Alex Kerr
@kitarutc.bsky.social
Tetris (TGM1-3 GM, NES Max-Out)・music games (IIDX CSEMP アナコン 八段, DDR Skill Atk 1267)・STG (ガレッガ 1000万)・racing (F-Zero 99 S20)・mahjong (MFC 黄龍 & JPML 初段)・pinball・coding (Scala, Python, 6502)
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the cycle of “devs working for years to make a game > game launches (and it doesn’t matter how successful it is) > two week waiting period > most of the team laid off” is not only entirely unsustainable but genuinely horrifying
Highguard developer Wildlight has reportedly laid off most of its team, says one a level designer sharing the news of layoffs.
The live service game launched just two weeks ago after being revealed at The Game Awards.
(Read more at Game Informer)
The live service game launched just two weeks ago after being revealed at The Game Awards.
(Read more at Game Informer)
February 12, 2026 at 12:02 AM
the cycle of “devs working for years to make a game > game launches (and it doesn’t matter how successful it is) > two week waiting period > most of the team laid off” is not only entirely unsustainable but genuinely horrifying
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…Sure., I’m feeling spicy today. Let’s say something nuclear:
It’s not about modes.
It’s not about accessibility.
It’s not about having a road map.
Your favorite game genre is probably not going to survive capitalism.
It’s not about modes.
It’s not about accessibility.
It’s not about having a road map.
Your favorite game genre is probably not going to survive capitalism.
The 2XKO situation just reaffirms to me that Fighting Games need to have single player content.
www.resetera.com/threads/14...
www.resetera.com/threads/14...
February 11, 2026 at 6:31 PM
…Sure., I’m feeling spicy today. Let’s say something nuclear:
It’s not about modes.
It’s not about accessibility.
It’s not about having a road map.
Your favorite game genre is probably not going to survive capitalism.
It’s not about modes.
It’s not about accessibility.
It’s not about having a road map.
Your favorite game genre is probably not going to survive capitalism.
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There's been a lot of discourse about live service games, but the fact that they *demand* an ongoing, employer-like relationship with players in order to be successful is unsustainable. Games can't keep being made that way
A designer has claimed that “most” of the team behind free-to-play shooter Highguard has been laid off, weeks after it launched.
vgc.news/news/designe...
vgc.news/news/designe...
Designer claims ‘most’ of Highguard’s dev team have been laid off, weeks after launch | VGC
The free-to-play shooter was announced with great fanfare, but player numbers appear to have dropped…
vgc.news
February 11, 2026 at 11:55 PM
There's been a lot of discourse about live service games, but the fact that they *demand* an ongoing, employer-like relationship with players in order to be successful is unsustainable. Games can't keep being made that way
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palestinian journalist posting on twitter that his bluesky account was immediately taken down purely because he was in gaza. all palestinian accounts are assumed to be spam.
![Tamer Nahed 𓂆🇵🇸
@Tamer_Alnoaizy
BlueSky is one of the worst platforms I have ever dealt with. Within seconds of creating a second account, after my first one was shut down just two days after it was created, my account was closed again. This happened despite the fact that I hadn’t posted anything or followed anyone. I was only in the process of adding a profile photo, yet I received an email claiming that my account was “spam” and that it was “causing harm.” What kind of logic is this?
The painful truth is that the account was shut down the moment it became clear it was created from inside Gaza. It seems we are no longer allowed to write or speak about what is happening to us here. They are not afraid of content itself, but of our voices and the reality we carry with us.
Millions are spent to silence these voices and to erase the truth. I am exhausted by this platform and by how our photos and videos, which document real suffering, are treated as “violations of community standards,” as if pain itself has become a crime.
What is happening is not simple moderation or policy enforcement. It is an attempt to erase our existence and bury the truth. And honestly, this is shameful and unbearably painful.
[the original poster has included two screenshots showing the email from bluesky admin informing him that his account has been taken down for being 'spammy, inauthentic or disruptive to users'. it's the standard boilerplate you get when they take moderation action.]
2:45 PM · Feb 10, 2026
https://twitter.com/Tamer_Alnoaizy/status/2021234178461704409](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2l6seozmjsqc4kfukjejat77/bafkreiga45xjdal6lfcqt2zmambaymeoelxafbrlt7fi2nmoahpbqj3cja@jpeg)
February 11, 2026 at 5:26 PM
palestinian journalist posting on twitter that his bluesky account was immediately taken down purely because he was in gaza. all palestinian accounts are assumed to be spam.
