2024-03-09
Is @BalatroGame fun? Yes. Is it something I put down, but kept picking up to play one more run? Yes. Is it a game that threatened my early bedtime? Also... Yes. If you've ever enjoyed a “Poker rules” video game, especially back in the CRT days? You need to check it out! [video]
Bloomberg
Online card game Balatro, created by a solo Canadian developer who goes by the handle LocalThunk, has sold 500K+ copies on Steam at $15 each in just two weeks
Red Hot Poker — There are some games that keep you entertained for a weekend. Renata Price / Inverse : Balatro Is A Poker Roguelike Where You Are The House Shubhankar Parijat / G...
2022-07-22
I hate this, and it's only going to continue and get worse as every social media platform tries to be THE platform, just taking ideas and “features” from all the others and incorporating them in the worst* ways. * worst because you expect this on TikTok, not on Instagram. Ugh. https://twitter.com/...
The Verge
Instagram says all new video posts under 15 minutes will now be shared as Reels and videos under 90 seconds from public accounts will be recommended to others
And it's combining the Reels / Video section of your profile under one tab — Welcome to the new era of Instagram …
2021-08-13
Love seeing a friend get follow botted with racist usernames less than a day after this from @Twitch. Yep, love that for us. https://twitter.com/...
Washington Post
Thousands of marginalized streamers implore Twitch to counter “hate raids”, where groups of malicious users fill a streamer's chat with targeted abuse
in which trolls use fake accounts to overwhelm chat with slurs—has hit a boiling point. my story on @rekitraven and the many other streamers demanding that #twitchdobetter: https:/...