Ben M-J

So many new people, I should pin a post saying who I am. I work at Larian and manage creative content, with a focus on TikTok! Follow us on TikTok here: www.tiktok.com/@larianstudios Follow the Channel From Hell here: www.youtube.com/@LarianCFH Nice picture of me attached for reference.

What the fuck do you mean BioWare is gone. What a loss for games, so fucked.

just to offer a perspective I've not seen much of On Here: I work in codev, I'm not in the "core team". I'm an employee of a codev studio. I am a full time employee with all the legal benefits that entails. I also have better job security than I might at a studio. It's pretty great. I like my job!

boxd.it/gT07Nn Sometimes you take a gamble on a surprise screener, and the surprise is a remarkably moving modern fable that starts off silly, but becomes an increasingly potent moral message about jealousy and gender roles. A beautifully woven delight.

Finished Penguin Colony. Using Lovecraft, man’s lust for power at any cost, turning a blind eye to atrocities just to further ambition, as a really powerful metaphor works so well. Also you have a squawk button.

Been very excited for this one for a while, broke out the good stuff to savour it.

I’ll be honest, I would play a Bungie Battlefront in a HEARTBEAT. Also could you imagine the campaign they’d make for that? Incredible pairing if that comes to pass.

I have so many games to play, but I am so absorbed in Marvel’s Wolverine. It’s fun, is doing interesting things with well-trodden material, and honestly I’m just loving it. A lot more heart than I expected going in. Never bet against Insomniac.

My favourite thing about street fighter was, hands-down, the fact that every time someone is visibly strong, the movie cuts to M Bison making what I can only describe as a demonic cum face.

boxd.it/gOGH5l Street Fighter was good, weird, hilariously horny, clearly loves that series with all its heart but…it just sorta ends without any meaningful conclusion. Odd.

Fire Emblem Fortune’s Weave going from 3 hours of world building dialogue into some kind of ‘go anywhere build stats but you have a time limit’ with little explanation is so wild and daunting. Surely there was a smoother way of doing this.

Rolling and Floating. Artist is Hannah at Black Hound Tattoo in Thame!!

They call him the illustrated guy

Tattoo day today and I am vibrating with excitement

boxd.it/gL42et I think if you try to satirise too many things at once, it becomes increasingly difficult to understand what it is you set out to make fun of in the first place. That’s Digger!

Only one cinema in Oxford is showing Street Fighter this weekend, and it's one showing at 7pm at a VUE next to an industrial estate. I don't think I wanna be murdered.

Ted Lasso finale tying up every single plot point with such speed and ferocity that I almost got motion sickness

Seeing rumours of a new Ape Escape has me so excited, especially if Evening Star are behind it. I did see something funny though, of someone hoping it 'isn't a reboot' - it's a game where you catch monkeys with a big net, what are they gonna do, tell the origin story of the net?

Something is awakening… 🩸 After 20 years of making games, , I’m joining forces with industry veterans to create something new. We’re looking for a publisher, investor or funding partner to help bring it to life. Interested? Know someone? Please share or tag them. Every share helps. Stay Spooky. 👻💀

We have 2 newly opened roles for UK ONLY games animators. Optionally in our lovely Leamington Spa office. RARE JUNIOR ROLE!!! - we want to invest in future talent with this one, we wanna offer the best start we can for a games animator. supersplinestudios.com/jobs/

Orin you glad it's 30% off

Congrats to Larian Guildford's upstairs neighbours on their success

I've had this stupid joke in my head for the past 3 weeks, I had to put it into drawing

"I already didn't like him I just couldn't find a reason until n-" Shut the fuck up shut the fuck up shut the fuck up shut the fuck up shut the fuck up shut the fuck up shut the fuck up

Jacob Geller is no longer a part of MinnMax. He won't be on content moving forward and we won't be publicly airing this week's episode of The MinnMax Show. We're in shock and deeply hurt. Thank you for your patience during this sensitive time.

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We're hiring! We're looking for a Writer and Narrative Designer to join the Fallen London team at a senior or mid level. This position is permanent, remote, and full time, which for us means 35 hours a week. #GamesJobs

Liquid Bluesky

Update to the latest version of Baldur's Gate 3 to enjoy a crash-free experience when starting the game through the GOG Mac launcher, safely create map markers on PS5 without getting booted, and grow slightly less patchy beards. Game Version: 4.1.1.7631656

Control Resonant asks the question: what if the saddest wettest man had to do tasks

After 5+ amazing years, my role at Ninja Theory is at risk of redundancy and I'm therefore looking for new opportunities.

Pervert glasses now brand your temples so people know you’re a pervert even when you’re off duty.

A Glee reboot has been written? That's bad news for Lea Michele.

Incredible for Microsoft to announce the Physint stuff as a win like, a week ago, before then continuing their awful awful layoff train. Feel horrible for everyone caught up in it.

Dressmaker bought and downloaded for Kush to dig in to later, I am so excited to see what they make in it

What do you mean Destiny is coming back and they’re un-vaulting everything.

Actual killer feature for this game, as someone who stubbornly played most of Rebirth's side content.

Ticketmaster's website remains a lesser level of hell, but worth it.

Credits on Onimusha. Hell yeah Capcom put out another banger. Might even be their best game this year.

Very funny that people were expecting Pattinson or Chalamet for Physint but instead got the clown from IT.

A lot of very hard work goes on behind the scenes to choose which BG3 mods to use in the weekly livestream. Unfortunately, some mods just don't make the cut

Where were we? Ah, yes. Getting trounced by big bro, Sarevok. We’re back to our regular Durge streams this week with @aoifelockhart.bsky.social fighting to prove she is the rightful Bhaalbie Girl. We've also added a super helpful BG3 mod for Aoife: twitch.tv/larianstudios

Is it a good thing that I wasn’t horrified at this price or a sign of the times

Blizzard promising realistically far away release dates really does feel like the end of an era.

God I hope Persona 2 happens if only for a certain boss fight and how the heck they handle that

I’m about 5 hours into Onimusha and it’s so fun. The characters are great, the combat is super engaging, but I keep coming back to the faces. The faces are so expressive and it makes the little moments feel even better.