Borut Pfeifer

Borut Pfeifer

@borut.bsky.social

Exec Producer/Creative Director, Neighborhoods https://store.steampowered.com/app/3922000/Neighborhoods/ Past: Never Alone 2, Weird West. Prey (2017), Skulls of the Shogun...

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Mike Rose
@mikerose.bsky.social

In the last year, No More Robots has funded + is currently funding a dozen games, and has paid numerous devs to make prototypes happen for free But obviously, getting press is absolutely impossible for us, because only doom and gloom gets clicks

Aftermath@aftermath.site

Why isn’t anyone funding video games anymore? aftermath.site/you-are-error-...

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Char
@alphachar.bsky.social

Hey folks looking for #SteamNextFest demos! SPARROW WARFARE is a bird-filled deckbuilder with art made from public domain bird illustrations of the 17th-19th centuries, 100% positive reviews, & Northernlion called it "swag" ❤️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKox... store.steampowered.com/app/4396770/...

store.steampowered.comSparrow Warfare Demo on SteamPlay ever-crazier combinations of 3 tiles to free the birds in our synergy-rich deckbuilder. Let your mind take flight as you scheme and strategise. In this demo version: experience the core loop, two...
Borut Pfeifer
@borut.bsky.social

I love how TGAs are just not serious awards in any sense, yet people think this, while this is also how actual proper award shows also work. We are not a serious people.

Aftermath@aftermath.site

There's no conspiracy for GTA VI to be in The Game Awards aftermath.site/gta-6-game-awa...

Borut Pfeifer
@borut.bsky.social

A fine example of why not to worry about AI (the tech) supplanting your job. The hard part is not figuring out *how* to do something, it's figuring out *what* to do. Nobody's switching to the Epic Store for a few seconds faster start time. Because no one's even exiting Steam to begin with 😆🤡

Rock Paper Shotgun@rockpapershotgun.bsky.social

"We vibe coded a new Epic Games Launcher" because "programming is hard", announce company we're somehow supposed to see as a serious Steam competitor https://bit.ly/4hMHbi5

rockpapershotgun.com"We vibe coded a new Epic Games Launcher" because "programming is hard", announce company we're somehow supposed to see as a serious Steam competitorEpic Games have released a new "vibe coded" launcher for their store, because of course they have.
Borut Pfeifer
@borut.bsky.social

Just to put a little nuance on everyone's takes, Nintendo and Sony have been publicly traded for decades.

Jan Willem Nijman@jwaaaap.com

if you’re a games company that wants to survive it has been proven over and over again you need to do whatever it takes to stay away from being publicly traded. you’ll be turned into wood chips the moment it’s convenient.

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Mike Rose
@mikerose.bsky.social

NEW GAME ANNOUNCEMENT RTs HUGELY APPRECIATED 🏌🏌🏼‍♂️🏌🏌️‍♀️⛳🛺 This is *Really Illegal Golf* It's essentially Metal Gear Golf with Friends. Really. - Multiplayer stealth golf - Dodge security, stay alive, and sink that putt - Free multiplayer demo available right now store.steampowered.com/app/4115520/...

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Aura/Moom
@moomanibe.bsky.social

it's always "fun" to look into the details on these sorts of situations: * This guy cofounded this company out of school and has never had a boss in his entire life. * Notes that he's laid off 20% of the studio every year for the past 6 years * "We want to lean more and more into the gig economy"

Game Developer@gamedeveloper.bsky.social

Wardogs lead says the studio won't hire people who decry crunch on social media

gamedeveloper.comWardogs lead says the studio won't hire people who decry crunch on social media'If you care about the work you’re making and the result of what you make here, you’ll feel really valued. If you don’t, you will feel slave-driven.'

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Dave Gilbert
@wadjeteyegames.com

If anyone has contacts at Valve who can help expedite this, we certainly wouldn't say no to the help. In the meantime, I'll be here swimming in cortisol.

Dave Gilbert@wadjeteyegames.com

We are aware that Steam has classified Nighthawks as an adult game and has excluded it from searches (and delisted it entirely in certain countries). We are working on it. Valve is under the impression that this game is way sexier than it actually is.

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Messhof
@messhof.bsky.social

Looking for someone to help with a Nidhogg console update. Anyone out there like using Game Maker and console networking?

