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Kyle Guinther
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QA Test Analyst @CrypticStudios on Star Trek Online | Worked on Halo MCC
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nathangrayson.bsky.social
ubisoft's xdefiant is the latest live service game to shut down after just a few months of not immediately striking gold this year. we can't keep doing this

aftermath.site/ubisoft-xdef...
This masterpiece in refusing to name the parties responsible – Where are the “difficult consequences for teams working on the game” coming from, de Waubert? Who is making these decisions? Certainly not the workers themselves – harks back to similarly grim ends met by Concord and Redfall, as well as unannounced games from companies like Blizzard and Sony that never even got the chance to launch and face off against their genre’s respective entrenched boogeymen. The triple-A strategy of trying to muscle in on the turf of giants with just a brand portfolio and a dream, only to throw up your hands when you don’t strike gold after a few months, is a dead end. The Ubisofts of the world cannot keep doing this. And yet: “Developing games-as-a-service experiences remains a pillar of our strategy,” wrote de Waubert, citing successful series like Rainbow Six, The Crew, and For Honor, the most recent of which began in 2017, all of which arguably tried to do something unique, and all of which were given actual time to find their footing. “It’s a highly competitive market, and we will apply the lessons learned with XDefiant to our future live titles.”
December 4, 2024 at 1:22 AM
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landon.wtf
me going absolutely feral over heightmaps
galileogb.bsky.social 🦎Galileo, experiencing the euphoria of a dream hug from a fav🍉 @galileogb.bsky.social · Dec 4
i love game dev cuz this incomprehensible bullshit is entirely comprehensible to me.
Some rock geometry, it's colors are whack from being made of of various grey scale masks being combined into one rgb channel
December 4, 2024 at 5:35 AM
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enjohnston.bsky.social
This is so enraging re: Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Meta.

If they actually cared at ALL about their climate pledges—or, um, a livable world—they could slow their roll on AI, & power their roll on wind/solar/storage. They've got more money than god; they simply could.

Instead, we'll flood & burn.
timdonaghy.bsky.social Tim Donaghy @timdonaghy.bsky.social · Dec 2
Just a reminder that "building lots of RE" only reduces emissions if it leads to shutting down fossil energy, which of course, isn't guaranteed.

A good example of why we need more deliberate supply-side climate policies paired with a RE build out.

www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
AI’s hunger for electric power is threatening U.S. climate goals
The enormous electricity needs of artificial intelligence are driving plans for scores of new fossil fuel plants with decades of expected service life.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 2, 2024 at 10:56 PM
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gemkimart.bsky.social
Season of Arrivals (2020)

#destiny2 #destiny2art #art #gemkimart
December 5, 2024 at 12:41 AM
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tomwarren.co.uk
BREAKING: Sony is taking Concord offline on September 6th after a disastrous launch. PS5 and PC players will be refunded, as Firewalk Studios explores options "that will better reach our players." Details below 👇 www.theverge.com/2024/9/3/242...
Sony is taking Concord offline on September 6th after disastrous launch
Concord sales will be refunded to PC and PS5 players.
www.theverge.com
September 3, 2024 at 4:16 PM
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codexentry.bsky.social
If you ever feel like you aren't working hard enough, just remember someone in a boardroom somewhere said 'We should call the 4th Smash game 'Super Smash Bros. for Wii U', and everyone presumably agreed before they all got paid for working that day
September 2, 2024 at 9:27 PM
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kim-hu.com
Bluesky.
September 3, 2024 at 4:22 PM
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beansinyourbum.bsky.social
Just had a revolutionary thought.. what if I make the game i actually want to play?
September 2, 2024 at 6:22 PM
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tofte.bsky.social
A friendly visual guide for how to respond to social media trolls:
Friar Tuck cheerfully grabs Sir Hiss after he falls onto a barrel Friar Tuck cheerfully begins stuffing Sir His into said barrel Friar Tuck pounds Sir Hiss's head into the barrel Friar Tuck corks the barrel and goes merrily about his life
February 6, 2024 at 3:41 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
The Prints of Darkness.
Screenshot of a post by 'Omnipotence.' The post says: 'My printer is threatening me.' Attached is an image of a phone notification from 'HP Smart' that says: 'You're low on ink. Never run low on ink again.'
February 6, 2024 at 4:45 PM
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mel.bzky.team
bro the Vatican is literally a 15-minute country
article titled the catholic argument against 15 minute cities
February 6, 2024 at 3:24 PM