apropos of The Discourse: I am almost certainly not going to see all or even most of your posts. yes even if we’re mutuals. I come on here, scroll, leave. if you want me to know about something you gotta send it to me

Summer swim 💚

Thanks to my lovely wife for my special birthday gift. Looks so good @haykebyr.bsky.social great job ❤️

I was impacted by the Bungie layoffs today and will greatly miss my team and working on games. I’m looking for a new role as a brand designer.

It’s been one hell of a ride, y’all. I have been impacted by today’s Bungie/Sony layoffs. I’m not sure what to say other than thank you so much for being a part of our worlds. I am so beyond grateful to have contributed to a tiny part of them. I hope they inspired you. Ad Astra, Et Ultra.

Destiny didn’t fall short of expectations, LEADERSHIP did. Some of the most out of touch people who only saw the $ & held a beloved franchise to the coals because it didn’t fit their margins. Devs suffocated under the immeasurable weight of their greed. Everyone who has worked there deserves better.

If you recently went through a lay off, before you spend your savings on COBRA, check out any state-ran medicaid programs. If you make nothing, it costs nothing, even copays and meds. Not taken everywhere but can usually find good options...

Just turns out I never really talked about what I worked on in Marathon! So how about a thread?

Destiny (2014): Colony ship, art by Jesse van Dijk

I'm sad to say I was affected by the Bungie layoffs today too - while I was only a contractor, the capture work I did with them was some of the most consistent income I had. While I'm scrambling to figure out what's next, our GFM from earlier this year is still up: www.gofundme.com/f/help-zoe-a...

posting my little corner of the board! lots of very fun and good art was made tonight :>

Hey all! Turns out the coin came up tails this time and I've been let go from Bungie. Gonna take some time to chill a bit and look over my options, but I just want to express my undying pride for both Marathon and the amazing team that worked on it. Video games!

The entire Cinematic org was included. Let me know if you're looking to pick up a Director and/or other talented cine folks at any level.

sooooo if anyone is looking for someone who can do production, capture, compositing art, ect ect

After a decade of working at Bungie, today was my last day as I am being laid off. If anyone needs a Producer, let me know.

Between the insane console price hikes during a recession (I said it) where people can't even afford healthcare, and the jettisoning of talent and institutional knowledge in favor of AI slop and more zeroes on the shareholder paycheck, these industry "leaders" should leave. Devs are not the problem.

I too am part of this round of layoffs at Bungie. It’s been real, y’all 🫡

I was affected by the Bungie layoffs this morning along with about 50% of the company. It's been an honor working with such talented people at what has always been my dream job

Survived two layoffs only finally lose it on this one. To the RAD Team: it’s been an honor and a privilege. To the D2 Team: y’all were incredible and deserve better. To the players: I’m sorry.

Bungie and Sony deemed me too powerful to continue working for them and—fearing for their very lives—have loosed me upon the world.

I've been affected by the layoffs sweeping across Bungie. I have a lot of feelings about how things went down, but mainly I'm grateful for the talented people I've worked with closely. Grateful to have had this opportunity as my first industry job. You may be seeing me more often from now on. 🖤

WELP ITS BEEN REAL but I was hit by today's bungie layoffs ✨ Happy about what I got to make and the showing I made of it, though. see u space cowboys.... u_u7

Bungie folks impacted by the layoffs: please let me know if you see anything on our careers page that is a fit for you. I will gladly help with application advice and recommendations: www.cdprojektred.com/en/jobs

Impacted by the layoffs today. I was really hoping Bungie could hold on for at least another 2 years so I could get my 15 year sword XD It's been a dream to get to work with the best developers in the industry making some of the coolest shit. May all of us land on our feet <3

Well, I've been affected by the Bungie layoffs, and I guess I'm now looking for work. I'm a senior narrative designer on Destiny 2. I'm going to thread a little list of stuff I've done on the game; normally I go out of my way to avoid attention, but today I'd appreciate reposts.

I got impacted by today's layoffs, as is essentially the entire Destiny VFX team, leads and all. It was a good half decade, Bungie. If y'all know a project that needs a VFX artist I can make you some pretty sparkles :) www.artstation.com/artagah

Well folks, the hand of the market got me: I've been impacted by layoffs at Bungie. It's been an incredible, astonishing pleasure working on Destiny 2 and a small part of Marathon with so many wonderful, talented folks. This was my first AAA job, at a studio whose games I'd played since childhood.

I have been impacted by the layoffs at Bungie/SIE. While today's news hurts, I do not have a single regret from my near 7 years here. I have grown so much as a Producer and a person and it's because of the people I worked with.

Still don't know

the goal of owning a game studio is to shut it down, and the faster you shut it down the more money you make. the goal of shipping a live game is to kill it as soon as possible so you don't spend money supporting it.

I wanted to say to any bungie devs, past and present, who might see this: you made something special. So many people still hold a lot of love for D2, whether they're coming back to play it or just treasuring the memories they have. Please know that your work is cherished 💙

I’m so sorry, Bungie friends. You don’t deserve this. You earned better than this. Hugs to you all. 🫂😢

Our games industry is people. Our studios are people. Our teams people, our games by people for people. Our games are made by people, in groups of people, in teams of people, making people things for people. The magic is people, and the people deserve so much better than all this. I am so sorry.

Oh and fuck Bungie upper management for good measure too. They're the ones fully responsible for the company's failures, but they'd rather downsize the regular staff than themselves. You don't cut away the healthy tissue and leave the tumor.

It's so frustrating that the only time and way leadership can speak up is to put out a flimsy layoff notice while wiping their fake tears w/ money as they screw over hundreds of hardworking devs who poured all their love into the game. I'm really sorry, Bungie devs. You deserved so much better.

I was raised on these streets

#makeaterriblecomicday #makeaterriblecomicday2026

🤝✨ #o14

This is where genAI sounds like NFTs to me, bcuz just as NFTs had to fabricate scarcity to be relevant, genAI must fabricate inaccessibility to be relevant. The making of art is not a problem that humanity needs to solve.

i remember this was talked about by a dev years ago i remember bc a twitter user told the devs to kill themselves and then they (and many others) tried to defend themselves as if its not a deranged thing to say to a stranger bsky.app/profile/game...

Unexpected luncheon guest

Fast on the straight, lethal on the turn. 🏎️ In celebration of Sparrow Racing League, all players can now claim the Aerodynamic Chassis Sparrow, the Extreme G-Force Ship, and the Motorsport Ghost Shell at the Special Deliveries Kiosk in the Tower.

Moebius

The tech oligarchs pushing AI do not care if you can afford a computer, because they do not truly love the computer. aftermath.site/ram-prices-hdd...

AI might be costing you your jobs but at least it’s made everything less affordable.

AFTER NEARLY THREE LONG YEARS, THE SINGLE BIGGEST CREATIVE PROJECT OF MY LIFE IS FINALLY COMPLETE!! THE NAMCO MUSEUM MUSEUM - EVERY COLLECTION, EVERY GAME, EVERY REGION, EVERY PORT RELEASES FRIDAY 6/26/26 @ NOON PST youtube.com/@MythicResonance

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David Hockney, Dog Painting #41, 1995