MacReadyGaming
@macreadygaming.bsky.social
Graphic design/pixel artist with a filmmaking background. Writer. Gamer. Storyteller & TTRPG lover. Action & genre film junkie. Former USMC. AuDHD. Non-binary (he/they).
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People getting rabid over movies & filmmakers failing their purity tests and I dunno man. It’s movies, not global politics. If Eric Trump decided he wanted to direct action movies I bet I would watch that shit religiously. Movie stars are knuckleheads. Studios are evil. Find your heroes elsewhere.
November 15, 2025 at 8:24 AM
People getting rabid over movies & filmmakers failing their purity tests and I dunno man. It’s movies, not global politics. If Eric Trump decided he wanted to direct action movies I bet I would watch that shit religiously. Movie stars are knuckleheads. Studios are evil. Find your heroes elsewhere.
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This translates to “tailor-made for me!” Got this queued up for a couple watches this weekend. I’ve been begging for years for someone to get Daniel Bernhardt back into a lead role and it’s finally here. And hey look, BSky’s favorite exiled son, Patton Oswalt is along for the ride. Can’t wait!
Ever wonder what Conan directed by Sam Raimi would look like? Especially if it featured amazing practical effects and starred one of the foremost ass-kickers in the business? Then Steven Kostanski made just the flick for you. This thing was engineered in a lab for me to love it. Fucking fantastic!
November 15, 2025 at 5:29 AM
This translates to “tailor-made for me!” Got this queued up for a couple watches this weekend. I’ve been begging for years for someone to get Daniel Bernhardt back into a lead role and it’s finally here. And hey look, BSky’s favorite exiled son, Patton Oswalt is along for the ride. Can’t wait!
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Ever wonder what Conan directed by Sam Raimi would look like? Especially if it featured amazing practical effects and starred one of the foremost ass-kickers in the business? Then Steven Kostanski made just the flick for you. This thing was engineered in a lab for me to love it. Fucking fantastic!
November 15, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Ever wonder what Conan directed by Sam Raimi would look like? Especially if it featured amazing practical effects and starred one of the foremost ass-kickers in the business? Then Steven Kostanski made just the flick for you. This thing was engineered in a lab for me to love it. Fucking fantastic!
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There’s the fucking rat behavior
Speaking at a Texas Tribune Festival on Friday, former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg criticized the Democratic Party for failing to reach everyday Americans, arguing that it “got sucked in” to a conversation about identity. #TribFest25
Pete Buttigieg critiques Democrats for focus on identity
The former U.S. transportation secretary said the Democratic Party should focus more on issues gripping the country, such as health care and housing affordability.
www.texastribune.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:41 AM
There’s the fucking rat behavior
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There it is, the best headline I will ever write.
November 13, 2025 at 3:01 AM
There it is, the best headline I will ever write.
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the idea that lots of gamedevs are secretly using ai is booster bullshit
what on earth would I use genAI tools for? Coming up with ideas? Writing? It’s shit at those
making 3D models? Coding stuff? It’s shit at that too
oh but it’s faster maybe? Did I mention it’s shit at things?
seems important
what on earth would I use genAI tools for? Coming up with ideas? Writing? It’s shit at those
making 3D models? Coding stuff? It’s shit at that too
oh but it’s faster maybe? Did I mention it’s shit at things?
seems important
November 12, 2025 at 3:59 AM
the idea that lots of gamedevs are secretly using ai is booster bullshit
what on earth would I use genAI tools for? Coming up with ideas? Writing? It’s shit at those
making 3D models? Coding stuff? It’s shit at that too
oh but it’s faster maybe? Did I mention it’s shit at things?
seems important
what on earth would I use genAI tools for? Coming up with ideas? Writing? It’s shit at those
making 3D models? Coding stuff? It’s shit at that too
oh but it’s faster maybe? Did I mention it’s shit at things?
seems important
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We don’t use generative AI at Strange Scaffold and I can confirm that a *lot* of other studios are not—whether indie or AAA.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm
automaton-media.com/en/news/its-...
automaton-media.com/en/news/its-...
