2025-12-27 14:12:36
Some people read about the hero, some people play as the hero. If you don't play video games, you have 2 choices:
Here's what we've been playing:
You're a glass skateboarder stuck in the Underworld who has to skate to (get out?). A rad soundtrack, interesting visuals, and a weird story.
Ride a fixie through cell shaded worlds to a chill beat. Race others, discover stuff, collect things, and just take in the atmosphere.
We loved Lego Builder's Journey, and this one has local co-op (our favorite). Play as 2 little Lego's who admire rocket ships and want to build one. Use your building skills and unravel the visually engaging and beautifully lit story.
We love retro games around here and got super pumped when we saw they were making a 2025 version of Bubble Bobble. BUT, we played Sugar Dungeons a few times and were disappointed it was single player. While it's fine… it's lacking some soul. It's just a bit bland and doesn't really tickle the nostalgia bug like we hoped.
This house has played a lot of Dorf Romantik the video game. Everyone, young to old, feels satisfied with the cozy yet solitaire-like experience you get from this game. The board game does an AMAZING job of capturing the charm of the video game while combining it with the limitations of a board game.
The board game is beautifully done, creating a compelling campaign arc, unlocks, and other exciting elements.
Whelp, we got super addicted to this one. Very arcade-like, super fun roguelike-style gameplay, and a fun gameloop. Super fun 5-20 minute sessions.
Connect up to 4 controllers and dodge the shapes as they react to the beat. Each level is a full on custom visual beat experience to a track from a rad retro-bit playlist. All you gotta do is dodge stuff, you can move a stick right?
Mix a little Hades with FTL and you've got yourself this roguelite. See how far you can get, do your best not to get hit, get some synergy in a sweet build, hack and slash your way to freedom.
2025-12-27 14:01:34
iOS vs Android in 2025:
2025-12-26 07:13:03
Ep #224
Spooky Scary CSS
This week, Robbie and Adam talk about Halloween vibes, excellent scotch, and the strange state of modern web development. After rating an Orphan Barrel single malt, they dig into AI coding workflows, agent tools, why one-shot prompts so often fail, and more.
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2025-12-19 15:09:00
Ep #223
The Piano Man of State Machines w/ David K. Piano
This week, Robbie and Adam talk with David K. Piano about state machines, the chaos of overusing React hooks, Tailwind controversies, AI agents, security risks in emerging AI tooling, and why determinism still matters.
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2025-12-09 13:33:27
I don't have enough time to play with all these amazing webGL tools right now! Maybe you do‽
This post is a quick round up of webGL tools that I've come across this year. Maybe you'll have fun in one.
I'm already a sucker for Strudel, but Hydra is a sick way to take the code and drive a visual.
The rad Pablo Stanley has a wake of great tools behind them, and Efecto is no exception.
I recently got early access to this one, was on a waiting list for so long I forgot I registered. But, worth the wait, was able to make some rad stuff in a short amount of time.
A Figma-like design tool but built for the web, with the web, rendering to DOM so WYSIWYG 100%. Mega bonus, it's got sweet drop in webGL effects.
Putting an animated webGL effects behind a beautiful artboard is so sick; the canvas feels alive and exciting.
This one had me hooked for a bit too, I think it's the one I have the most projects in. Intuitive UI, great presets, and LOTS of ways to add interactivity.
Did I miss one?