Colin Ferguson
@fearlessson.bsky.social
Senior QA Engineer at Epic Games working on the Unreal Engine, cosplayer, human-simulacrum. He/They.
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In gamedev, if you're using a placeholder asset, best practices involve marking it as placeholder so garishly and offensively clearly PLACEHOLDER that you can't possibly miss it. Also flagging that asset in the dev process so it can be identified quickly before the final build.
November 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
In gamedev, if you're using a placeholder asset, best practices involve marking it as placeholder so garishly and offensively clearly PLACEHOLDER that you can't possibly miss it. Also flagging that asset in the dev process so it can be identified quickly before the final build.
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Stop quoting stuff CEOs say about game development. They don't know shit. Even game devs only know about their own tiny slice of gamedev, so the suits definitely have no idea. You don't have to listen to them or debunk them, sometimes you can just be like "that's idiotic" and live on.
November 12, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Stop quoting stuff CEOs say about game development. They don't know shit. Even game devs only know about their own tiny slice of gamedev, so the suits definitely have no idea. You don't have to listen to them or debunk them, sometimes you can just be like "that's idiotic" and live on.
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Everything about making video games is harder than you think.
November 6, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Everything about making video games is harder than you think.
Speaking as a professional QA task automator, I think this is a HORRIBLE idea.
Automation can make manual testing more effective, but it can’t replace people. Using generative AI to replace people is only going to lead to more bugs slipping through the net. It lacks the creativity necessary for it.
Automation can make manual testing more effective, but it can’t replace people. Using generative AI to replace people is only going to lead to more bugs slipping through the net. It lacks the creativity necessary for it.
Square Enix wants to use gen AI to 'automate 70 percent of QA and debugging' by late 2027
Square Enix wants to use gen AI to 'automate 70 percent of QA and debugging' by late 2027
The company is initiating a joint research with the Matsuo Laboratory at the University of Tokyo to improve the efficiency of game development processes 'through AI technologies.'
www.gamedeveloper.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Speaking as a professional QA task automator, I think this is a HORRIBLE idea.
Automation can make manual testing more effective, but it can’t replace people. Using generative AI to replace people is only going to lead to more bugs slipping through the net. It lacks the creativity necessary for it.
Automation can make manual testing more effective, but it can’t replace people. Using generative AI to replace people is only going to lead to more bugs slipping through the net. It lacks the creativity necessary for it.
"The Newhouse family will continue being billionaires. Nobody at the top faces consequences when they kill something valuable. They just move on to the next consolidation, the next round of layoffs, the next time they decide that good journalism isn’t worth the headache."
Today's newsletter is about the awful and extremely political decision to gut Teen Vogue for parts www.readtpa.com/p/teen-vogue...
Teen Vogue's Award-Winning Journalism Was Too Much Trouble for Condé Nast
The outlet just won recognition for speaking truth to power. Condé Nast responded by eliminating its entire politics staff and folding it into Vogue.
www.readtpa.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:40 AM
"The Newhouse family will continue being billionaires. Nobody at the top faces consequences when they kill something valuable. They just move on to the next consolidation, the next round of layoffs, the next time they decide that good journalism isn’t worth the headache."
Damn. I was really hoping that Wilson would pull ahead. I hope the closeness of this puts Harrell on notice, at least.
In the latest tally, Bruce Harrell's lead has grown by 2,864 votes. He now leads with 53.84% of the vote. King County counted another 20,804 votes in the mayoral race today, bringing the total number of ballots counted to 139,173. Today's batch broke 56.71% for Harrell and 42.94% for Katie Wilson.
In Seattle, Bruce Harrell (incumbent) is leading with 53% of the vote over Katie Wilson for Mayor.
November 6, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Damn. I was really hoping that Wilson would pull ahead. I hope the closeness of this puts Harrell on notice, at least.
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😂
Apparently all you needed to do to predict the NYC election results was read that one N.K. Jemisin novel.
November 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
😂
I've got back and neck pain AND a canker sore today.
November 5, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I've got back and neck pain AND a canker sore today.
Damn, that was SAVAGE.
Mamdani: "I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life but let tonight be the final time I utter his name."
November 5, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Damn, that was SAVAGE.
"He captured Harper's Ferry with his nineteen men so true. He frightened old Virginia 'tell she trembled through and through. They hanged him for a traitor, they themselves the traitor crew. His soul goes marching on."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e3G...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e3G...
November 5, 2025 at 4:46 AM
"He captured Harper's Ferry with his nineteen men so true. He frightened old Virginia 'tell she trembled through and through. They hanged him for a traitor, they themselves the traitor crew. His soul goes marching on."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e3G...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e3G...
The opposition would make those ads anyway. They already do. Might as well go all out if they’re just going to paint you with the socialist brush rather than compromising your ideals.
