Absolutely jumpscared by YouTube's autodubbing on a video I clicked. I hate it so much.

My cats fighting on the window ledge Me, an animator, from across the room, taking pictures: Good storytelling poses, you guys!

Me, making tea in the kitchen as my cat, Morgana, wanders over: Hi baby! Did you come to visit your favorite person? 🥰 Morgana: *sits on small crushed paper bag near the recycling bin* Me: ...I see.

Any time someone says "Everyone is using AI! They just don't admit it" that person morphs into a sulky child flinging accusations around because they're mad they got caught. I'm not saying no one is doing that, but I think we give the statement the same weight we give a child throwing a tantrum.

I feel like too often when kids properties are well written and well thought out a group of adults will say “this is for adults actually” & that’s so annoying. Good, well-told stories connect with all ages and for kids, with their developing sponge-like brains, that is arguably even more important.

I am bad at keeping track of days, so one of the heralds of a turnover into a new month is video essayists hurriedly submitting their monthly Patreon video at the last minute.

Laying on the couch playing my Steam Deck and happened to lock eyes with Morgana loafing on the other end of the couch and LOL WHAT IS THIS EXPRESSION???

I have a level one below struggle meals called "everything is a smoothie now." Get those veggies and fruit in liquid form and hand me that glass with my dinner in it.

my patience has increased but I will say, it is ok to have trouble reading, it is not ok to scream at people for things you imagined they said because you can't read what they actually said

if you care about video games you should also care about securing full rights and safety for the trans community, because nearly every game development team that i am aware of has at least one trans person in a critical, load-bearing position. the industry would collapse without trans folks.

relieved for that specific dev & his family if they do indeed follow through, but the only "solve" for this is universal healthcare not tied to employment or maybe laws against layoffs when a company is making profit. that's it. also they know that btw so let this radicalize you

A story without social commentary and politics of some kind is a boring ass story. No one who says this actually means it, much like they don't actually want to live in a city without diversity because what a cultureless place that would be.

Sissel is angry at me because she spent the last 5 minutes smearing me in the face with her tail and then I sneezed on her. 😔

This is a year old picture but I am still obsessed with it.

This story is insane. Married an American, arrested at her greencard interview, flown out of state, nearly killed multiple times when her diabetes was ignored and then mistreated. When she finally got out? Found out her credit card had been used illegally. www.daylightsandiego.org/san-diego-wo...

This is one of the weirdest things on the internet. People will come out of the woodwork to say that though, morally, they agree, they are a special case so are going to do the thing anyway & would like you to rubber stamp it. It's not on people to absolve you, so stop telling on yourself.

Accorgion is SUCH a good pun but it is also funny that even in this form, the dog wants belly scratches on the decidedly non-furry part of their body.

Longtime college friend of mine, Mike Prinke, was among those laid off at Epic Games: he has been fighting terminal brain cancer, and now he, his wife, and kid, have no income or health insurance. Sharing here in hopes it can reach the right people on their behalf. #epicgames

I love that Morgana always seems to have a sixth sense for when I'm seated somewhere she can be at least partially on me. She'll show up and settle in matter-of-factly like "Excellent. My seat is ready."

Boyfriend on Demand is such a funny show to watch as a dev because the fictional boyfriends will be like "Stay with me🥺" in what is supposed to be a romantic way and my brain is like "this is a monthly subscription model so this kind of game design is predatory."

Cracking up at the concept in Boyfriend on Demand where this woman's ideal perfect boyfriend is her coworker but with a way worse hairstyle.

Hey yall - unfortunately the rest of the very, very talented wanderstop team was laid off today and the studio shuttered. I'm no longer in need of work, but please, hire these peeps in the thread below! They're all absurdly good at what they do.

Sissel: Don't be suspicious, don't be suspicious. Don't be suspicious, don't be suspicious. Sissel on closer examination: BLEP

I feel like I have seen, over the last month or two, people in nearly every career talk about how they feel like their industry is collapsing and need to find an out. Like games, yes. But also film, animation, journalism, academia and teaching, sciences, tech. even restaurants and retail.

Most people in gamedev right now see their career as temporary, as in, a lot of us don't feel we're working towards a future, we see employment as a temporary state and the end of it, our possible exit from this industry. No one is getting promotions, few can save for retirement, it's real bad.

