Rob "Xemu" Fermier
@xemu.bsky.social
He/ Him. Making games since 1993. System Shock 1&2, Age of Mythology, Heretic Operative, Millennia, and lots of others.
MIT grad, founder at Irrational Games & C Prompt Games.
Next project: TBD!
MIT grad, founder at Irrational Games & C Prompt Games.
Next project: TBD!
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Rob "Xemu" Fermier
@xemu.bsky.social
· May 4
Hello BlueSky folks!
My very first official game industry job was working on System Shock at Looking Glass - which was previously known as ...
"Blue Sky Productions"
So I take this as an auspicious sign for the success of the game dev community here!
My very first official game industry job was working on System Shock at Looking Glass - which was previously known as ...
"Blue Sky Productions"
So I take this as an auspicious sign for the success of the game dev community here!
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There's a fucking video of ICE mercing a driver on the timeline, turn off auto play NOW
(and seriously do not share that, come on, you do not need to boil yourself in trauma to feel like you're doing something)
If you do see it? IMMEDIATELY play Tetris for about 5 minutes. Research proves it out.
(and seriously do not share that, come on, you do not need to boil yourself in trauma to feel like you're doing something)
If you do see it? IMMEDIATELY play Tetris for about 5 minutes. Research proves it out.
January 7, 2026 at 6:09 PM
There's a fucking video of ICE mercing a driver on the timeline, turn off auto play NOW
(and seriously do not share that, come on, you do not need to boil yourself in trauma to feel like you're doing something)
If you do see it? IMMEDIATELY play Tetris for about 5 minutes. Research proves it out.
(and seriously do not share that, come on, you do not need to boil yourself in trauma to feel like you're doing something)
If you do see it? IMMEDIATELY play Tetris for about 5 minutes. Research proves it out.
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There are only 218 Republicans left in the House.
Make them produce a majority every day, every hour, for every thing.
Make them produce a majority every day, every hour, for every thing.
Rep. Doug LaMalfa,who died this morning, was one of 147 Republicans who voted to overturn the 2020 election.
It was defining moment of his political career—one that must not be forgotten on the anniversary of January 6.
It was defining moment of his political career—one that must not be forgotten on the anniversary of January 6.
January 6, 2026 at 6:50 PM
There are only 218 Republicans left in the House.
Make them produce a majority every day, every hour, for every thing.
Make them produce a majority every day, every hour, for every thing.
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On the 5th Anniversary of the failed January 6th insurrection attempt, we’re reminded how fragile democracy can be. We must remember the darkness of that day so it’s never repeated. As history is rewritten by some, we choose to speak the truth of what happened.
January 6, 2026 at 1:02 PM
On the 5th Anniversary of the failed January 6th insurrection attempt, we’re reminded how fragile democracy can be. We must remember the darkness of that day so it’s never repeated. As history is rewritten by some, we choose to speak the truth of what happened.
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TIL people who do Pilates don’t like it when you insist that it was invented by Pontius Pilate.
January 4, 2026 at 9:45 PM
TIL people who do Pilates don’t like it when you insist that it was invented by Pontius Pilate.
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Remarkable statement from the Prime Minister of Denmark, directed at President Trump:
“I therefore strongly urge the United States to cease its threats against a historically close ally, and against another country and another people who have stated very clearly that they are not for sale.”
“I therefore strongly urge the United States to cease its threats against a historically close ally, and against another country and another people who have stated very clearly that they are not for sale.”
January 4, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Remarkable statement from the Prime Minister of Denmark, directed at President Trump:
“I therefore strongly urge the United States to cease its threats against a historically close ally, and against another country and another people who have stated very clearly that they are not for sale.”
“I therefore strongly urge the United States to cease its threats against a historically close ally, and against another country and another people who have stated very clearly that they are not for sale.”
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I think arguing about congressional authority is the wrong political angle. Makes it sound like we’re only mad that Trump didn’t follow all the red tape, not that he actually did something wrong.
His people LIKE that he ignores formal rules.
His people LIKE that he ignores formal rules.
January 4, 2026 at 5:35 PM
I think arguing about congressional authority is the wrong political angle. Makes it sound like we’re only mad that Trump didn’t follow all the red tape, not that he actually did something wrong.
His people LIKE that he ignores formal rules.
His people LIKE that he ignores formal rules.
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this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier
January 3, 2026 at 10:57 PM
this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier
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Being an American feels like getting on a school bus and then your bus driver decides to do a drive by
January 3, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Being an American feels like getting on a school bus and then your bus driver decides to do a drive by
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you don't need to add caveats agreeing that the head of state abducted is a bad guy before opposing abduction of a head of state by military force. If the rule was any head of government is fair game then the entire world would be a series of decapitation strikes and show trials in foreign courts.
