Rich

Rich

@elitebeat.bsky.social

Lead designer and writer of Thief VR Legacy of Shadow. Formerly at EA/Criterion and Sony London. Portfolio at richardbunn.com

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Genuinely, no jokes - I know someone who is writing a book about their D.I.C.K. productivity system. Should get together with this guy and produce a F.I.R.M.D.I.C.K. masterclass.

GamesIndustry.biz@gibiz.bsky.social

Business coach Martijn van Zwieten begins a five-part series on successfully managing an indie studio. In the first part, he looks at setting your studio's purpose. "Getting clear on your purpose helps you make better, more consistent decisions" https://bit.ly/4e5Jhah

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I launched my own site today!! www.vgcartography.com all my game maps hi-res, links to videos, and i'm moving any commentary from my blog to get everything in one place free w/o login. tried to make it really easy to use. browse the catalog and gimme feedback!!! 🗺️👀🌐

Oh nice! The same genius idea that makes mobile gaming such a fun experience. 🫤

GamesIndustry.biz@gibiz.bsky.social

Microsoft has patented an "ad-credit" system to display adverts and announcements during PC and Xbox game sessions without disrupting gameplay www.gamesindustry.biz/microsoft-fi...

Sorry to not be a massive downer like every other cunt these days, but the Ocarina of Time remake looks utterly gorgeous. Can't wait to explore it all over again ❤️

GTA6... I don't think many people can concieve quite what an achievement that level of gameplay and presentation is. Whatever your opinion of the franchise itself, it's undeniably impressive and a product of immense personal sacrifice and exhausting effort from our industry's top talent.

These geniuses really know their customers, eh. And lower costs... did AI become free since I last looked? #GetTheFuckOuttaHere

GamesIndustry.biz@gibiz.bsky.social

Three Epic veterans are building an AI-powered game engine to break the industry's doom cycle. Amid mounting discontent with Unity and Unreal, Immens promises lower costs and faster development for small teams. https://bit.ly/4xRY14m

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Replying to @dannyodwyer.bsky.social

Many players don't have much variety in their gaming diet, but I don't think physical/digital has much to do with it IMO. The forever games like Fortnite, CoD, FC, Roblox, etc captured them to the exclusion of almost everything else. These games are doing way more damage overall than media type.

I get it (or really try to), but physical media wasn't that rosy either. Chewed tapes, dead carts, scratched discs, slow loading, failing drives, grubby boxes, lent out and forgot who to, sold out, out of print, nowhere to keep it all, burgled, ripoff used market. Nah, been there and can't go back.

Not an attack on anyone into physical copies - none of my business what you like. And FWIW I think Sony's move doesn't make sense and preservation of all media currently sucks ass.

I won't be paying £80 for GTA6. Will do what I did for GTA5 - buy it years later for a tenner in a Steam sale then leave it in my backlog unplayed forever.

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Come on, Nintendo! There's still time to greenlight The Legend of Zelda - The Animated Series. I can possibly crank out a trailer just in time for today's Direct! #NintendoDirect #Nintendo #Zelda #TheLegendOfZelda

Congrats to Hossein Vafaei 🇮🇷 - riveting game of snooker and a well deserved win. Cheering him on in his next game this afternoon 🤘 #Snooker #WorldChampionship

Astro Burn looks great - will certainly be buying. Parodius is an all time fav alongside Harmful Park. Agree, gaming needs more High-Brow Gag & Pure Shooting!

Jörg Tittel@newjorg.bsky.social

My friend Haz just released Astro Burn in Early Access, a Parodius-style "cute-em-up" that'll put a smile on your face. And we all need to be doing more of that these days.

Nice one, Hungary! Hopefully every country with an existing or rising far-right gov takes notice - they will never deliver us a good life, and they all have to go.

Playing Silent Hill 2 and reached the "Guess What We're Taking Away All Your Ammo and Health Packs" point that most horror games seem to have.

Playing Silent Hill 2 and reached the "You've Been Scared Enough Here Have Loads of Ammo and Health Packs" point that most horror games seem to have.

Been off socials for a long time, but started peeping Bluesky again recently. Think I should try be an active part of the games community on here. If you see this say hi! Maybe suggest awesome games and creative people for me to follow.

Hey Rami. I'm Rich, a games designer who previously worked at places like Argonaut, Sony London and Criterion. Currently lead designer on 🤫😶🤐🫥🫢 VR, but can't wait to show you all when it's ready. Let's make this place better than t'other one!

Rami Ismail (رامي)@ramiismail.com

If you're games industry and following some folks already, reply with who you are and what you do, and then re-post this or whatever it's called. Let's try and find each other on this new place

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