Niiiiiiiiice

Has anyone ever confirmed/denied whether these cutscenes were partially influenced by Dave McKean’s Sandman work at the time?

The Tom Holland/Umbrella rule except for me it’s exclusively when someone drops the Thief: TDP intro

Sharron Davies ranting against 15 minute cities, because of course she is.

Suzanne Moore in the Telegraph saying she wants to... kill all dogs??

Julie Burchill asking "does it matter if Grok undresses us all?" in The Spectator

Graham Linehan in the midst of his now four-day-long double down on Alex Pretti's murder being justified and fine.

Calling transphobia a 'gateway drug' to the far right undersells it. It's pure accelerant. Grimly fascinating to guess what crankery becomes any famous transphobe's secondary obsession, cos they all have one: 15 minute cities are fascism! Grok noncing is cool! ICE are good! We should kill all dogs!

The most bad-ass rebuttal from Tite Kubo, the author of Bleach.

#portfolioday

Yeah. Even when in many cases the reasoning behind the decision (money/risk-mitigation) is totally understandable it doesn’t stop you ruing and wondering about those could-have-beens.

God that first post-prototype meet where everyone realises they now need to “draw the rest of the owl” is sobering as hell.

Thoughts and prayers 🙏

Ah yes. The marketing D20 of “you can stack the deck but it’s still dumb luck”

Sonic (the Hedgehog) is in Spring Yard zone and soaring past a brightly lit sign reading "POPE"

Bluesky today

Extremely relevant to this discourse is the evergreen "milestone journey" chart by @kchironis.bsky.social

Systems driven games. Especially strategy or management. Oh boy. You can fake it good, sell an idea with a bunch of jury-rigging and gaffa tape in a prototype. But a real system needs time and CONTENT to bed in and reveal its depth (or lack of). I think paradox called it “system soup”

For what it’s worth - sometimes you just need to be told occasionally that what you’re working on looks awesome. And Innkeep really does look fucking great.

I made a side scrolling beat em’ up and it that was a super quick prototype process because 98% of the time the player is pressing the attack button - so the aim is “make that feel GREAT” and the rest will fall into place. It (sorta) did.

Knowing when something you’re working on is “good” or not before dedicating e.g years to it - is one of the hardest parts of game dev - and how much needs to be there initially before you can be confident about it shifts, sometimes significantly, depending on genre.

break it

Amazing news. Congrats, Haley!

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Marketing shot for cairn, Avaa climbs an overhang against the gorgeous backdrop of a setting sun.

Cairn was a hell of an experience. Wondrous, awful, gritty, sometimes euphoric.

Also immensely triggering if you’ve ever been in a relationship with a toxic person (personal or otherwise) prone to violent outbursts.

Left it utterly conflicted. Like all the best art.

Oh yeah the Maki ep ripped! But agree - feels like a lot of piece setting after the hugeness of Shibuya incident. Messy but necessary.

General resetting and Lore Dump ©️ ep is very silly but much rather they get it all out of the way like this in one go 😅

The rest has all been super fun so far. Love LOVE the lawyer-domain. Entering last two eps now. How did you find it all?

A Miracle

Me and @amypearson.bsky.social celebrating Easter as intended (binging all the new JJK and Frieren we resisted until now, in a blanket pile, high on Lindt choco-bunnies)

Couldn’t recommend it

This is so, so well-articulated.

Juniors support by working on clearly defined tasks with help.

Mid-levels apply their skills and can get stuff done in their field.

Seniors guide others and multiply output - by teaching, improving processes, leading by example.

Principals innovate and make improvements that last for years

A screenshot of the Fall Guys LTM mode in Fortnite Crown Jam- team selection screen

A screenshot of the Fall Guys LTM mode in Fortnite Crown Jam- ability selection screen with Big Bean, Bounce Pad and Confetti Crash selected

Some Fall Guys nameplates I worked on. Header says Fall Guys Nameplates

Ranked Knockout selection screen on the main menu in Fall Guys

I’ve been supporting Fall Guys live ops for 5 years and one of the only UI artists on it for almost 3. If you need some colourful art for your game or projects I’ll be available from May 🌸

A photo taken from within the London anti-facism demonstration

Went for another walk in London today 💚

Mackenzie Crook’s magical suburban folk tale, #SmallProphets published by #PenguinBooks and #PuffinBooks down the years. A 🧵
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