Lester
@lesterlee.bsky.social
Game Designer/Producer. Canadian Theatre Artist, Stage Manager/Technician. Artist. Writer. Gamer. DM. All nonsense writings are mine alone. Online as: Ravynn. He/Him Desert Bus and Brew Crew Mod. Formerly w/ SQEnix. Also: @ravynn.bsky.social
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Lester
@lesterlee.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Hello friends, introductory Post! I'm Lester, I work in Canada as both a Game Designer/Producer as well as a theatre technician, stage manager and designer. I write, play a LOT of d&d, video games, and music.
I'm very politically leftist, anti-racist and pro-trans rights. My pronouns are he/him.
I'm very politically leftist, anti-racist and pro-trans rights. My pronouns are he/him.
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I'm booking work for 2026!
If you need a:
🎶 Video game composer
🔊 Sound designer
🎛️ Mix engineer and/or mastering engineer
🎤 Vocalist
… send me an email :)
📩 marinamakes.co/contact
Some examples of my work below 🤍 Shares always appreciated
If you need a:
🎶 Video game composer
🔊 Sound designer
🎛️ Mix engineer and/or mastering engineer
🎤 Vocalist
… send me an email :)
📩 marinamakes.co/contact
Some examples of my work below 🤍 Shares always appreciated
November 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I'm booking work for 2026!
If you need a:
🎶 Video game composer
🔊 Sound designer
🎛️ Mix engineer and/or mastering engineer
🎤 Vocalist
… send me an email :)
📩 marinamakes.co/contact
Some examples of my work below 🤍 Shares always appreciated
If you need a:
🎶 Video game composer
🔊 Sound designer
🎛️ Mix engineer and/or mastering engineer
🎤 Vocalist
… send me an email :)
📩 marinamakes.co/contact
Some examples of my work below 🤍 Shares always appreciated
Hell. Yes.
If you need the pieces, you need to purchase them. You cannot profit from stealing them.
If you need the pieces, you need to purchase them. You cannot profit from stealing them.
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Hell. Yes.
If you need the pieces, you need to purchase them. You cannot profit from stealing them.
If you need the pieces, you need to purchase them. You cannot profit from stealing them.
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Ladies, Gents and all between and beyond.
Desert Bus 2025 is now departing for fun, joy, hijinks and a whole lot of hope!
Let’s prepare to get silly for a good cause!
desertbus.org
Desert Bus 2025 is now departing for fun, joy, hijinks and a whole lot of hope!
Let’s prepare to get silly for a good cause!
desertbus.org
Desert Bus 2025
A charity fundraising marathon in support of Child's Play Charity.
desertbus.org
November 14, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Ladies, Gents and all between and beyond.
Desert Bus 2025 is now departing for fun, joy, hijinks and a whole lot of hope!
Let’s prepare to get silly for a good cause!
desertbus.org
Desert Bus 2025 is now departing for fun, joy, hijinks and a whole lot of hope!
Let’s prepare to get silly for a good cause!
desertbus.org
We taking bets about how many hours after launch any such content platform suddenly has explicit horse porn on it being served to minors? Because that's how you have that happening.
Bob Iger says Disney+ will soon have AI-generated short form content from users
(via THR)
(via THR)
November 13, 2025 at 10:58 PM
We taking bets about how many hours after launch any such content platform suddenly has explicit horse porn on it being served to minors? Because that's how you have that happening.
I love when people scream "I didn't break any rules though!"
And then the streamer is just: "Yeah not according to the letter of the law, but Ravynn doesn't like you or got bad vibes from you and that's reason enough for us."
And then the streamer is just: "Yeah not according to the letter of the law, but Ravynn doesn't like you or got bad vibes from you and that's reason enough for us."
A lot of people think of moderators as eldritch entities that are bound to the exact words of the spell and if you don't speak the exact words, you cannot be moderated! Whereas in reality it's a bunch of very tired and overworked people going "are you fucking kidding me with this shit"
November 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I love when people scream "I didn't break any rules though!"
And then the streamer is just: "Yeah not according to the letter of the law, but Ravynn doesn't like you or got bad vibes from you and that's reason enough for us."
And then the streamer is just: "Yeah not according to the letter of the law, but Ravynn doesn't like you or got bad vibes from you and that's reason enough for us."
Raise your hand if you believe an illegal immigrant has an easy way to get a mortgage.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Raise your hand if you believe an illegal immigrant has an easy way to get a mortgage.
Ubisoft just postponed its earnings report and halted the trading of its shares. Unclear why at this point but could indicate a major announcement related to the company.
