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Finally got some time to cut together a new demo reel for 2024. There isn't much that new though because most of 2024 was either canceled projects or things still under NDA. 2025 will have more though. youtu.be/THxQqJZlN4c
Nate Horsfall
@lightningarts.bsky.social
Animator and Artist. 20ish years of Game dev. VGM album art, Live videos, logos, illustration. AI is trash. Last game: Soundfall Currently: Available for work http://www.lightningarts.com/
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Finally got some time to cut together a new demo reel for 2024. There isn't much that new though because most of 2024 was either canceled projects or things still under NDA. 2025 will have more though. youtu.be/THxQqJZlN4c
Every single time there is a buyout, there are massive layoffs. EVERY SINGLE TIME. The rich are never satisfied. They never have enough. This was inevitable after the Saudi buyout, and will get worse.
BREAKING: Electronic Arts is cutting 400 jobs and shutting down BioWare, the legendary development studio behind Dragon Age and Mass Effect. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Tim's downfall is probably one of the saddest to see in the industry, as well as the most dangerous because a huge amount of us rely on UE for game dev. We're lucky Gabe Newell hasn't succumbed to AI psychosis yet, or then we'd all truly be screwed. Too much power in too few companies.
Epic Megagames CEO To Developer Community: "Up Yours"
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Listen to the album and buy it here: thetiberiansons.bandcamp.com/album/aces-w... We'll have it up on streaming services in a couple weeks.
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<< Kept you waiting, huh? >> "Aces Without Borders", our second #AceCombat album, is out on Bandcamp! And to kick things off properly, here's a video for Blue Skies. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKWv...
I knew when this guy took power that his only goal was to make WB so bad that it would force another sale where he could walk off with millions. I wish this country didn't reward garbage like this.
Poor Zaz will only get a golden parachute of more than a half-billion dollars, after he spent the past few years cutting Warner Bros to the bone so it could get gobbled up by another company (and retire with a massive pay package). variety.com/2026/film/ne...
Hey actually, if this is what his events are gonna be like from now on, lets keep the press pool away until he also goes. Best video of him I've seen in 10 years.
LMFAO -- Trump is holding an event at the White House right now but there's no audio because the press pool isn't there. The Newsmax host notes that this is an example of Trump's attacks on the press "backfiring just a little bit"
The Tiberian Sons: Aces Without Borders New @thetiberiansons.bsky.social Ace Combat album soon, which the band is hard at work on, especially Tony Dickinson. This takes the carefully made vector design I did last Oct, and renders it. preorders here: thetiberiansons.bandcamp.com/album/aces-w...
new AC album revealed last week. This is a monster for AC fans- and frankly, music fans. How do you follow up the first album? Way more live players. String, brass, vocals, you name it.
While we have you here (hopefully on your way back from #MagWest2026): our *second #AceCombat album*, "Aces Without Borders", is now available for pre-order: thetiberiansons.bandcamp.com/album/aces-w... (cover art, as always, by the amazing @lightningarts.bsky.social ) Releasing on October 2!
People are more than numbers. Games are made by teams. Id has been decimated, and they're just the latest in thousands of others. Remember when MS bought Activision and lied to the FTC that they wouldn't do this kind of thing? We need actual consequences for the ones who caused that damage.
When Microsoft lays off veteran developers like Johnmichael, it's the decimation of a studio itself. This cycle of acquiring and discarding studios will continue unless we speak up. #SaveGameWorkers and tell Microsoft to end these unnecessary layoffs NOW: shorturl.at/5ruBE
More of the same shit Funny because yesterday I read an article talking about how much of a failure Amazon's AI has been. futurism.com/artificial-i...
Twitch and Amazon are apparently planning to use streams to train Generative AI. Multiple sources tell me it will be announced in the coming months, despite some internal friction against it. Creators may be able to opt out of some training data.
Remember when MS bought Activision/Blizzard and there were hundreds of articles talking about how it would be great for everyone, actually? And that we all needed to shut up about it? Yeah this is exactly what people worried about. Another dark day in what feels endless.
Xbox will lay off 3200 workers and cut four studios loose aftermath.site/xbox-layoffs-j...
Bungie with huge layoffs today. The tragedy of the game industry continues. You'd think given the volume of layoffs for the past few years, that people just don't play games anymore. Thats simply not true. Execs just demand more unreasonable amounts of profit.
