Liam Berry
@liamberry.ca
liamberry.ca
Music and game dev in Winnipeg, Canada : he / him : Making cityofnone.com with noelberry.ca
Music and game dev in Winnipeg, Canada : he / him : Making cityofnone.com with noelberry.ca
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Liam Berry
@liamberry.ca
· Mar 4
Berryjams (vol. 1), by Liam Berry
16 track album
liamberry.bandcamp.com
Alrighty! Here's Berryjams (vol. 1), a collection of game-related tunes I've written over the past 13 years that are now licensed under CC-BY. Enjoy!
liamberry.bandcamp.com/album/berryj...
liamberry.bandcamp.com/album/berryj...
I am begging Steinberg to make Cubase run on Linux (even though it'll probably never happen)
Living with Windows has always been a calculus of how useful it is professionally vs. the amount of unbearable shit you gotta disable with a script and I think we reached a tipping point where it’s majority unbearable shit.
December 29, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I am begging Steinberg to make Cubase run on Linux (even though it'll probably never happen)
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Living with Windows has always been a calculus of how useful it is professionally vs. the amount of unbearable shit you gotta disable with a script and I think we reached a tipping point where it’s majority unbearable shit.
December 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Living with Windows has always been a calculus of how useful it is professionally vs. the amount of unbearable shit you gotta disable with a script and I think we reached a tipping point where it’s majority unbearable shit.
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I think the way for artists to combat ai slop in 2026 is to lean hard into showing process & WIP. No ai user is going to generate days or weeks of work in progress images & post them because they want to entirely slip the work part.
Embrace the process & let everyone see it.
Embrace the process & let everyone see it.
December 26, 2025 at 4:38 AM
I think the way for artists to combat ai slop in 2026 is to lean hard into showing process & WIP. No ai user is going to generate days or weeks of work in progress images & post them because they want to entirely slip the work part.
Embrace the process & let everyone see it.
Embrace the process & let everyone see it.
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WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Annex businesses tell Ford to back off Bloor bike lanes
Stores in the Annex say the Bloor bike lanes have been a big boost to business. As Michelle Mackey reports, the neighborhood's BIA wants the province to back off its new bill that could see the lanes ...
toronto.citynews.ca
December 23, 2025 at 3:50 AM
WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
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there was a period in the old indie days where we would put like “more games!” menu in our games where we would be like “if you like this try these!” and just list the names of your friends games or other indie games that were similar the player might enjoy.
might be a cool thing to bring back
might be a cool thing to bring back
December 22, 2025 at 8:11 PM
there was a period in the old indie days where we would put like “more games!” menu in our games where we would be like “if you like this try these!” and just list the names of your friends games or other indie games that were similar the player might enjoy.
might be a cool thing to bring back
might be a cool thing to bring back
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Related: drawing of Kirby by programmer Hiroaki Suga
December 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Related: drawing of Kirby by programmer Hiroaki Suga
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this is a Canadian petition to uphold charter rights for transgender and minority communities
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
December 20, 2025 at 3:20 AM
this is a Canadian petition to uphold charter rights for transgender and minority communities
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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Please…. I’m begging you… if your game has a dialogue choice… and all the answers say the same thing in a different way…. You can just remove the dialogue choice……
December 19, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Please…. I’m begging you… if your game has a dialogue choice… and all the answers say the same thing in a different way…. You can just remove the dialogue choice……
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I've seen lots of acceleration due to the use of AI: acceleration of inequality, acceleration of climate catastrophe, acceleration of slop, acceleration of trust collapse, acceleration of scams, acceleration of model collapsed acceleration of misinformation, acceleration of drought
December 17, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I've seen lots of acceleration due to the use of AI: acceleration of inequality, acceleration of climate catastrophe, acceleration of slop, acceleration of trust collapse, acceleration of scams, acceleration of model collapsed acceleration of misinformation, acceleration of drought
This. Spec work of any kind is anti-labour and should not be legal.
Also it isn't something creatives can just "not do," there are tons of artists who need the work and can't pass up the chance. It's a catch-22, needing change by the very people it benefits... or government regulation, please?
Also it isn't something creatives can just "not do," there are tons of artists who need the work and can't pass up the chance. It's a catch-22, needing change by the very people it benefits... or government regulation, please?
