marathon compiler clear ill be real i was dragged through it lmao, we failed it once at the boss but got it second time i have so much more to learn and figure out for cryo, it's -so- interesting. seriously one of the coolest things done in mmo-adjacent 'raid' design in the last ten years

In lighter news compared to yesterday's post, Screamer is out today! It was a huge honour to be a part of this project as character designer, and I'm super proud of the work everyone on the team put together. You can check it out on Steam here! store.steampowered.com/app/2814990/...

this in more games please

Sneak peak And yes this means espurr will be back very very soon 👀

This is true, though, and actually super destructive. When communities get so toxic and loud despite offering no useful criticism beyond "I hate this" "content", the whole place goes on ignore - even if there's good feedback in there later. Nobody wins. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/angry-w...

this reminds me of the time on a study abroad trip in japan where we went to a Shiseido plant and we all did an "interview" test where we'd have to organize 50 shades in order. I got 46/50 correct, which meant I failed by 1 pair. ... Of 1/4th the total test. I was the best rated in our class.

i had to do it and now i need to commit to this further anyone got a repository of yoshi noises i need to replace every swear word in bonfire, which to my count is uh. a lot

okay it's [YOSHI NOISES] Gambino homegirl drop it like the NASDAQ

@megacrit.com we have run into a very funny situation where we've effectively infinite looped block application with two Beacon of Hopes on turn 1 and auto-applied shields and a single combat turn's been going for like ten minutes please send help (also it's giving zero block many many times over)

Act 2 of Demacia Rising is live!

"Why haven't fighting games died yet?" I wrote about the unique strengths of the fighting game genre that have allowed fighting games to survive multiple generations of evolution intact, and why you didn't fall in love with a product. Warning: This is a long one. www.patreon.com/posts/152148...

After 9 yeareals, it's finally my turn to post the "a thousand cereals" clip, seeing as how I'm the idiot who made it.

The Game Bakers motto, their design philosophy, is simple: “We make games like we cook.” I've been using slow cooking as a metaphor all week because the urgency culture in the air is wild rn

That said- I’m immediately looking for my next role! I am: - remote or CA based - 18 year veteran - looking for principal designer, lead, manager, director roles - love souls games, ARPGs, and MMOs - expert systems designer, esp gear, progression, economy, skills - easygoing, skilled communicator

The EVO situation is dire.

doodle while i mope about m11s ;w;

while i've not been an Xbox user for a very, very long time, XGS has so many wonderful teams. i do not await the several additional game industry crashes that come from xbox as a division likely failing to meet rising targets and its eventual dismantling b/c it can't become rev-positive-enough

regarding the recent news

At Getty, art is for all. Including sea lions. 🌊 In honor of #WorldAquariumDay, Aquarium of the Pacific 🐋#WorldAquariumDays Parker shares his thoughts on some of the most popular artwork in Getty's collections.

Animation reference of the gods

got the melancholy posting out of my system, time to go play deadlock for four hours or something lmao

I put together the ending for Demacia Rising tonight. cried at my desk for a good fifteen minutes afterwards. just feeling sentimental. this project has just been an absolute dream to work on. i've learned so much about myself and what a talented, dedicated team can make in a year.

if marvel rivals ever releases doc ock and his ultimate isn't DOCTOR OCTAGONAPUS BWAAAAAAAAHHHHH i'm banning netease from making video games www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2kH... (warning uh, this video is very very loud)

good news fellas: the entire original "Jumping Onto White Base" fits into the max video length on here, enjoy it in its original 240p video quality.

I used to go mini viral on Twitter semi regularly by just posting this image of John leguizamo and saying: Ladies and gentlemen, John leguizamo

i often think about this review

Today's Load-bearing Tomato addresses the age old question: "why don't the devs just [SOCIAL MEDIA OPINION]" It turns out, "a lot of reasons", but if you never have to test your ideas, you never have to discover why they're not any good. loadbearingtomato.com/p/why-chasin...

Been thinking about Highguard and the impermanence of games these days (which is to say, moreso that usual)

This is Flambo. He's using his talking dog buttons to accuse his small foster brother of being a cat. Nothing can convince him otherwise. 13/10 for both (IG: flambothedog)

Our latest "GhM Direct 5 Minutes feat. ROMEO IS A DEAD MAN" IS GO! youtu.be/f_PObigha-w We've got info on #RomeoIsADeadMan, plus a SUPER special announcement as well... Be sure to check it out (unless you're busy playing Romeo - in which case, get back to the game and watch this tomorrow!)

Im 30 minutes into Romeo is a dead man GOTY

Did you know? In Demacia Rising, you (Luxanna Crownguard) can pet the bird (Quinn's Azurite Eagle, Valor)

ok romeo is a deadman went from "yeah i'll pick it up this weekend maybe idk" to immediate buy

It's gonna be hard to top this ROMEO IS A DEADMAN review

If you've ever enjoyed anything I've ever done creatively, CHECK THIS OUT!!! Fake Baseball is my weird little passion project that I am completely obsessed with, and I've put together a short & comprehensive crash course on why you should watch. youtu.be/m4dOEc8YF7Y

uber eats chatbot broke, and entered a loop where it was asking me if something was wrong with my food. If I clicked yes, it made me open the app, which brought me back to the chat, where it asked me if something was wrong with my food. so i resorted to "break the AI" tactics, which worked

i'm really tired of weekly retention features being added to my favorite restaurants b/c of clover or whatever. like. i'm going to visit you anyway. when i feel like it. i literally dont need the extra incentive. your food is good. in the words of mike monteiro, designers destroyed the world

ok gamers what's an example of a "good item" (subjective to you)? Bonus points: from a game that's not commonly thought of as having "good items"

back before He could Q > E > Ignite > R he got a wooden sword called Swordy.. 😭 dork

owwwie

I made a long video about technocapitalism and AI music youtu.be/U8dcFhF0Dlk?...

why is game dev feedback always kinda like this

Totodile from Kalos be like:

“BOUNDARY” new 6-track EP drops on 2/6 a hallucinogenic smearing of the hardcore continuum deploying rapid-fire post-chiptune rave sounds spanning jungle, dnb, acid, footwork, and more preorder available now for digital and cassette nullsleep.bandcamp.com/album/boundary

Yo-Kai Watch

The community of a game is in many ways a by-product of that game's design, and of design considerations that need to be thought of at the beginning if you want to be intentional about them. When you're designing a multiplayer game you are also designing your game's community and social space

How do we see the future? Is it an expansion of possibility and imagination, a canvas on which we can paint anything? Or is the future a contraction? A place where ideas are bound by the spaces we’re given to create them — a place that determines what we’re allowed to dream youtu.be/F0K2DnI1TDk

Im only 3 mechanics into the second phase of the final FFXIV raid tier fight and I can confidently say this is the best Savage fight in the entire game

Whiskerwood is already one of the finest city-builders Luke has ever played: aftermath.site/whiskerwood-re...