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Jacob Geller

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Makes the most normal videos on YouTube. Also a cohort on MinnMax. https://jacobgeller.com/

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“Warfighter” is such a goddamn funny word. It’s like if they called the experience of playing a game “gameplay”

10.03.2026 01:15 👍 981 🔁 79 💬 32 📌 2
Angel Season 1 Opening Credits
Angel Season 1 Opening Credits YouTube video by der450

Watching Angel for the first time and this editing is craaaaazy, man. The gulf between late 90s (Buffy) and Y2K (Angel) is WILD. youtu.be/uyfuCZmHZrQ?...

09.03.2026 23:46 👍 159 🔁 4 💬 14 📌 0

really excellent piece by @dreamcastaway.bsky.social

09.03.2026 21:00 👍 434 🔁 26 💬 1 📌 0

PLEASE WELCOME ME TO GDC, I WILL NEED IT
(I get there tomorrow!)

09.03.2026 20:52 👍 206 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 0

tragically I can only hear this in a John Oliver voice doing one of his trademark "jokes"

09.03.2026 13:06 👍 29 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

I just kept scrolling down being like "okay someone is gonna say this is fake" and there is literally one in 147 comments that points it out

09.03.2026 02:38 👍 304 🔁 0 💬 5 📌 0
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Sally Rooney: "By standing in solidarity with Palestine, we are learning how to fight for life on earth"

08.03.2026 06:50 👍 558 🔁 134 💬 3 📌 1

it *seems* like vulnerable, weak, other enemy debuffs are super strong because you essentially get double value out of them, but curious to see what other strategies people figure out

08.03.2026 19:24 👍 160 🔁 1 💬 12 📌 0
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two robots are standing in front of a machine with the number 05 on it ALT: two robots are standing in front of a machine with the number 05 on it

playing my first Slay the Spire 2 co-op run and becoming Drift Compatible with my friend

08.03.2026 19:24 👍 479 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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If you were turned into a Resident Evil Requiem zombie, what activity would you be doing forever? @jacobgeller.com shares his depressing answer on the new episode of The MinnMax Show! youtu.be/9iH6YFQj_Uc

08.03.2026 01:15 👍 118 🔁 11 💬 2 📌 1

Having some of the most thoroughly redacted thoughts of my life.

08.03.2026 00:23 👍 8632 🔁 2082 💬 164 📌 53

love when they rolled in that x-ray tech guy and he's also the hottest man I've ever seen

08.03.2026 01:09 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

this is, all else being equal, easily the funniest thing the director of inside out could have said

08.03.2026 00:02 👍 3177 🔁 657 💬 13 📌 3

Slay the Spire 2

07.03.2026 15:08 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Stumbled across like 4 new completely overpowered-feeling Ironclad build possibilities, can't wait to get crushed over and over while attempting to use them

07.03.2026 14:20 👍 228 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0
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First run, babyyyy

07.03.2026 14:19 👍 476 🔁 1 💬 8 📌 0

I was sad he didn't stick with mewgenics but the runs were like 3 hours long

07.03.2026 12:29 👍 29 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

reading through @jacobgeller.com 's "how a game lives, vol 1" - thru the library's ebook collection - and im struck with how different the medium changes how the work feels!

i love jacob's video essays!! but being able to read it in text-form and digest it at my own pace,,,

07.03.2026 02:04 👍 103 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0

when you read his afterword you will cry (maybe several times)

06.03.2026 21:16 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
It started during the pandemic, March 11, 2020.
It ended on May 9, 2024.
I was already trying to learn Unity, but it was hard to find the
spare time – freelance artist life is a twelve-hour, seven-day-a-week
endeavour. When the lockdowns came, I tried to treat it like a
long residency.
At the time, I was working on a game about my job at Best Buy
during the 2008 financial crisis. I’m not much of a 3D modeller, so I
found someone online who had painstakingly recreated those periodspecific
store layouts. I reached out over email in hopes of purchasing
the models.
“I’m looking to re-create my experience working in retail,” I wrote, “for
an art project.”
I added, “It was an important time in my life.”
Silence.
Two weeks later, I emailed him again, under a new email account.
“Your assets are stunning,” I wrote, “I would love to use them to
virtually showcase my upcoming products in a store context.”
“Dear Jordan,” he responded, “this is exactly why I created these
assets!!”
We were in business.