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getting a sharp reminder this is one of those topics where expressing any sort of sympathy towards children's right to like, Use The Internet will get you completely batshit fucking responses
February 10, 2026 at 5:10 PM
getting a sharp reminder this is one of those topics where expressing any sort of sympathy towards children's right to like, Use The Internet will get you completely batshit fucking responses
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It could be really bad for Discord if Californians contact the office of the Attorney General to report the potential violations of CCPA and CALOPPA citing the recent breach from a few months back where 1.5tb of user data and millions of IDs were leaked, but who can say for sure?
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Age verification for all.
buff.ly
February 9, 2026 at 4:57 PM
It could be really bad for Discord if Californians contact the office of the Attorney General to report the potential violations of CCPA and CALOPPA citing the recent breach from a few months back where 1.5tb of user data and millions of IDs were leaked, but who can say for sure?
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Everyone go cancel your Nitro now. You still get the perks until the end of the payment cycle and if an absolute shitload of people do this they'll crap their pants and try to backpedal.
Also if they don't, there's a chance all of your friends & fav creators will work on changing to something else.
Also if they don't, there's a chance all of your friends & fav creators will work on changing to something else.
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Age verification for all.
buff.ly
February 9, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Everyone go cancel your Nitro now. You still get the perks until the end of the payment cycle and if an absolute shitload of people do this they'll crap their pants and try to backpedal.
Also if they don't, there's a chance all of your friends & fav creators will work on changing to something else.
Also if they don't, there's a chance all of your friends & fav creators will work on changing to something else.
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The Old Internet is Dying, and the New Internet struggles to be Born; now is the time of monsters.
Apparently the zombocom domain expired yesterday and was presumably bought out by some other jackass who launched this vibe-coded IMPOSTOR
February 9, 2026 at 6:39 AM
The Old Internet is Dying, and the New Internet struggles to be Born; now is the time of monsters.
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on one hand, this is the desecration of a cultural artifact, straight to hell, etc.
on the other, zombocom was a parody of peak dot com bubble. an ai guy buying it has good odds of being The Funniest Thing Ever in a year or two
on the other, zombocom was a parody of peak dot com bubble. an ai guy buying it has good odds of being The Funniest Thing Ever in a year or two
Apparently the zombocom domain expired yesterday and was presumably bought out by some other jackass who launched this vibe-coded IMPOSTOR
February 9, 2026 at 7:49 AM
on one hand, this is the desecration of a cultural artifact, straight to hell, etc.
on the other, zombocom was a parody of peak dot com bubble. an ai guy buying it has good odds of being The Funniest Thing Ever in a year or two
on the other, zombocom was a parody of peak dot com bubble. an ai guy buying it has good odds of being The Funniest Thing Ever in a year or two
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On the back of this, I saw that a Japanese video was being autodubbed for me today. Went to turn off the feature. When I found you couldn't do it except on a per language basis, I manually went through and selected every language on the list as a preferred language out of spite. Get fucked losers.
February 8, 2026 at 8:55 PM
On the back of this, I saw that a Japanese video was being autodubbed for me today. Went to turn off the feature. When I found you couldn't do it except on a per language basis, I manually went through and selected every language on the list as a preferred language out of spite. Get fucked losers.
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10yo Yuuki is the global Puyo Puyo champ, put em in crossworlds
the winner's promised a ¥1M prize, but idk if or how they'll get paid out, as they're too young for the pro license...
the winner's promised a ¥1M prize, but idk if or how they'll get paid out, as they're too young for the pro license...
February 8, 2026 at 9:55 AM
10yo Yuuki is the global Puyo Puyo champ, put em in crossworlds
the winner's promised a ¥1M prize, but idk if or how they'll get paid out, as they're too young for the pro license...
the winner's promised a ¥1M prize, but idk if or how they'll get paid out, as they're too young for the pro license...
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…how it's going
UPDATE: Following user backlash Adobe has changed plans, saying that while active development on Animate will cease, it will remain available for download.
Adobe Is Ruthlessly Killing Off Software That Animators Around The World Are Using Every Day [Update]
'The entire toolshed is being demolished'
aftermath.site
February 4, 2026 at 12:29 AM
…how it's going
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How it started…
February 4, 2026 at 12:29 AM
How it started…
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xbox 360 games will never "become" retro, because they were specifically defined in opposition to retro, much as postmodern literature isn't suddenly reclassified as regular modernist once it's old enough. xbox 360 games can become old, but they can't become retro. if you post sanae at me ill kill y
January 27, 2026 at 10:21 PM
xbox 360 games will never "become" retro, because they were specifically defined in opposition to retro, much as postmodern literature isn't suddenly reclassified as regular modernist once it's old enough. xbox 360 games can become old, but they can't become retro. if you post sanae at me ill kill y
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he settles it forever: "retro" refers to a specific time period which was defined in the ps3 era. the bar for what is considered "retro" does not move forward as time passes. it's comparable to "modernist" literature, the name being temporal doesn't mean it changes over time, it's just a name.
