Shawn Farner
@pixelquips.bsky.social
Content strategist & marketer. Handheld gaming system enthusiast. Eagles fan. NYC transplant by way of PA and The State We Don't Talk About. Formerly of That Company with All Those Websites.
I came across this randomly. Had no idea this re-release was done and released in August. How cool! store.steampowered.com/app/3504570/...
Save 25% on Fear Effect on Steam
Fear Effect, the pioneering cel-shaded cinematic action game, returns!
store.steampowered.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I came across this randomly. Had no idea this re-release was done and released in August. How cool! store.steampowered.com/app/3504570/...
Games/tech press in 2025, in a nutshell
I spent years on a journalism degree to tell you Homer's nipples have leaked in Fortnite
It was all building to this.
www.pcgamer.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Games/tech press in 2025, in a nutshell
My new favorite headline is “This SSD is selling for -$37, they will pay you to take it, seriously Amazon is going to go out of business”
We really need a way forward that isn’t affiliate stuff.
We really need a way forward that isn’t affiliate stuff.
November 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
My new favorite headline is “This SSD is selling for -$37, they will pay you to take it, seriously Amazon is going to go out of business”
We really need a way forward that isn’t affiliate stuff.
We really need a way forward that isn’t affiliate stuff.
Okay, sabbatical over. Time to do some side stuff.
November 19, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Okay, sabbatical over. Time to do some side stuff.
@reckless.bsky.social No IRC mentions for file sharing on Version History. Shocked! Also feeling more ancient than everyone on the planet earth. Bones and dust.
November 19, 2025 at 6:57 PM
@reckless.bsky.social No IRC mentions for file sharing on Version History. Shocked! Also feeling more ancient than everyone on the planet earth. Bones and dust.
This is just straight-up death to publishers who stick to ads. Even if you try to move to subs, though — have you built something worth paying for? Or, you know… spent years convincing everyone the answer to that is no. martech.org/almost-no-on...
Almost no one is clicking on ChatGPT links | MarTech
Newly revealed data exposes how little traffic ChatGPT drives to publishers. Spoiler alert: The gap between visibility and clicks is huge.
martech.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
This is just straight-up death to publishers who stick to ads. Even if you try to move to subs, though — have you built something worth paying for? Or, you know… spent years convincing everyone the answer to that is no. martech.org/almost-no-on...
I have this game on like every other platform. Why do I still want this? What is wrong with me?
November 19, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I have this game on like every other platform. Why do I still want this? What is wrong with me?
So many websites being so bad means, when they’re inevitably chomped by the Google shark, the runway will be totally clear for anyone who wants to do things the right way.
November 15, 2025 at 12:25 AM
So many websites being so bad means, when they’re inevitably chomped by the Google shark, the runway will be totally clear for anyone who wants to do things the right way.
Reposted by Shawn Farner
If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.
November 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.
I always get some joy out of seeing people gaming out in the world. Shout to the dude playing Hollow Knight on the B. 🫡
November 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I always get some joy out of seeing people gaming out in the world. Shout to the dude playing Hollow Knight on the B. 🫡
Somewhat freeing: now I can outwardly laugh at stuff like this without being the reason a website gets blacklisted.
November 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Somewhat freeing: now I can outwardly laugh at stuff like this without being the reason a website gets blacklisted.
In the long list of movies I’ve watched this year, I can include the three “____ Has Fallen” movies. You can poo poo these but, I don’t know. How’d we get so many Fast & Furious movies and only three of these?
November 11, 2025 at 2:29 AM
In the long list of movies I’ve watched this year, I can include the three “____ Has Fallen” movies. You can poo poo these but, I don’t know. How’d we get so many Fast & Furious movies and only three of these?
Just occurred to me that next year is the 10th anniversary of Doom 2016. It's currently a weird omission from the PC Game Pass library. Perhaps Microsoft puts out an updated version to check the non-Steam multiplayer and Play Anywhere boxes. Not sure it even needs a touch-up.
