Visual development art by Tadahiro Uesugi for Carole & Tuesday (2019), dir. Shinichiro Watanabe, Bones

Chuckie from Good Will Hunting, played by Ben Affleck, asking "You know what the best part of my day is?"

Chuckie from Good Will Hunting, played by Ben Affleck, saying "It's for about ten seconds: from when I open BlueSky and it's broken and I'm waiting for it to load."

Chuckie from Good Will Hunting, played by Ben Affleck: "'Cause I think maybe it'll never load and they'll never fix it and you won't be there."

I agree with this. It doesn't help that if you do give something a negative review, a lot of developers and other critics will yell at you for being mean. A lot of critics prefer to be the cheer squad for the medium rather than actual critics.

This is some neat-sounding bullshit I wrote because Idols Of Ash is actually about being scared by a giant centipede so you press W too hard and fall down a hole

From the trailer for "Tower Dungeon" Volume 6 (Tsutomu Nihei's manga).
2D animation : Studio Keel
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BURNMATERIAL YouTube video by tsubi club - Topic

Angry about things but my rule is I post music rather than negativity so here's a song that's like The Go! Team or a Girl Talk mashup to fuckup your headphones youtu.be/XCCMYxvIGQI

This tweet is a lie because actually Q3DM17 is number one

The Pilgrim, Their God and The King Of My Decrepit Mountain, by Tapir! 12 track album

Tapir!'s last/final album is good tapir-exclamation-mark.bandcamp.com/album/the-pi...

Check out me, writing about computer games!

Really enjoyed this one - as both an interrogation of a previous Jank piece that went viral, and as an example of a form of back-and-forth conversational games criticism I miss.

Jank has been going for 2 months. In that time we’ve published over 100 articles. We are not fuckin around. Here's a rundown of our work so far.

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Nice! I might drop down to HG if I do another rather than stepping up to MG, although I do like the larger size

Wait are you a Gunpla person? I had no idea

I have never built a Gunpla before and this was "Real Grade", which turns out to be one of the more complicated ones. This will teach me to not just buy the cool pink one without reading anything about it.

Also I have *checks sheet* literally 97 stickers to add to it

A ping Gundam holding a shield and gun, standing on a cutting mat. It is a Bandai Gunpla Real Grade RG 1/144 Gundam Justice.

Built a robit

Many people don't realise you can recreate the experience of playing Dead Or Alive as a teenager in your parents' house simply by watching DJ mixes on YouTube.

"I feel I count" written above a smiling boy in a crown

"I feel I do not count or belong" written above a sad boy.

This is from a booklet sent home by my kid's school. You can tell we're in England because only royalty are imagined to have self-worth

"I feel in control" written above a boy holding a gamepad (or RC car control?), looking happy. The boy is wearing a green tshirt.

"I feel a lack of control" written above the same boy, who looks angry, and who is trapped inside a glass dome.

me loading up the videogame vs me sitting through all the unskippable logos and copyright notices

My great friend @cjpt.bsky.social is available for work!

He's a phenomenal writer, narrative designer and creative lead for games (Warhammer, Hytale, Hackmud etc).

He has helped out on Pale Tides a bunch and I cannot recommend him enough. Add him up and share this please 🖤

What we talk about when we talk about running (in Marathon, while playing Marathon) Let's try to convince Brendy that Bungie's shooter isn't all about dopamine

We wanted to argue about Marathon, so we did it while playing Marathon

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Living In Sim is our new column on "simulation", whatever that means Try simulating some enthusiasm

My new column is basically an excuse to roleplay a bus driver, a fighter pilot, an accountant, an IT technician, a car mechanic, a chef, a spaceship engineer, a farmer, a truck driver, a prime minister, a scaffolder, a book shop owner. But never EVER an estate agent.

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I might be the only games journalist still working who played Screamer (1995) upon its release. I'm sure that knowledge will be relevant someday, but it wasn't for reviewing this reboot

If you get insanely mad about a post you saw online you are legally required to ask your neighbor if they need help carrying in the groceries. Sorry that’s the law.

What are you running for? One cannot survive on The Aesthetic alone

What are you running for?

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The Lie-In Our weekly roundup of links worth reading

The Lie-In

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We have a Discord now! It's been lovely so far.

Today in the Heat Signature channel, someone figured out how to do a Hijack mission (take out all crew and deliver the empty ship) without breaking their Ghost Vow (never be seen or harm anyone) and we were all like what.

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Thank yoooouuu! You're being too nice to us, but it means a lot

Lost And Found Co. review (of the YouTube videos I watched alongside it) It could have lost the plot, and maybe I have

Lost And Found Co. review (of the YouTube videos I watched alongside it):

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A picture of a hardback book on a washed blue background. The title is Next Level: Making Games That Make Themselves, by Mike Cook.

I've written a book! Next Level: Making Games That Make Themselves is the story of procedural generation - the tech behind games like Minecraft and Dwarf Fortress. It's about how it works, the games that use it, and the art and magic behind it.

Out May 7th, in bookshops: linktr.ee/next_level 🎲🔮

I have heard Esoteric Ebb described as Discworld Elysium, which is useful to give you an initial sketch. It's a tale of political intrigue amongst rival factions in a city about to boil over, as you, a hapless detective, find yourself in the middle of an investigation that could change everything. But, crucially, it's all fantasy themed and it's really funny. It's not as funny as Pratchett, mind you. But I'm monstrously protective of the man and his work, and am tempted to dock points from anything where people draw a comparison, out of spite. So maybe it is as funny as him; it's certainly much funnier than most games that try to be funny at all.

Esoteric Ebb review! And @abeewords.bsky.social returns to Jank.

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