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House House @househouse.com · 15/10/2026

An explanation on why Big Walk isn't available on Xbox. bigwalk.game/xbox

Regarding Xbox

In June 2026 we announced that the release of Big Walk would be limited to computers, Switch 2 and PS5. Since then, we have received many messages and comments, asking about a future Xbox release. We would like to address those questions here:

We have made the decision not to release Big Walk on Xbox, in accordance with the Palestinian-led BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) movement’s call to boycott Microsoft, and their designation of Microsoft Games (and Xbox) as a priority boycott target. If you need help understanding our motives, we would recommend reading about why Microsoft is a BDS priority target, the successes this kind of pressure has already had on Microsoft, and especially, watching this great introductory piece by People Make Games.

It has always been our intention for Big Walk to be played by groups of friends, and we know that keeping the game off Xbox runs counter to those intentions. This decision means that some people will miss out on playing Big Walk with their friends, and we understand the disappointment we’re causing. We are disappointed too.

We would love for people to be able to play the game on Xbox, but not until Microsoft and/or Xbox have been removed as BDS boycott targets.

We’ve made this decision with the belief that meaningful change can be made in the world, that coordinated collective action can confront even the most powerful interests, and that one day, Palestine will be free.

Thank you for your understanding.

Sincerely,
House House

(see bigwalk.game/xbox for links)

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 15/10/2026

'We would love for people to be able to play the game on Xbox, but not until Microsoft and/or Xbox have been removed as BDS boycott targets'

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Gavin “Hissara” Herman @hissara.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

All the AI art in pinball communities saddens me, for pinball is one of those mediums that encapsulates the human creative spirit for me, finding the art of motion and designing around that.

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dan mentos @danmentos.com · 22/09/2026

[job interview] interviewer: so god killed all your kids? job: that's right

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Gavin “Hissara” Herman @hissara.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

You don’t see people try to make pinball creepypastas because that would require you to understand design in a way you don’t have to with video game creepypastas.

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 19/09/2026

people are always saying anti-AI arguments don’t understand the full nuances of the technology. which is correct. but only because it stole everyone’s work, exists solely to get you fired, has made the entire internet unusable and has been forced on everyone without consent

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Gavin “Hissara” Herman @hissara.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Creepypasta Macklemore be like “I’ll wear your grandad”.

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Casey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Drop Fortnite

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Gavin “Hissara” Herman @hissara.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I think with the push towards the cozy genre of games, I’m amazed we don’t see too many of them inspired by the GBA sims games. They were incredibly repetitive, but that greater social focus would give a bit more depth than just chucking a gift at someone so they marry you.

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Dead Man's Online @spadetheskeleton.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Heads up windows 11 users, microsoft now has this setting enabled by default. Be sure to disable it :]

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Kotaku @kotaku.com · 13/08/2026

Were you interested in South of Midnight but didn't wanna give Xbox money whyever that might have been? HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU!https://kotaku.com/south-of-midnight-compulsion-games-bds-xbox-2000724140

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There Is No Reason Not To Play South Of Midnight Anymore

With Compulsion Games now newly independent, their BAFTA-winning game is now free from Xbox and anything else that might have kept you from trying it

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Gavin “Hissara” Herman @hissara.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Honest question, are there any good video essays on GTA? Too many of them are “I played SA as a kid and it was good : )”, and I feel like we can say something more about the series.

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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

"saudi arabia owns EA" is going to be the headline you see basically everywhere for this one but "jared kushner is about to use EA as a vehicle for trump administration bribes" is equally relevant imo

The firm is fully owned by Jared Kushner and has a staff of approximately 20 people.[2][5] By 2024, the firm had returned no profits to its investors.[6] The firm has been controversial due to conflicts of interests arising from Kushner soliciting funds from Middle Eastern governments while also working as an envoy having direct and indirect dealings with those governments in his role in the second Trump administration.[7] According to reporting by Bloomberg News, investors in the firm do so with the expectation of influencing the Trump administration.[8]

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Jim Zub @jimzub.com · 20/07/2026

"It's inevitable" etc.

