Luke
@bomberman.bsky.social
Chicago, video games, computers, comics, CSID
It is possible to commit to not buying a yummy little treat and still buy one. That is not a weakness; that is life.
November 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
It is possible to commit to not buying a yummy little treat and still buy one. That is not a weakness; that is life.
You do kind of have to respect Carhartt WIP's dedication to repeatedly asking the question "What if a light jacket cost 300 dollars?"
November 24, 2025 at 4:10 AM
You do kind of have to respect Carhartt WIP's dedication to repeatedly asking the question "What if a light jacket cost 300 dollars?"
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"Game preservation takes many forms, and it’s important to consider research as well as play."
Right there, plain as day. Research access to games can coexist with playing them for fun!
Right there, plain as day. Research access to games can coexist with playing them for fun!
Open sourced Zork today opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11... and ran it on a swarm of containers in the cloud 😂
Preserving code that shaped generations: Zork I, II, and III go Open Source
Microsoft’s Open Source Programs Office (OSPO), Team Xbox, and Activision are making Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III available under the MIT License.
opensource.microsoft.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:58 PM
"Game preservation takes many forms, and it’s important to consider research as well as play."
Right there, plain as day. Research access to games can coexist with playing them for fun!
Right there, plain as day. Research access to games can coexist with playing them for fun!
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"Malort advent calendar" is already such an unhinged concept but every little window just having Malort in it really pushes it over the edge into something transcendently funny
November 15, 2025 at 12:54 AM
"Malort advent calendar" is already such an unhinged concept but every little window just having Malort in it really pushes it over the edge into something transcendently funny
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“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
“We were effectively props”: young stars of game development feel let down by the ‘gaming Oscars’
Announced in 2020 by the Game Awards as an inclusive programme for the industry’s next generation, the Future Class initiative has now been discontinued. Inductees describe clashes with organisers and...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
The World Ends With Me
November 5, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The World Ends With Me
And it’s now delisted from Steam. Just overwhelmingly sad how quickly it all happened.
October 29, 2025 at 4:20 AM
And it’s now delisted from Steam. Just overwhelmingly sad how quickly it all happened.
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"I think the video game industry, as we know it today, might not be around for much longer [...] but I think video games as an art form and as a product are stronger than they've ever been and will only continue to be."
@jasonschreier.bsky.social
www.patreon.com/posts/140869...
@jasonschreier.bsky.social
www.patreon.com/posts/140869...
October 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"I think the video game industry, as we know it today, might not be around for much longer [...] but I think video games as an art form and as a product are stronger than they've ever been and will only continue to be."
@jasonschreier.bsky.social
www.patreon.com/posts/140869...
@jasonschreier.bsky.social
www.patreon.com/posts/140869...
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Seeing folks praising Amazon for "good severance" but y'all, even 5-6mo of severance is not enough with the state of the industry. There are no jobs. There are hundreds competing for every role. These people lived/worked in expensive cities (Irvine, SD, Seattle) and unemployment is garbage.
October 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Seeing folks praising Amazon for "good severance" but y'all, even 5-6mo of severance is not enough with the state of the industry. There are no jobs. There are hundreds competing for every role. These people lived/worked in expensive cities (Irvine, SD, Seattle) and unemployment is garbage.
Genuinely explains everything
SCOOP: For the last two years, Microsoft has pushed Xbox to hit profit margins of 30%, an ambitious target that's far higher than the industry average.
This chase for profit has led Xbox to raise prices, cut thousands of jobs, and rethink everything.
Story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
This chase for profit has led Xbox to raise prices, cut thousands of jobs, and rethink everything.
Story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Microsoft Pushes Xbox Division to Hit Higher Profit Margins
Management’s goal of 30% profit margins for gaming has led to job losses, canceled projects
www.bloomberg.com
October 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Genuinely explains everything
The thought of SHODAN watching me gyro aim my way through level 3 cyberspace 😩
System Shock remake is coming soon to Switch and Switch 2 featuring Joy-Con 2 mouse support and gyro aiming. It will also be getting a physical release on both Switch and Switch 2: www.rpgsite.net/news/18781-s...
