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we all do it. it's not some huge evil darkness. in some ways it is helpful! but everyone would benefit (at least while capitalism is still kicking) from trying to separate play from labor as much as they can so that leisure time can be completely unproductive. we need both, in the right way

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meanwhile companies implement gamification and scoring systems that ruin the sanctity of play at home in ways we don't even realize. Also, why would I Garden after working 9 hours if I'm exhausted? video games burn less energy. But then you are squeezing fake productivity out of your downtime.

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I think about this a lot. The average American doesn't blame the bourgeoisie for feeling unfulfilled at work. Some blame the concept of doing Labor! So the fulfilling labor we are allowed at home (e.g. Gardening) may get avoided, thus we pervert leisure with simulated labor to fill our need to work.

merr-itt came from outer space @merrittk.com · 03/09/2026

this has SO much to do with the Capitalist Labor/Leisure collapse and the result of a market demand for feeling productive when all your labor is alienated.

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the never-ending quest for literalism/simulationism is maybe the worst design tendency in the history of video games

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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Our artform should not be a speculative asset.

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I have a theory that a big chunk of the socialist fear mongering by liberals is really about the fact that it’s perceived as a youth movement and godforbid the young exert political power

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benjo @makeshiftgnome.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

put your. hand in the disposal. that will fix it,

🎃 Vyria Durav, Dread Wyrm Princess of Spookytown 🎃 @vyriadurav.northsky.social · 21/07/2026

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Sin that must be eternally punished is a culturally Christian idea that you can and should reject. If someone admits wrongdoing and changes their behavior, that's the desired outcome. You don't continue to punish because you then signal there's no point to contrition at all, you're damned either way

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Alexa Ray Corriea @alexaray.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I've been saying for years that talking about and treating games like tech has absolutely fucked up everything and led to how we got here.

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BUG-EYED HELL CAT @californiahorst.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

when i was young they had these people called “investigative journalists” who could find out stuff like if a senator was dead or not

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benjo @makeshiftgnome.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

apologies absolute Superman I didn't know you were based like that. guess it isn't called the red sun for nothing, comrade

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 07/07/2026

Microsoft layoffs hit Bethesda, Obsidian, and id Software hard as workers brace for more aftermath.site/microsoft-xbox...

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benjo @makeshiftgnome.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

for a long time games were barely profitable and that's what worked. infinite growth mindset is going to kill this industry (and every other part of humanity). What horrible hell have we created that corporate profit outweighs art. Thank god we have each other

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benjo @makeshiftgnome.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I don't think anyone can really conceptualize 3200 people. ceos certainly can't, which is why it is easy for them to just think of it as a number of paychecks that can go back to their profit margin. Solidarity forever, y'all

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bijan (spooky version) @bijan.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

every job i see these days is like: LEAD CONTENT ANALYST, Puppy Killing Factory (remote). $350,000 - $500,000. You will edit our internal newsletter (circulation 500). Associate Editor, Nonprofits, Global Good Magazine (in office, NYC). $27,000 - $28,000. Lead ALL of our fundraising efforts!

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benjo @makeshiftgnome.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

this one is an all timer for me

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benjo @makeshiftgnome.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

in light of recent news data hoarders deserve our itmost respect and admiration and support and I mean that so, so sincerely

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Chloe "Scare-Bot Scramble" Adams @addamschloe.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

piracy is the only extant form of media preservation that exists in games right now, you might find it morally reprehensible but there is literally no other institution that will keep games alive in 25, 50 years' time

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Frank Cifaldi @frankcifaldi.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

As the director of a historical video game preservation institution, and someone who has dedicated his entire adult life to this cause, this is accurate. We have attempted to work with the industry's trade organization to find a legal path forward, but they refuse to offer a meaningful alternative.

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benjo @makeshiftgnome.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I feel this I was going every week for like 6 months and then we had to stop cause of scheduling conflict and I miss it like crazy

everyone younger or older than me that isn't my close friend is unfunny and if they laugh at the same things as me they are larping or enjoying it incorrectly

hope it was for a dating sim and not just a hiring manager being insane

one of only a select few industries where I'm probably more likely to make connections than ruin them by shitposting about BL

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sometimes I forget that there are professional industry people that follow me on here and when I remember I panic but not that much because it's the games industry

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its so hard ... being a fudanshi man... in a fujoshi world.. and we don't talk about that enough‼️

you can say millennials we all know that's what you mean

Tom the Anime Sicko 🔜 Hell @tomharrison.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

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I cringe at the train coming at me in movies. I have never watched a train that was actually imperative to the story. It always makes me feel like the producer is trying to run me over with the train

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Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 29/06/2026

First trailer for Robert Eggers' ‘Werwulf’ 🐺 In theaters on December 25

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benjo @makeshiftgnome.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

there has never been a day I have had that hasn't been at least marginally improved by listening to Steely Dan

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disc horse bot @horsedisc.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Neoliberal G'raha Tia can still happen if people want it bad enough

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tom, friend of eggbug @lizard.tools · 18/05/2026

my dick wide like a ps3

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

But when we crave power over life—endless wealth, unassailable safety, immortality—then desire becomes greed. And if knowledge allies itself to that greed, then comes evil. Then the balance of the world is swayed, and ruin weighs heavy in the scale.

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Ret @ret.furry.engineer.ap.brid.gy · 22/06/2026

Me in 1768: I dislike the new Prime Minister and the Steam Machine is still too expensive. Me in 2026: I dislike the new Prime Minister and the Steam Machine is still too expensive.

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benjo @makeshiftgnome.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

every time an American liberal praises meloni or takaichi for being rude to trump or being girlbosses we inch closer to global fascism

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benjo @makeshiftgnome.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

No, you do not under any circumstance "have to hand it" to giorgia meloni