Not sure if Marathon is sharpening my overall gaming skills but I just jumped back into Elden Ring: Nightreign for the first time in months and defeated a new Nightlord first try.

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Game Dev DrinkUp Edinburgh A meetup for game developers in the Edinburgh area, on the 2nd Thursday of every month.

Tomorrow is the 22nd Edinburgh Game Dev Drink Up. Tables at the back of the Hollyrood 9A from 6pm.

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I found out Nathan "Bentllama" Walpole passed suddenly. He was an animator on Halo 2 & 3, always kind, sharing animation advice & critiques. He was a big part of our WoW guild. One of the characters that helped shape what I felt Bungie was as a company.

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Jonathan Cooper - Learnings from launching the Apple Vision Pro YouTube video by Hubworld Scotland

Given in February 2025 in Dundee’s Abertay cyberQuarter research centre, my talk on Learnings from Launching the Apple Vision Pro is now public. Give it a watch if you’re interested in mixed reality or the experience of Apple’s internal culture from the perspective of a game developer. #VR #AR #XR

The Best Game Animation of 2025 YouTube video by New Frame Plus

I know ALL of the best video game animation released in 2025, and now you can too
#animation #gamedev

Even the death is perfectly animated

Top-tier triplanar grid there.

Musketeer d'Artagnan's remains believed found under Dutch church D'Artagnan was killed during the Siege of Maastricht in 1673 and later immortalised in the stories of Alexandre Dumas.

I was much older than I should have been before learning he wasn’t actually called Dogtanian

Games Talks Live presentation on the Load ZX Spectrum museum in Portugal

Another great @gamestalkslive.bsky.social last night in Edinburgh. Gonna have to get out to Portugal for this ZX Spectrum museum.

Its #wishlistwednesday

We are making our first game, Trash City Turbo!

Its a fun arcade experience about cleaning up a dinky cyberpunk city in your souped up road sweeper!

You can find us on Steam here - store.steampowered.com/app/4484260/...

#indiegame #indiedev #madewithgodot #gamedev

Welcome to LightSpeed Mocap LA YouTube video by LightSpeed Studios

Interesting - Lightspeed LA are now advertising their mocap stage to external customers, not just the Lightspeed LA studio.

Released 30 years ago today! Bio Hazard / Resident Evil gameplay mocap and live-action behind-the-scenes. From the Birth of Bio Hazard VHS

39C3 - A post-American, enshittification-resistant internet YouTube video by media.ccc.de

"Post-American" is becoming increasingly appealing

Not everyone making games knows how games are made.

I got this for Xmas as a kid on VHS and watched it repeatedly.

I was asked to give my thoughts on generative AI usage in games - here they are!

Spotless metal controller with a central d-pad and shallow buttons on the left and right in Dundee, Scotland

Love this all-weather stainless steel controller setup from an outdoor video game installation

Primarily the result of fake career progression

Easier said than done for some but setting oneself apart from the old establishment “games industry” is going to be the way to succeed in this current period IMO.

Peter Moore’s video game stories: “Maybe the console wars were my fault” YouTube video by The Game Business

“Colonel Shepard”

A 30% drop in attendance. GDC is going the way of E3.

Fellow Scot: Ally McNally

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Tonight!

Game Dev DrinkUp Edinburgh A meetup for game developers in the Edinburgh area, on the 2nd Thursday of every month.

Tomorrow (Thursday the 12th of March) is the 21st Edinburgh Game Dev Drink Up. Tables at the front of the Hollyrood 9A from 6pm

Giant metal spider sculpture “Maman” being assembled by crane in the Tate Modern in London

Art-wise you can’t beat just making a big fucking spider. I saw Bourgeois’ biggest, “Maman” when it opened in the Tate Modern at the turn of the millennium, and again recently when they were assembling it for its return.

Louise Bourgeois’ “Spider” in the National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh

Big spider in the room today 🕷️