“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm - AUTOMATON WEST
In an interview following the launch of ARC Raiders, the CEO of Embark Studios' parent company Nexon shares his views on AI.
automaton-media.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:25 AM
We don’t use generative AI at Strange Scaffold and I can confirm that a *lot* of other studios are not—whether indie or AAA.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
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You'll be seeing a lot of me this week on the Podcast circuit as apparently I am the "Predator Expert" and as such I bring in equal parts my knowledge and my diseased take that AvP:R is in fact worth your time and has a lot more going on under the hood.
Enjoy.
Enjoy.
The #MakeMeWatchIt duo are joined by the inimitable @odstspartan.bsky.social of @a4epodcast.bsky.social to hunt monsters as we talk @realgdt.bsky.social's #Frankenstein and go full spoilers on #PredatorBadlands. Hope you like nerd shit, because we're loaded for bear.
open.spotify.com/episode/4ymV...
open.spotify.com/episode/4ymV...
Episode 55: "Android Backpack" - Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein / Predator: Badlands
open.spotify.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:46 PM
You'll be seeing a lot of me this week on the Podcast circuit as apparently I am the "Predator Expert" and as such I bring in equal parts my knowledge and my diseased take that AvP:R is in fact worth your time and has a lot more going on under the hood.
Enjoy.
Enjoy.
-sigh- I've had better days.
a cartoon of homer simpson laying on a bed
ALT: a cartoon of homer simpson laying on a bed
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November 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
-sigh- I've had better days.
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YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT! I HAVE WRITTEN A NEW ARTICLE!
this one's a bit weird; rather than doing my usual "trying to organize my thoughts and building a winding case that builds on itself," I decided to show you what my EARLY article creation process looks like:
docseuss.medium.com/some-loosely...
this one's a bit weird; rather than doing my usual "trying to organize my thoughts and building a winding case that builds on itself," I decided to show you what my EARLY article creation process looks like:
docseuss.medium.com/some-loosely...
some loosely organized thoughts about dialogue sysin games
think of this as me trying to find out what parts of dialogue choices are load bearing game design and what else can be done with dialogue.
docseuss.medium.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:04 AM
YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT! I HAVE WRITTEN A NEW ARTICLE!
this one's a bit weird; rather than doing my usual "trying to organize my thoughts and building a winding case that builds on itself," I decided to show you what my EARLY article creation process looks like:
docseuss.medium.com/some-loosely...
this one's a bit weird; rather than doing my usual "trying to organize my thoughts and building a winding case that builds on itself," I decided to show you what my EARLY article creation process looks like:
docseuss.medium.com/some-loosely...
THE LOWDOWN is everything I want in a show.
November 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
THE LOWDOWN is everything I want in a show.
Was really trying to see Badlands today but unfortunately it is not in the cards. Hopefully next week.
November 9, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Was really trying to see Badlands today but unfortunately it is not in the cards. Hopefully next week.
Been listening to Aesop Rock's latest album basically all week, it shadow dropped just before or on Halloween and God damn, for me he hasn't missed. Professor Skye called it "spooky" both sonically and thematically and kind of a political album? I think that is apt!
November 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Been listening to Aesop Rock's latest album basically all week, it shadow dropped just before or on Halloween and God damn, for me he hasn't missed. Professor Skye called it "spooky" both sonically and thematically and kind of a political album? I think that is apt!
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As always, extremely well done and informative content from Alanah. Please watch this *and* take a stroll through her channel, you'll learn a ton.
Here’s my breakdown of EA’s pending sale… to Saudi Arabia… and why this is much, much bigger than video games. I’m late to this from a ‘news’ perspective obviously, but it’s because I worked on this video for about a month.
youtu.be/yOzFyrRH_sw
youtu.be/yOzFyrRH_sw
I probably shouldn't post this
YouTube video by Charalanahzard
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November 9, 2025 at 8:29 AM
As always, extremely well done and informative content from Alanah. Please watch this *and* take a stroll through her channel, you'll learn a ton.
