Learning Laser
@learninglaser.bsky.social
Science Comedy and other fun.
Exactly why I'll never free-to-play.
The reason to play a game should be "IT'S FUN!" not "your chance of maybe getting a variant picture of one character is slightly higher than normal!"
The reason to play a game should be "IT'S FUN!" not "your chance of maybe getting a variant picture of one character is slightly higher than normal!"
November 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Exactly why I'll never free-to-play.
The reason to play a game should be "IT'S FUN!" not "your chance of maybe getting a variant picture of one character is slightly higher than normal!"
The reason to play a game should be "IT'S FUN!" not "your chance of maybe getting a variant picture of one character is slightly higher than normal!"
"If they are not punished, how can the people be appeased!"
November 8, 2025 at 12:13 PM
"If they are not punished, how can the people be appeased!"
Giving today's Popeye credit for the first Actually Functional Magic Scroll
November 2, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Giving today's Popeye credit for the first Actually Functional Magic Scroll
If you see this, quote with a robot that isn't from "Star Wars", "Star Trek", "Doctor Who", or "Transformers".
October 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
If you see this, quote with a robot that isn't from "Star Wars", "Star Trek", "Doctor Who", or "Transformers".
Billionaires are and always have been an extinction-level threat
October 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Billionaires are and always have been an extinction-level threat
Useful standard response to AI
October 28, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Useful standard response to AI
I love my ridiculous Shark Bastards.
Such a gloriously textured fun read. Particularly love the chaos-worshipping 'faculty', still chasing tenure after all this time.
Such a gloriously textured fun read. Particularly love the chaos-worshipping 'faculty', still chasing tenure after all this time.
October 26, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I love my ridiculous Shark Bastards.
Such a gloriously textured fun read. Particularly love the chaos-worshipping 'faculty', still chasing tenure after all this time.
Such a gloriously textured fun read. Particularly love the chaos-worshipping 'faculty', still chasing tenure after all this time.
THIS IS WHY I GOT A PS2
There were some other masterpieces later but IT'S TRICKY TO ROCK A RHYME TO ROCK A RHYME THAT'S RIGHT ON TIME
There were some other masterpieces later but IT'S TRICKY TO ROCK A RHYME TO ROCK A RHYME THAT'S RIGHT ON TIME
October 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
THIS IS WHY I GOT A PS2
There were some other masterpieces later but IT'S TRICKY TO ROCK A RHYME TO ROCK A RHYME THAT'S RIGHT ON TIME
There were some other masterpieces later but IT'S TRICKY TO ROCK A RHYME TO ROCK A RHYME THAT'S RIGHT ON TIME
I want smaller games with more style made by fewer people who get more of the money and I'm not kidding
And if the word 'shmup' means anything to you, go play the free BIRDCAGE demo
store.steampowered.com/app/2618150/...
And if the word 'shmup' means anything to you, go play the free BIRDCAGE demo
store.steampowered.com/app/2618150/...
October 22, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I want smaller games with more style made by fewer people who get more of the money and I'm not kidding
And if the word 'shmup' means anything to you, go play the free BIRDCAGE demo
store.steampowered.com/app/2618150/...
And if the word 'shmup' means anything to you, go play the free BIRDCAGE demo
store.steampowered.com/app/2618150/...
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only
October 19, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only
Don't threaten me with a net good for all human society
October 19, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Don't threaten me with a net good for all human society
British delegates refused to sit for a portrait of the Treaty of Paris which recognised the United States as a country. I finished it!
(Thanks to @ironspike.bsky.social for posting the story, a powerful moment in the history of pettiness)
(Thanks to @ironspike.bsky.social for posting the story, a powerful moment in the history of pettiness)
October 19, 2025 at 11:49 AM
British delegates refused to sit for a portrait of the Treaty of Paris which recognised the United States as a country. I finished it!
(Thanks to @ironspike.bsky.social for posting the story, a powerful moment in the history of pettiness)
(Thanks to @ironspike.bsky.social for posting the story, a powerful moment in the history of pettiness)
Forget skateboarding, if you care about games, graphics, or experiences, you must try the SKATE STORY DEMO
You are a demon made of glass and you must skate to EAT THE MOON
store.steampowered.com/app/1263240/...
You are a demon made of glass and you must skate to EAT THE MOON
store.steampowered.com/app/1263240/...
October 19, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Forget skateboarding, if you care about games, graphics, or experiences, you must try the SKATE STORY DEMO
You are a demon made of glass and you must skate to EAT THE MOON
store.steampowered.com/app/1263240/...
