my take on game industry finance is any analysis of dev time, dev cost, sale pricing etc. is pointless without acknowledging the role of big capital in systematically acquiring and extracting all of the wealth it‘s like giving someone diet and exercise advice while Dracula is actively killing them

I maintain that this is the moment a lot of folks realise that they can just do direct deals with porting houses and marketing teams. Publishers got used to low risk thanks to platform deals and crowdfunding. They need to remember that ‘absorbs risk’ is their primary non-replaceable role tout suite

If I had one suggestion to those just starting in sound design, it would be to stay curious. Interrogate the world and objects around you. See what they have to say. I talk a lot about mastering, metadata, mixing, & more, but a sense of play is the best thing we could possibly have in our toolkit.

A party at the National Gallery with people dancing to music is not a “rave”. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

Yup. Billionaires are enemies of/incompatible with civil society.

The Cold War never ended...

In piles of trash, where they belong. Love to see it etc.

Reaper.fm was down during the strike and now this. It's good to give money to not-the-soul-crushing-world-destroying-private-equity-cunts for once.

All in all I'd have to say I don't enjoy being ruled by semi-literate perverts with infinite money

Wise words from Malaysian musician, professor, and artist Kamal Sabran.

It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall. But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"

january 30th: a partially formed mr. blobby stands by the perimeter fence and screams for thirty seconds before disappearing

if they can offer free AI training they could offer free media literacy training too. i know which of those would do more for the public good

IT DOESN'T WORK IT DOESN'T WORK IT DOESN'T WORK IT DOESN'T WORK THE UNDERLYING TECHNOLOGY DOES. NOT. WORK. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills

NI?!? What?!!

Unfortunately, this is confirmed news. Not remotely what you want to see. Wishing everyone at NI the best in a tough time, and hoping that in the restructuring process, the tools find a good home. Details:

brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis

I'm considering making a zine of photos that sit outside my long-term projects that are just sitting on my HD, and really need to leave the house and DO something useful. Just gauging interest for now - anyone? Any reposts much appreciated.

Phasing out our dependency on the US for tech infrastructure should be a priority now, and the first step is making it easy to do so. Never underestimate the power of something being easy.

Labour in the UK and the Democrats in the US are both carriers of the same sickness, unable to access the energy and vitality of progressive causes because they accept the authoritarian solutions laid out by their opponents. An electorally barren and morally bankrupt position, untenable in 2026.

Legendary Editor/Sound Designer Walter Murch talks after an American Cinematheque @amcinematheque.bsky.social screening of Francis Coppola’s 1974 masterpiece THE CONVERSATION. (1/4)

If only (UNITY) there was a solid recent (UNITY) example of this (UNITY) not working out well for (UNITY) anyone.

Does the US not have a past tense for 'spit'? Spit/spat like shit/shat (with both verbs being legitimate actions to take towards ICE agents).

Italian voice actor Carlo Bononi was the voice of all of the characters on Pingu. A trained clown by trade, he used a theater technique called grammelot, which consists of "speaking" in a mix of babbled gibberish noises. He improvised all the voices live and unscripted.

People in thousands of years will be looking at this and it will never look any less deranged or stupid. His name will become detatched from his being. A future Midas of scat.

And the collatoral of agencies and studios who took gross Meta money to make things no-one played. Not a great long-term strategy imho...

if you havent cancelled spotify yet and this isnt the final nail in the coffin for you, i really dont know what else to say other than i hope some introspection finds you soon

Another reminder to everyone that the moral choice is to ditch Spotify and pay artists directly. You're welcome.

Where is everyone? #indiegamedev #lowpoly #c64 #badpixels

every once in a while i remember this door

"The key is not technology, it is institutions."

Stop subsidizing fossil fuels and the renewables market will do good things for your country -just look at Uruguay

The Last Unicorn (1982)

One of my favourite studies , orange 🍊 #pixelart

You think you’re so sensible and making the tough decisions but you have no idea how much genuine nastiness there is here, you think you can beat Reform by solemnly enacting their policies, but those people don’t want solemnity or false regret, they want hate, they want pain

not saying it can't get worse but this week really feels like a straightforward depiction of what worst-case 'post truth' information apocalypse ppl were warning of in the late 2010s

Hey look, it's more "cognitive amplification."

"We believe our energy, and we believe our fantasy. We don’t have reason to be sad or depressed or to be waiting for the darkness because that’s what THEY want – to push you to the dark..." R.I.P. Béla Tarr buff.ly/oMoTDfm

Required listening www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Tell me we should trust AI to give us the facts. Tell me it's a future we can put our faith in. Come at me. I'm right here, waiting.

It’s with great sadness and a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Ken Downie on 20/12/25. Rest In Peace brother, you will be deeply missed and never forgotten. Our condolences to Sheena and his family.

Our company is in a pretty weird spot. On one hand we're getting invited to prestigious award shows and getting a lot of validation for our games. On the other hand we can't even afford the entry price.

GAME DEVS. I got tired of mind maps spaghetti, so I built a game design tool that lets me see exactly what I need to see. It lets you scrub dependency depth: see only direct connections, or expand the chain when you need it. This is for people who design games, let me know what you think 👀

"We, the techbro community, are delighted to announce our new device that allows you to ejaculate immediately. Where messy sex and blowjobs used to take minutes or even hours to complete, our new tech will allow you to reach climax in *nanoseconds*, allowing you more time to do work and chores."

So the new Fatboy Slim video is slop. Totally forgettable. A technology that inspires the tamest, most trivial, boring ideas. "What if the Rolling Stones and Fatboy Slim were young and playing this song?" Board room drivel.

Valve has now rejected my complaint, confirming that "I don't like muslims" is a valid reason to leave a negative review on a game on Steam This is where we're at now.

Forgot that I called a Toast Time level "Enter Snowman".

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COVERDRIVE is a small zine I made, all about how to make an album cover. I have some physical copies, and you can download it in pdf form here: lukeoram.itch.io/coverdrive #art #albumcover #guide #howto #doit #zine

Re: Steam controversy. Capitalism as an infantlising force.