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elievable and depressing take here re: "where has the gaming audience gone" - not just to tiktok and youtube but to kalshi, crypto trading, onlyfans, and talking to chatgpt
www.matthewball.co/all/presenta...
www.matthewball.co/all/presenta...
The State of Video Gaming in 2026 by Matthew Ball / Epyllion — MatthewBall.co
In 2025, video gaming had more revenue and cultural weight than ever. Why, then, is growth (and even revenue ) so elusive? Why are player counts retreating across much of the developed world? And why...
www.matthewball.co
February 17, 2026 at 4:50 AM
elievable and depressing take here re: "where has the gaming audience gone" - not just to tiktok and youtube but to kalshi, crypto trading, onlyfans, and talking to chatgpt
www.matthewball.co/all/presenta...
www.matthewball.co/all/presenta...
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gotta do investigations into DHS “waste, fraud and abuse” as pretext for killing the agency
The interior of Kristi Noem’s new billionaire-class luxury jet is complete with two bidets and a wet bar with a wine chiller. It will be purchased on our dime from the slush fund Congress approved in the One Big Beautiful Bill.
open.substack.com/pub/newsnotn...
open.substack.com/pub/newsnotn...
Let Them Fly First Class: Kristi Noem’s DHS Luxury Jet Scandal
Inside Noem's flying palace. Plus: Pentagon demands obedient, deadly AI. The race to deploy untested nuclear reactors. Lawmakers move to rein in presidential pardons. And remembering Robert Duvall.
open.substack.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:53 AM
gotta do investigations into DHS “waste, fraud and abuse” as pretext for killing the agency
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rt if your major featue are being continvoucly morged back into develop
February 17, 2026 at 2:28 AM
rt if your major featue are being continvoucly morged back into develop
more and more people are saying, “who is Kurtis the Divine?” and “how do I start worshiping Kurtis the Divine?”
all of the new McDonald's Transformer toys have a cute fast food robot name and then there's a trash can named "Kurtis the Divine", what the fuck. we need the lore.
February 17, 2026 at 2:50 AM
more and more people are saying, “who is Kurtis the Divine?” and “how do I start worshiping Kurtis the Divine?”
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one of the mcdonalds changeable happy meal toys is a burger grill that transforms into a burger grill with a digimon sort of halfway sticking out of it and it's name is "KURTIS THE DIVINE"
February 17, 2026 at 2:26 AM
one of the mcdonalds changeable happy meal toys is a burger grill that transforms into a burger grill with a digimon sort of halfway sticking out of it and it's name is "KURTIS THE DIVINE"
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joyce is going after elon again
February 17, 2026 at 1:22 AM
joyce is going after elon again
We’re not sure how this happened, but there are no Pearl Jam albums in the list of top 10 Pearl Jam albums!
Do any of Pearl Jam’s albums qualify as the greatest albums of all time?
Vote for up to ten albums—across their and other artists’ discographies—in our readers’ poll here: album.ink/GOATAlbumsPoll
Vote for up to ten albums—across their and other artists’ discographies—in our readers’ poll here: album.ink/GOATAlbumsPoll
February 17, 2026 at 2:03 AM
We’re not sure how this happened, but there are no Pearl Jam albums in the list of top 10 Pearl Jam albums!
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no. next question
Do any of Pearl Jam’s albums qualify as the greatest albums of all time?
Vote for up to ten albums—across their and other artists’ discographies—in our readers’ poll here: album.ink/GOATAlbumsPoll
Vote for up to ten albums—across their and other artists’ discographies—in our readers’ poll here: album.ink/GOATAlbumsPoll
February 17, 2026 at 1:40 AM
no. next question
UniverAI Paperclips
February 17, 2026 at 1:28 AM
UniverAI Paperclips
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Harlem in 1970 or a management strategy game from 1999? 🤔
February 6, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Harlem in 1970 or a management strategy game from 1999? 🤔
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REMEMBER: All the "Don't use em-dashes" "don't use rule of three" advice because it makes your writing "look like AI" is because they stole actual writers work, and their "predict the next thing" stuff just simulates what WE FUCKING DO. Keep writing well. Use every style and trick you have. Fuck AI.
July 3, 2025 at 7:43 PM
REMEMBER: All the "Don't use em-dashes" "don't use rule of three" advice because it makes your writing "look like AI" is because they stole actual writers work, and their "predict the next thing" stuff just simulates what WE FUCKING DO. Keep writing well. Use every style and trick you have. Fuck AI.
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it’s pretty funny to make a world where everything is based on computer. and then fuck that part up specifically
February 16, 2026 at 8:14 PM
it’s pretty funny to make a world where everything is based on computer. and then fuck that part up specifically
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I understand framing the AI bubble RAM supply crisis in terms of stuff like video game consoles because nerds can conceptualize that but the framing does really undersell the sheer magnitude of how it's going to fuck up everything that even touches a computer.
February 16, 2026 at 7:49 PM
I understand framing the AI bubble RAM supply crisis in terms of stuff like video game consoles because nerds can conceptualize that but the framing does really undersell the sheer magnitude of how it's going to fuck up everything that even touches a computer.
Doing a thirty-year clean and found an original piece of Rydia fanart from 1996 (!)