November 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Just occurred to me that next year is the 10th anniversary of Doom 2016. It's currently a weird omission from the PC Game Pass library. Perhaps Microsoft puts out an updated version to check the non-Steam multiplayer and Play Anywhere boxes. Not sure it even needs a touch-up.
I can’t believe Einstein used ChatGPT. Really disappointing.
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I can’t believe Einstein used ChatGPT. Really disappointing.
Just got off the most eerily quiet subway car ever. Totally packed but almost silent. I had to check to make sure I didn’t have ANC on. I knocked on something to see if I could hear it. Was like traveling with Falcons fans after the Super Bowl in 2017.
November 7, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Just got off the most eerily quiet subway car ever. Totally packed but almost silent. I had to check to make sure I didn’t have ANC on. I knocked on something to see if I could hear it. Was like traveling with Falcons fans after the Super Bowl in 2017.
My kingdom for a chunky phone that doesn’t have a camera bump and uses all that space for a bigger battery. One that lays flat on a desk.
November 4, 2025 at 1:11 PM
My kingdom for a chunky phone that doesn’t have a camera bump and uses all that space for a bigger battery. One that lays flat on a desk.
I'm still listening to job offers but only if you are Auntie Anne's and only if the job title is "VP of AI Pretzel Futurism." I want people to be shocked it exists.
November 4, 2025 at 2:33 AM
I'm still listening to job offers but only if you are Auntie Anne's and only if the job title is "VP of AI Pretzel Futurism." I want people to be shocked it exists.
Everyone now catching on to the fact that Microsoft is juicing the Xbox "Stream Your Own Game" and "Play Anywhere" numbers with a bunch of games no one's ever heard of.
www.trueachievements.com/news/xbox-ga...
www.trueachievements.com/news/xbox-ga...
Xbox Game Pass adds 60 more games to your personal streaming library
Microsoft has added another 60 games to the Stream Your Own Game library for Xbox Game Pass with its first update to the feature in November.
www.trueachievements.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Everyone now catching on to the fact that Microsoft is juicing the Xbox "Stream Your Own Game" and "Play Anywhere" numbers with a bunch of games no one's ever heard of.
www.trueachievements.com/news/xbox-ga...
www.trueachievements.com/news/xbox-ga...
Putting aside the very rough start, Master Chief Collection is kind of an achievement. Bringing multiple Halo games AND their multiplayer modes together into one interface — it took a lot. And it’s done. Sort of confused about why Microsoft wouldn’t want to push that everywhere.
November 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Putting aside the very rough start, Master Chief Collection is kind of an achievement. Bringing multiple Halo games AND their multiplayer modes together into one interface — it took a lot. And it’s done. Sort of confused about why Microsoft wouldn’t want to push that everywhere.
I don't know what got into me.
November 1, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I don't know what got into me.
I genuinely thought this service would be dead by now. Outside of sports, appointment TV is on the outs and fighting with legacy media entities doesn’t seem like something Google would want to keep doing.
YouTube TV Is Out To “Eliminate Competition,” Disney Execs Tell Employees In Carriage Fight Update
YouTube TV wants to "eliminate competition" and "devalue the very content that helped them build their service," top Disney executives charged.
deadline.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I genuinely thought this service would be dead by now. Outside of sports, appointment TV is on the outs and fighting with legacy media entities doesn’t seem like something Google would want to keep doing.
Not intending to let the reporter off the hook by any means, but there are few places left that aren’t being squeezed. Things are getting sloppier across the board.
Bill de Blasio or DeBlasio? What happened when a longstanding newspaper failed to verify its source.
A respected UK paper failed to verify it was talking to the right Bill de Blasio and quoted a wine importer instead of the former NYC mayor.
www.poynter.org
October 31, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Not intending to let the reporter off the hook by any means, but there are few places left that aren’t being squeezed. Things are getting sloppier across the board.