![Screenshot of article that reads: “A Mamdani victory is a serious political problem for those in the party who believe, as we do, that our primary focus must be on flipping red and purple seats blue, expanding the map for Democrats, and creating a path back to Congress and the White House,” Matt Bennett, executive vice president of center-left think tank Third Way, told MSNBC. “The [Democratic Socialists of America] platform — which Mamdani has not repudiated — hands a potent set of weapons to Republican ad makers eager to tie Mamdani-style politics to Democrats running in much tougher places than deep blue New York.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ozma3timm5c32fa7bimb4zaj/bafkreidedpbe5cweyx6x5pz66ypn74fumifyvinjjr4prysjpvopaqi4vi@jpeg)
November 4, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The opposition would make those ads anyway. They already do. Might as well go all out if they’re just going to paint you with the socialist brush rather than compromising your ideals.
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The short version: Despite layoffs, buying the game still puts money in the pockets of the developers who worked on it. Which is doubly important because they're out of a job. Boycotting the game in solidarity with them by screwing them out of money won't help anyone!
November 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The short version: Despite layoffs, buying the game still puts money in the pockets of the developers who worked on it. Which is doubly important because they're out of a job. Boycotting the game in solidarity with them by screwing them out of money won't help anyone!
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I keep seeing people say, oh, trans people must take a hit for the greater good and, first of all, no, you don't get to discard someone else's rights and second, we know from past experience that marginalized communities like theirs are merely the first to be targeted. They'll come for you next.
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too. n.pr/4qFa1mY
Trump pushes an end to medical care for transgender youth nationally
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too.
n.pr
October 30, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I keep seeing people say, oh, trans people must take a hit for the greater good and, first of all, no, you don't get to discard someone else's rights and second, we know from past experience that marginalized communities like theirs are merely the first to be targeted. They'll come for you next.
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I think fundamentally the problem with post liberal thinkers is that they seem to assume that vanquishing liberalism results in their enemies being converted or defeated and not becoming radicalized into enemies who no longer extend the mercies they once did.
October 30, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I think fundamentally the problem with post liberal thinkers is that they seem to assume that vanquishing liberalism results in their enemies being converted or defeated and not becoming radicalized into enemies who no longer extend the mercies they once did.
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Proud papa moment: my son J published a letter in the @nytimes.com today (in print tomorrow) on the need to think our definitions of autism.
October 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Proud papa moment: my son J published a letter in the @nytimes.com today (in print tomorrow) on the need to think our definitions of autism.
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I think there's a small but meaningful distinction to be made between being an edgelord – especially as a younger person – and fully embracing nazi values/beliefs. the former primes people for the latter, but they're not the same thing, and I don't think we should ever excuse nazism as a "phase"
i actually don’t think the “average” american millennial man had a nazi phase. it’s not some boys will be boys shit. this makes me side eye you and your friend group, sounds like a personal problem
October 21, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I think there's a small but meaningful distinction to be made between being an edgelord – especially as a younger person – and fully embracing nazi values/beliefs. the former primes people for the latter, but they're not the same thing, and I don't think we should ever excuse nazism as a "phase"
“But what they attempted to position as bridge-building quickly looked something more like trench warfare. Instead of conscientious outreach across the aisle, the Trump administration’s Bluesky launch mixed trolling and partisan messaging, creating instant backlash.”
On Friday, after months of internal discussions, federal agencies began posting on the left-friendly social network. Within days, they dominated a list of the most-blocked accounts.
Inside the Trump Adminstration's Bluesky Invasion
On Friday, after months of internal discussions, federal agencies began posting on the left-friendly social network. Within days, they dominated a list of the most-blocked accounts.
wrd.cm
October 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
“But what they attempted to position as bridge-building quickly looked something more like trench warfare. Instead of conscientious outreach across the aisle, the Trump administration’s Bluesky launch mixed trolling and partisan messaging, creating instant backlash.”
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AWS be like: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ywn...
October 20, 2025 at 10:31 PM
AWS be like: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ywn...
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i see you're doing something online that you have effortlessly done 100,000 times. would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? w
October 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
i see you're doing something online that you have effortlessly done 100,000 times. would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? w
It's one of THOSE nights.
October 20, 2025 at 5:54 AM
It's one of THOSE nights.
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“You can win elections by tacking to the middle; lots of people have. But you can also win elections by staking a moral position and convincing people to agree with you. You can earn support by demonstrating what is important to you instead of just being determined to nod along with what you hear.”
Yesterday I wrote about the effort by center-left pundits to police what people are passionate about.
www.pbump.net/o/sincerity-...
www.pbump.net/o/sincerity-...
Sincerity is not the problem
As is inevitably the case after an election — and is especially the case after an election with an unexpected result — allies of the losing presidential candidate in 2024 looked for people to blame. O...
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October 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
“You can win elections by tacking to the middle; lots of people have. But you can also win elections by staking a moral position and convincing people to agree with you. You can earn support by demonstrating what is important to you instead of just being determined to nod along with what you hear.”
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Shinra believes that these so-called No Kings rallies are funded by the terrorist group AVALANCHE...
October 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Shinra believes that these so-called No Kings rallies are funded by the terrorist group AVALANCHE...
“Friday night production deployment.”
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 16, 2025 at 10:37 PM
“Friday night production deployment.”