.
Tell me I'm wrong. I dare you.
Tell me I'm wrong. I dare you.
February 2, 2026 at 8:47 AM
Hamm would absolutely crush it as Fred Flintstone.
A monumental loss to comedy
The legendary Catherine O’Hara has died.
She was 71.
Per TMZ.
She was 71.
Per TMZ.
January 30, 2026 at 7:48 PM
A monumental loss to comedy
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It is not said enough how much the world-building in Harry Potter sucks absolute ass.
The UK gets a school all to itself but the entire continent of fucking Africa has to share one? Absolute bollocks. She just couldn't be arsed thinking up more names for places.
The UK gets a school all to itself but the entire continent of fucking Africa has to share one? Absolute bollocks. She just couldn't be arsed thinking up more names for places.
Reminder that British journalists have a weird fetish for Harry Potter because it's a fantasy world where nobody mentions how fucking weird it is that everybody was privately educated in just five schools
January 27, 2026 at 11:15 AM
It is not said enough how much the world-building in Harry Potter sucks absolute ass.
The UK gets a school all to itself but the entire continent of fucking Africa has to share one? Absolute bollocks. She just couldn't be arsed thinking up more names for places.
The UK gets a school all to itself but the entire continent of fucking Africa has to share one? Absolute bollocks. She just couldn't be arsed thinking up more names for places.
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30 years ago this article would have been about British kids not reading Enid Blyton because they hate Thatcherism or some nonsense.
January 27, 2026 at 8:45 AM
30 years ago this article would have been about British kids not reading Enid Blyton because they hate Thatcherism or some nonsense.
Fair play. Of all the reasons kids might no longer like Harry Potter, theorising it's because they don't like liberalism is the absolute funniest interpretation.
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Younger generations “have fallen out of love with Harry Potter because they have fallen out of love with the worldview the series represents,” writes Louise Perry. “Which is to say that young people have fallen out of love with liberalism.”
Younger generations “have fallen out of love with Harry Potter because they have fallen out of love with the worldview the series represents,” writes Louise Perry. “Which is to say that young people have fallen out of love with liberalism.”
Opinion | Why Gen Z Doesn’t Love ‘Harry Potter’
The wizarding worldview is naïve.
nyti.ms
January 27, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Fair play. Of all the reasons kids might no longer like Harry Potter, theorising it's because they don't like liberalism is the absolute funniest interpretation.
All this tells me is to no longer get hyped about future Ubisoft announcements, rare as that was, because they probably won't happen. Will be shocked if the company, as we know it, even exists in a years time.
Ubisoft has cancelled 6 games, including the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ubisoft...
Ubisoft also announced it was delaying seven other games, to “ensure enhanced quality benchmarks are fully met”
Ubisoft also announced it was delaying seven other games, to “ensure enhanced quality benchmarks are fully met”
January 21, 2026 at 5:01 PM
All this tells me is to no longer get hyped about future Ubisoft announcements, rare as that was, because they probably won't happen. Will be shocked if the company, as we know it, even exists in a years time.
I figured the lack of due process was the point.
A combat-wounded veteran's eight-hour detention by federal agents in Minneapolis raises concerns about due process in ICE facilities.
Army veteran says ICE agents detained him for hours without access to phone or his attorney
A combat-wounded veteran's eight-hour detention by federal agents in Minneapolis raises concerns about due process in ICE facilities.
www.kare11.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:03 AM
I figured the lack of due process was the point.
I'll be dead in the cold, cold ground before I listen to Yong Yea speak through Kiryu's lips in a Yakuza game.
January 16, 2026 at 10:35 PM
I'll be dead in the cold, cold ground before I listen to Yong Yea speak through Kiryu's lips in a Yakuza game.
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the only “ray tracing” gamers should be interested in is tracing the rays of sunlight shining down from heaven. the only “path tracing” that should concern you is tracing the path of jesus christ our lord and saviour
January 15, 2026 at 10:12 AM
the only “ray tracing” gamers should be interested in is tracing the rays of sunlight shining down from heaven. the only “path tracing” that should concern you is tracing the path of jesus christ our lord and saviour
To get to Hull you must get on at York, pass through Hull, pass through York again, leap off the train as it approaches Leeds and board a separate train line to Hull.
January 14, 2026 at 1:43 PM
To get to Hull you must get on at York, pass through Hull, pass through York again, leap off the train as it approaches Leeds and board a separate train line to Hull.
January 14, 2026 at 9:38 AM
You don't. Not in our lifetime anyway.
A teenage boy was walking home in Minneapolis yesterday when four masked men jumped out of a van & questioned him - with no parent or guardian present.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
January 13, 2026 at 9:23 PM
You don't. Not in our lifetime anyway.
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This is my new favourite TV show and it's all the fault of @trulydefective.bsky.social
January 9, 2026 at 10:28 PM
This is my new favourite TV show and it's all the fault of @trulydefective.bsky.social
There isn't even a lightsaber scene in the movie, they had to add one or else Tom wouldn't leave.
Apparently the actor landed his helicopter on the set because he wanted to watch the cast film a lightsaber scene.
Tom Cruise apparently helped shoot lightsaber battle in Star Wars: Starfighter
Tom Cruise apparently helped shoot lightsaber battle in Star Wars: Starfighter
www.avclub.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:16 PM
There isn't even a lightsaber scene in the movie, they had to add one or else Tom wouldn't leave.
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Well Atrus, I made it to Myst island, despite your directions.
January 3, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Well Atrus, I made it to Myst island, despite your directions.
Hysterical way for that shit rag of a paper to spin this.
Yes that’s right, cutting drink driving deaths is “a blow to the pubs industry”. That’s the key point.
The world’s worst newspaper does it again. #DontBuyTheSun
The world’s worst newspaper does it again. #DontBuyTheSun
January 7, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Hysterical way for that shit rag of a paper to spin this.
RE: the Stranger Things hidden finale theory
Once upon a time, people would just channel this frustration into something like fan fiction. Its still a shade of cope but at least it's training a creative muscle. This is just sad and weird.
Once upon a time, people would just channel this frustration into something like fan fiction. Its still a shade of cope but at least it's training a creative muscle. This is just sad and weird.
January 7, 2026 at 8:05 AM
RE: the Stranger Things hidden finale theory
Once upon a time, people would just channel this frustration into something like fan fiction. Its still a shade of cope but at least it's training a creative muscle. This is just sad and weird.
Once upon a time, people would just channel this frustration into something like fan fiction. Its still a shade of cope but at least it's training a creative muscle. This is just sad and weird.
Saw a demon hit a dragon with a stone cold stunner in The Legend of Vox Machina. This might be the best show ever made.
January 6, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Saw a demon hit a dragon with a stone cold stunner in The Legend of Vox Machina. This might be the best show ever made.
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Wow so many negative Nancys, nobody even noticed he finally pulled off a successful coup. Practice makes perfect, lil buddy!
January 4, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Wow so many negative Nancys, nobody even noticed he finally pulled off a successful coup. Practice makes perfect, lil buddy!