Friday, October 30, 2026

New video game Humble Bundle featuring turn-based tactics

Starts at four games for $6. 

Also, the Capcom classics game bundle expires in a few hours. starts at $10 for three games.

Today's news and jokes



When the game designer and concept artist make each other better (art roundup)

🧵This Molyneux quote has filled me with existential dread ever since I read it. It reminds me of one of my favorite collaborative moments working with @threeohfour.bsky.social. We were about 1/3 through Unavowed production. I asked him if he could animate some kind of idle animation for Eli.

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— Dave Gilbert (@wadjeteyegames.com) October 28, 2026 at 6:15 AM

My suggestion was "How about he juggle fire balls or something?" Ben could've just said yes and done that, but he pushed back. He said "I think that's a bit clownish, honestly? Lemme try something else." So he took a day and came back with this:

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— Dave Gilbert (@wadjeteyegames.com) October 28, 2026 at 6:15 AM

This was so frigging awesome. But when I asked him "What exactly is he doing?" He said "I dunno. I just think it looks cool." No question about that! Buuuut as the game's writer/designer, I felt like I had to justify this cool animation in some way. It couldn't be cool for cool's sake.

— Dave Gilbert (@wadjeteyegames.com) October 28, 2026 at 6:15 AM


New experiential cocktail destination in Sherman Oaks

Eater says:
It’s somewhere between a theme park and the Magic Castle, but with Mexican spirits (in multiple senses of the word) and a mythology all its own ...fresh drink options accompanied by dramatic lighting and occasional mist

Thursday, October 29, 2026

He should be buried in his STNG screentest hairpiece (how did I miss the ad where he's disgusted by Tua?)





I was worried this Tumblr anecdote was made up internet crap so just to make sure a few years ago I hunted it down and yep, all true

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— Todd in the Shadows (@shadowtodd.bsky.social) October 29, 2026 at 1:20 PM

It's all true: youtu.be/zvm0CN3tQFI?...

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— Jacob Oller (@jacoboller.bsky.social) October 29, 2026 at 1:29 PM




This film is probably the first place I ever saw him. Once STAR TREK THE NEXT GENERATION started running, I watched this film again and was all "hey, that's the new captain!" RIP Sir Patrick.

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— Mike Sterling, A Halloween Comic Shipping First Week of November (@mikester.bsky.social) October 29, 2026 at 1:45 PM






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— K. Thor Jensen (@kthorjensen.bsky.social) October 29, 2026 at 2:15 PM





Please enjoy Patrick Stewart's terrific cameo as a tyrannical maitre'd at L.A.'s hottest new dining establishment, L'Idiot, in L.A. Story. "You think with a financial statement like zis, you can have ze duck???" youtu.be/qxXAFgVZJm0?...

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— Scare-o-lyn Petit (@carolynmichelle.bsky.social) October 29, 2026 at 1:09 PM
These lines are burned into my brain, and it's been so long I forgot where they were from









This is fabulous, can't believe I've never seen it before




Zam Wessel and other new Star Wars figures by Hasbro up for preorder

At the BBTS.

Today's news and jokes

Now I want to know if Joe Davis forgot too or if he intentionally did not feed Smoltz the name

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— CJ Fogler (@cjzero.bsky.social) October 28, 2026 at 5:55 PM




a bunch of very stupid mcafee clips on the TL today but this one might be the stupidest. and worst of all i am taking his side while he acts catty and passive aggressive

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— Arif Hasan, but NFL🔨⚒️🛠️ (@arif.bsky.social) October 26, 2026 at 6:22 PM
(The question is so horrifyingly stupid that they have difficulty understanding what he's asking)