Mark Anderson

Omgggggg, genuinely alarming

Mass Effect was my ultimate white whale, my all-time dream project. For the last couple years I'd been in discussion w/ BioWare & EA to take on the project & as part of that I wrote close to 20 minutes of music to explore where the franchise can go next, may as well share it!

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

Walter was more than Chekov. He was a writer, a teacher, a thoughtful man, and a loyal friend. To the fans who loved him for so many years, thank you. He loved you too. Rest well, my dear friend. Keep navigating a steady course. – George

Oh man. I know he was 90 but this sucks. He was just playing Chekov’s grandson in Picard.

This week’s main story is about how more and more white nationalists, antisemites, and Nazi sympathizers seem to be integrating into the Republican Party, how some of them are currently running for office, and how old you can be for JD Vance to consider you “a very young boy.”

Looking for game devs who have been directly inspired by anything BioWare for my next video. I suspect the public likely doesn’t quite realize the extent of their influence on the industry, so I’d really like to highlight that. If you are one such game devs, pls reply to this post!

Today we (@propublica.org) published this map of every location with an active 287(g) agreement with ICE. (with the help of @tituslegaldesign.com's initial data analysis). Read the story: "The Small-Town Cop Who Helped ICE Deport His Ingram, Texas, Neighbors" www.propublica.org/article/depo...

Servers at the Cheesecake Factory all over the country are mentally preparing for a night flooded w bad tippers

The way pundits talk about "most Americans" is how an average Joe talks about zoo animals, extremely patronizing and also almost entirely wrong

If there is ANY state that supports destroying the ICE, it's fucking Minnesota

Gladstone Institutes and UCSF researchers found that SARS-CoV-2 uses its ORF3a protein to increase cholesterol uptake in cells, fueling viral replication. Removing ORF3a reduced this effect in cells and hamsters, revealing a potential antiviral target. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The panic of 1873 is really hard to conceptualize. It was actually the longest economic contraction in U.S. history!

Mass Effect will lyve on as long as one, just one person yn the course of their daye doth saye to themselves "okay Ich am goinge to take the Renegade choyce heere"

Canada please save us. Nationalize BioWare.

Appreciating all the reposts and replies! I think, however, people would also get way more out of this if they read it. We don't have a paywall. I have done extensive reporting that I draw on in this article. I also spoke with an expert. Arm yourself with info and strengthen your brain. Read!

I am again going to mention, for no particular reason, that Anne Frank died of Typhus.

You know what pissed me off about the Ramaswamy ad beyond the obvious grotesqueries? There’s no EVIDENCE disputing Acton’s life story. There are court proceedings backing up her story. And all Ramaswamy’s got is the (accused) mother saying “nu uh” and somehow that’s enough? FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY

All those times I said I was working on a Secret Project? It was always #MassEffect, darlings. My favorite game. The dream. THE dream. “I would be so good at writing this huge franchise they should call me.” And they did! It happened! And then it didn’t. There is a hole. And always will be.

As much as it's not really a surprise, especially given the industry right now coupled with the Saudi sale, the news today still made me sad. BioWare joins other great studios of the past, with a legacy that will not soon be forgotten. 😔 www.forbes.com/sites/paulta...

you could see this coming but man, what a goddamn tragedy my entire gaming life is built around bioware games - BG1 and 2, dragon age, mass effect, jade empire... thank you to everyone like @trickweekes.bsky.social who built these games over the years the gaming industry deserves better

We need ads that are a montage of Trump administration fuckups punctuated with JD Vance asking people if they've said thank you

This dashboard is very helpful in posing one of the biggest questions about ICE's ongoing surge in arrests during a time in which enforcement data is extremely limited; have releases gone way up, as removal flights have been flat for months, and ICE hasn't acquired any major new detention resources.

This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.

a reminder that elon once crashed his mclaren by being a dipshit and somehow neither he nor peter thiel were hurt what a different world we could be living in today

One-half a Scaramucci.

if only that had EVER been shown to work ***maniacal laughter turns into hot furious tears***

will try to answer these in a piece next week but for now i will say that part of the *point* of court expansion, in my mind, is to create a disequilibrium — a potential race to the bottom — that will force a truce.

I don't believe computers are conscious but I do believe printers can house malevolent spirits that decide whether you live or die

Her "immigration status" is that she's been a US citizen longer than either Melania Trump or Elon Musk. The Democrats SHOULD use this opportunity for 100% solidarity with one of their own, and throw the fucking kitchen sink at Trump and his Republicans. I doubt they will but would LOVE to be wrong.

Fuck all the way off with this. This os the most impeachable thing he’s done and that’s a competitive category. My fury burns with 10000 suns.

I’m shocked. Shocked!

It’s not really surprising that the bot takedown story spread so far and fast, even in the absence of evidence.

Speak bluntly. Always speak truth to power. Always call out racism. Always stand up for the oppressed.