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Posts by Len Maessen
"Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial: Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later."
Pragmata prikt af en toe in de buurt van een moment van verbinding, maar ketent zichzelf te hard vast aan holle stereotypen. Lees de review van @lenmaessen.bsky.social
When you're struggling in a boss fight and the game suggests lowering the difficulty
Ik schreef voor @unpause.nl over Pragmata, een prima doorsneegame voor multitasking-fetisjisten die net langs iets moois scheert. www.unpause.nl/recensies/pr...
sometimes I look at dishonored screenshots and go fuuuuck it's so good. fuck. I'll never forgive the gamers for not buying billions of copies of all the dishonored games
Everybody in the creative industries is waiting with looming dread to find out whether the next economic crash will be a "people are spending more on entertainment for escapism" crash or a "people aren't spending anything on anything" crash
After our hands-off preview, Control Resonant strongly stands out among a very competitive year for games.
Read why here:
okay so Austin Wintory did the House of Hikmah soundtrack and it's very lovely! it has lots of interesting traditional instruments and microtonality, without the hokey Western trope of using the double harmonic major scale! austinwintory.bandcamp.com/album/the-ho...
Kan iemand even m'n hoofd een zetje geven zodat de relaxtijd kan stromen
Soms heb je zo'n drukke dag dat je denkt: oh, ik snak naar het moment dat de laatste afspraak van de dag is geweest en ik gewoon kan neerploffen met m'n rare Japanse muizen-citybuilder.
En dan is het zover en denkt je brein: ja maar waar is m'n werk-adrenaline ineens????
This broke my heart and made me laugh today. No one ever really makes art for a living. When you make art for a living, what you actually mean is you answer emails and do promo for a living. The art itself occupies increasingly atomized periods of time.
paperpools.blogspot.com/2026/04/we-l...
Doki Doki Literature Club is a widely celebrated piece of videogame art, discusses deeply difficult topics in sincere and meaningful ways, and Google Play needs to revert the removal of the game immediately.
OK ze zijn in ieder geval eerlijk
Ik speel nu voor het eerst Breathedge, een survivalgame over survivalen in de ruimte met een kip, en elke keer als de game opstart en de kippengeluiden beginnen kijkt Pluisje de kip me met zo'n gealarmeerde blik aan dat ik me afvraag wat de kippen zeggen
"fuck onze woorden hebben teveel lettergrepen voor de melodie nu wat" "zing het maar heel snel"
Now I feel obligated to share the amazing Dutch opening to Sailor Moon. Truly encompassing the musical vibe of the time
youtu.be/Rhb3af_aszk
Honestly, same when I read the actual solicits coming out. How dare.
This Summer, find your place in the universe.
#Supergirl lands in theaters June 26.
Mag ik alvast een nieuwe term opgooien: fortnitificatie? www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wbd-...
2024 me: “man, I should have been smarter with my money, I shouldn’t have bought a PS5 and 3070Ti in 2022/2023.”
2026 me: “oh thank fuck for my stupidity.”
Maar nu: basisbouwen met muizen in plaats van bevers.
In the "Can't believe I get to cross this off of my bucket list"-category, I'm one of the many people featured in the upcoming documentary "Press Start for Nostalgia" by Bruno Ramos. The documentary explores retro game fans in both the Netherlands and Brazil.
youtu.be/gmRtZNtxXLk
Definitely suspicious of this beaver
“I love video games. They help me relax.”
*Plays most stressful games ever created.*
1000 workers have been laid off at Epic this morning
I will never forgive CEOs and shareholders for turning the gaming industry into what it has become