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This was, is, and always will be a brilliantly shit illustration of how stupidly self defeating business people can be. Forgoing the universal positive of a staff self-training on their own time, because of the vague fear that one in a hundred might make some money.

NEW: I spoke with multiple video game developers and a U.S. employment lawyer to learn more about restrictive side clauses that often prevent employees at major companies from pursuing hobbyist work or personal projects. In an industry renowned for creativity, why are we stifling it?

Super sad to hear about the layoffs at Double Fine, one of the best, most creative studios in the business. Psychonauts 2 remains one of my favorite games of the 2020's and I love Keeper too.

got a statement from Xbox on this and, woof kotaku.com/double-fine-...

A look inside the ruin Trump has made of the Kennedy Center. Blood boiling. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/u...

I worked at Disney a while ago. Do you know why theme parks are so safe? Because OOSHA reps can walk the track on any ride at any time and any safety violation they see is a $10,000 fine. Each. Theme parks are not safe because the company cares. They're safe because it's cheaper to comply.

if you want to really learn to love movies, you should watch at least one movie every day. pick at random, don't read reviews, just sit and absorb it. the more movies you watch, good or bad, the more interesting all movies become.

real art isn't in the cinema. it's not in books or libraries. it's definitely not in the TV. real art only exists on youtube channels with 3,000 followers where a guy who calls himself MicrowaveBen reviews tv dinners on a strange but internally consistent 7-point scale he calls the Flavornator

67 boat strikes 221 people killed EXCLUSIVE: Operation Southern Spear has not reduced the volume, availability, purity or price of cocaine arriving in the U.S., according to an internal DEA assessment and a closed-door Pentagon briefing for senators, and has made enforcement more difficult

I miss this from being in film school - I was doing critical studies, not filmmaking, so I’d see 2-3 movies a day and then wind down by watching something when I got home. I learned so much just taking it all in.

Toy Story, Seven and Die Hard With A Vengeance are up there too.

Without saying your age, what is your favorite movie from the year you turned 18

"Writers have been using me long before AI. I am the punctuation equivalent of a cardigan—beloved by MFA grads, used by editors when it’s actually cold, and worn year-round by screenwriters. I am not new here. I am not novel. I’m the cigarette you keep saying you’ll quit."

The FDA used to have a warning on its website against bogus autism “remedies,” eg, the dangerous—sometimes deadly—chelation pushed by RFK Jr & his antivaxx ally David Geier RFK Jr ordered the warnings to be removed 😢 Anyone who tells me I must “find common cause” with MAHA & its leader can STFU

Watched Project Hail Mary, knowing next to nothing about it. It was nice to see something so hopeful, which may seem odd in reference to a film about facing down the end of the world. Beautiful too, wonderful light and color. The decision to go with puppetry was so smart. such excellent craft.

Thanks, doing my best!

David Lee Roth

I really like Silo but Common is an actor with an incredibly limited range, especially when everyone else is firing on all cylinders.

Mortal Kombat II was the perfect dumb movie to watch while recovering from eye surgery.

Filmmaker Chuck Russell has passed away at 74. Chuck Russell directed The Blob & Nightmare on Elm Street: Dream Warriors in the 1980s, and later directed The Mask, Eraser, Bless the Child, The Scorpion King, and Witchboard (2025). A horror legacy that will never be forgotten.