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Game maker, professor at Carnegie Mellon University. My employer has many, often contradicting, views. Currently making Future? No Thanks!
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After 4 years of work, my solarpunk game finally has a title, a trailer, and a Steam page!
Wishlist... Future? No Thanks!
👉 futurenothanks.com
After 4 years of work, my solarpunk game finally has a title, a trailer, and a Steam page!
Wishlist... Future? No Thanks!
👉 futurenothanks.com
I've been playing Q-UP, a brilliant and deeply weird incremental game with an esports theme.
It starts with a simple coin flip and spirals into a fugue of emergent mechanics.
I'll post some thoughts here as I idly play…
store.steampowered.com/app/3730790/...
It starts with a simple coin flip and spirals into a fugue of emergent mechanics.
I'll post some thoughts here as I idly play…
store.steampowered.com/app/3730790/...
Save 10% on Q-UP on Steam
Sick of long queues, unfair matchups, and arbitrary reflex tests? Try Q-UP, the coin flipping eSport. It's one part clicker, one part multiplayer strategy game, one part demented capitalism simulator,...
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November 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I've been playing Q-UP, a brilliant and deeply weird incremental game with an esports theme.
It starts with a simple coin flip and spirals into a fugue of emergent mechanics.
I'll post some thoughts here as I idly play…
store.steampowered.com/app/3730790/...
It starts with a simple coin flip and spirals into a fugue of emergent mechanics.
I'll post some thoughts here as I idly play…
store.steampowered.com/app/3730790/...
The media’s obsessive need to reframe broader capitalist restructuring (precarity, gig work, underemployment) as personal lifestyle choices.
November 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The media’s obsessive need to reframe broader capitalist restructuring (precarity, gig work, underemployment) as personal lifestyle choices.
Affirmation: I will live a fulfilling life of gamemaking without ever knowing who the hell Geff Keighley is
November 8, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Affirmation: I will live a fulfilling life of gamemaking without ever knowing who the hell Geff Keighley is
Me, updating a game from Unity 2020.3.24 to Unity 2020.3.49
November 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Me, updating a game from Unity 2020.3.24 to Unity 2020.3.49
Poignant piece by one of Fetterman’s former staffers.
It’s also a good reminder that much of this guy’s sparkling social media presence was the work of some overqualified young writer from Brooklyn.
It’s also a good reminder that much of this guy’s sparkling social media presence was the work of some overqualified young writer from Brooklyn.
"The Fettermans of the world have cut off their own feet, and then gleefully rolled about on the floor, wondering why on earth they cannot walk."
When I Was John Fetterman
I was one of the senator’s most dedicated consultants—until I saw a side of him that made me sick.
www.thenation.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Poignant piece by one of Fetterman’s former staffers.
It’s also a good reminder that much of this guy’s sparkling social media presence was the work of some overqualified young writer from Brooklyn.
It’s also a good reminder that much of this guy’s sparkling social media presence was the work of some overqualified young writer from Brooklyn.
I have a bold theory: Guitar Hero is responsible for the worst decade of rock music in half a century.
Guitar Hero peaked around 2007 and quickly declined.
It boosted interest in classic rock, AND YET the 2010s were objectively awful for new guitar-driven acts.
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
Guitar Hero peaked around 2007 and quickly declined.
It boosted interest in classic rock, AND YET the 2010s were objectively awful for new guitar-driven acts.
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
Guitar Hero at 20 – how a plastic axe bridged the gap between rock generations
Guitar Hero’s controllers let anyone become a star in their own living room – and made the bands featured in the game household names again
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I have a bold theory: Guitar Hero is responsible for the worst decade of rock music in half a century.
Guitar Hero peaked around 2007 and quickly declined.
It boosted interest in classic rock, AND YET the 2010s were objectively awful for new guitar-driven acts.
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
Guitar Hero peaked around 2007 and quickly declined.
It boosted interest in classic rock, AND YET the 2010s were objectively awful for new guitar-driven acts.
