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I got 2 for ya.
Rats! (2025 film) and Killing Mary Sue.
Great indie movies.
Rats! (2025 film) and Killing Mary Sue.
Great indie movies.
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It’s also just so painfully 2011, and 2012, and…
I worked in the game industry a little over a decade ago. I left after three successive “hire, crunch, layoff” cycles, and in the decade after that watched all of my friends and acquaintances continue to cycle through the same thing.
It’s broken.
I worked in the game industry a little over a decade ago. I left after three successive “hire, crunch, layoff” cycles, and in the decade after that watched all of my friends and acquaintances continue to cycle through the same thing.
It’s broken.
November 18, 2025 at 3:12 AM
It’s also just so painfully 2011, and 2012, and…
I worked in the game industry a little over a decade ago. I left after three successive “hire, crunch, layoff” cycles, and in the decade after that watched all of my friends and acquaintances continue to cycle through the same thing.
It’s broken.
I worked in the game industry a little over a decade ago. I left after three successive “hire, crunch, layoff” cycles, and in the decade after that watched all of my friends and acquaintances continue to cycle through the same thing.
It’s broken.
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Tony Randall won the Emmy for best lead in a comedy, The Odd Couple, after it was cancelled.
He sad "Thanks, but I'd rather still have a job".
He sad "Thanks, but I'd rather still have a job".
November 18, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Tony Randall won the Emmy for best lead in a comedy, The Odd Couple, after it was cancelled.
He sad "Thanks, but I'd rather still have a job".
He sad "Thanks, but I'd rather still have a job".
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The industry has been way too into the habit of rewarding success with unemployment. Activision-Blizzard had that running like clockwork every time they'd announce annual record breaking profits, and two weeks later laying folks off.
November 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The industry has been way too into the habit of rewarding success with unemployment. Activision-Blizzard had that running like clockwork every time they'd announce annual record breaking profits, and two weeks later laying folks off.
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Make a game without labor and tell me how valuable it is. Then lets revisit that one guy's theory about value.
November 17, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Make a game without labor and tell me how valuable it is. Then lets revisit that one guy's theory about value.
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I truly don't know how they expect to make games without people.
I know their dream is either no or free labor, but obviously they're stupid, dumb and bad.
I know their dream is either no or free labor, but obviously they're stupid, dumb and bad.
November 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I truly don't know how they expect to make games without people.
I know their dream is either no or free labor, but obviously they're stupid, dumb and bad.
I know their dream is either no or free labor, but obviously they're stupid, dumb and bad.
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*game does bad* > everyone is laid off
*game does well* > everyone is laid off, C-suite gets a bonus
*game does well* > everyone is laid off, C-suite gets a bonus
November 18, 2025 at 1:11 AM
*game does bad* > everyone is laid off
*game does well* > everyone is laid off, C-suite gets a bonus
*game does well* > everyone is laid off, C-suite gets a bonus
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It’s an honor to be nominated, I’m proud of how much ass my team kicked, I just wish it translated into a bit of security for us
November 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
It’s an honor to be nominated, I’m proud of how much ass my team kicked, I just wish it translated into a bit of security for us
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finding out your game got nominated by The Game Awards in the group chat with other folks who got laid off is… just so painfully 2025
November 17, 2025 at 7:41 PM
finding out your game got nominated by The Game Awards in the group chat with other folks who got laid off is… just so painfully 2025
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Since I evidently still have the critical acclaim juice, if you know of anyone who needs a narrative/content/game designer with technical and management skills, 15 years of experience, acclaim in related fields, and has some other fancy awards like being a Forbes 30 under 30, I’m your guy!
November 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Since I evidently still have the critical acclaim juice, if you know of anyone who needs a narrative/content/game designer with technical and management skills, 15 years of experience, acclaim in related fields, and has some other fancy awards like being a Forbes 30 under 30, I’m your guy!
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I’ve worked in indie and AAA, shipped games on pc/console/mobile as well as VR/AR and tabletop, but I’m also a published author in fiction and nonfiction (marvel, dc, vertigo, Hachette, Vice, Cracked, others) who is so extremely open to work outside of the games industry too.
also I’m kinda funny
also I’m kinda funny
November 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I’ve worked in indie and AAA, shipped games on pc/console/mobile as well as VR/AR and tabletop, but I’m also a published author in fiction and nonfiction (marvel, dc, vertigo, Hachette, Vice, Cracked, others) who is so extremely open to work outside of the games industry too.
also I’m kinda funny
also I’m kinda funny
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Isn't Debut Indie specifically for Indies Dev's that just have never gotten a nomination for a Game Award and not just their first game?
November 19, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Isn't Debut Indie specifically for Indies Dev's that just have never gotten a nomination for a Game Award and not just their first game?
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I actually got tripped up by Geoff's wording in the nominations video.
