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Fernando Aires (he/him)

@nandoaires

In all things to love and to serve. Game designer and developer, currently working at 2K. Creative writer. Professor in sabbatical. Writes (mostly) in Portuguese and English. My opinions are my own.

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A Shadow The Hedgehog promotional image with the caption 'SORRY I FORGOT ABOUT INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY. I SIMPLY DIDN'T REALISE THAT IT WASN'T ALL YEAR.'

A Shadow The Hedgehog promotional image with the caption 'SORRY I FORGOT ABOUT INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY. I SIMPLY DIDN'T REALISE THAT IT WASN'T ALL YEAR.'

09.03.2026 01:54 👍 15006 🔁 4989 💬 3 📌 25

Mulher, eu sou muito teu fã.

18.02.2026 12:01 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

In the first minutes of 2020, I got robbed at gunpoint.

Feb 2020: I told to some friends: "a year that starts like this can only get better".

You probably remember what happened in March 2020. :)

Don't make your experiences, good or bad, define anything. Go forward anyway. ❤️

18.02.2026 10:09 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The left tried for decades to pass green energy subsidies, passed them, the subsidies worked, and now literally the entire planet's electricity grid is going to convert to solar+battery. It just doesn't feel like "tech" because it mostly produces kinda boring blue collar jobs instead of billionaires

18.02.2026 03:51 👍 8447 🔁 1952 💬 84 📌 38

Explaining the plot of Scooby-Doo to my daughter and realizing the central irony of the show is that the gang cruises around looking for magic and mysteries that never pan out, while the only truly supernatural element is the talking dog they all ignore.

14.02.2026 19:19 👍 1276 🔁 222 💬 24 📌 11

ALT: Rapaziada, a partir de agora estou substituindo o ChatGPT. Pode me perguntar qualquer coisa que eu vou beber um galão d'água e em seguida te darei a resposta errada.

11.02.2026 21:56 👍 148 🔁 43 💬 1 📌 1

Tem tempo para os amigos? Ou é só trabalho? Manda Wpp

26.01.2026 10:56 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Eish, hasta cuando?

26.01.2026 07:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Tira de Laerte, em um único quadrinho, versão da cena clássica de fuzilamento.
Um pelotão aponta rifles para o paredão, enquanto um comandante, espada no ar, vai dar a ordem de fogo.
Nenhum dos militares, os soldados e o comandante, têm a parte de baixo do corpo - eles só existem da cintura pra cima.
Encostado ao paredão está um gigantesco pé humano, pronto para ser fuzilado.

Tira de Laerte, em um único quadrinho, versão da cena clássica de fuzilamento. Um pelotão aponta rifles para o paredão, enquanto um comandante, espada no ar, vai dar a ordem de fogo. Nenhum dos militares, os soldados e o comandante, têm a parte de baixo do corpo - eles só existem da cintura pra cima. Encostado ao paredão está um gigantesco pé humano, pronto para ser fuzilado.

saiu na Folha @folha.com

19.01.2026 10:32 👍 510 🔁 58 💬 5 📌 3

Isso inclusive é importante para nós, neurodivergentes. A quantidades de casos que "escondem-se" por trás do rótulo faz com que crie-se todo um preconceito com relação à condição que só atrapalha.

16.01.2026 08:01 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Repitam comigo: Neurodivergencia não pode ser muleta pra atitudes cretinas

15.01.2026 13:24 👍 643 🔁 163 💬 8 📌 28

You can say whatever you want about Taylor's statement, but it reflects the unspoken business model of too many places (almost all, TBH).

The new generation is trying to push this to be unsustainable, but game dev studios are niche, so it's hard.

Why do we love so much making games to this level?

14.01.2026 06:40 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

O que é de loucos pra mim é que tua frase é considerada um "hot take" nalguns círculos.

01.01.2026 16:21 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

They keep coming comparing him to Jesus.

Fine. Whatever.

Nail him to a tree. Stab him in the side. Throw his carcass in a cave.

If he rises from the dead in three days, I’ll join the cult.

