Rami Ismail (رامي)

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2026-02-28 21:27:00 UTC

Okay so let me get this straight, a oligarch country that elected a suspected pedophile & known rapist over his Christian values, and an illegally nuclear genocidal apartheid nation that keeps electing war criminals to do war crimes, those are the good guys because they bombed a primary girls school

2026-02-19 00:49:07 UTC

I got a great question on my Ramadan thread: do Muslims also need to avoid consumption by proxy in videogames? Does consuming in-game food or drink break the fast? Basically: does your character have to go fast?
The answer is no, unless you happen to be playing Sonic the Hedgehog.

2026-02-16 17:41:43 UTC

Godot's marketing strategy for 2026: let Unity exist.
Unity says its AI tech will so...

2026-01-08 03:10:22 UTC

Ah, I just read that the ICE terrorists even pulled the Israeli tactic of prohibiting official medical aid from reaching their victim. They didn't quite massacre the ambulance like Israel often does, but the effect is similar: ensure the injuries they cause mean death or permanent maiming.

2025-09-11 03:49:15 UTC

Ultimately, when people with power say "violence is unacceptable" - they mean "violence against us is unacceptable", nothing more, nothing less. It foregoes that violence for those with power tends to come from greed, and violence against them tends to come from need.

2025-09-03 16:04:39 UTC

It's been a while.
Glad to be announcing a new game, and happy that it is something experimental and weird: a tiny, tense, turn-based strategy game about merging units into spectacular combinations, and then watching them evaporate thousands of bugs.
store.steampowered.com/app/2396130/...
Australia Did It - Reveal Trai...

2025-07-30 03:46:44 UTC

Ok but does it run DOOM
www.tomshardware.com/pc-component...
Yes, you can store data on a b...

2025-07-16 11:05:48 UTC

Europe did betray its core premise, its promise to the world and the survivors after two world wars, the institutes it created & upheld. Full-throated cruel cowardice in the face of the one thing Europe promised we'd never fail at again, and we failed beyond measure.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
EU-Israel: Refusal to suspend ...

2025-07-14 23:57:25 UTC

Bye forever, WeTransfer.
https://shimeji.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:jye22xkea3jqsabskhfec347&cid=bafkreie2luwt3acvndithbntwdtvlfrmsvuo7xz34zfvikgtxwx7syo74u

2025-07-02 23:49:48 UTC

Death Stranding 2 giving me the truly spectacular power fantasy of being able to enter the United States without issue

2025-06-24 08:15:23 UTC

The no-fly NOTAM over the Netherlands for the NATO summit is so large that my air planning software literally can't zoom out far enough without switching to international mode. It's that big red circle covering uh, 80% of the screen. Countless airfields can't even allow takeoffs under these rules.
https://shimeji.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:jye22xkea3jqsabskhfec347&cid=bafkreia2rivhjytcbgdnt56owxb3iy5f5bkqd44tts5qtuzvddeo7pvl7i

2025-06-11 14:14:03 UTC

Appreciate any US event that is inviting me to speak. I'm grateful that there's such a demand for my perspective & talks - but I really cannot justify traveling to a country under a fascist government actively hunting people like myself, & sending them to prisons built for people that look like me.

2025-06-09 06:07:55 UTC

Israel illegally boarded a humanitarian mission in international waters with heavy weaponry, then disappeared the crew. Al Jazeera is the only one I can find that is reporting on this without Israeli fluff or propaganda.
www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
Israeli commandos taking Gaza-...

2025-05-14 09:36:42 UTC

I will entirely skipping @eurovision.tv again for its unacceptable shameless political choice to platform a violent, terrorist, genocidal Israel.
You should too, even if Eurovision is "fun" or "massive for engagement" - the EBU is choosing to ignore genocide. Don't be like or support the EBU.

2025-04-04 21:38:15 UTC

Don't let anyone complicit in genocide speak a single sentence without interrupting it. They must never escape it, just like they work to ensure not a single Palestinian escapes alive.
www.theverge.com/news/643777/...
Microsoft CEOs interrupted by ...

2025-03-13 00:11:07 UTC

I have shared this story, this thread, before - but I think given the state of the world, it's worth telling once again. Maybe it can help, especially if like me, you make art, and you wonder what the use of all of it is right now.

2025-03-13 00:11:07 UTC

Over my career, I've seen the power of games, of play, of art, of joy. They manifest spontaneously, everywhere, always. They're encoded into our being, into our humanity, and no matter how bad things get, art galvanizes, play reinvigorates, joy motivates - it just happens.

2025-03-03 22:46:11 UTC

My only thought on naming games is that if "Balatro", "Disco Elysium", "LUFTRAUSERS", "Planetenverteitigungskanonenkommandant", "What Remains of Edith Finch", "Journey", and "Kingdom Hearts 2.8 something" can all be successful, it just doesn't matter. If it is successful it'll stick, not vice versa.