Jameson Thatcher
@sireel.itch.io
Unemployed professional gamedev, dad of two. Vegetarian, jazz fan, MTG player. I like thinking about a positive eco friendly future, and learning about technology of the past
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Jameson Thatcher
@sireel.itch.io
· Oct 1
Lunch Rush by SirEel
Make burgers, as fast as you can
sireel.itch.io
Lunch Rush is out now: sireel.itch.io/lunch-rush
Make burgers, as fast as you can!
Free to play, in your browser. PC, and mobile browsers are both supported
Make burgers, as fast as you can!
Free to play, in your browser. PC, and mobile browsers are both supported
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if this is gonna happen in under a month to every multiplayer game that has almost a decade in the oven then at the very least it should just be open sourced and left to the laid off devs to do whatever with. literally the least you can do
Highguard's website - "This site is currently unavailable." playhighguard.com
February 17, 2026 at 6:13 PM
if this is gonna happen in under a month to every multiplayer game that has almost a decade in the oven then at the very least it should just be open sourced and left to the laid off devs to do whatever with. literally the least you can do
Decided to change my handle to link my itch page. I doubt it'll drive any traffic, but I guess it makes it clearer what I'm about :D
February 17, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Decided to change my handle to link my itch page. I doubt it'll drive any traffic, but I guess it makes it clearer what I'm about :D
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the Black Panthers were right
February 15, 2026 at 5:47 PM
the Black Panthers were right
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Exasperatingly frequently necessary reminder that the weaponization of ableism and fatphobia and homophobia and transphobia against your political enemies still works to NORMALIZE those things, thus SYSTEMICALLY HARMING your supposed allies.
July 28, 2024 at 4:39 PM
Exasperatingly frequently necessary reminder that the weaponization of ableism and fatphobia and homophobia and transphobia against your political enemies still works to NORMALIZE those things, thus SYSTEMICALLY HARMING your supposed allies.
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if you asked me to diagnose the western game industry's current problem it would start with "landlords have absorbed basically all disposable income"
February 15, 2026 at 8:03 AM
if you asked me to diagnose the western game industry's current problem it would start with "landlords have absorbed basically all disposable income"
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A Year in Stardew Valley was published nine years ago (!) and people still talk to me about it today. At this point I have no idea how many people have read or shared or re-read this, but I'm honoured and flattered that it's meant so much to so many.
www.rockpapershotgun.com/stardew-vall...
www.rockpapershotgun.com/stardew-vall...
Stardew Valley and real life labour
Paul Dean explores the surface joys of Stardew Valley and reflects on life, labour and love
www.rockpapershotgun.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:08 PM
A Year in Stardew Valley was published nine years ago (!) and people still talk to me about it today. At this point I have no idea how many people have read or shared or re-read this, but I'm honoured and flattered that it's meant so much to so many.
www.rockpapershotgun.com/stardew-vall...
www.rockpapershotgun.com/stardew-vall...
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the Palestine Action ban really was a classic Starmer govt move: a hysterical overreaction that won them zero plaudits from the right, cost them badly to the left, and which got shot down in the end anyway.
February 13, 2026 at 3:27 PM
the Palestine Action ban really was a classic Starmer govt move: a hysterical overreaction that won them zero plaudits from the right, cost them badly to the left, and which got shot down in the end anyway.
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Look, you can never assume that your game is going to be a hit. At the same time, it's difficult to process working on a thing, thinking you have something exceptional or at least fun, only to reveal your work to the world and see audiences decide in real-time that your game has already failed.
A laid off Highguard developer has criticised online "dogpiling", "ragebait content" and personal attacks, saying negative discourse "absolutely played a role" in the game's poor launch and subsequent layoffs.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/laid-of...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/laid-of...
Laid off Highguard developer criticises online ‘dogpiling’, ‘ragebait content’ and personal attacks | VGC
“We deserved the bare minimum of not having our downfall be gleefully manifested”…
www.videogameschronicle.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Look, you can never assume that your game is going to be a hit. At the same time, it's difficult to process working on a thing, thinking you have something exceptional or at least fun, only to reveal your work to the world and see audiences decide in real-time that your game has already failed.
