Kevin Snow
@bravemule.bsky.social
its a shame more games dont let you choose one-off handles anymore
January 3, 2026 at 5:11 PM
its a shame more games dont let you choose one-off handles anymore
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unlike my old laptop, i have only hostility towards my phone. when it's slow, i get mad... like a manager having to deal with a high employee
December 15, 2025 at 10:59 PM
unlike my old laptop, i have only hostility towards my phone. when it's slow, i get mad... like a manager having to deal with a high employee
been watching through Daria and its very good
December 31, 2025 at 2:20 AM
been watching through Daria and its very good
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One of the best to ever do it
December 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
One of the best to ever do it
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December 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Between IMMORTALITY, Skin Deep, Jett: The Far Shore and Spooky Express, few composers/sound designers are doing such consistently good/varied work as Priscilla IMO
I really hope people keep hiring me to write music for games. 🥲
December 29, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Between IMMORTALITY, Skin Deep, Jett: The Far Shore and Spooky Express, few composers/sound designers are doing such consistently good/varied work as Priscilla IMO
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Here's my GOTY thread for 2025:
Lot of good shit this year...
But I haven't stopped thinking about SKIN DEEP.
It's wild. And on sale.
You should play it.
store.steampowered.com/app/301280/S...
Lot of good shit this year...
But I haven't stopped thinking about SKIN DEEP.
It's wild. And on sale.
You should play it.
store.steampowered.com/app/301280/S...
Save 35% on Skin Deep on Steam
Skin Deep is an immersive first-person shooter. We got sneezing. We got things getting stuck in your feet. Stalk through a vast non-linear starship and sneak, subvert, and sabotage to survive in this ...
store.steampowered.com
December 25, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Here's my GOTY thread for 2025:
Lot of good shit this year...
But I haven't stopped thinking about SKIN DEEP.
It's wild. And on sale.
You should play it.
store.steampowered.com/app/301280/S...
Lot of good shit this year...
But I haven't stopped thinking about SKIN DEEP.
It's wild. And on sale.
You should play it.
store.steampowered.com/app/301280/S...
daria's inferno (2000)
December 24, 2025 at 5:15 AM
daria's inferno (2000)
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did you know? did you know? pc gamer's immersive sim of the year is on sale until the 6th of january and it is my wholly unbiased opinion that you should play it
store.steampowered.com/app/301280/S...
store.steampowered.com/app/301280/S...
December 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
did you know? did you know? pc gamer's immersive sim of the year is on sale until the 6th of january and it is my wholly unbiased opinion that you should play it
store.steampowered.com/app/301280/S...
store.steampowered.com/app/301280/S...
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This is incredibly painful for me. I have never asked for help like this before. But I have had people reach out to me asking if they can help, so I am sharing my story and finally asking for help.
I've been lucky to have a lovely group of followers here, please share if you can, anything helps <3
I've been lucky to have a lovely group of followers here, please share if you can, anything helps <3
Donate to Help Natalie Recover From Medical Costs After Layoff, organized by Natalie Spitzel
Hi everyone,
For those who don't know me, my name is Nat… Natalie Spitzel needs your support for Help Natalie Recover From Medical Costs After Layoff
gofund.me
December 20, 2025 at 2:43 AM
This is incredibly painful for me. I have never asked for help like this before. But I have had people reach out to me asking if they can help, so I am sharing my story and finally asking for help.
I've been lucky to have a lovely group of followers here, please share if you can, anything helps <3
I've been lucky to have a lovely group of followers here, please share if you can, anything helps <3
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I wrote an article about dialogue choice as part of a narrative designer’s toolkit *aside* from branching, instead considering how choice can invite us to *perform* a character.
My case study is South of Circle’s beautiful fuzzy meaning-making (using symbols instead of words). 💜 Give it a go!
My case study is South of Circle’s beautiful fuzzy meaning-making (using symbols instead of words). 💜 Give it a go!
