Matthew "Queso" Niederberger

I miss these tabs. These tabs were peak.

an occupational hazard we don't talk about enough is that if you get really good at designing video games half of all youtube videos become lethal brain toxin to you

OK while I am mad about UI, everyone is also banned from the "everything is a card" school of design. I was recently faced with this mobile app lookin ass departure board at DFW. Putting everything in rounded boxes within rounded boxes within rounded boxes is making shit completely illegible.

games in general now, not even just aaa games, are way too concerned with the player getting stuck or upset or whatever. why give a shit. The Player is not gonna put the game down as soon as they hit any friction, most of them won't even stop when the game actively makes their life worse

This is why I'm so hardline on this shit. "Oh I'm just going to casually use the product of a corporation that's engaged in an unprecedented assault on the concept of there being such a thing as a society." Eat shit, sincerely.

Reminder this is the chief strategy officer at Xbox...

microsoft have essentially bought up and bulldozed almost an entire american arts industry as a half-hearted distraction from their main project of trying to monopolise and rent-seek global digital infrastructure and military contracts

Oh jeez I've still been complaining about 4 day cons

opinions on showing games at events (mostly a memo to myself for the next time i have to do it)

Seriously. Even if you are a monster, a person driven to hurt other people, an absolute piece of shit… Even THEN all the data demonstrates that prolonged crunch lowers productivity. Those who cling to it are ignorant, and with the evidence available, actively and intentionally so.

Yeah man, takeout and energy drinks, THAT'S what's gonna make the kids you're burning through like firewood unable to buy a house. Wonder why they buy so much takeout and energy drinks? MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TIME TO COOK AND NEED CAFFEINE TO MAINTAIN YOUR SWEATSHOP.

A hundred times this. Consistently disappointed by how many publishers in indie world can’t actually sell a game. Or rather, provide little value in selling a game that isn’t in the thing itself. (Lots of awesome individuals of course, often with hands tied by process and nonsense)

there are no words I'm allowed to say on this website that adequately describe what I think should happen to the "whistleblowers" who got people fired (and in some cases deported) for exercising their legal right to unionise :)

Only Nintendo would have a worldwide premiere for their cafeteria

no one is browsing the store page and being like WOW, I HAVE TO USE THE B.R.I.K.X. TOOL TO OPEN DOORS AND GRATES? nobody is reading "play your way" and getting excited. This is not what excites people about games. What excites them is, and always will be, the fantasy. Which is harder to evaluate.

the problem with games is that a lot of people still try to market it as technology and that only worked when it was new technology. It's mature enough now that "check out this amazing feature" no longer matters. Games-as-tech makes it easier to market a game based on lists of things in said game.

It's not just delivery — it's DiGiorno.

YOU DON'T "CONSUME" ART MOTHERFUCKER. YOU EXPERIENCE IT. YOU FEEL IT. YOU ENGAGE WITH IT. YOU WRESTLE WITH IT. YOU LIVE IT. ART ISN'T A LITTLE MORSEL YOU GOBBLE UP.

there's a pretty simple connection here 1. humans become good at what they practice doing 2. outsourcing to an AI or even other people, means you have stopped doing the thing 3. if you stop doing the thing, you will stop improving, and, long term, get worse at it (cont.)

Our beta playlist begins September 16th! 🎉 Here's what's new: - Cargo King on more maps - Weapon and tool rebalance - New ship: The Serpent - New outfits based on your suggestions Sign up for the playtest on our Steam page now!

man every day some pundit's on here with the latest random thing they think is the problem in the games industry, we're not original enough, not well-read enough, chasing the wrong trends, whatever. pisses me off. it's that there is no fucking money. whatever shit you think you are seeing is THAT

people really out there still saying a game is only good if 'your decisions matter' in the year of our lord 2026. shit's wild

I liked Turn A Gundam

something has to be done about the modern mode of games being marketed through feature-length sizzle reels.

"Indies will save us" No! YOU WILL SAVE INDIES! Go leave a review for that neat indie game you like, share the trailer for an upcoming game you're anticipating, tell your fave developer they did a good job, go tell people about such and such game that's just come out, you can make a difference!

Are you ready for a Second Scrap? Our 2nd tournament begins in 1 hour. Get ready for dogfights, daring escapes, and big explosions in Stars of Icarus! #starsoficarus #tournament #space

This was, is, and always will be a brilliantly shit illustration of how stupidly self defeating business people can be. Forgoing the universal positive of a staff self-training on their own time, because of the vague fear that one in a hundred might make some money.

Your next PvP space shooter is here. Check out the Stars of Icarus playtest on Steam! #starsoficarus #space #spacegame

Play my not hit game Embr

love how one of the rewards you get for making a successful game is just having a hoard of angry people yell at you for dumb shit online constantly, forever

Weird accomplishments: I've written for a niche sports rulebook In college my writing professor nominated my paper for a first year writing award. The paper was about how the first year writing class sucked. I'm quoted in print for Game Informer I have a long forgotten rare TF2 medal

The main way in which AI has negatively impacted games industry jobs is not through actual automation of those jobs or even untrue claims about automation. It's by making capital unavailable because it's tied up in AI investments while also destroying the consumer base for video game hardware.

Many thoughts here. Great grit these teams and players. Such a shame seeing the US trying to dismantle women's sports. Sports are so much more than competition. Gender inclusive and queer sports are the future.

Is it good when the sun looks like this

The Stars of Icarus playtest is LIVE until August 3rd! Join on our Steam page and give Cargo King a try --> store.steampowered.com/app/2278950/... #playtest #spacegame #indiegame

it's funny how for decades the RIAA would carbomb teenagers for downloading one (1) song yet now these dudes are just allowed to do this shit like it's nothing

Part 4 of my series about game design aesthetics! In this one I discuss what a personal design aesthetic is, how it comes to be, and how to nurture it. Article five, in a few weeks, will discuss the game design aesthetic of groups: studios, team, cultures. #GameDesign

Part three of my series about game design aesthetics! In this one I talk about the many decisions game designers make every day, and how they make them. Article four will come next week, where I'll finally talk about designers' personal design style—their design asesthetic—directly. #GameDesign

Getting a lot of eyeballs at the moment, so, if you’ve also announced an indie game recently, reply here and show off your wares with a trailer. If you’re reading this later, go checkout these games and get them wishlisted (you know, just like you’ve already wishlisted Vampirium: 1997)