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Augmental Puzzles is LIVE on SteamVR 🚀
Classic Sudoku in VR — strap on your PCVR headset and play with our numbered balls.
Point release with fixes + a new in-game feedback system. First monthly update coming next month!
Classic Sudoku in VR — strap on your PCVR headset and play with our numbered balls.
Point release with fixes + a new in-game feedback system. First monthly update coming next month!
February 13, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Augmental Puzzles is LIVE on SteamVR 🚀
Classic Sudoku in VR — strap on your PCVR headset and play with our numbered balls.
Point release with fixes + a new in-game feedback system. First monthly update coming next month!
Classic Sudoku in VR — strap on your PCVR headset and play with our numbered balls.
Point release with fixes + a new in-game feedback system. First monthly update coming next month!
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Wow!
Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report.
This is a *big* legal win.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report.
This is a *big* legal win.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
UK ban on Palestine Action unlawful, high court judges rule
Protest group’s co-founder wins legal challenge against decision to proscribe it under anti-terrorism laws
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Wow!
Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report.
This is a *big* legal win.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report.
This is a *big* legal win.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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yeah no fucking shit
maybe 7 year development cycles are fucking stupid and unnecessary and don't even produce measurably better games than shorter ones
maybe 7 year development cycles are fucking stupid and unnecessary and don't even produce measurably better games than shorter ones
Young gamers in Japan may not be forming the same attachment to Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest because modern dev cycles are as long as their childhood, users theorize
automaton-media.com/en/news/youn...
automaton-media.com/en/news/youn...
Young gamers in Japan may not be forming the same attachment to Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest because modern dev cycles are as long as their childhood, users theorize - AUTOMATON WEST
Japanese gamers on X discuss why classic titles like Final Fantasy and Dragon Quests are less popular among the country's young people.
automaton-media.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:43 AM
yeah no fucking shit
maybe 7 year development cycles are fucking stupid and unnecessary and don't even produce measurably better games than shorter ones
maybe 7 year development cycles are fucking stupid and unnecessary and don't even produce measurably better games than shorter ones
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Unreal Tournament 2004 is now available for free.
...well, I mean, you probably could've grabbed a GOG offline installer out the back of a truck earlier, but NOW it's Official/Legally Free and has the in-development community patch packed in for ongoing support. www.oldunreal.com/downloads/ut...
...well, I mean, you probably could've grabbed a GOG offline installer out the back of a truck earlier, but NOW it's Official/Legally Free and has the in-development community patch packed in for ongoing support. www.oldunreal.com/downloads/ut...
February 13, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Unreal Tournament 2004 is now available for free.
...well, I mean, you probably could've grabbed a GOG offline installer out the back of a truck earlier, but NOW it's Official/Legally Free and has the in-development community patch packed in for ongoing support. www.oldunreal.com/downloads/ut...
...well, I mean, you probably could've grabbed a GOG offline installer out the back of a truck earlier, but NOW it's Official/Legally Free and has the in-development community patch packed in for ongoing support. www.oldunreal.com/downloads/ut...
I'm using this book as a grimoire for a dnd character. He is an old man who learned magic at a 'wizardding for beginners' night class at the local library. I'm doing the book up as a course hand out.
I've not got too far into the spell list yet though
I've not got too far into the spell list yet though
And finished. Learned a lesson about what to protect from glue, but I'm pretty happy with it!
February 13, 2026 at 9:06 AM
I'm using this book as a grimoire for a dnd character. He is an old man who learned magic at a 'wizardding for beginners' night class at the local library. I'm doing the book up as a course hand out.
I've not got too far into the spell list yet though
I've not got too far into the spell list yet though
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The deeper you get into the complexities of getting a rigged character with IK and physics properly working in a videogame, the more Rayman makes sense as a character.
February 12, 2026 at 11:12 PM
The deeper you get into the complexities of getting a rigged character with IK and physics properly working in a videogame, the more Rayman makes sense as a character.
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If you can afford it - go buy a couple of indie games off your wishlist.
Supporting indies is literally our only way out of this y'all. Support small games by small teams just doing their best.
If you need ideas, feel free to scroll back through my posts because I retweet them. Constantly.
Supporting indies is literally our only way out of this y'all. Support small games by small teams just doing their best.