We're just over the moon to be sharing this with you: the one and only @hannahnicklin.bsky.social on South of the Circle and how developers use in-game choices to give players space in which to perform the story.
www.gamerswithglasses.com/features/per...
www.gamerswithglasses.com/features/per...
Performing Peter: South of the Circle and Fuzzy Choice — Gamers with Glasses
How do game designers make player choices feel meaningful? Hannah Nicklin, author of Writing for Games: Theory and Practice , describes here how the act of choosing allows players to perform a charac...
www.gamerswithglasses.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I wrote an article about dialogue choice as part of a narrative designer’s toolkit *aside* from branching, instead considering how choice can invite us to *perform* a character.
My case study is South of Circle’s beautiful fuzzy meaning-making (using symbols instead of words). 💜 Give it a go!
My case study is South of Circle’s beautiful fuzzy meaning-making (using symbols instead of words). 💜 Give it a go!
Even the ring? No way
From the 1966 Sunset Magazine “Sunset Cook Book of Breads”
December 23, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Even the ring? No way
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From the 1966 Sunset Magazine “Sunset Cook Book of Breads”
December 23, 2025 at 1:05 AM
From the 1966 Sunset Magazine “Sunset Cook Book of Breads”
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Yeah, this is the thing about it, isn't it. If you had some kind of advantage over the competition – why are you so invested in making sure everyone else has it?
I’ve been in game dev for 26 years and I can’t remember any other time where a specific tech was being insistently and persistently pushed on devs as a group in the public sphere.
Why would it? Cui bono? Why would any given dev have an interest in other devs using tech they don’t have a stake in?
Why would it? Cui bono? Why would any given dev have an interest in other devs using tech they don’t have a stake in?
My conspiracy theory about genAI in games blowing up more and more by big companies is that they’ve all got a ton of investors insisting they use genAI tools otherwise they(investors) won’t be able to bankroll em anymore
December 22, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Yeah, this is the thing about it, isn't it. If you had some kind of advantage over the competition – why are you so invested in making sure everyone else has it?
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And if they don’t - wow, that’s great for you! You’re going to leave your competition in the dust.
“Don’t be stuck in the past,”
Or what, Good Samaritan? Why are you so concerned for me? Won’t you benefit if I falter and stumble into the dust bin of history?
“Don’t be stuck in the past,”
Or what, Good Samaritan? Why are you so concerned for me? Won’t you benefit if I falter and stumble into the dust bin of history?
December 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
And if they don’t - wow, that’s great for you! You’re going to leave your competition in the dust.
“Don’t be stuck in the past,”
Or what, Good Samaritan? Why are you so concerned for me? Won’t you benefit if I falter and stumble into the dust bin of history?
“Don’t be stuck in the past,”
Or what, Good Samaritan? Why are you so concerned for me? Won’t you benefit if I falter and stumble into the dust bin of history?
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If devs are *licensing* their own tech, sure. But a dev saying “if you don’t use bump mapping / IK / Source Engine you’re a Luddite / stuck in the past / etc.” - why would they care?
IME if someone uses tech that has self-evident value, people scramble to adopt it.
IME if someone uses tech that has self-evident value, people scramble to adopt it.
December 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
If devs are *licensing* their own tech, sure. But a dev saying “if you don’t use bump mapping / IK / Source Engine you’re a Luddite / stuck in the past / etc.” - why would they care?
IME if someone uses tech that has self-evident value, people scramble to adopt it.
IME if someone uses tech that has self-evident value, people scramble to adopt it.
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I’ve been in game dev for 26 years and I can’t remember any other time where a specific tech was being insistently and persistently pushed on devs as a group in the public sphere.
Why would it? Cui bono? Why would any given dev have an interest in other devs using tech they don’t have a stake in?
Why would it? Cui bono? Why would any given dev have an interest in other devs using tech they don’t have a stake in?
