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Mike Honcho Himself πŸ‡΅πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡¨πŸ‡©πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡©πŸ‡»πŸ‡ͺ
@trailian.bsky.social
Louisiana boy living in SoCal

I make video games for a living

My life is dope cuz I do dope shit
Pinned
No #WellActually formed against me shall prosper
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How dare you OPT to be bald? This ain’t a choice nigga! This shit is for life! You get jumped in and the only way out is death (or a lace front)
February 12, 2026 at 3:42 PM
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the day people told the official Uno account that they don't know how to play Uno was a great moment in Black Twitter history lol
February 12, 2026 at 2:03 PM
…player that doesn’t exist, instead of sticking to what is most appealing to that particular game, genre and core audience.

There’s a separate element of pricing players out of games, but time and time again I’ve seen competitive games trip themselves up over these (easily identifiable) factors
February 12, 2026 at 1:40 PM
…do nothing but play the same game eight hours a day and complain about how bad the players/game engine/netcode is, which then convinces John Gamer that these must be the reason(s) why he’s not having fun. From there, designers are stuck between a rock and a hard place tryna balance the game for a..
February 12, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Beyond the high skill level, theres a large swath of players that can’t or won’t make time to indulge in really mastering the mechanics and strategy that some of these games demand. But they also want something to play that’s fun and engaging. But many of those players then listen to streamers who..
February 12, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Anyway, not my monkey, not my circus

Another day of me helping make my little piece of the best game ever is upon us
February 12, 2026 at 1:27 PM
I still can’t get over how Riot handled 2XKO

IT’S A FIGHTING GAME

IT WAS *NEVER* GONNA DO MOBA NUMBERS OF ANY VARIETY

ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU PRICE PEOPLE OUT OF THE FULL EXPERIENCE OFF RIP
February 12, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Ask me how I know
February 12, 2026 at 1:18 PM
You pivot if it’s in service to that overarching vision. Not because of market trends or perceived sustainability (read:quick profits)

But lately these new games aren’t even given enough runway to reach that point of decision making
February 12, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Worst of all, the investors are expecting Fortnite-esque hits out the gate

FORTNITE WASNT EVEN A HIT OUT THE GATE

You have to allow your audience to find you, while also maintaining confidence in your design direction and vision of what you want the user experience to be
February 12, 2026 at 1:18 PM
The lead time needed to capture genuine interest, the investment required to build and sustain a content pipeline that could potentially satiate an audience that can’t be pleased, and a market share that demands time, money and social commitments are dooming project after project in the PVP space
February 12, 2026 at 1:12 PM
The long and the short of it is:
-gamers don’t know what they want
-content creators have positioned themselves as the β€œvoice of the gamer”
-it’s established that negative content consistently drives engagement
-β€œeverything sucks” has become the prevailing attitude cultivated by these personalities
What the hell are we even doing here:

aftermath.site/highguard-stud...
February 12, 2026 at 1:12 PM
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Some real words from @lukeplunkett.com on the Highguard (hell.. all "big bet" game dev as of late, really)

And the title is very much on point... WTH man...
February 12, 2026 at 10:58 AM
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I swear it seems like there are two gaming industry stories these days:

1. Development team work under harsh crunch conditions to make a game, it underperforms, they’re all fired.

2. Development team work under harsh crunch conditions to make a game, it’s a big success, they’re all fired,
What the hell are we even doing here:

aftermath.site/highguard-stud...
February 12, 2026 at 9:41 AM
TALK

TO

PEOPLE
February 12, 2026 at 12:53 PM
I swear
February 12, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Oy
I cannot stress enough this is a totally made up conundrum and you do not actually need to field test if talking about how our entire government is controlled by child rapists is interesting.
Democrats Are Field-Testing New Ways to Talk About the Epstein Scandal
How much do the Epstein files have to do with kitchen-table issues? The Democratic Party is debating ahead of the midterms.
www.notus.org
February 12, 2026 at 12:52 PM
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Stumbled upon this graph illustrating the rate at which Greg Maddux hit his spots vs pitchers in 2025β€”he'd be 4 standard deviations better than the median pitcher

Just an insane outlier

For context, a batting average that was 4 standard deviations better than the median in 2025 would be .362
February 12, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Grandpa Dipshit mentioned 401ks the other day while ranting about the halftime show.

This was for an audience of one.
The question for Baghdad Bondi was, how many of Epstein’s co-conspirators and pedophiles have you indicted or investigated?

Answer: The Dow is over $50K.
February 12, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Mind you, this is coming from an alleged gay man
Fuentes then fantasizes about β€œbreeding gulags”: β€œSo just like Hitler imprisoned Gypsies, Jews, communists, you know, all of his political rivals, we have to do the same thing with women… They go to the breeding gulags. The good ones will be liberated. The bad ones will toil in the mines forever.”
February 12, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Neat
According to multiple NYT sources, it wasn’t even military personnel at Fort Bliss that fired an anti-drone laser at alleged cartel drones. It was CBP who used the weapon on loan from DoD against a child’s party balloon they mistook for a drone. The Pentagon gave CBP an anti-aircraft weapon.
February 12, 2026 at 12:47 PM
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February 12, 2026 at 12:46 PM
It’s the only thing keeping me from going completely blackpilled at this point
I truly believe that when your heart is genuine and you move with love and pure intentions, the good you give always finds its way back to you.
February 12, 2026 at 12:41 PM