shawn layden
@shawnlayden.bsky.social
citizen ¦ creator ¦ leader ¦ PlayStation alumnus
Found a new friend in seat next to me...
Best girl. Likes my Turkish slides. 🐶💜
Best girl. Likes my Turkish slides. 🐶💜
November 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Found a new friend in seat next to me...
Best girl. Likes my Turkish slides. 🐶💜
Best girl. Likes my Turkish slides. 🐶💜
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Over at The Ringer, I went long on the history of PlayStation online, from SOCOM and Uncharted 2 to its current live-service woes.
Notable hearing Shawn Layden on GaaS: “A live-service game to me isn’t really a game. It’s a repetitive action engagement device.”
www.theringer.com/2025/10/24/v...
Notable hearing Shawn Layden on GaaS: “A live-service game to me isn’t really a game. It’s a repetitive action engagement device.”
www.theringer.com/2025/10/24/v...
Why Can’t Sony Make More Multiplayer Hits?
How the PlayStation maker lost—but still survived—gaming’s live-service struggle
www.theringer.com
October 27, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Over at The Ringer, I went long on the history of PlayStation online, from SOCOM and Uncharted 2 to its current live-service woes.
Notable hearing Shawn Layden on GaaS: “A live-service game to me isn’t really a game. It’s a repetitive action engagement device.”
www.theringer.com/2025/10/24/v...
Notable hearing Shawn Layden on GaaS: “A live-service game to me isn’t really a game. It’s a repetitive action engagement device.”
www.theringer.com/2025/10/24/v...
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The Strong is hosting their annual Play Ball fundraiser this week, and with it, the auction! These are items donated specifically for the fundraiser. Lots of great items available, including signed Atari hardware, Defender poster, @shawnlayden.bsky.social signed PS1, and more! strongmu2025.ggo.bid
Online Bidding Page
strongmu2025.ggo.bid
October 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The Strong is hosting their annual Play Ball fundraiser this week, and with it, the auction! These are items donated specifically for the fundraiser. Lots of great items available, including signed Atari hardware, Defender poster, @shawnlayden.bsky.social signed PS1, and more! strongmu2025.ggo.bid
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Indie director Barbara Marques has been kidnapped by ICE. She is legally married to a U.S. citizen & was at a green card mtg when she was abducted and prevented from seeing her lawyer. Her husband Tucker May does not know where she is. Please spread the word so he can find her /1
September 28, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Indie director Barbara Marques has been kidnapped by ICE. She is legally married to a U.S. citizen & was at a green card mtg when she was abducted and prevented from seeing her lawyer. Her husband Tucker May does not know where she is. Please spread the word so he can find her /1
Your periodic reminder that Rod Serling was the Nostradamus of our times. 😬😱😩
youtu.be/IuAzvb38PyI?...
youtu.be/IuAzvb38PyI?...
POSSESSED CHILD -- 2 Minute Twilight Zone -- It's A Good Life
YouTube video by 2MinuteTwilightZone
youtu.be
September 22, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Your periodic reminder that Rod Serling was the Nostradamus of our times. 😬😱😩
youtu.be/IuAzvb38PyI?...
youtu.be/IuAzvb38PyI?...
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August 24, 2025 at 1:25 AM
It was a 60 minute lightning round. @hiphopgamer.bsky.social Gerrard does the homework and brings the 🔥. Barely escaped with me head. Can't wait to do it again! 💥🎮💪🏼💙
youtu.be/fD0gJdspbqo?...
youtu.be/fD0gJdspbqo?...
Shawn Layden And HipHopGamer Discuss The Gaming Business Future, Xbox, PS6, Nintendo, AA Gaming.
YouTube video by HipHopGamer
youtu.be
August 21, 2025 at 2:21 AM
It was a 60 minute lightning round. @hiphopgamer.bsky.social Gerrard does the homework and brings the 🔥. Barely escaped with me head. Can't wait to do it again! 💥🎮💪🏼💙
youtu.be/fD0gJdspbqo?...
youtu.be/fD0gJdspbqo?...
The presser was held at the Japanese American National Museum #jamuseum
The sight of storm troopers there should be an affront to all Americans. In fact, the sight of them in any city is outrageous.
#NeverAgainIsNow 💥
The sight of storm troopers there should be an affront to all Americans. In fact, the sight of them in any city is outrageous.
#NeverAgainIsNow 💥
Gavin Newsom is holding a press conference today on redistricting and DHS agents have arrived masked up and in full gear. Many are armed with guns.
August 14, 2025 at 10:42 PM
The presser was held at the Japanese American National Museum #jamuseum
The sight of storm troopers there should be an affront to all Americans. In fact, the sight of them in any city is outrageous.
#NeverAgainIsNow 💥
The sight of storm troopers there should be an affront to all Americans. In fact, the sight of them in any city is outrageous.
#NeverAgainIsNow 💥
I'm old enough to remember a time when a single Polaroid could deep six your political life. How we've declined.... 😔
July 17, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I'm old enough to remember a time when a single Polaroid could deep six your political life. How we've declined.... 😔
SOLID💥🔥✨
Hundreds gather in Oakland in solidarity with Los Angeles protesters
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
Hundreds gather in Oakland in solidarity with Los Angeles protesters
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
Hundreds gather in Oakland in solidarity with Los Angeles protesters
At the Oakland event, union and faith leaders prayed with the crowd and urged people to build community and stick together to fight back against the federal government.
www.sfchronicle.com
June 11, 2025 at 4:08 AM
SOLID💥🔥✨
Hundreds gather in Oakland in solidarity with Los Angeles protesters
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
Hundreds gather in Oakland in solidarity with Los Angeles protesters
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
Celebrating the month!