Bungie is laying off a significant number of people today. Exact number isn't clear yet, but employees are being informed this morning.
1 week left to fund this www.kickstarter.com/projects/cag... They hit their first goal, but that get gets them to a quick early access. Much, much more they can do instead!
Hey internet, a bunch of other game dev buddies of mine just put a kickstarter up for their absolutely killer new racing game: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cag... It takes wild arcade racing to truly next level stuff. And there's a free demo you can play! It rules. Racing fans: grab it.
Love to see these quotes being said on live television. A lot of us have been saying it, but here it is on a major network. Extra bonus that it comes from the currently most successful horror movie debut director: Kane Parsons, with Backrooms.
People like Kane and many many others that do care about human art and the creative process have been a beacon of hope while trying to navigate making art in this current climate.
A few weeks ago I got hit with a similar hack to all these. Screenshot attached. It was from a dev discord account I interviewed with 4 years ago. As I just got a ton of devs now following me (thanks!) this is your warning: DO NOT download any demo unless you speak to the person directly to confirm.
I WANT TO STRESS this is NOT the only game they have 'made' they use HUNDREDS of stolen assets from real games and even AI generated assets for these scams! SO don't just be warry of the FOX be warry about ALL games sent in discord servers and DMs! Virus Scanners are also NOT RELIABLE!
As a follow-up from yesterday: if anyone here knows somebody at @discord.com , I need to speak to an actual human. The help bot will not provide any help, and multiple people have now been compromised with multiple servers having to go down because of it. Long shot, but worth a try!
@discord.com : another server being hacked, because ONE account has all the admin privileges, and that one account cannot be accessed without the email associated with the account- which has been hacked www.reddit.com/r/speedfreek...
@discord.com : I have mountains of proof from both myself and these others who were hacked, that we own our accounts. All you need to do is let me speak to a human. It could be over in 30 seconds. Instead it's been 2 days and thousands of people are being compromised
As a follow-up from yesterday: if anyone here knows somebody at @discord.com , I need to speak to an actual human. The help bot will not provide any help, and multiple people have now been compromised with multiple servers having to go down because of it. Long shot, but worth a try!
@discord.com : servers being hacked because you won't let us access our accounts. Which would stop this immediately. www.reddit.com/r/grip/
Grip XR's demo is now out, you can check it out for free! store.steampowered.com/app/4475750/... Kickstarter in a few weeks, but this is what they made *without* that. It's already on it's way. Share it with anyone who wants some old school arcade intense racing with a brand new creative twist!
Dina Babbit Liberation day My partner's grandmother was Dina Babbit, a Holocaust survivor who went on to become a famous artist in her own right. It's an amazing story: alinefromlinda.blogspot.com/2013/05/snow... she loved cartoon dogs, so here is a little tribute with sharpies. Cheers, Dina.
Tomorrow is a general strike in the US if you can do it Economic pain is the only language they will understand No work No school No shopping generalstrikeus.com
youtu.be/YO--FE2Vna8?... years ago there was a wild racing game called "GRIP", a spiritual successor to Rollcage Now they're back with a new idea: With a press of a button the car "cranks" 90 degrees to the left or right. This leads to some absolutely wild track design.
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Made a #MayDayStrong zine! Here's what we're all doing on Friday, May 1, 2026, friends -- and why! Check out the zine in this thread and check out maydaystrong.org for events near you!
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Happy Monday. Today we're making a few updates/announcements. First up: our nonprofit ETCH is alive on the web. etch-humanity.org ETCH: Ethical Technology and Computing for Humanity. ETCH is not another AI nonprofit. It is a nonprofit that explicitly prioritizes people over AI.
Instantly this new CEO makes his mark as being an instant reviled POS. What a way to start. Can't go a day anymore without some insane money hoarding move from the billionaire (Epstien) class. So sickening.
Devastated to hear the entire Marvel Studios’s Visual Development team has been let go. This was my old home but more importantly, the home of so many incredible artists and peers. Absolutely heartbreaking 😔 Sending all my impacted peers my love and support. Please reach out if you need anything!
thehill.com/homenews/adm... Stopped for now. There is no reason we should continue to tolerate this. It's not a fucking game. He and his entire gang of monsters needs to be removed. Peroid.
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