s/o to everyone from working class backgrounds in the arts and entertainment who clawed their way to where they are without the benefit of family wealth, career experience, or connections

if you're not where you want to be as an artist or entertainer and didn't come from money or an industry family try to remember that it was never an even playing field to begin with and you're probably doing great considering

The deeper you go with this the better it gets.

Scariest part of being a creator is you'll eventually have to put that thing out into the world and have everyone judge the thing you've put a piece of yourself into.

The recipe for a good social media app isn't hard if you understand that people simply yearn to read and write sentences without angry guys yelling slurs at them

Just updated my Curator page for the best deals (of games I've completed/reviewed) on the Steam Autumn Sale: store.steampowered.com/curator/4554...

Time will tell if I'm overselling it but #OneBattleAfterAnother might be in my top ten fave movies of all time list now. Phenomenal and thrilling film that felt way too real at times.

Forum mods quickly learn who habitual line steppers are and the answer for them is almost always “no” & it’s fine to swiftly suspend and ban them for anything even questionably close to the line. Wasting your time with semantics is entertainment to them so they should be summarily destroyed imo.

the political policy cure for “male loneliness” is - more time to hang with the fellas (4 day work week) - more money to spend with the fellas (higher wages) - more things to do with the fellas (taxing the rich and building 3rd spaces)

Debating doing another heraldry piece, but with a beheaded dragon and the scroll saying 'reclaim wealth' Yes im angry at capitalism today lol

Sig Boost for one of my fave YouTubers -

Good to know from a (former) Nintendo lawyer that fan-art is reason to mobilze the troops at a moment's notice, but a fascist regeime using directly stolen Pokemon assets to recruit for the nu-Gestapo is something the company would (likely) let slide. My decision to not buy Nintendo, validated.

One thing a lot of gamers should try is giving games another chance later on in life You’d be amazed how much your tastes can change. I did not like Link to the Past, Crash Bandicoot, or Hollow Knight originally, but when I gave them another shot years later they finally clicked

something that I’ve been thinking about since DICE is that a lot of highly skilled devs are subject to management labelling them as ‘difficult’ and sidelining them simply because they point out and want to solve a problem, mismanagement which I think has contributed to a lot of failed projects

a good arbiter of how close we are to bad hybrid regime shit is if the political comedy shows start getting pulled for whatever reason

yet another article being breathlessly shared as "essential reading" and you open the link and it's just this:

Bethesda should return to its fucking around and not giving a shit roots tbh

Been playing the Outlast Trials a lot recently and it might be of the best pieces of horror media ever imo.

A lot of influential creative works come from someone trying to emulate things that influenced them as a kid or young adult, and making something new as a result. Sometimes the best way to say something new is to look backward and see what's been forgotten.

anyone who doesn't buy all the video games i direct will be at a cognitive, social, and spiritual disadvantage (they will go to hell).

Do not allow words directed against you to become your burden. You have enough weight on your shoulders already -- don't let those who wish you ill encumber you with more.

It's on purpose. You're meant to feel helpless and hopeless so that you give up and accept misery as inevitable so that people who are already so wealthy they cannot even comprehend it are able to steal more money, even though it is meaningless to them. That's all.

"We have to cancel kristallnacht 2.0 because the guy was one of the people we were grooming to take part in it" is a heck of a twist to be sure

"This tech isn't going away!" "This is inevitable!" "Adapt or get left in the dust!" are all things we're being told by the same people who were telling us you're going to need a blockchain dingus to unlock your front door two years ago.

Just putting it out there: If you're depressed at the moment, easily irritated and likely to spiral into a worse mood if you become frustrated, playing a notoriously hard game might not be the move. Yes, even if everyone else is playing it. Take that FOMO and put it in the trash too.

DON’T BE UPSET DAT SOMEONE HAS CHOSEN YOUS FOR DEY ENEMY. BE HONORED DAT YOUS STAND FOR SOMETHING DEY FEAR. WHEN BAD PEEPLES ANGRY AT US, WE MUST BE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT.

