Mando

Mando

@mrmandolino.itch.io

Game and narrative designer, sometimes I draw, sometimes I write. Italian He

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there are so many absurd things in this article but one of the most frustrating is how FIFA/EA Sports FC makes the company ungodly amounts of money that they're squandering with incredibly idiotic decisions that they can still keep making because of their infinite money glitch

Chris Kerr@kerrblimey.bsky.social

NEW: I spoke with current and former EA employees to understand how the latest layoff round played out and the realities of daily life at the U.S. publisher. The short version? EA is controlled by an executive class that "cannot fail, only be failed." Workers, then, will always pay the price.

it's so stupid. they have the kind of spare resources that would allow them to take INCREDIBLE risks and still have cash to spare if they were ran by people who know how to make a video game but all they can cause is a stupid amount of suffering

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NEW: I spoke with current and former EA employees to understand how the latest layoff round played out and the realities of daily life at the U.S. publisher. The short version? EA is controlled by an executive class that "cannot fail, only be failed." Workers, then, will always pay the price.

Vertical Slice@verticalslice.news

"I don't want to work at this place anymore:" EA workers decry mismanagement and corporate greed after mass layoffs Current and former EA employees paint a bleak picture of daily life at one of the video game industry's most prominent publishers

it's unreal how well this captures the light bouncing off a VHS' vaguely-but-not-really matte plastic cover i owned this VHS

graverobin@robinproblem.art

space jam vhs

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This article does not discuss one major reason why chocolate in the West got worse - Ghana and Ivory Coast, the two African countries that are the biggest suppliers of cacao globally, got organised and started demanding fair prices for it. www.reuters.com/world/africa...

ghanacitizenship.comGhana-Ivory Coast Cocoa Alliance: Mahama and Ouattara Sign Joint DeclarationGhana and Ivory Coast signed a Joint Declaration to strengthen their cocoa alliance, aligning producer prices and expanding local processing.
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I think we underestimate the appeal of antigambling politics because every problem gambler is surrounded by 3-10 people who are absolutely sick of their shit.

David Brauer@dbrauer.net

Lula won in part by banning online gambling

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ちょうど一年前に描いたものです、お早うございます。 昨夜はよく眠れなかったなあ。側から見たら「寝てるやん!」というところでしょうが(^^)。 やらなきゃならんことが多いです。少し胃にこたえます。 みなさん今日もご安全に。

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So much to say about Brazil, not least of which is the role that Erika Hilton, a Black trans leader and most voted woman politician in Brazil, played in mobilizing folks for Lula. She was behind the critical, concrete, economic promise of shorter work-week. theprint.in/feature/erik...

theprint.inWho is Erika Hilton? Black trans politician was one of Lula’s loudest campaignersErika Hilton’s electoral triumph comes amid a hostile environment. Brazil has the highest number of reported murders of transgender people in the world, with 80 recorded in 2025.

youtube pushing a video called I DEEP FRIED A PIZZA on me and all i can do is shake my head and pity the poor Americans who think they've invented pizza fritta, the tastiest argument against the health benefits of the Mediterranean diet

you take the pizza you fold it and you deep fry it and you bite into it VERY carefully and you enjoy trading a week of your lifespan for the best improvement on a southern Italian classic recipe you can make

(you don't bite into it carefully because the contents might spill out, you do it because this thing contains cheese at a million degrees celsius that's just waiting to Game of Thrones your throat)

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The giant swing is the moment when real information starts hitting the system and overwhelming the signal of degenerate gambler chuds. But it shows the uselessness of betting markets; by the time they're giving Lula 75% odds, pollsters were publishing 95% certainty projections of the final result.

G Elliott Morris@gelliottmorris.com

Brazil elected Lula again tonight. Poll averages appear to have had Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro effectively tied, maybe Bolsonaro up 1 on Lula — so not sure why the markets had this race at 80-20 Bolsonaro. Markets might miss big in the U.S. midterms in 9 days too.

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kids love being scared. it’s why goosebumps was such a huge hit back in the 90s let children’s media challenge the audience and scare them and make them a bit uncomfortable. it’ll stick with them

✨Shannon Manor: COMMISSIONS OPEN✨@shannonmanorart.bsky.social

I was telling my husband after we left the movie that it was giving me 80s dark fantasy vibes where if I watched this when I was 8, it probably would have scared me but I would have demanded we buy so I can watch it a million times.

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I THINK one of the things we're really seeing is a continent, maybe industry-wide shift away from full-time employees and towards gig/codev work. And that transition looks like layoffs across the board even from studios that just had big successes.

Aftermath@aftermath.site

Layoffs hit Ghost Of Yotei developer Sucker Punch aftermath.site/sucker-punch-l...

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artists! ICYMI: if you've tagged your art, you can make slightly more organized galleries in case your media tab is a mess (like mine). this was possible before, but now it's easier to link to with bsky's new buttons! you can get the link by clicking a tag, and then "see # posts by user"

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Heyy, MEDITERRANEA INFERNO is getting a premium limited physical edition on PS5, published by @lostincult.co.uk and packed with exclusive perks and collectible goodies! It's also a great way to support real indie games and the innovative vision they bring to the scene, so please help me share!!

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Great chance for people to finally check Dark Messiah! store.steampowered.com/app/5016100/... It's a bit messy but it's Arkane setting the blueprint to a lot of what people love in Dishonored. Some battles and set pieces still feel cutting-edge, even 20 years later.

Sinnoware 🔶 232.778@sinnoware.bsky.social

Dark Messiah: Community Edition is now available for wishlist on Steam. - new game modes (NG+, co-op, trials) - new mechanics (sliding, relics, spells, weapons, transformations) - updated Source engine (Linux, Win64, CSM) - achievements, cloud saves, workshop, controller support

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Actions speak louder than words, personally I was in talks with Epic to get all my game assets on their Fab.com marketplace (for free) but cancelled the deal immediately. If they want slop, let them have slop.

Between Tim Sweeney being an absolute AI chud and the harassment of our beloved @kenney.nl, we've decided to cancel our previously announced Epic Games Store release for Shape Sender Deluxe 🚮

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It's really important to pay attention to the fact that Lula beat the fascist candidate not by compromising and trying to meet fascist voters in the middle, but by sticking to his guns, promising prosecutions for election interference, and mobilising his own voters to turn out in greater numbers.

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Material test —Not a indicative of final style, but still cool. (I set out to make an art style that rendered like how I illustrate. I feel like I've gotten pretty close.) #CherubDev #UE5

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the internet is real now. there is no "offline". the virtual and the real have intertwined intimately to become the hyperreal

mtsw@mtsw.bsky.social

Everyone thought Lula was cooked, hopeless. Then he bought a phone and started posting and now he's gonna get a 4th term. The lesson is to never stop posting.

i'm sorry i will return to your regular video game posting and very irregular art posting soon but tonight i'm gonna be half samba dancing half playing balkan music

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A RED STAR SHINES OVER BRAZIL! Lula is reelected! Brazilians managed to mobilize and beat Bolsonaro, Trump, Meta, Google, Netanyahu, media oligarchs, corrupt judges, fascism, imperialism, apathy and hatred! May this victory bring hope to all our comrades fighting across the world! We can beat them