The GDC 2026 “State of the Industry” report is pretty rough: a quarter-to-a-third of people got laid off in the past two years, and genAI is used everywhere but most people hate it. On the upside, almost everybody wants unions, and both Unreal and Godot are trending up.
The Stochastic Game
Ramblings of General Geekery
Richard Garriott, of Ultima fame, basically explains why gamers are the worst.
The Onion’s short “documentary”, “Jeffrey Epstein: BAD PEDOPHILE”, is hilarious and stupid and silly and also probably weirdly accurate in so many ways.
Do you know “Another World”? One of the best video games of all time? Well here’s a collection of behind-the-scenes footage that Eric Chahi used for reference and rotoscoping!
Pernicky Ric’s gaming room is totally mind-blowing… especially if you like Harn!
My American friends (and maybe those of us working in US companies too) may want to know about the National Shutdown coming up this Friday: general strike across the US to defund ICE. That’s your last card before reaching for guns, so make sure to play it right.
“Phantom Obligation” is a nicely written and beautifully designed article that, basically, asks: “why do RSS readers look like email clients?”. It’s as much an eye-opening question as it is an interesting answer.
“Progress” in consumer tech is when my phone becomes utterly unusable under even the lightest rain. That’s what we get for letting a Californian company set tech trends.
My 6-year-old iPad Pro became unusable for drawing (it was adding random lines all the time) so I got a new one and ho ho ho the volume buttons have moved and are flipped. I keep getting confused.
The US are trying to destabilize Canada and of course the weak link is Alberta, as evidenced by the tens of thousands of morons signing separatist petitions, and Danielle Smith’s misguided opinions. I hope the other Albertans can fix this! 🇨🇦🙏🏽