Todd Mitchell

Pokémon:
❌ catch ‘em all
✅ catch six, run out of money, wander the Viridian Forest until starvation sets in

Me: Pokémon day! I will pay the $20!
Nintendo eShop: Great! Want us to charge your card for, what, $50?
Me: What? No!
eShop: <looks both ways and whispers> $100??

Would I need to be weird to appreciate the Avatar game?

Markdown in Notepad seems like a pretty uniquely me feature

I pretty much quit a job once after I made this for a zoom meeting and nobody understood the reference.

Now, let’s call it what it is. I’m absolutely flopping on Bluesky. Zero help at all with anything I’m doing. Threads has been way better for both engagement and showing me content I’m interested in. Neither has been close to what Twitter was in its prime. Principle has come with a high cost.

Since we’re doing the Twitter discourse: I’ve removed myself from it 100%. That wasn’t easy. I left 15 years in pro software hoping to write and do indie development and ALL my big opportunities to do so came through Twitter. It’s no longer worth it, *plus* that stuff doesn’t happen there anymore.

Nice…

That’s the first example I can think of where you can actually *see* a candidate flip-flopping.

This is helpful AF tbh

3D printer working overtime to keep the dragons guessing

Before I left San Francisco my main point of contact said “you’ve been so great. Let us bring you out to MS BUILD” which admittedly got me excited because I could remember browsing their recruitment site in the high school computer lab and dreaming about the impossible. Never heard back on that. 😅

In 2018 I went to the GDC Expo at Microsoft’s invitation to do podcasts. I thought, “this week and these relationships will change the entire rest of my career.” I think within two years almost every single person I met and interacted with had moved on or been let go. The episodes also tanked. 🤷

Opinion: Why a Massive Data Center is Wrong for Our Community Here in Poundtown

Sorry I wanted to but the wind blew and upset the dog.

3D printed mini dice tower let’s go!

First of all you would need to get off on humiliation to attend the State of the Union after last time. Every Democrat with a social presence should be live streaming and speaking with their community the entire time.

Counselor: These feelings of "everything sucks," how long have you had them? Butt-head: Uhh, since everything started to suck, I guess.

Here it is, your moment of zen.

Software Guy Pro Tip: The faster way to do this is to just expose the ICE accounts. No need to thank me, I’ll forward a consulting invoice.

nice

I guess, to be fair, X doesn't allow enough characters to quote Trump trying to complete a thought.

Shout-out to Nintendo for making Switch 2 compatible with those very expensive Switch 1 Pro controllers.

Do you have a worse opinion of Big Tech than Big Tobacco at this point? I think I maybe do.

I’ve been around a little bit, and this doesn’t really come off like an administration concerned about public opinion ahead of a free and fair election. Maybe it’s just me.

Shout-out to the elderly woman who drove through the park as we reached the pedestrian crossing, smiled lovingly at us, and accelerated.

Y’know what? That’s fine. Run wild. Sounds like a great outlet for all that weird energy.

Workers: Wow. Nobody's hiring these days.
Employers: Wow. Nobody wants to work.
HR AI agents: Strawberry has 5 3s in it.

I personally think Shipbreakers had this problem also. Some of the challenge feels forced. Some games really ought to just be a vibe.

More games should also use modern Diablo's presentation of, "start easy, work your way up for bonuses."

I was amped about Space Trucker, for example, but the constant leaks and shit running out every 10 minutes made me leave it for most of a year. Tried it again the other day on Easy. Delightful.

I had an Apple IIe like, WAY too late, but games like this made it such an experience.