November 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Fangamer is hiring a Graphic Designer! (remote work OK) 🙌
Rare opportunity for a creative position at the kindest, coolest company there is 💚
www.fangamer.com/pages/job-li...
Rare opportunity for a creative position at the kindest, coolest company there is 💚
www.fangamer.com/pages/job-li...
Graphic Designer
Fangamer is looking for a full time experienced designer with strong product and layout design skills to join our creative team. This position will be responsible for conceptualizing, speccing and pro...
www.fangamer.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Fangamer is hiring a Graphic Designer! (remote work OK) 🙌
Rare opportunity for a creative position at the kindest, coolest company there is 💚
www.fangamer.com/pages/job-li...
Rare opportunity for a creative position at the kindest, coolest company there is 💚
www.fangamer.com/pages/job-li...
I just....
I am thinking about the person who AI fakes a bunch of deportation videos in order to incite hatred and or profit off of clicks and views.
I'm thinking about how much I hate that person.
I am thinking about the person who AI fakes a bunch of deportation videos in order to incite hatred and or profit off of clicks and views.
I'm thinking about how much I hate that person.
OpenAI's Sora video generator places 3 watermarks on its AI generated videos: the top-left or top-right corner, the center-right, and the bottom-left corner.
Each of these Facebook videos has 3 caption overlays which just happen to be placed in these 3 locations.
Each of these Facebook videos has 3 caption overlays which just happen to be placed in these 3 locations.
November 13, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I just....
I am thinking about the person who AI fakes a bunch of deportation videos in order to incite hatred and or profit off of clicks and views.
I'm thinking about how much I hate that person.
I am thinking about the person who AI fakes a bunch of deportation videos in order to incite hatred and or profit off of clicks and views.
I'm thinking about how much I hate that person.
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AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
November 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
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Just want you to know that when I asked Geoff why he gave the silent treatment to an open letter written by his own "future of games" program (& co-signed by 3000+ industry peers), he replied:
"Because that's my show and nobody gets to tell me how I should use my platform". 💀💀💀
"Because that's my show and nobody gets to tell me how I should use my platform". 💀💀💀
“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
“We were effectively props”: young stars of game development feel let down by the ‘gaming Oscars’
Announced in 2020 by the Game Awards as an inclusive programme for the industry’s next generation, the Future Class initiative has now been discontinued. Inductees describe clashes with organisers and...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Just want you to know that when I asked Geoff why he gave the silent treatment to an open letter written by his own "future of games" program (& co-signed by 3000+ industry peers), he replied:
"Because that's my show and nobody gets to tell me how I should use my platform". 💀💀💀
"Because that's my show and nobody gets to tell me how I should use my platform". 💀💀💀
Uh. No.
I wouldn't make that assumption. And really I can confirm that my team resists literally every AI trap laid before us with vehement hatred for genAI content thievery.
#gamedev
I wouldn't make that assumption. And really I can confirm that my team resists literally every AI trap laid before us with vehement hatred for genAI content thievery.
#gamedev
“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm
automaton-media.com/en/news/its-...
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“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm - AUTOMATON WEST
In an interview following the launch of ARC Raiders, the CEO of Embark Studios' parent company Nexon shares his views on AI.
automaton-media.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Uh. No.
I wouldn't make that assumption. And really I can confirm that my team resists literally every AI trap laid before us with vehement hatred for genAI content thievery.
#gamedev
I wouldn't make that assumption. And really I can confirm that my team resists literally every AI trap laid before us with vehement hatred for genAI content thievery.
#gamedev
I, for one, have assuredly not eaten 700k in avocado toast.
November 12, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I, for one, have assuredly not eaten 700k in avocado toast.
So...universal healthcare then, Tim?
Tim Burchett: "It seems kinda crazy, but in the future maybe we oughta bring the patients and the doctors to the table and tell the insurance companies they can go take a flying leap."
November 11, 2025 at 9:53 PM
So...universal healthcare then, Tim?
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Hi.
I’ve been editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue for the last 4.5 years — a dream job, one I never thought a Brown girl from small town Louisiana might hold.
I am so incredibly proud of the work we’ve done and what we accomplished. Our journalism has won major awards. (cont’d)
I’ve been editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue for the last 4.5 years — a dream job, one I never thought a Brown girl from small town Louisiana might hold.
I am so incredibly proud of the work we’ve done and what we accomplished. Our journalism has won major awards. (cont’d)
November 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Hi.
I’ve been editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue for the last 4.5 years — a dream job, one I never thought a Brown girl from small town Louisiana might hold.
I am so incredibly proud of the work we’ve done and what we accomplished. Our journalism has won major awards. (cont’d)
I’ve been editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue for the last 4.5 years — a dream job, one I never thought a Brown girl from small town Louisiana might hold.
