Ford (ArchmageBrian)
@archmagebrian.bsky.social
Indie game developer. Despite the links/logos, this isn't my company's social media page, it's mine!
Poetry, code-poetry, economics, art to fill the silence and delight the curious.
I wanna try everything (he/him + ADHD + divorced from biofam + polyam).
Poetry, code-poetry, economics, art to fill the silence and delight the curious.
I wanna try everything (he/him + ADHD + divorced from biofam + polyam).
Honestly, the thing on my mind is that the attention economy sucks. It's extremely bad and I hate it. I've posted about this before in various places on the internet; it's a rant I've practiced.
Ironically, I have to "compete" with the rest of the world for their spare time, every day. We all do.
Ironically, I have to "compete" with the rest of the world for their spare time, every day. We all do.
February 21, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Honestly, the thing on my mind is that the attention economy sucks. It's extremely bad and I hate it. I've posted about this before in various places on the internet; it's a rant I've practiced.
Ironically, I have to "compete" with the rest of the world for their spare time, every day. We all do.
Ironically, I have to "compete" with the rest of the world for their spare time, every day. We all do.
PAY attention.
SPEND time.
We know that time is the most valuable resource anyone has. We know that you can buy time but only indirectly.
Why would anyone voluntarily spend the majority of it working?
SPEND time.
We know that time is the most valuable resource anyone has. We know that you can buy time but only indirectly.
Why would anyone voluntarily spend the majority of it working?
February 21, 2025 at 8:34 AM
PAY attention.
SPEND time.
We know that time is the most valuable resource anyone has. We know that you can buy time but only indirectly.
Why would anyone voluntarily spend the majority of it working?
SPEND time.
We know that time is the most valuable resource anyone has. We know that you can buy time but only indirectly.
Why would anyone voluntarily spend the majority of it working?
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What kind of games would you consider "required reading" if you're into the medium? Things like Half Life and Portal come to mind, but I'm more curious about games that aren't incredibly popular but are just REALLY good at what they try. The Beginners Guide comes to mind
#gamedev
#gamedev
February 19, 2025 at 4:34 AM
What kind of games would you consider "required reading" if you're into the medium? Things like Half Life and Portal come to mind, but I'm more curious about games that aren't incredibly popular but are just REALLY good at what they try. The Beginners Guide comes to mind
#gamedev
#gamedev
In my professional work I did a lot of writing. Some of it is just fridge magnet poetry/MadLibs/fill in the blank. Medical professionals get sued a lot. We're not lawyers, but we create, review, and sign legal documents every day we're on the job.
If I HAVE to write something...can it be fun, too?
If I HAVE to write something...can it be fun, too?
February 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
In my professional work I did a lot of writing. Some of it is just fridge magnet poetry/MadLibs/fill in the blank. Medical professionals get sued a lot. We're not lawyers, but we create, review, and sign legal documents every day we're on the job.
If I HAVE to write something...can it be fun, too?
If I HAVE to write something...can it be fun, too?
notes to self.
- make a point to demonstrate interest in things other people have to say. leave space.
- that means stop talking (sometimes)
- which is not the same thing as SHUT_UP.
- it means share the spotlight. we all want a turn to deliver our lines, walk the catwalk, demonstrate our rizz.
- make a point to demonstrate interest in things other people have to say. leave space.
- that means stop talking (sometimes)
- which is not the same thing as SHUT_UP.
- it means share the spotlight. we all want a turn to deliver our lines, walk the catwalk, demonstrate our rizz.
February 16, 2025 at 6:44 PM
notes to self.
- make a point to demonstrate interest in things other people have to say. leave space.
- that means stop talking (sometimes)
- which is not the same thing as SHUT_UP.
- it means share the spotlight. we all want a turn to deliver our lines, walk the catwalk, demonstrate our rizz.
- make a point to demonstrate interest in things other people have to say. leave space.
- that means stop talking (sometimes)
- which is not the same thing as SHUT_UP.
- it means share the spotlight. we all want a turn to deliver our lines, walk the catwalk, demonstrate our rizz.
"Damnit, I have to smoke OUTSIDE NOW."
