Frank
@cptcroissant.bsky.social
He/Him.
Combat Game Designer. Formerly Harmonix. Made Blood Alloy.
I make games and paint minis and curse my dice rolls.
On a quest to hug every corgi.
Combat Game Designer. Formerly Harmonix. Made Blood Alloy.
I make games and paint minis and curse my dice rolls.
On a quest to hug every corgi.
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Frank
@cptcroissant.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Had a friend of a friend apply to the remote combat design gig and got rejected in a day. Took a look at their resume and it wasn’t terribly hard to see why. Thread - improving your resume for #gamedev gigs!
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I can’t believe you lefty Luddites hate tech so much that you embrace mRNA vaccines, heat pumps, electric bikes, hybrid work, renewable power (and awesome advancements in storage), space telescopes, and hot/cold running water but reject the planet destroying plagiarism enrich the worst people bots!
February 18, 2026 at 1:07 PM
I can’t believe you lefty Luddites hate tech so much that you embrace mRNA vaccines, heat pumps, electric bikes, hybrid work, renewable power (and awesome advancements in storage), space telescopes, and hot/cold running water but reject the planet destroying plagiarism enrich the worst people bots!
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Another thing to add to the Dem platform: all of these contracts were plainly procured through fraud, not one of them will be honored, and all culpable parties will be prosecuted.
This isn't a "radical" demand, it's the bare minimum required to re-establish the rule of law.
This isn't a "radical" demand, it's the bare minimum required to re-establish the rule of law.
The current person in charge of ICE's procurement for detention is a GEO Group executive who ran the company's immigration detention portfolio. He was granted an "ethics waiver" from DHS allowing him to hand out contracts to GEO in his new role.
February 17, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Another thing to add to the Dem platform: all of these contracts were plainly procured through fraud, not one of them will be honored, and all culpable parties will be prosecuted.
This isn't a "radical" demand, it's the bare minimum required to re-establish the rule of law.
This isn't a "radical" demand, it's the bare minimum required to re-establish the rule of law.
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i think lots of people underestimate how badly these “AI” companies want people to be unable to afford computers. they view personal computing as a roadblock to their desire for complete end-to-end centralization. the fact that their tech is putting hardware out of reach is not just a happy accident
WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives for 2026 sold out
WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives for 2026 sold out
Hyperscalers are tearing hard drives out of the hands of manufacturers. Prices are therefore also rising for SSDs.
www.heise.de
February 17, 2026 at 5:49 PM
i think lots of people underestimate how badly these “AI” companies want people to be unable to afford computers. they view personal computing as a roadblock to their desire for complete end-to-end centralization. the fact that their tech is putting hardware out of reach is not just a happy accident
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Breaking: Tragedy at the Winter Olympics
February 7, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Breaking: Tragedy at the Winter Olympics
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Firefly Studios is hiring a Game Designer to help shape the next Stronghold game and future Firefly titles.
📍 Remote, Full-time (London or Remote)
🎮 Games industry XP required
🛠️ Made in Unreal Engine
Work with @fireflystudios.bsky.social and apply:
📍 Remote, Full-time (London or Remote)
🎮 Games industry XP required
🛠️ Made in Unreal Engine
Work with @fireflystudios.bsky.social and apply:
Firefly Studios is hiring a Game Designer
We are seeking a creative and independent Game Designer to work alongside our Senior Designer and the rest of the team, on both our upcoming Unreal Engine Stronghold game and future Firefly titles.
workwithindies.com
February 17, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Firefly Studios is hiring a Game Designer to help shape the next Stronghold game and future Firefly titles.
📍 Remote, Full-time (London or Remote)
🎮 Games industry XP required
🛠️ Made in Unreal Engine
Work with @fireflystudios.bsky.social and apply:
📍 Remote, Full-time (London or Remote)
🎮 Games industry XP required
🛠️ Made in Unreal Engine
Work with @fireflystudios.bsky.social and apply:
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Everyone who worked at this camp should go to prison.
