chris slight

Oh HELL yes!

This is a very specific version of we didn't start the fire, that fire being Ninja Gaiden.

This image shows the character Pixem, from our game Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator, reflected in their monitor. They looked shocked at what they're seeing. It is a screenshot from the game Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator showing the planet Infernus Axion. There are two post-it notes on opposite sides of the monitor. One is a crude drawing of a boat and above it is written "do it 4 me". Across from that is another that says "short that baby" and the symbol for the timer in the game.

TFW Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator gets a dailies update that requires you to trade on Infernus Axion while there’s an Ethics Protest.

Syd is the best, it's a fact, friends!

The Killing Stone, our Occult Card Battler starring @emmagregoryvoice.bsky.social & @voiceofobrien.bsky.social is a part of #TurnBasedThursdayFest, along with other delightful games to twist and puzzle a strategic mind.

Can you beat the Devil at his own game?

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I've just learned that a "space heater" doesn't have any sci-fi, space age connotations.

This is like finding out that the amazing NASA material that lunar lander was covered in, "ah-loo-mih-numb" is aluminium. "Wait, like tin foil?!"

100% incredibly overdue a catchup call when you're back home, please!

I do that because it's embarrassing to not know left and right easily! I've no idea why it's like that, but I also know whenever I've discussed it I've been told "that's not X, you're just an idiot." More than once! As an adult by other adults! So, also imagining what finger will make an L for me!

Cursed to never have a normal flight in the convention line of work. (Miss you!)

I've never played a Devil May Cry game because I assumed it was a "you have to be good at combos" game but turns out you can play on easy! Who knew?!

I'm sat here playing Devil May Cry 5 and it's so camp and over the top I LOVE IT!

The cover image for The Strange Scaffold Cool Things Club. It features the Strange Scaffold Logo, which is a cube held up by, surprisingly, some scaffolding that adds a strange connection to the shape. The cube is now made of wood with moss and small planets growing on it. A sleeping rabbit sits on the top right corner, while a cute little bird looks down from the top left. A fox sits in the bottom left, smiling. There are also the logos for Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube and Amazon Music.

The text art the top of this square says "This Month..." and features pictures representing the Cool Things discussed on the show this month. Top left you see the poster for the Netflix show The Devil's Plan, which shows multiple contenstants looking towards the camera as dice fall around them. To the right of that is a screenshot from the Kairosoft game Dream Town Story, which features a pixel art city and a piece of text that says "James Shan got a treasure! They now have 58!". Below that is the album cover for Ziltoid the Omniscient, which features a Skeksis like creature wearing a cape, holding a cup of coffee and pointing a finger to the air as if he is making a point. This is drawn like a comic book. And to the left of that is a screenshot from the anime May I Ask For One Final Thing? This image features a person in a red dress, wearing studded leather gloves, punching a suited man in the face. People behind them are shocked but this guy totally deserves it.

Episode 8 of The Strange Scaffold Cool Things Club, our podcast, is OUT NOW!

This month @writnelson.bsky.social, Candace and @chrisslight.bsky.social are joined by @composerkirk.bsky.social to discuss

👹 The Devil's Game
☕ Ziltoid The Omniscient
🧤 May I Ask For One Final Thing?
🏙️ Kairosoft Games

I had to read it twice but fuck me, this is wonderful!

Google, mate, I gave up caring about my birthday beyond "I'm so old" years ago. If I tried to "start the celebration" I'm unlikely to do it in the middle of a shared work document.

"Maybe we can change the wording on this to "oh wow, Chris, it's your birthday next week?! We should do something!""

It really is "the special sauce" that both of us can bring to any work place.

Oh god yeah, the idea that we could make a whole system was like "oh there would never be the time"

The Sound of a Generation.

I was in a meeting with @wilsonmj.bsky.social, seven years ago in a break room, where a bunch of us got together with the idea "hey, Meow Wolf D&D would be cool. Maybe that?" and Michael has carried that torch to this day.

Go check it out!

I was just about to reply with a "and for the folks watching at home, we first had a meeting about this seven years ago! Art takes TIME!"

From the break room in the old rentals building meeting of "hey, Meow Wolf D&D?" to now and I still think it's an amazing idea. Can't wait!

Working on the next Strange Scaffold Newsletter (which you can subscribe to over on strangescaffold.com) reminded me that in the last one (written by the amazing @christapaolucci.com) I wrote segment that it made sense for me to make this image.

Put the clothes horse away! Assure the dryer part of the washer dryer that it's entering its holidays because...

It's the First Full Wash On The Line Day for the washing line, people!

100% buying it. I've already headbutted a dwarf to impress an orc and I'm having an amazing time!

Oh fuck this is very good...

This game could not get a better write up! Downloading NOW!

See this is where I know I'm not doing it right by turning all voice chat off, that's like, the thing of these games! I've just never been an open chat person so it's a terrifying world of silence for me!

I hid in a toilet until I was Found. I don't think I can live the extraction life as a solo player.

Finally getting to play some Next Fest demos (recommendations very welcome) and currently enjoying Outbound.

Tiny "Jalopy is one of my favourite games" quibbles aside (I'd love to do things like turn the campers headlights off) it's pretty nice!

"Roadberries" sure sounds like a euphemism, mind.

Fuck this. Both Eurogamer and Outside Xbox are doing brilliant work.

See this tracks in that I've never really enjoyed a Zelda other than Breath of the Wild.

I was gonna say don't force yourself if you don't enjoy it but it took me three starts to get into the Horizon games and now Forbidden West is an all timer for me.

A capture of a Steam Review for Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator. Text reads... "Recommended. 4.5 hrs on record. Posted 18 February Short that f***ing baby. Short it. FEEL BLISS UPONG ITS ENDLESS FAILURE. LAMENT ITS SUCCESS. THIS IS YOUR PURPOSE.

Some Steam reviews for Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator are unhinged in a very in-universe way.

(For real, thank you all so much, every review helps more folks see the game and still make a huge difference for developers)

The Killing Stone is OUT NOW in Early Access

🃏 Occult Card Battler
👺 17th Century Occult Horror Mystery
📖 Modern and 17th Century English
🎙️ Starring @emmagregoryvoice.bsky.social & @voiceofobrien.bsky.social

Can you beat the Devil at his own game?

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