i enjoyed the article btw. my snark is not aimed at the writing or the author but at the cell phone i’m currently typing on

if i buy it, i actually own it. when i pop in a cd i listen to the whole thing top to bottom rather than hear an algorithm vomit good value facsimiles of songs i actually like. oh! and they don’t sell me out to data brokers who help the government engage in mass surveillance. hope that helps.

LA! These kitties’ human passed away, and they need a new home! Please help them find one! Spread the word!

“It’s a couple of things that work beautifully in concert. First: no music. Audiences are so sophisticated, but what they’re not accustomed to is not being told how to feel,” Wyle says. “You take all that out and it forces a level of engagement where you’re now looking for clues within the frame of the screen, which forces you to look up from your phone. And I think that is extremely engaging, especially to young viewers who aren’t accustomed to being asked to participate in a nonpassive way in the viewing experience.

“Second point, shooting it with almost exclusively 50-millimeter or 65-millimeter lenses, which is the most comparable to the human eye—and only shooting from the point of view of a human being that’s present in this space. There are no cameras on gurney wheels going in the hallway. There’s no cameras on the ceiling looking down from a God point of view. You are limited to the perspective of a participant. You can look away, but you can’t leave, and it becomes an endurance test for you to stay on your feet as long as we’re on our feet. Which [brings me to my] third point: real time. Real time has an aggregate sense of tension that you don’t get in any other form of storytelling. What happened before is happening now, and these two things are going to add up to the next thing. And if we throw more ingredients into this cooker and keep ratcheting it up, it’s going to pop.”

Wyle makes eye contact for his next point, delivering it with a Robby-esque matter-of-factness. “Fourth point: The election went the other way,” he says with a shrug. “We could have been a really good show with a lot of nice things to say in a perfectly normal Kamala Harris universe. And instead we became almost a beacon of hope and humanity in an alternative universe. But in the midst of that, fifth point—this is essentially competence porn. You’re watching really smart, dedicated people do what only they know how to do at a level that you don’t know how to do it, and you’re so fucking glad that they’re there doing it, and compartmentalizing their own stuff to put your broken pieces back together. You’re so reassured by knowing that there are people out there that laugh and joke and have the ability to lock in like that.”

this is fucking unreal stuff from Noah Wyle on the magic of The Pitt. www.gq.com/story/noah-w...

just when bluesky has become too much of a boring scold there appears a sliver of light which reminds us all the ghost-of-when-twitter-was-fun still remains

#popesky

O heresy in fair, fit for these days!

I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake By A Horse Hello. I am a horse. I work very hard at my job of being a horse. When humans say move the heavy thing, I move the heavy thing. When humans sit on top of me and pull on my head, I carry them where they want to go. The main food the humans give me is hay and oats. But I am thinking it would be nice to have a different food. I am thinking I would like to try cake. Yes, yes. Cake. I know all about it. When humans eat cake, it is in glad times. It is the food for a celebration, such as when a woman becomes 47. I have seen cake on the Fourth of July. When humans have a cake, they stand around it and clap hands and smile and say happy birthday at each other. Sometimes there are beautiful markings on a cake, such as balloons or a pink shape. Sometimes the top of a cake is on fire and a boy must blow on the fire with mouth wind. This is the scariest cake. I do not want this kind. But I will eat any other cake. Any cake that is not the fire cake that tries to kill the boy. Please understand: I do not get money for doing work. I do not get to go inside the house. All I am either doing my horse job or standing in my pen or eating food off the floor. I always do these things. But I have never once gotten cake and I would like it very much. I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children. I am more helpful to the farm. Children do not move the heavy things like me or let anyone ride on them. And yet they get cake. Maybe the humans will realize this. Maybe they will say, "You know who deserves cake? That horse. That horse whose back we are always on." Every day I dream about what it will be like if I get to eat cake. Here is what will happen. First, I will walk to the cake and putt my nose at it like hrrfff to make and stomping my hooves to make sure it is not a snake. Then I will trot in a circle to show that I am a horse and I am large. After that, I will nuzzle the cake to …

The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me.

It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."

generally speaking every woman with personality i know picks an emoji heart color and that shit is locked in forever

happy birthday, nessa!! woo!

happy birthday!

Handmade sign on a rectangle of cardboard, in black marker and red paint. “TO DO<br>☒ buy milk<br>☒ feed the dog<br>☐ hold them accountable<br>☐ never let this happen again”

see you there

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I saw a fair amount of the "make it first" posts yesterday. Coincidentally our designer found an old prototype thread yesterday, that fits the billing pretty well.

You've just got to explore ideas, you don't know where they will lead.

And yeah, in blue, that's Gonzo from windwaker... 😅

Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans’ acceptance speech for their Oscar win for ‘KPOP DEMON HUNTERS’

“This is for Korea and Koreans everywhere.”

See the full winners list: bit.ly/OscarWins26

For Dosa Divas and Thirsty Suitors, we built a custom tool in Unity to layout the flow and structure of the game based on gameplay and story beats. It helps us keep track of all the various scenes, run the game at specific points and speeds up iteration.
store.steampowered.com/app/2950710/...

update: he told me his favorite boba shop owner says the average customer spends up to $5k a year on boba wowzers

Pictured are three boba milk teas on a stone table.

it wasn’t until after we ordered that my friend admitted he spent $2000 on boba last year as if it were something to be ashamed of

How a DHS shooting of a third U.S. citizen went unnoticed for months No state or federal agency disclosed that a Homeland Security Investigations agent had killed Ruben Ray Martinez until it was revealed in a public records request.

DHS killed a 23yo in Texas in March 2025 the same way they killed Renee Good www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

This reminds me of something Toni Morrison wrote.

Congratulations to all my colleagues and friends who contributed to this. I look forward to reading your thoughts!

Clair Obscur writer shares production advice that could improve your game's story You don't need the hero's journey. Just a journey across the studio.

Clair Obscur writer shares production advice that could improve your game's story

Rewatched this & the moments leading up to the medal ceremony several times since last night - not only because it's wonderful seeing someone take such joy in what they do, but also because her story of burning out, stepping away, and coming back on her own terms is inspirational for so many of us.

This is how you live a life

새해 복 많이 받으세요 🐴✨

One of the best parts of working on Avowed was the excuse to go back and play the Pillars of Eternity games again. Obviously the writing is clutch, but I still maintain Deadfire is the prettiest and most visually stunning cRPG I’ve ever played.

BREAKING: The House passed the so-called SAVE America Act which threatens to upend our freedom to vote.

The bill could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters by requiring documents like passports or birth certificates to register to vote and forcing voter roll purges. The Senate must reject it.

cheerwine is the #1 soda of all time. glass bottle or bust

my favorite soda. i miss it so much

taxi driver: so what do you do?

me: i work in video games.

taxi driver: wow then you’ll always have a job, won’t you?