"Best Debute Indies recognize developers that haven't won a game award before, in fact this is their first game"
It's on me, my brain just completely missed that last bit of the sentence lol
"Best Debute Indies recognize developers that haven't won a game award before, in fact this is their first game"
It's on me, my brain just completely missed that last bit of the sentence lol
November 19, 2025 at 4:15 AM
I actually got tripped up by Geoff's wording in the nominations video.
"Best Debute Indies recognize developers that haven't won a game award before, in fact this is their first game"
It's on me, my brain just completely missed that last bit of the sentence lol
"Best Debute Indies recognize developers that haven't won a game award before, in fact this is their first game"
It's on me, my brain just completely missed that last bit of the sentence lol
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"For the best debut game created by a new independent studio."
It's not about TGA, sadly the "new studio" part is what journalists focus on, and why we get literally telltale with another name as a best debut
It's not about TGA, sadly the "new studio" part is what journalists focus on, and why we get literally telltale with another name as a best debut
November 19, 2025 at 3:28 AM
"For the best debut game created by a new independent studio."
It's not about TGA, sadly the "new studio" part is what journalists focus on, and why we get literally telltale with another name as a best debut
It's not about TGA, sadly the "new studio" part is what journalists focus on, and why we get literally telltale with another name as a best debut
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'Megabonk' is wirhdrawing from The Game Awards (The Keighleys) because it was nominated under "Debut Indie Game" but the dev says thed made multiple games before under different names.
November 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
'Megabonk' is wirhdrawing from The Game Awards (The Keighleys) because it was nominated under "Debut Indie Game" but the dev says thed made multiple games before under different names.
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Japanese has "Doujin"「同人」
The translation for that being
"Someone like anyone else" implying that it's made by normal everyday people
Tho you also see that one getting broadened upwards in the same way indie does nowadays too but not as bad or often.
The translation for that being
"Someone like anyone else" implying that it's made by normal everyday people
Tho you also see that one getting broadened upwards in the same way indie does nowadays too but not as bad or often.
November 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Japanese has "Doujin"「同人」
The translation for that being
"Someone like anyone else" implying that it's made by normal everyday people
Tho you also see that one getting broadened upwards in the same way indie does nowadays too but not as bad or often.
The translation for that being
"Someone like anyone else" implying that it's made by normal everyday people
Tho you also see that one getting broadened upwards in the same way indie does nowadays too but not as bad or often.
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i think the word indie is fine, what we need is actually a word for the mid scale stuff like dispatch/e33. AA games makes me want to ram my head into a wall, and my first instinct of "Middle Class" has so many connotations i should be run over
November 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
i think the word indie is fine, what we need is actually a word for the mid scale stuff like dispatch/e33. AA games makes me want to ram my head into a wall, and my first instinct of "Middle Class" has so many connotations i should be run over
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AA needs to come back as a term, especially when it never really left in countries that arent United States of Murica.
November 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM
AA needs to come back as a term, especially when it never really left in countries that arent United States of Murica.
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i feel like this kind of indie is filling in the void of what a AA game used to be, which is nice i guess but we NEED a term for it so they stop eclipsing small single-dev games
November 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
i feel like this kind of indie is filling in the void of what a AA game used to be, which is nice i guess but we NEED a term for it so they stop eclipsing small single-dev games
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it is nuts how the word indie includes games like dispatch and e33 and so many other massive budget games like damn we need a new word for the games made on some guys laptop in a basement
November 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
it is nuts how the word indie includes games like dispatch and e33 and so many other massive budget games like damn we need a new word for the games made on some guys laptop in a basement
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Hey so imma say this again because man there’s so much shit going on in the world that we don’t need anymore gatekeeping bullshit. Industry peers who feel the need to gatekeep or try to morally shame others for drawing adult comics or nsfw stories/art…please sit the fuck down and grow up.
November 18, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Hey so imma say this again because man there’s so much shit going on in the world that we don’t need anymore gatekeeping bullshit. Industry peers who feel the need to gatekeep or try to morally shame others for drawing adult comics or nsfw stories/art…please sit the fuck down and grow up.
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don't make it or lean into vulgar edginess too much...
Transformers & GI Joe adult animated crossover TV series is in the works
• Based on Robert Kirkman’s comic series
• Will be gritty and adult-focused like 'Invincible'
(via Deadline)
• Based on Robert Kirkman’s comic series
• Will be gritty and adult-focused like 'Invincible'
(via Deadline)
October 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
don't make it or lean into vulgar edginess too much...
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ESPN better be happy they got Inside the NBA. NBC & Prime are putting them on notice when it comes to broadcasting & showcasing the NBA!
October 25, 2025 at 1:12 AM
ESPN better be happy they got Inside the NBA. NBC & Prime are putting them on notice when it comes to broadcasting & showcasing the NBA!
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Zaslav: we don't need the NBA..
NBC: 5.61 million viewers disagrees...
NBC: 5.61 million viewers disagrees...
October 25, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Zaslav: we don't need the NBA..
NBC: 5.61 million viewers disagrees...
NBC: 5.61 million viewers disagrees...