Kisan Al Garib
@kisan-al-garib.bsky.social
Game Master @ Helldivers 2
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No genAI is going to replace me.
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when a poor person uses food stamps for a steak or homeless person spends $5 on a beer, it’s seen as proof that all poor people are so bad with money that they shouldn’t be given any, ever, for any reason. $77 billion out the window, and zuck’s legacy as a safe government contract bet is secure.
Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the "Metaverse" has lost his company more than $77 billion.
December 6, 2025 at 5:41 PM
when a poor person uses food stamps for a steak or homeless person spends $5 on a beer, it’s seen as proof that all poor people are so bad with money that they shouldn’t be given any, ever, for any reason. $77 billion out the window, and zuck’s legacy as a safe government contract bet is secure.
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"For Liberty!", a Helldivers fan film, is officially live!
The production team did fantastic work for over a year to see this project through.
Thanks to Plot Coalition and the others for allowing me to voice May Fields in this one 😄
SWEET LIBERTY
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7nX...
The production team did fantastic work for over a year to see this project through.
Thanks to Plot Coalition and the others for allowing me to voice May Fields in this one 😄
SWEET LIBERTY
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7nX...
For Liberty! A Helldivers Film (Full Movie)
YouTube video by Plot Coalition
www.youtube.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:35 PM
"For Liberty!", a Helldivers fan film, is officially live!
The production team did fantastic work for over a year to see this project through.
Thanks to Plot Coalition and the others for allowing me to voice May Fields in this one 😄
SWEET LIBERTY
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7nX...
The production team did fantastic work for over a year to see this project through.
Thanks to Plot Coalition and the others for allowing me to voice May Fields in this one 😄
SWEET LIBERTY
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7nX...
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We got gen-AI dubs from Amazon and gen-AI subs from Crunchyroll, but if you torrent a fansub that real people worked to translate, code, and stylize, you're the piece of shit.
November 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
We got gen-AI dubs from Amazon and gen-AI subs from Crunchyroll, but if you torrent a fansub that real people worked to translate, code, and stylize, you're the piece of shit.
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An early glimpse of Shenmue in 1999 at the Tokyo Toy Show that year from one of the DOKAN magazine CDROMs.
Always happy to discover stuff like this at relatively high quality.
Always happy to discover stuff like this at relatively high quality.
November 26, 2025 at 11:14 PM
An early glimpse of Shenmue in 1999 at the Tokyo Toy Show that year from one of the DOKAN magazine CDROMs.
Always happy to discover stuff like this at relatively high quality.
Always happy to discover stuff like this at relatively high quality.
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demonschool credits all 145 people who touched the game over the course of its multi-year dev cycle AND explains what exactly they contributed. the rest of the games industry, which commonly omits people from credits entirely, should be taking notes
![“We worked [on Hyper Gunsport] with a localization company that refused to give the names of the people that actually did the work; they just wanted to have their company name in there,” Sheffield said. “They say they do that because ‘It's the standard’ and ‘to avoid poaching’ or whatever, but I hate that and think it's total BS. … I've also seen a lot of folks complain about how they weren't credited on a game because they'd left the studio before the game they worked on was finished. And indeed, our lead 3D artist left two years ago. But he's still the first artist credited because he set the style and visual tone for a lot of the game. Not working on the game to the very end doesn't negate the work he did.”
The more Sheffield thought about how to meet the needs of so many different types of contributors – and discussed the matter on social media – the more a comprehensive, detail-oriented approach to crediting started to make sense.
“That had all been percolating in the back of my mind as we got close to finishing, and then it just sort of hit me as it came time for me to write the credits,” he said. “I discussed this approach with the team and everyone was fine with it, so we just went for it. We always want to credit everyone that touched the game, so even though the core team was 7 or 8 people at any given time, we credited around 145 people in Demonschool. Who cares if it's a lot of people? Who cares if it's long? They all did something and they deserve credit. And you basically can tell who the core team was by reading the descriptions. None of us are precious about that anyway.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5gdejlhcswjbzraadoltdpps/bafkreibksibak2xsgvbrid7evym3utz6yzfccilowfs7apv7b2sddssd3q@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM
demonschool credits all 145 people who touched the game over the course of its multi-year dev cycle AND explains what exactly they contributed. the rest of the games industry, which commonly omits people from credits entirely, should be taking notes
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First look at Python Commandos, the new Helldivers 2 Premium Warbond dropping Dec 2
Full intel: play.st/49AoF8T
Full intel: play.st/49AoF8T
November 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
First look at Python Commandos, the new Helldivers 2 Premium Warbond dropping Dec 2
Full intel: play.st/49AoF8T
Full intel: play.st/49AoF8T
Wait why did I only now find out that they put Serge from Chrono Cross in Astro Bot?
Much respect to the devs. Chrono Cross rips!
Much respect to the devs. Chrono Cross rips!
November 25, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Wait why did I only now find out that they put Serge from Chrono Cross in Astro Bot?