It started during the pandemic, March 11, 2020. It ended on May 9, 2024. I was already trying to learn Unity, but it was hard to find the spare time – freelance artist life is a twelve-hour, seven-day-a-week endeavour. When the lockdowns came, I tried to treat it like a long residency. At the time, I was working on a game about my job at Best Buy during the 2008 financial crisis. I’m not much of a 3D modeller, so I found someone online who had painstakingly recreated those periodspecific store layouts. I reached out over email in hopes of purchasing the models. “I’m looking to re-create my experience working in retail,” I wrote, “for an art project.” I added, “It was an important time in my life.” Silence. Two weeks later, I emailed him again, under a new email account. “Your assets are stunning,” I wrote, “I would love to use them to virtually showcase my upcoming products in a store context.” “Dear Jordan,” he responded, “this is exactly why I created these assets!!” We were in business.

It, too, is eclipsed by its afterword in the book by @remysiu.com. I am almost embarrassed that he's chosen to trust me with an essential text for understanding 1000xRESIST (and so much more)

06.03.2026 21:16 👍 236 🔁 10 💬 5 📌 0

On this editing pass I've decided "Nothing Ever Stops Existing" is the best thing I've written because it's the only essay that hasn't pissed me off while rereading it youtu.be/Wmi_6D6vwBQ?...

06.03.2026 21:00 👍 762 🔁 47 💬 10 📌 0
(Beartato and Reginald, in a museum, gaze upon the Mona Lisa)

BEARTATO: There it is. The Mona Lisa. The most famous painting in history.
REGINALD: Wow! What's it do?

BEARTATO: It... what?
REGINALD: Why's it famous? What's it do?

(Beartato thinks.)

BEARTATO: I don't know.

REGINALD (to nearly museum employee): Excuse me! Sir? What's it do?

EMPLOYEE: You're the first person to ask! Watch this!

(The employee yanks a pull-string. Mona Lisa's eyes spin around and her mouth opens like a puppet)
MONA LISA: Honk honk! Honk honk!

(Everyone is delighted. This is true art.)

(Beartato and Reginald, in a museum, gaze upon the Mona Lisa) BEARTATO: There it is. The Mona Lisa. The most famous painting in history. REGINALD: Wow! What's it do? BEARTATO: It... what? REGINALD: Why's it famous? What's it do? (Beartato thinks.) BEARTATO: I don't know. REGINALD (to nearly museum employee): Excuse me! Sir? What's it do? EMPLOYEE: You're the first person to ask! Watch this! (The employee yanks a pull-string. Mona Lisa's eyes spin around and her mouth opens like a puppet) MONA LISA: Honk honk! Honk honk! (Everyone is delighted. This is true art.)

True Art

06.03.2026 19:03 👍 6731 🔁 1506 💬 33 📌 13

Average something rotten season

06.03.2026 17:31 👍 263 🔁 7 💬 5 📌 0
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Lily Alexandre — Why the New York Times Loves Stupid Questions

Out now on Nebula:

Why the New York Times Loves Stupid Questions

05.03.2026 14:05 👍 1042 🔁 125 💬 17 📌 15

The order of the rest is variable but that is number 1

05.03.2026 23:09 👍 32 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Hey sure why not

05.03.2026 23:02 👍 592 🔁 10 💬 32 📌 83

Need to know if they're gonna have the same folks on the soundtrack

05.03.2026 18:08 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

In which I declare I am Marathon-curious

05.03.2026 17:34 👍 224 🔁 2 💬 12 📌 0

"which butthole logo am I looking at now"

05.03.2026 16:11 👍 31 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Maybe the model was operating on outdated data, maybe it was a complete hallucination, maybe it intentionally decided to kill a bunch of kids because that's how the US and its allies have been waging war for a while.

05.03.2026 15:53 👍 534 🔁 32 💬 4 📌 0