I went from 'fine, I'll watch Fallout' to 'holy shit Fallout rules' in about 10 minutes. Amazing.

Sex is great but have you ever watched all 6 episodes of We Own the Night until they finally arrest that cop? I once watched a sunrise on mushrooms on a beautiful Kentucky field and it wasn't nearly as good as when they put the cuffs on. I watched this show to completion.

Once in the comments of an Ars Technica story someone asked why anyone cares what I think and I honestly answered that I have no idea, and if they stop my ability to make money stops, and I'm glad they're here but I don't get it either. Anyhoo, it rules that you're still here.

My kid needed some extra hard drive space on the PS5 and asked to make sure it was OK to delete the games, and yes I'm bragging a little bit because that's a good kid right there. High quality gaming hardware etiquette in a household.

Actually, if you have any advice for how to balance life and work when you love the work you're doing vs. when work demands you crunch, I'd love to hear it. I've been here before, but wasn't healthy in how I dealt with it.

I also deleted the discussion about the election. If you saw it you saw it, but the discussion is done and it doesn't need to hang around forever. It was helpful though, good points were made!

I'm working on a few projects where I could put as many hours into them as there are in a day, and it's exciting stuff, but I'm trying to hold myself back a little to not burnout again. This is a new kind of balance I'm not used to, but I'm working on it.

The wild thing about this election is that the Republicans need Trump to be against abortion, and the guy seriously just doesn't care. While the Democrats desperately need Biden to be for abortion, and he's not shy about how much he's against it. They're both being honest!

Dear LinkedIn, I cancelled my premium subscription due to the site turning into AI sludge. If I can't trust that anyone is speaking in their own voice, what value do you offer?

Hell yeah!

In high school I released an album of angsty electronic music and my fictional backing band was called 'The Lament Configuration' which is my way of saying I was completely insufferable and I can't wait for this podcast, and it's already named perfectly.

Not only did I just lose my job at IGN but I was diagnosed with a rare, aggressive cancer.

I've never been one to ask for charity, but I'm broke, dying, and desperate. If you've enjoyed my work over the years, please consider contributing to my gofundme.

gofund.me/843db22f

I'm working on some fun stuff, still mostly on the other site, but I'm looking forward to sharing more soon. I hope you're doing well!

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I can say this shit because I have a lot of privilege and I'm not in the game directly anymore, but Twitter's abuse is not going to get better because no one is trying to make it better. The only escape is literal escape. Shame on anyone sending employees to work here.

Now that the owner of Twitter explicitly supports and encourages harassment it's pretty fucked up that sites and studios still think this is an appropriate place to send community managers to work without literal hazard pay. This is a by every definition a toxic work environment.

Do you know folks who make logos? Is there anyone you recommend? Pricing sheets are a bonus, I have no idea what the going rate is for this kind of thing. RTs welcome!

The goal of psychedelic therapy is to be healthy and find balance and slowly build up good habits and improve depression, anxiety, etc. It's not a productivity hack, and if you think you can aim its effects like that? You're abusing it.

These posts tank engagement for the obvious reasons, but as I do more stuff on the other platform, I'd love to stay connected. I'm going to keep this as an image so the link doesn't kill the post.

I finally started the Interview with the Vampire TV show and it rules so far. I was worried it would be self-serious and dour but it's lively, funny, and stylish as hell.