@midwestgames.bsky.social launched Tombwater from Moth Atlas last week and we are loving the critical response. Great review from Newsweek here👇 "Overall, by the end of "Tombwater," I knew that I had just played one of my favorite soulslikes of all time." www.newsweek.com/entertainmen...

My latest @official-aias.bsky.social Game Maker’s Notebook episode is live. Had a great time speaking with Virgil Watkins of @embark-studios.com about his game dev career and the unexpected journey of the amazing Arc Raiders. Enjoy! gamemakersnotebook.libsyn.com/arc-raiders-...

This week on the #GameMakersNotebook podcast, @adamorth.bsky.social chats with ARC Raiders Design Director, Virgil Watkins about his journey from modding to Embark Studios, how internal testing shaped the PVPVE game experience, ways they're seeking to improve the game post-launch, and more!

My latest @official-aias.bsky.social Game Maker’s Notebook episode is live. Had a great time speaking with Virgil Watkins of @embark-studios.com about his game dev career and the unexpected journey of the amazing Arc Raiders. Enjoy! gamemakersnotebook.libsyn.com/arc-raiders-...

Professional update today: I’ve joined Midwest Games as COO. www.forbes.com/sites/mattga...

Marathon: 2 hours in - Tough UI/UX experience that is sacrificing usability for aesthetics - Floaty camera/locomotion - Everything in the world looks important enough to feel like you need to investigate. - Player inventory actions/controls are very confusing. - Many fonts Still playing…

On the #GameMakersNotebook, @adamorth.bsky.social chats w/ Cory Davis (Spec Ops: the Line) and Robin Finck (Nine Inch Nails) about their distinct career paths and how they found each other, the audio-first approach they took with SLEEP AWAKE, the game's psychedelic dreamlike horror themes, and more!

To the Raider that came out of the shadows, whispered “Gotcha” and executed me a split-second before the elevator doors closed while I was crawling on the ground dying with an absolute motherlode of rare and unbelievable loot I scavenged in my backpack: RESPECT.

My latest @official-aias.bsky.social Game Makers Notebook episode with @obsidianent.bsky.social on the excellent Outer Worlds 2 is live…just in time for that long holiday drive or an escape from fixing your parents computers 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄

Really tired of apocalypse entertainment (in all mediums). There’s only 5% new things left to mine in these stories. They are all the same.

100%

As a professional musician I was hired to create music for a 007 PS1 game. Over the course of 6 months, I started hanging around the dev studio learning. I turned the music in and they were like “ooops we hired somebody else to do it.” They threw me a temp QA gig as a bone. I never left.

Rest in peace, power and pixels, Burger ❤️ gamesbeat.com/longtime-gam...

Anyone have experience with the Portal on Hotel WiFi while in a different country? My Arc Raiders addiction has a death grip on me but also don’t want lug this thing to Europe today if it’s not happening 😬

I'm all-in on this entire ecosystem and never buying a PC ever again. Just put the bundle in my goddamned cart right now. store.steampowered.com/sale/hardware

Great chat with @jg93.bsky.social here about his amazing career at Bethesda and beyond!

Arc Raiders is fantastic. Spent the weekend enjoying the stellar work by Embark Studios. Exceptional world, addictive loop, groundbreaking tech and stunning graphics, which they set out to deliver from the start. Tech exploration + foundation > Show it in The Finals > Prove it with Arc Raiders

How do you politely decline a work friends desire to extend the relationship to also be friends outside of work? “I really enjoy working with you, but I try to keep my work and personal life separate to stay balanced. I hope you understand and I’m looking forward to continuing to work together.”

On the #GameMakersNotebook, @adamorth.bsky.social chats with @ubikh.bsky.social about his journey working for some of the biggest game developers and publishers, his work on the R&D side of games, the need for publishers to focus on quality of content/gameplay, and his pitching advice to developers!

Take cover... I'm speaking ! I was lucky enough to be invited during DICE Europe by @official-aias.bsky.social on their podcast, with great questions by @adamorth.bsky.social & @claudiotapia.bsky.social A lot of my carreer shenningans in the game industry.. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Buun...

Activision did Spielberg a huge favor here.

I’ll never understand this…

Hell yeah, Sandwich Guy. Fight the Power!

Incredible game FYI 👇

RIP Aria Lift Bar (IYKYK) #DICE

I got blocked by Chet on 2 platforms today. My workday was successful and is now complete.

People should start making videogames about real historical people + stories. Like interactive biopics, but fudge it a little for the sake of cool game mechanics.

If you’ve played (or even haven’t played) the wonderful Bionic Bay, definitely check out this awesome episode I did with @juhanamyllys.bsky.social. Super-interesting story around this game and its creation!

You simply cannot stop @johnromero.bsky.social and @brendaromero.bsky.social ❤️❤️❤️

Screenwest are flying me (and @camrogerslegal.bsky.social!) out to Perth this month to have our brains picked on the game biz. There's chats to attend & also 1:1s if you're keen. If you're a studio head in WA, or wanting to start one, make sure to register! www.screenwest.com.au/news/latest-...

I play way less videogames now than I did a year or two ago. Partly because I have a full life of other interests that are more important, but also because I don't really get enough joy out of it anymore because I rely on them for primal survival and the industry is toxic. I think I resent them now?

Don’t worry. Everyone will forget this by the time conference season rolls around and we are having drinks in fancy bars and giving out trophies and lauding careers from the VIP seats.

Wild inclusion.

YOOOOOOOOOOO

Best page on the internet: lukedowding.com/blade-runner...

I’m sitting up front at SGF show and the audio is so loud and distorted. Just a full-on bass assault that feels + sounds terrible. It’s making all these trailers for the same game so oppressive 🤢 Thank god for Mixtape!

Randomly stumbled across a Banksy in London today:

Any recommendations for a non-Adobe, non-subscription .pdf editor (primarily used on Mac I guess). Absolutely cannot deal with the Adobe grift anymore.

Entire Dedra series.

Cozy Glider Vampire Town

I’ve been buying and using Apple computers for as long as I have been using computers. I upgraded to a maxed-out Mac Mini and the 27” Studio display and it’s the best computer setup I’ve ever had. 2 power cables and single thunderbolt. This monitor is insane. Worth every penny.

Pretty alarming seeing this in the theater today and basically seeing it mirror our government/president/etc.

I think they really blew that Last of Us episode.

$100 GTA VI CONFIRMED

Me logging in to see the same people hysterically complaining about April 1st every year without realizing that the complaining is actually worse than April 1st.

Next-level graphic and logo design. Really creative stuff!

I’ve never seen a Studio Ghibli film.