Andrew Siañez-De La O
@mexicancryptid.bsky.social
Writer-Designer @ ZeniMax Online Studios | Award-winning Stage and Audio Dramatist | Fighting every day to put dinosaurs in Elder Scrolls
Accursed opinions are my own.
They/He, Mex-American 🇲🇽
Accursed opinions are my own.
They/He, Mex-American 🇲🇽
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New milestone?? Cosplay of a character I wrote??? Check out hiddenmistake_ (on Insta) and their amazing Tanlorin cosplay!
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Today I can announce an exciting collaboration of friends and former colleagues, we've formed Ironroot Games, a new independent game studio. We are a developer-owned studio where games are crafted by care for both developers and players in mind. We can't wait to show what we're working on!
We are Ironroot Games, a brand new independent game studio created by friends that want to make incredible games. Our team has come together to tell stories rooted in years of combined industry experience. Our first project is in development. ironrootgames.com
Ironroot Games
Ironroot Games is a studio founded by seasoned AAA developers who believe great games grow from great developer culture. As a community-driven studio, we commit to empowering creative ownership for cr...
ironrootgames.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Today I can announce an exciting collaboration of friends and former colleagues, we've formed Ironroot Games, a new independent game studio. We are a developer-owned studio where games are crafted by care for both developers and players in mind. We can't wait to show what we're working on!
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another group that's come out (at least in part) from the layoffs that impacted ZOS this summer. excited to see what they get up to!
We are Ironroot Games, a brand new independent game studio created by friends that want to make incredible games. Our team has come together to tell stories rooted in years of combined industry experience. Our first project is in development. ironrootgames.com
Ironroot Games
Ironroot Games is a studio founded by seasoned AAA developers who believe great games grow from great developer culture. As a community-driven studio, we commit to empowering creative ownership for cr...
ironrootgames.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
another group that's come out (at least in part) from the layoffs that impacted ZOS this summer. excited to see what they get up to!
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EXCLUSIVE: So far it's been unclear what proof Rockstar Games has to justify its firing of 34 union members, who it claims were leaking "confidential information in a public forum".
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
The Messages Rockstar Saw Before Firing 34 Union Members
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
EXCLUSIVE: So far it's been unclear what proof Rockstar Games has to justify its firing of 34 union members, who it claims were leaking "confidential information in a public forum".
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
my partner, drunk: "I think it'd be funny if I gave you one of my T-shots."
November 22, 2025 at 3:25 AM
my partner, drunk: "I think it'd be funny if I gave you one of my T-shots."
🕯️💾 manifesting 💾🕯️
November 21, 2025 at 10:40 PM
🕯️💾 manifesting 💾🕯️
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-Writhing Fortress: Solstice- (@ kilnerdyne, @ NineteenGiraffes, @ Sillvos, @ Phange, @ JimTray, @ GattsLord, @ dianabz, @ and_hobbies, @ madchook, @ Klazzy135, @ Menkaure.Khakhet's characters) #ESOFam #ESO #ESO_JP #ElderScrollsOnline
November 18, 2025 at 11:55 AM
-Writhing Fortress: Solstice- (@ kilnerdyne, @ NineteenGiraffes, @ Sillvos, @ Phange, @ JimTray, @ GattsLord, @ dianabz, @ and_hobbies, @ madchook, @ Klazzy135, @ Menkaure.Khakhet's characters) #ESOFam #ESO #ESO_JP #ElderScrollsOnline
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November 15, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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jimmy mcgill is onceler-coded
November 16, 2025 at 3:31 AM
jimmy mcgill is onceler-coded
Wall Breaker title secured! Now to keep farming these bone shards.
November 15, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Wall Breaker title secured! Now to keep farming these bone shards.
Phase 2 complete!
November 14, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Phase 2 complete!
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Hey so, today is my last day at Crystal Dynamics apparently. I joined the company in 2018 to work on Marvel's Avengers and it's been the longest (and best) job I've ever had. It now means I'm looking for work, so if you know of any senior writer/narrative designer positions please send them my way.
November 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Hey so, today is my last day at Crystal Dynamics apparently. I joined the company in 2018 to work on Marvel's Avengers and it's been the longest (and best) job I've ever had. It now means I'm looking for work, so if you know of any senior writer/narrative designer positions please send them my way.
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We don’t use generative AI at Strange Scaffold and I can confirm that a *lot* of other studios are not—whether indie or AAA.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
“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-...
automaton-media.com/en/news/its-...
“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 3:25 AM
We don’t use generative AI at Strange Scaffold and I can confirm that a *lot* of other studios are not—whether indie or AAA.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
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If your game has voice acting, then working with the voice actors is half of your writing process. It's not complete until you've heard it interpreted and reimagined by a voice actor. And they always reimagine it in ways that elevate the writing, in ways you never would have imagined yourself.
