Michael Fitch
@fitchgames.bsky.social
Game developer, father, cultural critic.
Wishlist Thick As Thieves on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3341000/Thick_As_Thieves/
Wishlist Thick As Thieves on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3341000/Thick_As_Thieves/
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Michael Fitch
@fitchgames.bsky.social
· Sep 21
25 years of game development: a long, strange trip | Michael Fitch posted on the topic | LinkedIn
Hi. My name is Michael. I've been making games professionally for 25 years now. June 5, 2000, I walked into Atomic games with a leather messenger bag, a comp book, an absurd number of pens, and a w...
www.linkedin.com
For anyone who’s just stumbling across me and wondering, “who is this idiot?”, here’s the end of a career retrospective I wrote this summer:
www.linkedin.com/posts/michae...
www.linkedin.com/posts/michae...
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TGA/GotY discourse always makes it clear that:
1. There is not a singular "video game industry" (and hasn't been for a while), but instead a bunch of disparate scenes that no one person could hope to cover entirely (or realistically care about), but
2. Most folks don't realize it.
1. There is not a singular "video game industry" (and hasn't been for a while), but instead a bunch of disparate scenes that no one person could hope to cover entirely (or realistically care about), but
2. Most folks don't realize it.
November 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
TGA/GotY discourse always makes it clear that:
1. There is not a singular "video game industry" (and hasn't been for a while), but instead a bunch of disparate scenes that no one person could hope to cover entirely (or realistically care about), but
2. Most folks don't realize it.
1. There is not a singular "video game industry" (and hasn't been for a while), but instead a bunch of disparate scenes that no one person could hope to cover entirely (or realistically care about), but
2. Most folks don't realize it.
Quick question: of the previous, I don’t know, dozen presidents, how many people practicing law for them have been disbarred?
And Trump?
And Trump?
November 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Quick question: of the previous, I don’t know, dozen presidents, how many people practicing law for them have been disbarred?
And Trump?
And Trump?
I finally got exposed to that AI slop country song through watching Colbert.
This seems like a clear example of how much machismo is all attitude and no substance.
“I don’t have to make sense to be threatening” - right wing America in a nutshell.
This seems like a clear example of how much machismo is all attitude and no substance.
“I don’t have to make sense to be threatening” - right wing America in a nutshell.
November 16, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I finally got exposed to that AI slop country song through watching Colbert.
This seems like a clear example of how much machismo is all attitude and no substance.
“I don’t have to make sense to be threatening” - right wing America in a nutshell.
This seems like a clear example of how much machismo is all attitude and no substance.
“I don’t have to make sense to be threatening” - right wing America in a nutshell.
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Thousands of protesters are marching in the streets of DC demanding the resignation of President Trump today.
#EpsteinFiles #Trump
#EpsteinFiles #Trump
November 15, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Thousands of protesters are marching in the streets of DC demanding the resignation of President Trump today.
#EpsteinFiles #Trump
#EpsteinFiles #Trump
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KIRO 7 ran an article and two TV pieces on the theft of a box truck full of arcade PCBs, artwork, and machines from my workplace yesterday. If anyone in the Seattle area sees someone offloading a ton of CPS2/NAOMI/Neo Geo PCBs, stuff of that nature, please reach out.
www.kiro7.com/news/local/g...
www.kiro7.com/news/local/g...
GAME OVER: $25k+ of tech stolen from Kent arcade
Tens of thousands of dollars worth of vintage video game equipment was stolen from a Kent arcade this week.
www.kiro7.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:32 AM
KIRO 7 ran an article and two TV pieces on the theft of a box truck full of arcade PCBs, artwork, and machines from my workplace yesterday. If anyone in the Seattle area sees someone offloading a ton of CPS2/NAOMI/Neo Geo PCBs, stuff of that nature, please reach out.
www.kiro7.com/news/local/g...
www.kiro7.com/news/local/g...
Just a reminder that we would not need SNAP benefits for working people if the minimum wage were actually a livable wage.
SNAP is a corporate subsidy.
SNAP is a corporate subsidy.
November 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Just a reminder that we would not need SNAP benefits for working people if the minimum wage were actually a livable wage.
SNAP is a corporate subsidy.
SNAP is a corporate subsidy.
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Introducing the nominees for The Indie Game Awards 2025, airing on December 18th at 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET on @ign.com, @gamespot.com, and @sixoneindie.com's YouTube and Twitch channels.
Visit indiegameawards.gg for the full list of nominees, presenters, and judges.
Visit indiegameawards.gg for the full list of nominees, presenters, and judges.
November 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Introducing the nominees for The Indie Game Awards 2025, airing on December 18th at 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET on @ign.com, @gamespot.com, and @sixoneindie.com's YouTube and Twitch channels.
Visit indiegameawards.gg for the full list of nominees, presenters, and judges.
