(1/2)Making my way slowly through @richarddenniss.bsky.social "Dead Centre" - great read especially for media - but I'm absolutely stumped at what this line is getting at:

My dad, facing away from me, shuffling to bed while I stay up: "See you in the morning..."
*turn and look me in the eye*: "...I hope"

So he meant, that he doesn't have trouble sleeping and emerge from his room again, but forgive me imagining reference to the grim spector of death that haunts us all

The entire content of these people's brains is racism, misogyny, and "one simple trick" ads

I haven't played a game since that has made me feel like Shenmue did the first time through.

I know it wasn't for everyone, but for me? Lightning in a bottle.

We have to face facts: WW2 combat flight sims disappeared from the mainstream and fascism began making a return. Indeed they were replaced by their Wario / Scratch: the live service combat arcade game, where military hardware was stripped of context and rendered morally neutral and brand safe.

playing inscryption with rob was genuinely one of my favorite gaming experiences in my life

People will think "surely you exaggerate" but no that was basically the peak of audio visual arts.

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