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Brendan Mauro
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Sr. Environment Artist at Twin Suns Corp. Past: Core, Duskers, JETT, Overgrowth, Cogs, Natural Selection 2, etc. I like LEGOs.
https://bmauro.artstation.com/
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Brendan Mauro @bmauro.bsky.social · Jan 9
Hello, #PortfolioDay

I'm a 15+ year Environment Art and UI/UX vet, and Art Director on a few (award-winning) Indie games. Currently looking for work. Cheers!

bmauro.artstation.com www.linkedin.com/in/brendanma...
A screenshot of a woman throwing fireballs at skeletons in a gloomy crypt A screenshot of Deadmau5 destroying an industrial-themed venue in a giant mech with laser eyes A screenshot of a robotic drone exploring a derelict spaceship from the game Duskers. The video feed is distorted and grainy and there is a console for typed commands. A large, dimly lit underground room with sci-fi consoles along the walls from the game Natural Selection 2
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kortizart.bsky.social
1/3 Massive efforts are being done to ensure states do not regulate GenAI.

Regulations like CA’s AB-412. A transparency bill that terrifies Big Tech!

On Dec. 8th, there is a major hearing on this bill.

We need as many folks to show up! Come join in support of creatives!

Rsvp link in thread!
CA 12/8 HEARING The Al Copyright Transparency Act URGENT! BE THERE !! SHOW UP to support Artists & Creators NOW !!! 12/8/2025 - 10:00 AM Stanford University - Paul Brest Hall 555 Salvatierra Walk Stanford, CA 93405 Entrance faces Nathan Abbott Way Parking: Parking Structure 6 (Cash/ Credit) We want the sea of human creativity that is CA to be in the room! Help us get a head count ... RSVP: https://bit.ly/44IRMsX
November 25, 2025 at 11:10 PM
bmauro.bsky.social
"While trying to understand why the American middle class feels poorer each year despite healthy GDP growth and low unemployment, I came across a sentence buried in a research paper:

“The U.S. poverty line is calculated as three times the minimum food diet cost in 1963, adjusted for inflation.""
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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evilgalprods.bsky.social
they buy themselves treats because they know without drastic structural changes, those will be the only treats they get

the era of delayed gratification is over: the billionaires stole the gratification part, all they’re left with is delay
paleofuture.bsky.social Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · Oct 31
“At the same time, more than half of Gen Z members say they are struggling to make ends meet, yet a majority buy themselves a small treat, such as a pastry, coffee, or sweet, at least once a week. That can lead to overspending…”

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Why are young people spending so much money?
October 31, 2025 at 4:11 PM
bmauro.bsky.social
You can sign even if you're not from California!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/le...
Let’s Be Clear: Artists & Creators Must Have Transparency NOW!
Every single day we don’t have transparency, the value of copyright loses ground and the harms inflicted to creative industries grow. California has always been on the forefront of policies that can ...
actionnetwork.org
October 31, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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misfitsattic.bsky.social
Watch as we flip Chess on its head by simply adding magic and dungeons and stuff. youtu.be/GYOfCM_LkyE
#BelowTheCrown #indiegame #videogames #chess #Roguelike #DungeonCrawler
Below The Crown: Gameplay Trailer 1
YouTube video by MisfitsAttic
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September 24, 2025 at 11:52 PM
bmauro.bsky.social
I did a lot of work on this:
twinsunscorp.bsky.social Twin Suns Corp. @twinsunscorp.bsky.social · Sep 18
NEW PRE-ALPHA ART TRAILER is up! It is a great overview of the stylized "Graphic Noir" look the team has achieved. Check it out!

More info here and in description: lnkd.in/p/gTwM3BgB

Trailer here: youtu.be/0GhNYTK3EZ4

#indiedev #videogames #projectoctavia #multiplayer #stealthaction #twinsunscorp
Project Octavia Pre-Alpha "Graphic Noir" Trailer
YouTube video by Twin Suns Corp.
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September 18, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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birdibirdson.bsky.social
loading trees #pixelart
August 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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courtneymilan.com
Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!
arstechnica.com Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · Aug 27
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
bmauro.bsky.social
Oh hi, I worked on this game. Hoping one day we get the funding to finish it.
twinsunscorp.bsky.social Twin Suns Corp. @twinsunscorp.bsky.social · Aug 19
😀Here is the VoD of our first LIVE Developer Twitch Stream of PROJECT OCTAVIA! If you couldn't make it live.

youtu.be/olOpsDFHkeI

🕵️‍♀️We will be doing another stream same time next week, Monday at 5pm PT. Join us! www.twitch.tv/twinsunscorp

#videogames #projectoctavia #stealth #livestream #indiedev
Project Octavia Pre-Alpha Developer Live Steam - Episode 1
YouTube video by Twin Suns Corp.
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August 19, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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videogameworkers.bsky.social
We at United Videogame Workers-CWA condemn the studio closure of Cliffhanger Games by Electronic Arts. In an industry that generated over $450 billion and padded EA CEO Andrew Wilson's pockets to the tune of $25.6 million in total compensation in the year 2024, workers should not have to be subjected to this dehumanizing treatment. These hardworking families and industry veterans must now scramble to find new work during a time of increasing economic volatility, while the game that they worked hard on will never see the light of day. And for what purpose? For EA to be able to write off the cost of the studio and game production as a "business loss" on their taxes and make their stock prices go up. Making this disastrous decision following EA's previously announced RTO policies and commitment to DEI is an insult to injury to those already trying to stay afloat in the industry, particularly to the disabled, those with families, and Black and brown game workers. We as workers and the players who stand with us in solidarity deserve better and demand better.
May 28, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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kamakru.bsky.social
Total deregulation of a/i where states cannot enact any guardrails of their own. That's what's in this bill.