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
February 17, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Everyone who worked at this camp should go to prison.
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AI filmmaking is completely unserious.
You've got people with $30k begging the internet for ideas by next week because they have nothing of their own to say, it's just slop for the sake of slop. Embarrassing state of affairs.
You've got people with $30k begging the internet for ideas by next week because they have nothing of their own to say, it's just slop for the sake of slop. Embarrassing state of affairs.
February 17, 2026 at 4:47 PM
AI filmmaking is completely unserious.
You've got people with $30k begging the internet for ideas by next week because they have nothing of their own to say, it's just slop for the sake of slop. Embarrassing state of affairs.
You've got people with $30k begging the internet for ideas by next week because they have nothing of their own to say, it's just slop for the sake of slop. Embarrassing state of affairs.
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Love to see all consumer electronic parts hoovered up by a pretend industry that makes no products and no money, and gives society only economic and ecological ruin in return.
Tech companies would love to take this chance to force us all into subscription-based cloud computing.
The bubble must pop
Tech companies would love to take this chance to force us all into subscription-based cloud computing.
The bubble must pop
February 17, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Love to see all consumer electronic parts hoovered up by a pretend industry that makes no products and no money, and gives society only economic and ecological ruin in return.
Tech companies would love to take this chance to force us all into subscription-based cloud computing.
The bubble must pop
Tech companies would love to take this chance to force us all into subscription-based cloud computing.
The bubble must pop
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There is no drawdown. There is no retreat. ICE is just redistributing their assets to better avoid accountability.
The same day DHS announced the surge would end in Minnesota, ICE activity increased in small towns
The less densely populated areas outside the Twin Cities make it harder for protesters and observers to organize.
www.theverge.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:26 PM
There is no drawdown. There is no retreat. ICE is just redistributing their assets to better avoid accountability.
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kotaku is a good website staffed by good people and it is really maddening and perplexing to me the way right wingers think a perpetually understaffed video game blog is responsible for everything they hate
February 17, 2026 at 5:40 PM
kotaku is a good website staffed by good people and it is really maddening and perplexing to me the way right wingers think a perpetually understaffed video game blog is responsible for everything they hate
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To take this a step further, AI, as actually implemented, exists to increase the ruling class's money and power, destroy human creativity and critical thinking, and fail at basic tasks.
That's *serfdom*. Leftists shouldn't embrace serfdom even if it has a really good marketing plan!!
That's *serfdom*. Leftists shouldn't embrace serfdom even if it has a really good marketing plan!!
full skepticism and abolition of AI as currently envisioned is the only rational response, if there is a "use" for AI beyond making billionaires richer and destroying society, then I'll accept some compromises
February 17, 2026 at 5:11 AM
To take this a step further, AI, as actually implemented, exists to increase the ruling class's money and power, destroy human creativity and critical thinking, and fail at basic tasks.
That's *serfdom*. Leftists shouldn't embrace serfdom even if it has a really good marketing plan!!
That's *serfdom*. Leftists shouldn't embrace serfdom even if it has a really good marketing plan!!
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joyce is going after elon again
February 17, 2026 at 1:22 AM
joyce is going after elon again
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The Tumbler Ridge newspaper puts it better than I could
February 17, 2026 at 12:58 AM
The Tumbler Ridge newspaper puts it better than I could
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I rarely to never engage on twitter much less with Brianna Wu but today I couldn’t take it and she blocked me over this 😂
February 16, 2026 at 11:19 AM
I rarely to never engage on twitter much less with Brianna Wu but today I couldn’t take it and she blocked me over this 😂
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“She’s not from here.”
February 15, 2026 at 11:55 PM
“She’s not from here.”
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Urge your reps to ban Surveillance Pricing and boycott any business that uses it. If it’s allowed to take root, you will be robbed for the rest of your lives.
(1/11) If you live in NY, you’ve probably started seeing a new warning: “THIS PRICE WAS SET BY AN ALGORITHM USING YOUR PERSONAL DATA.” This mandatory disclosure went into effect late last year, and it’s the first attempt by a US state to grapple with a new generation of surveillance pricing.
