Writer, game designer x Staff Writer @TheOnion & @ClickHole Stuff for Jackbox Games, High On Life, Starship Troopers: TC, Saints Row, other places

Joined June 2014
Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus
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Video Games In 1970: This is Fruit Man. He wants to get all the fruit in the maze Video Games Today: Jethro Frëutmahn is the last hope of a dying world. This grizzled veteran of the Sustenance Wars bravely explores the onyx halls of The Labyrinth to seek fruit and redemption
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Don Draper: All life is based on rotation. The orbit of an electron. Planet Earth turning on its axis. Two lovers dancing in a waltz. A fetus drifting around a womb. We aren’t just selling a spinning product. The story of Beyblade Burst Turbo is the story of humanity.
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Friend: You gotta read this manga, it’s amazing. It has been published continuously since 1985 in 162 books that will cost you $7000
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Elden Ring is fun because after surviving a shattered dying world abandoned by grace it's nice to unwind by playing a video game
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You, whenever something weird & bad happens: Hehe, the simulation is breaking down Programmer running simulation: Our software Messed Up Freak Planet is working perfectly
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Be careful online today. This is the one day a year when people post false information on the internet
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The first step of game development is deciding whether the hero collects coins or orbs. This is a painstaking process - solving the Coins or Orbs Question can take years
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Programming is chaotic magic. There are no rules. You ask a game dev “Can the player summon a giant demon that bursts from the ground in an explosion of lava?” and they’ll say “sure, that’s easy” and then you’ll ask “can the player wear a scarf?” and they’ll go “oof”
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I know moving platforms is a tall ask but if you crosspost to blusky you will probably get the same size response with 1/10th the followers. This place is tumbleweeds with human faces painted on
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I have some invite codes for 🦋 if anyone needs them: YOUDONTNEEDINVITESANYMORE HAVENTNEEDEDTHEMFORMONTHS YOUCANJUSTSIGNUP
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FYI the other bluer place feels way more lively than twitter now. I get shuttered mall vibes here. I can post the same exact tweet at the same time on both places, and it’ll get 3 views here and 5,000 likes there
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If you last checked it out a year or two ago and it seemed not quite there yet, it’s there now
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H.P. Lovecraft: Your limited human mind cannot comprehend Cthulhu Me: (comprehending easily) Squid guy
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AI makes books obsolete. In the future instead of reading stories you’ll run away from a metallic dog
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*Neil deGrasse Tyson is watching a werewolf movie. Everyone else in the theater keeps glancing over expecting him to complain werewolves aren’t scientifically accurate* Tyson: (silently watches with a haunted gaze, remembering that fateful moonlit night on the Scottish moors)
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I have some invite codes for 🦋 if anyone needs them: YOUDONTNEEDINVITESANYMORE HAVENTNEEDEDTHEMFORMONTHS YOUCANJUSTSIGNUP
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Blue ⛅️ isn’t an “echo chamber.” It’s customizable. There’s no algorithm choosing for you, so you pick exactly what you want to see. It’s an echo chamber in the same way your bookshelf at home only has books you put on it
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