Ridnarhtim
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Ridnarhtim
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yeah hi it's me
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Backlash surrounding Metroid Prime 4’s chatty supporting cast has inadvertently bled into one gamer’s relationship.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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me watching the uk try to figure out how to ban trans people from bathrooms without inconveniencing any cis people
November 22, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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“Say sorry, be nice is a Rockstar slogan, it has been for many, many years. At least in this instance, it doesn’t seem like the company is interested in living by it.”

Watch the video of our demonstration & interviews with dismissed workers at Rockstar North here!
I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct.

That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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That Mina the Hollower delay was worse than I thought.
November 7, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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November 1, 2024 at 10:47 PM
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Japan's "Mundane Halloween" costume contest is back!

Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.

Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!

#MundaneHalloween
November 2, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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We've gotten so many of these pieces where a liberal engages in a good-faith effort to understand Trump voters. Every time, they discover that there's no deeper sympathetic reason they hold their views. They're just misinformed and hateful. My own efforts have found this too.
October 30, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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I love it too!

Among the titles selling exactly 1 NEW unit at US retail in Sept:

3DS Imagine Babyz
PS2 Grandia 3
PS3 Blitz: The League II
PS3 uDraw Pictionary ($5!!)
PS4 Kao the Kangaroo
Wii The Smurfs Dance Party
XBO Balan Wonderworld
XBX Batman Begins
PS3 Wolfenstein
Wii Just Dance 2020

Wheeeee
i love @zackzwiezen.com reporting. this reminds me of something @matpiscatella.bsky.social told me once about how there's still like single digit numbers of copies of games like Chrono Cross or w/e sold regularly because some retailer finds them in a back room somewhere.

kotaku.com/unsold-ps2-g...
Nobody Wants This Old PS2 Game Located In A Delaware Walmart
For sale: PBR: Out of the Chute, never played
kotaku.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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It’s so fucking funny that we’re still getting five NYT op-eds a week calling for the left to tone down their rhetoric
Remember when Hillary Clinton called some Trump supporters “deplorable“?
October 3, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Lammy Blows It
September 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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one of my favorite sketchbook comics, anime press conference
July 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Let the good vibes begin! The Lumines Arise Demo is available NOW through September 3rd.

🦎 THREE Journey stages
👥 Burst Battle multiplayer

PS5 - store.playstation.com/concept/1001...
Steam - store.steampowered.com/app/3847360/...
lumines.game/demo
August 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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I don't have the proper words to say more than this now but

I was just laid off. My role at Giant Squid is being eliminated.

If your studio is looking for an environment artist, please let me know ASAP. I have 5+ years of experience.

thank you
August 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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usually if you ask experts why an empire fell they’ll say it’s nuanced and multifaceted, so i think it’s kind of cool that with America future historians will get to just say like “oh they took the idiot train to moronsville”
August 10, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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July 31, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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HD 2D Action Cream Cheese
July 31, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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When Square-Enix begins a trailer with a town called Philabieldia, you know the game is going to have a wild name...

Don't miss our Nintendo Direct reaction with @leovader.com and @jacobgeller.com the wise. youtube.com/live/DurkbGQ...
July 31, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Newgrounds' approach to verifying age is interesting and transparent.
July 30, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Wait I can't fucking DM on here if I don't verify my age?
July 30, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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Once again, there is an ACLU petition specifically made to stop Mastercard from unlawfully policing adult content. It’s getting pretty grim for us out there. Please sign and/or spread the word.
action.aclu.org/petition/mas...
Mastercard: Sex Work is Work. End Your Unjust Policy.
Mastercard's new policy unfairly targets the adult content industry, making sex workers more vulnerable, especially Black trans women. It must be stopped.
action.aclu.org
July 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Maybe we could find out.

Mastercard (US): 1-800-627-8372
Mastercard (Int.): +1-636-722-7111
Visa (US + Can): 1 800 847 2911
Visa (AUS): 1 800 125 440
PayPal: +44-0203-901-7000
Collective Shout, the group that took credit for bullying Mastercard into recently censoring more platforms, stated that apparently it took them ~1000 phonecalls to convince them to give them what they wanted?

We got like way more people than that don't we?
ok then. one angle of attack then needs to be actively bombarding Visa and Mastercard's phone numbers and emails.

are customer support phone numbers/emails the best avenue to start with or is there a better option?
July 24, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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Dwayne, my former managing editor, is out at Waypoint. Only two writers remain: @peagle05.bsky.social and @brentkoepp.bsky.social

Both have been nothing but supportive of me & wonderful to work with. They both need the work very badly. That’s how bad the industry is rn. Please give them support.
Aaaand with my Slack being unceremoniously deactivated following my own formal announcement of my resignation and the exodus of 66% of the team, that's ballgame on *that* particularly gruesome era of my career! 🙃
July 21, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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"Cops don't have Blink, cops have something else... It's called Bonk, and it's where your brain barely works" is an all-time greatest line
July 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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INFO : des licenciements de masse sont est cours chez Virtuos, studio derrière Oblivion Remastered et le futur Metal Gear Solid Δ.

300 postes (7% de l'effectif) sont à risque chez ce spécialiste de la sous-traitance implanté en Asie, aux USA et en Europe, dont trois antennes en France.

🧵 1/10
July 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM