Magnus Grønningen 🌺
@haffisnatten.bsky.social
Technical Game Designer & Unreal Generalist | Hobby photographer and expert in not completing creative projects | He/Him
https://www.magnusgd.com/
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Rebecca was one of the founders of Interplay and programmed & designed for some of the most influential games of my youth, notably Bard's Tale I & III and Wasteland. She will be missed.
My trailblazing game industry bad-ass friend Rebecca Heineman has passed away.
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Rebecca Heineman - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Rebecca was one of the founders of Interplay and programmed & designed for some of the most influential games of my youth, notably Bard's Tale I & III and Wasteland. She will be missed.
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This might be the most realistic portrayal of being an artist working for indecisive directors/leads I've ever seen on tv. Everyone needs to be watching The Chair Company.
November 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This might be the most realistic portrayal of being an artist working for indecisive directors/leads I've ever seen on tv. Everyone needs to be watching The Chair Company.
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Did Blender help you this year? Help back! 🧡
If every active user contributed $5 this month, Blender would be funded for the entire year 2026. Professional 3D software. No subscriptions. No limits. Just your support.
Do your part. Donate today.
www.blender.org/news/give-ba...
#b3d
If every active user contributed $5 this month, Blender would be funded for the entire year 2026. Professional 3D software. No subscriptions. No limits. Just your support.
Do your part. Donate today.
www.blender.org/news/give-ba...
#b3d
November 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Did Blender help you this year? Help back! 🧡
If every active user contributed $5 this month, Blender would be funded for the entire year 2026. Professional 3D software. No subscriptions. No limits. Just your support.
Do your part. Donate today.
www.blender.org/news/give-ba...
#b3d
If every active user contributed $5 this month, Blender would be funded for the entire year 2026. Professional 3D software. No subscriptions. No limits. Just your support.
Do your part. Donate today.
www.blender.org/news/give-ba...
#b3d
When you know modern Pokémon can never satisfy you
November 16, 2025 at 12:15 PM
When you know modern Pokémon can never satisfy you
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It's fine, it's just placeholder
It's only a couple background things
Nobody reads those anyway
Don't worry, it reflects the creative intent of the team
You see, they're just a little guy
Wow, I had no idea
I mean you can barely tell
Well, all my friends bought it
It's only a couple background things
Nobody reads those anyway
Don't worry, it reflects the creative intent of the team
You see, they're just a little guy
Wow, I had no idea
I mean you can barely tell
Well, all my friends bought it
Call of Duty isn't even hiding the fact that loads of its calling cards and other unlockables are AI generated this year.
For one of the biggest video game franchises in the world this is pretty disgusting...
For one of the biggest video game franchises in the world this is pretty disgusting...
November 15, 2025 at 12:08 AM
It's fine, it's just placeholder
It's only a couple background things
Nobody reads those anyway
Don't worry, it reflects the creative intent of the team
You see, they're just a little guy
Wow, I had no idea
I mean you can barely tell
Well, all my friends bought it
It's only a couple background things
Nobody reads those anyway
Don't worry, it reflects the creative intent of the team
You see, they're just a little guy
Wow, I had no idea
I mean you can barely tell
Well, all my friends bought it
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Insulting to the players, insulting to the IP, insulting to the medium, the developers. And the craft itself. Fuck you executives who pushed this garbage.
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI art slop, because your $70 means nothing anymore
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI generated artwork which makes the $70 feel like a complete rip-off.
frvr.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Insulting to the players, insulting to the IP, insulting to the medium, the developers. And the craft itself. Fuck you executives who pushed this garbage.
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
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I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct.
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct.
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
Loved Poppy's last album "Negative Spaces" but it fell just short of my AOTY list in 2024. But if I re-did the list now I think I would put it on there, the more I listen to the album the more I like it!
Looking forward to her new album "Empty Hands" next year! www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvaP...
Looking forward to her new album "Empty Hands" next year! www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvaP...
POPPY - Bruised Sky (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by SUMERIAN
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Loved Poppy's last album "Negative Spaces" but it fell just short of my AOTY list in 2024. But if I re-did the list now I think I would put it on there, the more I listen to the album the more I like it!
Looking forward to her new album "Empty Hands" next year! www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvaP...
Looking forward to her new album "Empty Hands" next year! www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvaP...
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November 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I love editing corporate AI slop videos for a living, wow its so cool! Love how each clip is inconsistent and the guy creating the clips have minimal control over how they really turn out...
Really useful tech, great for creating videos where the world looks like jello! 🤩 Man, someone end me
Really useful tech, great for creating videos where the world looks like jello! 🤩 Man, someone end me
November 12, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I love editing corporate AI slop videos for a living, wow its so cool! Love how each clip is inconsistent and the guy creating the clips have minimal control over how they really turn out...
