Froda is Veilguarding
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She/her. Geriatric Millennial. Some kind of sneaky witch-thief, probably. Rebel scum. Proud union member. BLM/ACAB/Fuck Transphobes.
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Just want devs to not be treated like shit, not too much to ask
January 30, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Just want devs to not be treated like shit, not too much to ask
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"Sorry, your game sold millions of copies but our projections said it should have sold at least fifteen trillion for shareholders to be satisfied, so we're going to have to fire all of you. Now watch the news unquestioningly report that your game was a commercial failure. Probably because of woke."
January 30, 2025 at 11:36 AM
"Sorry, your game sold millions of copies but our projections said it should have sold at least fifteen trillion for shareholders to be satisfied, so we're going to have to fire all of you. Now watch the news unquestioningly report that your game was a commercial failure. Probably because of woke."
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An update. The Good Omens graphic novel Kickstarter and PledgeManager is now an entity fully run by, and financially tied to, the Terry Pratchett Estate. Read more: www.kickstarter.com/projects/dun...
Update 30: Good Omens graphic novel update - January 2025 · Good Omens: the Official (and Ineffable) Graphic Novel
Happy New Year, everyone.As we ramp up towards the graphic novel's release, here are some snapshots of what lies in store:
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January 30, 2025 at 9:34 AM
An update. The Good Omens graphic novel Kickstarter and PledgeManager is now an entity fully run by, and financially tied to, the Terry Pratchett Estate. Read more: www.kickstarter.com/projects/dun...
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Four easy ways to catch a block from me post- game industry layoffs:
1. Insisting they go start an indie studio (with what funding, my dude?)
2. Trumpeting that you saw it coming (ok who cares)
3. Reminding everyone you didn’t like their last game
4. Obviously, being a dick
1. Insisting they go start an indie studio (with what funding, my dude?)
2. Trumpeting that you saw it coming (ok who cares)
3. Reminding everyone you didn’t like their last game
4. Obviously, being a dick
January 30, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Four easy ways to catch a block from me post- game industry layoffs:
1. Insisting they go start an indie studio (with what funding, my dude?)
2. Trumpeting that you saw it coming (ok who cares)
3. Reminding everyone you didn’t like their last game
4. Obviously, being a dick
1. Insisting they go start an indie studio (with what funding, my dude?)
2. Trumpeting that you saw it coming (ok who cares)
3. Reminding everyone you didn’t like their last game
4. Obviously, being a dick
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Wishing nothing but the absolute worst for every shitheel exec whos choices led to all of the mass layoffs in the games industry over the last decade. Everytime this happens I just know the bastards are riding high in their new porsche as they destroy peoples lives en masse, people they paid poorly
January 30, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Wishing nothing but the absolute worst for every shitheel exec whos choices led to all of the mass layoffs in the games industry over the last decade. Everytime this happens I just know the bastards are riding high in their new porsche as they destroy peoples lives en masse, people they paid poorly
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I was a writer at BioWare for 5 years (2011-2016). I leaned a lot during that time from exceptional folx in many disciplines, but also specifically from my fellow writers & our amazing editors, on both the ME & DA brands.
Today, not a single one of those writers & editors remains employed there.
Today, not a single one of those writers & editors remains employed there.
January 29, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I was a writer at BioWare for 5 years (2011-2016). I leaned a lot during that time from exceptional folx in many disciplines, but also specifically from my fellow writers & our amazing editors, on both the ME & DA brands.
Today, not a single one of those writers & editors remains employed there.
Today, not a single one of those writers & editors remains employed there.
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A giant middle finger to the studio for how it's treated the people who worked so hard on Dragon Age over the last few years and a second one in particular for how it treated everyone who got caught up in the layoffs/reassignments today and hid behind calling it being 'agile'.
January 29, 2025 at 11:18 PM
A giant middle finger to the studio for how it's treated the people who worked so hard on Dragon Age over the last few years and a second one in particular for how it treated everyone who got caught up in the layoffs/reassignments today and hid behind calling it being 'agile'.
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Sincere #ThankYouDADevs to all who have dreamed up, built, and fleshed out Thedas and its characters. The depth and thoughtfulness of these games has brought me a lot of joy and I know myself and many others find them uniquely inspiring. The good you have done ripples out in so many ways. Thank you.
