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Was Nope’s antagonist really a monster?
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NOPE has remained stuck in my craw (much like a certain decoy horse) since I first saw it.
It has so much to say about its human characters — and plenty of ink has been spilled about that — but my focus lies elsewhere.
If you, like me, love the film's central antagonist, please give this a read.
It has so much to say about its human characters — and plenty of ink has been spilled about that — but my focus lies elsewhere.
If you, like me, love the film's central antagonist, please give this a read.
I have thought it over and decided that this is as important to the musical canon as Beethoven's 5th and John Cage's 4'33"
I'm fucking cryinj
Worst hold music ever?
YouTube video by Unreasonable Steev
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November 19, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I have thought it over and decided that this is as important to the musical canon as Beethoven's 5th and John Cage's 4'33"
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I'm fucking cryinj
Worst hold music ever?
YouTube video by Unreasonable Steev
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November 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I'm fucking cryinj
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i think james joyce could have tanked the dark place, it would not have any idea what hit it. a page of finnegan's wake would solve all of alan wake's problems in five minutes.
November 14, 2025 at 11:10 PM
i think james joyce could have tanked the dark place, it would not have any idea what hit it. a page of finnegan's wake would solve all of alan wake's problems in five minutes.
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love the instrumentation of this setting of William Blake — I think he would've been into the toy piano and sparkling timbres
Caroline Shaw and Sō Percussion - Silently Invisibly (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Nonesuch Records
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November 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
love the instrumentation of this setting of William Blake — I think he would've been into the toy piano and sparkling timbres
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I slept on Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion's albums for much too long
Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion - To the Sky (Live)
YouTube video by Nonesuch Records
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November 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I slept on Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion's albums for much too long
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I slept on Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion's albums for much too long
Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion - To the Sky (Live)
YouTube video by Nonesuch Records
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I slept on Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion's albums for much too long
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Inside Strange Antiquities: Bad Viking on Artifacts, Atmosphere, and Returning to Undermere @kellymerka.bsky.social
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Inside Strange Antiquities: Bad Viking on Artifacts, Atmosphere, and Returning to Undermere
Three years after the release of Strange Horticulture, Rob and John Donkin — the brothers behind the studio Bad Viking — have invited us to return to the eerie town of Undermere with the sequel…
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November 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Inside Strange Antiquities: Bad Viking on Artifacts, Atmosphere, and Returning to Undermere @kellymerka.bsky.social
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For @monstervine.com, I caught up with @badvikinggames.bsky.social's Rob and John Donkin about their recent release, Strange Antiquities!
Inside Strange Antiquities: Bad Viking on Artifacts, Atmosphere, and Returning to Undermere - MonsterVine
Bad Viking discusses Strange Antiquities, refining the Strange Horticulture formula, expanding puzzles, and returning to Undermere in this detailed Q&A.
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November 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
For @monstervine.com, I caught up with @badvikinggames.bsky.social's Rob and John Donkin about their recent release, Strange Antiquities!
very late to the game but The Vourdalak is fantastic
November 17, 2025 at 5:19 AM
very late to the game but The Vourdalak is fantastic
I take your "making your therapist laugh" and raise you a "customer support agent says 'it was refreshing to speak with you'"
November 14, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I take your "making your therapist laugh" and raise you a "customer support agent says 'it was refreshing to speak with you'"
it is incredible how much writing work I get done on my walks
are there words on the page? well, no, but the thoughts are coalescing and that's what matters
are there words on the page? well, no, but the thoughts are coalescing and that's what matters
November 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
it is incredible how much writing work I get done on my walks
are there words on the page? well, no, but the thoughts are coalescing and that's what matters
are there words on the page? well, no, but the thoughts are coalescing and that's what matters
Room 46 reached, rolled credits on Blue Prince. now the REAL fun begins...
November 12, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Room 46 reached, rolled credits on Blue Prince. now the REAL fun begins...
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this week ya girl will have been unemployed for ONE YEAR !!!!
please consider buying some THINGS to HOLD STUFF
please consider buying some THINGS to HOLD STUFF
November 12, 2025 at 6:57 PM
this week ya girl will have been unemployed for ONE YEAR !!!!
please consider buying some THINGS to HOLD STUFF
please consider buying some THINGS to HOLD STUFF
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IT'S BACK!
The startmenu Winter Spectacular returns for 2025!
- Guest Pieces from people across the industry, including: journalists, developers, PR folks, AND MORE
- Game of the Year Lists
- The startmenu Awards
- AND OTHER BULLET POINTS!
All starting December 1st on www.startmenu.co.uk
The startmenu Winter Spectacular returns for 2025!
- Guest Pieces from people across the industry, including: journalists, developers, PR folks, AND MORE
- Game of the Year Lists
- The startmenu Awards
- AND OTHER BULLET POINTS!