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For those idles, we played part of a song for the performer once and told them: You don't have to remember it well. You don't have to be good, in fact it's better if you're not. Think "singing in the shower."
This Outer Worlds 2 clip was posted on Reddit with the note: "This tiny moment is my favorite in the entire game, a guard NPC is singing the radio songs to himself."
I worked on that mission so heard that clip 100x and it was never not funny to me. Thanks Andrew Kishino for the great performance!
I worked on that mission so heard that clip 100x and it was never not funny to me. Thanks Andrew Kishino for the great performance!
November 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
For those idles, we played part of a song for the performer once and told them: You don't have to remember it well. You don't have to be good, in fact it's better if you're not. Think "singing in the shower."
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WE STILL CAN, IT'S NOT TOO LATE
November 8, 2025 at 12:16 AM
WE STILL CAN, IT'S NOT TOO LATE
Might fuck around a repost this weekly. PREACH!
I am going to just come out and say it, I don’t understand the vitriol flung at “Predators.” So many fans of the series rank it low or dead last and I’ve never seen one thoughtful explanation as to why that is.
November 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Might fuck around a repost this weekly. PREACH!
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can't remember whether I've ever shared my Predator essay here, but it feels like a good time to do so
Predator | Priscilla Page
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June 9, 2025 at 12:31 AM
can't remember whether I've ever shared my Predator essay here, but it feels like a good time to do so
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they're the kind of movies that people write off as entertaining trash but "the beauty of pulp" (per Kathryn Bigelow) is that filmmakers can stuff their genre movies full of covert subversive subtext. which isn't true of every Predator movie, but a few are smarter than they're given credit for.
Never thought this particular franchise would spark this much analysis. Is it the premise, the content or the longevity?
www.thebulwark.com/p/prey-review
www.thebulwark.com/p/prey-review
‘Prey’ Review
What are we looking for from the ‘Predator’ movies and their protagonists?
www.thebulwark.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:58 AM
they're the kind of movies that people write off as entertaining trash but "the beauty of pulp" (per Kathryn Bigelow) is that filmmakers can stuff their genre movies full of covert subversive subtext. which isn't true of every Predator movie, but a few are smarter than they're given credit for.
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As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
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#PredatorBadlands is fantastic. Irreverent, epic & awesome. Brilliantly expands the mythos. Elle Fanning is perfection. It’s also one of the prettiest looking in the franchise, thanks to Jeff Cutter’s splendid cinematography. See it on the biggest screen possible!
November 4, 2025 at 5:17 AM
#PredatorBadlands is fantastic. Irreverent, epic & awesome. Brilliantly expands the mythos. Elle Fanning is perfection. It’s also one of the prettiest looking in the franchise, thanks to Jeff Cutter’s splendid cinematography. See it on the biggest screen possible!
This would honestly just get me to post more consistently.
November 3, 2025 at 4:56 AM
This would honestly just get me to post more consistently.
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
In the style of Final Fantasy 6, cross stitched by me 🪡
#pixelart
#ClairObscurExpedition33
#stitchsky
#crossstitch
In the style of Final Fantasy 6, cross stitched by me 🪡
#pixelart
#ClairObscurExpedition33
#stitchsky
#crossstitch
November 2, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
In the style of Final Fantasy 6, cross stitched by me 🪡
#pixelart
#ClairObscurExpedition33
#stitchsky
#crossstitch
In the style of Final Fantasy 6, cross stitched by me 🪡
#pixelart
#ClairObscurExpedition33
#stitchsky
#crossstitch
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Sharing some of my favourite horror cross stitch pieces 🎃
November 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Sharing some of my favourite horror cross stitch pieces 🎃