Isaiah Everin
@signalsandlight.bsky.social
Senior Combat Designer @ AAA Studio
Video essays on game design, narrative, and media, opinions are my own
He/Him 👾 | Gay 🏳️🌈
YouTube: http://youtube.com/@signalsandlight
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https://www.isaiaheverin.com
Video essays on game design, narrative, and media, opinions are my own
He/Him 👾 | Gay 🏳️🌈
YouTube: http://youtube.com/@signalsandlight
Other Socials: https://linktr.ee/SignalsAndLight
https://www.isaiaheverin.com
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Defining What IS an Enemy Attack
YouTube video by Signals and Light
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New pinned post...I made six YouTube videos and then got a promotion, so I got too busy to keep working on other ones, but then the game industry went and does what it does, so I don't even know what I'm doing next with my career for a bit. Maybe I'll make more YouTube videos once I stop being sad!
This was one of the best interviews I've seen in my life. Grabbed me with Brennan, but watching more of Josh's interviews and he's just so, so, so good at talking to people over food and having deep authentic conversations.
Brennan Lee Mulligan Eats His Last Meal
YouTube video by Mythical Kitchen
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November 14, 2025 at 6:21 AM
This was one of the best interviews I've seen in my life. Grabbed me with Brennan, but watching more of Josh's interviews and he's just so, so, so good at talking to people over food and having deep authentic conversations.
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every crisis we have in the us is totally fabricated by the politicians except the dire epistomological corruption of 40% of the voting base, which is real
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 AM
every crisis we have in the us is totally fabricated by the politicians except the dire epistomological corruption of 40% of the voting base, which is real
Post you from a different era.
(Horrifying that it's been 14 years since I was in college.)
(Horrifying that it's been 14 years since I was in college.)
November 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Post you from a different era.
(Horrifying that it's been 14 years since I was in college.)
(Horrifying that it's been 14 years since I was in college.)
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Important demonstration of how not only worthless but fundamentally hostile this garbage software is.
ChatGPT made me delusional
YouTube video by Eddy Burback
www.youtube.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Important demonstration of how not only worthless but fundamentally hostile this garbage software is.
Same story every time. Rich white guy who's only redeeming quality is bossing people around without any coherent vision of how a game is made, let alone how a quality game is made, doesn't listen to anyone he hired who knows better, sabotages the entire thing nonstop, and blames everyone else.
MindsEye: How ex-Grand Theft Auto boss’s grand vision became a £200m flop
Lesley Benzies was one of the architects behind one of the most successful video games in history.
www.bbc.com
October 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Same story every time. Rich white guy who's only redeeming quality is bossing people around without any coherent vision of how a game is made, let alone how a quality game is made, doesn't listen to anyone he hired who knows better, sabotages the entire thing nonstop, and blames everyone else.
Portland, what a beautiful city.
October 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Portland, what a beautiful city.
Alien Earth is thematically about morbid curiosity. The characters feel it about xenos and playing god, the writers feel it about what bullshit they can get away with, and the audience feels it about where any of this is fucking going. What a batshit premise for an S2 if it's somehow not cancelled.
October 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Alien Earth is thematically about morbid curiosity. The characters feel it about xenos and playing god, the writers feel it about what bullshit they can get away with, and the audience feels it about where any of this is fucking going. What a batshit premise for an S2 if it's somehow not cancelled.
This is for no one, but, as a name, "Perfidia Beverly Hills" from One Battle After the Other was constantly giving me "Vestavia Casket Showroom" from @starsofspace.bsky.social.
September 30, 2025 at 12:23 AM
This is for no one, but, as a name, "Perfidia Beverly Hills" from One Battle After the Other was constantly giving me "Vestavia Casket Showroom" from @starsofspace.bsky.social.
Animated Homestuck pilot. That was fucking awful, not even a rough approximation of Homestuck writing. How was Hussie involved at all? I didn't have high expectations, but that was about the worst it could realistically be while still existing. Embarrassingly missing the mark.
September 28, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Animated Homestuck pilot. That was fucking awful, not even a rough approximation of Homestuck writing. How was Hussie involved at all? I didn't have high expectations, but that was about the worst it could realistically be while still existing. Embarrassingly missing the mark.
Oh my GODDDDD, this is so GORGEOUS. There are so many outstanding shots and environments, it's such a joy to watch, I really hope @glitchprod.com keeps making more of this!
September 20, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Oh my GODDDDD, this is so GORGEOUS. There are so many outstanding shots and environments, it's such a joy to watch, I really hope @glitchprod.com keeps making more of this!