~Thoughts my Uncle probably had one time, unpublished
~Thoughts my Uncle probably had one time, unpublished
February 16, 2025 at 9:24 AM
"Damnit, I have to smoke OUTSIDE NOW."
~Thoughts my Uncle probably had one time, unpublished
~Thoughts my Uncle probably had one time, unpublished
hay internet
did you read my content?
:desperate_emoji:
:sorry:
(:not_sorry:)
did you read my content?
:desperate_emoji:
:sorry:
(:not_sorry:)
February 16, 2025 at 9:17 AM
hay internet
did you read my content?
:desperate_emoji:
:sorry:
(:not_sorry:)
did you read my content?
:desperate_emoji:
:sorry:
(:not_sorry:)
My former career was something I was well-suited to doing! I loved it for a long time. I would even go back if circumstances were different. But I will never go back to the organization I worked for before now--neither of them.
GlassDoor this isn't. Names unlisted because blame isn't the point.
GlassDoor this isn't. Names unlisted because blame isn't the point.
February 16, 2025 at 8:45 AM
My former career was something I was well-suited to doing! I loved it for a long time. I would even go back if circumstances were different. But I will never go back to the organization I worked for before now--neither of them.
GlassDoor this isn't. Names unlisted because blame isn't the point.
GlassDoor this isn't. Names unlisted because blame isn't the point.
The thing is that I never had a relationship with my biological family that felt good and I was basically raised by MS-DOS.
February 16, 2025 at 3:47 AM
The thing is that I never had a relationship with my biological family that felt good and I was basically raised by MS-DOS.
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There’s a real chance that we staring down a new pandemic in the form of bird flu. It could never happen or happen in the coming months. And we are in the process of decimating our core national public health and infectious disease service.
February 14, 2025 at 9:54 PM
There’s a real chance that we staring down a new pandemic in the form of bird flu. It could never happen or happen in the coming months. And we are in the process of decimating our core national public health and infectious disease service.
This is the town square, right? Apparently the way modern discourse works is that we shout with bullhorns and sometimes other people find what you have to say interesting.
Since you should never shout fire in a crowded theater, I want to emphasize that I am not trying to cause a widespread panic.
Since you should never shout fire in a crowded theater, I want to emphasize that I am not trying to cause a widespread panic.
February 15, 2025 at 12:51 AM
This is the town square, right? Apparently the way modern discourse works is that we shout with bullhorns and sometimes other people find what you have to say interesting.
Since you should never shout fire in a crowded theater, I want to emphasize that I am not trying to cause a widespread panic.
Since you should never shout fire in a crowded theater, I want to emphasize that I am not trying to cause a widespread panic.
Huh. I sure did post some stuff yesterday.
February 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Huh. I sure did post some stuff yesterday.
Training myself to think efficiently when I have to be efficient and to enjoy a few well-earned comforts when I do not.
When in doubt, be a hobbit. Except for the racist pastoral...fuck it, I'm not going down that hobb--rabb--
I'm not going there.
When in doubt, be a hobbit. Except for the racist pastoral...fuck it, I'm not going down that hobb--rabb--
I'm not going there.
February 14, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Training myself to think efficiently when I have to be efficient and to enjoy a few well-earned comforts when I do not.
When in doubt, be a hobbit. Except for the racist pastoral...fuck it, I'm not going down that hobb--rabb--
I'm not going there.
When in doubt, be a hobbit. Except for the racist pastoral...fuck it, I'm not going down that hobb--rabb--
I'm not going there.
Me, trying to find Dark Mode, grasping for words
"where is Millennial Mode"
"I think that's what the KrakenPro desktop UI calls it"
"where is Millennial Mode"
"I think that's what the KrakenPro desktop UI calls it"
February 14, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Me, trying to find Dark Mode, grasping for words
"where is Millennial Mode"
"I think that's what the KrakenPro desktop UI calls it"
"where is Millennial Mode"
"I think that's what the KrakenPro desktop UI calls it"
I realized I was old when I realized I hated websites that were trying to "appify."
I'm on the wrong side of that trend and need to change my position. I'm starting to like them. BUT. I get frustrated when the desktop client is an inferior user experience compared to the mobile app.
I'm on the wrong side of that trend and need to change my position. I'm starting to like them. BUT. I get frustrated when the desktop client is an inferior user experience compared to the mobile app.
