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NZ had started down the pathway to cut its dependence on oil and gas. Then Luxon/Willis/Bishop/Jones/Seymour reversed course. Looks pretty stupid now.

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Added context: Nintendo is not alone. Other companies that have sued over Trump's tariffs recently include FedEx, UPS, Barnes & Noble, Costco, Revlon, Prada, Staples...

In terms of gaming companies, I haven't seen others

Great scoop by @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social

www.reuters.com/business/aut...

If other people's children are fair targets in war, then so are yours.

This is how they got @milkiwitch.bsky.social to open her purse

the nintendo ninjas have been training all their lives for this

bombshell from @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social: nintendo is suing the US government over tariffs it deems “unlawful”

The artist whose work was used in Marathon without permission has been credited as visual design consultant | VGC Fern Hook said last year that the issue had been “resolved to my satisfaction”…

The artist whose work was previously used in Marathon without permission has been credited in the game as a visual design consultant.

Fern Hook said last year that the issue had been "resolved to my satisfaction".

www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-art...

But what would Microsoft know? Luxon, Willis, Jones, Seymour, Bishop know the future is more fossil fuels and that’s why they are taxing renewable electricity to subsidise oil and gas.

Quick Look: Marathon Bungie's latest is finally out. Let's play the interactive horror movie that is Marathon, seen here on PC. SIGN UP FOR FREE ON PATREON: https://patreon.com/jeffgerstmann HOT LINKS: BlueSky!…

Hey, I played some Marathon tonight, here it is. I’m really liking it so far.
youtu.be/yzMo5QB9GBE

I actually have really hot polls, but you wouldn't know them, they're from the UK

chris person @Papapishu Two of my main takeaways from playing Palworld are that Unreal Engine looks nice even in a whatever game and that Pokémon should have riffed off Minecraft ages ago like Dragon Quest did with DQ Builders. 1/24/24

What did I know and when did I know it.

next stop, the election

Horror poll for National and Luxon: which big beasts would be out of a job? Because nothing concentrates the mind quite like the sight of your career evaporating....

Horror poll for National and Luxon: which big beasts would be out of a job?

Petrol prices jump past $3 a litre at the pump The price of 95 petrol has hit $3 in some parts of the country as conflict in the Middle East pushes up oil prices.

Petrol prices jump past $3 a litre at the pump

Replacing Mr Luxon may arrest the slide, but all the relevant circumstances - imported inflation and interest rate rises, energy constraints, Mr Peters - are outside of the direct control of the incoming leader, and all available actions are outside the tiny parametres of their ideology

Maribel running through this game like she’s one of 17 children who disappeared into the night at 2:17 a.m.

A Reductress post features a photo of Kristi Noem with the headline, “Kristi Noem Put Down for Being Too Hard to Train”

Screaming

Are we at "embattled" yet?

#nzpol

"Trump Says 'I Guess' Americans Should Worry About Iran Retaliating on U.S. Soil: 'Like I Said, Some People Will Die'

Quite the headline from People.com

people.com/trump-says-i...

I'm so old that I can remember when this guy had a mystique that excited the pundit class - not yet even in Parliament, but already spoken of as a potential future PM, who is now destined to be remembered as little more than the David Brent of #nzpol

If He survives past Tuesday, His government won’t last past November

Marathon is what I imagine Grimes sees when she closes her eyes.

announcing the new xbox too early in a tweet kinda feels like a “break in case no one thinks the new boss is cool enough” move

Echo Chamber: Christopher Luxon’s worst week in parliament Stumbling over Iran and scolded by the speaker, it was a rough week to be Christopher Luxon....

Echo Chamber: Christopher Luxon’s worst week in parliament

Kinda feels like this splits the issue of games media to the bone; if a live service game is a product, a toy, this suggestion is a problem. If it’s art, and its themes and ideas require time to explore via play, this suggestion is pretty reasonable.

PlayStation ABANDONING PC, But Why? YouTube video by TamoorH

Some thoughts about the PlayStation on PC situation youtu.be/0tZRjMRLq0I?...

Disastrous number for National in imminent poll puts pressure on Luxon MPs and staffers say the party vote figure for National in a soon to be released poll is just 28%, the worst from this pollster since Christopher Luxon became leader.

National is on 28% in a new TPU/Curia poll out this morning, according to MPs and staffers who have seen it.
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...

…it’s a fucking pc.