So hey! In more concrete terms: I got hit by the Epic layoff yesterday. - Looking for Senior/Principal/Lead-ish roles around Level Design, Technical Design, Systems Design, etc. - Strong preference for US/Seattle/Remote Site is a little rough from the last time around, but: andrew-weldon.design

Me to my cats: You're the perfect specimen of cat. Just a high quality model of the animal. The top grade of cat. Fluffiest bestest of feline.

Not being able to disengage from Harry Potter by now truly is a skill issue. I get being nostalgic about stories that meant a lot when you were growing up, but still choosing to actively partake when it contributes to real life harm sucks. Let go of it. Evolve your tastes and morals.

One big thing car-minded Americans who have never had the opportunity to live somewhere walkable don't grasp is how much easier a 15 minute walk commute is vs a 5 minute drive. Finding keys, getting into the car, finding parking, etc takes up a lot more mental space then shoes and go and I'm there.

If you need a QA/Test Lead for your team with 9 years of experience in the industry, including live service and single player AAA titles, please hit me up. I have worked on titles like Destiny 2 and Fortnite, and would love to be your test team's best advocate and process improver. somnifery.com

Every single studio I interviewed for back during my layoff in early 2024 has closed or had massive layoffs. This includes at least two friends who I met up with at that time who were trying to find me a position at their studios, which then got closed within the year.

Love to be in the games industry and repeatedly get hit with a giant mallet.

Brain go bluuuunk. Watching Ouran High School Host Club. Surely Kiss Kiss Fall in Love will heal me.

Morgana has arrived for an afternoon appointment to purposefully and aggressively make biscuits in my lap. The blanket is there for my protection because her claws are pointier than my pants are thick.

The live action Moana screenshot is making me think the same people who like the Disney live action remakes are probably those same people who want AI movies. Thankfully, I don't know any of those people closely, which explains why I constantly ask "Who even wants this?" about both those things.

If you, an internet user, have never experienced the joy of going to the comments and realizing someone has said the exact thing you were going to say so you don't have to do anything, you can maybe heart it to show your support and live on, you are missing out on an experience.

As a person who generally thinks they share their opinions too freely and definitively, I'm trying to untrain the part social media has played in making that worse.

I made yogurt!! I mean, I just put milk and yogurt cultures in my instant pot and pressed the yogurt button, but I didn't know it was so easy to do so it's novel to me. Half a gallon of milk makes a LOT of yogurt honestly.

Today, as I was laying on my bed video gaming, Sissel headbutted my Switch right into my face and ran off. The perfect crime.

My excitement that a new Jenny Nicholson video of a random piece of obscure media has dropped will carry me through this weekend www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Gq1...

Now to unmask the pesky villain behind what's made me feel so terrible all day! ...I see it's a repeat player.

Look at this baby doing sideways biscuits

A past coworker told me he got shown an animation like "look at this cool animation" and he recognized the style as mine and was like "I think I know that animator" and that is the coolest shit ever. I will ride that high for a while.

Having to remind myself that people aren't in my head and maybe didn't think too much about how destructive and corrosive AI is to especially creative professions and industries, so they weren't trying to insult me by asking me about it. Instinctively though, I do want to go beserk.

the media is now telling people to work from home to save on gasoline, immediately after their years-long crusade to tell us why returning to office is best for everyone. this isn't a gotcha, it's an example of how contradicting demands allow the ruling class to blame us no matter what we do

If you already have a cat, pointing an accusatory finger at them and going "NANI?!?!?!?!?!?" is free. Just a pro tip from me to you.

ICE detention deaths are now occurring at a rate of roughly one every four days. Three weeks ago that rate was one every six days. The pace is accelerating, and Congress has not launched a single investigation.

"What other trillion-dollar problem is AI trying to solve?" Expertise. They're trying to use it to solve having people who possess expertise. If you have expertise, you possess knowledge on a subject. It wasn't free to gain, but it's free for you to keep. That means they can't sell answers to you.

Meeting up with fellow gamedev friends to catch up always includes that moment right after you excitedly greet each other where you ask how they're doing and both sides take a moment to breathe a painful, suffering sigh.

Please soothe your soul with this footage of an enraged muppet being treated at the wild muppet center.