Liam Thomas
@junkmail-lt.bsky.social
Logician. I make video games and puzzles sometimes.
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the HORSES affair is a startlingly low bar to cross to see if people actually care about protecting games from censorship of upsetting themes because it's far tamer and has way more moral clarity than a lot of stuff that doesn't get banned. but it's also very clarifying to see who can't cross it
December 4, 2025 at 2:50 AM
the HORSES affair is a startlingly low bar to cross to see if people actually care about protecting games from censorship of upsetting themes because it's far tamer and has way more moral clarity than a lot of stuff that doesn't get banned. but it's also very clarifying to see who can't cross it
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Ultimately this controversy boils down into three problems:
1) People who haven't played it making assumptions about what's in it.
2) Despite what they might say, people don't actually think video games are art.
3) There are only like six places you can sell video games online.
1) People who haven't played it making assumptions about what's in it.
2) Despite what they might say, people don't actually think video games are art.
3) There are only like six places you can sell video games online.
Humble's now banned it too, post-launch:
www.ign.com/articles/hor...
www.ign.com/articles/hor...
Horses, the Upsetting Horror Game Previously Banned on Steam, Gets Last Minute Ban From Epic Games Store Too - IGN
Last week, we reported that disturbing horror game Horses had been banned from Steam. Now, at the last possible minute before the game was set to release widely across other PC store fronts, Epic Game...
www.ign.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Ultimately this controversy boils down into three problems:
1) People who haven't played it making assumptions about what's in it.
2) Despite what they might say, people don't actually think video games are art.
3) There are only like six places you can sell video games online.
1) People who haven't played it making assumptions about what's in it.
2) Despite what they might say, people don't actually think video games are art.
3) There are only like six places you can sell video games online.
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Pro tip: does your nose bleed every time you use your telekinesis? Consider carrying a hankie in your pocket
December 2, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Pro tip: does your nose bleed every time you use your telekinesis? Consider carrying a hankie in your pocket
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nothing better in video games than when reviews of a big game drop and a bunch of way too online gamer guys are like WE WON or ITS OVER as if the metacritic score means literally anything
December 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
nothing better in video games than when reviews of a big game drop and a bunch of way too online gamer guys are like WE WON or ITS OVER as if the metacritic score means literally anything
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Private Equity
December 2, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Private Equity
any gamer who says "valve earns their 30% cut! look at all these features!" needs to implement the nightmare which is steam turn notifications
December 1, 2025 at 10:50 PM
any gamer who says "valve earns their 30% cut! look at all these features!" needs to implement the nightmare which is steam turn notifications
asking a mathematician to do mental arithmetic
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 1, 2025 at 9:55 PM
asking a mathematician to do mental arithmetic
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“.. As the smoke cleared, they got a jolt: Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck.
“The Special Operations commander .. ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions .. The two men were blown apart ..”
@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“The Special Operations commander .. ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions .. The two men were blown apart ..”
@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
“.. As the smoke cleared, they got a jolt: Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck.
“The Special Operations commander .. ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions .. The two men were blown apart ..”
@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“The Special Operations commander .. ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions .. The two men were blown apart ..”
@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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A thing about that Horses blacklist is that you may find the scene they cut and replaced distasteful but we're literally setting a bar here that the TV show South Park couldn't clear.
November 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
A thing about that Horses blacklist is that you may find the scene they cut and replaced distasteful but we're literally setting a bar here that the TV show South Park couldn't clear.
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Man Hoping People Notice How Many Folding Chairs He’s Carrying At Once https://theonion.com/man-hoping-people-notice-how-many-folding-chairs-he-s-c-1819576444/
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Man Hoping People Notice How Many Folding Chairs He’s Carrying At Once https://theonion.com/man-hoping-people-notice-how-many-folding-chairs-he-s-c-1819576444/
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the breadth of what we get now ui/presentation-wise is so rad and interesting in a way that we did not get back then because publishing a game was like 100000x harder. we're feastin' better than ever (imo!) but the stuff at the top is without a doubt full of capitalist slop rot
November 24, 2025 at 11:25 PM
the breadth of what we get now ui/presentation-wise is so rad and interesting in a way that we did not get back then because publishing a game was like 100000x harder. we're feastin' better than ever (imo!) but the stuff at the top is without a doubt full of capitalist slop rot
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JD Vance Cries In Bathroom After Trump Uses ‘Piggy’ Nickname On Someone Else https://theonion.com/jd-vance-cries-in-bathroom-after-trump-uses-piggy-nickname-on-someone-else/
November 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
JD Vance Cries In Bathroom After Trump Uses ‘Piggy’ Nickname On Someone Else https://theonion.com/jd-vance-cries-in-bathroom-after-trump-uses-piggy-nickname-on-someone-else/
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we should go back to calling them the spike vgas just so everyone knows the correct amount of respect to afford them
November 19, 2025 at 12:36 PM
we should go back to calling them the spike vgas just so everyone knows the correct amount of respect to afford them
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“lazy use of unwrap blew up a process and took out the internet” bzzt. wrong. judicious use of unwrap blew up a process instead of allowing an Extremely Named CVE to happen and spraying your bank account credentials all over the public internet
People want a technical solution to what is ultimately a judgement problem.
