Zynga?

"Crom was angered, and the Earth shook. Fire and wind struck down these giants, and they threw their bodies into the waters, but in their rage, the gods forgot the secret of steel and left it on the battlefield. We who found it are just men. Not gods. Not giants. Just men." - Conan 19:82

The sequel to Jason Statham's near-perfect action thriller is destined to be the best movie of 2027 Protect the hive...

Proof that there is still some small sliver of good in the world.

Spoiler Warning: this article roughly explains the whole story of the first movie.

Honestly if you truly believe that “typing syntax” is where most time goes when programming you don’t understand programming. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Everything is bad now because kids get their taste in music from algorithms instead of from trying to impress the older girl you know who looks like the Bombchu Bowling Alley Operator

The industry is run by finance guys now who think avoiding risk in creative spaces is copying the other popular things.

From Early Nirvana To Phish, A Chicago Fan's Secret Recordings Of 10,000 Shows Are Now Online Aadam Jacobs has secretly recorded over 10,000 local concerts since 1989. Now, they are cleaned up and ready to listen to for free online.

Chicago man releases 10,000 secretly recorded music shows starting from 1989

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He's very smart and insightful and has great taste. :)

Video games can be things you just have fun with in your spare time.

New podcast episode! Part two of my interview with @kiddesimo.bsky.social - we talked about transmedia IP, streamer game strategy, even Quantum Break and Bandersnatch come up!

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Also, this one is relatively new and I've enjoyed it a lot. Casual chats with folks all around the industry. Make Games, Drink Coffee - Game developer interview podcast www.makegamesdrinkcoffee.com

I really enjoy Dev Game Club. The premise is a couple of long time veteran devs play old games and talk about their long term impact. The two hosts are also long time friends who like to talk about games. Dev Game Club www.devgameclub.com

The interviews they get are also great.

Hahaha, oh no...

My favorite is "borderless fullscreen window"

Dave Grohl filming his own HBO series

Game Development Budgets and Customer Value YouTube video by Casey Muratori

There can be a surprising amount of A-ness coming out of smaller teams, though.

I have a joke about programming, but the original dev isn't here to explain it anymore.

Finally rolled credits on Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment and it was quite lovely and fun. Although I think I do prefer the alternate timeline stuff from Age of Calamity.

In the same vein as this, but a normal residential door blocking a character that is very capable of removing/opening/breaking that door.

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That parry timing is no joke...

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This looks great! Pre-ordered :)

MECO confirmed. Oh my. So good. And… holy stage separation! #ArtemisII

Could be. I left there in... 2014?

How bizarre. I must've missed that when I was at PWE, although I didn't interact with a ton of cryptic folks.

I've never seen Staff at a gaming company.

Not that I believe Microsoft will actually honor any of this, given how cavalier they are about messing with my personal computer for their shareholders, but better to be safe.

"Weird Al" Yankovic - The Eminem Interview YouTube video by alyankovic

He was very popular in my area when he was blowing up. Although, now, I only really remember his interview with @alyankovic.bsky.social

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If you need a QA/Test Lead for your team with 9 years of experience in the industry, including live service and single player AAA titles, please hit me up.

I have worked on titles like Destiny 2 and Fortnite, and would love to be your test team's best advocate and process improver.

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