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🌈🏳️🌈🟰🏳️⚧️💪🏼💙
June 5, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Celebrating the month!
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Apropos of nothing in particular, that was a heckuva party..... now where's my VHS deck....? 📼🤷
May 17, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Apropos of nothing in particular, that was a heckuva party..... now where's my VHS deck....? 📼🤷
Today in POTUS :
1 Make Alcatraz Great Again!
2 💯% Tarrif on movies shot overseas.
He's really leaning into the crazy today.
1 Make Alcatraz Great Again!
2 💯% Tarrif on movies shot overseas.
He's really leaning into the crazy today.
May 5, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Today in POTUS :
1 Make Alcatraz Great Again!
2 💯% Tarrif on movies shot overseas.
He's really leaning into the crazy today.
1 Make Alcatraz Great Again!
2 💯% Tarrif on movies shot overseas.
He's really leaning into the crazy today.
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Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”
April 16, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”
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Really had a good podgab with the dynamic duo at Player Driven: Greg Posner and Lewis Ward. With the dynamic range of change in our gaming world, we've got to stay engaged. Blink and you'll miss it.
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playerdriven.io/articles/the...
Really had a good podgab with the dynamic duo at Player Driven: Greg Posner and Lewis Ward. With the dynamic range of change in our gaming world, we've got to stay engaged. Blink and you'll miss it.
💥🎮🦾💙
playerdriven.io/articles/the...
The Future of Games Isn’t Bigger, It’s Smarter: A Conversation with Shawn Layden ● Framer template Mikko Fuselle ● Blog, Magazine, Journal
Player Driven explores what motivates players to keep playing and how studios are driven to attract and engage them. Where player passions meet studio strategies, diving into the dynamics that fuel la...
playerdriven.io
April 9, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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Really had a good podgab with the dynamic duo at Player Driven: Greg Posner and Lewis Ward. With the dynamic range of change in our gaming world, we've got to stay engaged. Blink and you'll miss it.
💥🎮🦾💙
playerdriven.io/articles/the...
Really had a good podgab with the dynamic duo at Player Driven: Greg Posner and Lewis Ward. With the dynamic range of change in our gaming world, we've got to stay engaged. Blink and you'll miss it.
💥🎮🦾💙
playerdriven.io/articles/the...
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It’s a month since the administration detained and disappeared a green card holder, a lawful permanent resident.
We cannot allow this to be normalized or forgotten.
We cannot allow this to be normalized or forgotten.
April 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM
It’s a month since the administration detained and disappeared a green card holder, a lawful permanent resident.
We cannot allow this to be normalized or forgotten.
We cannot allow this to be normalized or forgotten.
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Citizens cannot, by legal definition, be "deported." What she's describing is kidnapping and forced imprisonment without cause. She and many, many others in this administration should face prison one day. bsky.app/profile/ones...
Leavitt confirmed that the WH is working on deporting US citizens to El Salvador
April 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Citizens cannot, by legal definition, be "deported." What she's describing is kidnapping and forced imprisonment without cause. She and many, many others in this administration should face prison one day. bsky.app/profile/ones...
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On point. A very important fact to remember. Thank you, @rmayemsinger.bsky.social
Can we stop calling these atrocities "deportations." These people sold to El Salvadorian prisons were not deported. Deportation is a process that did not take place. They were rounded up and removed with no process. They were kidnapped, not deported.
April 8, 2025 at 12:55 AM
On point. A very important fact to remember. Thank you, @rmayemsinger.bsky.social
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In more uplifting news, 1,000 people protested ICE’s abduction of a mother and children at the home of the agency’s acting head Tom Homan.
Notably, the entire population of the town is just 1,450.
www.syracuse.com/state/2025/0...
Notably, the entire population of the town is just 1,450.
www.syracuse.com/state/2025/0...
April 6, 2025 at 9:56 PM
In more uplifting news, 1,000 people protested ICE’s abduction of a mother and children at the home of the agency’s acting head Tom Homan.
Notably, the entire population of the town is just 1,450.
www.syracuse.com/state/2025/0...
Notably, the entire population of the town is just 1,450.
www.syracuse.com/state/2025/0...
It begins.... (or, rather, it continues.)
April 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
It begins.... (or, rather, it continues.)
Thanks, @joycewhitevance.bsky.social 💥
While doing some research, I stumbled across this great listing of YA books on Japanese internment in WWII, which feels like good reading for today's kids, so, I'm sharing. densho.org/catalyst/you...
Dive into These YA Books on the Wartime Incarceration of Japanese Americans - Densho: Japanese American Incarceration and Japanese Internment
Here are some new and classic books on Japanese American incarceration during WWII for young adult readers.
densho.org
April 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Thanks, @joycewhitevance.bsky.social 💥
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Don't leave your DNA at the 🔥 sale.
Don't leave your DNA at the 🔥 sale.
How to Delete Your Data From 23andMe
DNA-testing company 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy, which means the future of the company’s vast trove of customer data is unknown. Here’s what that means for your genetic data.
www.wired.com
March 26, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Don't leave your DNA at the 🔥 sale.
Don't leave your DNA at the 🔥 sale.