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Founder Cook and Becker. Games, Art, Literature, Film, Politics, Memes.

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Some of the most punch-able people are those miserable creatures incessantly rooting for games to fail.

11.03.2026 10:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Naming your game "Metaphor: ReFantazio" can't have helped sales...

11.03.2026 10:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If only the biggest, richest retailer in the world could do something about this...

11.03.2026 10:03 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Zucht, ik zeg het nog maar eens: de enige use case in Nederland voor Telegram is criminaliteit. Hoezo is dat nog niet verboden in Nederland?

10.03.2026 12:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Oooff. So good. ❀️

10.03.2026 09:27 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Haha, wow!

10.03.2026 07:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I mean, come on ❀️

09.03.2026 16:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Abundant, cheap energy is the cornerstone of every prosperous nation.

Austerity talk is for the unimaginative and resentful.

09.03.2026 07:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What a nice episode of @myperfectconsole.bsky.social. I did not know @mackeza.bsky.social verbalizes as well as she writes! 😊

09.03.2026 07:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Ha, I did! Not to diminish your writing or verbalization skills I'm sure :)

09.03.2026 07:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Americans Are Now a Target in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown A WSJ investigation tracked the U.S. citizens caught in the crosshairs of an aggressive federal campaign to detain and demonize dissenters.

Obviously ICE was always a private army for MAGA that will be deployed in the next elections.

www.wsj.com/us-news/immi...

08.03.2026 16:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Disney Needs Its Next Hit Franchise. Can Pixar’s Reluctant Leader Deliver? The β€˜Toy Story’ studio used to print money for Disney but hasn’t made an original blockbuster in nearly a decade. Its top creative executive admits he’s made mistakes.

Disney will continue to get hammered for years to come. Parks & cruises are propping up the company, but they hit peak ticket prices last year. US tourism lol. Plus they're the culture wars boxing ball for the left and right. The list goes on.

Nintendo is the new Disney

www.wsj.com/business/med...

08.03.2026 08:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's fascinating that you can cover everything there is to know about bodybuilding/weight loss in about 5 to 10 videos, but YouTube has billions of them.

People will do anything for magic beans.

08.03.2026 08:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Never thought that boycotting the - checks note - Paralympic Games would be the moral position, but this is the timeline we live in.

08.03.2026 07:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I also love Marathon for separating the wheat from the chaff when it comes to the kind of people I want to play with.

Like no bad people love Rez, but plenty of bad people like Call of Duty.

07.03.2026 10:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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First impressions after a few runs: Very cool. Impressively smooth on launch day too.

I like that it's more hostile than Arc, because it's backed up by Bungie's unmatched FPS gameplay to support that style of play.

07.03.2026 08:04 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The best change for a Republican Senate loss at the US midterms is a bad economy. Something you don't want tied to something you do want. I'm sure there is a lesson here.

06.03.2026 14:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Traveler's Rest, DESTINY by Jamie Jones and Dorje Bellbrook for Bungie. Deluxe legacy rerelease. Giclee on Hahnemuhle Metallic Photorag. Limited edition of 15.

www.cookandbecker.com/en/artwork/1...

06.03.2026 07:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
06.03.2026 07:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If we end up with a unclaimed AP of Normandy I will hit you up! 🫑

06.03.2026 07:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ‘€ I feel like this might be of interest to @ramiismail.com ...

05.03.2026 19:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Alles behalve lid worden van een kerk ofzo.

99% van alle woningbouwprojecten met gedwongen collectiviteit - niemand zou er voor kiezen als er alternatieven waren - faalt. Aftellen naar ruzie en verloedering.

05.03.2026 13:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We did it! We now live in a world were war does not exist anymore. Only 'special operations'.

05.03.2026 07:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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As they say in Dutch "I couldn't do anything with this".

Some good scenes - that you're not quite sure why the director is showing them to you + symbolism that might make sense if you're well versed in Brazilian history?

05.03.2026 07:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Meloni not so terrible after all huh?

04.03.2026 10:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If Trump can declare war without congress and runs a private army, what you think that signals about any upcoming elections?

04.03.2026 06:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Great work. Will have a think!

04.03.2026 06:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

There is no silver bullet for success, but in this market your game CANNOT look generic. Every screenshot seen in isolation should be instantly recognizable as your game.

04.03.2026 06:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

When is the patch for Civilization being released that fixes the issue where bombing an enemy’s territory does not count as declaring war?

03.03.2026 16:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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