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absolutely insane that Detroit: Become Human started development in like 2012 we're not too far from this tech keynote now

want to feel like a flawless person? spend 30 seconds reading the live chat for any game industry event #BlizzCon

sports games should be treated like smartphones upgrade every year and you'll be disappointed upgrade every 2-4 years and the difference will feel tangible sports #gamedesign is too rigid, graphics have matured, and a yearly release schedule is too frequent to warrant big changes

life is like taking a photo never quite how you pictured it

ontario when there's something cool to see in the sky:

I just said thank you to the self-checkout machine AI has defeated me 🏳️

woke up with a sore neck, a bad knee and an ankle injury sleeping remains the most dangerous activity of my day

im convinced boomers feel a deep, primal joy when they defy google maps how do we replicate this feeling in games? #gamedev

as a #gamedev I really envy the songwriting medium songs don't need a plot or characters, they convey an emotion in < 5 minutes with a few looping lyrics I wonder if we can replicate that in games 💭 a short experience with no objectives or resolution - just focused on conveying a single feeling

shocking statistic I came across today: roughly 1 in 5 AAA game developers in the world are Canadian happy belated #CanadaDay 🇨🇦🕹️

super cool solution! would love to explore how this can work for situations where you don't have enough room for the symbols, like when using coloured outlines around icons

we also have to be ok with not seeing graphical improvements every year games are so much more than hyper realistic simulations current hardware limitations will force devs to focus on art direction rather than fidelity

I wrote a thing then got AI to make its own version of the thing without context of my thing and it wrote a thing that's almost the same thing as my thing does that mean the robot is as smart as me or am I as dumb as the robot?

madison square garden is a circle

pro game design tip: don't start the workday with an entire box of double stuffed oreos for breakfast

day 1 as an amateur wildlife photographer ft. this curious little guy

we are programmed to hope for things but that puts us in a constant state of grief would we be happier if we didn't dream?

civilization destroys itself and all that's preserved are the sacred learnings on building B2B SaaS

suddenly extremely sympathetic to quebec language laws because why does that new cafe have a "restroom" who is resting in there. it’s a washroom. we need a federal mandate. #canada

we all grow up thinking we’ll do things differently than the generations before us after all it's human nature to be a little self-centered it takes real humility to learn from past mistakes, because first, you have to admit that you aren't so different, and you're prone to the exact same faults

history is littered with brilliant people who switch fields expecting the same success, only to be humbled greatly - steve jobs ignored doctors - bill gates ignored educators - elon musk ignored PR advisors moral of the story: listen to the experts in your life 🤓

sometimes I watch a whole video on a dead interest just because I'm touched the algorithm remembered and I don't want it to feel bad

there's something really cinematic about Carney delivering the eulogy for the American Empire the betrayed best-friend steps out of the giant's shadow to lead the rebellion it doesn't feel petty, and it's not about vengeance it's an underdog story, and it's about justice 10/10 character arc

if you are a people-pleaser, DO NOT work in AAA #gamedev when you aim for mass appeal, you'll be stuck considering fans of the franchise vs. fans of the genre lean into one, you alienate the other try to balance both, now everyone's pissed off it's a lose-lose folks, don't do it ✋

#HotTake: moving to another country because your money is worth more there is the IRL equivalent of smurfing I may be broke but at least I have my honour ✊🥲

for me the tension created by pvp in #ArcRaiders is its best quality and a result of "the fear of the unknown" encouraging pvp makes it expected / removing pvp kills the suspense some villain players are essential to the #gamedesign bc if everyone is guaranteed to be friendly, the tension vanishes

the point of a movie is not to be done watching it. the point of a song is not to be done listening to it. the gamers' obsession with completion as the only motivator to play a game has directly led to the medium's worst traits. "AI gaming ghost" is a reflection of the lack of willingness to engage