Really useful tech, great for creating videos where the world looks like jello! 🤩 Man, someone end me
Really useful tech, great for creating videos where the world looks like jello! 🤩 Man, someone end me
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Farewell to one of brightest stars of the golden age of Japanese cinema: Nakadai Tatsuya, who starred in some of history's greatest films, has passed away at the age of 92. Major roles included those in Ran, Hara Kiri, Yojimbo, Sanjuro, Kagemusha, The Human Condition, and many more.
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Farewell to one of brightest stars of the golden age of Japanese cinema: Nakadai Tatsuya, who starred in some of history's greatest films, has passed away at the age of 92. Major roles included those in Ran, Hara Kiri, Yojimbo, Sanjuro, Kagemusha, The Human Condition, and many more.
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This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
Decided to subscribe, it's so important to have good independent games media in these trying times!
Despite the ravages of age and an internet steeped in misinformation, your eyes – in this one case – do not deceive you: Website different. It’s taken an immense amount of time and effort, but welcome to Aftermath version 2.0:
aftermath.site/aftermath-rela...
aftermath.site/aftermath-rela...
November 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Decided to subscribe, it's so important to have good independent games media in these trying times!
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HOT TAKE: modern insistence that theres a 'right' way to design games is leading to homogenised cookie cutter games.
That's why every game you played in the 1990s was a weird, enchanting delight and everything now is a bit stale and makes you feel like you've played it before.
END HOT TAKE
That's why every game you played in the 1990s was a weird, enchanting delight and everything now is a bit stale and makes you feel like you've played it before.
END HOT TAKE
November 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
HOT TAKE: modern insistence that theres a 'right' way to design games is leading to homogenised cookie cutter games.
That's why every game you played in the 1990s was a weird, enchanting delight and everything now is a bit stale and makes you feel like you've played it before.
END HOT TAKE
That's why every game you played in the 1990s was a weird, enchanting delight and everything now is a bit stale and makes you feel like you've played it before.
END HOT TAKE
Maybe the solution to burnout is starting on yet another video game prototype? Have anyone thought about that?
November 9, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Maybe the solution to burnout is starting on yet another video game prototype? Have anyone thought about that?
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My level editor for Unreal Engine called Scythe just got a new major update! Here's what's in it: 🧵 (1/)
November 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
My level editor for Unreal Engine called Scythe just got a new major update! Here's what's in it: 🧵 (1/)
My man, btw watch Ploribus, it great 🙌
November 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
My man, btw watch Ploribus, it great 🙌
No love for my new tattoos, maybe tattoos aren't cool any more? 😭
November 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
No love for my new tattoos, maybe tattoos aren't cool any more? 😭
Short trip to Hamburg, some new ink 🪶🌊✨
November 6, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Short trip to Hamburg, some new ink 🪶🌊✨
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🤖🌟 Issue 6 of APWOT is live on Kickstarter! 🌟🤖
Featuring a beautiful lenticular cover of Astro Bot marking both our feature interview with the game’s director, Nicolas Doucet, and the 30th anniversary of PlayStation.
Get in there!
💫 kck.st/4i1GAHT 💫
Featuring a beautiful lenticular cover of Astro Bot marking both our feature interview with the game’s director, Nicolas Doucet, and the 30th anniversary of PlayStation.
Get in there!
💫 kck.st/4i1GAHT 💫
November 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Holy, it’s happening!🔥 Been using @passivestar.bsky.social theme for a long time, can’t wait to not have download and import it, great work! 💙
The new godot UI theme has been merged and is on its way to be the new default!
I consider godot to be one of the most important software projects of our time and it's a huge privilege to be able to contribute to it. Happy to see it grow and be used for increasingly ambitious games and apps ❤️
I consider godot to be one of the most important software projects of our time and it's a huge privilege to be able to contribute to it. Happy to see it grow and be used for increasingly ambitious games and apps ❤️
October 30, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Holy, it’s happening!🔥 Been using @passivestar.bsky.social theme for a long time, can’t wait to not have download and import it, great work! 💙
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“what radicalized you” idk paying attention
October 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
“what radicalized you” idk paying attention
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Incredibly exchange where Leonard Boyarsky says Microsoft has never told Obsidian what to do right before a Microsoft rep tells him not to talk about Israeli apartheid
www.theverge.com/entertainmen...
www.theverge.com/entertainmen...
The Outer Worlds 2’s satire has a Microsoft-shaped problem
The team at Obsidian talks about returning to the RPG series after becoming part of a giant corporation.
www.theverge.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Incredibly exchange where Leonard Boyarsky says Microsoft has never told Obsidian what to do right before a Microsoft rep tells him not to talk about Israeli apartheid
www.theverge.com/entertainmen...
www.theverge.com/entertainmen...
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Tale as old as the industry itself. Big conglomerate jumps into gaming when the market is riding high on some market wave, finds out making games is hard, actually, and leaves the space.
A few years go by, the video game market surges again and back they come.
A few years go by, the video game market surges again and back they come.
October 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Tale as old as the industry itself. Big conglomerate jumps into gaming when the market is riding high on some market wave, finds out making games is hard, actually, and leaves the space.
A few years go by, the video game market surges again and back they come.
A few years go by, the video game market surges again and back they come.