The "Succession" style music in the background was a great touch.

Happy Tax Day, New York. We’re taxing the rich.

Yep. One of the player characters in We Happy Few is a bad mom trying to be a better one, and we def got the "unlikeable" notes. Also complaints from guys: "I can't do what I want because I have to take care of the baby."

Also also a lot of dad games are about a guy being a bad dad and then gradually becoming a good dad, and if you tried to make a game about a bad mom becoming a good mom it would get raked so hard over the coals for her being “unlikable” it would make your fucking head spin.

Bluesky dilemma: So many cool artists and game devs I follow ALSO post pictures of their pet rats, which are my phobia.

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."

It wouldn't make me feel anything. What difference does it make what you call it? That doesn't change the nature of the thing.

I did math with a calculator. Where's my Fields Medal?

Wow. It's practically Apollo-Soyuz.

This looks fun!

I. Am. No. Man.

One Veteran Director Has Some Thoughts on How to Build Video Games Faster Veteran game director Josh Sawyer thinks developers need to make fewer big changes during production

As the length of video game productions has swelled to 6+ years, many people are trying to figure out how to reverse that trend.

Here's some food for thought from the always-insightful Josh Sawyer, director of Fallout: New Vegas and Pentiment.

This week's column: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Bafta games awards 2026: Clair Obscur and Dispatch lead the nominations Last year’s celebrated French hit Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is nominated in 12 categories this year, with Ghost of Yōtei, Dispatch, Death Stranding 2 and Indiana Jones also making strong showings

About 8ish years ago David Sears told us he wanted to make a Southern Gothic game inspired by his childhood, with Southern cryptids none of us had ever heard of. Now South of Midnight is nominated for a BAFTA for Best New IP. Bravo everybody! www.theguardian.com/games/2026/m...

Congrats to everyone on the South of Midnight team for the nominations!!!

From blues to honky-tonk, every creature has a dark tune of its own. South of Midnight arrives on PlayStation 5 and Switch 2 in 3 weeks, March 31. Here’s to our original teaser trailer!

How many countries need to be bombed or bombing before we can officially call it World War 3?

Same.

Huh. In my memory it was, but it's been a long time.

Manhattan, The Artist, Stranger Than Paradise, Blair Witch

Anyone saying "Scientists don't want you to know this fact" has never met a scientist.

Scientists are famous oversharers. They can't wait to tell you all the nerdy details.

Thumbnail of the South of Midnight stop-motion asset featuring Crouton from South of Midnight.

In collaboration with Clyde Henry Productions and music reimagined by Kid Koala, we’re excited to present an original South of Midnight stop-motion piece created with real puppets and handcrafted maquettes using traditional stop-motion animation techniques.

Watch now: youtu.be/hl6J7JHiXE4

Work alongside New York City's Strongest as we get through this historic storm. 
 
Emergency shoveling pay is now $30/hour. Walk into any sanitation garage to sign up TODAY BY 8PM or TOMORROW from 9AM to 8PM.
  
Let's get NYC back on its feet— together.

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Meteorologist: we're expecting snow, sleet, and hail
- boring
- too detailed
- just different forms of water

Meteorologist: we're expecting a wintry mix
- mysterious
- excitingly vague
- could include a yeti

Thank you!

Amazing. Who are the writers?

Verbs reveal who people are. The verbs "lashed out," "boasted," "threatened" and "punished" are enough to tell you who I mean.

Rainbow Billy: The Book of Fears on Steam Billy is back for an investigative adventure in Summer camp. Unravel mysterious events in this colorful journey as campers’ worries manifest as Fearlings. Explore the camp, investigate its secrets, an...

TFW the game you're writing is announced, but you still have deliverables for Monday. Announcement trailers are always that little extra boost of energy.
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What can work colleagues do to support those fasting for Ramadan (besides not bringing donuts)?

Contemporary texts are the things you don't need college to help you read.