Kyle Orland
@kyleor.land
Senior Gaming Editor, Ars Technica / The guy who LITERALLY wrote the book on Minesweeper -- https://bossfightbooks.com/products/minesweeper-by-kyle-orland
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Kyle Orland
@kyleor.land
· Oct 17
Welcome to Bluesky. If you're a writer, don't forget to TELL US ALL ABOUT YOUR BOOK!
My @bossfightbooks.bsky.social book on Minesweeper covers a game that was pre-installed on 4 billion Windows computers but has had very little previous scholarly attention.
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August 10, 2025 at 5:01 AM
comic, videogaming & computergaming illustrated, magazine (1983) archive.org/details/vide...
As someone with a collection of hundreds of pressed pennies, I feel this. But getting rid of it was the right thing to do
Unpopular opinion but I’m gonna miss the penny
November 13, 2025 at 3:52 AM
As someone with a collection of hundreds of pressed pennies, I feel this. But getting rid of it was the right thing to do
Legitimately the only good thing Trump has accomplished
Penny abolitionism is the correct policy: www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/11/stop...
Stopped clock at midnight - Lawyers, Guns & Money
The penny is being ended: The U.S. ended production of the penny Wednesday, abandoning the 1-cent coins that were embedded in American culture for more than 230 years but became nearly worthless. Whe...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Legitimately the only good thing Trump has accomplished
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In general it's useful to think about what the GOP would have done today if the shoe was on the other foot.
November 13, 2025 at 3:14 AM
In general it's useful to think about what the GOP would have done today if the shoe was on the other foot.
Replies are really split on this one (which I guess means I picked well?)
November 13, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Replies are really split on this one (which I guess means I picked well?)
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Pizzagate: If you replace the word “hot dog” with “little boy” and “pizza party” with “child sex orgy,” you will see the lengths these elites go to cover up their crimes.
Real elite emails: Send me nude pictures of those 8th graders we abused last weekend post-haste! I am the Ambassador to Turkey.
Real elite emails: Send me nude pictures of those 8th graders we abused last weekend post-haste! I am the Ambassador to Turkey.
November 12, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Pizzagate: If you replace the word “hot dog” with “little boy” and “pizza party” with “child sex orgy,” you will see the lengths these elites go to cover up their crimes.
Real elite emails: Send me nude pictures of those 8th graders we abused last weekend post-haste! I am the Ambassador to Turkey.
Real elite emails: Send me nude pictures of those 8th graders we abused last weekend post-haste! I am the Ambassador to Turkey.
Here's the thing: If the Steam Machine costs more than a Steam Deck (which can just be docked to a TV), it becomes a pretty hard sell in comparison.
I know it has "6x the power" and can supposedly do FSR'ed 4K, but still...
I know it has "6x the power" and can supposedly do FSR'ed 4K, but still...
November 12, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Here's the thing: If the Steam Machine costs more than a Steam Deck (which can just be docked to a TV), it becomes a pretty hard sell in comparison.
I know it has "6x the power" and can supposedly do FSR'ed 4K, but still...
I know it has "6x the power" and can supposedly do FSR'ed 4K, but still...
So far responses to this are all over the map in both directions. The expectations game is a tough one on this stuff!
Over/unders for Steam hardware pricing:
Steam Machine 512GB: $700 (with controller), $650 (no controller)
Steam Frame: $600 (256GB), $750 (1TB)
Steam Controller (a la carte): $70
What say you all?
Steam Machine 512GB: $700 (with controller), $650 (no controller)
Steam Frame: $600 (256GB), $750 (1TB)
Steam Controller (a la carte): $70
What say you all?
November 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
So far responses to this are all over the map in both directions. The expectations game is a tough one on this stuff!
Over/unders for Steam hardware pricing:
Steam Machine 512GB: $700 (with controller), $650 (no controller)
Steam Frame: $600 (256GB), $750 (1TB)
Steam Controller (a la carte): $70
What say you all?
Steam Machine 512GB: $700 (with controller), $650 (no controller)
Steam Frame: $600 (256GB), $750 (1TB)
Steam Controller (a la carte): $70
What say you all?
November 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Over/unders for Steam hardware pricing:
Steam Machine 512GB: $700 (with controller), $650 (no controller)
Steam Frame: $600 (256GB), $750 (1TB)
Steam Controller (a la carte): $70
What say you all?
Steam Machine 512GB: $700 (with controller), $650 (no controller)
Steam Frame: $600 (256GB), $750 (1TB)
Steam Controller (a la carte): $70
What say you all?