People know that unwrap can cause a panic. That's the choice that's being made when you unwrap. Changing the name won't change that.
People know that unwrap can cause a panic. That's the choice that's being made when you unwrap. Changing the name won't change that.
November 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
“lazy use of unwrap blew up a process and took out the internet” bzzt. wrong. judicious use of unwrap blew up a process instead of allowing an Extremely Named CVE to happen and spraying your bank account credentials all over the public internet
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We have forcibly installed the Stupid Machine in all of your homes but, of course, under no circumstances should you trust the Stupid Machine.
November 18, 2025 at 9:45 AM
We have forcibly installed the Stupid Machine in all of your homes but, of course, under no circumstances should you trust the Stupid Machine.
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like i am not going to devote a fraction of my brain to being upset for longer than a minute, but this says about all you need to know about the legitimacy of TGA's awards at least as it applies to music
November 17, 2025 at 6:08 PM
like i am not going to devote a fraction of my brain to being upset for longer than a minute, but this says about all you need to know about the legitimacy of TGA's awards at least as it applies to music
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the ball is not the protagonist of pinball. you are not the protagonist of pinball. the hole is the protagonist. you are the villain. she is starving
November 17, 2025 at 2:36 AM
the ball is not the protagonist of pinball. you are not the protagonist of pinball. the hole is the protagonist. you are the villain. she is starving
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the way nintendo gets about women in their games is so funny in how, like, specific the way they are. it's not an outright loathing, it's like having to watch a 70s action super team anime do the extremely out of touch focus episode on the one lady in the cast. and kept doing that episode into 2025
November 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
the way nintendo gets about women in their games is so funny in how, like, specific the way they are. it's not an outright loathing, it's like having to watch a 70s action super team anime do the extremely out of touch focus episode on the one lady in the cast. and kept doing that episode into 2025
puzzle depot has the sauce
November 16, 2025 at 3:45 AM
puzzle depot has the sauce
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Y’all have got to stop trying to teach people magic with edh
Pope Leo XIV Will Have Lunch With 4 Trans Women in "Unprecedented" Meeting
https://www.them.us/story/pope-leo-xiv-lunch-trans-activists-alesia-nobile
https://www.them.us/story/pope-leo-xiv-lunch-trans-activists-alesia-nobile
November 15, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Y’all have got to stop trying to teach people magic with edh
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The problem with people increasingly using "puzzle game" to super-expansively mean any game that might require thinking is that it's not a very useful term when you start lumping Stephen's Sausage Roll, sudoku, Myst, and Epigraph under the same umbrella.
November 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The problem with people increasingly using "puzzle game" to super-expansively mean any game that might require thinking is that it's not a very useful term when you start lumping Stephen's Sausage Roll, sudoku, Myst, and Epigraph under the same umbrella.
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writing a companion piece to A Report on the Banality of Evil that’s just A Report on How Evil is Also Deeply Cringe
November 13, 2025 at 5:14 AM
writing a companion piece to A Report on the Banality of Evil that’s just A Report on How Evil is Also Deeply Cringe
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my experience trying to get people to read umineko since completing it
November 12, 2025 at 11:52 PM
my experience trying to get people to read umineko since completing it
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Again, to every videogame writer who wrote funny emails to read in an immersive sim/etc. where I rolled my eyes and said out loud, "lol like anyone would ever email something this on the nose", again, sorry, I was wrong, life sucks, you nailed it
November 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Again, to every videogame writer who wrote funny emails to read in an immersive sim/etc. where I rolled my eyes and said out loud, "lol like anyone would ever email something this on the nose", again, sorry, I was wrong, life sucks, you nailed it