John Ball

They need to do a remake of Maniac Mansion from the NES. It was a really impressive and ambitious game for the era and I think that it could be something amazing in the modern era even as just a point-and-click adventure. It was weird and interesting and I think it has the potential!

I am really rooting for Norway in this game. I feel like overall they're playing as the better skilled team. England seems to be putting quite a bit of hope on laying down and crying to get the refs to help them win. Let's go Norway! Beat the Cowardly Lions! #worldcup

I have to admit, I definitely did not expect Brazil AND Mexico to lose their games today... what a wild World Cup it has been already.

MINA THE HOLLOWER IS OUT!!! GO GET IT NOW! This game is so good and you should buy it immediately!!! #indie #videogames #gaming store.steampowered.com/app/1875580/...

Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work. "Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast."

How do I know Chipotle is not serious about the quality of their food? They do not mix the burrito ingredients up before rolling the burrito. Entire bites comprised of just rice?! Animals.

My wife and I love watching Christmas movies throughout December and it has been a huge joy to watch our 4 and 6 yo sons enjoy many of them. Our favorite one by far though, is when we watch National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation on Christmas Eve after putting the boys to bed. We can't wait!

I can't help fixating on the CBS/60 Minutes thing and the fact that we are now forced to watch the truth about our country through media released in other, less fascist countries. It's horrifying how quickly Trump's cult has moved the USA towards North Korea. Unfathomable to find ourselves here.

My spotify wrapped had me rolling. I think the algorithm doesn't know what to do with some people, cause my "listening age" and my genres strike me as a really funny combination.

When I was in high school, I knew a guy that always ranted about how anyone who liked popular music had terrible taste because he was just SO indie and sophisticated. I get the exact same vibe from many in the video game and ttrpg communities now. Sometimes things are popular because they're fun.

Really hear me out: Presidents get one single 6 year term. Right now they spend the first two years of their first term blaming the last guy and the last two years preparing for campaign/reelection. No chance of reelection and make them use their time wisely. #politics #president #usa #government

Hear me out: Full clean out on Congress. Everyone's out regardless of party. No re-elections. New members have term limits and are not allowed to trade stocks at all. Try to eliminate the lifelong dirty wealth and return them to public servants. #politics #congress #usa #government

Nintendo paid homage to the 1991 Paul Rudd SNES commercial by bringing him back to make one for Switch 2. This is amazing.

A lot can happen in five months. 🇺🇸

As a Christian and an American, I despise what Trump is, what he represents, and what he and his cult are doing to my country. These tariffs are idiotic and, while I expect it will make things more difficult for my family, I hope they prove Trump to be the failure he is.

It is now day 2 without power at our house. I came home from a 24hr shift at the fire station to find lines down leading down the road. No power also means no water since we're on a well. Dominion Energy says they're hoping to have it back up tonight. It would be nice if that was true!

I am a fool. I bought the FF7 bundle on steam to: 1. Replay Remake on pc 2. Play the Intermission for the first time 3. Play Rebirth for the first time, which I was VERY excited for. As Remake and Intermission played great, I missed the RTX demand for Rebirth. I am heartbroken that I can't play it.

I also FINALLY started Sea of Stars last night (I know, I know, it's been in my To Play list for SOOOO long). It's just completely awesome. I only managed a bit before I had to get some sleep, but it is so great and I can't wait to play more!

I couldn't be more impressed with Slay the Princess. I am four playthroughs deep after a week or two and I have gotten drastically different results/endings each time. My pacifist playthough made my heart feel the best, but my NOTHING BUT SLAY had the most enjoyable individual moments!

Finally got around to my first playthrough of Slay the Princess today and really enjoyed it! What a cool concept/game it is. I think it's a wonderful example of video games as art.

It's cold and still snowy/icy here and I'm at work reading all these posts about being comfy at home playing games. I am at work on shift until 8am just being JEALOUS.

I am replaying FF7Remake in order to have it completed on PC before Rebirth goes live. I am enjoying Remake a lot more the second time. As a huge fan of the original FF7, I think I was expecting something a bit different when it first came out. It's been fun. #games #gaming #FF7R #Remake

Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes announces she's quit the paper because her editors wouldn't print a cartoon going after Big Tech and media oligarchs paying tribute to to Trump A new low in mainstream media's post-Trump meltdown anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...

I just had an interesting Bluesky error. What I like to call: the Lightning Round. Where every time I tried to move the screen slightly to scroll it would scroll dozens of posts in a second in that direction. It was impressive and disorienting all at once! #bluesky #glitch #bugs

Working for new year's eve at the fire station. I've got a good crew, so it's been a good shift. Glad we all went to bed a bit early so I had a little sleep when that 1:30am trauma call toned out. An hour and a half later I'm climbing into my bunk with the first call of 2025 done.

I love the intro of FFVII Remake where they're just like, "Imagine a normal city but with SO MANY PIPES." Dieselpunk? Pipepunk.

Working today and it's been a pretty great shift so far (only 12 more hours to go!). My wife and sons were able to stop by the fire station and say hi which is always something really special to me. We're so lucky that we live fairly close!

Just played the Isle of Reveries demo by @desertcucco.bsky.social and IT WAS AWESOME! I highly recommend checking it out if you're a fan of the original Zelda style with some VERY cool new mechanics. #indie #indiegames #games

Rewatching episodes of Batman: The Animated Series and I keep thinking it might be the greatest animated show of all time. The musical scores alone in each episode are incredible. The music in the Joker episodes in particular have a beautiful blend of whimsy and weight.

My wife once had a short stint of lactose intolerance with digestive reaults. It took some getting used to: Her: It was a coworker's birthday today so we got her an ice cream cake! Me: D...Did you have some? Her: Oh yeah! I had a huge piece! Me: You know ice cream cake has, uh, dairy? Her: SHIT

I have been reading The Hobbit to my 5yo son lately and HE. IS. LOVING. IT! It's been so fun to watch him experience the adventure and wonder of the story.

I have a good friend that loves MTG and deckbuilding video games. I simply cannot. For some reason, if a game involves cards my brain just glazes over and I do not want to engage. Give me a video game with a skill tree? Hell yeah! Make it out of cards instead? I'm out. My friend just laughs.