joshdrescher.bsky.social
Video game producer/occasional human.
Rap sheet:
Hypixel Studios, Bethesda Softworks, PLAYStudios, EA, BioWare, Mythic Entertainment, Rocket City Studios
Views expressed here are my own.
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To be clear:
You shouldn't be threatening judges with violence.
But calling for them to face consequences for their decisions? That's absolutely fair game.
A protester making your fancy dinner with the billionaire who pays for your yachts a little bit awkward is not a threat to you.
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Totally. The third motivation for us is to not leave so much stuff behind for other people to deal with once we’re gone. Navigating my mom’s stuff has been godawful and I wish she’d downsized on her own years ago because I don’t want a 500 snowman statues, but it sucks to get rid of her treasures.
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My immersion was ruined when I learned that Reagan only liked well-done steaks with a side of chili. Truly, history’s greatest monster.
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I’m mentally and emotionally preparing for something similar as “let’s get a THIRD storage unit to hide things in” is clearly not a reasonable strategy.
Why hasn’t someone invented affordable pocket dimensions to hold all of my precious tchotchkes and geegaws?
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The head chef spent an inordinate time explaining why his favorite restaurant is the Texas Roadhouse, which was very funny but also clearly a PROFOUNDLY earnest position.
If you’re in Austin and want world-class omakase, this is the spot for you.
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Cool. Cool. Thanks for that info.
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And if your next adventure results in glorious triumph, keep the first bit in mind as well - don’t let a win get to your head. Success is almost always wisdom and passion meeting dumb luck.
Your time to celebrate victory will come and you will have great perspective when it does.
Hytale forever. ❤️
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If you’re heartbroken today, I understand. Feel heartbroken, but don’t give up. You’ll find the passion again. You’ll have another chance and you’ll be wiser next time.
Until then, keep that spark inside of your heart flickering so it’s still there for you when the next opportunity arrives.
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Dedicating your life to making things for other people to enjoy is not a safe or easy path.
Because making new things is HARD. It’s risky. It doesn’t pay well. And it often doesn’t work out.
But it’s worth it to try, even when it ends like this. Because that’s the only way. You just keep trying.
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Today is my official last day with Hypixel, after the cancellation of Hytale was announced on Monday.
Now I feel like I need to say it to as many of my current colleagues as possible.
Don’t let the losses get to your heart.
Because your heart is where the creative spark lives.
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Every medium has unique and important traits that cannot be captured or expressed in ANY other way.
Say what you want about a book like "Gravity's Rainbow" (or any Pynchon, really), but a summary of the plot will NOT give you an understanding of what the book IS or is about.
Most art is like that.
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But for art? No way.
Pick your favorite book or movie or show or song. You can probably summarize it pretty quickly, regardless of length. Does that summary capture WHY it's your favorite?
Probably not, because we usually love the ENTIRETY of a piece of art, rather than Just the Story It Tells.
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I don't have much of an issue with people reading summaries of - for example - business books. I often seek out summaries when I'm referred to "Business Secrets of the Pharaohs" or some such and want to get the gist. If the summary suggests the book is useful, then I read the whole thing.
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I already had to learn what "gurt, yo" is earlier today, which exceeds my RDA of brainrot.
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Exactly the same game, but the gun heels are replaced with bottles of Sweet Baby Rays?
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I don't think most people realize how much editing goes into a really consistent, high-quality audio podcast because they just FEEL like an off the cuff conversation that just happens to be exactly 45 minutes long.
With WTF ending, I am very curious what Brendan McDonald will do next, for example.
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I hope the Mamdami/Lander alliance sustains and that they continue to show how different experiences, priorities, and concerns can still seek to achieve common goals. A young, hopeful vision emboldened by the potential for longterm change, fortified by access to the wisdom and the experience of age.
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Does the American Revolution happen if the age of its participants was locked at 45+?
Maybe.
But it would definitely have been VERY different and probably much less successful. The country that resulted (if one even did) would have been radically different. More conciliatory. Less revolutionary.
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Ideally you have young, gutsy leadership being informed by older, more (small c) conservative advisors who have Seen Some Shit and can make them aware of threats, pitfalls, etc. The whole "knowing how the machine works" thing is a real virtue.
Informed risk-taking is a critical part of REAL change.
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If you need RADICAL change, you probably need younger leadership, though that certainly doesn't guarantee success. This is especially true if your process for seeking change doesn't find ways to seek out, appeal to, and cultivate functional, longterm alliances with older people.
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Finding yourself "out of touch" is often a function of class and wealth, both of which are heavily impacted by age. Knowing the cost of milk because you looked it up is better than not knowing at all, but is also VERY different than knowing because you have to account for it in your day to day life.
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Someone older will be more risk-averse, partially because of experience, but also because they're going to be naturally less motivated by solutions that won't pay off for years (or decades). Age ALSO shields you from FEELING certain hardships.
That's not a moral failing, it's just human nature.
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*a wild Herzog appears*
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Awwwww yeeeeah. We’re bringing back <marquee></marquee> next, baby!
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That said, I didn’t stick around so I can’t say for CERTAIN there was no orgy.
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I once had the precise opposite experience with a friend in middle school who invited me over to play the old Palladium Ninja Turtles RPG with two older kids who promptly invited me to stick around for a Jehovah’s Witness Bible study afterward.
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It depends on the version, but it is officially believed that it “may or may not be real” for later versions.
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We should stop rushing to judgment. Maybe she only knows one other person?