David Doel

David Doel

@daviddoel.bsky.social

A dad | The Rational National on YouTube | he/him 🏳️‍🌈 🇨🇦 | http://linktr.ee/daviddoel

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Avi Lewis
@avilewis.ca

I’m hearing from friends in Alberta that today is actually hitting folks pretty hard. Not the vote to remain, which was a relief, but the other 9 questions.

David Doel
@daviddoel.bsky.social

Neera Tanden somehow manages to be worse on video than on Twitter

Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com

Neera Tanden worked in senior roles for three Democratic administrations. Does that make her part of the Democratic establishment? Watch the episode with @mehdirhasan.bsky.social and @neeratanden.bsky.social tonight on Al Jazeera’s YouTube channel.

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A Major Turbonerd
@moist.dad

the nice thing about the absolute glut of good games out there is that when the person who runs a studio that makes a game says something dumb, evil, or both, you can just not buy that game and STILL have a bunch of good games to play

Aftermath@aftermath.site

Wardogs CEO says workers who speak out against crunch won't 'be happy here' aftermath.site/wardogs-bramme...

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Mary Gillis
@marygillis.bsky.social

The fact that he views public assets as belonging to the government is the problem. They don't belong to the government. They belong to the public. They belong to us. Not the Liberals, not Parliament, not him. Us. He's a caretaker, not an owner.

Scott Robertson@sarobertson.bsky.social

PM Carney on the privatization of federal assets: "What we're looking to do with all the tools we have is to catalyze building of this economy. If there are some assets that the federal government has that can help with that process, we'll look at it as part of a comprehensive approach."

David Doel
@daviddoel.bsky.social

Walking through Yorkville always makes me think of Grand Theft Auto. You turn a corner and all of a sudden everyone is driving a Porsche or Mercedes. You leave the area and immediately it's back to Hyundais and Nissans.

David Doel
@daviddoel.bsky.social

3.5h into Xenoblade Chronicles 1 and I don't know if I like it.. not sure I really even understand the battle system or what the hook is supposed to be, but I keep playing it because I keep expecting it to grab me. Is that normal?

David Doel
@daviddoel.bsky.social

RE: Michigan Senate race results. Can’t underestimate the ‘casual’ vote. People who want to vote Democrat now but their awareness goes as far as TV ads, radio ads, and mailers. While great news for the general in the fall, it still means big money almost bought Stevens a seat.

David Doel
@daviddoel.bsky.social

Video game industry go a week without layoffs challenge: impossible

This Week in Videogames - TWIV@thisweekinvideogames.com

Disco Elysium developer ZA/UM Studio is set to lay off up to 32 staff after its follow-up RPG, Zero Parades: For Dead Spies, failed to meet commercial expectations. The union representing the workers tells TWIV its "sole focus" is "achieving the best possible outcome" for those impacted.

thisweekinvideogames.comDisco Elysium Developer ZA/UM to Lay Off 32 StaffThe studio said Zero Parades' “commercial performance has not enabled us to sustain a studio of our current size"

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Mallory Moore
@sexabolition.blog

Megan Rapinoe losing out on a world cup advertising brand deal for being an outspoken trans ally as a result of AI decision making underlines how these tools function as mechanisms for censorship and blanding culture into nothingness.

David Doel
@daviddoel.bsky.social

Here's a columnist of an otherwise reputable Canadian outlet (Globe & Mail) casually arguing that we should try privatizing health care instead of properly funding it. Canadian media is in a worse place than I thought.

David Doel
@daviddoel.bsky.social

Remember when Seamus Blackley got shit for saying “Xbox is being sunsetted” after Asha Sharma took over.

Aftermath@aftermath.site

Xbox will lay off 3200 workers and cut four studios loose aftermath.site/xbox-layoffs-j...

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Jay Castello 🌻
@jaymcastello.bsky.social

just one more layoff bro. i promise pro just one more layoff and it'll fix everything bro. bro. just one more layoff. please just one more. one more layoff and we can fix this whole problem bro

David Doel
@daviddoel.bsky.social

Turns out making the next Gears of War a console exclusive and changing Xbox to 'XBOX' is not going to save this disaster of a brand. Feeling for all the people impacted here who had a dream of a stable job in this industry.

AmericanTruckSongs10@ethangach.bsky.social

Xbox is laying off 3,200 over the next year, starting with 1,600 this summer. Compulsion and Double Fine are going independent Ninja Theory and Undead Labs will be sold Arkane is under strategic review Microsoft doubling down on Zenimax/Acti/Blizz/King/Mojang kotaku.com/xbox-layoff-...

kotaku.comXbox To Lay Off 3,200 In 'Most Significant Restructure' In Its HistoryDouble Fine and Compulsion Games will become independent studios, Ninja Theory and Undead Labs will join new ownership, and Arkane Lyon is in 'consultation'
David Doel
@daviddoel.bsky.social

Still can't get over the fact that @playstation.com announced an end to physical media in the same post they announced the closure of their digital store for older platforms. Literally justifying the worries people have about a digital-only future within the same post.