Joey Bleau

Joey Bleau

@jbleau.dev

🏢 Senior Software Engineer II, World of Warcraft 💪 Proud WoWGG Union Member 📍Ann Arbor ➡️ SoCal ➡️ Chicago (current) 🇺🇸 🇩🇪 All views are my own. I periodically delete old posts. I sometimes delete brand new ones.

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i feel like our pets are insufficiently impressed by lights. they are totally disinterested when a room suddenly becomes pitch black out of nowhere. i’d expect more alarm, but there’s nothing but immediate acceptance

mild galactic racer spoilers ahead: . . . the way this game has structured its acts and how the stakes keep being elevated is fucking awesome. i just got to act3. i love how there are progression gates, and the roguelike gameplay loop exists on top, and how it’s all narratively contextualized

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Replying to @osaka.zone

imagine we genie wish a flag onto mars that didn't improve space-fairing, or engineering, or culture or economics and noone was employed and no humans grew it takes a very special kind of ignorance to think the flag is the sole point the flag itself is just symbolic of the work

i’ve added it to my watch later list because i’m so curious. this feels so random. admittedly i don’t follow his career so maybe this is old news. i sorta assumed he retired. ((actuaries actuaries actuaries!))

Picked up Galactic Racer today and it’s so so good. I’m really awful at it, and still having a blast. Smart move to make crashing be kinda cool. And the way it puts you back on track when you blow someone else up. And the pre-race engine ritual!! So many little things to love. Also we stan Hibi.

Saw the flipping acrobatic car video and winced at the thought of this technology being in the hands of Chicago livery drivers.

Put in a few hours. :P Not anything sicko, but it's been so fun. Have a level 20 tauren warrior also (Beef Wellington, or as I like to call him, Sir Wellington, lol)

When I was 18 I got a job at Build-A-Bear. Me, a scraggly barely adult, with zero craft making skills, and virtually no experience with children. I did a single shift, and afterward I called to let them know it wasn’t for me. They could not have sounded more relieved.

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me: up late doomscrolling my watch: it’s time to stand!! me: don’t be silly, can’t you see i’m trying to fall asleep! what a ridiculous suggestion also me: (continues to do anything but fall asleep)

Consciousness isn’t all it’s cracked up to be anyway. People think LLMs are conscious? (lol… 🤦🏼) Good luck to them. They’re gonna wish they were just highly dimensional probablistic models after their first existential crisis. Oh what you feel meaningless in this vast cosmos? Welcome the party bud!

PS: Trying to have a conversation about consciousness when your posts have a character limit is just asking for trouble. Not gonna even bother opining. I have about a bajillion thoughts, most of which are probably wrong, and none of which would be worth reading. Maybe I’ll diary them or something.

PPS: Sorry if this post seems random, I was in the Bluesky Suggested Topics / Discovery hole.

I only found this out because I was noticing this over the course of the last few days and so searched for threads discussing it. I am constantly seeing (at the top) lowscore comments with absolute shit takes and a ton of comments arguing with the poster. It feels like typical engagement bait trash.

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The votes are in, and the winning project of Amnesia Fortnight 2026 is... PLOT ARMOR!! 📙🛡️Does this mean Plot Armor just...gained its *own* plot armor?! 🧐 Congratulations to all four teams on making such amazing demos! 🧡

sometimes i remember that im an adult and i can just have grilled cheese if i want. like, ive got bread, and cheese. things are possible. ps: im a mayo on outside of bread guy, thanks alton

It will never stop surprising me how crap and unfinished my work feels for like 90% of the time I’m working on it. Then UI/UX passes happen and suddenly THIS ROCKS WTF? It happens every single time.

If you’ve never played toem before it’s super cute. You’re just a lil guy going around taking pictures and solving puzzles. Had no idea Toem 2 was a thing until just now!

TOEM@swmgames.bsky.social

TOEM 2 is OUT NOW on Steam, Nintendo Switch 1 & 2, and PlayStation 5! Ready your cameras and get ready to run, jump, and climb your way through cozy environments, uncover hidden paths, check out scenic viewpoints, and help out new friends. store.steampowered.com/app/2900640/...

have had “du bist gut genug” stuck in my head all day, send help please. it you’re unfamiliar with it, avoid, it is a class A ear worm. you’ve been warned.

Damn, Ula’tek got hands.

Joey Bleau@jbleau.dev

Also in mainline news my raiding guild has cleared 7/8 H so this Sunday will be all Ula’tek prog!

My hunters name on WoW Forever Beta is “Itsy Bitsy”. You’ll never guess what pet I’m going to tame. 🕸️ I didn’t post about it, but I got the warrior up to 20 last weekend. I’ve slowed down a bit as work as ramped up and I’m gassed, but looking forward to a relaxing weekend!

Also in mainline news my raiding guild has cleared 7/8 H so this Sunday will be all Ula’tek prog!

Joey Bleau reposted

Replying to @johncarson.bsky.social

Midnight Suns and Guardians of the Galaxy are both absolutely incredible and among the greatest comic book games ever made, but both stumbled right out of the gate because people were still sour on Marvel's Avengers (which is also better than it got credit for).

My memory of this time period is a little different. These designs definitely existed, and were very cool, but most of the web did not look like this. These were found on niche interest sites, anime, tech, artist portfolios, etc. Most people weren't capable of this, except for copying templates.

WebDesignMuseum@webdesignmuseum.org

In 2001, we really thought this was what the future of web design would look like.

Like, it's giving Random Hacker-coded Web Hosting Provider, Jim's Anime Emporium, or Sarina's MIDI Sanctuary vibes.