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Area/Quest/Level/Content Designer open to new roles! He/Him Jewish Bunny reposter (I dont speak for my employers but I do speak for the trees) Big believer in empowering people not machines
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if we casually chat about playing games together someday, and i never reach out to you, please understand it is because there's a little voice in my brain saying 'they don't actually mean it, you shouldn't annoy them'

submitted 2 days ago • 12 comments

I've never seen a game crash the steam store servers. Deltarune did it.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

When you build a world full of noise, you can only expect for someone to get lost in it. "Yellow paint" really turned into the only thing thing we can agree on for blatant visual pathfinding, and ironically has shunted level design efficacy back by decades. Like a film shot with way too many extras.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Superman

submitted 2 days ago • 16 comments

There are two wolves inside me One is craving hibachi One wants nachos My wallet wants me to eat home cooked spaghetti and frozen meatballs.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

That’s not the rule and you know it.

submitted 7 days ago • 26 comments

I think it's an interesting puzzle in sci-fi to ask why certain designs became popular. The trap of "Well this is the most effective/efficient design for the machine" is tempting to stick with but almost all machines are designed for biases about style and comfort, often culturally motivated.

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

unions: they get the job done

submitted 8 days ago • 116 comments

there’s a funny paradox to me in creative work which i call “the horse shaped box.” basically: lead wants to give IC a space to work within, with constraints. but the constraints are extremely specific; “you can put anything you brainstorm into this box!” but the box is shaped exactly like a horse

submitted 10 days ago • 11 comments

a or b

submitted 11 days ago • 83 comments

DREDGE (fanart) - 23 colours #pixelart #artpost

submitted 10 days ago • 70 comments

submitted 10 days ago • 51 comments

THIS IS SO REAL this goes for every single creative medium I've ever touched. Learning to do it the "right way" first is a paralysis trap. Advice is only useful after you've fought with the thing its about. Go, do the thing you want to do and do it poorly. Do it for you. Fuck around & itll click

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

I’m running for Congress. I’ve spent my career holding the powerful accountable as a political & legal journalist. I’m running for Congress to tell you the truth, fight for New York, and Unf*ck Our Country. Join us: secure.actblue.com/donate/mbs-e... Learn more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=20U5...

submitted 58 days ago • 178 comments

A little art forgery treat for y'all. I present: the artifact (for which a collector paid $80k in 2008) and the scientific report (the most politely worded way of saying "you paid how much for limestone with a little concrete slapped on it?" I've ever seen).

submitted 13 days ago • 3 comments

Made some Magic: The Gathering cards

submitted 15 days ago • 81 comments

Years ago I reviewed the Midea U-Shaped air conditioner for Gizmodo. This week, the universally beloved pick for best window air conditioner suddenly got pulled from stores everywhere, right before the summer months. I may have figured out why for @aftermath.site aftermath.site/midea-u-shap...

submitted 15 days ago • 21 comments

Let's go!!! www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

submitted 16 days ago • 11 comments

People keep asking why The Onion is doing well right now, and it's simply because we just refuse to kowtow. I cannot stress enough how good it is for your business and your soul be strong and even fun in the face of the ongoing horror and bullshit. www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...

submitted 17 days ago • 83 comments

submitted 19 days ago • 3 comments

Maybe this is the year I get a tattoo.

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

Yet another really easy justification to stop playing Fortnite appears...

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

I need you to understand It wasn't "We trained a machine to be Darth Vader, and then it started saying homophobic slurs." It was "We found a machine that says homophobic slurs, and prompted it to act like Darth Vader."

submitted 20 days ago • 4 comments

Me too king

submitted 20 days ago • 4 comments

I dream of businesses that have "no tipping, please" signs because they pay their service staff enough to not make the survival of the average worker dependent on kindness from people with more wealth.

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

good

submitted 24 days ago • 11 comments

"So the fact that the city of Troy is getting a GIFT, FREE OF CHARGE, of a beautiful giant wooden horse..."

submitted 25 days ago • 43 comments

Happy Mother's Day specifically to all the children of shitty parents who voted to ruin the entire economy, and who are doing their best to avoid mentioning it exclusively, constantly, and condescendingly even though it's all they have left to remain sane.

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments