
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
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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”
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
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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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)
I have some invite codes for 🦋 if anyone needs them:
YOUDONTNEEDINVITESANYMORE
HAVENTNEEDEDTHEMFORMONTHS
YOUCANJUSTSIGNUP


