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Ven "Ven" Jacobs

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Game developer currently transitioning to a different career. Angry, but still hopeful. Drown me in cute dogs and earnest storytelling (He/they)

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Shops are great because they take the incredibly plentiful sand blocks for 10 barter points each

Take my useless sand give me cute furniture

13.03.2026 06:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I've frequently heard that "ball is life". I hope this provides more answers than questions

13.03.2026 05:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

this lays it out pretty clean - the ceiling for "more" in video games has been hit. the big tent is full. lateral development and discovery is required

12.03.2026 22:53 πŸ‘ 61 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

lol this isn’t a study, it’s a playtest.

As @bryantfrancis.me pointed out, the sample size is 68 people.

According to the article, the β€œstudy” was having people play a single game & asking them if they liked it.

Publishing this w/this headline isn’t just misleading, it’s an insult to journalism.

13.03.2026 00:03 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh please.

13.03.2026 00:08 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Reminder that the only time Mastercard has flinched is when outrage was directed at them. Attacking platforms like SubscribeStar for Visa/Mastercard's extralegal censorship is exactly the deflection they want.

12.03.2026 02:19 πŸ‘ 5430 πŸ” 3553 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 28

Pieces by pieces...

12.03.2026 16:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A banner that reads "Game Workers Conference" in white text on a pink and blue background, alongside the ball and threads logo.

A banner that reads "Game Workers Conference" in white text on a pink and blue background, alongside the ball and threads logo.

Do you work in games? Are you tired of corporate greed taking over our industry? Do you miss when industry events were by workers, for workers?

The United Videogame Workers of CWA, in partnership with other unions and worker-centered organizations, announce the #GameWorkersConference. May 22-23 ❀️‍πŸ”₯

11.03.2026 20:53 πŸ‘ 535 πŸ” 295 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 8

BEEN SAYIN' THIS FOR LIKE 10 YEARS, saw these kids doing this shit when they were 15, and now they have credit cards

11.03.2026 23:33 πŸ‘ 183 πŸ” 44 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 0
11.03.2026 10:35 πŸ‘ 1749 πŸ” 886 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2

Isn't "the battlefield got weird" what it says when psychic terrain gets put down?

God there are so many of these

11.03.2026 18:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

truly the best way I can put it to non adhd ers is it just feels like I have β€œsomething is intrinsically wrong with me as a person” disorder

11.03.2026 02:37 πŸ‘ 134 πŸ” 44 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1

it's "funny" that this article is going to be used by the most annoying people in the world as proof that human translators go too far and should all be replaced by AI when the complaint is specifically about word-for-word translations that don't go far enough

11.03.2026 05:21 πŸ‘ 691 πŸ” 299 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 9

I think this story is a really good example for people to look at when it comes to understanding bias at NYT. It's not that the reporter, Dana Rubinstein, says anything outright false. But the framing, word choices, etc., add up to an unprofessional and biased account.

10.03.2026 17:17 πŸ‘ 6853 πŸ” 1336 πŸ’¬ 51 πŸ“Œ 0
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Zero Escape Trilogy is $3.98 on Steam buff.ly/4f0N87i

-Nonary Games $2.99
-Zero Time Dilemma $1.99

09.03.2026 17:27 πŸ‘ 283 πŸ” 196 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 76

If you were into the Winter Olympics a few weeks ago and you are not watching the Winter Paralympics that started Friday, you are doing yourself a disservice. Phenomenal.

09.03.2026 04:13 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

You discover a crack in your foundation.

You discover a $5 bill in pants you haven’t worn in a while.

You do not discover the budget of a game you funded. Either you funded it at this level, a number of milestones got missed (more burn), or you were asleep.

08.03.2026 00:06 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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readers, are you fortunate/unfortunate enough to go to GDC next week? from March 11th-13th (Wed-Fri) there will be a demo for my first #aLtProject RPG - Dβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ Tβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ: aLt-ESCβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ!

A "New-Type" Card x Command ATB RPG inspired by Megami Tensei & SaGa.

#screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev

07.03.2026 22:00 πŸ‘ 89 πŸ” 56 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 5
Casey Edwards β„’M
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NOTHING SPECIAL?! I think the phone call went more like "as you know Vergil is an extremely important and beloved character of this franchise. He needs a song to match."
Me: **sweat nightmares and pulling my hair out for weeks**

Kubilay @resonmon β€’ May 29, 2021
@ComposerCasey
Capcom: We need you to make another song for another character.
It doesn't have to be anything special.
Casey Edwards: Gotcha!
Casey Edwards: Bury the Light

Casey Edwards β„’M @ComposerCasey Follow ... NOTHING SPECIAL?! I think the phone call went more like "as you know Vergil is an extremely important and beloved character of this franchise. He needs a song to match." Me: **sweat nightmares and pulling my hair out for weeks** Kubilay @resonmon β€’ May 29, 2021 @ComposerCasey Capcom: We need you to make another song for another character. It doesn't have to be anything special. Casey Edwards: Gotcha! Casey Edwards: Bury the Light

Every time I see those stupid β€œit’s just a silly game the song didn’t need to go that hard” memes I’m always reminded of Casey Edwards describing making Bury the Light for Devil May Cry 5

07.03.2026 18:43 πŸ‘ 3986 πŸ” 1397 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 28

When I told @ajbauer.bsky.social he was a poet, he answered something like "I'm not a poet, the world is poetry, I'm just a journalist reporting on the poetry," which itself is poetry

07.03.2026 18:27 πŸ‘ 320 πŸ” 59 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

This has happened to me with multiple local politicians I have yelled at. It's so insulting.

06.03.2026 22:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hi, Alice!

05.03.2026 05:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Art  of Goku and Piccolo

Art of Goku and Piccolo

05.03.2026 00:51 πŸ‘ 232 πŸ” 78 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Good luck and don't die on us, Joe!

04.03.2026 09:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Every single person who's attempted to assassinate him to date has been a Republican, yes

04.03.2026 08:54 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Multiple counties in TX have different polling locations for Dems and GOP. Reports all over the place of no lines at GOP polls and 4hr+ lines at Dem polls (w broken machines at some). Texas isn’t red, it’s stolen.

04.03.2026 03:31 πŸ‘ 267 πŸ” 133 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3
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Today's the day Texans, please go out and vote if you haven't done so yet!

03.03.2026 13:24 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

"but I'm not mad don't put in the newspaper I'm mad I just want an answer to my question, why would you assume I'm mad given how much I'm posting about it and how it's for sure a bad thing I know it's a bad thing but I'm not mad about it"

03.03.2026 07:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The hole in the ozone layer was actually very serious and a global effort allowed it to recover. Y2K WAS actually a serious problem and people worked countless hours to make sure nobody even noticed. Air and water pollution was catastrophic in many places and incredible effort reversed that damage.

03.03.2026 05:31 πŸ‘ 1386 πŸ” 503 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 11