Jason Maltzen
@jason.maltzen.org
Working in game dev professionally since the 1990s, largely on MMO servers. Video games, cat pictures, hockey. Too many previous games to list. Started making games professionally with Ultima IX. Game dev merc for hire.
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Now year 34 of the fort, year 134 of recorded history. The fourth wild dragon, Amayi Flareheats the Ivory" came to visit. He is 420 years old, which means he was alive for nearly 300 years before the beginning of recorded history. Captured and trained but will never really be tame.
November 2, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Now year 34 of the fort, year 134 of recorded history. The fourth wild dragon, Amayi Flareheats the Ivory" came to visit. He is 420 years old, which means he was alive for nearly 300 years before the beginning of recorded history. Captured and trained but will never really be tame.
Update: 21 years into the breeding program. The dragons still haven't learned to breathe fire, which is probably for the best. 38 adult dragons (10+ years old), 9 hatchlings. They now have a new war-trained giant grizzly bear as a friend.
October 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Update: 21 years into the breeding program. The dragons still haven't learned to breathe fire, which is probably for the best. 38 adult dragons (10+ years old), 9 hatchlings. They now have a new war-trained giant grizzly bear as a friend.
Of all the accounts on the lists today, this one that's been around for a while has to be the best representation of the current US government.
October 18, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Of all the accounts on the lists today, this one that's been around for a while has to be the best representation of the current US government.
First image that came into my head on seeing the preview frame.
October 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM
First image that came into my head on seeing the preview frame.
This is the most disgusting cookie preference setting I've seen. Does "Active" mean "cookies that track you are active" like every other site on the internet? Or does "Active" mean those cookies are disabled and that is opting out?
October 6, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is the most disgusting cookie preference setting I've seen. Does "Active" mean "cookies that track you are active" like every other site on the internet? Or does "Active" mean those cookies are disabled and that is opting out?
No recent piece of media has captured that concept at all.
September 27, 2025 at 4:01 AM
No recent piece of media has captured that concept at all.
The dwarven dragon breeding program is in full swing now.
September 20, 2025 at 1:27 AM
The dwarven dragon breeding program is in full swing now.
I loved my nice flexible hosting service until I went to their main page today to find this.
July 29, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I loved my nice flexible hosting service until I went to their main page today to find this.
Full disclosure: currently working on *both* tiers of product, and both cases absolutely suck and the end result is success or death.
July 27, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Full disclosure: currently working on *both* tiers of product, and both cases absolutely suck and the end result is success or death.
You're a fucking file sharing service. I don't want your fucking AI calendar. Not today and not fucking ever.
July 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
You're a fucking file sharing service. I don't want your fucking AI calendar. Not today and not fucking ever.
Words no longer have meanings.
July 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Words no longer have meanings.
I will never understand the cat definition of comfortable place to sleep.
July 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I will never understand the cat definition of comfortable place to sleep.
This needs the "not now, not ever" button. I do not ever want or need AI in my accounting software, fuckers.
July 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This needs the "not now, not ever" button. I do not ever want or need AI in my accounting software, fuckers.
Gee, thanks for providing me access to services I pay you for, Microsoft. Elsewhere on the page, I'm signed in to my account. How do big companies constantly get away with being so awful?
July 2, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Gee, thanks for providing me access to services I pay you for, Microsoft. Elsewhere on the page, I'm signed in to my account. How do big companies constantly get away with being so awful?
There was a time when this might have been interesting, when people at game conferences discussed the *good* kind of AI. This is not one of those.
July 2, 2025 at 9:33 AM
There was a time when this might have been interesting, when people at game conferences discussed the *good* kind of AI. This is not one of those.
One of the gamer cats wants to be copilot right now.
June 28, 2025 at 10:05 AM
One of the gamer cats wants to be copilot right now.
Bands in my collection don't want a lot of things, especially the Ramones who really Don't Wanna.
June 26, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Bands in my collection don't want a lot of things, especially the Ramones who really Don't Wanna.
Some days I want to move somewhere that has no technology that the idiots in Silicon Valley can destroy.
June 11, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Some days I want to move somewhere that has no technology that the idiots in Silicon Valley can destroy.
In a discussion of awful captchas today, I had to pull a few from my archives.
May 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
In a discussion of awful captchas today, I had to pull a few from my archives.
Sometimes I love living on a green belt. This guy flew by and landed in my backyard just as I was walking past the window. It turned to stare when I bumped the wall fumbling with my phone, which worked out well for the picture.
May 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Sometimes I love living on a green belt. This guy flew by and landed in my backyard just as I was walking past the window. It turned to stare when I bumped the wall fumbling with my phone, which worked out well for the picture.
My response to that:
April 22, 2025 at 9:18 PM
My response to that:
13 years ago I tamed her from feral. At the time, the vet said she had maybe 4 years to live due to FIV.
April 21, 2025 at 10:51 AM
13 years ago I tamed her from feral. At the time, the vet said she had maybe 4 years to live due to FIV.