This is some real, truly awful shit for the future of all of us and everything we post online.

U.S. House Switchboard: (202) 224-3121
5calls.org to get a script and quick dial to your rep.
kortizart.bsky.social Karla Ortiz @kortizart.bsky.social · May 12
Good lord just what the hell is up today. A potential ban on any regulation for AI for the next 10 years? This includes good bills like AB 412 of legislation protecting folks from Deepfakes! Wtf?! Call your congressmen and women asap to tell them to take this down!

www.404media.co/republicans-...
Republicans Try to Cram Ban on AI Regulation Into Budget Reconciliation Bill
Republicans try to use the Budget Reconciliation bill to stop states from regulating AI entirely for 10 years.
www.404media.co
May 12, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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blendogames.bsky.social
🎉 Skin Deep is RELEASED! 🎉

👉 Steam store.steampowered.com/app/301280/S...
👉 Epic Games Store store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/skin...

This game was made with a crew of wonderful folks: blendogames.com/skindeep/cre...

We hope you enjoy Skin Deep! ✨
April 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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gorangligovic.bsky.social
Here it is, the Bronze Age Fellowship of the Ring.

You can get a print of this here - www.inprnt.com/gallery/gora...

and you can support my little creative excursions here - patreon.com/gorangligovic
The Fellowship of the Ring in (a fantasy version of) Bronze Age getups.
April 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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littlepolygon.bsky.social
Sorry I haven't been posting as much lately -- burning the midnight oil getting new pitch demos ready for #GDC next week -- drop me a line if you want to meet up and talk about NIGHTSHIFT GALAXY! #indiegamedev
March 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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headlockedcomic.bsky.social
The media since 2015.
January 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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sammgreer.bsky.social
Coming out of games journalist retirement for exactly five seconds and having enough time to do a better job than that New York Times article
A scooby doo two panel meme of a villain being unmasked, asking "let's see what's making videogames unsustainable". The first panel has the mask captioned as "state of the art graphics" and the second panel had the unmasked villain captioned "ceo salaries"
December 28, 2024 at 1:00 PM
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esghound.com
December 18, 2024 at 12:05 PM
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crypticsea.bsky.social
really sad that CEOs now have to live in fear of gun violence like some third-grader in a public school
December 11, 2024 at 10:58 PM
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spavel.bsky.social
Well this is grim
weird interaction with a student this week. they kept coming up with weird "facts" ("greek is actually a combination of four other languages") that left me baffled. i said let's look this stuff up together, and they said ok, i'll open a search bar, and they opened... ch*tgpt and i was like "this is not a search bar" and they were like "yes it is, you can search for anything in here" the thing that made me feel crazy is like. every kid that's using this as a browser is getting new BESPOKE false "facts." this isn't "a widespread misconception about X that stems from how it's taught in schools." each individual kid is now hooked into a Nonsense Machine with the "widespread misconception about X" you can start at a baseline. like, ok, in tenth grade we all talk about X thing from history, and that leaves us with some misguided concepts about X, but we can correct that as students get broader understandings of the world but with this, each child is getting UNIQUE wrong facts they are SURE are correct... because they did what we told them to do! they "looked it up"! they got it from somewhere! it's not a kid making up a belief on hearsay and assumption... it's something they think they LEARNED this kid was extremely combative with me, and i understood why. i was sitting in front of him and telling him that the internet, a computer, technology, all these supposedly authoritative things... were wrong. and that i, one person, was right. he basically *couldn't* believe me. 8 135 3.8K 97K ... stillorangecrushed @stilloranged. 7h he decided that i was simply a teacher who'd made a mistake. he could check it, after all! he could look it up! he could find the REAL facts. i obviously hadn't done that, i was just an adult who'd decided i was smarter than him. hence the defensiveness. like i said: i understood 5 760 3.2K 82K stillorangecrushed @stilloranged. 7h ... it was so fucking rough. i did my best, but i am one person trying to work against a campaign of misinformation so vast that it fucking terrifies me. this kid is being set up for a life lived entirely inside the hall of mirrors
July 6, 2024 at 10:15 PM
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turbobuttoninc.bsky.social
Nobody at Turbo Button could figure out how to make an AI-generated greeting card. But we heard studios like us are expected to use AI for everything now, so we commissioned some of our favorite artists to hand draw what they think those cards might have looked like.

Here's what they came up with.
A collection of five hand-drawn greeting cards, each representing an artist's interpretation of AI-generated art.
December 6, 2024 at 3:20 PM
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allis.ink
You can currently buy all of me and @danjohnston.uk 's fonts for $19.

I have made nearly a thousand fonts. Daniel has made around 200.

That's a PRICE
December 3, 2024 at 2:19 PM
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lucasbrowneyes.bsky.social
Let me save you from asking a Native this:

Yes, some Natives celebrate Thanksgiving. Which is cool. It was our holiday first.

Also, some Natives don’t. Which is also cool.

But what isn’t cool, is only thinking of Natives once a year.
November 27, 2024 at 11:53 PM
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littlepolygon.bsky.social
Collision Stress-Testing starting to pay-off. #ScreenshotSaturday

WISHLIST NIGHTSHIFT GALAXY: store.steampowered.com/app/3038700/...
November 24, 2024 at 3:00 AM
bmauro.bsky.social
Songs of Silence better be getting some art noms when it comes to the festival season, just saying.
A collage of art-nouveau stylized fantasy characters - sightless men in armor casting spells, a woman with a radiant bird-of-prey, all over a chilling background image of an immense, chaotic orb of dark energy dominating a natural landscape.
November 24, 2024 at 4:02 AM
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macspace.bsky.social
Scout ship scouting some alien city ruins.
November 21, 2024 at 5:59 PM