Aaron Amendola
@turbohoodie.com
Game Designer | Currently working on Curtain Call RPG | Community Manager | Co-host of GWJ CC | He/Him
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Aaron Amendola
@turbohoodie.com
· Oct 21
The #GameDev scene here seems rad, I’m so reintroducing myself: I’m Aaron Amendola, proud game designer and podcaster. I’ve successfully crowdfunded multiple projects, including my first tabletop game: Earworm! (Praised by Polygon.com!)
Last photo is just cool. I was a board game character model.
Last photo is just cool. I was a board game character model.
Is two years old too young or too old to teach my daughter about Evangelion
November 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Is two years old too young or too old to teach my daughter about Evangelion
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It’s fun to think about the surgeon who will botch your surgery 20 years from now and what he’s doing at this moment. He just ran all his homework through ChatGPT. He just read that article about vaccines and autism at the CDC website. He just watched an Instagram video about the moon landing hoax.
November 21, 2025 at 4:27 AM
It’s fun to think about the surgeon who will botch your surgery 20 years from now and what he’s doing at this moment. He just ran all his homework through ChatGPT. He just read that article about vaccines and autism at the CDC website. He just watched an Instagram video about the moon landing hoax.
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Predator movies in the 80s: come on boys. Let’s kill the Predator.
Predator movies today: the Predator’s family is toxic. Luckily all these freaky little guys have his back. ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Predator movies today: the Predator’s family is toxic. Luckily all these freaky little guys have his back. ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
November 21, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Predator movies in the 80s: come on boys. Let’s kill the Predator.
Predator movies today: the Predator’s family is toxic. Luckily all these freaky little guys have his back. ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Predator movies today: the Predator’s family is toxic. Luckily all these freaky little guys have his back. ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
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I’m a Gen X parent, but it’s not super flattering to Gen X parents as a cohort that “found family” is now its own movie genre.
November 21, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I’m a Gen X parent, but it’s not super flattering to Gen X parents as a cohort that “found family” is now its own movie genre.
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Epstein Bill Passes as Top Official Circulates Plan to Block Transparency via @kenklippenstein.bsky.social
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/epstein-bi...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/epstein-bi...
Epstein Bill Passes as Top Official Circulates Plan to Block Transparency
Official document warns of "National Security Concerns"
www.kenklippenstein.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Epstein Bill Passes as Top Official Circulates Plan to Block Transparency via @kenklippenstein.bsky.social
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/epstein-bi...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/epstein-bi...
Can’t believe Fortnite is putting all the kids + Vecna in the game but not Steve Harrington.
November 21, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Can’t believe Fortnite is putting all the kids + Vecna in the game but not Steve Harrington.
The FFX2 crew walked so Rumi, Mira, and Zoey could run.
November 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The FFX2 crew walked so Rumi, Mira, and Zoey could run.
Tarantino's vibe while posing with the Fortnite-appropriate Pussy Wagon from Kill Bill is such an enigma.
![Quentin Tarantino posing with a truck bed that reads "[CATFACE] Wagon." His expression is grim.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ypa7qpkrnl2zigcxwmkhuuup/bafkreiekkq4aquv6u4za2aqmrskrjdmbdbf6zbnhi2w3y6bn5cobua4ngq@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Tarantino's vibe while posing with the Fortnite-appropriate Pussy Wagon from Kill Bill is such an enigma.
Promise Mascot Agency mashes up joy, merriment with Japanese mascot culture to provide a singular experience for players - and we got to talk to @kaizengameworks.com game director Oli Clarke Smith about it!
DIRECT: www.gamerswithjobs.com/node/1305294 (and available on all podcatchers!)
DIRECT: www.gamerswithjobs.com/node/1305294 (and available on all podcatchers!)
GWJ Conference Call 997
www.gamerswithjobs.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Promise Mascot Agency mashes up joy, merriment with Japanese mascot culture to provide a singular experience for players - and we got to talk to @kaizengameworks.com game director Oli Clarke Smith about it!
DIRECT: www.gamerswithjobs.com/node/1305294 (and available on all podcatchers!)
DIRECT: www.gamerswithjobs.com/node/1305294 (and available on all podcatchers!)
fuck yeah
#Dispatch devs have no interest in using AI for game development 🎮
"AI feels like a production solution, not a creative one. Maybe it's a creative one if you aren't creative"
"Whatever we're building, it has to connect. It's got to be made by people. It's got to connect to people"
(via GIBiz)
"AI feels like a production solution, not a creative one. Maybe it's a creative one if you aren't creative"
"Whatever we're building, it has to connect. It's got to be made by people. It's got to connect to people"
(via GIBiz)
November 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM
fuck yeah
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RIP to a games industry pioneer and legend, Rebecca Heineman (@burgerbecky.bsky.social) If your unfamiliar, look her up. Her career is like the story of videogames itself.