February 16, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Doing a thirty-year clean and found an original piece of Rydia fanart from 1996 (!)
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anyway Mewgenics is really really really really good but boy does every character offend(bore) me
February 16, 2026 at 7:17 PM
anyway Mewgenics is really really really really good but boy does every character offend(bore) me
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As I have aged, my relationship with being offended has evolved. I used to be offended (angry) but now I am offended (bored)
February 16, 2026 at 7:13 PM
As I have aged, my relationship with being offended has evolved. I used to be offended (angry) but now I am offended (bored)
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‘This shouldn’t be normal’: developers speak out about bigotry on Steam, the world’s biggest PC gaming storefront
‘This shouldn’t be normal’: developers speak out about bigotry on Steam, the world’s biggest PC gaming storefront
Multiple game creators describe ineffective moderation on the platform, resulting in unchecked hatred in forums and targeted campaigns of negative ‘anti-woke’ reviews
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 10:30 AM
‘This shouldn’t be normal’: developers speak out about bigotry on Steam, the world’s biggest PC gaming storefront
Nori please do not eat my magazine
February 16, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Nori please do not eat my magazine
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.hack//Z.E.R.O. announced from CyberConnect2 www.gematsu.com/2026/02/hack...
Teaser Trailer www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcjZ...
www.cc2.co.jp/hackzero/en/
"Bandai Namco Entertainment has given CyberConnect2 permission to manage the entirety of the project from planning and development to release"
Teaser Trailer www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcjZ...
www.cc2.co.jp/hackzero/en/
"Bandai Namco Entertainment has given CyberConnect2 permission to manage the entirety of the project from planning and development to release"
February 16, 2026 at 4:07 PM
.hack//Z.E.R.O. announced from CyberConnect2 www.gematsu.com/2026/02/hack...
Teaser Trailer www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcjZ...
www.cc2.co.jp/hackzero/en/
"Bandai Namco Entertainment has given CyberConnect2 permission to manage the entirety of the project from planning and development to release"
Teaser Trailer www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcjZ...
www.cc2.co.jp/hackzero/en/
"Bandai Namco Entertainment has given CyberConnect2 permission to manage the entirety of the project from planning and development to release"
While I respect greatly the SuperStation one’s commitment to letting me use original PlayStation memory cards and PS2 DualSense controllers, the fact of the matter is that a modern $50 8bitdo is frankly a better controller… and 2.4g wireless… and not covered in gunk from the early 2000s…
February 16, 2026 at 6:35 AM
While I respect greatly the SuperStation one’s commitment to letting me use original PlayStation memory cards and PS2 DualSense controllers, the fact of the matter is that a modern $50 8bitdo is frankly a better controller… and 2.4g wireless… and not covered in gunk from the early 2000s…
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Geo announced that 97 of their stores will begin selling retro games today yay 😀
news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/260216j
news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/260216j
ゲオ、「レトロゲーム」の販売を全国97店舗で順次開始。スーパーファミコン、ゲームボーイなどの人気機種を中心に、ソフト・周辺機器を2月16日、ゲーム機本体を2月20日より取り扱い
ゲームソフト・周辺機器を2月16日、ゲーム機本体を2月20日より順次販売。市場の動向やニーズを注視しつつ、取扱店舗の拡大を検討
news.denfaminicogamer.jp
February 16, 2026 at 6:13 AM
Geo announced that 97 of their stores will begin selling retro games today yay 😀
news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/260216j
news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/260216j
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We've finally come full circle. People are longing for less chatter dialogue in their games by referencing ocarina, a game that people consistently complained about Navi being too talkative to the point of it being a meme for 20 odd years.
This is why I just recently dropped a game 😂😂😂😂
Like we don’t need banter every second silence is okay haha
credit: www.tiktok.com/t/ZThQF1Ga4/
Like we don’t need banter every second silence is okay haha
credit: www.tiktok.com/t/ZThQF1Ga4/
February 15, 2026 at 6:12 PM
We've finally come full circle. People are longing for less chatter dialogue in their games by referencing ocarina, a game that people consistently complained about Navi being too talkative to the point of it being a meme for 20 odd years.
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2001年から2003年までセガ代表取締役社長を務められた佐藤秀樹さんが逝去されました。ご遺族、ご友人、関係者の皆様に謹んで哀悼の意を表します。アーケード用アミューズメント機器の開発から始まり、SG-1000、SC-3000から、メガドライブ、セガサターン、ドリームキャストとファンの皆様に愛される革新的な家庭用ゲーム機を世に生み出し、セガの礎を築かれるとともに、ゲーム業界にも多大な貢献をされたその功績に、従業員一同深く感謝するとともに心よりご冥福をお祈りいたします。
February 16, 2026 at 4:16 AM
2001年から2003年までセガ代表取締役社長を務められた佐藤秀樹さんが逝去されました。ご遺族、ご友人、関係者の皆様に謹んで哀悼の意を表します。アーケード用アミューズメント機器の開発から始まり、SG-1000、SC-3000から、メガドライブ、セガサターン、ドリームキャストとファンの皆様に愛される革新的な家庭用ゲーム機を世に生み出し、セガの礎を築かれるとともに、ゲーム業界にも多大な貢献をされたその功績に、従業員一同深く感謝するとともに心よりご冥福をお祈りいたします。