Writer, journalist, and co-founder of PC games blog Jank. Visit: jank.cool | Follow: @jank.cool Prev bylines at Rock Paper Shotgun, IGN, PC Gamer, Edge, Eurogamer. Narrative for: Cataclismo, Creatures of Ava, and Moonlighter 2.
just realised who Andrew Wilson reminds me of
Game DeveloperEA has been sold to an investor consortium led by Saudi Arabia's sovereign Public Investment Fund. Last year, we spoke with analysts to understand how the debt-financed buyout could impact the U.S. publisher. Their view? An immediate culture shift, studio and franchise divestments, and layoffs.
Best tower defence I have played in donkeys. All it needs is 1 million more levels and a map editor.
JankA tower defence with orcs that move like a fluid. Games like this keep the spirit of Flash alive. www.jank.cool/the-spirit-o...
For 30 million you can employ 700-850 people on an average UK salary, or 30 million rats in one big wheel. Either way they will worker harder than a CEO.
Chris KerrMy report:
Survival games (Ark, Rust, Pathologic 2) are shit. However, survival games (Subnautica, Abiotic Factor, Pathologic 2 a month after launch) are good.
AftermathSurvival games are annoying: aftermath.site/survival-games...
This'll probably come to Steam and sell incredibly well but you can sneak the already-very-good alpha for freeeeeee.
JankHere's a SETI simulator that is better than the job sims clogging up Steam. It's pay-what-you-want on Itch. You're welcome. www.jank.cool/voices-of-th...
Gilbert Gottfried but specifically in character as Iago from Aladdin.
NanoraptorYou suddenly get a narrator describing your life and there’s no way to turn it off - everyone can hear it. While shopping, at work, at home, with friends - the voice narrating your every move goes on. Who do you hope is the voice of this narrator?
"AI is the future of writing". Friend, this literal 12 year old can write funnier prose.
Leena 🌵found this in my 18yo’s schoolbook from six years ago and it’s going STRAIGHT to the specials box “I enjoyed the womb, as told by my mum, kudos to her.” kudos to her is so funny
If Ratatouille is mecha, then The Truman Show is a megastructure escape story.
JankThere is some confusion about what counts as a megastructure. Look, it is quite simple.
Guy who keeps saying 'liminal space' now won't shut up about megastructures.
JankMegastructures. www.jank.cool/megastructur...
The definitive oral history of Boiling Point by @jeremypeel.bsky.social.
JankBoiling Point is a cult classic beloved for its bugs. We asked its developers how they made it www.jank.cool/the-making-o...
Dead robots being hauled off stage is becoming my favourite genre of internet video.
RavQuick thinking having a tablecloth handy. I didn’t even notice the twitching from that dead robot.
Because they're good llovers.
Stella Chung 😈Why are the Argentina players so physically aggressive???
Do not use Xbox's bullshit spinword.
JankStop calling it a 'reset'. It's an amputation. www.jank.cool/stop-calling...
Come read @abeewords.bsky.social describe this book as "an extended Reddit post" and other excellent maulings.
JankYou deserve better literature than Dungeon Crawler Carl. www.jank.cool/you-deserve-...
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