Yichao
@michaelyichao.com
Professional nerd making games & theater. Cofounded Jam & Tea Studios. Previously: Riot Games, Wizards of the Coast, ArenaNet, Imagineering. Most often found in Seattle. http://bio.site/michaelyichao
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Yichao
@michaelyichao.com
· Sep 24
very amused that to some folks this meme is my greatest contribution to game design
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Just wow. @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy came out swinging in this article. He's right though and that's the coolest part.
December 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Just wow. @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy came out swinging in this article. He's right though and that's the coolest part.
TIL If I eat half a block of cheddar cheese it's "are you okay bro" but if I cut it into cubes it's "girl dinner"
December 26, 2025 at 3:40 AM
TIL If I eat half a block of cheddar cheese it's "are you okay bro" but if I cut it into cubes it's "girl dinner"
Merry Christmas please enjoy these pictures of our parents’ golden
December 25, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Merry Christmas please enjoy these pictures of our parents’ golden
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
This has lived rent free in my head for 19 days and I cannot get it out
December 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
This has lived rent free in my head for 19 days and I cannot get it out
A crew of 11 year old girls told me I get it and am cool and honestly I’ll be riding that high all week
December 14, 2025 at 5:32 PM
A crew of 11 year old girls told me I get it and am cool and honestly I’ll be riding that high all week
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The thing about measles is that it’s the only known virus that triggers immune amnesia - it causes your immune system to forget everything it has previously learned. Meaning you essentially reset to zero and are now at risk of basically everything.
It can take 2-3 years to get immunities back.
It can take 2-3 years to get immunities back.
December 14, 2025 at 12:43 AM
The thing about measles is that it’s the only known virus that triggers immune amnesia - it causes your immune system to forget everything it has previously learned. Meaning you essentially reset to zero and are now at risk of basically everything.
It can take 2-3 years to get immunities back.
It can take 2-3 years to get immunities back.
Can I play Clair Obscur Expedition 33 if I haven’t played the first 32 games
December 12, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Can I play Clair Obscur Expedition 33 if I haven’t played the first 32 games
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December 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Our gorgeous #WakeUpDeadMan end credit portraits, painted from life by Isabella Watling. We’re still in theaters, see my pinned post for a theater finder!
December 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Our gorgeous #WakeUpDeadMan end credit portraits, painted from life by Isabella Watling. We’re still in theaters, see my pinned post for a theater finder!
Absolutely devastated that this is how I find out
December 2, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Absolutely devastated that this is how I find out
DM: I am a major NPC with a detailed backstory that ties intricately into the main events of the campaign
Players: meh
DM: I am a hastily created kobold farmer whose whole purpose is to say “the bandits went that way” in the tavern
Players: WE LOVE YOU TRAVEL WITH US FOREVER FREDD
Players: meh
DM: I am a hastily created kobold farmer whose whole purpose is to say “the bandits went that way” in the tavern
Players: WE LOVE YOU TRAVEL WITH US FOREVER FREDD
November 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
DM: I am a major NPC with a detailed backstory that ties intricately into the main events of the campaign
Players: meh
DM: I am a hastily created kobold farmer whose whole purpose is to say “the bandits went that way” in the tavern
Players: WE LOVE YOU TRAVEL WITH US FOREVER FREDD
Players: meh
DM: I am a hastily created kobold farmer whose whole purpose is to say “the bandits went that way” in the tavern
Players: WE LOVE YOU TRAVEL WITH US FOREVER FREDD
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very amused that to some folks this meme is my greatest contribution to game design
September 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
very amused that to some folks this meme is my greatest contribution to game design
My partner made pasta and sausage for dinner and it’s amazing how the simplest things tastes so much better when someone hands you it as the thing they made just for you 💙
November 30, 2025 at 3:17 AM
My partner made pasta and sausage for dinner and it’s amazing how the simplest things tastes so much better when someone hands you it as the thing they made just for you 💙
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The standard game dev career progression track:
Intern ➡️ junior ➡️ mid ➡️ senior ➡️ principal ➡️ quit and move to a cabin in the remote wilderness and/or open an ice cream shop
Intern ➡️ junior ➡️ mid ➡️ senior ➡️ principal ➡️ quit and move to a cabin in the remote wilderness and/or open an ice cream shop
November 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The standard game dev career progression track:
Intern ➡️ junior ➡️ mid ➡️ senior ➡️ principal ➡️ quit and move to a cabin in the remote wilderness and/or open an ice cream shop
Intern ➡️ junior ➡️ mid ➡️ senior ➡️ principal ➡️ quit and move to a cabin in the remote wilderness and/or open an ice cream shop
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idiot guy: i'm like the wolf i'm stalking my prey alone through the forest and being raw as fuck even if i'm in a group i'm the alpha
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
November 26, 2025 at 2:17 AM
idiot guy: i'm like the wolf i'm stalking my prey alone through the forest and being raw as fuck even if i'm in a group i'm the alpha
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
Feelin’ cute, no deleting ✨
November 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Feelin’ cute, no deleting ✨
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Do the thing you love for a living and and you’ll never (stop) work(ing) a day in your life 🥲✨
November 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Do the thing you love for a living and and you’ll never (stop) work(ing) a day in your life 🥲✨
There’s also a circle within the Magic community of Jace guys guys.
Guys who like the guys who likes Jace.
Who talk about how cool the Jace guys are.
Who love seeing Jace guys get excited about their guy. 💙
Guys who like the guys who likes Jace.
Who talk about how cool the Jace guys are.
Who love seeing Jace guys get excited about their guy. 💙
I love that there's a circle within the Magic community of Jace guys.
Want to talk about Jace? The Jace guys love that.
Theories about Jace? Gotta tell the Jace guys.
New Jace art? Jace guys. They gotta see it.
No other character gets that in Magic.
Want to talk about Jace? The Jace guys love that.
Theories about Jace? Gotta tell the Jace guys.
New Jace art? Jace guys. They gotta see it.
No other character gets that in Magic.
November 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
There’s also a circle within the Magic community of Jace guys guys.
Guys who like the guys who likes Jace.
Who talk about how cool the Jace guys are.
Who love seeing Jace guys get excited about their guy. 💙
Guys who like the guys who likes Jace.
Who talk about how cool the Jace guys are.
Who love seeing Jace guys get excited about their guy. 💙
A friend told me I should move to Seattle bc they had a vibrant improv scene, I said sure if there’s a day job, she said her team was hiring a writer, I said neat where do you work, she said Wizards (!!), I said no way I love Magic, I’ll apply—and 3 months later I moved from LA and film into games✨
November 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
A friend told me I should move to Seattle bc they had a vibrant improv scene, I said sure if there’s a day job, she said her team was hiring a writer, I said neat where do you work, she said Wizards (!!), I said no way I love Magic, I’ll apply—and 3 months later I moved from LA and film into games✨
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It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.