Visit indiegameawards.gg for the full list of nominees, presenters, and judges.
I am going to make it a personal mission to mock everyone who posts a NYT link from now on.
Pretending they have any legitimacy left is foolish.
Pretending they have any legitimacy left is foolish.
November 13, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I am going to make it a personal mission to mock everyone who posts a NYT link from now on.
Pretending they have any legitimacy left is foolish.
Pretending they have any legitimacy left is foolish.
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Hi, Londoners! I'll be giving an in-person full day #gameUX masterclass on Friday Dec 12th in #London.
You can sign up here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/game-ux-co...
Let me know if you have any questions. Please share and I hope to see you there!
#UX #gamedev #training #masterclass
You can sign up here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/game-ux-co...
Let me know if you have any questions. Please share and I hope to see you there!
#UX #gamedev #training #masterclass
Game UX & Cognitive Science Masterclass (London,UK Dec 12)
Learn the cognitive science and UX practices behind successful games like Fortnite, from former Director of UX at Epic Games.
www.eventbrite.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Hi, Londoners! I'll be giving an in-person full day #gameUX masterclass on Friday Dec 12th in #London.
You can sign up here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/game-ux-co...
Let me know if you have any questions. Please share and I hope to see you there!
#UX #gamedev #training #masterclass
You can sign up here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/game-ux-co...
Let me know if you have any questions. Please share and I hope to see you there!
#UX #gamedev #training #masterclass
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okay, seriously: if we were to corral this, would anyone be interested in contributing? Here is the google form:
forms.gle/m2V4j4cDvwNu...
forms.gle/m2V4j4cDvwNu...
November 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
okay, seriously: if we were to corral this, would anyone be interested in contributing? Here is the google form:
forms.gle/m2V4j4cDvwNu...
forms.gle/m2V4j4cDvwNu...
Reposted by Michael Fitch
Ambrosia Sky: Act One is out now.
Support is everything right now. If you purchase a copy: thank you. If you enjoy it, please leave a review. If you like what we're doing as a studio, tell a friend.
Discovery is lifeblood in games today, and grassroots support makes the difference for indies
Support is everything right now. If you purchase a copy: thank you. If you enjoy it, please leave a review. If you like what we're doing as a studio, tell a friend.
Discovery is lifeblood in games today, and grassroots support makes the difference for indies
November 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Ambrosia Sky: Act One is out now.
Support is everything right now. If you purchase a copy: thank you. If you enjoy it, please leave a review. If you like what we're doing as a studio, tell a friend.
Discovery is lifeblood in games today, and grassroots support makes the difference for indies
Support is everything right now. If you purchase a copy: thank you. If you enjoy it, please leave a review. If you like what we're doing as a studio, tell a friend.
Discovery is lifeblood in games today, and grassroots support makes the difference for indies
I posted this on LinkedIn, but they're terrible about squashing external links.
If you or someone you know would be interested in a new game development conference, feel free to take the survey and/or share the link:
forms.gle/Sg9nNBZhatRW...
If you or someone you know would be interested in a new game development conference, feel free to take the survey and/or share the link:
forms.gle/Sg9nNBZhatRW...
New conference on Game Dev Interest Sheet
So, I floated this notion on LinkedIn over the weekend about a non-traditional conference for game developers.
The constraints are pretty simple:
Less than 50 contributors / speakers because that's m...
forms.gle
November 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I posted this on LinkedIn, but they're terrible about squashing external links.
If you or someone you know would be interested in a new game development conference, feel free to take the survey and/or share the link:
forms.gle/Sg9nNBZhatRW...
If you or someone you know would be interested in a new game development conference, feel free to take the survey and/or share the link:
forms.gle/Sg9nNBZhatRW...
I feel like recall elections need to be more of a thing.
Just because you were elected does not mean the people should have no recourse if you screw up.
Fetterman, for example.
Just because you were elected does not mean the people should have no recourse if you screw up.
Fetterman, for example.
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I feel like recall elections need to be more of a thing.
Just because you were elected does not mean the people should have no recourse if you screw up.
Fetterman, for example.
Just because you were elected does not mean the people should have no recourse if you screw up.
Fetterman, for example.
So, I get why people are pissed at the senate democrats, but he still can’t open the government without putting the house back into session.
Odds are better than even he finds another excuse to continue the shutdown. Or the Epstein files come out.
That’s a tough fork.
Odds are better than even he finds another excuse to continue the shutdown. Or the Epstein files come out.
That’s a tough fork.
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
So, I get why people are pissed at the senate democrats, but he still can’t open the government without putting the house back into session.
Odds are better than even he finds another excuse to continue the shutdown. Or the Epstein files come out.
That’s a tough fork.
Odds are better than even he finds another excuse to continue the shutdown. Or the Epstein files come out.