I've heard from a LOT of people that larian demands an especially lengthy and involved, totally unpaid writing test from narrative applicants and: can we not do that. Can we have some basic respect for applicants' time and not lean on fame/desirability to exploit them
I know this because they tried to recruit me and I strongly considered it but they’re also a “do an unpaid writing test where you have to also make it playable” company so that’s not something I vibe with
December 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
This. Spec work of any kind is anti-labour and should not be legal.
Also it isn't something creatives can just "not do," there are tons of artists who need the work and can't pass up the chance. It's a catch-22, needing change by the very people it benefits... or government regulation, please?
Also it isn't something creatives can just "not do," there are tons of artists who need the work and can't pass up the chance. It's a catch-22, needing change by the very people it benefits... or government regulation, please?
can't get enough of this. By Hiroo Isono
secret of mana, player's guide, back, snes (1994) www.mobygames.com/game/6645/se...
December 15, 2025 at 11:44 AM
can't get enough of this. By Hiroo Isono
New areas necessitate new enemies! Spent a couple days futzing with this guy
cityofnone.com with @noelfb.bsky.social
cityofnone.com with @noelfb.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 2:54 AM
New areas necessitate new enemies! Spent a couple days futzing with this guy
cityofnone.com with @noelfb.bsky.social
cityofnone.com with @noelfb.bsky.social
I'm not super up with the discourse, but, is the difference between AAA and indie / whatever just the difference between who is labouring vs. who owns the IP?
December 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I'm not super up with the discourse, but, is the difference between AAA and indie / whatever just the difference between who is labouring vs. who owns the IP?
as a game dev turned theatre nerd turned back into game dev I can absolutely confirm
videogames have more in common with puppet shows and radio plays than books and movies
December 11, 2025 at 4:43 AM
as a game dev turned theatre nerd turned back into game dev I can absolutely confirm
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I'm hoping for more articles on this situation, because we cannot stay quiet: www.gamesradar.com/games/simula...
Publisher says Valve rejected complaint about hateful Steam review: "'Has Muslims, not recommended' is literal racism, so there should be no conversation needed"
"I just don't know what to do about this"
www.gamesradar.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I'm hoping for more articles on this situation, because we cannot stay quiet: www.gamesradar.com/games/simula...
I installed Powertoys like ages ago and using em dashes on Windows is super easy—I use them all the time, since well before LLM's were a thing. I am very annoyed that my attentive use of punctuation would make my writing come off as "AI-ish." Screw that
are we still on about em dashes and ai. imo human writers should just use the em dashes even harder. we should be out here pummeling out those em dashes like we're emily dickinson
December 10, 2025 at 4:17 AM
I installed Powertoys like ages ago and using em dashes on Windows is super easy—I use them all the time, since well before LLM's were a thing. I am very annoyed that my attentive use of punctuation would make my writing come off as "AI-ish." Screw that
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“Large projects will rightly grab headlines as cranes rise across our skyline, but we shouldn’t overlook the vital and complementary role of the small convenience stores experiencing their own development boom.”
My column today: Ten new convenience stores opened this year in downtown Winnipeg. These seeds of urban renewal will support the success of several major projects in development, by helping to create a fine-grain and walkable neighbourhood around them. www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...
Opinion: Convenience stores — the seeds of new neighbourhoods
The COVID-19 pandemic was a gut punch to downtown Winnipeg. No area of the city felt such devastating impacts, and even a few years later it remains the place struggling most to regain its former mome...
www.winnipegfreepress.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:51 PM
“Large projects will rightly grab headlines as cranes rise across our skyline, but we shouldn’t overlook the vital and complementary role of the small convenience stores experiencing their own development boom.”
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butler's recent book, Who's Afraid of Gender, completely called this shit. essential read.
people thought Judith Butler was exaggerating before but she's been proven right, i think
December 4, 2025 at 12:45 AM
butler's recent book, Who's Afraid of Gender, completely called this shit. essential read.
