Joakim "konjak-o-lantern" Sandberg
@konjak.org
Made ICONOCLASTS Switch/PC/PS4/Vita/Xbox -- ✉ mr.noitu at gmail ✉ -- (he/him) -- 💍❤ @tupelohoney.bsky.social
Fidget toys look like hypothetical geometry
November 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Fidget toys look like hypothetical geometry
I take pride in shitting on Geoff Keighley back when people told me it's not serious enough for me to be so vocal about it
It's a microcosm of one of those lovely "it seems okay now so surely it won't grow to a problem"
It's a microcosm of one of those lovely "it seems okay now so surely it won't grow to a problem"
November 11, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I take pride in shitting on Geoff Keighley back when people told me it's not serious enough for me to be so vocal about it
It's a microcosm of one of those lovely "it seems okay now so surely it won't grow to a problem"
It's a microcosm of one of those lovely "it seems okay now so surely it won't grow to a problem"
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“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees
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“We were effectively props”: young stars of game development feel let down by the ‘gaming Oscars’
Announced in 2020 by the Game Awards as an inclusive programme for the industry’s next generation, the Future Class initiative has now been discontinued. Inductees describe clashes with organisers and...
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November 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees
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My girlfriend can play Silksong just fine, but has a lot of trouble with Super Mario Wonder because she doesn't find it natural to hold a button to run. It really opened my eyes to just how hard it is to make a universally accessible game.
November 11, 2025 at 10:11 AM
My girlfriend can play Silksong just fine, but has a lot of trouble with Super Mario Wonder because she doesn't find it natural to hold a button to run. It really opened my eyes to just how hard it is to make a universally accessible game.
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I'm the exact opposite. Grew up playing on console, so any kind of complex keyboard and mouse interaction, specially if I need to pay attention to multiple elements (RTS's) is incredibly difficult to me
November 11, 2025 at 9:54 AM
I'm the exact opposite. Grew up playing on console, so any kind of complex keyboard and mouse interaction, specially if I need to pay attention to multiple elements (RTS's) is incredibly difficult to me
People assume so much is simple in gaming experiences, but they need to sometimes watch someone do the things that are second nature to you, like try to simply use a shoulder button for the first time when most pads have four of those.
November 11, 2025 at 9:07 AM
People assume so much is simple in gaming experiences, but they need to sometimes watch someone do the things that are second nature to you, like try to simply use a shoulder button for the first time when most pads have four of those.
They had two games - and in addition Echoes of Wisdom also using this approach - to figure out that the equip menus could have had vertical grouping since Right Stick Up/Down isn't used. But they didn't.
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I read a thread about games with terrible UI earlier and this video has been destroying me all day.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
They had two games - and in addition Echoes of Wisdom also using this approach - to figure out that the equip menus could have had vertical grouping since Right Stick Up/Down isn't used. But they didn't.
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Exactly as expected, tbh.
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
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November 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Exactly as expected, tbh.
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A Profound Waste of Time: Issue 6
The beloved gaming mag returns, with Astro Bot's Nicolas Doucet, Danganronpa's Kazutaka Kodaka, Team Ninja's Fumihiko Yasuda and more!
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November 8, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Great game journalism in these pages. Support this worthy project. Honored to have contributed in the past!
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Just received APWOT5 and god @apwot.bsky.social is genuinely and consistently incredible. This edition is extra special to me: I am super honored to have my short essay on how games as a medium and flying as an activity connect in my brain.
November 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Just received APWOT5 and god @apwot.bsky.social is genuinely and consistently incredible. This edition is extra special to me: I am super honored to have my short essay on how games as a medium and flying as an activity connect in my brain.