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One of the GOP's sweatier Epstein defenses has been "if they had good stuff they'd have used it when Biden was president." But the growing awareness that Garland spiked anything that could look political explains this!
I feel like “mad at Merrick Garland” is going to hit a whole new level.
November 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
One of the GOP's sweatier Epstein defenses has been "if they had good stuff they'd have used it when Biden was president." But the growing awareness that Garland spiked anything that could look political explains this!
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Not the main point, but can we just say that this is a very odd email exchange for a reporter (Michael Wolff) to conduct with a source (Jeffrey Epstein)?
Esp a source who, 7 years pvs, had pled guilty to solicitation of prostitution w/ a minor, and who'd been sued by a victim just 3 months earlier.
Esp a source who, 7 years pvs, had pled guilty to solicitation of prostitution w/ a minor, and who'd been sued by a victim just 3 months earlier.
November 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Not the main point, but can we just say that this is a very odd email exchange for a reporter (Michael Wolff) to conduct with a source (Jeffrey Epstein)?
Esp a source who, 7 years pvs, had pled guilty to solicitation of prostitution w/ a minor, and who'd been sued by a victim just 3 months earlier.
Esp a source who, 7 years pvs, had pled guilty to solicitation of prostitution w/ a minor, and who'd been sued by a victim just 3 months earlier.
Everyone Nintendo fan watching the new Mario Galaxy 2 trailer (and the movie when it comes out)
November 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Everyone Nintendo fan watching the new Mario Galaxy 2 trailer (and the movie when it comes out)
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ok credit where it's due, these are both very funny email addresses
A direct email exchange from 2011 between Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, just released by House Oversight Committee Democrats.
November 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
ok credit where it's due, these are both very funny email addresses
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Metal Gear Solid (1998)
The insistence on making these robots bipedal is probably the most obvious giveaway that it's all a big carny gimmick
November 11, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Metal Gear Solid (1998)
Now do Homer Simpson
November 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Now do Homer Simpson
Next Zelda game should just aim for this visual style throughout. The fandom would go nuts
November 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Next Zelda game should just aim for this visual style throughout. The fandom would go nuts
Somehow the "Just the News" bit is even more annoying than "thank you for your attention to this matter"
Call in the troops to solve the commercial real estate crisis in our swanky downtown cores
You can’t make this shit up, folks
You can’t make this shit up, folks
November 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Somehow the "Just the News" bit is even more annoying than "thank you for your attention to this matter"
I distinctly remember a game journalist who would write up whole blog posts *while walking between E3 appointments*, typing with one hand while holding the laptop in his other.
(Name withheld out of respect)
(Name withheld out of respect)
just walked by a man standing on the metro escalator holding an open laptop, which he appeared to be actively looking at
November 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I distinctly remember a game journalist who would write up whole blog posts *while walking between E3 appointments*, typing with one hand while holding the laptop in his other.
(Name withheld out of respect)
(Name withheld out of respect)
Oh so he just can’t control his caucus, got it
SCOOP: Schumer privately fought to extend government shutdown
Scoop: Schumer privately fought to extend government shutdown
"We let him know what we were doing," said Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.).
www.axios.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Oh so he just can’t control his caucus, got it
I've said it before, but the 5-10 minutes when Zoom is "converting meeting recording" after a lengthy interview are some of the most harrowing of my working life.
November 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I've said it before, but the 5-10 minutes when Zoom is "converting meeting recording" after a lengthy interview are some of the most harrowing of my working life.
I know this chart is wrong because a circa 2000 CRT TV is way more expensive and harder to find today...
Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I know this chart is wrong because a circa 2000 CRT TV is way more expensive and harder to find today...
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like this is basically it, the melts melted under pressure
November 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
like this is basically it, the melts melted under pressure
Most concise summary of the last 1.5 months of politics
Trump: I'm dismantling the Constitution, building a paramilitary fascist army loyal only to me, demolishing the White House, and blowing up the US economy for my billionaire cronies
Schumer: Okay, but you have to extend subsidies for corporate health care
Trump: No
Schumer: Okay
Schumer: Okay, but you have to extend subsidies for corporate health care
Trump: No
Schumer: Okay
November 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Most concise summary of the last 1.5 months of politics
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To repeat: Maybe electing a life-long criminal to an office where he can pardon other criminals wasn't such a good idea.
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
To repeat: Maybe electing a life-long criminal to an office where he can pardon other criminals wasn't such a good idea.