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
Lovely introduction to game design, distilling decades of thinking by Raph and many others.
I can't wait to discuss it in my classes.
I can't wait to discuss it in my classes.
Game design is simple, actually. Except when it isn't. Here are the 12 things you need to know.
Game design is simple, actually
So, let’s just walk through the whole thing, end to end. Here’s a twelve-step program for understanding game design. One: Fun There are a lot of things people call “fun.” But most of them are not useful for getting better at making games, which is usually why people read articles like this. The fun of a bit of confetti exploding in front of you, and the fun of excruciating pain and risk to life and limb as you free climb a cliff are just not usefully paired together.
www.raphkoster.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Lovely introduction to game design, distilling decades of thinking by Raph and many others.
I can't wait to discuss it in my classes.
I can't wait to discuss it in my classes.
The Authoritarian Stack: a concise interactive feature on the takeover of democratic institutions by tech oligarchs.
The U.S. may already be cooked, but the rest of the world still has time to shift toward sovereign platforms.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
The U.S. may already be cooked, but the rest of the world still has time to shift toward sovereign platforms.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The Authoritarian Stack: a concise interactive feature on the takeover of democratic institutions by tech oligarchs.
The U.S. may already be cooked, but the rest of the world still has time to shift toward sovereign platforms.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
The U.S. may already be cooked, but the rest of the world still has time to shift toward sovereign platforms.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
Future? No Thanks! Is officially releasing on the same day as GTA VI (whatever that is) so this gives 6 more months to finish it!
Grand Theft Auto VI delayed to Nov 19, 2026 www.rockstargames.com/newswire/art...
November 6, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Future? No Thanks! Is officially releasing on the same day as GTA VI (whatever that is) so this gives 6 more months to finish it!
To be fair, they basically invented the turgid kitsch style that’s now the default for AI slop
Coca-Cola's annual Christmas commercial is AI-generated again
The company used even fewer people to make it this year
“We need to keep moving forward and pushing the envelope … The genie is out of the bottle, and you’re not going to put it back in"
(via THR)
The company used even fewer people to make it this year
“We need to keep moving forward and pushing the envelope … The genie is out of the bottle, and you’re not going to put it back in"
(via THR)
November 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
To be fair, they basically invented the turgid kitsch style that’s now the default for AI slop
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good morning specifically to the FBI agent who introduced Mamdani’s dad to Marx
November 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
good morning specifically to the FBI agent who introduced Mamdani’s dad to Marx
The bad news is that *even in the current climate* liberals, capitalists, and mainstream media will form a united front with the fascists to oppose a center-left candidate.
The good news is that they can be defeated.
The good news is that they can be defeated.
November 5, 2025 at 3:20 AM
The bad news is that *even in the current climate* liberals, capitalists, and mainstream media will form a united front with the fascists to oppose a center-left candidate.
The good news is that they can be defeated.
The good news is that they can be defeated.
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Calling all game developers working on making the future a better place, or addressing the bullshit of our current time in some creative way! Where are you? Let's connect and team up.
October 30, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Calling all game developers working on making the future a better place, or addressing the bullshit of our current time in some creative way! Where are you? Let's connect and team up.
October 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
There is something truly remarkable about Generative AI.
Several years in this revolution, half of the US GDP dumped to make these tools free, and i can't think of a single generated artifact, text, image, sound, video that had a significant cultural impact.
Several years in this revolution, half of the US GDP dumped to make these tools free, and i can't think of a single generated artifact, text, image, sound, video that had a significant cultural impact.
October 28, 2025 at 7:46 PM
There is something truly remarkable about Generative AI.
Several years in this revolution, half of the US GDP dumped to make these tools free, and i can't think of a single generated artifact, text, image, sound, video that had a significant cultural impact.
Several years in this revolution, half of the US GDP dumped to make these tools free, and i can't think of a single generated artifact, text, image, sound, video that had a significant cultural impact.
🎃 Spooky season is almost over, but you can still peruse my list of smart/pretentious horror movies and impress friends and lovers.
letterboxd.com/molleindustr...
letterboxd.com/molleindustr...
