Scott Madin @smadin@mastodon.social

this fellow's stuff https://catlikecoding.com/unity/tutorials/ is extremely good IME so far

I forget, do y'all know about Dessa? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SM4ejYGdTQ

I really need to make time to do some small projects in pico-8 and bitsy

of course, Phantasmagoria was also a more traditional point-and-click, but with live action FMV, and Shivers was a first-person Myst-style deal.

oh hey, Gog has Shivers now. remember Shivers? it was sort of Sierra's YA horror adventure counterpart franchise to Phantasmagoria. the overall plan at the time if I recall was that each would eventually have several (unrelated in terms of plot and characters) games under its name, but I think they ended up only getting to 2 for each franchise.

What should I do with my life, tootfriends?

one thing I need to do some serious thinking about is how I could use what skills I have to do more good for the world than just making luxury consumer electronics.

you know what sucks? getting laid off pretty much sucks.

is anyone else just kind of emotionally exhausted a lot of the time lately

What's your favorite robot?

Me, I'm at a local brewpub feeling slightly maudlin, and wishing the world weren't ending. I had other plans.

Hello mastodon, I haven't spent much time here lately, how are you all?
Twitter is bad for me.

it was good, I liked it. I thought "just kidding! we're vegetarians." was funny. what a cast!

here's a nice writeup of the cool-ass thing @caraellison's doing https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/02/cara-ellison-turns-tv-into-videogames-for-kids.html

how is everyone today

@nicepersonality I am genuinely impressed with your ability to be diplomatic on that there c-town. I would have been unable to, which is why I haven't commented.

A friend subtweeted me on main for a remark I'd made in a group DM, that didn't feel good.

It's causing real fights between friends who normally get along great, and I think a lot of that is because twitter is so bad for nuanced discussion and considered response.

Me, I'm trying to stay out of it. Nobody needs a hot take from a cishet dude who almost exactly fits the description of the dude in the story.