I just rode around 140 hours of #Amtrak from LA to Seattle to Chicago and back over 2 weeks. Despite the obvious government neglect of trains and stations, it remains the best way to see America and I've done plenty of flights and road trips. The rail pass is an amazing deal, even at full price.

Happy Dosa Divas release day! Here’s a before/after for the announce trailer which @ekanaut.bsky.social made and hired me to consult The first draft had an extremely common pitfall I see which is lack of a story or gameplay goal. But just a few tweaks were all it took to make it more compelling!

I miss when popular people's profiles made clear what they were popular for.

One of the many sad things about the flight from Twitter is that I can't point back to my mid 10s posts that "your beef with #gamedev is really beef with the incentive structure of capitalism." 10ish years later, I think a lot more people have come to this conclusion.

The idea that the world needed #AI clip art and stock photography is some Columbus-ass bullshit. Everything 99% of us needed was already there and mostly for free and cheap. Now all that good stuff is buried in fucking garbage.

It is a confusing time to be getting older. It's definitely a trope and a tendency to get more cynical and think that things used to be better but there are also so many things that are objectively getting shittier.

Guys, I have a killer idea for the next first person, parkour game... www.tiktok.com/@isdurpyy/vi... (fb @downieseb.bsky.social )

Just called mine and after the phone tree misheard me 10 times, my senator is not even taking messages.

Nate was also core to the creation of the GDC Animation Summit, which helped to establish a level of knowledge sharing about interactive animation that did not previously exist. His tireless quest to share his learnings was admirable and inspiring.

I hate having to do the "look, they're normal just like us" post, but sometimes you have to do that when American propaganda tries to convince everyone Iranians are "animals".

I don't know but when I read "This cancelled game was 80% complete when they shut it down" I can't help but think it's likely the missing 20% was 80% of what needed to be nailed down to be successful. Sometimes sunk cost fallacy is exactly what it says it is.

Are people actually surprised a sex offender is sexist?

This 💯

Circumstances have changed, and Im trying to raise 6000 USD. I have an ongoing 20% off sale in my shop and a ko-fi. I currently have emergency commissions up on ko-fi I know times are tough for everyone, so all I can ask for is shares. ko-fi.com/megglesart www.etsy.com/shop/Meggles...

"What kind of TSA PreCheck Member are you"

1/ Denmark was reportedly preparing for full-scale war with the US over Greenland in January, with military support from France, Germany, and Nordic nations. Elite troops and F-35 jets with live ammunition were sent, and runways were to be blown up to prevent an invasion. ⬇️

Le meilleur des mêmes DLSS5, parce que malheureusement le plus vrai (v/ Reddit)

Update: Devs were left in the dark on DLSS 5, meaning their hard work was altered, modified and sloppified without their consent, to their shock. Disrespect is not a strong enough word to describe the perverse mockery of craft 😭 Source: insider-gaming.com/dlss-5-gamer...

An interesting difference between Germany and the US, is that the Germans give you an appointment date, you better write it down because there will be no reminders or receptionist: you show up and it happens. In the US, they'll call 3 times to confirm the appointment, then not show up anyway.

DLSS off / DLSS on

this is killing me lol

Audio and music friends: I've seen ads for "unlimited session musicians for a flat fee" services advertised. Does anyone have an experience with these? Any recommendations? I need a few people to help me finish an album (horns, violin, banjo, mandolin.) #music #recording #musician

Why can't "station wagons" be a job?

I couldn't find the original post by @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social but hard agree with this point. This was my message in my GDC song in 2023: "Without a soul and heart can a machine really make art? Or have we set the bar so low we can't tell the two apart?"

People reporting that the #videogames industry is having enormous success and laying people off anyway really need to learn the difference between revenue and profit.

The government is asking for public comments on whether banks should be able to deny you from buying legal goods at their own whim (i.e. how they're cracking down on art) Tell them you don't want to be told how to spend your money www.federalreserve.gov/apps/proposa...

Check out the Kickstarter for my new short film 😁. THE TURNERS is an animated short film about a couple of retired outlaws returning to a life they left in the past, rebuilding love. We appreciate you supporting Indie Animation! Check the 🔥 cast we have as well! www.kickstarter.com/projects/fra...

The real reason I'm not at #GDC this year is is that my "I'M NOT HIRING" and "DON'T TALK TO ME ABOUT AI" T-shirts didn't show up soon enough. Have fun, kids!

If you charge money for a sticker, the back should be cut and peel off easily. Cheaply made stickers are fine but if I have to use my thumbnail to promote your company on my guitar case, it should be free.

“If [wealthy, powerful people] can get us to accept that the future’s already settled, AI is already here, the end is already here, then we will create that for them. My most daring idea is to refuse.” — @tressiemcphd.bsky.social

Here is the 2025 bingo card. Not a very joyous one again.

Reading about flops and shutdowns, have people just moved on from AAA outside the forever #videogames? And if so, do you think it's because the competition for attention got better, the offerings got creatively stale or the cash grabs became too obvious? #gamedev #gamers

My Linux journey is going the way Windows people would expect it to go. I installed Linux Mint on two machines. They work. Whatever the substitute for "click an .exe" is has 6 steps that don't work. I've been stuck in multiple, endless loops. This feels like the smug IT guy of operating systems.

I'm going to need to see a lot publicly outed, elite pedophiles go to jail for life before any government official says one more fucking word about "age verification."

I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

If you care about elections @taniel.bsky.social is an invaluable follow. Hopefully he'll be reporting a lot of good news tomorrow.

I'm slightly tired... #IndieGameDev

If any 2d animators are out there looking for some immediate paid work, I’ve got something short and fun for you on a live-action short film about kids with disabilities in a hospital. DM me with your reel/work if you’re interested.

Here's a business idea: make a Linux Distro called "BINDOWS 7." Make the user experience EXACTLY like Windows 7, with Linux under the hood. Don't force the user to make any more decisions than Windows 7 did. Charge a one-time $200 a copy like Windows did for 30 years.

I'm setting up a spare PC with Linux because I'm so tired of Windows bloat/spyware. Following a guide that suggests Mint as "easy to adopt from Windows." Step One: "which version of Mint do you want?" 😑 Why tf would I know that? I just want Windows 7. #OpenSource drives me fn crazy.

As a station wagon owner who just drove over 2000 miles in a sedan, I'd like to reiterate that trunks are bullshit.

You don't have to be in Oklahoma long before the whole "red dirt" thing makes sense.

please enjoy these classic Moon Tweets™

Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick

Hey gang! Are there any Melbourne/Victoria-based 3D modellers looking for short contract work right now? Summerfall is currently on the lookout for contractors to do hard-surface environment work for a new prototype, like furniture and all that. 🔨🪑 Send through portfolios! 🙂 Cheers!

So, what's the Signal version of Discord?

I am from Seattle so I guess I hope they win

This is the 3rd or 4th time I've uninstalled this fucking AI malware.