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Nels Anderson
@nelsanderson.zone

The other thing is it's outrageous how much it costs to use software/services that are US-based (literally or spiritually). For a small team of, say, 7 game developers who need/must use the lowest paid tier for these services, annual rate can *easily* run to nearly $33,000 CAD/year. That's a lot!

Nels Anderson@nelsanderson.zone

If you too would like to stop using increasingly shitty software made by bad people who make the world worse, I wrote a guide for how to lessen/end your small team's dependence on US-based tech services: nelsanderson.zone/a-guide-to-d...

nelsanderson.zoneA Guide to Ditching US Tech (for Game Developers)This post is based on a guide from Paris Marx, host of Tech Won't Save Us, author of one excellent book and upcoming (likely also excellent) book last updated September 2nd, 2026 At this point, it's...

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Seth Abramson
@sethabramson.bsky.social

They have every intention of rigging this election and trying to steal it And these are the same people who spent a decade falsely claiming elections are rigged It's the biggest, longest con in U.S. political history, and the whole country is its victim

cnn.comUSPS whistleblower describes new plans for voting by mail hidden from the public | CNN PoliticsThe US Postal Service effort to develop a sweeping new system for verifying mail ballots has invited a host of IT concerns among agency officials, with some describing the process internally as a “sh*...
Borut Pfeifer
@borut.bsky.social

Christmas Carol gritty reboot except it's a video game so Scrooge is jacked and shirtless, glistening with sweat, wielding the sickle of the defeated ghost of Christmas Future, defeating his army of demons in a backdrop of his relatives' Christmas parties.

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E-Line Media
@elinemedia.bsky.social

We're extremely excited to share that Never Alone 2 has been selected to appear in the MIX Fall Showcase next Friday, September 4th in Seattle. We are bringing the very first demo of the game and are looking forward to meeting some of you there! https://bit.ly/3SHtxmz

Borut Pfeifer
@borut.bsky.social

It kind of boggles my mind we haven't seen a AAA game do Bonnie and Clyde... Back after the launch of GTA 3, I was at Radical and we were working on an original PS2 game based on that. When we got a publisher, they applied a license and it became Scarface: The World is Yours. 25 years later...

Borut Pfeifer
@borut.bsky.social

And it was co-op... The first open world co-op game wasn't till... 2007? Crackdown? It's not even that creative an idea and the game industry can still manage to miss it for decades 😆

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Draknek & Friends
@draknek.bsky.social

We're excited to announce that applications are open for the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant 2026 🎉 The grant will award $15,000 to five thinky puzzle game developers from all over the world, and a year's mentorship with genre veterans. Deadline: September 27th More info 👇

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United Videogame Workers-CWA
@videogameworkers.bsky.social

A world of fair wages IS possible. Never let anyone tell you otherwise! Unionize!

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social

Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.

Borut Pfeifer
@borut.bsky.social

Quark's Bar, Hard Rock Hotel, Las Vegas. We were served by a Klingon and a Ferengi, the Klingon made fun of me for not eating meat, and we shared a "Warp Core Breach", a 64 oz bowl of some sort of rum punch with dried ice in the middle.

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🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ＞∿＜ₑͤ ∞🌮
@unormal.bsky.social

fwiw there is an argument I would have accepted here which is that the very modest overall power draw is *highly* localized and can be a huge burden in a *very small area* as a percentage; of course you can fix locally pretty easy with governance or whatever if you have good governance (we don't)

🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ＞∿＜ₑͤ ∞🌮@unormal.bsky.social

world uses 180000 twh of power. how much do you think data centers use?

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Celia Hodent
@celiahodent.com

This is beyond disgusting… and why we need much stronger ethics to protect kids on social media platforms / online games. And accountability of course. Unbelievable and sickening.

Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social

Mark Zuckerberg's assistant at Meta, Josh Felker, who was responsible for Meta's "digital experiences for kids," was arrested after admitting he tried to sext a 13-year-old during an undercover sting. nypost.com/2026/07/20/u...

nypost.comExclusive | Meta worker who developed ‘digital experiences for kids’ admits to trying to sext child in undercover NYC stingHe admitted he had been grooming and sexting someone he thought was a 13-year-old girl during a sting by vigilante group Predator Poachers Long Island.