If you need ideas, feel free to scroll back through my posts because I retweet them. Constantly.
When the money a video game made stopped going to the devs and instead started going to shareholders was the moment games stopped being about art/play and started being about making money.
The soulless nature is clear.
The soulless nature is clear.
February 12, 2026 at 1:16 AM
If you can afford it - go buy a couple of indie games off your wishlist.
Supporting indies is literally our only way out of this y'all. Support small games by small teams just doing their best.
If you need ideas, feel free to scroll back through my posts because I retweet them. Constantly.
Supporting indies is literally our only way out of this y'all. Support small games by small teams just doing their best.
If you need ideas, feel free to scroll back through my posts because I retweet them. Constantly.
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When the money a video game made stopped going to the devs and instead started going to shareholders was the moment games stopped being about art/play and started being about making money.
The soulless nature is clear.
The soulless nature is clear.
February 12, 2026 at 12:50 AM
When the money a video game made stopped going to the devs and instead started going to shareholders was the moment games stopped being about art/play and started being about making money.
The soulless nature is clear.
The soulless nature is clear.
Game dev story is free now? That game torpedoed productivity in the studio I worked at fifteen years ago. Stopping making video games to pretend to make video games in a video game sounds stupid as hell, but it happened!
February 11, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Game dev story is free now? That game torpedoed productivity in the studio I worked at fifteen years ago. Stopping making video games to pretend to make video games in a video game sounds stupid as hell, but it happened!
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This is why I can't stand "if you aren't paying you are the product"
Many products you do pay for are also manipulating and harvesting and selling your data.
There's also tons of free software that's just...free, and out there, because people care about it.
Many products you do pay for are also manipulating and harvesting and selling your data.
There's also tons of free software that's just...free, and out there, because people care about it.
VLC has never said "hey, we're adding social features!" or "we now have an algorithm to give you recommendations!"
it plays videos, that's all it does, and that's all it needs to do
it plays videos, that's all it does, and that's all it needs to do
February 11, 2026 at 2:02 PM
This is why I can't stand "if you aren't paying you are the product"
Many products you do pay for are also manipulating and harvesting and selling your data.
There's also tons of free software that's just...free, and out there, because people care about it.
Many products you do pay for are also manipulating and harvesting and selling your data.
There's also tons of free software that's just...free, and out there, because people care about it.
Fun fact about me: the first time I read Snow Crash was because someone sent me the entire book as a .txt file through irc.
I think this is the perfect way to encounter a cyberpunk story for the first time
I think this is the perfect way to encounter a cyberpunk story for the first time
February 11, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Fun fact about me: the first time I read Snow Crash was because someone sent me the entire book as a .txt file through irc.
I think this is the perfect way to encounter a cyberpunk story for the first time
I think this is the perfect way to encounter a cyberpunk story for the first time
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I am absolutely not kidding
Discord's new age verification rules got you down? Allow me to suggest an alternative: Internet Relay Chat
Launched in 1988, IRC was created by and for computer nerds, and it won't hold your hand but it also doesn't want to see your face.
www.pcgamer.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:22 PM
I am absolutely not kidding
There is a special hell for anyone making or placing adverts that are essentially episodes of some shitty pseudo toy advert TV show into videos targeted at kids.
Everyone involved should be ashamed of themselves
Everyone involved should be ashamed of themselves
February 11, 2026 at 1:02 PM
There is a special hell for anyone making or placing adverts that are essentially episodes of some shitty pseudo toy advert TV show into videos targeted at kids.
Everyone involved should be ashamed of themselves
Everyone involved should be ashamed of themselves
I'm trying to explain to my kid why we can't have dessert after a cup of tea, and I'd rather explain gay.
(Partly because I think he's right)
(Partly because I think he's right)
always so funny to me when people are like “how am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?” my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. “why did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?” I don’t know. please ask me about Gay
February 10, 2026 at 10:47 AM
I'm trying to explain to my kid why we can't have dessert after a cup of tea, and I'd rather explain gay.
(Partly because I think he's right)
(Partly because I think he's right)
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its the year of linux on the desktop and irc with the boys
February 9, 2026 at 5:33 PM
its the year of linux on the desktop and irc with the boys
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