February 15, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Urge your reps to ban Surveillance Pricing and boycott any business that uses it. If it’s allowed to take root, you will be robbed for the rest of your lives.
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"OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."
This isn't a dead canary in the coal mine, it's a miner. AI doesn't work.
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
This isn't a dead canary in the coal mine, it's a miner. AI doesn't work.
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws
In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...
www.computerworld.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:33 PM
"OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."
This isn't a dead canary in the coal mine, it's a miner. AI doesn't work.
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
This isn't a dead canary in the coal mine, it's a miner. AI doesn't work.
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
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Franzi Schimmer captured this Grizzly bear in Brooks Falls, Alaska just floating along, tippy-tapping down the river, browsing the salmon.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
February 14, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Franzi Schimmer captured this Grizzly bear in Brooks Falls, Alaska just floating along, tippy-tapping down the river, browsing the salmon.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
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talking about epstein with my uber driver and she was like "you know what i would do if i had all that money? id invite all the pedophiles and child abusers to my island and then do Saw on them"
February 13, 2026 at 2:51 AM
talking about epstein with my uber driver and she was like "you know what i would do if i had all that money? id invite all the pedophiles and child abusers to my island and then do Saw on them"
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KEFKA: Life, dreams, hope, where do they come from? And where are they headed? These things... I am going to destroy! Weehohohohohoho!
MEDIA: Clown emperor outlines daring new vision for second year
MEDIA: Clown emperor outlines daring new vision for second year
January 8, 2026 at 3:00 AM
KEFKA: Life, dreams, hope, where do they come from? And where are they headed? These things... I am going to destroy! Weehohohohohoho!
MEDIA: Clown emperor outlines daring new vision for second year
MEDIA: Clown emperor outlines daring new vision for second year
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I recommend reading about how the concentration camp was used by the British in the Second Boer War and you'll see why it is impossible not to use the term about what is happening here if you are being accurate and honest
On the heels of this post last night, I wrote about using the term "concentration camp" and why it matters.
February 14, 2026 at 2:18 PM
I recommend reading about how the concentration camp was used by the British in the Second Boer War and you'll see why it is impossible not to use the term about what is happening here if you are being accurate and honest
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You know what show would win awards? Take the plot of Armageddon (asteroid headed for Earth), change it so we learn 1 year in advance, and then frame the show around the political and economic apocalypse it'd set off between people trying to save the planet and people trying to leverage a disaster.
February 14, 2026 at 2:26 PM
You know what show would win awards? Take the plot of Armageddon (asteroid headed for Earth), change it so we learn 1 year in advance, and then frame the show around the political and economic apocalypse it'd set off between people trying to save the planet and people trying to leverage a disaster.
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i often think about this review
February 14, 2026 at 3:13 AM
i often think about this review
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Today's Load-bearing Tomato addresses the age old question:
"why don't the devs just [SOCIAL MEDIA OPINION]"
It turns out, "a lot of reasons", but if you never have to test your ideas, you never have to discover why they're not any good.
loadbearingtomato.com/p/why-chasin...
"why don't the devs just [SOCIAL MEDIA OPINION]"
It turns out, "a lot of reasons", but if you never have to test your ideas, you never have to discover why they're not any good.
loadbearingtomato.com/p/why-chasin...
Why chasing twitter's approval doesn't work
The opinions you believe are universal are being fed to you by an algorithm designed to show you what you want.
loadbearingtomato.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Today's Load-bearing Tomato addresses the age old question:
"why don't the devs just [SOCIAL MEDIA OPINION]"
It turns out, "a lot of reasons", but if you never have to test your ideas, you never have to discover why they're not any good.
loadbearingtomato.com/p/why-chasin...
"why don't the devs just [SOCIAL MEDIA OPINION]"
It turns out, "a lot of reasons", but if you never have to test your ideas, you never have to discover why they're not any good.
loadbearingtomato.com/p/why-chasin...