November 18, 2025 at 3:01 AM
RIP to a games industry pioneer and legend, Rebecca Heineman (@burgerbecky.bsky.social) If your unfamiliar, look her up. Her career is like the story of videogames itself.
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I'm sure the DICE and GDC Awards, selected by peers, will not make the same mistake.
Wow, no Dispatch nomination for game of the year, best score or music, art direction, audio design, NARRATIVE, best indie game, or game direction. Stunning.
The Game Awards voting/nominees up now thegameawards.com/nominees
November 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I'm sure the DICE and GDC Awards, selected by peers, will not make the same mistake.
I'm not going to sit here and say The Game Awards don't matter - they do. It gives games a huge platform for normies to see what's hitting with audiences and that ain't nothing. If you want the indie games you love to succeed, you need to review them on Steam, or wherever you buy your games.
November 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I'm not going to sit here and say The Game Awards don't matter - they do. It gives games a huge platform for normies to see what's hitting with audiences and that ain't nothing. If you want the indie games you love to succeed, you need to review them on Steam, or wherever you buy your games.
Justice for Blue Prince
Justice for Citizen Sleeper 2
Justice for Wanderstop
Justice for Citizen Sleeper 2
Justice for Wanderstop
The Game Awards GOTY nominees have leaked:
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Death Stranding 2
- Donkey Kong Bananza
- Hades 2
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Kingdom Come Deliverance 2
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Death Stranding 2
- Donkey Kong Bananza
- Hades 2
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Kingdom Come Deliverance 2
November 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Justice for Blue Prince
Justice for Citizen Sleeper 2
Justice for Wanderstop
Justice for Citizen Sleeper 2
Justice for Wanderstop
The Running Man kicked ass. Just the movie I wanted for this moment.
November 16, 2025 at 2:28 AM
The Running Man kicked ass. Just the movie I wanted for this moment.
Marvel Rivals has had a death grip on me since Summer and the inclusion of Gambit feels like a pointed attack.
November 14, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Marvel Rivals has had a death grip on me since Summer and the inclusion of Gambit feels like a pointed attack.
Arc Raiders, Marvel Rivals, and Black Ops 7 are all over my timeline, but to be completely hones,t I get *CHILLZ* when I watch the trailer for Destiny 2's Renegades expansion dungeon: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ri0...
Destiny 2 - Official Equilibrium Dungeon Trailer
YouTube video by IGN
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Arc Raiders, Marvel Rivals, and Black Ops 7 are all over my timeline, but to be completely hones,t I get *CHILLZ* when I watch the trailer for Destiny 2's Renegades expansion dungeon: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ri0...
My new strategy for Pokemon Z-A is to ask folks on the subreddits to give me their Shiny Alphas and lemme tell ya it's a winner
November 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
My new strategy for Pokemon Z-A is to ask folks on the subreddits to give me their Shiny Alphas and lemme tell ya it's a winner
There is one King Of Kart this year and it isn’t Nintendo’s Mario Kart World.
NiGHTS, AiAi, Tangle & Whisper Coming to Sonic Racing CrossWorlds for Free, SpongeBob DLC Launches Nov 19th 2025 www.segadriven.com/2025/11/nigh... #SonicTheHedgehog #SonicRacingCrossWorlds #DLC #Gaming #Sega #SegaDriven
November 12, 2025 at 12:46 AM
There is one King Of Kart this year and it isn’t Nintendo’s Mario Kart World.
We, as a society, have forgotten how great the ending credits song for Mass Effect is and I went to correct that. open.spotify.com/track/3jxgYM...
Just killer vibey space travel shit.
Just killer vibey space travel shit.
M4, Pt. 2
open.spotify.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
We, as a society, have forgotten how great the ending credits song for Mass Effect is and I went to correct that. open.spotify.com/track/3jxgYM...
Just killer vibey space travel shit.
Just killer vibey space travel shit.
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
Hey Dems maybe don’t cave in after seeing what offices can be won when you fucking fight back
November 10, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Hey Dems maybe don’t cave in after seeing what offices can be won when you fucking fight back
Happy birthday to Ripley, the best damn dog I could’ve ever asked for. She’s three!
November 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Happy birthday to Ripley, the best damn dog I could’ve ever asked for. She’s three!
