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Rayme @rayme.bsky.social · 4h

Just gonna admit right here that I misread that 2nd line for a split second. 1998 Squall FAT Ti- wait no.

Phil Salvador @philsalv.bsky.social · 4h

Good news

A CD-R labeled "1999 Final Fantasy VIII."

A high-resolution render of Squall from Final Fantasy VIII.

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Adrian Walking Dead 🧟‍♂️ 🦇 @adrianswalker.blacksky.app · 8h

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 8h

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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Rayme @rayme.bsky.social · 12h

Guys.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 12h

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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Rayme @rayme.bsky.social · 13h

Do you have any idea how rabidly we would have eaten up a fuck-up-the-Klan game? Holy shit. I'd have bought it five times. Idiots.

Cowards all the way down.

"Backlash to Yasuke", good lord. Just leave the industry, don't make games.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 13h

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 22h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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alyssa mercante @alyssamerc.bsky.social · 2d

This a very prominent streamer who consistently uses their platform in this manner.

Asmongold gloats over Sucker Punch employee being fired

“I made a video about them..it turns out they got fired..too bad huh..eventually you’ll get a new job & when u do..I might just make another vid & contact that employee too..why? For fun..I enjoy it”

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 19d

CW: protester being struck in the head by a pepper ball

Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.

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Gravity Well @gravitywell.games · 2d

Gravity Well is looking for a Senior QA Analyst to join our team! 🎮👾

If you've got sharp testing skills, a passion for video games, and experience with QA efforts, we want to hear from you!

Apply here: job-boards.greenhouse.io/gravitywell/...

Senior QA Analyst

Remote

job-boards.greenhouse.io

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Rayme @rayme.bsky.social · 3d

Fuck you.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Hegseth to the Navy: "Your diversity is not your strength"

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Rebecca Heineman @burgerbecky.bsky.social · 4d

I’ve started a GoFundMe to help with my cancer battle gofund.me/6850175a3

Donate to Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, organized by Rebecca Heineman

I’m Rebecca Ann Heineman. The very first video game champion, creat… Rebecca Heineman needs your support for Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer

gofund.me

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GUIGO 🏝️Toni Island Adventure🏝️ @guigo.frolicstudio.fun · 9d

Unfortunately, I couldn’t give Toni Island Adventure the launch it deserved because real life got in the way.
Now bugs are fixed, Steam Achievements are in, and I’d love to share Toni’s wholesome journey with you.

If you’d give it a second chance, it’s 40% off on Steam
Thanks for the support 🧡

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Chris Kohler @kohler.bsky.social · 3d

Help a game design legend fight cancer.

Rebecca Heineman @burgerbecky.bsky.social · 4d

I’ve started a GoFundMe to help with my cancer battle gofund.me/6850175a3

Donate to Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, organized by Rebecca Heineman

I’m Rebecca Ann Heineman. The very first video game champion, creat… Rebecca Heineman needs your support for Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer

gofund.me

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4d

also, in keeping with Vance’s view of american identity, only white people are fully American with the right to critique or dissent. nonwhites must show proper gratitude (supporting Trump or marrying JD Vance) before they can speak critically of the country (in approved ways, of course)

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 4d

Weaponized gratitude is a key tool in the abuser's toolkit. The goal is to convince the victim that they owe the abuser so much, they should feel guilty for wanting to complain.

Tweet from the VP:
Joy Reid has had such a good life in this country. It's been
overwhelmingly kind and gracious to her. She is far wealthier than most.
Yet she oozes with contempt.
My honest, non-trolling advice to Joy Reid is that you'd be a much
happier person if you showed a little gratitude

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 5d

According to eyewitnesses, armed ICE agents dragged kids out of their beds in the middle of the night, zip tied them and put them in rented vans while raiding an * entire apartment building* on the South Side of Chicago.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...

‘F--- them kids’: ICE agents drag children out of bed, ransack Chicago building

YouTube video by MSNBC

www.youtube.com

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Rayme @rayme.bsky.social · 6d

I get that. It's the "but at what cost" part that I'm getting disappointed on.

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Sally Beaumont- Voice Actor & Game Writer @sallybeaumont.bsky.social · 6d

If you’ve finished Old Skies (well done) please do leave a review, it really helps!
AND
Did you know it has a commentary mode?
You can replay the game and hear Dave’s thoughts on design decisions, as well as bloopers from all the voice cast and lots of Sally Natter about Fia!

Save 15% on Old Skies on Steam

A time travel adventure spanning two hundred years! Dive into the past with time agent Fia Quinn as she embarks on seven trips through time. History is up for grabs, from the speakeasies of Prohibitio...

