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Was there ever a Firewatch retrospective that focused on this aspect of the game?

What are some of your favorite articles, blog posts, or essays about specifically *writing* for video games? Not narrative design questions but how to write good dialogue, prose, etc.

people are not responding to their objective material conditions but the world as mediated through their screens, which are being controlled by malevolent billionaires. the more your experience of the world is intermediated through this false reality, the more reactionary you become

I've been seeing a few people who came into games writing/journalism like a decade after I did and they talk about my peers who've got some of the few jobs remaining as if they "made it" and I would like to be clear: virtually none of us made it, even (perhaps especially) the people who seemed to

supergirl isnt mindblowing cinema or anything but its def a good movie (with some flaws) that does something interesting and unique with the genre, the review scores being as low as they are is def some sexism

god what an unforced disaster to take the team that built and maintained Destiny 2 and just smash it into the rocks instead of investing in whatever that big pile of talent and skill can build next

given the pattern of "every accusation is a confession" it makes you wonder about the financial statements of the companies he controls!

I'm glad the writer of the article talks to a fashion historian b/c once you look at 1790-1810 high evening wear it's easy to see Tolstoy mean literal french tits at the opera

for my birthday I would like: a venue that can do a chartucerie grazing table but also a bunch of vegan canapes. seems as implausible as glass shoes.

What’s really funny to me is that while many people at the top of entertainment will claim that they will commission ‘whatever makes money’, they don’t follow this doctrine. It is entirely about what they (investors with no culture) want to watch or play, which often doesn’t make money at all

turns out being deliberately antagonistic towards the people who elected you in order to court people who would under no circumstances ever vote for you is not smart

@hankgreen.bsky.social delightful to use hyperlinks (remember those!) on your website and discover you fan subbed serial experiments lain. excellent use of free will on your part, excellent information design.

Know what TV show actually wouldn’t get made today? The Twilight Zone. Half of these fuckin’ episodes are about fascism.

I suspect it doesn't feel contradictory to hanson's followers because it's picking someone to blame. "Struggling? It's your lazy coworker's fault." It relies on most people being able to imagine a slacker at their work, which is easier than imagining the owner-class exploited their way to success.

A friendly reminder that Double Fine's Psychodyssey is one of the finest pieces of media ever created, and a must-watch for anyone who cares about video games, yet somehow it's also completely free www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Google+ was really good, circles was a great way to organise people, it just didn't ship with an events feature for some unfathomable reason

im pretty far on the anti-AI and LLM end of the spectrum, but you have to constantly think critically and reassert your reasons *why* you oppose it, otherwise you end up taking positions like "it's good to manually complete tasks which could be automated and doing avoidable work is virtuous"

lol

one of my fav games of all time

The key thing to understand about this is that it is completely unnecessary. This is a corporation with basically infinite money. They don't have to destroy 30+ year studios to save their bottom line. They're doing this because they are evil.

Lauren Southern's story of being raped by Andrew Tate is sad on so many levels. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

What a guy

most pains in gamedev directing come from the fact it's nearly impossible to do this for games unless you're repeating a known work

Best thing about Mamdani is that he's one of the only Democrats who understands you can just do things

I’ve officially resigned as Associate Editor for Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. It used to be a reputable journal, but became a case study in how forced automation destroys academic integrity. 👇

Literally all the referees, including the American ones, should boycott. But nobody will because most people excuse racism unless it's happening to them personally.

I thought people were kidding, turns out Elon really did axe the screwworm containment program back in March 25. fucking imbecile www.agri-pulse.com/articles/226...

Guys I've got some big news about a surprising relationship between happiness and not being poor.

for reference and comparison: conservatively, the United States spent two-thirds of that figure in the *first week* of the war on Iran. it's genuinely difficult to overstate how many world-historical own goals US politics has accumulated over the past few decades

do u see the vision

I knew this would happen well before the game was announced, but I am genuinely getting 50% ‘you ruined God of War’ and 50% ‘you didn’t do anything, liar’ and it is going to be so funny to watch when the game comes out. If they hate it, I’m the game director. If they like it, I was an intern.

I reckon game engines should have a mandatory feature where if 4 years after you start a project you are still working on it, it just automatically ships it in whatever state it is in and forces you to move on to something new.

a key fact in this piece most Americans do not realize: your car already has a speed governor in it — it's just set at a super high speed to avoid damaging your engine, not for safety. "Install a speed governor" is literally just changing a setting in your car's computer and that's it.

ok but my serious opinion is that research grants should be awarded by lottery (fine fine fine yes after a pass for "this application is vaguely reasonable")

A Good Snowman is Hard to Build is 75% off in the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase! A Good Snowman Is Hard To Build is an adorable puzzle game about being a monster and making snowmen. store.steampowered.com/app/316610/A...

Stop blaming yourself for your failures. Learn astrology and start blaming the planets.

Every game I've ever played where you take a cube around with you has been good.

Nah the cube literally bonking enemies is so funny. Yes I am dumb. I’m sorry you also like video games so you can’t say shit to me.

Someone should create an economic system that incentivizes the production of useful goods and services instead of scams and swindles

I am dozens and dozens of hours into 868-BACK (I was beta testing prior to release) and I am still encountering weird (fun!) edge cases/gotchas and unexpected combos. First game I have played since Slice & Dice that has this staggering scope of emergent strategy. So good! bsky.app/profile/doou...

Air conditioning is unapologetically a good thing because it helps people not die. And one good thing about air conditioning is that it largely needs to run during the day when solar power is at its maximum: it can and should align with clean energy goals.

This is one of my issues with efficiency claims. A lot of the inefficiency in large companies is political, not about technical skill or typing speed. I can already write more code than I can get approved and reviewed in big organizations

tangential to this article, but my rule for Boro's animation in Wanderstop was we were going to lean away from 'fat character' stereotypes. no jiggling, no lumbering, none of that shit. Let his personality shine. @anabell.zone, who did most of his anims, did such a great job bringing him to life.