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Ah, it's good to see you :D

Gordon, you lllllll๐•ƒ๐•†๐•Œ๐•ค๐•ช mothufucker. GET YO ๐ƒ๐Ž๐‘๐Š - ๐€๐’๐’ down tothe ๐“‰๐‘’๐“ˆ๐“‰ ๐’ธ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‚๐’ท๐‘’๐“‡ or else i will ๏ผณ๏ผจ๏ผฏ๏ผถ๏ผฅ ๐Ÿ†ƒ๐Ÿ…ท๐Ÿ…ด ๏ผณ๏ผก๏ผญ๏ผฐ๏ผฌ๏ผฅ up your ๐”ž๐”ฐ๐”ฐ.

*beep bee-beep bee-beep* *splat*

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Last month I caught Covid, and right at the start of my symptoms I saw this post. For the next 8ish days, I was HAUNTED by this song. It played on a loop in my head for hours. I would wake up in the middle of the night covered in sweat singing โ€œโ€ฆmixed with Zach Galifianakisโ€ as it bounced around in my virus-addled brain. It was literally inescapable.

Anyway as soon as that ended, the Morbin Time memes started so you can imagine how that went for me, who would be deliriously sick for another 5 days.

So uh, if you want to know what Wizards of the Coast is up to, they allegedly sent the Pinkertons (a private security guard, which is a fancy way to say for-hire thugs) to the person who leaked a Magic: The Gathering set. Who wasn't under a NDA or anything (not that it'd justify said measures).

The Pinkertons went to his home, threatened to put him in jail, seized a bunch of his stuff and made his wife cry.

Anyways, uh, I wonder if there's still gonna be bootlickers trying to defend WOTC on this?

(Reblogs for awareness are appreciated!)

Here's a more detailed article on the matter. It's been confirmed by WOTC that they did send the Pinkertons to this guy's home as part of "an investigation". Fucking HELL.

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reading dev comments about the singing turrets at the end of portal2 about how they sort of loved and would miss chell because she gave them some kind of purpose too (shooting at people). whole facility love chell ok? the end.

one thing i love about portal 2 is the distinct difference in physicality between wheatley and glados. in the core transfer scene, glados, as she does, moves fluently, smoothly; seductively is a good word to describe it. you know how she is. then after wheatley takes over, despite using the same body, noticeably shifts from "I suggest you take a deep breath. And hold it." to "HARR HARR HARR I'M BLOODY FOCKEN MASSIVE INNIT" and i just love that so much. glados smoothly rotates around like a serpent and wheatley starts spinning circles and bouncing up and down it's just great

additionally:

[ID: Reply from user clareironbrook that reads: "Credit where it's due to Karen Prell - best known for her work with the Muppets, lead animator for Wheatley. /End ID]

i had NO idea! credit where it is ABSOLUTELY due, i didn't even mention Wheatley's facial animation as well but it is beautifully done. all he has is a rotating eye, eyelids, a pupil that can expand or contract and some little handles at the top and bottom of his face, but his animation is still impressively emotive. it's really half of the charm of his dialogue honestly, puppeteering is already such a cool skill and it's even more impressive to do it digitally on this little fuck

ADDITIONAL addition: @meow-moment you're a PART of this post now you are FUCKING Correct

[ID: Reblog from @meow-moment that reads "i love in the scene where he tells you you have "a very minor case of serious brain damage" when his eye pops out a little and his handles flare out and it somehow looks like he's adjusting his glasses nervously]

there are a good few additions to this post I'd love to add to it but this one is like. NECESSARY. that is PRECISELY what that conveys and it's fucking magic how well it works. hats OFF karen prell