“As of January 2026, the total U.S. national debt has exceeded $38.5 trillion. This figure represents the total money borrowed by the federal government to cover annual deficits, which is growing rapidly, with a rise of over $2 trillion in 2025 alone.”

I definitely want to tax the hell out of the rich, but we are in a deep hole. A long term systemic change will serve us better (or in addition to) talking all of their money now.

I play most MMOs as Auction House PvP.

I wrote a bitmap rotating function in the early 90s and whenever pixels rotated off the top of the screen my BIOS would reset.

I was delighted when we could afford a decent 2d graphics library.

I agree, but this is the worst Haiku I’ve ever read.

I don’t think that unions will help the game industry to the same degree that they help others.

There’s an endless supply of young people who are excited to make games. Oversupply means that the demand-side (employers) have the power advantage.

I left the game industry in 2010 (after 18 years) and it was the best career decision I’ve ever made.

I still get to work with amazing people on interesting problems AND I work sustainable hours and am compensated better.