An excerpt from the 2024 book Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment, telling the story of how author Andy Weir was fired from Blizzard
This past weekend, the new movie Project Hail Mary was a smash hit, bringing in nearly $141 million at the box office.
But many years ago, before he was writing novels adapted into mega-hit films, Andy Weir was fired from his dream job... at Blizzard Entertainment. Excerpt from my latest book:
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The time I hit 50 followers. Life Changing.
#twitch #streamer #attentionwhore #goals
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From my video archives: This footage is over 10 years old. The city put a stop to the fun with a barrage of speedbumps since then.
#sideshow #oakland #burnout #cars
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“We have to stop building the Human Destroying Machine,” says CEO of Human Destroyer, Inc.
Despite his concerns, the company continues to assemble the Human Destroying Machine, and recently launched the 3rd Beta of Human Destroyer.
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Well I can say I had a chance to play the demo before it went away. Just like the PT demo.
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Super Tank
Supply Truck(s)
Troopers
Rotary Tank & Traverser
Here are some units. The units can travers the dirt.
#realtimestrategy #gamedev #pixelart
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have a good 53rd birthday!
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I'm a couple days late but happy birthday to the GOAT of the RTS genre. I've still got my original copy.
#realtimestrategy #RTS #ageofempires
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A highlight from the song A Villain's Anthem
Youtube: dub.sh/Generation4YT
Spotify: spti.fi/Generation4
#electronic #hiphop #experimental
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Cliffs along with layer filters to make high ground visually different then the low ground.
#highground #gamedev #realtimestrategy
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dirt
close up of dirt
mud on dirt
close up of the mud
Here are some amazing dirt textures I have created.
#pixelart #texture
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Here is a crap ass animation I created ohhh about 17 years ago. I think this could be considered my peak in creativity.
#frogger #neverforget what's #crossyroad?
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The finisher strikes again
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Also attended #seattleindiesexpo or #SIX
Very cool to see what the locals are working on. I'll be keeping my eye on some of these #indiegames.
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shiny
games
chairs
Guy(me), Tifa, and Cait.
Did the PAX thing.
#pax #paxwest #FFVII
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You all looked like children way back then
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I also got the same impression that it is a very young user base.
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That means those people will have to relocate if they want to stay in the games industry. Bend is a pretty remote location.
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This is one of my preferred tracks from The Void album
The Void on Youtube: dub.sh/TheVoidYT
The Void on Spotify: spti.fi/TheVoid
#mr4 #instrumental #post-rock
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Do people touch ferns instead of grass there?
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Now that is how you roleplay
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The song "Peril" from #Halo2 using #guitar.
Listen on Spotify
spti.fi/gamecovers
or on Youtube
dub.sh/GameCoversYT
#martinodonnell #videogamemusic #coversongs #halosoundtrack
1 year ago
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I needed to update a picture on my website and then I noticed I few other things to update and then... I ended up spending my whole day redoing the entire website.
#compulsive #productivity
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It's been about a year ago since my first stream. It's only gotten worse since then.
#twitch #studioone #first
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Somebody told me the plasma rifle from Halo looks like a bird looking at its reflection and it actually pisses me off how right they are.
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