January 27, 2026 at 10:11 PM
he settles it forever: "retro" refers to a specific time period which was defined in the ps3 era. the bar for what is considered "retro" does not move forward as time passes. it's comparable to "modernist" literature, the name being temporal doesn't mean it changes over time, it's just a name.
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In case you missed yesterday, Notepad++ auto-update mechanism was hacked and was delivering backdoored versions for a couple months. Tons of devs use this, uninstall completely what you have, search for the sus files mentioned in article and only download from official site
Notepad++ users take note: It's time to check if you're hacked
Suspected China-state hackers used update infrastructure to deliver backdoored version.
arstechnica.com
February 3, 2026 at 9:02 AM
In case you missed yesterday, Notepad++ auto-update mechanism was hacked and was delivering backdoored versions for a couple months. Tons of devs use this, uninstall completely what you have, search for the sus files mentioned in article and only download from official site
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a friend told me about Space Mouse 2 today. after watching the trailer for it, I'm not convinced I know what's happening but I know it's the Most of whatever dot-eating-genre it is doing store.steampowered.com/app/1282890/...
February 3, 2026 at 10:14 AM
a friend told me about Space Mouse 2 today. after watching the trailer for it, I'm not convinced I know what's happening but I know it's the Most of whatever dot-eating-genre it is doing store.steampowered.com/app/1282890/...
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Upset how accurate these prices are in 2026
February 3, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Upset how accurate these prices are in 2026
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More SFII planning sheets from the Capcom exhibition in Tokyo. Dhalsim's stage has nothing unusual or incriminating -- the stage name just says "India". There are some cute sketches/stamps, though.
February 2, 2026 at 11:54 PM
More SFII planning sheets from the Capcom exhibition in Tokyo. Dhalsim's stage has nothing unusual or incriminating -- the stage name just says "India". There are some cute sketches/stamps, though.
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SFII character Guile stage planning doc at Capcom exhibition: On the reverse (and in large on the left!) was an initial name for Guile: Jinjin (じんじん), reportedly based on Jean Pierre from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure comic books. Both "Jean" and "Jojo" have too many 'J's to be a coincidence...
February 2, 2026 at 12:01 PM
SFII character Guile stage planning doc at Capcom exhibition: On the reverse (and in large on the left!) was an initial name for Guile: Jinjin (じんじん), reportedly based on Jean Pierre from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure comic books. Both "Jean" and "Jojo" have too many 'J's to be a coincidence...
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I went to the Capcom exhibition today; they had a number of original planning docs for SFII, Final Fight and Rockman. The SFII stages looked like they were stored 'gatefolded' since there was some writing visible in the back, eg. Bison/Balrog's stage had written "USA: Tyson"...🤯
February 2, 2026 at 9:42 AM
I went to the Capcom exhibition today; they had a number of original planning docs for SFII, Final Fight and Rockman. The SFII stages looked like they were stored 'gatefolded' since there was some writing visible in the back, eg. Bison/Balrog's stage had written "USA: Tyson"...🤯
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SFII character Chun-Li stage planning doc at Capcom exhibition: Lots of activity meant to be going on in the background in this stage. And the location seems to be "Da'an Road" (大安路 Dà'ān lù) as per the sign bottom-right... is that a real place in Beijing/Shanghai, or Hong Kong etc?
February 3, 2026 at 12:45 AM
SFII character Chun-Li stage planning doc at Capcom exhibition: Lots of activity meant to be going on in the background in this stage. And the location seems to be "Da'an Road" (大安路 Dà'ān lù) as per the sign bottom-right... is that a real place in Beijing/Shanghai, or Hong Kong etc?
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SFII @ Capcom exhibition: Character design for Zhi Li (智麗; not Chun-Li yet), where she still resembles Tong Pooh from arcade Strider
February 3, 2026 at 12:05 AM
SFII @ Capcom exhibition: Character design for Zhi Li (智麗; not Chun-Li yet), where she still resembles Tong Pooh from arcade Strider