01.01.2026 15:26 👍 108 🔁 12 💬 9 📌 2

2025: A Haiku

We’re in fucking hell.
Will this never fucking end?
Wake me when he’s dead.

#haiku

24.12.2025 11:04 👍 103 🔁 17 💬 7 📌 1

Dude, Where's My Sandworm?

29.12.2025 14:35 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
08.12.2025 20:27 👍 984 🔁 252 💬 6 📌 6

The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"

02.12.2025 15:08 👍 36765 🔁 7956 💬 594 📌 370

In Street Fighter 2, Zangief was nerfed because, during public playtests, Zangief was winning way more than the other characters.

It turned out it was just one really good player that loved Zangief, and they were beating the crap out of people with him. Zangief was the hardest character in SF2.

25.11.2025 09:50 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Sentimento raro: hoje eu gostava de estar num grupo de WhatsApp de condomínio.

(Especificamente um...)

22.11.2025 12:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

some people like cilantro

to some people cilantro tastes like soap

but it's an error to assume these must be mutually exclusive, it's probably a venn diagram, there must be some people for whom it tastes like soap that just enjoy the soapy flavor

31.10.2025 18:35 👍 66 🔁 6 💬 17 📌 4
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É um absurdo a imprensa mandar um "sim, foram execuções sumárias ilegais, mas olha só, eles tinham ficha criminal".

Agora, é uma insanidade o Globo achar normal UM QUARTO não terem e ainda divulgar o dado. De cada 4 pessoas mortas, uma sequer era do tráfico.

Mortos por serem da favela e ponto.

31.10.2025 18:18 👍 1280 🔁 396 💬 44 📌 34

Just send some love to @was.tl, people, his work is amazing (funniest part of EOY holidays for sure).

27.10.2025 07:08 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I have lots of conflicted feelings about boycotting works because of their authors.

@maaleo.bsky.social told me once: "there's 150 probably honest, hard workers in this TV show, they'll suffer if you boycott because of the author", and that's powerful.

This woman is where I set the mark, though.

27.10.2025 07:05 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Classic Steam reviews

09.10.2025 17:52 👍 311 🔁 34 💬 7 📌 4
Make shorter games with worse graphics and fewer shareholders

Make shorter games with worse graphics and fewer shareholders

09.10.2025 19:21 👍 2639 🔁 781 💬 33 📌 35
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Here's how we handle manchildren on the Steam forums at No More Robots:

09.10.2025 17:55 👍 12805 🔁 2989 💬 444 📌 271
Alt text: A tweet from DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) reads: “Ubisoft canceled an ‘ASSASSINS CREED’ game set in the post–Civil War era. • Featured a Black Assassin who was formerly a slave • Players would fight the emerging KKK • Leadership canceled it after concerns with U.S. political climate & Yasuke backlash.” The source link is listed as “gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubisof…”. Below the text are two images side by side: on the left, a hooded Assassin in white and red armor from the Assassin’s Creed series; on the right, the red Assassin’s Creed logo on a plain background. The tweet was posted at 4:11 PM on October 8, 2025, and has 665.8K views.

Alt text: A tweet from DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) reads: “Ubisoft canceled an ‘ASSASSINS CREED’ game set in the post–Civil War era. • Featured a Black Assassin who was formerly a slave • Players would fight the emerging KKK • Leadership canceled it after concerns with U.S. political climate & Yasuke backlash.” The source link is listed as “gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubisof…”. Below the text are two images side by side: on the left, a hooded Assassin in white and red armor from the Assassin’s Creed series; on the right, the red Assassin’s Creed logo on a plain background. The tweet was posted at 4:11 PM on October 8, 2025, and has 665.8K views.

It's now considered controversial to fight the KKK in a video game.

08.10.2025 22:18 👍 3930 🔁 1188 💬 116 📌 167

eu vi que aquele menino que foi canonizado jogava game pirata no playstation, então agora pirataria além de ser belo e moral também é aprovada por deus

27.09.2025 20:06 👍 1758 🔁 516 💬 22 📌 51

(PAID) - We need a dialogue editor who is fluent in Japanese.
Limited series, 8 episodes.

28.09.2025 13:50 👍 54 🔁 63 💬 4 📌 2