Brian McCarthy
@brianmccarthy.bsky.social
game developer, software engineer, musician
Current: Technical Narrative Designer on Judas @ Ghost Story Games 👻
Previous: Developer and Audio Director on Obscurant @ King Brick Games 👁️
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Current: Technical Narrative Designer on Judas @ Ghost Story Games 👻
Previous: Developer and Audio Director on Obscurant @ King Brick Games 👁️
he/him
Reposted by Brian McCarthy
getting some music guy to explain music theory to me and then i say "in english four-eyes" like they do with physics guys in the sci-fi movies
November 21, 2025 at 2:38 AM
getting some music guy to explain music theory to me and then i say "in english four-eyes" like they do with physics guys in the sci-fi movies
Narrator: they were not, in fact, doing all they could
November 10, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Narrator: they were not, in fact, doing all they could
Going to get this tattooed on my back
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Going to get this tattooed on my back
Reposted by Brian McCarthy
anyway for my fellow devs I recommend filling out the state of the industry survey, it's imperfect but about as good as we get in trying to get a yearly pulse of the industry
gdconf.typeform.com/SOTI26
gdconf.typeform.com/SOTI26
2026 State of the Game Industry
The gaming industry's most comprehensive annual survey is back, and we're casting a wider net than ever before. Whether you're a developer, executive, investor, marketer, educator, or any other profes...
gdconf.typeform.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
anyway for my fellow devs I recommend filling out the state of the industry survey, it's imperfect but about as good as we get in trying to get a yearly pulse of the industry
gdconf.typeform.com/SOTI26
gdconf.typeform.com/SOTI26
Huh, I wonder if Zuck and co. aggressively positioned themselves for any other supposed paradigm shifts in recent years, and how that went for them.
October 30, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Huh, I wonder if Zuck and co. aggressively positioned themselves for any other supposed paradigm shifts in recent years, and how that went for them.
Anyone who wants to claim that cancel culture has run amok needs to explain why we still have to hear about this guy
October 30, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Anyone who wants to claim that cancel culture has run amok needs to explain why we still have to hear about this guy
This feels like it's combining two separate discussions to me. A game with a budget of $10m is going to be able to leverage marketing in a way that 95% of new games on steam, with a marketing budget or 0, will do. Still different than '10 but it's not like they're dropping into new releases blind.
October 29, 2025 at 1:45 AM
This feels like it's combining two separate discussions to me. A game with a budget of $10m is going to be able to leverage marketing in a way that 95% of new games on steam, with a marketing budget or 0, will do. Still different than '10 but it's not like they're dropping into new releases blind.
It would work so nicely in portrait mode too!
October 28, 2025 at 9:35 PM
It would work so nicely in portrait mode too!
looking into this
October 28, 2025 at 4:15 AM
looking into this
I first read this as him being interested in the HC position for the Tennessee Titans, which is probably only marginally more ridiculous
October 23, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I first read this as him being interested in the HC position for the Tennessee Titans, which is probably only marginally more ridiculous
It's honestly stunning how badly these people tell on themselves.
October 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
It's honestly stunning how badly these people tell on themselves.
Oh this drives me insane
October 13, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Oh this drives me insane
Punching a hole in his TV when he gets to the end of Metroid
October 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Punching a hole in his TV when he gets to the end of Metroid
Fuming silently while I take down my Analog Frog fan forums
October 7, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Fuming silently while I take down my Analog Frog fan forums