You ran hard. You played hard. You showed an aptitude and a grace we didn't think you had in ya. But the fact remains, kid, you got the bronze medal in a two-man race.

I'm giving up the endless stream of ads for this other stream of endless ads with a better UI.

I need to have retired about one lifetime ago.

Unfortunately, it was disturbed.

A Consumer Childhood Fast Food, Wii Fit, and Consume Me.

New Stop Caring essay is live.

@dietdeitz.bsky.social joins the site to write about Consume Me, Wii Fit, fast food, diet culture, and eating disorders.

A really poignant personal essay that weaves in a potent critical analysis of Consume Me.

www.stopcar.ing/a-consumer-c...

I'm transitioning into getting all my games-related news from one guy in a shack and let me tell you, friends, I am happier for it.

how to put yourself out there when you are afraid to exist in front of others

I wrote a vulnerable 2,000 word unedited essay about my childhood and now I'm trying to get strangers scrolling by to read it because that's how hard we roll over at Lit Stack. Happy Friday y'all!

open.substack.com/pub/tacobell...

It's been a long couple of years, Taco Bell Guy, but I'm working on it. Growing, getting things out for the first time in years! Really appreciate this friendly shaking. The work never ends.

Dammit.

lol. lmao even.

Thank you! I'm really proud of it.

The intro of the original Prey is so fucking good.

I know I'm connected to some people this fits!

Glad to hear it! It might be time to get back in on Resident Evil. Thanks, Catherine!

How do you feel about it so far? I loved these once upon a time but never finished 7.

Videogames can teach us humility in the face of absurdity, if we let them

I like to imagine the lil dial on the right-hand side is an altimeter exclusively used by flight sim sickos (such as myself).

Cat’s out of the bag: I reviewed Resident Evil Requiem.

What did I think? Maybe give that there link a click and see for yourself:

www.startmenu.co.uk/home/review-...

Perpetually in a state of hitting da bricks.

Let bluesky ring with more praise for me.

I made this happen.

The Morning Will Come - Unwinnable I promised those people, my people, that I would make their lives better.

"When tasked with representing the human interests of your own people, perhaps you cannot be afforded the luxury of separating your personal and professional lives."

Unwinnable Feature Excerpt: @coledone.com draws parallels between Suzerain and real-life governance:

Title page for the Unwinnable Monthly 196 feature, Morning Will Come, by David Cole, spotlighting imagery from the videogame Suzerain. The top portion of the art depicts government officials in crisis around a map. Below is a map showing countries with names meant to evoke Eastern Europe.

“'Get comfortable, Mr. President,' the commander says as he finally switches the radio off. 'This room will be our tomb.'” @coledone.com plays Suzerain and muses on politics and the pace of change.

I didn't go down the threads but every starter that disagreed with anything also contained something to the effect of "this is a great article" so that's a HUGE thing!

you have to read to write. a lot. Like you have to read way more than you write for your writing to be worth anything. there are zero exceptions to this

I threw up in my mouth. Bravo!

It took a lot of personal strength to not self-flagellate at the end of any of these skeets and say like "I do this too! But we should not be doing it!"