January 29, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Sincere #ThankYouDADevs to all who have dreamed up, built, and fleshed out Thedas and its characters. The depth and thoughtfulness of these games has brought me a lot of joy and I know myself and many others find them uniquely inspiring. The good you have done ripples out in so many ways. Thank you.
The outlook for all entertainment industries is so dire right now. 🫤
January 29, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The outlook for all entertainment industries is so dire right now. 🫤
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To post about layoffs without directly owning up to the action is disappointingly shitty. If you’re going to do it, be honest. Love my friends at BioWare, they are incredible people that just want to make incredible adventures and have the resources to do it. This isn’t right.
Some BioWare folks are posting saying they've been laid off--but the company doesn't mention those in here!!! They're hiding it behind the reassignments!
BioWare Studio Update
Hello Everyone, Today, we are turning towards the future and preparing for the next chapter in BioWare’s story. As we announced in August 2023, we are changing how we build games to meet the needs …
blog.bioware.com
January 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
To post about layoffs without directly owning up to the action is disappointingly shitty. If you’re going to do it, be honest. Love my friends at BioWare, they are incredible people that just want to make incredible adventures and have the resources to do it. This isn’t right.
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"average apostate mage betrays hero once a Dragon Age game" factoid actualy just statistical error. average apostate betrays mostly 0 times a game. Betrayal Solas, who lives in sad fade land & betrays over 10,000 people each day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted
January 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
"average apostate mage betrays hero once a Dragon Age game" factoid actualy just statistical error. average apostate betrays mostly 0 times a game. Betrayal Solas, who lives in sad fade land & betrays over 10,000 people each day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted
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We would be okay with less media at our fingertips for pennies. I don’t need streaming access to every musician alive or dead at the cost of the collapse of art. I don’t need a never ending mountain of AI slop at the cost of interesting, weird, human films.
January 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
We would be okay with less media at our fingertips for pennies. I don’t need streaming access to every musician alive or dead at the cost of the collapse of art. I don’t need a never ending mountain of AI slop at the cost of interesting, weird, human films.
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Sure, you lost your job at the VA and your mother can’t get her dialysis, but at least you can take solace that a hungry orphan kindergartner is being sent back to Guatemala
January 28, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Sure, you lost your job at the VA and your mother can’t get her dialysis, but at least you can take solace that a hungry orphan kindergartner is being sent back to Guatemala
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Wow. it must feel terrible when someone takes something you made and uses it without permission or payment
OpenAI says it has evidence China’s DeepSeek used its model to train competitor
https://www.ft.com/content/a0dfedd1-5255-4fa9-8ccc-1fe01de87ea6
https://www.ft.com/content/a0dfedd1-5255-4fa9-8ccc-1fe01de87ea6
OpenAI says it has evidence China’s DeepSeek used its model to train competitor
White House AI tsar David Sacks raises possibility of alleged intellectual property theft
www.ft.com
January 29, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Wow. it must feel terrible when someone takes something you made and uses it without permission or payment
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Great to see President Trump draining the swamp by finally taking on Big Missing And Exploited Children special interests.
January 28, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Great to see President Trump draining the swamp by finally taking on Big Missing And Exploited Children special interests.
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wipssss of the boys
January 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
wipssss of the boys
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seems bad
The federal government's new top HR attorney has said "Consent is probably modern society’s most pernicious fetish" and "Slaves owe us reparations," according to a new report from @pogo.org. www.pogo.org/investigatio...
“Raging Misogynist” Now Federal Government H.R.’s Top Lawyer
The Office of Personnel Management’s new general counsel has a history of racist and sexist social media posts.
www.pogo.org
January 29, 2025 at 4:26 AM
seems bad
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Added a small detail to this after reading some bad news! Taash says: “Trans rights are human rights” and “Protect Trans Kids!”
January 28, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Added a small detail to this after reading some bad news! Taash says: “Trans rights are human rights” and “Protect Trans Kids!”
It’s gonna be a long fucking four years.
January 28, 2025 at 8:45 PM
It’s gonna be a long fucking four years.
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the dragon age brainrot came back full force so have a Lucanis sketch from last month #dragonage #veilguard
January 27, 2025 at 9:06 PM
the dragon age brainrot came back full force so have a Lucanis sketch from last month #dragonage #veilguard