That’s a tough fork.
I don’t know, maybe it’s the fact that it’s been years and all we get are more promises?
Maybe it’s the informed people who’ve been saying the emperor has no clothes?
The studies that all show limited to negative productivity gains?
Maybe it’s the informed people who’ve been saying the emperor has no clothes?
The studies that all show limited to negative productivity gains?
November 9, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I don’t know, maybe it’s the fact that it’s been years and all we get are more promises?
Maybe it’s the informed people who’ve been saying the emperor has no clothes?
The studies that all show limited to negative productivity gains?
Maybe it’s the informed people who’ve been saying the emperor has no clothes?
The studies that all show limited to negative productivity gains?
Throw away the pundits. Treating politics like sport is part of the problem.
all those analysis of the huge changes Ds had to make to win back working class voters, Hispanics, etc. was DEAD WRONG. they did not make wholesale changes and yet they won huge. Context, candidates, and intensity. That's it. throw away the pundit playbooks.
November 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Throw away the pundits. Treating politics like sport is part of the problem.
Good job, NYC. Thank you.
This damn near made me cry.
These are the people who change the world - the ones who show up.
These are the people who change the world - the ones who show up.
I thought I was early to this Mamdani thing haha
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Good job, NYC. Thank you.
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Reps Neguse and Crow have been so good. Makes me even happier to be in Colorado.
October 31, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Reps Neguse and Crow have been so good. Makes me even happier to be in Colorado.
Digging Ball X Pit - anyone else?
October 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Digging Ball X Pit - anyone else?
70% of the people detained have no criminal records. None.
Don't quote propaganda without providing context.
The criminals here are the ones kidnapping and imprisoning innocent people.
Don't quote propaganda without providing context.
The criminals here are the ones kidnapping and imprisoning innocent people.
Shocking: they’re leaning in to the evocation of nerd imagery to further rally their base of reactionary antisocial gamers
October 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
70% of the people detained have no criminal records. None.
Don't quote propaganda without providing context.
The criminals here are the ones kidnapping and imprisoning innocent people.
Don't quote propaganda without providing context.
The criminals here are the ones kidnapping and imprisoning innocent people.
Republicans want working class people to go hungry this holiday season so that their representatives will agree to make health care inaccessible to them?
These people are idiots.
These people are idiots.
October 28, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Republicans want working class people to go hungry this holiday season so that their representatives will agree to make health care inaccessible to them?
These people are idiots.
These people are idiots.
Damn, that is some good stuff.
"Corporate America didn’t just win the argument. It bought the dictionary."
"Corporate America didn’t just win the argument. It bought the dictionary."
🧵FDR's Four Freedoms and the Vanishing Middle Class
The year was 1941. Europe was burning. Japan had not yet attacked Pearl Harbor, but the world could already feel the tremor of history gathering speed.
open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
The year was 1941. Europe was burning. Japan had not yet attacked Pearl Harbor, but the world could already feel the tremor of history gathering speed.
open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
FDR's Four Freedoms and the Vanishing Middle Class
The year was 1941.
open.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Damn, that is some good stuff.
"Corporate America didn’t just win the argument. It bought the dictionary."
"Corporate America didn’t just win the argument. It bought the dictionary."
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The Séance of Blake Manor is OUT NOW!
Can you discover what has become of Evelyn Deane and uncover the secrets of Blake Manor itself?
store.steampowered.com/app/1395520/...
Can you discover what has become of Evelyn Deane and uncover the secrets of Blake Manor itself?
store.steampowered.com/app/1395520/...
October 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The Séance of Blake Manor is OUT NOW!
Can you discover what has become of Evelyn Deane and uncover the secrets of Blake Manor itself?
store.steampowered.com/app/1395520/...
Can you discover what has become of Evelyn Deane and uncover the secrets of Blake Manor itself?
store.steampowered.com/app/1395520/...
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A quiet home.
A loop that never ends.
Something tender beneath it all.
Fractured Blooms Demo - OUT NOW 🌺
A loop that never ends.
Something tender beneath it all.
Fractured Blooms Demo - OUT NOW 🌺
The Fractured Blooms demo is now live on Steam - a fresh out of the oven cozy life-sim in a horror time-loop.
This game is deeply personal and we’re excited for you to finally taste what we’ve been cooking.
Our story is now in your hands.🌺
Play the demo now: store.steampowered.com/app/4029780/...
This game is deeply personal and we’re excited for you to finally taste what we’ve been cooking.
Our story is now in your hands.🌺
Play the demo now: store.steampowered.com/app/4029780/...
October 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
A quiet home.
A loop that never ends.
Something tender beneath it all.
Fractured Blooms Demo - OUT NOW 🌺
A loop that never ends.
Something tender beneath it all.
Fractured Blooms Demo - OUT NOW 🌺