Much respect to the devs. Chrono Cross rips!
Much respect to the devs. Chrono Cross rips!
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This Way Madness Lies is a great game and barely anybody bought it. It should be played by more people. If everybody here on @bsky.app banded together and bought a Steam copy and played it, well, that'd be a miracle and I would be forever grateful.
store.steampowered.com/app/1318970/...
store.steampowered.com/app/1318970/...
November 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
This Way Madness Lies is a great game and barely anybody bought it. It should be played by more people. If everybody here on @bsky.app banded together and bought a Steam copy and played it, well, that'd be a miracle and I would be forever grateful.
store.steampowered.com/app/1318970/...
store.steampowered.com/app/1318970/...
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Raji fans, the wait is over! 🔱
We’re incredibly proud to announce Raji: Kaliyuga! Set 6 years after the original, Raji & Darsh must once again face Mahabalasura & his demonic forces.
Watch the Official Reveal Trailer & tell us what you think!
rajithegame.com
#rajithegame #rajikaliyuga
We’re incredibly proud to announce Raji: Kaliyuga! Set 6 years after the original, Raji & Darsh must once again face Mahabalasura & his demonic forces.
Watch the Official Reveal Trailer & tell us what you think!
rajithegame.com
#rajithegame #rajikaliyuga
November 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Raji fans, the wait is over! 🔱
We’re incredibly proud to announce Raji: Kaliyuga! Set 6 years after the original, Raji & Darsh must once again face Mahabalasura & his demonic forces.
Watch the Official Reveal Trailer & tell us what you think!
rajithegame.com
#rajithegame #rajikaliyuga
We’re incredibly proud to announce Raji: Kaliyuga! Set 6 years after the original, Raji & Darsh must once again face Mahabalasura & his demonic forces.
Watch the Official Reveal Trailer & tell us what you think!
rajithegame.com
#rajithegame #rajikaliyuga
Gotta rep fellow indian devs.
Raji: Kaliyuga Official Reveal Trailer | Xbox Partner Preview 2025 www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhrq...
news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/1...
news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/1...
November 20, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Gotta rep fellow indian devs.
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I love Chinese & Taiwanese Wuxia RPGs, not only for the cool martial arts setting but also for playing differently from Western & Japanese RPGs.
I often get asked for recommendations. I had a big thread on Twitter, so here's a new one!
Here's my favorites available in English (officially or not) 🧵
I often get asked for recommendations. I had a big thread on Twitter, so here's a new one!
Here's my favorites available in English (officially or not) 🧵
November 20, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I love Chinese & Taiwanese Wuxia RPGs, not only for the cool martial arts setting but also for playing differently from Western & Japanese RPGs.
I often get asked for recommendations. I had a big thread on Twitter, so here's a new one!
Here's my favorites available in English (officially or not) 🧵
I often get asked for recommendations. I had a big thread on Twitter, so here's a new one!
Here's my favorites available in English (officially or not) 🧵
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#Dispatch devs have no interest in using AI for game development 🎮
"AI feels like a production solution, not a creative one. Maybe it's a creative one if you aren't creative"
"Whatever we're building, it has to connect. It's got to be made by people. It's got to connect to people"
(via GIBiz)
"AI feels like a production solution, not a creative one. Maybe it's a creative one if you aren't creative"
"Whatever we're building, it has to connect. It's got to be made by people. It's got to connect to people"
(via GIBiz)
November 18, 2025 at 12:37 AM
#Dispatch devs have no interest in using AI for game development 🎮
"AI feels like a production solution, not a creative one. Maybe it's a creative one if you aren't creative"
"Whatever we're building, it has to connect. It's got to be made by people. It's got to connect to people"
(via GIBiz)
"AI feels like a production solution, not a creative one. Maybe it's a creative one if you aren't creative"
"Whatever we're building, it has to connect. It's got to be made by people. It's got to connect to people"
(via GIBiz)
No genAI is going to replace me.
November 18, 2025 at 12:09 AM
No genAI is going to replace me.
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Game Awards discourse imo distracts from issues like labor rights and censorship from paypros
November 17, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Game Awards discourse imo distracts from issues like labor rights and censorship from paypros
The writing team never misses.
And when actors went on strike over AI protections - literally fighting the bots - they wrote satirical dialogue to explain absences that was fully aligned with their own world-building, instead of replacing them with AI, or other actors.
Cognitive assonance, so cool, so classy, so appreciated 😭😭😭
Cognitive assonance, so cool, so classy, so appreciated 😭😭😭
The insight and emotion you can get from a real actor can't be replicated by ai. And that's without accounting for what an actor can provide via collaboration.
Like, Helldivers 2 is a great game. But it is ELEVATED by the scenery chewing VA they were able to invoke from their actors.
Like, Helldivers 2 is a great game. But it is ELEVATED by the scenery chewing VA they were able to invoke from their actors.
