scary ruby innes

it feels fucking criminal that a private company can just be giving a blessing to kill tens of thousands of native birds. makes me fuckin sick

The artist behind this painting, Criselda Vasquez, painted this portrait of her parents in 2017. The man in this painting, her father, was recently taken by ICE. He has lived in the United States for forty years. This loss has made it hard for the family to support themselves. If you want to support them, you can go to their GoFundMe here: gofund.me/456d8a193

The switch up is craaaaazy

THEY FUCKING SOLD EVERYTHING! And now all those public assets that they sold off now rake in billions for the private owners. The housing crisis exists because of Howard.

This is what a holocaust looks like.

It is honestly fascinating to watch the anti-woke gaming outrage machine completely run out of gas in real time. We have reached a point where the grifters driving this movement can no longer rely on actual video games to generate their daily dose of anger. They are now fully dependent on complete fabrication to keep the lights on and the clicks rolling in. Take a look at what just happened with the discourse surrounding Saros. Instead of finding real issues or actual forced diversity to complain about, these outrage peddlers had to literally prompt an AI image generator to create a fake screenshot. They passed this fabricated image off as a real asset just to spark a phony controversy and rile up their base. It is a remarkably desperate move for a crowd that claims to care so much about authenticity and ethics in gaming. Then there is the situation with Mixtape. The desperation here was somehow even more pathetic. They decided to invent an entirely false narrative from whole cloth about the game being some kind of woke propaganda piece. When reality failed to match their pre written script, they just opened Photoshop and doctored fake Steam user reviews to make it look like actual players were revolting. It is all smoke and mirrors at this point. The desperation does not stop with games that are currently in the public eye either. They are already launching preemptive strikes against unreleased titles because they simply cannot wait for new material. Look at how they are targeting 007: First Light. They are manufacturing a massive backlash for a game that we barely know anything about. They are even doing the exact same thing to Grand Theft Auto VI. That game is not even coming out until November, yet they are already spinning their wheels trying to dictate a narrative of impending ruin based on absolutely nothing. They are attempting to poison the well months in advance to ensure their audience is angry before they even see a start screen. So why are they taking this specific tactic right now? The answer comes down to simple economics. Their entire business model is built on sustaining an endless culture war. The problem for them is that the actual video game industry is just not cooperating with their doom narrative. Developers are making good games, and the general audience is busy playing and enjoying them without a second thought. Since reality is no longer providing the necessary fuel for their outrage engine, they have absolutely no choice but to manufacture it from scratch. If they stop posting things for their audience to be mad at, the engagement stops, the algorithm abandons them, and the money dries up entirely. They have built an audience that demands a constant feed of things to hate. It is a profoundly hollow existence. Resorting to AI fakes, Photoshopped reviews, and attacking games that do not even have a release date shows exactly how creatively and morally bankrupt the whole grift has become. They are no longer commentators reacting to the industry. They are just fiction writers trying to keep a dying scam alive.

Been playing a Ben 10 game for some easy achievements and they named side characters after Colgate Comedy Hour ITYSL characters??

NYT ran the fraudulent “Screams Without Words” Hamas Oct. 7 rape story as front-page News. Meanwhile, an article with actual evidence of unspeakable Israeli rape and sexual violence against Palestinians is relegated to the “Opinion” section:

They called the dog rape story a hoax and blood libel. It is now in the New York Times. Zionists your lies will never win. Everyone knows how depraved Israel is.

The real reason you don’t enjoy gaming anymore is because of you. You look to be angry, disappointed. You look forward to being in the conversations about gaming and not actually playing games and actually taking them in

the fact that we witnessed this in real time and yet the world is still so silent is absolutely enraging

@ethataylo using steam concurrent player counts for a short single player game on multiple platforms as a gotcha will always be tomfoolery to me

funniest part of people trying to use steam player counts against Mixtape is the number is bigger everytime they post it

saving you a click: he said "bag of grapes and 100 cigarettes"

I don’t think people are taking what’s happening in Lebanon seriously enough. 40 people were massacred by lsrael today, including children. 40 people. DURING A CEASEFIRE. Where’s the outrage?

i met mr beast she’s black

it feels good to constantly be validated in liking and disliking games in a normal, sane way

In light of recent comments about the nature of games like Mixtape, I think it's worth noting that I strongly believe the idea of "games" exists along a spectrum. And that I don't consider myself a "game designer" in general. Only in a very specific range of design, narrative, and experience. The games I enjoy and the games I create are often filled with long sections of quiet exploration. Something I've seen dubbed as "asset tourism" for the fact that you're strolling past 3D game assets that you may never see again. On the other hand, I consider games like Silk Song (based on what I've heard) to be beyond the difficulty range where I can derive enjoyment. There's nothing wrong with any of these experiences. Though they provide plentiful fuel for rage bait and general debate. I say, make the games you want to make. And play the games you want to play. And beyond that, live and let live. As an aside, this exact same debate springs forth with our @PlushieDreadful designs. People assume (incorrectly) that our designs are meant to be everything to everyone. The truth is, those designs express a very narrow area of the spectrum along which people experience trauma and mental/physical health issues. As the internet once proclaimed, it's OK to not like things. And you don't have to be a dick about it 😂

@Dolphinpants_ @RetroTechDreams @NiderQueen oh my fucking GOOOOOD YES

@RetroTechDreams @NiderQueen @rubyinnes

The Web Design Museum released 44 classic Cartoon Network Flash games from the early 2000s, now playable in the browser. Play them here: webdesignmuseum.org/flash-game-exh…

a country that doesn’t punish this kind of behavior must be punished itself- weapons embargo and bds are the floor btw. meanwhile in the western world, the only people who get punished are those who call this evil out.

A musical delight from start to finish, Mixtape sets a new standard for coming-of-age stories in video games and does so with a masterful sense of style. Our 10/10 review: bit.ly/4tEkAad