February 14, 2025 at 5:52 AM
I realized I was old when I realized I hated websites that were trying to "appify."
I'm on the wrong side of that trend and need to change my position. I'm starting to like them. BUT. I get frustrated when the desktop client is an inferior user experience compared to the mobile app.
I'm on the wrong side of that trend and need to change my position. I'm starting to like them. BUT. I get frustrated when the desktop client is an inferior user experience compared to the mobile app.
Problem exists between keyboard and chair
February 14, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Problem exists between keyboard and chair
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A new issue of Between the Scanlines, our retro gaming (and sporadically anime) 'zine has just hit the usual shelves at itchio!
We crammed in a couple of pages of the edutainment memories peeps shared with us and we've got a bumper feature on RPGs!
betweenthescanlines.itch.io/issue-twenty...
We crammed in a couple of pages of the edutainment memories peeps shared with us and we've got a bumper feature on RPGs!
betweenthescanlines.itch.io/issue-twenty...
February 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
A new issue of Between the Scanlines, our retro gaming (and sporadically anime) 'zine has just hit the usual shelves at itchio!
We crammed in a couple of pages of the edutainment memories peeps shared with us and we've got a bumper feature on RPGs!
betweenthescanlines.itch.io/issue-twenty...
We crammed in a couple of pages of the edutainment memories peeps shared with us and we've got a bumper feature on RPGs!
betweenthescanlines.itch.io/issue-twenty...
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What it feels like trying to convince a friend to play one of your favourite games
February 8, 2025 at 9:27 PM
What it feels like trying to convince a friend to play one of your favourite games
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Was he caught cheating again
February 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Was he caught cheating again
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Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic.
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
globalnews.ca
February 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic.
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
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Any players with the guts to kneel tonight during the national anthem will be instantly inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame.
February 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Any players with the guts to kneel tonight during the national anthem will be instantly inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame.
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Andrew Wilson’s compensation package for 2024 was roughly $25.6M.
You give me $20M of that and I can finance a decently-sized indie studio for damn-near a decade.
You give me $20M of that and I can finance a decently-sized indie studio for damn-near a decade.
Anybody positing that the problem with the games industry is that devs are too expensive is gonna get an instant block. For the cost of one EA CEO you could afford 213 devs making $120k apiece.
Read the room, my dudes; a LOT of very skilled people are out of work right now. Profits are trickling up
Read the room, my dudes; a LOT of very skilled people are out of work right now. Profits are trickling up
February 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Andrew Wilson’s compensation package for 2024 was roughly $25.6M.
You give me $20M of that and I can finance a decently-sized indie studio for damn-near a decade.
You give me $20M of that and I can finance a decently-sized indie studio for damn-near a decade.
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Trump‘s responsible for the felony committed by Elon Musk, including a breach of confidential information in government computers
February 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Trump‘s responsible for the felony committed by Elon Musk, including a breach of confidential information in government computers
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okay so
I grew up on these games, they're *actually* part of the story of how I got together with my now-husband, and we seriously considered naming our dog Guybrush
and I DID NOT KNOW THIS
I grew up on these games, they're *actually* part of the story of how I got together with my now-husband, and we seriously considered naming our dog Guybrush
and I DID NOT KNOW THIS
the origin of the name Guybrush Threepwood is one of my favorite things in video games
they didn’t have a name for the Monkey Island protagonist at the time so they saved the sprite as “guy”
the file was a “brush” file in Deluxe Paint so the artist saved it as “guybrush.bbm”
and, well, it stuck
they didn’t have a name for the Monkey Island protagonist at the time so they saved the sprite as “guy”
the file was a “brush” file in Deluxe Paint so the artist saved it as “guybrush.bbm”
and, well, it stuck
im guybrush threepwood
February 9, 2025 at 4:22 AM
okay so
I grew up on these games, they're *actually* part of the story of how I got together with my now-husband, and we seriously considered naming our dog Guybrush
and I DID NOT KNOW THIS
I grew up on these games, they're *actually* part of the story of how I got together with my now-husband, and we seriously considered naming our dog Guybrush
and I DID NOT KNOW THIS