All starting December 1st on www.startmenu.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
IT'S BACK!
The startmenu Winter Spectacular returns for 2025!
- Guest Pieces from people across the industry, including: journalists, developers, PR folks, AND MORE
- Game of the Year Lists
- The startmenu Awards
- AND OTHER BULLET POINTS!
All starting December 1st on www.startmenu.co.uk
The startmenu Winter Spectacular returns for 2025!
- Guest Pieces from people across the industry, including: journalists, developers, PR folks, AND MORE
- Game of the Year Lists
- The startmenu Awards
- AND OTHER BULLET POINTS!
All starting December 1st on www.startmenu.co.uk
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IT'S '6-7', COOPER. A GENERATION ALPHA TREND. WHAT THEY CALL A 'MAY-MAY'. IT'S AN ORPHANED SIGNIFIER, NO SIGNS ATTACHED. ONE COULD CALL IT DADAIST, BUT SOMME SAY IT'S TOO STUPID TO BE DADA. IT'S ANTI-MEANING, ANTI-HUMOUR, BUT DAMN IF THOSE KIDS DON'T FIND IT A CRACK-UP.
November 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
IT'S '6-7', COOPER. A GENERATION ALPHA TREND. WHAT THEY CALL A 'MAY-MAY'. IT'S AN ORPHANED SIGNIFIER, NO SIGNS ATTACHED. ONE COULD CALL IT DADAIST, BUT SOMME SAY IT'S TOO STUPID TO BE DADA. IT'S ANTI-MEANING, ANTI-HUMOUR, BUT DAMN IF THOSE KIDS DON'T FIND IT A CRACK-UP.
at my university job I fell down the building stairs, which were solid concrete. I had to crawl down to the next landing and lay on a bench in front of a faculty member's office for a while to recover
ended up with an extremely dramatic bruise on my hip and no other damage
ended up with an extremely dramatic bruise on my hip and no other damage
had an awful day. please reply with your favorite memory someone that totally ate shit in a physical way that isn’t a total bummer
November 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
at my university job I fell down the building stairs, which were solid concrete. I had to crawl down to the next landing and lay on a bench in front of a faculty member's office for a while to recover
ended up with an extremely dramatic bruise on my hip and no other damage
ended up with an extremely dramatic bruise on my hip and no other damage
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BLEH!!! Zhey don't love you like I love you. BLEH!!! Zhey don't love you like I love you. Baaaats baaaats baaaaaaats baaaats
November 12, 2025 at 12:21 AM
BLEH!!! Zhey don't love you like I love you. BLEH!!! Zhey don't love you like I love you. Baaaats baaaats baaaaaaats baaaats
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radiant array does not use AI, and all contributors working on my titles know that there is a one strike policy: if you accidentally allow an AI-involved asset or something slip in from some outside source, you get one chance to fuck up in that way, second time, you are no longer with radiant array.
“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm
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“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm - AUTOMATON WEST
In an interview following the launch of ARC Raiders, the CEO of Embark Studios' parent company Nexon shares his views on AI.
automaton-media.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:24 AM
radiant array does not use AI, and all contributors working on my titles know that there is a one strike policy: if you accidentally allow an AI-involved asset or something slip in from some outside source, you get one chance to fuck up in that way, second time, you are no longer with radiant array.
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do not recommend: severe myopia
highly recommend: getting a look-see at the back of your eyeballs
highly recommend: getting a look-see at the back of your eyeballs
my retinas got their annual yearbook photo and I have been informed they are beautiful
November 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
do not recommend: severe myopia
highly recommend: getting a look-see at the back of your eyeballs
highly recommend: getting a look-see at the back of your eyeballs
my retinas got their annual yearbook photo and I have been informed they are beautiful
November 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
my retinas got their annual yearbook photo and I have been informed they are beautiful
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In the 1890s, Gifford Pinchot — often hailed as America's first serious forest conservationist — went on a quest to make forests that could be tightly controlled. In doing so, Marin Scotten writes, he helped birth both the American suburb and a new age of wildfires.
New, on Heat Death!
New, on Heat Death!
The Suburbs Sprawl on a Grave of Wildfire
How the crusade against nature made — and perhaps doomed — American development.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
In the 1890s, Gifford Pinchot — often hailed as America's first serious forest conservationist — went on a quest to make forests that could be tightly controlled. In doing so, Marin Scotten writes, he helped birth both the American suburb and a new age of wildfires.
New, on Heat Death!
New, on Heat Death!
sorry to shopping-post, but I am genuinely flabbergasted by how quickly this reached me. guess I better get to reading!
the great thing about @deepvellum.bsky.social is that not only do they automatically also send you an ebook when you order a physical copy, but they ship FAST. I ordered this on Wednesday!!
November 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
sorry to shopping-post, but I am genuinely flabbergasted by how quickly this reached me. guess I better get to reading!