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Winnipeg can ignore provincial decision, approve apartment complex next to curling club, new report says www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Winnipeg can ignore municipal board, approve apartment complex next to curling club: new report | CBC News
The City of Winnipeg is free to ignore a provincial board's decision to grant the Granite Curling Club an effective veto over plans to build residential housing on a parking lot next door, city planni...
www.cbc.ca
December 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Winnipeg can ignore provincial decision, approve apartment complex next to curling club, new report says www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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in order: purchasing on bandcamp, streaming or purchasing from qobuz, streaming from most other platforms (apple music, tidal, deezer, etc.), or pirating (if financially unable to afford other options) are all valid alternatives to supporting the spotify corporation.
December 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
in order: purchasing on bandcamp, streaming or purchasing from qobuz, streaming from most other platforms (apple music, tidal, deezer, etc.), or pirating (if financially unable to afford other options) are all valid alternatives to supporting the spotify corporation.
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An easy way to explain luddites:
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
December 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
An easy way to explain luddites:
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
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Genuinely feels like there's been a coup within the Liberal party thanks to Carney and his bros.
Not to say Trudeau's Liberals were much better (they bought a pipeline!) but Carney is a full-blown red tory and I'm shocked more Liberals aren't outraged their party has been usurped like this.
Not to say Trudeau's Liberals were much better (they bought a pipeline!) but Carney is a full-blown red tory and I'm shocked more Liberals aren't outraged their party has been usurped like this.
Super cool that we've got a deal for a path towards a pipeline that's tied to a carbon capture project, as if that makes it okay
when carbon capture one of the most expensive and least effective options for addressing climate change, and oil companies often use it to EXTRACT MORE OIL!!!!
fuck man
when carbon capture one of the most expensive and least effective options for addressing climate change, and oil companies often use it to EXTRACT MORE OIL!!!!
fuck man
November 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Genuinely feels like there's been a coup within the Liberal party thanks to Carney and his bros.
Not to say Trudeau's Liberals were much better (they bought a pipeline!) but Carney is a full-blown red tory and I'm shocked more Liberals aren't outraged their party has been usurped like this.
Not to say Trudeau's Liberals were much better (they bought a pipeline!) but Carney is a full-blown red tory and I'm shocked more Liberals aren't outraged their party has been usurped like this.
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LOK Digital is coming to Nintendo Switch on December 9th!
Learn a cryptic language of world-changing words and master their mind-bending effects. Embark on your charming puzzle-solving journey to help the LOK creatures thrive.
Play the demo and pre-order now:
www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
Learn a cryptic language of world-changing words and master their mind-bending effects. Embark on your charming puzzle-solving journey to help the LOK creatures thrive.
Play the demo and pre-order now:
www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
November 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
LOK Digital is coming to Nintendo Switch on December 9th!
Learn a cryptic language of world-changing words and master their mind-bending effects. Embark on your charming puzzle-solving journey to help the LOK creatures thrive.
Play the demo and pre-order now:
www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
Learn a cryptic language of world-changing words and master their mind-bending effects. Embark on your charming puzzle-solving journey to help the LOK creatures thrive.
Play the demo and pre-order now:
www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
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Over the past two years in Winnipeg, 25 pedestrians and cyclists have been killed in motor vehicle collisions. More than one per month.
When do we start genuinely prioritizing safety over vehicle speed in our street design?
When do we start genuinely prioritizing safety over vehicle speed in our street design?
November 25, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Over the past two years in Winnipeg, 25 pedestrians and cyclists have been killed in motor vehicle collisions. More than one per month.
When do we start genuinely prioritizing safety over vehicle speed in our street design?
When do we start genuinely prioritizing safety over vehicle speed in our street design?
Very excited that my piece "O My Heart, the Wind" will be featured in this year's Winnipeg New Music Festival with the WSO, alongside new works by fellow emerging composers!
www.wnmf.ca/wnmf-showcas...
www.wnmf.ca/wnmf-showcas...
WNMF Showcase: Launchpad
Presented by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, the Winnipeg New Music Festival (WNMF) is one of Winnipeg’s most celebrated musical events and is a leading voice for new music in North America
www.wnmf.ca
November 24, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Very excited that my piece "O My Heart, the Wind" will be featured in this year's Winnipeg New Music Festival with the WSO, alongside new works by fellow emerging composers!
www.wnmf.ca/wnmf-showcas...
www.wnmf.ca/wnmf-showcas...