Andrew

ADDAM RESHII AHZAHNTA! www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJqa...

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

in the current state of the industry, please don't hesitate if you're able to support indie devs & creators

in the midst of all those new games, I wanna take the time to shine a light on ✨ After the Wane ✨, by indie french studio @nova-box.com it's a narrative game with gorgeous 2D art that surely deserves your wishlist & more when it releases november 10 store.steampowered.com/app/2742720/...

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Changing acquired studios' core identity consistently leads to doom, says Nightdive Studios CEO

"For many, this is the video game industry’s “you reap what you sow” moment, proof that the AI tools many publishers have brazenly admitted to using are a double-edged sword." 🙃 Also, this Tim Sweeney guy is not an honest person. Great piece about an industry that is changing at breakneck speed:

"Cities should include in the contracts an insistence on making sure that the public is protected. Don’t let the venue operator charge excessive fees to residents. Don’t let the venue operator only have the venue open to the artists that they promote."

In the distant future, humanity has been subjugated. You are the Operatives. Enforce Doctrine's Will Operatives Revolve is a scifi/biohorror slay the spire-like that I wrote. It releases next month and you can wishlist it now! store.steampowered.com/app/3004810/...

also why would you automate one of the most fun and invigorating phases of development?

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY and i would like to shamelessly self-promote my dog comics and associated merch if that's alright with you i make a silly webcomic about my dog and then i post it online for entertainment it's called the pyr review and you should check it out (instagram: @the_pyr_review)

Look, I know all the reasons we got here, but we really need to start seriously thinking about what we do in a world where The Markets punish whole countries for voting for decency, compassion, and fairness. We must stop pretending the capitalist machine is an objective, value neutral force.

NEW: I spoke with current and former EA employees to understand how the latest layoff round played out and the realities of daily life at the U.S. publisher. The short version? EA is controlled by an executive class that "cannot fail, only be failed." Workers, then, will always pay the price.

Fighting to save an IP instead of fighting to save a creative team is how you go from Empire Strikes Back to The Rise of Skywalker. The creativity, design, and intention behind the thing is what matters, not the IP itself.

Tonights spooky film is Cronenberg's The Fly.

🛑CONTROL RESONANT SPOILERS! 🛑 Beware if you haven't finished! Not actual scenes from the game, but additional scenes I wanted to doodle that incorportate info from throughout the game and endgame. #ControlResonant #ControlResonantSpoilers

i don't think anyone should run explicitly on banning online gambling but i do think that a democratic-led government should just quietly take steps to undermine the industry and create an inhospitable regulatory environment

Videogames is the creative field where creatives are least recognised, most of the time their names are hidden away on the finished product. This is obviously deliberate on the industry's part but the audience enables it when they fail to care about the people who make this stuff.

reposting one of my fave korrasami drawings that i did back in my korrasami era 🥹 i can't believe they're married now...

Remedy please, let Dylan craft a googly eyes artifact and let him stick them on the Aberrant 🙏

Way too fucking many Bailey signs in my town.

I believe that if your company undergoes layoffs during a set amount of time after a sale or acquisition, there should be some kind of massive financial penalty or forced restitution. You can afford to buy a company, but you can’t afford the staff? Then you can’t afford to buy the company.

When losing a job means losing a career: what comes next for laid off games journalists? aftermath.site/aftermath-game...

The absolute GALL of these mf kotaku.com/now-that-the...

"unable to complain" is just so, SO telling, to me

Just in time for the spookiest season - Pacific Drive: Ritual edition is on sale for 58% off! Get EVERYTHING you need to start your surreal journey in the OEZ from this years Steam Scream Fest. 👁️ store.steampowered.com/bundle/58586...

NEW: Skydance Corp, the new owner of Warner Bros Games., has today informed staff that they will be required to work in-office five days a week. In the email announcing the policy, the company also rolled out a 'Voluntary Buyout Program' to let employees "move on in a way that works for them."

Game companies being publicly traded was a mistake

I'm one of those in the group at risk. If anyone is on the lookout for someone with decades of experience in production and release management, please reach out.

Abdul is trying to tell you something VERY important:

The hole in your room is a hole in you #control #controlresonant #dylanfaden

MUSK is in theaters now. Might not be for much longer. And might not be available afterward. It's worth seeing ASAP.

David Ellison and his co-CEO Ynon Kreiz sent out an email to Skydance employees today offering up voluntary buyouts and also implementing a five-day-a-week in-office work policy. And so it begins...

I THINK one of the things we're really seeing is a continent, maybe industry-wide shift away from full-time employees and towards gig/codev work. And that transition looks like layoffs across the board even from studios that just had big successes.

they're goin shopping

During the brazilian elections we learned one obvious but important tactic to defeat the far right on the Internet and I think everyone should know it: IGNORE THEM! DON'T ENGAGE WITH THEIR CONTENT! DON'T MAKE CONTENT REACTING TO THEM! DON'T HATE QRT! LET THEM ALONE IN THEIR BUBBLE!

Since we’re beyond the two week window I’m now going to try to quarantine myself in our house to lessen the chances we get sick before our big trip

Steam's AI disclosures are akin to "forcing developers to list their voting history", says man who must hate seeing eggs virtue signal that they're free-range https://bit.ly/4yHFEyK

saga. 🦌 #AlanWake

Welcome to the AAA video game "business," where being your publisher's best-selling game of the year can't save you from arbitrary staffing cuts.

Microsoft is offering buyouts to about 60,000 employees in latest cost cuts, roughly a quarter of its workforce, as the company tries to control its head count while avoiding layoffs ➡️ www.seattletimes.com/business/mic...

speaking as somebody who's been in/around the field for a long time this is it right here