October 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The thought of SHODAN watching me gyro aim my way through level 3 cyberspace 😩
I think I’m too nosy for thirst traps? I’m always trying to find out their living situation. What kind of tattoos do they have? Is that a family photo in the background? What do they have on their shelves? Is that mold on the wall?
October 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I think I’m too nosy for thirst traps? I’m always trying to find out their living situation. What kind of tattoos do they have? Is that a family photo in the background? What do they have on their shelves? Is that mold on the wall?
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This is probably your best reminder that Amazon Web Services is too big. So is Microsoft, and Google, and all of these companies that are gobbling up money, energy, and resources, only for things to go suddenly arse-up, like today, without being held accountable. There's no space for competition.
October 20, 2025 at 11:47 AM
This is probably your best reminder that Amazon Web Services is too big. So is Microsoft, and Google, and all of these companies that are gobbling up money, energy, and resources, only for things to go suddenly arse-up, like today, without being held accountable. There's no space for competition.
Being single and healing is kind of just about remembering how low key goated you are
October 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Being single and healing is kind of just about remembering how low key goated you are
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For the Shadow of the Colossus story, we interviewed 14 people including project leads Fumito Ueda and Kenji Kaido, hired Gravity Rush concept artist Takeshi Oga to illustrate the cover, and put together a 10,000-word story with help from @milkman.bsky.social @shmuplations.bsky.social and others.
Shadow of the Colossus: An oral history
Celebrate the 20th anniversary of Team Ico’s masterpiece by looking back with 11 people who worked on it (and three who didn’t).
www.designroom.site
October 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
For the Shadow of the Colossus story, we interviewed 14 people including project leads Fumito Ueda and Kenji Kaido, hired Gravity Rush concept artist Takeshi Oga to illustrate the cover, and put together a 10,000-word story with help from @milkman.bsky.social @shmuplations.bsky.social and others.
If you wanna get with me there’s some things you gotta know
I like my meat fat and my bass down low
I like my meat fat and my bass down low
October 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
If you wanna get with me there’s some things you gotta know
I like my meat fat and my bass down low
I like my meat fat and my bass down low
Every day is a slew of the worst local news imaginable, from every part of the city. But folks are jumping in to protect and warn each other. Businesses across the city, and right outside my door are explicitly denying service to ICE. We are at least together in this.
October 8, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Every day is a slew of the worst local news imaginable, from every part of the city. But folks are jumping in to protect and warn each other. Businesses across the city, and right outside my door are explicitly denying service to ICE. We are at least together in this.
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The tank's role is to draw aggro
October 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The tank's role is to draw aggro
It is my humble opinion that bugs should not be fast 🙃
October 5, 2025 at 3:31 AM
It is my humble opinion that bugs should not be fast 🙃
It’s still 80 degrees in October. It’s crazy that nothing at all can be done about this! Perhaps building another AI data center will help 🤔
October 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM
It’s still 80 degrees in October. It’s crazy that nothing at all can be done about this! Perhaps building another AI data center will help 🤔
Fallout 76 is so funny. What other game could get you stoked for an expansion where you go to Ohio
October 2, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Fallout 76 is so funny. What other game could get you stoked for an expansion where you go to Ohio
Finally watching Severance S2 and I am crushing on Zach Cherry HARD
September 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Finally watching Severance S2 and I am crushing on Zach Cherry HARD
Thinking of bringing over-ears to Japan next month so I can hit the Neku pose in Shibuya
September 23, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Thinking of bringing over-ears to Japan next month so I can hit the Neku pose in Shibuya
I actually love that it's 80 degrees in late September! I love sweating and being sweaty. Sitting in front of a fan all day? Sign me up! And I didn't have any cute autumn outfits planned at all, so this works out perfectly! My only complaint is that it could be hotter! 😄
September 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I actually love that it's 80 degrees in late September! I love sweating and being sweaty. Sitting in front of a fan all day? Sign me up! And I didn't have any cute autumn outfits planned at all, so this works out perfectly! My only complaint is that it could be hotter! 😄