No spoilers Silksong review on @backloggd.com with more words about difficulty in games than about the game itself, because Idk that's where my brain is since no one will shut up about it.
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September 19, 2025 at 8:45 PM
No spoilers Silksong review on @backloggd.com with more words about difficulty in games than about the game itself, because Idk that's where my brain is since no one will shut up about it.
backloggd.com/u/everin/rev...
backloggd.com/u/everin/rev...
Just finished reading "Player of Games," wanted to see how people reflected on the various qualities of what The Culture novels are presenting in a utopia, and this @bloodknife.bsky.social essay on the subject was very good.
The Culture War: Iain M. Banks's Billionaire Fans - Blood Knife
The Culture novels are far-future communist space opera from an explicitly socialist author. So how do we explain their wealthy, hyper-capitalist fans?
bloodknife.com
September 17, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Just finished reading "Player of Games," wanted to see how people reflected on the various qualities of what The Culture novels are presenting in a utopia, and this @bloodknife.bsky.social essay on the subject was very good.
Now in Act 3 of Silksong, and despite how hard it is and how mean it is and how much I'm not *that* good at this game but just good enough (and it gives enough tools to let you modulate the difficulty if you pay attention, similar to Elden Ring), this game is so fucking peak.
September 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Now in Act 3 of Silksong, and despite how hard it is and how mean it is and how much I'm not *that* good at this game but just good enough (and it gives enough tools to let you modulate the difficulty if you pay attention, similar to Elden Ring), this game is so fucking peak.
Less than 48 hours of Silksong release before I'm already ranting about lack of accessibility/difficulty options in the discord chats. Not because I want them for myself yet, just because I feel bad for people for whom HK was already their limit of difficulty and this game expects a lot more.
September 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Less than 48 hours of Silksong release before I'm already ranting about lack of accessibility/difficulty options in the discord chats. Not because I want them for myself yet, just because I feel bad for people for whom HK was already their limit of difficulty and this game expects a lot more.
The customary Silksong release day charcuterie board.
September 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The customary Silksong release day charcuterie board.
Instagram algorithm was clever enough to target me with an ad of this specific character and now @melbotstudios.bsky.social has my money.
Jiggle physics are everywhere, but we decided to innovate
August 31, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Instagram algorithm was clever enough to target me with an ad of this specific character and now @melbotstudios.bsky.social has my money.
my power (to do grid-based level design within a specific frame of reference) is absolutely unlimited.
August 30, 2025 at 10:23 PM
my power (to do grid-based level design within a specific frame of reference) is absolutely unlimited.
it's a conspiracy. they don't want you to know that it's as simple as two little functions to swap between world and local space. they want you to suffer in confusion and fear, huddling in the dark, lost from the illumination of truth, clawing to learn math that they will just do for you.
August 30, 2025 at 9:08 PM
it's a conspiracy. they don't want you to know that it's as simple as two little functions to swap between world and local space. they want you to suffer in confusion and fear, huddling in the dark, lost from the illumination of truth, clawing to learn math that they will just do for you.
Two incredibly normal millionaires living the most basic life of game development happiness completely ignoring the entire internet and doing what they want. Heaven on earth, good for them.
BREAKING: Silksong will be out on September 4. Two weeks from today. Really.
Often, games that take 7+ years to make are plagued by mismanagement and painful burnout. But for Silksong? Team Cherry was having a blast. They still are.
This is their story: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Often, games that take 7+ years to make are plagued by mismanagement and painful burnout. But for Silksong? Team Cherry was having a blast. They still are.
This is their story: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Why ‘Silksong’ Took Seven Years to Make
The highly anticipated indie game has been in production for so long that it’s become an internet meme
www.bloomberg.com
August 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Two incredibly normal millionaires living the most basic life of game development happiness completely ignoring the entire internet and doing what they want. Heaven on earth, good for them.
Always happy to find a new video essay channel that brings something new to the table. Good analysis, great presentation.
Gachiakuta is Punk as Hell (And it’s thanks to Black Art)
YouTube video by lines in motion
youtu.be
August 19, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Always happy to find a new video essay channel that brings something new to the table. Good analysis, great presentation.
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August 16, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Alternatively, consider there has to be at least one planet more embarrassing than ours.
the reason aliens dont contact us is that we're embarrasing as hell
August 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Alternatively, consider there has to be at least one planet more embarrassing than ours.
He stuck on my home til I Viziepop.
Homestuck the Animated Pilot Trailer
YouTube video by Vivziepop
youtu.be
August 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
He stuck on my home til I Viziepop.