I've tried to explain this to people who haven't played this so many times. There is SO MUCH strength in the narrative and atmosphere of Super Metroid and all of it is communicated without a word. It was a very formative experience for me when I played it at 10. It blew my imagination wide open.

Ugh, this sounds awful. Definitely gonna wait on reviews to find out how much of a thing this turns out to be. This is a reason to consider involving marketing people early. At the same time, I could see this being part of a conversation with the wrong marketing people 🫠

And what did they save? Like a few thousand bucks? On a game that is like a billion dollar franchise? This is just petty and cheap. When you're spending hundreds of millions and try to save a few thousand on some inferior ass art, something's wrong.

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someone with a podcast or freelance outlet let me talk about Dispatch please (my credentials: i'm smart and hot, my most used writing sample is a spec script for the wolf among us. my brain is wired for this. i'm gnawing on the bars of my enclosure)

Dispatch 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Urge to start another playthrough so high, but sleep… 😴

You guys wanna see a dead body?

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For those who want to quickly remember when Valve released their teaser page for what turned out to be the Steam controller 😂

This is true. As soon as we start working with an actor in a studio, the rewriting begins and the end result is always better. That's what we stand to lose with "text-to-speech" — the interpretation, reimagining, elevation of the original text.

Counterpoint: Absolutely fucking not.

Using the accessibility options for Lumines Arise confirms that I'm really bad at Lumines 🫠

I’ll never forget @erinyvette.bsky.social’s voiceover for this Neo Cab trailer I made; I loved Erin’s description of her narrator: "I went with a mix of “yoga coach” and “tech industrial ad.” 😘👌🏼

Interviewed an audio director recently who told me how an *iconic* character catchphrase came from the voice actor improvising in the booth. Using AI voices robs you of the chance for spontaneous, funny, ad-libbed performances that could help define your game.

I'm going to start putting together some free info and resources for indie game devs looking to self-publish. I see a lot of people making simple mistakes, and hear a lot about being overwhelmed by what they need to do. Do folk have specific self-publishing questions they'd want answered?

Just saw Ran for the first time in its recent 4K theatrical re-release, Nakadai is incredible

A good trailer

This thread. Gamers are arguing that dinging a game review for Ai use is wrong. 100% Disagree. Its the same as going to a restaurant that advertises its "fresh local organic food, made to order" and then finding out its just fried frozen shit from Costco. Quality and care matters.

We launched GenExile, our solarpunk city-builder, in Early Access last week. We had ~35k wishlists before launch (not a barnburner but not nothin'). And they said, "Well, there's no way you'll convert literally 0% of your wishlists to sales." I looked them dead in the eyes and said, "Watch me."

okay, seriously: if we were to corral this, would anyone be interested in contributing? Here is the google form: forms.gle/m2V4j4cDvwNu...

Fellow trailer editors, what are some of your favorite video game trailers with fantastic music in them ? youtu.be/JYHp8LwBUzo...

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a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,

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Just posting this for no reason in particular 🫠

I think the important lesson to take from the Tea Party/MAGA over the last two decades is that it makes more sense to take over a political party than it does to split off and create a new one. Threaten to primary every Democratic seat you can and then follow through.

If you thought Frankenstein's Tower in the Guillermo del Toro movie looked cool, check out the real-world inspiration behind it...

i guess you can't spell arc raiders without AI 😔 this sucks and if you're a dev you should be speaking out about it!

tell me you didn’t understand Ozymandias without telling me etc etc

"Please don't put it in the newspaper that I got mad" - ass tweet

Most TV shows and movies don't work if people make intelligent choices.

I love that the Boston cop slide never got fixed and now people just willingly go down it in tribute. It’s basically a national landmark at this point

To the point.

I've known William for many years and worked with him on a handful of projects. Work with him if you need great motion graphics!

Just want to repost this since my unemployment ends on Christmas and prospects have been not great. I would deeply appreciate any connections to a QA or basically any remote position

I LEARNED THE ANSWER TO THIS Chris's Steakhouse was a New Orleans landmark Chris Matulich periodically got bored, sold it, waited for the new owner to fail, and bought it back cheap The sale conditions: Can't move it, can't change the name He did this six times Then he sold it to Ruth Fertel

lol wtf. Or you could pay for a vacation trip.

damn i literally couldn't have said it better myself (read the entirety of the thread if you want to be even more mad lol)

Your regular reminder that IGFs, BAFTAs, and the DICE Awards mean a hell of a lot more than The Game Awards do. If you’re at GDC, attend the awards. If you’re at DICE, attend the awards. If you’re able, watch the BAFTAs via stream (unless you’re fabulous enough to be invited, of course).

Watched this video so many times and it rules

So glad I made the trek into NYC to see @realgdt.bsky.social’s Frankenstein in a theater on 35mm 😄 The amazing sets, sound, music, were that much more entrancing in a full theater where no one uttered a peep (except for natural reactions to the film) Now I can finally watch the trailers, haha 🤪

That's not to say those of us in Future Class are done. If anything, they made the mistake of putting us all in the same room together because together, we're unstoppable. Love my ❤️ at Future Class. As a reminder: we are not props.

This is coming from an inaugural member of the Future Class in 2020. We had all thought and were told that we had a bigger role than we did. But aside from Future Class meetups and the occasional chat with industry leaders there wasn't much else for us to do unless we did/organized it ourselves.

accolades are important to marginalized folks. not being able to access even an archived post hosted by TGA website kinda sucks ass. not to mention how bad of a look it is to just destroy 5 years of "hey look at us we're uplifting 50 incredible devs" to "don't look don't look"

I should use my DSLR more (here's Ebi) 😽

This needs more attention: Zohran SPLIT the straights with Cuomo. ALL of his margin was from LGBTQ+ voters. Every Dem who ever said “we should abandon the transes” needs this shoved down their fucking throat with a ramrod.

Hey is there a thread with all the receipts of people saying they were going to leave the city now? If not, pls reply to this with some of your favs.

This person took this when they called the race

"giving people something to vote for instead of against" is like the #1 rule of successful electoral campaigning and yet, AND YET