Ryan

Ryan

@shadowdx.bsky.social

Believe Women. Trans rights are human rights. Black lives matter. Video games are art. (I tweet about video games and social justice) (he/him)

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My recommendation to anyone that loves Halloween (and for you “MediEvil” fans) and might have missed it - “Over the garden wall.” I love this show so much - it is the most perfect spooky October show ever invented and always worth a rewatch, I never tire of it. Fantastic soundtrack too. 💀🎃

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Just to be clear, we do NOT use AI to make games at PUNKCAKE Délicieux. Honestly it's annoying to have to say it, but since I keep seeing "gamedevs are all secretly using it"... Well, no. AI is for losers. That's not how you make good, creative and/or meaningful games. The art is in the craft.

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Replying to @alexjkane.bsky.social

Also interesting how General Grievous didn't exist until Ep III, and Emperor Palpatine was barely present until Return of the Jedi

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I gave Braid an A+ back in my press days. I spent 100s of hours working on The Witness at PlayStation, fighting for it, getting it into conferences, and being Jon's personal wrangler. I even coined "Metroidbrainia" after it. I will not be buying Order of the Sinking Star, and neither should you.

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last night at 2 am i had an amazing idea for a cozy game. i searched around and somehow it doesn’t already exist even though there’s a clear audience for it i am devastated that i dont know how to program or make art in order to turn this idea into a reality

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Replying to @gunnwriter.bsky.social

Basically, the genie has been out of the bottle for a few years and has probably shaped some of your favourite things without you even knowing. All the more power to you if you want to carve your own artistic path but it’s going to become harder in the commercial entertainment production world.

As a choir kid / debate kid, I very much appreciate this. An additional thought: although lots of debate kids participate in the “theater-type” events, that doesn’t make them theater kids. Debate kids are a different kind of weird (and exist on both sides of the political spectrum.

MSG enthusiast@artificalmcb.bsky.social

band choir theatre kid solidarity

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For the first time since working on the game design for the original Playstation MediEvil games I am working on haunted graveyard puzzles for my unofficially announced supernatural monster game. Loosely based on my book “Coal Face” if you want more insight. Feels great to be back on home turf. 😄💀🕸️

My teenager listening to the opening track of Heathers: The Musical: “This is so exaggerated. School wasn’t really like that… right?” 😬

sarah jeong@sarahjeong.bsky.social

millennials weren't sure whether football/cheerleader cliques were real or a film trope. i still have trouble believing gen xers who allege the breakfast club was a realistic depiction of life and not A Bit

Finally, here are two bonus mechs. Generally I agree that we are not brains controlling meat mechs, but if you are a brain with eyes and arms, you qualify for an exception. And also I forgot about the treehouse robots, which are definitely mechs.

What do you mean I can’t renegotiate this contract?! I’ve got my trusty peashooter and I’m willing to go beat up a bunch of weird monsters right now!

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Replying to @braak.bsky.social

On the other hand, my thesis for the Charlie Daniels Band's smash hit "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" is that the Devil deliberately loses the contest because one catchy tune about how a mediocre fiddlist can out fiddle the devil is worth way more than a single fiddler's soul.

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There is no version of yourself you could become that would satisfy the people who hate you. So you might as well be who you are.

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Replying to @lostturntable.bsky.social

So yeah, using AI to create shit? That's bullshit, fuck that. But don't act like this shit doesn't have a purpose, because it fucking does. I would not be in the much better medical state I am at the moment without using AI to find verifiable sources and documents to bring to my doctor.

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everyone’s gut reaction is going back to physical games but all digital feels like an inevitability even if it should be 10 years from now the real solution is better digital rights you shouldn’t have to check in online with a game you own, even if it’s on a hard drive rather than a CD

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