Patrick Garratt

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A propos of nothing, but LadyLight's Thursday night jungle mixes are fucking "banging". Both drum and bass. Both.

In this week's issue, Digital Extremes' president Sheldon Carter and senior community manager Sarah Asselin explain how Soulframe is being developed without encroaching on Warframe's ongoing success.

An absolute pleasure to speak to @mikebithell.bsky.social in Middlesbrough last week. Can't wait for the game.

📣Calling all women and femme writers📣 I am looking to commission around 10 heartfelt essays surrounding video game criticism. If this sounds like something you are down to do them read on and I urge you to apply. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

A noise woke me up at 3 in the morning.

Oh, today the takes will be hot. The hottest.

How Trump's camp is exploiting France's riots to energize the MAGA base ahead of US midterms

We've been squishing bugs and making quality of life improvements to Vampirium: 1997 🧛 Here's a handful of the updates we've been working on!

Montpellier, j'adore x

I'm utterly exhausted.

'October 17 may become the symbol of the definitive collapse of Macronism'

Here you go, @mariedeal.bsky.social.

*EIGHT years ago, I released YOU ARE JEFF BEZOS It's still getting people bent out of shape to this day! direkris.itch.io/you-are-jeff...

Marrant ça parce qu’il me semblait qu’il y avait un camp des gens qui réclament plusse de justice sociale, d’autres futurs que le fascisme la guerre et les tomates au cancer et qui sont fait gazer en 3 minutes pendant que leur président était au concert de Céline Dion mais j’ai dû rêver.

This was absolutely great fun last night, long live VGC

This is actually insane.

This is interesting and I do agree on one thing: there will be some sleeper hits around mid-November. While GTAVI will definitely take the main stage, a lot of smaller creators and outlets that wouldn't normally play similar games are going to do just that - not play the game

To launch or not to launch? The answer isn't quite as straightforward as you may think.

Middlesbrough for Game Republic. Greased and primed for some hot northern B2B action.

*cough*

Reddit's also suddenly rather quiet on the pro-MAGA front. Weird.

Cinder City was pretty sexy, ngl.

Never, ever trust a politician. I shook this guy's hand once, then we both just stared at each other in confusion. Guess we both had the right instincts.

Are you (or anyone you know) running a Godot user group in your city? Specifically looking for the ones where people meet in person. Please reach out if you want your group to be included in the first batch of our community page update :)

Very much enjoyed working on this.

Buy physical books, play physical games, live physical lives.

Did it. No deaths, no break in multiplier, all humans. What a time to be alive.

I can't do this without the multiplier breaking. It's driving me mad. I can't keep it going long enough to get the second secret human.

obviously not much 'gameplay' here to speak of in real terms, but in terms of art and vibes this appears absolutely spot-on and as a result makes me tremendously sad

📦 We've got a new version of the itch app for you today! You can now manage collections directly in app. Also Steam Shortcuts feature has been enhanced, with Proton support for Windows games on Linux. Check it out: itch.io/updates/itch...

Really loving what @caitlinst.bsky.social is doing with these (I’ve seen the next few too) It’s a fun game to talk about, a proper little anecdote machine

Le mouvement lycéen et étudiant signe le crépuscule du macronisme: les jeunes veulent se former et accéder aux études, et un pouvoir élitiste leur répond en réduisant de 20% le budget par étudiant entre 2017 et 2026 et en gérant la pénurie avec un algorithme opaque (Parcoursup)

Allez Montpellier.

5/10/26

Been teaching myself Unreal and built this moody office scene while learning the basics of lighting, VFX, camera control, animation, cinematics, and blueprints. Wanted to make it feel convincingly cluttered and lived-in, which involved placing 600+ props by hand. Sound up for maximum atmosphere.

🇬🇧🏴🚩The STJV is supporting the high school movement in France, and is calling on workers, in video games and elsewhere, to join the demonstrations and actions tomorrow, on October 6th. We are releasing a national call to strike in the video game industry:

This isn't stopping.

Team17 just sold over four million full-price double-A shooter units from two UK developers. Errol from Expression was a delight to interview. So humble!

Tickets are moving *slowly* for this. Which is fine. I'm not expecting it to sell out. But it'd be really nice to get a few more bums on seats between now and Oct 14. It'll be good, promise! Brighton game likers/devs, please share, tell yr pals, think positive thoughts, thank you.

I thought about making a "cozy" game a while back and someone recommended I play Florence, which I just did, and now I'm sitting here literally crying? What the actual fuck?

Installed Resogun. Error.

Anyway, go follow @verticalslicenews.bsky.social if you want a hint of where I'm heading next (and why I'm constantly banging this drum) The existential problem facing game media really does have a simple solution: pay for the reporting you value or watch it fade away.

Students set a lycée on fire in Montpellier this morning in response to police brutality against protests yesterday. Youth today, eh?

Nearly. Weekend.