You are a demon made of glass and you must skate to EAT THE MOON
store.steampowered.com/app/1263240/...
Just got Mars First Logistics and the rest of my life is in danger.
So cute!
So physics!
Such perfect combination of simple objectives with infinite player choice in achieving them!
So cute!
So physics!
Such perfect combination of simple objectives with infinite player choice in achieving them!
October 19, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Just got Mars First Logistics and the rest of my life is in danger.
So cute!
So physics!
Such perfect combination of simple objectives with infinite player choice in achieving them!
So cute!
So physics!
Such perfect combination of simple objectives with infinite player choice in achieving them!
I don't think "give them money and your legal documents for porn" is a step towards any kind of god we want to make
October 18, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I don't think "give them money and your legal documents for porn" is a step towards any kind of god we want to make
I'm not even going to tell you to buy ABSOLUM, I'm just gonna link the demo again then you'll do it yourself!
YOU SHOULD ABSOLUMLEY TRY THE DEMO!
store.steampowered.com/app/1904480/...
YOU SHOULD ABSOLUMLEY TRY THE DEMO!
store.steampowered.com/app/1904480/...
October 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I'm not even going to tell you to buy ABSOLUM, I'm just gonna link the demo again then you'll do it yourself!
YOU SHOULD ABSOLUMLEY TRY THE DEMO!
store.steampowered.com/app/1904480/...
YOU SHOULD ABSOLUMLEY TRY THE DEMO!
store.steampowered.com/app/1904480/...
Street Fighter 6 level: enjoying playing against strangers even when they're dragon-punchers.
Yeah, this game got me again.
Yeah, this game got me again.
September 29, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Street Fighter 6 level: enjoying playing against strangers even when they're dragon-punchers.
Yeah, this game got me again.
Yeah, this game got me again.
My excitement for VOYAGER: Across the Unknown just multiplied a millionfold. A 1-minute trailer, they showed just one choice, and this was it. The people involved *KNOW* what we want!
September 25, 2025 at 10:17 AM
My excitement for VOYAGER: Across the Unknown just multiplied a millionfold. A 1-minute trailer, they showed just one choice, and this was it. The people involved *KNOW* what we want!
Then I bought I AM YOUR BEAST and WOOOOOOO! There's a game that respects your time and fills it with genuine action, new tool, new challenge, bigger challenge, better challenge, and more character in thirty second cutscenes than entire AAA scripts.
INDIE FOREVER!
INDIE FOREVER!
September 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Then I bought I AM YOUR BEAST and WOOOOOOO! There's a game that respects your time and fills it with genuine action, new tool, new challenge, bigger challenge, better challenge, and more character in thirty second cutscenes than entire AAA scripts.
INDIE FOREVER!
INDIE FOREVER!
Kindle just told me they don't want my money ever again. This device works fine, running its latest firmware, everything as updated as it can be, 50% of the way through this exact ebook, but some fucker greys out a an Excel cell on the other side of a the planet and it's Deliberately Broken
September 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Kindle just told me they don't want my money ever again. This device works fine, running its latest firmware, everything as updated as it can be, 50% of the way through this exact ebook, but some fucker greys out a an Excel cell on the other side of a the planet and it's Deliberately Broken
If you're not reading Extra Evil, you're missing out on exquisitely sharpened savagery
www.extra-evil.com/extra-evil-s...
www.extra-evil.com/extra-evil-s...
September 18, 2025 at 12:59 PM
If you're not reading Extra Evil, you're missing out on exquisitely sharpened savagery
www.extra-evil.com/extra-evil-s...
www.extra-evil.com/extra-evil-s...
F.A.B.! Already grinning like my head is made of two separate pieces of wood, I'll be looking forward to this all week.
September 13, 2025 at 7:12 PM
F.A.B.! Already grinning like my head is made of two separate pieces of wood, I'll be looking forward to this all week.
A busy summer meant I suddenly had a WHOLE MONTH of Dan Schkade's gorgeous modern Flash Gordon to catch up on! Woohoo!
comicskingdom.com/flash-gordon...
comicskingdom.com/flash-gordon...
September 11, 2025 at 10:04 AM
A busy summer meant I suddenly had a WHOLE MONTH of Dan Schkade's gorgeous modern Flash Gordon to catch up on! Woohoo!
comicskingdom.com/flash-gordon...
comicskingdom.com/flash-gordon...
Doctor I trust more than RFK Jr
September 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Doctor I trust more than RFK Jr