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Jeff Grubb @grubb.wtf · 6d

things are getting more expensive because only rich people are spending. The top 10% of earners ($250k as a household) make up half of all consumer spending in the US. So, everything is being priced for them while Xbox leaves everyone else behind. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Top 10% of Earners Drive a Growing Share of US Consumer Spending

Wealthy consumers continue to account for a growing share of US consumer spending, highlighting the lopsided strength of the economy as a slowdown in hiring and wariness among other income cohorts rai...

www.bloomberg.com

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Rayme @rayme.bsky.social · 7d

Not great, Bob!

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 7d

I spent some time with OpenAI's new AI video app Sora. Not just slop but ragebait, fake crimes and women splattered with white goo. The implications of all of this are horrifying.

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 7d

One of my favorite anecdotes from THE PREHISTORY OF THE FAR SIDE: "That doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know."

A few days after this cartoon was published, my syndicate received a very indignant letter from someone representing the Jane Goodall Institute.
Not only did my syndicate and I both get read the Riot Act, there was a vague implication that litigation over this cartoon might be around the corner.
I was horrified. Not so much from a fear of being sued (I just couldn't see how this cartoon could be construed as anything but silly, but because of my deep respect for Jane Goodall and her well-known contributions to pri-matology. The last thing in the world I would have intentionally done was offend Dr. Goodall in any way.
Before I had a chance to write my apology, another complication arose.
The National Geographic Society contacted my syndicate and expressed a

desire to reprint the cartoon in a special centennial issue of their magazine. My editor, aware of what had just occurred, declined, explaining why.
Apparently, whoever it was that sent the inquiry from National Geographic was shocked. They told my editor that "that doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know." They did some checking themselves, and an interesting fact was eventually discovered: Jane Goodall loved the cartoon. Furthermore, she was totally unaware that any of this "stuff" was going on. Some phone calls were made, and the cartoon was not only reprinted in the centennial issue of National Geographic, but was also used by her Institute on a T-shirt for fund-raising purposes.
I've since had an opportunity to visit Dr. Goodall at her research facility in Gombe. It's a wonderful place (sort of like right out of National Geographic).
"To refer to Dr. Goodall as a tramp is inexcusable even by a self-described 'loony' as Larson. The cartoon was incredibly offensive and in such poor taste that readers might well question the editorial judgment of running such an atrocity in a newspaper that reputes to be supplying news to persons with a better than average intelligence. The cartoon and its message were absolutely stupid." —Excerpt from the above-mentioned letter that started the ruckus

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 7d

ER doc here! This is a lie. Wait times are up because the American healthcare system is an unsustainable business model and a for-profit national healthcare system just doesn’t work. These problems will continue to get worse until we change that system. It literally has nothing to do with immigrants

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Vance: "If you're an American citizen & you've been to the hospital in the last few years, you've probably noticed wait times are especially large & very often somebody who's there in the ER is an illegal alien. Why do those people get healthcare benefits at hospitals paid for by American citizens?"

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Cara Ellison @caraellison.bsky.social · 7d

Do you like spooky but not _scary_? Do you like little puzzles and a curious atmosphere? Do you want an *experience* in spooky season? The Room VR and Ghost Town are both heavily discounted and are some of the highest rated VR games on the store! store.steampowered.com/bundle/56732...

Save 44% on Fireproof Games VR Collection on Steam

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Dan Johnson @coil.bsky.social · 8d

It's actually worse than this, because only $18 billion will be in the junk loan. The other $2 billion will be due within a year, on top of the interest for the $18B.

So private-entity-EA need to come up with a bit over $3 billion within 12 months of close.

Chris Higgins🔜 @higgins.games · 8d

interest doesn’t accrue yearly, right? like, you don’t have to pay it all off every year, right?

list of current yields of various investment grade prime rates from S&P ratings. Single B is currently at 6.53%

6.53% of 20 (billion) is 1.306 (billion)

EA’s FY25 balance sheet listing net revenue of 7.4 billion, gross profit of 5.9 billion, operating expenses of 4.4 billion leaving (highlighted in blue) 1.1 billion of net income. 1.1 is less than 1.3.

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 8d

If any other president in all of history said the military should use American cities as a training ground he would be removed from office that same day. The hardest thing to tolerate in all this is how relatively silent elected democrats are. It’s ridiculous.

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 8d

I will leave this here because it happened! On camera!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Trump to generals: "We can't let people throw around that word. I call it the N word. There are two N words and you can't use either of them."

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