I am so incredibly proud of the work we’ve done and what we accomplished. Our journalism has won major awards. (cont’d)
Contextually, he's talking about military service members. Which makes this even all the more perplexing as someone who was a draft dodger.
Trump: "If we die, we must die and we as men we die without complaining."
November 11, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Contextually, he's talking about military service members. Which makes this even all the more perplexing as someone who was a draft dodger.
I'm jamming out some Star Rail tonight, working my way through the story. Come with for good writing, music, and feelings
www.twitch.tv/ravynn
www.twitch.tv/ravynn
November 11, 2025 at 4:51 AM
I'm jamming out some Star Rail tonight, working my way through the story. Come with for good writing, music, and feelings
www.twitch.tv/ravynn
www.twitch.tv/ravynn
Avatar over Expedition 33 is a slap in the face, but the Grammy's are also such a joke overall anyway.
Grammy nominations for best video game soundtrack have dropped, but notably don't include Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. On the other hand, jazz cover group 8-Bit Big Band is nominated in categories for jazz and best arrangement. gameinformer.com/2025/11/10/b...
November 11, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Avatar over Expedition 33 is a slap in the face, but the Grammy's are also such a joke overall anyway.
But in a month, they'll vote again and we'll get the same result.
That's how the democrats win, right?
Right?
*crickets
That's how the democrats win, right?
Right?
*crickets
UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.
An important vote in this series: Tammy Baldwin’s proposal to extend ACA expiring funds for 1 year. It’s structured as a motion to table (i.e. scrap it from the amendment tree). But it’ll show the appetite (or lack thereof) in the Senate to address this issue.
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 AM
But in a month, they'll vote again and we'll get the same result.
That's how the democrats win, right?
Right?
*crickets
That's how the democrats win, right?
Right?
*crickets
Literally the bare minimum of international relations is to not insinuate to your peers that you want to force them into vassalship.
Just saying.
#cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Just saying.
#cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Anand says U.S. secretary Rubio has avoided '51st state' chatter as G7 meeting looms | CBC News
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio hasn't repeated President Donald Trump's musings about making Canada the 51st state during their conversations.
www.cbc.ca
November 11, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Literally the bare minimum of international relations is to not insinuate to your peers that you want to force them into vassalship.
Just saying.
#cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Just saying.
#cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
That Canada has lost its Measles free designation should be a source of eternal disgrace for all of us advocating for public health. We have let anti-vaxx messaging take hold in our country.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
As Canada loses measles-free status, outbreak in northeast B.C. continues | CBC News
Measles cases in B.C. make up almost seven per cent of the total in Canada, with the vast majority of them clustered in the province's northeast, where health officials said the virus spread through a...
www.cbc.ca
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
That Canada has lost its Measles free designation should be a source of eternal disgrace for all of us advocating for public health. We have let anti-vaxx messaging take hold in our country.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
A fair review from Eurogamer that does call out specifically the use of Gen-AI in the game.
For Arc Raiders to ride the wave of human sociability all the way to the bank, while also being so contemptuous of the thing that makes us social animals in its own workflow demonstrates a lack of artistic integrity that I find impossible to ignore.
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
November 10, 2025 at 10:11 PM
A fair review from Eurogamer that does call out specifically the use of Gen-AI in the game.
Stop sending wrestlers Death Threats.
What the fuck is wrong with people.
What the fuck is wrong with people.
November 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Stop sending wrestlers Death Threats.
What the fuck is wrong with people.
What the fuck is wrong with people.
Hey Vancouverites! Vancouver's Mayor is proposing a 12% cut on arts and culture spending. Until Nov 12th you can send in your comments directly in feedback here!
Tell them how disappointed you are in their choice to withdraw funding for the arts!
#yvr #yvrarts
www.shapeyourcity.ca/2026-budget
Tell them how disappointed you are in their choice to withdraw funding for the arts!
#yvr #yvrarts
www.shapeyourcity.ca/2026-budget
City of Vancouver 2026 Budget
Each year, City staff create an annual budget for City Council to consider. The budget outlines City spending across key service areas such as public safety, transportation, infrastructure, parks and ...
www.shapeyourcity.ca
November 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Hey Vancouverites! Vancouver's Mayor is proposing a 12% cut on arts and culture spending. Until Nov 12th you can send in your comments directly in feedback here!
Tell them how disappointed you are in their choice to withdraw funding for the arts!
#yvr #yvrarts
www.shapeyourcity.ca/2026-budget
Tell them how disappointed you are in their choice to withdraw funding for the arts!
#yvr #yvrarts
www.shapeyourcity.ca/2026-budget