Matt Wells
@mattjwells.bsky.social
• Play Frenzy Mission 0 demo: https://semioticblocks.itch.io/frenzy-mission-0
• Post-PhD, self-diagnosed game developer, working on Frenzy, a Far Cry demake from an ecofeminist perspective
• Fan of '90s video games, '80s hip hop, and '70s computer science
• Post-PhD, self-diagnosed game developer, working on Frenzy, a Far Cry demake from an ecofeminist perspective
• Fan of '90s video games, '80s hip hop, and '70s computer science
Oh man *everyone* had that Doors album. I still associate the band with the colour red.
November 11, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Oh man *everyone* had that Doors album. I still associate the band with the colour red.
Double-album CD boxes were kind of fun though. Agnostic of the quality of the CDs 😅
November 11, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Double-album CD boxes were kind of fun though. Agnostic of the quality of the CDs 😅
I make a point to never do this. In the old days I would photocopy the pages I wanted to annotate if I needed to do that. These days I usually work with pdfs so it's not an issue. I have OCD, which I am sure comes at *no* surprise 😅
November 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I make a point to never do this. In the old days I would photocopy the pages I wanted to annotate if I needed to do that. These days I usually work with pdfs so it's not an issue. I have OCD, which I am sure comes at *no* surprise 😅
I still remember times hitting the reload button compulsively in my browser waiting for Hotmail messages in the '90s, back before push notifications. My personal life is a bit less complicated these days, thankfully.
November 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I still remember times hitting the reload button compulsively in my browser waiting for Hotmail messages in the '90s, back before push notifications. My personal life is a bit less complicated these days, thankfully.
I used to be apprehensive about hardware mods until I started to see what the results such wizardry could produce, at least in the right hands.
November 9, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I used to be apprehensive about hardware mods until I started to see what the results such wizardry could produce, at least in the right hands.
I mean tbf if you know, you know, you don't need Google to find it for you 😅
November 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I mean tbf if you know, you know, you don't need Google to find it for you 😅
Played this game a ton as a kid, I never realized until now that they somehow got Pedro Pascal to pose for the cover 😅
November 9, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Played this game a ton as a kid, I never realized until now that they somehow got Pedro Pascal to pose for the cover 😅
They actually did hold out a bit longer than most. The problem is the big shareholders, they literally (in the true sense of the word) scream at them to do whatever's cool at the time until they listen.
November 8, 2025 at 11:33 PM
They actually did hold out a bit longer than most. The problem is the big shareholders, they literally (in the true sense of the word) scream at them to do whatever's cool at the time until they listen.
The Gamemaker Dummies book was also quite good. I'm always on the hunt for older titles where it's hard to get a good pdf, like the early Game Programming Gems. It's really interesting to see how things were done, way back when.
November 8, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The Gamemaker Dummies book was also quite good. I'm always on the hunt for older titles where it's hard to get a good pdf, like the early Game Programming Gems. It's really interesting to see how things were done, way back when.
It's really annoying that they appropriated that Simple Minds song. It might be their best one!
November 8, 2025 at 1:50 AM
It's really annoying that they appropriated that Simple Minds song. It might be their best one!
So is the spear stabbing you, or just making it hard to steer? I'm having trouble piecing together the analogy 😅
November 7, 2025 at 5:37 PM
So is the spear stabbing you, or just making it hard to steer? I'm having trouble piecing together the analogy 😅
Canadian here, we just have ERs as far as I know, they triage you there. Interesting that you have a Medium Place in the states for that stuff, actually sounds like a good idea though I recognize it's wrapped inside an evil system.
November 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Canadian here, we just have ERs as far as I know, they triage you there. Interesting that you have a Medium Place in the states for that stuff, actually sounds like a good idea though I recognize it's wrapped inside an evil system.
"The Jess Morrissette Memorial Essence Magazine Subscription"
November 6, 2025 at 11:59 PM
"The Jess Morrissette Memorial Essence Magazine Subscription"
Time to flip some tables.
November 6, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Time to flip some tables.
Death of a Salesman 2: Death of the Author
November 6, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Death of a Salesman 2: Death of the Author
Oh man if I had the money to bribe FIFA I was totally do it to get this outcome. And FIFA is massively corrupt so they would definitely accept the right bribe.
November 6, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Oh man if I had the money to bribe FIFA I was totally do it to get this outcome. And FIFA is massively corrupt so they would definitely accept the right bribe.
We have Aero in Canada, but not the other two - though I suspect you're trolling us with "Bubbly", that one sounds a bit *too* British 😅
November 6, 2025 at 1:45 AM
We have Aero in Canada, but not the other two - though I suspect you're trolling us with "Bubbly", that one sounds a bit *too* British 😅
I'd forgotten how many 4th wall jokes are in the old Sierra games until I revisited them. On more than one occasion you actually end up in the offices of Sierra itself, talking to Ken Williams. Maybe in the pre-Scream era this all seemed novel?
November 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I'd forgotten how many 4th wall jokes are in the old Sierra games until I revisited them. On more than one occasion you actually end up in the offices of Sierra itself, talking to Ken Williams. Maybe in the pre-Scream era this all seemed novel?
This is the obvious answer. They don't even have a leader, nor two loonies to rub together for that matter.
November 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
This is the obvious answer. They don't even have a leader, nor two loonies to rub together for that matter.
"Skittle-haired"? Like, the candy?
November 3, 2025 at 3:48 AM
"Skittle-haired"? Like, the candy?
Interesting. But yeah, I was a huge Car Wars/Autoduel fan back in the day and that was plenty violent, so I'm suspicious that was the reason.
November 3, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Interesting. But yeah, I was a huge Car Wars/Autoduel fan back in the day and that was plenty violent, so I'm suspicious that was the reason.
Fallout used GURPS? TIL!
November 3, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Fallout used GURPS? TIL!
Does not liking any episode of The Simpsons that didn't come out in the '90s another version of this? I'm hoping no.
November 2, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Does not liking any episode of The Simpsons that didn't come out in the '90s another version of this? I'm hoping no.