January 3, 2026 at 1:50 PM
you don't need to add caveats agreeing that the head of state abducted is a bad guy before opposing abduction of a head of state by military force. If the rule was any head of government is fair game then the entire world would be a series of decapitation strikes and show trials in foreign courts.
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It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
January 3, 2026 at 3:34 PM
It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
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Kidnapping the leader of a foreign state without any declaration of war and announcing it via social media is full-on rogue state stuff. From the world’s number one superpower.
January 3, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Kidnapping the leader of a foreign state without any declaration of war and announcing it via social media is full-on rogue state stuff. From the world’s number one superpower.
This is the sort of thing we need to do day 1 of a post-Trump administration.
I was wondering what Mamdani's first executive order would be, and I'm not disappointed by this.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
January 1, 2026 at 11:46 PM
This is the sort of thing we need to do day 1 of a post-Trump administration.
Black-eyed peas for lunch, we definitely could all use some luck going into 2026!
January 1, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Black-eyed peas for lunch, we definitely could all use some luck going into 2026!
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my new year resolution is 1366x768
January 1, 2026 at 5:16 PM
my new year resolution is 1366x768
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hey girl, are you a pokemon. because I'm not sure I buy that a creature capable of such violence would ever choose to be treated like a pet
December 30, 2025 at 9:11 PM
hey girl, are you a pokemon. because I'm not sure I buy that a creature capable of such violence would ever choose to be treated like a pet
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Live by these fucking words in 2026. Be SPICY and lend a hand.
January 1, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Live by these fucking words in 2026. Be SPICY and lend a hand.
Happy New Year, y’all.
Let’s crush it in 2026!!
Let’s crush it in 2026!!
January 1, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Happy New Year, y’all.
Let’s crush it in 2026!!
Let’s crush it in 2026!!
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I read 36 books in 2025, but I also got every ending in The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy so let's say I read 65 books in 2025
January 1, 2026 at 12:43 AM
I read 36 books in 2025, but I also got every ending in The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy so let's say I read 65 books in 2025
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Were 90s kids clamoring for a Batman cartoon with 1930s Art Deco aesthetics? Is that what the market demanded? Or did some really smart creative people have a vision and make a genre-defining hit that sustained 20 years of TV shows? If you want success look for vision, not just metrics.
January 1, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Were 90s kids clamoring for a Batman cartoon with 1930s Art Deco aesthetics? Is that what the market demanded? Or did some really smart creative people have a vision and make a genre-defining hit that sustained 20 years of TV shows? If you want success look for vision, not just metrics.
If I am recommending only one game from all of 2025, it would probably be Strange Jigsaws, as it was one of my favorite games and is massively under the radar compared to some of the others.
December 31, 2025 at 6:56 PM
If I am recommending only one game from all of 2025, it would probably be Strange Jigsaws, as it was one of my favorite games and is massively under the radar compared to some of the others.
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Whenever we're out of this shit the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should be built into an absolutely nightmare bureaucratic goliath. Increase the original funding by a million times and hire thousands of staffers trying to fuck shit up for business.
December 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Whenever we're out of this shit the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should be built into an absolutely nightmare bureaucratic goliath. Increase the original funding by a million times and hire thousands of staffers trying to fuck shit up for business.
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I hate these charts so much because they imply chatgpt is comparable to the internet or phones
You could create the same graphic for full screen pop-up advertising on websites and make them look like ultra-rapid technology adoption when really they were just baked unavoidably into the internet
You could create the same graphic for full screen pop-up advertising on websites and make them look like ultra-rapid technology adoption when really they were just baked unavoidably into the internet
In 2025, AI became pervasive in American life and the economy, with ChatGPT surging in adoption much faster than any other major technology in memory. @nytopinion.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:38 AM
I hate these charts so much because they imply chatgpt is comparable to the internet or phones
You could create the same graphic for full screen pop-up advertising on websites and make them look like ultra-rapid technology adoption when really they were just baked unavoidably into the internet
You could create the same graphic for full screen pop-up advertising on websites and make them look like ultra-rapid technology adoption when really they were just baked unavoidably into the internet
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It’s wild we’re still talking about masks. I still mask up in grocery stores, elevators, public bathrooms, and public transit cuz I don’t like being sick and I don’t want to get my kid sick and it doesn’t have to be more complicated than not liking being sick. It’s weird anyone would question that.
December 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
It’s wild we’re still talking about masks. I still mask up in grocery stores, elevators, public bathrooms, and public transit cuz I don’t like being sick and I don’t want to get my kid sick and it doesn’t have to be more complicated than not liking being sick. It’s weird anyone would question that.