November 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
If your game has voice acting, then working with the voice actors is half of your writing process. It's not complete until you've heard it interpreted and reimagined by a voice actor. And they always reimagine it in ways that elevate the writing, in ways you never would have imagined yourself.
This and the Tequila Gundam stickers were instant purchases!!
Oh and my Nibuto stickers are up too! Can't forget about my mascot! www.evanpalmercomics.com/new-products...
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 AM
This and the Tequila Gundam stickers were instant purchases!!
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Eraserhead baby labubu
August 16, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Eraserhead baby labubu
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sort of incredible to read a review that doesn't just made a vague nod at AI being bad, but actively reckons with the ways in which falling obsessively to AI usage actively obliterates the artistic intent and integrity of the work you've made.
November 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
sort of incredible to read a review that doesn't just made a vague nod at AI being bad, but actively reckons with the ways in which falling obsessively to AI usage actively obliterates the artistic intent and integrity of the work you've made.
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Everything about making video games is harder than you think.
November 6, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Everything about making video games is harder than you think.
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I just bought volume 2 of 昏姫と恋烏 on Bookwalker to show support for this awesome series!! If the sales do well enough it may just continue otherwise volume 3 or 4 may be it's last due to poor sales!!! Please support shoujo if you care!!
November 5, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I just bought volume 2 of 昏姫と恋烏 on Bookwalker to show support for this awesome series!! If the sales do well enough it may just continue otherwise volume 3 or 4 may be it's last due to poor sales!!! Please support shoujo if you care!!
Needed a title for a project and my partner, in all his accursed wisdom, recommended I give it an Isekai name.
November 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Needed a title for a project and my partner, in all his accursed wisdom, recommended I give it an Isekai name.
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My god this is for real one of the most incredible speeches I’ve ever seen by an elected US politician: ‘And if there is any way to terrify a despot, it is to dismantle the very conditions that allowed him to accumulate power. This not only how we stop Trump, it’s how we stop the next one.’
Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."
November 5, 2025 at 4:52 AM
My god this is for real one of the most incredible speeches I’ve ever seen by an elected US politician: ‘And if there is any way to terrify a despot, it is to dismantle the very conditions that allowed him to accumulate power. This not only how we stop Trump, it’s how we stop the next one.’
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the mtg/linguistics/trans nerds have translated "death before detransition" into phyrexian.
October 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
the mtg/linguistics/trans nerds have translated "death before detransition" into phyrexian.
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“some people abuse SNAP” your soul is rotten
October 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
“some people abuse SNAP” your soul is rotten
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Gamedev friends, this is more proof that we are not to blame for the current state of our industry.
These are the same executives that follow every trend blindly and ignorantly.
Aggressive MTX, everything is a live service, DRM that only punish paying players, NFTs, and now AI.
What a shitshow.
These are the same executives that follow every trend blindly and ignorantly.
Aggressive MTX, everything is a live service, DRM that only punish paying players, NFTs, and now AI.
What a shitshow.
I legitimately didn't know they were competing with Steam and it's crazy to me that they burnt so much money on what sounds like something with very little (or wildly misguided) market research.
October 29, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Gamedev friends, this is more proof that we are not to blame for the current state of our industry.
These are the same executives that follow every trend blindly and ignorantly.
Aggressive MTX, everything is a live service, DRM that only punish paying players, NFTs, and now AI.
What a shitshow.
These are the same executives that follow every trend blindly and ignorantly.
Aggressive MTX, everything is a live service, DRM that only punish paying players, NFTs, and now AI.
What a shitshow.
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NEW: I spoke to original Halo devs about that ICE Halo post
One: "abhorrent”
Another: "Using Halo imagery in a call to ‘destroy’ people because of their immigration status goes way too far, and ought to offend every Halo fan, regardless of political orientation”
www.gamefile.news/p/halo-ice-d...
One: "abhorrent”
Another: "Using Halo imagery in a call to ‘destroy’ people because of their immigration status goes way too far, and ought to offend every Halo fan, regardless of political orientation”
www.gamefile.news/p/halo-ice-d...
Halo co-creator says ICE’s Halo-themed recruitment ad “makes me sick”
Another Halo maker says ad "ought to offend every Halo fan, regardless of political orientation." ALSO: A developer whose game just launched on Xbox slams Microsoft’s silence
www.gamefile.news
October 28, 2025 at 6:18 PM
NEW: I spoke to original Halo devs about that ICE Halo post
One: "abhorrent”
Another: "Using Halo imagery in a call to ‘destroy’ people because of their immigration status goes way too far, and ought to offend every Halo fan, regardless of political orientation”
www.gamefile.news/p/halo-ice-d...
One: "abhorrent”
Another: "Using Halo imagery in a call to ‘destroy’ people because of their immigration status goes way too far, and ought to offend every Halo fan, regardless of political orientation”
www.gamefile.news/p/halo-ice-d...