Aaron Makes Video Games (and a podcast)

My son (7) and I just released an album as The Chocolate Covered Espresso Beans. He plays guitar and improvises lyrics & keys, picked the band name and made all the art on the site. We're donating proceeds to his school this week! thechocolatecoveredespressobeans.bandcamp.com/album/the-ch...

Wife and I took the day off and decided that instead of going out, we would DoorDash breakfast burritos and have a nice relaxing day at home. So of course we decided to binge Chernobyl. Holy shit

Has Taco Bell ever teamed up with Cholula hot sauce on a chalupa? A Chalulalupa?

"If I am to flower into something other than myself, I would rather rot into nothingness as I am." - The Reflecting Pool

Pokemon but instead of Pokemon inside the balls it’s chefs. “PIERRE, USE BRINE!”

I listened to this today and I had to text my real-life friends who appreciate good music to let them know about it. That's how good it is. After a decade of releasing only singles and EPs, nelward has finally dropped a full-length album, and it is everything an album should be! I love it!

In light of the success of Fruit Love Island, I am pitching a new line of AI video series: Stay tuned for Mashed Potatoes Survivor, Bread Big Brother, and Meat Jeopardy.

Currently walking home. At night. After seeing Backrooms. Walking past empty storefronts and construction scaffolding. I’m fine. It’s fine.

I'm no expert on internet security but this very, VERY bad. This is spam/phishing (???) sent by someone at a random email address, but it appears to Gmail to be signed by costco.com. The contents of the email look totally legitimate, but it's missing my member ID.

Duppy Detective Tashia Launches June 8, 2026!!!! 🔍Gather Clues 👻Meet the Suspects 🎶Bop to the Music store.steampowered.com/app/1958800/...

You always know I’m good for coffee. Thanks @nemo10.bsky.social for letting me talk about theatre and coffee for so long! This part is only 30min! Because yes, there is a part 2~ listen in!

New podcast episode! I spoke with @espressocat.bsky.social (Writer/Narrative Designer: State of Decay 3, Marvel's Avengers) about theater, level design, and... COFFEE! Yeah, finally, on Make Games, Drink Coffee, I actually went deep on coffee with someone! www.makegamesdrinkcoffee.com

I finally did it! I activated the cat essence and now my cats pay out 13X. It would have been a lot cooler if I could have pulled this off BEFORE I hit endless mode, but that seems nearly impossible. Anyone have favorite builds in this game? Cat/witch is fun, but miner/ore/cloth/dame seems best.

stan of meel

pom tetty and the bearthreakers

project mail hary

Kirby Air Raid is this anything?

anyone see this gorgu movie? Is it good?

Part two of my interview with Playground Productions CEO Lindsay Barnett and @megacatstudios.bsky.social CEO James Deighan is live! In this episode, we go on some tangents, covering conventions, how E-readers affect education, and James and Lindsay's dream projects! www.makegamesdrinkcoffee.com

I really need everyone to understand just how good papusas are.

Slightly increase a band Jake

@fishiflor.com was serving hot takes at GDC.

For a generation of gamers, the @backyardsports.bsky.social games are a core memory. Today, I spoke with Playground Productions CEO/founder Lindsay Barnett and @megacatstudios.bsky.social CEO/founder James Deighan about the return of Backyard Sports! Listen at www.makegamesdrinkcoffee.com

New Evil Dead looks crazier and more stylish than the last few, so that makes me happy. It's difficult to go as hard as Sam Raimi at his best, but as long as people are at least trying, I'll be smiling!

GDC Vibe Check episode of Make Games, Drink Coffee is live! I interviewed nine game developers at GDC and asked them the same four questions - what are you ANGRY, SCARED, HOPEFUL, and EXCITED about right now in the game industry? Plus, hot takes and travel advice! www.makegamesdrinkcoffee.com

My Star Wars game pitch: Pixel art JRPG Star Wars game. Like, SNES style. I will not elaborate.

marmer’s farket

[guy who missed the first few seconds of Star Wars] whoa is this happening right now? In our galaxy??

It was an honor to have @nemo10.bsky.social include me in this special episode! You will never guess what my hot take is. Heck, I forgot what my hot take was because I’ve internalized it so deeply.

Can someone explain why Epic's careers page groups Audio and Design together?

What do you call a sunburned mathematician? A tan gent.

not many people know this, but Barilla has a line of 3D printed pasta it sells mostly to the fine dining industry. I don't want the pasta. I want the pasta printer

New podcast episode! Part two of my interview with @kiddesimo.bsky.social - we talked about transmedia IP, streamer game strategy, even Quantum Break and Bandersnatch come up! www.makegamesdrinkcoffee.com

Please normalize this as a valid take. Sure, it would be nice if a lot of movies targeted towards kids/families were better, but let’s acknowledge that they can be fun to watch simply for looking awesome as long as the rest isn’t offensively bad.

It is absolutely crazy that it takes about the same amount of time from pressing Play in Steam to being able to load and play a saved game in Doom: The Dark Ages and Stardew Valley.

Unionization would help, but if we really want to reform the AAA part of the game industry in the USA, mandating board seats for employee representatives (see Germany's "Supervisory Board"), limiting stock grants as executive compensation, and making stock buybacks illegal would go a lot further.

Game Infarcer: Nintendo and NVIDIA partner for headache-inducing 3DLSS 5 gameinformer.com/parody/2026/...

The Supreme Court ruled that nobody is a U.S. citizen Chief Justice Roberts stated “No person can be in this country. We all have to leave. Now.” The judges packed up their robes and are getting on a boat

Trans Day Of Give My Game Visibility Please And Thank You

Puzzle Spy International is out now! I'll let the release trailer do the heavy lifting here, but if you're into fun wordplay puzzles and rules discovery and spies and flirting and mid-century modern art and cool spy music, check it out: It's on Steam ats.team/a/3406690 youtu.be/eLXt8glg07g?...

Puzzle Spy International is out now! Identify local contacts and decipher hidden messages in word and logic puzzles in this 60s spy adventure.

I'm a veteran 2D artist and art director for games with 20 years of experience. Worked at Mojang. I know games inside and out, and I need studio work. I'm a hard worker and right now I can barely pay rent *and* am going out of my mind with boredom and the waiting. Thank you