My conspiracy theory about genAI in games blowing up more and more by big companies is that they’ve all got a ton of investors insisting they use genAI tools otherwise they(investors) won’t be able to bankroll em anymore
December 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I’ve been in game dev for 26 years and I can’t remember any other time where a specific tech was being insistently and persistently pushed on devs as a group in the public sphere.
Why would it? Cui bono? Why would any given dev have an interest in other devs using tech they don’t have a stake in?
Why would it? Cui bono? Why would any given dev have an interest in other devs using tech they don’t have a stake in?
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When you have to name 9 swords before content lock
December 9, 2025 at 10:56 PM
When you have to name 9 swords before content lock
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We spoke to a dozen professional concept artists who are currently or have previously worked in game development about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs any easier.
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
Concept Artists Say Generative AI References Only Make Their Jobs Harder
“The ‘early ideation stages’, when worlds are being fleshed out by writers and artists, are literally crucial to the development of a game’s vision,” said one artist.
thisweekinvideogames.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
We spoke to a dozen professional concept artists who are currently or have previously worked in game development about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs any easier.
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
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Most of us did not choose to write or draw or design so that we could put products on the shelf. We chose to do it because it’s a set of skills we enjoy exercising, that give us fulfillment.
It’s like asking a pro pitcher to just let a machine pitch for them. Fuck off and give me the ball.
It’s like asking a pro pitcher to just let a machine pitch for them. Fuck off and give me the ball.
December 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Most of us did not choose to write or draw or design so that we could put products on the shelf. We chose to do it because it’s a set of skills we enjoy exercising, that give us fulfillment.
It’s like asking a pro pitcher to just let a machine pitch for them. Fuck off and give me the ball.
It’s like asking a pro pitcher to just let a machine pitch for them. Fuck off and give me the ball.
I appreciate when there's an audience backlash to this because what's happening from a dev perspective is that its gradually being normalized across many studios, through similar thinking and top-down culture-setting as revealed by these interviews.
this is a good battle to pick. the CEO mentioned using "AI" and got so much shit for it immediately that he's rattled and backpedaling. easy win there
this shit, despite its faults, is not going anywhere and people are going to have to pick their battles
December 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I appreciate when there's an audience backlash to this because what's happening from a dev perspective is that its gradually being normalized across many studios, through similar thinking and top-down culture-setting as revealed by these interviews.
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Recently had a fascinating question from a user and ended up in a rabbit hole of saliency traps.
Had to write it up lest it haunt me: www.yarnspinner.dev/blog/salienc...
Had to write it up lest it haunt me: www.yarnspinner.dev/blog/salienc...
Saliency Systems and State Mutation | Yarn Spinner
Recently we had a question about saliency systems, and I wrote up a quick example about a quirk that might not be immediately obvious about Yarn Spinner’s story saliency from the outside.
In the end, ...
www.yarnspinner.dev
December 17, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Recently had a fascinating question from a user and ended up in a rabbit hole of saliency traps.
Had to write it up lest it haunt me: www.yarnspinner.dev/blog/salienc...
Had to write it up lest it haunt me: www.yarnspinner.dev/blog/salienc...
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it's beautiful...
I'm so happy to have been a part of this production, and so excited about what we're doing on Project C.
Half Mermaid 🔥💜🔥
I'm so happy to have been a part of this production, and so excited about what we're doing on Project C.
Half Mermaid 🔥💜🔥
December 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
it's beautiful...
I'm so happy to have been a part of this production, and so excited about what we're doing on Project C.
Half Mermaid 🔥💜🔥
I'm so happy to have been a part of this production, and so excited about what we're doing on Project C.
Half Mermaid 🔥💜🔥
this was the best carrot ive ever eaten in my life. density was not a trait i associated with carrots. it was like being a stop-motion miniature creature
redwall dinner, things bugs bunny orders, easter bunny's last meal on death row, etc, etc,
December 16, 2025 at 5:52 AM
this was the best carrot ive ever eaten in my life. density was not a trait i associated with carrots. it was like being a stop-motion miniature creature