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 07/10/2025

the protomen be like "this city"

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Gavin “Hissara” Herman @hissara.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Finished Forbidden Solitaire and I loved it. It really goes to show how what can make or break a solitaire game is the aesthetic that surrounds it. So while I was less enthusiastic about Ancient Enemy, I was ecstatic about FS’s use of period accurate graphics, meta horror and FMV. Highly recommended

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 22/05/2026

i still think if we got a couple really big streamers in on it we could get a gta 6 boycott going. not because of woke. just pure don't you want to crash the entire economy. don't you want to feel that power. we can do this together. all you have to do is not buy gta 6

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Jane Parker 🏳️‍⚧️ ★ @playingps2.xyz · 21/06/2026

My recent emojis tell the story of Hokuto no Ken

Pointing emoji
Flunched emoji
Mind blown emoji

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Gavin “Hissara” Herman @hissara.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Existential shrek be like what am I doing in my swamp

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Hatok @hatok.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

it is really important to be loud about this stuff because it's typically kept very quiet to enable people to go "See? Nothing happened, it was just people being dramatic"

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Topher Florence @topherflorence.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

time to make the spiritual sequel to sonic adventure (game where you're an unemployed guy who hangs out in a mexican resort town losing your money at the casino, hitting on girls at the hotel pool, and talking to ghosts)

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Momo @heyheymomo.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

What a guy

4 panel comic

Panel 1: a wizard in blue robe and white beard sitting with small forg at a desk behind the computer. “Click, click” is the sound of the mouse to be heard
Panel 2: close up on the computer screen. There’s a green check mark and a full loading bar on it. From off screen someone, probably the wizard, says “boom, there it is”.
Panel 3: forg is left behind alone at his desk. There’s an open door in the background. Forg says “thanks installation wizard” and a little pink heart appears, showing his affection.
Panel 4: we see now that the wizard has already left the house after a job well done. He replies to forg watching him go from his window: “it’s what I do”

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Gavin “Hissara” Herman @hissara.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I get why everyone’s not into the new Sturgill Simpson album, but ACAB country disco is very much my exact style.

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Created Wrongly @creativewronging.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Andy Merrill (Brak) is an Amazon delivery driver. Carey Means (Frylock) got CHF from/exacerbated by COVID & was recently working as a restaurant dishwasher. C. Martin Croker (Zorak) died of sepsis from an infected tooth he couldn't afford to get treated. Capitalism destroys both art & artist.

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Gavin “Hissara” Herman @hissara.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

My obligatory thing I’ll say about the Backrooms’s movie is how it did the unthinkable in “fully showing the monster” in a way that was honestly effective. Props to that.

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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Did you see this??? An entire 50 PERCENT of Democratic voters under 30 want the party to MOVE TO THE LEFT on transgender issues. Comparing with other issues polled, it's second only to healthcare as an issue younger voters want to see the party move left on.

screenshot from a new york times poll showing 50 percent of democratic voters under 30 want the democrats to move LEFT on transgender issues

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Jim Zub @jimzub.com · 27/05/2026

Do you anticipate AI use to go up by 50,000 times its current amount in the next 3½ years? If not, then maaaaybe this is a bad thing to bet the entire economy on.

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Lionel @spiindoctor.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

People forget black churches used to be very political and less obsessed with prosperity gospel. This is what you want from your religious leaders and more.

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michael lutz @ztul.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Going through all this just to make a version of AOL where you only talk to bots!

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Gavin “Hissara” Herman @hissara.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

I'm pretty sure I'm cis because my gender euphoria outfits always turn to "70s detective and/or drug dealer".

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Gavin “Hissara” Herman @hissara.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

We don’t need the Citizen Kane of gaming, we need the Naked Gun of gaming.

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Samantha Mackenzie Greer @sammgreer.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Important paragraph. This seems to me like cleaning up public image more than any serious step towards stopping support for Israel and until stated otherwise by BDS, the boycott should continue

According to Globes, Microsoft's exclusion from the Israeli government's "Nimbus" deal with Google and Amazon in 2021 has limited its relationship with the state, though it is allegedly looking to renew its contract with Israel's Ministry of Defense when it expires this year.

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Lady Talia @djtalia.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Chrome is reaching into users' machines and writing a 4 GB on-device AI model file to disk without asking. It is the weights for Gemini Nano, Google's on-device LLM. Chrome did not ask. Chrome does not surface it. If the user deletes it, Chrome re-downloads it. www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-...

