Patrick Dougherty
@patdough.bsky.social
Tools and stuff @ Santa Monica Studio. Making games in my spare time. Thoughts are my own.
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Haven’t been able to get this out of my head, just staggering
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 19, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Haven’t been able to get this out of my head, just staggering
This Packers team is disjointed
November 16, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This Packers team is disjointed
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NEW: the new game Dispatch is a huge hit (1 million copies!). But few people know how close it came to never existing.
Here's the wild story, from a canceled Splinter Cell game (scoop!) to a Telltale divorce to the founders not taking paychecks for six months: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Here's the wild story, from a canceled Splinter Cell game (scoop!) to a Telltale divorce to the founders not taking paychecks for six months: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
The Turbulent, Seven-Year Saga Behind Hit Game ‘Dispatch’
The narrative, superhero game starring Aaron Paul of ‘Breaking Bad’ sold 1 million copies in the 10 days following its Oct. 22 release
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
NEW: the new game Dispatch is a huge hit (1 million copies!). But few people know how close it came to never existing.
Here's the wild story, from a canceled Splinter Cell game (scoop!) to a Telltale divorce to the founders not taking paychecks for six months: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Here's the wild story, from a canceled Splinter Cell game (scoop!) to a Telltale divorce to the founders not taking paychecks for six months: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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Klute is leaving the Criterion Channel at the end of the month, and you should watch it, and then maybe read this. if you feel like it, no pressure.
November 14, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Klute is leaving the Criterion Channel at the end of the month, and you should watch it, and then maybe read this. if you feel like it, no pressure.
This deserved BETTER
November 10, 2025 at 4:10 AM
This deserved BETTER
Ladd McConkey is an enigma. Has there been a Ladd in the NFL before, ever?
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Ladd McConkey is an enigma. Has there been a Ladd in the NFL before, ever?
I swear to god I enjoy MLS but it’s like they couldn’t decide how to pick a playoff format OR promote it. I hear more about Rivalry Week and Decision Day than playoff matchups. It’s near impossible to follow. And why does the app take 6 years to load? And and and and
Two days ago Austin's website said they were scheduled to play a Game 3 at an undetermined time in a series they'd already lost
November 10, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I swear to god I enjoy MLS but it’s like they couldn’t decide how to pick a playoff format OR promote it. I hear more about Rivalry Week and Decision Day than playoff matchups. It’s near impossible to follow. And why does the app take 6 years to load? And and and and
Just going to focus on the fact if Iowa’s punter would have panicked on both of those it would be 14-0 instead of 2-0
November 8, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Just going to focus on the fact if Iowa’s punter would have panicked on both of those it would be 14-0 instead of 2-0
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Okay not to be dramatic but if Iowa can’t punt we’re screwed
November 8, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Okay not to be dramatic but if Iowa can’t punt we’re screwed
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Lionhead's secret best game, The Movies, turns twenty today. I wrote about why I think it's so special and under-appreciated. It's abandonware, btw, so you can download this free from archive.org or whatever. www.eurogamer.net/lionheads-se...
Lionhead's secret best game, and one of the greatest ever abandonware games - The Movies - turns 20 today
As Lionhead's The Movies turns 20 years old, we remember just how great it was.
www.eurogamer.net
November 8, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Lionhead's secret best game, The Movies, turns twenty today. I wrote about why I think it's so special and under-appreciated. It's abandonware, btw, so you can download this free from archive.org or whatever. www.eurogamer.net/lionheads-se...
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Zohran Mamdani: "So Donald Trump, since I know you're watching, I have four words for you: Turn the volume up."
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Zohran Mamdani: "So Donald Trump, since I know you're watching, I have four words for you: Turn the volume up."
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Still need more baseball?
We found a CD in our archives containing dozens of unused voice lines from MLB Slugfest 20-03 rejected by the MLB. Here's some of our favorites.
We found a CD in our archives containing dozens of unused voice lines from MLB Slugfest 20-03 rejected by the MLB. Here's some of our favorites.
November 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Still need more baseball?
We found a CD in our archives containing dozens of unused voice lines from MLB Slugfest 20-03 rejected by the MLB. Here's some of our favorites.
We found a CD in our archives containing dozens of unused voice lines from MLB Slugfest 20-03 rejected by the MLB. Here's some of our favorites.
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It's not going great
October 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
It's not going great
Bonkers cast. Whoever suggested Joel Haver is a genius, he’s so under appreciated
October 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Bonkers cast. Whoever suggested Joel Haver is a genius, he’s so under appreciated
Dunno what it is exactly, but I have spent many late nights doing everything in Ghost of Yōtei. Awesome.
October 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Dunno what it is exactly, but I have spent many late nights doing everything in Ghost of Yōtei. Awesome.
Iowa you only bring me pain
October 19, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Iowa you only bring me pain
Atsu: I should go in quietly
Me:
Me:
October 19, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Atsu: I should go in quietly
Me:
Me:
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I'd love to know what every comedian who played the Riyadh Comedy Festival thinks of this piece by Jonathan Liew. It's an electrifying read. And really hard to think what any counter-justification from the participating comics would consist of. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We know what the comedians got out of the Riyadh comedy festival. What about the Saudi regime? | Jonathan Liew
The tawdry event was an ultimately doomed attempt by the Saudi government to buy the kind of authentic grassroots culture it is unwilling to countenance, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
www.theguardian.com
October 11, 2025 at 8:26 AM
I'd love to know what every comedian who played the Riyadh Comedy Festival thinks of this piece by Jonathan Liew. It's an electrifying read. And really hard to think what any counter-justification from the participating comics would consist of. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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STEPHANOPOULOS: Hold on a second. Answer the question. As Speaker, do you believe it's appropriate to use American cities as training grounds for the military, calling those people 'the enemy within'?
JOHNSON: I'm not comment on your characterization of what the president said.
S: Those are quotes
JOHNSON: I'm not comment on your characterization of what the president said.
S: Those are quotes
October 1, 2025 at 1:05 PM
STEPHANOPOULOS: Hold on a second. Answer the question. As Speaker, do you believe it's appropriate to use American cities as training grounds for the military, calling those people 'the enemy within'?
JOHNSON: I'm not comment on your characterization of what the president said.
S: Those are quotes
JOHNSON: I'm not comment on your characterization of what the president said.
S: Those are quotes
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A video journalist was injured on Tuesday during a tumultuous scene involving federal agents at a Manhattan immigration courthouse less than a week after another officer was captured on video shoving a woman in a confrontation. nyti.ms/4nxXAY2
October 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM
A video journalist was injured on Tuesday during a tumultuous scene involving federal agents at a Manhattan immigration courthouse less than a week after another officer was captured on video shoving a woman in a confrontation. nyti.ms/4nxXAY2
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September 29, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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TFW u open BlueSky and a bunch of ppl are vaguely posting about the same shit
August 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
TFW u open BlueSky and a bunch of ppl are vaguely posting about the same shit
Packers just really making today special, thanks for that
September 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Packers just really making today special, thanks for that
No one cares, creep
September 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
No one cares, creep