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“The internet is a store but it used to be a library” hits me like a slug to the chest

In case you quite reasonably assumed that xkcd was exaggerating. Brilliant work.

To be laid off right before release is just cruel. This kind of things makes me want to stop playing games on Xbox. They can do better for their employees. kotaku.com/gears-of-war...

About 1200 hours later, I finally completed Satisfactory… and saved the day. Probably.

Cockroaches Feeling Very Optimistic About Future Of Planet https://theonion.com/cockroaches-feeling-very-optimistic-about-future-of-pla-1819579564/

I already love this fish

imagine if they fired every band member every time an album came out

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Share this post with some love for... 🧠Double Fine👥 🥷Ninja Theory😈 🎭Compulsion Games🐊 These people deserve better, @xbox.com.

A friendly reminder that Double Fine's Psychodyssey is one of the finest pieces of media ever created, and a must-watch for anyone who cares about video games, yet somehow it's also completely free www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Are you ready for a cozy mystery adventure? The Crimson Diamond is NOW 25% off! 🎉🔎 It’s been Overwhelmingly Positively reviewed with 600+ Steam reviews — Maybe you’ll like it, too! It’s set in Canada 🇨🇦, it’s got rock facts! 🪨 store.steampowered.com/app/1098770/The_Crimson_Diamond/

Depressing as all heck. Even the trees can't catch a break

the trump administration is selling this country wholesale to rapacious, extractive industries that will destroy our collective resources for private profit morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/breaking-t...

After 140 hours, I’ve rolled credits on Kingdom Come Deliverance 2. What an amazing game! Truly one of best RPGs I’ve ever played. Hopefully we’ll get a KCD3. #videogames

Öoo is now available on Nintendo Switch! 🎉 If you have friends who don’t own a PC, I’d really appreciate it if you could recommend the Switch version to them! 🐛💣 www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Games/...

Finished Donkey Kong Bananza! What a game! Really fun and smashing stuff is fun the entire time!

another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

This season, give yourself the gift of giving us less money: 🧙‍♂️ Tactical Breach Wizards is 35% off! store.steampowered.com/app/1043810/... 🕵️ Gunpoint is 75% off! store.steampowered.com/app/206190/G... 🚀 Heat Signature is 75% off! store.steampowered.com/app/268130/H...

In just the last 60 days, RAM prices have spiked. 32gb was around $150 in September and it’s close to $450 now. Thanks AI! #pcgaming #gaming

For about another 21 hours all our games are suspiciously cheap: 🕵️ Gunpoint is 80% off! store.steampowered.com/app/206190/G... 🚀 Heat Signature is 80% off! store.steampowered.com/app/268130/H... 🧙‍♂️ Tactical Breach Wizards is 40% off! store.steampowered.com/app/1043810/...

We’ve surpassed 250,000 wishlists, and we’re just ONE WEEK away from launch! Help us push BALL x PIT through this final stretch and reach as many potential ball enjoyers as possible - wishlist, play the demo, and tell your friends! Thanks so much for the amazing support, y’all deserve a Woah!❤️‍🔥🏐

"Watching Nate ragdoll off a mountain like a stupid great big spaghetti man still hasn't lost its charm after so many hours, and there is something strangely soothing about knowing he will eventually crash to earth and begin his journey anew. Mud-splattered. Pride in tatters. But somehow resolute."

Combining Baby Steps with the Kathy Rain: Soothsayer soundtrack is the cheeseburger with donut buns I needed. Nate goes hardcore. #babysteps #kathyrain

Psychonauts 2 is still FREE on PlayStation Plus until October 7! So you’d better start the download now!

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ZeniMax staff lambast chaotic Xbox layoffs: 'It's difficult to work when you're looking at a graveyard' 'I don't care how many times they do it to try and make it seem normal—it's not. The way they do it is inhumane.'

WGA statement on Paramount’s decision to cancel the Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

Pretty impossible to read CBS canceling The Late Show as anything other than a favor to Trump, coming as it does a week after they paid him off to approve the Skydance merger. Cool move, I'm sure your numbers go way up when people like me have zero reasons to watch your network.

Some figures to keep in mind today as Xbox makes these layoffs

UFO 50, our collection of 50 games in one, is on sale for the #SteamSummerSale! A game for every mood (or at least fifty of them). Includes local multiplayer and ✅Verified on Deck! 🛸: store.steampowered.com/app/1147860/...

How is Microsoft / Xbox so bad at naming things? Who thought the ROG Xbox Ally X was a good name? I can only guess at what the console after the Xbox series x will be called. #xbox #videogames

If you’re looking for cool Next Fest demos, may I recommend Ball x Pit: store.steampowered.com/app/2062430/... It’s real good. My family will miss me when this launches for real.

Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park 😲😲😲, situated on the Arizona-Utah border in the southwestern United States, is a breathtaking landscape renowned for its iconic sandstone formations. Managed by the Navajo Nation, this park holds profound cultural and spiritual significance for the Navajo people.

What awful UX this is from @metacritic.com - the score is only two numbers and you need to truncate it? Even when plenty of room available. I assume this dark pattern is so you click in. Just terrible. #design #webdesign #ux

Hey it's another one of those inevitable things turning out to not be.

British devs at morning standup be like EarlyStartup.Init()

Lab Rat is a really great puzzle game. Very silly too - though I think it would be better without the Dev Comm parts, which can get a little grating. Just let SARA test! #videogames #indiegames

@diregoldfish.bsky.social I chuckled on puzzle 1.8 when ideas labeled “irredeemable trash” were only one tick below “Activision”.

polygon and giant bomb dead in the same week is just unfathomable

And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes. We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.