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Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane. — That Privacy Guy!

Google Chrome is downloading a 4 GB Gemini Nano model onto users' machines without consent, with no opt-in, no opt-out short of enterprise tooling, and an automatic re-download every time the user del...

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Jordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

🚨 🚨 🚨

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Gavin “Hissara” Herman @hissara.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Well, the reason for my lack of buying stuff from Xbox is because I’m taking part in the BDS boycott of Xbox for Microsoft’s support of Israel’s genocide. They stop that and I’d go back to buying their games.

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matte jones @pillowfort.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

PRE-RELEASE GTA 6 COVERAGE: The entire global economy rests on this revolutionary piece of art POST RELEASE GTA 6 COVERAGE: Here's where you can find the most early-game Orbs

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Gavin “Hissara” Herman @hissara.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

I’m sorry, I spent the entire game budget on licensing Layla for the climax.

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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 12/04/2026

I know we have the power to reject AI because 30 years ago we saw the arrival of Mean Bean Machines and we managed to make sure those aren’t in schools or taking jobs

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Micky D @mickyde.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Yo Spyro! Do a sweet kickflip or I'll continue to hold the eggs of your kin for ransom

Hunter from Spyro as a sweet skateboarder innit

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Gavin “Hissara” Herman @hissara.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

“Your spouse has been dead the whole time” is weaksauce, we’ve grown past that. “Your spouse is alive and doing much better without you” is how I’ll do that plot twist forever now, that’s way more painful.

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mini‼️ @ministarfruit.itch.io · 07/04/2026

lotr/ace attorney swap from an ask on tumblrrrr

Comic crossover of Lord of the Rings and Ace Attorney. Gimli, Aragorn and Legolas stand in court mulling over papers as Gimli complains, "I cannae understand a word of this!" Aragorn reassures him that they must try. Legolas asks, "Why does it matter if one man is dead? I've killed many." Across the courtroom, Klavier Gavin asks why the defense is dressed like Lord of The Rings characters.

The bottom panel shows Trucy gleefully taking in the Shire, exclaiming, "Daddy! Polly! Thena! Look! Hobbits!" Phoenix asks what a hobbit is. Athena looks at Apollo with a big grin and says, "Look, Apollo! There are people shorter than you!"

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furry hater @furry-hater.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 24/03/2026

Top comment on r/technology lol www.reddit.com/r/technology...

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mini‼️ @ministarfruit.itch.io · 19/03/2026

I love this text post so I drew it

Comic based off a tumblr text post about a guardian angel. The angel's dialogue is as follows: "it's meee I'm your guardian angel hiiiiii 😇 okay🙏 so. in about six months, you're gonna die of starvation. 🥺 and if I don't protect you, I will get: #fired! 🫢 and that is No Good 🙅‍♀️ hahaaa So. 🙏 I looked into causes of starvation, and it turns out: Your death is totally preventable! 😯 Uh oh! 😆 There's more than enough food to sustain you without interfering with anyone else's survival, but you're not allowed to have it!"

Continuation of the comic, the angel says: "🤨 Whaaat? 🤷‍♀️ Apparently, your death is premeditated by thousands of things called "shareholders." So. 🙏 I've been killing people," with an art style change from cartoonish to devious anime girl when she claims to be killing people.

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nat. @natclayton.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

AGENT ASHCROFT? WELL HOW THE HELL ARE YOU? UMBRELLA? GOOD IDEA, YOU NEVER KNOW WITH THIS WEATHER.

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Gavin “Hissara” Herman @hissara.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

I tried to play Highguard to see if I could learn something before it shut down, but it was made by people who think League of Legends is fun and I hated playing the damn thing. Shit makes Battleborn look compelling in comparison.

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 09/03/2026

OMG they released the deposition videos where they revealed that these two DOGE bros were just feeding grants into ChatGPT and saying "tell me if this is DEI in less than 120 characters." www.techdirt.com/2026/02/19/d...

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DOGE Bro’s Grant Review Process Was Literally Just Asking ChatGPT ‘Is This DEI?’

Federal grants that had been approved after a full application and review process were terminated by some random inexperienced DOGE bros based on whether ChatGPT could explain—in under 120 characte…

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