RIP to Jesse Jackson. His funeral is today. I wanted to share this clip from his appearance on Sesame Street in 1971. His important words ring just as true today as they did back then.
If music was reviewed like videogames are:
"This metal song has too much drums."
"I wish this song wasn't metal, I like Rap. It should be Rap."
"The song is good but they should hire a new singer"
"The thing is they're using Gibson guitars, they need to switch to Fender and it'll sound better"
Probably worth watching this interview with James Talarico (regardless of whether you're a fan) considering that the regime very much does not want you to watch it:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiTJ...
Godot co-founder says 'AI slop' pull requests have become overwhelming
What's so amazing about Jim Henson as a puppeteer is that he could literally be explaining that Kermit is made out of felt and ping pong balls and yet Kermit still feels alive the whole time he's doing it
Microsoft has withdrawn their DMCA claim! The game is back up on Steam! Allumeria is back! Thank you EVERYONE for your support. It's hard to comprehend that a single post in my discord would lead to so many people expressing support. Thank you <3 #gamedev #indiedev
Our new goats from the neglect case last month are so incredibly sweet. They seem very happy here getting all the food and water and love they want!
Hey everyone. The Allumeria Steam page is currently down because Microsoft has filed a false DMCA claim on it. They sent an email earlier today claiming that this screenshot infringes on their copyright. I am taking a moment to figure out what my path is going forward, will update soon. #gamedev
Great poster for Star Wars by Mark Englert
Great poster for Star Wars by Mark Englert
Graph showing the relative share of game engines used in Global Game Jam from 2018 to 2026. It mainly shows a relative decrease of the Unity share from nearly 80% to 57%, while Godot grew from 1.4% to over 25%. There's a notable inflexion point in the year-on-year growth from Godot in 2024.
The 2026 Global Game Jam #GGJ26 was last weekend, so let's take a look at their historical data for engine usage.
📈 @godotengine.org is having a good run!
#Godot is now firmly established as the #2 engine in game jams (correlated by #GMTKJam data), rapidly closing the gap with #Unity.
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Rewatching Halt and Catch Fire again to take my mind off things for a while. Forgot what a great show it is and especially for all of us GenXers growing up in the 80s!
You can test new tech ideas using the Seinfeld Test
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
holy shit!!
BLENDER IS THE INDUSTRY STANDARD NOW BOY, MAYA WHO
Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
#Godot 4.6 is out, and all about your flow!
This release puts you and your workflow first with a new theme, flexible docks, and dozens of UX improvements. And Jolt Physics by default, revamped IK, better reflections, and more.
Less wrestling with UI. More making games.
godotengine.org/releases/4.6
"Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them" - Assata Shakur
NEW VIDEO: this appears to be the footage from the woman in the pink coat.
This is the guy they murdered in cold blood and are trying to villainize.
bsky.app/profile/jero...
"We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the hero term lightly. However his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump's murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He has his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man."
🚨 NEW — Statement from the family of Alex Pretti:
"We are heartbroken but also very angry.
Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital... 1/
A coworker took this from her apartment. I haven't seen a crowd this size before. Maybe the first Women's March? But it was much much warmer that day. ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA!
The moment has arrived, Hytale has released into Early Access today! 🍃
Read more about how we got here, what Early Access contains, and what's next in our latest blog post:
hytale.com/news/2026/1/... #Hytale
And this analysis in the comments is so spot on. I really wonder where things will go from here. All I can think of is the amazing energy back when all this started like 10 years ago. Why are we here now and where did that magic go. 😞
Such great analysis on the sad state of the VR world right now! skarredghost.com/2026/01/19/m...
Deep thoughts on equipment upgrades🐈
Gamers have such incredibly unreasonable demands of indies it's sort of a wonder anything gets made at all.
I could never fault an indie dev for just wanting to withdraw entirely from public from what are deeply wild, unfair or aggressive demands on their passion projects from 'gamers'.
#gamedev
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
Promotional image featuring the Hytale logo and the release date for Hytale's Early Access, January 13, 2026
Hytale Early Access
JANUARY 13, 2026
