@exalclaw
I run games-focused site exalclaw.com | Weak against soft cookies | he/him Also seen at AV Club Games, Unwinnable, Stop Caring, etc. 📬: exalclaw@gmail.com Support Exalclaw: patreon.com/exalclaw Latest videos/features: https://linktr.ee/Exalclaw
After discussions about poor behavior by DICE attendees last month, I thought I'd bring these out again at GDC dawns.
AND DUDES... PLEASE CALL OUT YOUR FELLOW DUDES IF YOU SEE BAD BEHAVIOR. Rock that boat!
We're so close. We're SO close! Just $92 left before the fourth issue of AAA is fully funded! Double digits! That's it! It would be SO cool to hit 100% by the end of the day! Can we do it? That's up to you!
itch.io/s/180048/aaa...
Love it when I leave a stat so low that the game tells me not to do something later before I even start, so scared for me
This quote isnt just out of touch or disappointing, its fucking dark. Gay people are not a conversation parents need to have with their kids? Knowing gay people exist doesnt require therapy??
Any parents who thinks that way needs to have their kids removed ASAP. Get in a volcano, Pete.
Staff at the nation’s largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility have placed bets on which detainee will be the next to die by suicide, according to new reporting from the Associated Press based on 911 calls and detainee accounts.
It is still happening. No country is stepping in. Cuba has helped so many movements and people around the world and they are being abandoned to die
My Ring light has finally croaked. Im researching upgrades, anyone have suggestions for lighting in the meantime (specifically for streaming and home recording)?
Smh. Meanwhile we’re crowdfunding to survive.
I really love Young Sherlock - it really gets who the character is, and more importantly, James Moriarty is a scrappy Irishman who is hot as hell in a 3-piece suit.
LIVE to play catch up, then Big Hops. Maybe we finish it? More likely get close to it, who knows I’m in no rush.
Anyway, say hi! twitch.tv/exalclaw
SCOOP — Body camera footage obtained as a result of my lawsuit against the DC Metropolitan PD confirms DOGE and the Trump administration openly admitted they were entering private property when they raided the building on March 17, 2025. That didn't stop MPD from breaking down the doors.
My report:
folks, it's bandcamp friday today. and i just happen to have a big brand new album out - my most ambitious musical project ever - that you should buy! ellaguro.bandcamp.com/album/saint-...
It's me! I tried to write less about why I think these games are good and more about what moments or feelings stuck with me from last year. So it's a little different than a regular top 10, but I'm happy with it, and I hope people find some value in it.
I wrote about my #ADHD diagnosis (and mental health) and how it changed my relationship with gaming for the first time since I got diagnosed 4 years ago, for @mothership.blog
www.mothership.blog/after-my-adh...
'Ella Baker, the great socialist and civil rights organizer, was born this day in 1903. Here's her classic 1935 article on economic exploitation and black domestic workers in Great Depression–era New York.'
The Bronx Slave Market | Ella Baker & Marvel Cooke
jacobin.com/2018/12/ella...
I wrote about American pro wrestling, the three major promotions on TV, and where they’re pushing each other:
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For sure, the match-3 game pick pack pup immediately comes to mind for a non-crank game that someone could easily lose some time too
Weirdly the Playdate is close to being an easy rec for caretakers who can afford it. Many of the games are made with brevity in mind, half of my time with it is in 5-10 mins spurts
The big caveat is needing a well-lit area, easy to imagine that being an issue if the lights need to be off
A few more recommendations sent in by parents today:
- Hearthstone
- Ball x Pit (more than once!)
- Dave the Diver
- Assassin's Creed Ezio Collection
- Into the Breach
- Cattails: Wildwood Story
bombshell from @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social: nintendo is suing the US government over tariffs it deems “unlawful”
Women's Day Sale games by women-led studios hosted on STEAM | March 6th to 15th | organized by WINGS
Dredge
Moomintroll: Winter's Warmth
Signalis
The 2026 Women's Day sale kicks off today on steam, featuring demos and discounts for hundreds of games developed by women and other gender-marginalized developers.
With GDC only a few days away, I added @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social's brilliant gaming union zine/explainer to archive.org. The previous host for the PDF added a monthly subscription.
Please feel free to print and share as you wish!
Yo brother why was working with minors ever on the table, kinda pathetic tbh.
Tehran
I am giving a talk tonight for the OGDA on Publishing Agreements, and they have been kind enough to allow the link to watch to be open to the public! This will be starting at 9:45 PM ET and the link below allows you to join as a viewer on Riverside!
riverside.com/webinar/regi...
ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.
They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.
"One of the finer, more refreshingly creative RPGs of the 2010s, Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE imbues its showbiz fantasy with remarkable diegetic texture. In the vein of the Persona series, dungeons give physical shape to psychological phenomena and power structures: Consider the level that explores the relationship between photographers and their subjects, with vaguely Escherian architecture that evokes the disorienting effect of being captured on camera. Then there’s combat: While party members in turn-based RPGs often strike nonsensically flashy poses during and after battles – who are they stunting for? – our crew here hams it up with professional purpose as fights unfold beneath bright lights and before a voracious audience. When characters execute cross-team combos they call out the name of the next companion in the queue, as though introducing a guest on a track. And worry not: Every attack in a chain nets you cash or an item. All labor is rewarded generously, each worker spared alienation. That’s praxis."
really happy to share my first piece for Unwinnable, looking back on Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE for its 10th anniversary. a game whose absurd premise and world (complimentary) take root thanks to a surprising commitment to diegesis
unwinnable.com/2026/03/05/t...
Hello, @gamespot.com is hiring a new Associate Commerce Editor. This is a full-time, salaried position. You would be working with me (the Commerce Editor) and primarily be writing/editing/curating buying guides and best-of roundups. Full details in the job listing: about.fandom.com/careers/list...
In today's piece, @applecider.bsky.social gets personal about mental health, ADHD, and achievement-seeking coping mechanisms.
www.mothership.blog/after-my-adh...
