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Clair Obscur is probably one of the games where I’ve used wikis and looking up information thé most because it expects me to learn so many convoluted systems. In addition because it is almost impossible to find my way around the world plus knowing where to go, backtracking takes so much time.

I feel like my two days with severe headaches and neck pains made me miss… uh.. the Rapture?

Clair Obscur spends a lot of time on wasting time. Transportation takes forever in the world map, there’s no real reason for it what I can see except to force the player to spend time in the locations. There’s also a lot of lead up and finishing both in fights and in transitions.

I’m craving another Paladin book. I need to know what happened with Jorge. And Judith. And Wren.

This is hilarious if not really SFW

Here’s why I get so angry when games projects decide to use overtime as the only winning strategy instead of looking at frameworks and processes to improve the efficiency of game development. It’s literally toying with people’s health. ->

Well, I guess it’s time to cancel the Disney+ subscription

Everything is really going to shit, isn’t it?

I wanted to WFH today and I am, because I'm tired, but HOLY HELL the racket from a nearby building site and GODDAMN how annoying it is.

LinkedIn is getting more and more skewed and the weird takes that people have are just... wow. WOW.

GM: "His name is Kazou" Player: "His name is kazoo?" #overheardinDnD

I’m constantly working overtime, I don’t have any friends, the world is a dumpster fire and I’m wondering how I will keep going from one day to the next. I’m not going to post anything like this again because I know how annoying it is to see people feeling bag.

I wonder what the suicide rate in the industry is.

It's only genocide if it's 1945, otherwise it's sparkling mass killing.

I’m going to go silversmithing today, even if I don’t really have the energy.

Crunch KILLS people, I'm not sure how many times we need to tell companies this. Companies need to be held accountable for these kind of things. www.kiro7.com/news/trendin...

I was considering what I’m good at. I’m good at analysis I’m good at making sure the details line up with the whole I’m good at edge cases I’m good at making decisions and sticking with them I’m good at finishing things I’m good at being thorough I’m good at documentation and at updating it.

Trans rights are human rights.

Oh god.. if I never see a brown haired guy with stubble in a video game again it’s still too soon

I found this on LinkedIn. I have also found that the exact opposite is true for the games industry. You do need to stay late, to always say yes, to never make a mistake. I do all the things which would actually get me promoted. Instead I get phased out and creatively dismissed.

The transitions in Clair Obscur is driving me insane. Okay so I have a lot of complaints about that game but I did like Charlie Cox and I absolutely adore Ben Starr and Jennifer English.

When are we going to talk about the fact that characters in Clair Obscur sometimes hide the UI or even worse, that the camera is placed in such a way that I as a player can’t see what’s happening on screen? In a game where timing and reading enemies is _everything_ that’s a really crap experience.

I see a lot of "AI will replace UX design soon" on LinkedIn. Sure it will. And we'll keep seeing really crappy solutions to UX problems. Why? Because not even humans can solve UX issues in a good way.

I still can’t really understand what’s so amazing about Clair Obscur. It’s just endless repetition of the same fight over and over.

Clair Obscur is not getting better. Only weirder and more - dare I say it - obscure

I woke up at 3 am, stressed and with tinnitus, so I got up, fed the cat, got on the exercise bike for 30 minutes while doing the Duolingo classes, showered, started working at 5 am, went to work at 6 am and fuck it all. Fun times.

Watching Pushing Daisies again and it is such a good TV series.

I started playing Rogue Trader but in true 40K fashion I have yet to understand how the game works, plus those tutorials are pretty… awful.

I’ve never watched any of the Gamescom or PlayStation or XBox shows, so I really don’t understand why I should care about a guy named Geoff.

Having a subscription to game pass paid for a year has been a bit of a blessing now that I’m broke after various hardware and appliance disasters. Avowed, Clair Obscur and Rogue Trader. So far.

Either the games industry needs to change or I need to get out of the games industry because it is killing me.

I just finished Hemlock & Silver by @tkingfisher.com and it was a strange but comforting read. I don’t know how to categorize the book except it was very good and as always with Ursula Vernon’s creations, extremely imaginative, mildly revolting and utterly entertaining.

I just passed a couple sitting on a bench. The girl: “but what am I supposed to do then” The boy: “I don’t like it when you speak to other people”

I have realised that a lot of my issues when it comes to communication can most easily be described by a selection of the lyrics from Killing in the Name, namely “fuck you I won’t do what you tell me”.

Watching a documentary about ”The Biggest Loser” and the only sympathetic person interviewed from the production team is the doctor. The rest of them are just contemptible. What fat shaming fuckers.

Me: please cat, I’m working. I have to finish this and then I’ll cuddle you. Cat: unhappy Me:… (keeps working) Cat: hey! I puked in the couch! Oh and on the carpet! And the rug in the hallway!

I used to be a part of things. Now I am apart from things.

There’s an angry Dutch programmer in my comments on LinkedIn. He wants to pick a fight. I don’t have the energy.

Angela Bassett is SO beautiful!

LinkedIn is swarming with vibe coder spokespeople. Who’s paying all these guys to love AI tools that hallucinate?

Watching Strange Days for the first time in forever. On DVD 😱

#15MoviesToGetToKnowMe Alien Aliens In the Mood for Love Event Horizon City of Lost Children Gattaca Hero Hot Fuzz Ghost in the Shell (anime) Chinese Ghost Story Only Lovers Left Alive Beetlejuice Strange Days Clue Spirited Away

The recognition is intense. Zebra was poking me and giving off her very soundless meows when I was in bed this morning. Turns out I had to lie on my back so she could curl up on my feet.

PSA: You don't have to love the games you work on to be a professional game dev. I'm not going to add "but it helps", because I honestly don't think it does. I think the passion we pour into games is a drawback, when passion becomes more important than being professional. ->

It is awful knowing that I'm one of those people, that when I die, I will lie alone in my apartment until the smell alerts the neighbors.

Jag tände ljus idag. Ett för mamma och ett för Tove, ett för Sture och ett för pappa.

We’re starting to get to the point where most game devs have put down roots. With the situation in the industry as it is, asking people to relocate for a job - especially when it is uncertain if that job will last - is a bit much, especially if the relocation package barely covers the move. ->

It’s TOO HOT!

If I had the money (and the people) I would make an RPG based on the suffrage movement with a system for protests, political instability and uprising. And romance, but romance where the stakes are high. Get involved with the wrong man and he will strip you of your agency.