JLab8
@jlab8.bsky.social
Statistically speaking, you're playing a video game I made *right now*.
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Happy bday Lord of the Rings: Conquest 🎂
I did level design & helped on multiplayer
We wanted to see how a respawn timer would feel, so I made a weird room you respawned in. The door opened for a few seconds whenever the orc-sword clock hit zero
entertaining/horrifying implementation 💀 #archive
I did level design & helped on multiplayer
We wanted to see how a respawn timer would feel, so I made a weird room you respawned in. The door opened for a few seconds whenever the orc-sword clock hit zero
entertaining/horrifying implementation 💀 #archive
January 14, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Happy bday Lord of the Rings: Conquest 🎂
I did level design & helped on multiplayer
We wanted to see how a respawn timer would feel, so I made a weird room you respawned in. The door opened for a few seconds whenever the orc-sword clock hit zero
entertaining/horrifying implementation 💀 #archive
I did level design & helped on multiplayer
We wanted to see how a respawn timer would feel, so I made a weird room you respawned in. The door opened for a few seconds whenever the orc-sword clock hit zero
entertaining/horrifying implementation 💀 #archive
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NEW: In an extraordinary legal filing, former Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick says an ongoing lawsuit against the Microsoft-Activision deal was secretly set up to help The Embracer Group
Embracer tells me they're “humbled” but deny the claim. This one's wild
www.gamefile.news/p/bobby-koti...
Embracer tells me they're “humbled” but deny the claim. This one's wild
www.gamefile.news/p/bobby-koti...
Former Activision CEO Bobby Kotick says lawsuit opposing Microsoft-Activision deal was secretly meant to help The Embracer Group (Embracer, “humbled,” denies involvement)
In a grievance-filled legal filing, Kotick also vows to “shine a light on the gross misconduct of the activists who invented the false narrative of misconduct at Activision… “
www.gamefile.news
January 14, 2026 at 4:54 AM
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Every time I try to engage with the virtual game card system I am furious at the handful of times I bought a digital game from Nintendo instead of a physical one.
January 10, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Every time I try to engage with the virtual game card system I am furious at the handful of times I bought a digital game from Nintendo instead of a physical one.
At risk of interrupting your book writing, I'd like to hear the legal realist take on how §230 & 1A will intersect with the various state laws criminalizing nonconsensual deepfakes, @legalminimum.bsky.social
If, being incredibly charitable, you didn’t intend to make a CSAM robot, not immediately turning off the CSAM robot when you find out you accidentally made a CSAM robot should still get you put in the magnetic boots prison from Face/Off
January 3, 2026 at 4:04 AM
At risk of interrupting your book writing, I'd like to hear the legal realist take on how §230 & 1A will intersect with the various state laws criminalizing nonconsensual deepfakes, @legalminimum.bsky.social
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Dude laid off thousands of people who were making Microsoft money and instead used that money to instead try to get people to use a product no one asked for and no one wants.
January 3, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Dude laid off thousands of people who were making Microsoft money and instead used that money to instead try to get people to use a product no one asked for and no one wants.
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We're two weeks from the Anthem shutdown. If you're a fan playing until the end, one who dropped off, or a developer who worked on the game and want to talk (anonymously) about these final days, the shutdown, or the game broadly for a Kotaku story, hit me up here or at kshepard@kotaku.com! RTs plz.
a close up of a futuristic soldier 's helmet with a v on it
ALT: a close up of a futuristic soldier 's helmet with a v on it
media.tenor.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
We're two weeks from the Anthem shutdown. If you're a fan playing until the end, one who dropped off, or a developer who worked on the game and want to talk (anonymously) about these final days, the shutdown, or the game broadly for a Kotaku story, hit me up here or at kshepard@kotaku.com! RTs plz.
Are there any other NoSQL databases named for slurs, or is it just the one?
December 29, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Are there any other NoSQL databases named for slurs, or is it just the one?