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I was a member of TGA Future Class 2022 and lemmee tell ya, my skin has been crawling since
pretty much every interaction I had with them (few) & story I heard about other members' interactions with them (many) was bad. & by bad I mean, so many shades of being used as photo op tokens & nothing more
pretty much every interaction I had with them (few) & story I heard about other members' interactions with them (many) was bad. & by bad I mean, so many shades of being used as photo op tokens & nothing more
EXCLUSIVE on @gamedeveloper.bsky.social: not only has The Game Awards not nominated a Future Class for 2025, it's told alumni it "does not have any active programming plans" for the award.
The Future Class page was taken down sometime this year—eliminating a definitive archive of honorees.
The Future Class page was taken down sometime this year—eliminating a definitive archive of honorees.
The Game Awards' Future Class program remains on ice
Future Class organizer Emily Weir has informed past honorees that The Game Awards has no active plans for the program.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I was a member of TGA Future Class 2022 and lemmee tell ya, my skin has been crawling since
pretty much every interaction I had with them (few) & story I heard about other members' interactions with them (many) was bad. & by bad I mean, so many shades of being used as photo op tokens & nothing more
pretty much every interaction I had with them (few) & story I heard about other members' interactions with them (many) was bad. & by bad I mean, so many shades of being used as photo op tokens & nothing more
I nice news, that sub-throwing guy being acquitted despite clear evidence is a lovely indication of the public turning on the American law enforcers
Unfortunately they decision makers will probably draft a "no juries" bill, asap
Unfortunately they decision makers will probably draft a "no juries" bill, asap
November 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I nice news, that sub-throwing guy being acquitted despite clear evidence is a lovely indication of the public turning on the American law enforcers
Unfortunately they decision makers will probably draft a "no juries" bill, asap
Unfortunately they decision makers will probably draft a "no juries" bill, asap
Valuation =/= money in hand. It's bullshit ranking boards for horrible people.
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Valuation =/= money in hand. It's bullshit ranking boards for horrible people.
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Britain is a land of eternal elections
November 7, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Britain is a land of eternal elections
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It is actually bokers to me that this setting was just automatically and silently applied. Whole site immediately felt less dead once I switched it off
If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
November 6, 2025 at 10:05 AM
It is actually bokers to me that this setting was just automatically and silently applied. Whole site immediately felt less dead once I switched it off
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Yesterday we happened upon an elderly man walking his pet giant tortoise. They stopped for a snack and let me take a photo.
November 6, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Yesterday we happened upon an elderly man walking his pet giant tortoise. They stopped for a snack and let me take a photo.
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This person took this when they called the race
November 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
This person took this when they called the race
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history will not be kind | patreon.com/lubchansky
December 4, 2023 at 3:06 PM
history will not be kind | patreon.com/lubchansky
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VP Cheney will be honoured with a 21 gun salute accidentally aimed directly at 21 of his friends
November 4, 2025 at 11:42 AM
VP Cheney will be honoured with a 21 gun salute accidentally aimed directly at 21 of his friends
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Darth Squawks
(2012 pic of Tupelo, he was just a baby 🥹💕)
(2012 pic of Tupelo, he was just a baby 🥹💕)
November 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Darth Squawks
(2012 pic of Tupelo, he was just a baby 🥹💕)
(2012 pic of Tupelo, he was just a baby 🥹💕)
My answer is people don't realize just how much the internet and everyone hanging in the same place has changed since 2017
November 4, 2025 at 7:08 AM
My answer is people don't realize just how much the internet and everyone hanging in the same place has changed since 2017
I miss the MSN blush emoji
November 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I miss the MSN blush emoji
Well, that took no time at all
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One month out from the under-16s ban and almost all of the users caught up in the Discord data breach caused by age assurance appeals were based in Australia, OAIC has finally confirmed. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
November 3, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Well, that took no time at all
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Me having nobody I work with right now, my markup-style writing for some external data would be terrifying
November 2, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Me having nobody I work with right now, my markup-style writing for some external data would be terrifying
One coin none the Witcher
November 2, 2025 at 7:27 PM
One coin none the Witcher