caylen is at GDC

they really, really want you to get one too & if it wasn’t for the RAM crisis we’d probably be able to buy them

I did not get a chance to try it but it looks extremely lightweight and they were very proud of how compatible it was with any sort of eye glasses. saw some devs trying out the “theater” mode for silksong native and it was running silky smooth

at the valve dev thing and holy shit the Steam Machine is as good as the hype

just witnessed it playing Black Myth Wukong as cleanly as on PS5 - felt full fat and was running smooth as I went deep into combat

also the new Steam Controller feels really damn good, too! the triggers are excellent

This has become a trend on Douyin (TikTok) in China where they're making fun of the Trump prayer circle.

Employees pray for better business at aluminum cutting factory.

please stop trying to peer pressure my dog into smoking Gogurt

Cowboy and Macready on the couch

The moment they realize this lighter I'm holding is not a dog treat

oh man what a doll! thank you for rescuing such a charmer - those eyes

Piggy held like a baby by me, Tom. Piggy is a goblin like American staffy puppy with brown fur and a white spot on her nose, a huge underbite with visible lower teeth and huge outstretched ears. She is wearing a small pink harness

Piggy on a small bed chewing a pigs ear

Piggy wearing a small mortarboard and looking demure after graduating from puppy school

Piggy in her crate. She looks like she’s in jail and is expectant of getting out.

Introducing: Piggy

We’ve had Piggy since January, she’s an American staffy puppy who’s now six months old and she’s the most fucked up little rescue dog you can imagine.
Part of the paperwork we got from the shelter was just a sticky note with “brown. deformad face” [sic] on it

the interstitial comments between quarters (???) had me sold immediately. absolutely think you have the fun figured out & cheering for you

trust me when i say it had people clamoring to put hands on it in a way few games did

this was one of the most fun games I got to try and witness so far at GDC

if you like to Have Fun Doing Party Games or Sports, you really should check out this video and/or the Steam demo

youtu.be/C_Coa2lRGbM?...

sadly I have Professional Obligations but the Aussie night is also one of the few For Fun shows so I am truly missing out - ty for the tip though!

game really has a phenomenal visual identity. people who did not understand rugby or footy were crowding the machine at DotD to get next - fun game!

I installed it for a minute when someone suggested it was also great as a general lightweight self-hosted photo sorting/tagging/gallery system, which i dearly needed, and it was fantastic except that e.g. its conception of "people in this image" meant you have to tag grandma as a "performer"

three drinks at the work function and I miss my dog yall

Great point — I said the Black Mage can be promoted to a Ninja. I was wrong, and you’re right to call me out on that. The Black Mage can be promoted to a Red Wizard.

Watching a demo of how you can turn every NPC in your RPG town into somebody who says "That's right — you *are* the four LIGHT WARRIORS. You make a great point! The bridge to the main continent *does* need to be repaired, and you're just the person to do it."

if @outersloth.com manages to do decently with their portfolio under this structure, it would mean a sea change for how publishers work with most indies

these terms are incredibly practical, and relative to other publishers at their weightclass, generous

they already had great staff but goddamn

for people not familiar with WTF:

this was soooooooo unnecessary

bsky.app/profile/uk-r...

there are things I missed that im glad I returned for (day of devs was extremely dope) but the informa stuff has felt adversarial in a lot of places where trust was rough before

emphatically stress that I or @gardens.dev had nothing to do with this

now THAT is a good pick. entire arc is based on that sense of friendship. goddamn

I think it is too but the argument made on behalf of Karlach was *really* good. The points made on her arc being much more cohesive in a single title & methods of player character empathy were incontestable.

but karlach didn’t offer to blast space beer cans with me in high traffic Citadel so…

id also choose varric despite liking the writing and voice acting for the other two wayyyyyy more

his character in DA:I was one of the highlights and he nails that specific archetype

ume owns

(gut feeling is garrus, but i think that bias is largely weighed on the fact that i romanced karlach)

overheard a heated argument on who is the better “best friend” character in RPGs : garrus or karlach

could not tell you who wins that one. incredible argument to have at a GDC industry party that clearly no one cares about because there had to be at least 30 of us actively listening to the debate

Screengrab from GITS:SAC S1 E2, Tachikoma with dozens of bullet holes in it, smashed up, on the ground, expanding puddle of oil underneath it. Subtitle "I'm fine."

tfw you're fine

wonder who he learned that from