October 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
🎃 Spooky season is almost over, but you can still peruse my list of smart/pretentious horror movies and impress friends and lovers.
letterboxd.com/molleindustr...
letterboxd.com/molleindustr...
I spent some quality time in Messenger, a tiny Japan-themed open-world game where you make deliveries alongside other players.
Brilliant level design and sharp, minimalist writing.
It runs in the browser, and you can finish a quest in just a couple of minutes. You have no excuse!
messenger.abeto.co
Brilliant level design and sharp, minimalist writing.
It runs in the browser, and you can finish a quest in just a couple of minutes. You have no excuse!
messenger.abeto.co
October 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I spent some quality time in Messenger, a tiny Japan-themed open-world game where you make deliveries alongside other players.
Brilliant level design and sharp, minimalist writing.
It runs in the browser, and you can finish a quest in just a couple of minutes. You have no excuse!
messenger.abeto.co
Brilliant level design and sharp, minimalist writing.
It runs in the browser, and you can finish a quest in just a couple of minutes. You have no excuse!
messenger.abeto.co
Good article by @im.giovanh.com about a "cozy" airport security game.
Wholesome games tend to reimagine labor -and reality as a whole- as we'd like it to be: beautiful, tidy, meaningful, social... but why would there be terrorist threats in this utopia?
blog.giovanh.com/blog/2025/10...
Wholesome games tend to reimagine labor -and reality as a whole- as we'd like it to be: beautiful, tidy, meaningful, social... but why would there be terrorist threats in this utopia?
blog.giovanh.com/blog/2025/10...
October 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Good article by @im.giovanh.com about a "cozy" airport security game.
Wholesome games tend to reimagine labor -and reality as a whole- as we'd like it to be: beautiful, tidy, meaningful, social... but why would there be terrorist threats in this utopia?
blog.giovanh.com/blog/2025/10...
Wholesome games tend to reimagine labor -and reality as a whole- as we'd like it to be: beautiful, tidy, meaningful, social... but why would there be terrorist threats in this utopia?
blog.giovanh.com/blog/2025/10...
In the Fourth of July show at LIKLIKE we had a mod of Teardown in which you just demolish the White House.
I didn't expect it to become so... bipartisan?
I didn't expect it to become so... bipartisan?
October 22, 2025 at 7:28 PM
In the Fourth of July show at LIKLIKE we had a mod of Teardown in which you just demolish the White House.
I didn't expect it to become so... bipartisan?
I didn't expect it to become so... bipartisan?
I bought a carbon offset generated by the Dakota Access Pipeline disruption. It won't completely offset my latest flight but every bit helps 📉
Offset Marketplace is a new project in collaboration with @tega.bsky.social. We calculate the carbon savings of industrial sabotage, package these savings into carbon credits, and sell them as certificates. Profits are then donated back to the activists responsible for the actions. offset.labr.io
October 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I bought a carbon offset generated by the Dakota Access Pipeline disruption. It won't completely offset my latest flight but every bit helps 📉
Today I learned about Gerhard Munthe, who, in the early 20th century, designed some extremely Atari-looking tapestries with titles like "Blood Tower"
October 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Today I learned about Gerhard Munthe, who, in the early 20th century, designed some extremely Atari-looking tapestries with titles like "Blood Tower"
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Why would a billionaire want a functioning paper? Functioning papers cover shit like “did you know this billionaire makes his workers pee into bottles instead of taking a break” and “you pay way more tax than a guy with ten yachts”
Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...
The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay
Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.
www.forbes.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Why would a billionaire want a functioning paper? Functioning papers cover shit like “did you know this billionaire makes his workers pee into bottles instead of taking a break” and “you pay way more tax than a guy with ten yachts”
All experts agree: the world simply doesn’t have enough homework to cheat on to justify all these AI investments
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster
The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.
futurism.com
October 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
All experts agree: the world simply doesn’t have enough homework to cheat on to justify all these AI investments
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...