November 17, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The writing team never misses.
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Dispatch was nominated for Best Debut Indie Game for The Game Awards 2025!
And YOU can vote! So if you enjoyed your time with Dispatch, let your voice be heard 🗣️
(Don't forget about the Players' Voice nomination, too.)
Vote for Dispatch ➡️ thegameawards.com
And YOU can vote! So if you enjoyed your time with Dispatch, let your voice be heard 🗣️
(Don't forget about the Players' Voice nomination, too.)
Vote for Dispatch ➡️ thegameawards.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Dispatch was nominated for Best Debut Indie Game for The Game Awards 2025!
And YOU can vote! So if you enjoyed your time with Dispatch, let your voice be heard 🗣️
(Don't forget about the Players' Voice nomination, too.)
Vote for Dispatch ➡️ thegameawards.com
And YOU can vote! So if you enjoyed your time with Dispatch, let your voice be heard 🗣️
(Don't forget about the Players' Voice nomination, too.)
Vote for Dispatch ➡️ thegameawards.com
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Helldivers 2 fancomic - My friends keep dying, i wonder why?
Started playing helldivers with some friends, and its been fun. I've also been accidentally killing off my friends with the tesla tower so i figured id draw this lol.
Started playing helldivers with some friends, and its been fun. I've also been accidentally killing off my friends with the tesla tower so i figured id draw this lol.
November 15, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Helldivers 2 fancomic - My friends keep dying, i wonder why?
Started playing helldivers with some friends, and its been fun. I've also been accidentally killing off my friends with the tesla tower so i figured id draw this lol.
Started playing helldivers with some friends, and its been fun. I've also been accidentally killing off my friends with the tesla tower so i figured id draw this lol.
Certainly an interesting thing to see when I open this app.
Helldivers is now both far left and far right
they did it, Satire: The Game
they did it, Satire: The Game
Kudos and congrats to the most unhinged and least rigorous "video game extremism" take I've ever read, and the bar is soo high nypost.com/2025/11/13/t...
November 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Certainly an interesting thing to see when I open this app.
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Used car salesman voice: But don’t take it from me, take it from the lead writer of hit video game Helldivers 2.
“…Open your heart to the darkness and let in the grit–I know I did, and I don’t regret it one bit.”
— Russ Nickel, lead writer of Helldivers 2
“…Open your heart to the darkness and let in the grit–I know I did, and I don’t regret it one bit.”
— Russ Nickel, lead writer of Helldivers 2
My third book, Neon Citadel, is now available for pre-order!!
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Want to support an amazing small press called Spaceboy Books, or a small-time author with big dreams? Please consider spreading the word to folks you know who might love cyberpunk/fantasy fusion.
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Neon Citadel
Title: Neon CitadelAuthor: Greg Leunig COMING JANUARY 2026Barnes & NobleAmazon Nagash “Gash” Jensen can’t remember the last time he caught a break. But ever since accidentally…
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November 8, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Used car salesman voice: But don’t take it from me, take it from the lead writer of hit video game Helldivers 2.
“…Open your heart to the darkness and let in the grit–I know I did, and I don’t regret it one bit.”
— Russ Nickel, lead writer of Helldivers 2
“…Open your heart to the darkness and let in the grit–I know I did, and I don’t regret it one bit.”
— Russ Nickel, lead writer of Helldivers 2
Lmao
SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan
Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke
www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...
Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke
www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...
Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year
Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File
www.gamefile.news
October 9, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Lmao
My thoughts on Silksong's combat design philosophy and why I can't seem to get my hands off it is that it wants you to be engaged in the fight like it's a dance.
The focus is not just on the outcome of beating a hard boss but in the act of gracefully duelling them.
The focus is not just on the outcome of beating a hard boss but in the act of gracefully duelling them.
September 8, 2025 at 12:47 PM
My thoughts on Silksong's combat design philosophy and why I can't seem to get my hands off it is that it wants you to be engaged in the fight like it's a dance.
The focus is not just on the outcome of beating a hard boss but in the act of gracefully duelling them.
The focus is not just on the outcome of beating a hard boss but in the act of gracefully duelling them.
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Ready for the bugs 🦟
Silksong x Helldivers
Silksong x Helldivers
September 1, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Ready for the bugs 🦟
Silksong x Helldivers
Silksong x Helldivers
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you ever think about how back in Astro Boy, in the fucking 60s, this was one of Blue Knight's critiques of humanity?
May 3, 2025 at 3:27 AM
you ever think about how back in Astro Boy, in the fucking 60s, this was one of Blue Knight's critiques of humanity?
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I write a lot about miserable game development stories, so it sure was a pleasure to hear that one of the reasons Silksong took so long was that Team Cherry is having too much fun making it and didn't want to stop
August 21, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I write a lot about miserable game development stories, so it sure was a pleasure to hear that one of the reasons Silksong took so long was that Team Cherry is having too much fun making it and didn't want to stop