Currently working on a long-overdue script for a YT vid and highly recommend playing a game's soundtrack in the background. Really helps ground your writing with the vibes of what you're exploring.

"Bluesky is boring." Social media *should* be boring. Being algorithm and dopamine poisoned is bad, actually. When your feed dries up for the day, that's your cue to go do something else until new stuff shows up later.

Somewhat hilariously, YouTube's restricted mode hides my most recent video on reading game guides, but DOESN'T hide my video on the Nuremberg Trials. My major takeaway is DON'T SELF-CENSOR YOUR OWN WRITING. You don't know what will or will not be restricted!! Do not comply in advance!!!

Got caught up in the layoff mill this am. Good news is I can work on my creative projects while I look for other work.

Examining the aesthetics of WoW orc housing 🪓 My observations regarding distinctive characteristics of orcish exterior and interior features! Maybe it sparks some ideas for your orc's dwelling when player housing goes live? 🛖 #wowhousing #worldofwarcraft #orc

Launch day reviews are not for deep critiques on the game as a work of art like, just genuinely not enough time to actually sit down and process things launch day reviews are "does the game function as a product"

I've never played the first one so I don't understand the hype for Silksong but I'm super glad to see everyone having such a good time about it.

Hi! I was laid off from Firaxis this morning. I wrote leaders and civs for Civilization VII (NDA for now) and Deadpool and Storm for Marvel's Midnight Suns. I also wrote the award-nominated Hindsight. I'm available for full time, remote work starting ASAP. DMs are open: emmkid.info

If you don’t let anyone you employ become a Voice, they can’t become someone who is famed for their level of craft and demand better remuneration for it. Happens all over creative disciplines

its always sad when the promotion for a big company's b-list game includes "please buy it. if it sells well, they might let us make more. they might rerelease an old game we previously worked on. please. they're going to kill whatever genre it is if you don't." like, man, look what they did to us.

Just beat MGS3 for the first time and I can see why this was such a hit 20 years ago. Wish Kojima would show some restraint in some of his writing tho - was really taken out of the awesome story and characters by how damn goofy some of them are. #metalgearsolid #metalgearsolid3

If one of your marketing tactics to promote your game (indie, AA, or AAA, doesn't matter) is to shit on another game, then: 1) You're an asshole 2) You're bad at marketing You should never put someone else down so you can lift yourself up.

Hot take: I think it's perfectly fine if you use your disposable income to buy things you never intend to use so long as those things do not deprive others who need them, don't harm people, and you are actually using disposable income rather than vitally needed funds. It's okay to have things.

we do not publicly shame cybertruck owners enough

God-f*cking-dammit.

Turok. I was attacked by a Leaper while swimming underwater. My hands were shaking so badly I had to pause the game and come back to it. I'm still wary of being in water in games.

As someone who grew up in the greatest state in the Union (Georgia), I'm just now coming to terms with just how much propaganda about this man was fed to me as a child.

question - i'd like to post more about my ttrpg - the mechanics, races, classes/jobs, setting, stuff like that so I can get feedback and make changes as i go, but I'm worried someone will lift my designs. is that a valid concern or am I being paranoid? #ttrpg #gamedesign #worldbuilding

i wish we would stop, as a society, moving towards photo realism as THE point all game graphics move toward - stop showing me video game characters with pores! more visible hair follicles isn’t better!!! stylization is good!!!!!! sob

HERE GOOD TRICK—BEFORE YOUS LISTEN TA SOMEONE’S OPINION, CHECK AND SEE WHEN LAST TIME DEY SAY SOMETHING NICE TO ANYONE? IF DEY ONLY COMPLAIN AND CRITICIZE ALL DA TIME? MEBBE NOT WURTH CARING WHAT DEY THINK! IF DEY HELP AND ENCOURAGE OTHERS? MEBBE WURTH LISTENING TO!

I don’t know who needs to hear this but create a story so it exists, not for fame. Social media forces us to be performative and constantly worry about the algorithm. Just make it cause you love it. it will resonate with the right people who will cherish it, not “consume” it. —