The GDC takeover of Yerba Buena is dumb just in general, but the cherry on top is the “Open to All!” sign behind the fencing, the three hour daily window and grim looking dudes in suits glaring at anyone walking by.
You ever watch a beloved movie from your high school days and think “maybe I SHOULD go to that reunion after all!” Only to then remember that no one from the movie actually went to your high school, and it’d be mostly assholes in attendance? No, just me?
Finally got the go-ahead to post my rejected theme song for Halt And Catch Fire. IT’S THEIR LOSS
Then oddly disconcerting effect of being in another room and hearing your computer make a notification sound you don’t recognize.
“Not teams, not slack, not discord. Did a meeting start? Build failed? What are you trying to tell me tiny chirp sound?!?”
I’ve been staring at my W2 sitting on my desk for a week now, going back and forth in my mind between “file now while the government still has money” or “wait until the IRS is disbanded and I don’t have to bother.”
High school - “You wont get extensions in the real world so you wont get them in this class.”
College - “Hey, life happens. Try and get me the assignment next class.”
Gamedev - “Yeah…we’ve decided to push the milestone out 6 months.”
Looking forward to four years of texts from Democrats.
“URGENT: RFK Jr is serving bear meat sandwiches in our public schools. Sign our petition to DEMAND he limit bear meat to only one meal per week.”
I'm firmly in the "we don't know yet" camp, but
Young first-time voters breaking for Trump—young men 60-40 while young women go 55-45 for Harris—is some bleak shit.
& I can't help but look at young men at 60-40 and think: that's Joe Rogan, AsmngoId, the frothing anti-DEI ragers.
...That's gamers.
It's so funny it hurts
#production #gamedev
A packet of “Relaxer” loose leaf tea next to a mug with the tea being steeped.
*poke* *poke*
Come on, do your job tea.
Weird that in a 50/50 race it feels like your candidate has to have everything break their way perfectly and the other candidate can just fall into the presidency. I don’t think that’s how math is supposed to work, but I draw pretty icon for a living, so who knows?
Aw thanks! You too!
I have so much to catch up on. I don’t even know which game dev discourse we’re in the middle of for November
Haven’t bluesky’d in about a year, but I have a feeling I’m going to need a place on Tuesday, for good or for ill, that is not accessible by extended family.
So…sup y’all?
I just don’t know if I can social media anymore.
Ugh, the worst. Just flurries here atm, but definitely getting flashbacks to trick or treating in snow boots and winter jackets.
Snowflakes spotted on Halloween night. Truly I have returned to the Midwest.
This *is* financial advice
youtu.be/5pYeoZaoWrA
The production design of the 2001 “Thirteen Ghosts” deserved a much better movie.
Industrial design meets glass brick meets overly ornate brush script Latin. You certainly were a thing that was released in the early aughts.
Defeated Don Draper voice: “This business is rigged.”
This explains some things.
Over the Edge was inspired by events that happened in Foster City, CA where I lived for three years. And…yep, I get it.
Movie poster for “Over the Edge” Text: “Nobody listened. Nobody cared. Until the night they went Over the Edge”
Movie poster for “Pump up the Volume” Text: “Talk hard. Steal the air.”
I’ve got a soft spot for the “This suburb is so god damn boring we’ve gotta fuck everything up.” genre of film.
The atmosphere…went away. That’s science right? Sometimes planets get sick of having gasses.
Sci-fi games really can’t resist that “Earth? Why would we go back to that shithole?!?” narrative trope.
Bethesda hire a UX designer challenge.
Honestly amazed at the amount of goodwill Unity has managed to burn through in one day. The gamedev subreddit is filled with wannabe developers asking which engine to switch to. Even if the rule change wouldn’t have hit them, the mistrust is now baked in.
The Embracer group still owes Gearbox employees several years of payments including cash and stocks. I don’t know what happens in the event of a Gearbox sale, but prior game industry history doesn’t make me optimistic for the rank and file.
Stemware prison assembly.
Not getting a pickle spear with your deli sandwich…
Pre-2020: aw man, someone screwed up.
Now: SHRINKFLATION HAS COST US EVERYTHING WE HOLD DEAR
Reddit post: “What’s your favorite “old” (pre-2014) game?
* crumbles into dust *
