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Matt Napolillo - he/they - Philly game dev, music, art, vfx (and whatever else sparks joy) http://linktr.ee/mattenaps
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CYBERBULLY YOUR POLITICIANS LIKE YOU BULLIED SEGA FOR UGLY SONIC

Whenever one of those "the netcode in [not their favorite] racing sim is terrible" rants pops up again, I always wish they understood how magical it is they can race bumper to bumper with someone on the other side of the world, while on their Wi-Fi with family streaming movies at the same time.

Early days, but… We’re doing something.

You can tell this is a product that's in high demand because they keep hiding the ways to turn it off

Being radicalized increasingly since 2016 has just been banging my head against this post indefinitely.

“The truth is clear: the president is using the blunt instruments of the criminal legal system to punish and isolate vulnerable people, while simultaneously trying to avoid legal oversight and flout the protections guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.” Read the full op-ed here ⤵️

Happy Valentines Day! I’ve been calling this a “Love Bomb.” #vfx #unity #rtvfx

BIG YAWN!! cat day 🐈

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another great example along with Wired and Teen Vogue of how real journalism these days can be a lot braver at outlets where no one is trying to get in good with the White House press secretary they’re out here with us, reporting on what’s happening to us all, instead of trying to get inside access

#godot experimenting a bit with the aesthetic, paper craft/origami is a fun way to liven up a relatively #lowpoly model #gamedev #indiedev

I'm gonna keep reposting examples of people not taking shit because it's important for us to see that you can, simply, reject the shit. Say "Uh... no no no, we will not be tolerating that."

my friend Heather Flowers just released Fish Fear Me, the game where you can, among other things, lure a mob of a thousand bloodthirsty fish behind your rowboat and then try to swing an anchor at them. it's real good. store.steampowered.com/app/3000120/...

This is how it’s done.

at last (special thanks to @yeowool.ing and @rewitkin.bsky.social !!!)

I think a game where you play as a Ganondorf unaware of his destiny to become the King of Evil would be kickass actually

The only reason the GOP is ‘panicking privately’ is because their constituents are yelling publicly. Otherwise they wouldn’t care. That means our organizing, our phone calls, our rallies, and our protests are working. Don’t let up on these cowards for one second. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

I kinda recognize that it's important to know what's going on in the world and to be up-to-date, but if you need time to remember to laugh and have fun, by all means, please do. We gotta remember what we're trying to save here. And don't guilt about taking time for yourself. We need you!

If Hades is a game that made you feel seen and represented, it's because of the hard work of the people who contributed their talents. Now we have an opportunity to repay that. Please tell Supergiant that you support striking workers.

This is the template, Democrats.

Gonna need more non-disabled people to see stuff like this and understand that ableism is also one of the integral -isms the right is devoted to, so it should be jettisoned whenever and in whomever you encounter it

NEW, from @telliotter.bsky.social and me: SpaceX engineers have already been onboarded at FAA - an agency that directly regulates them www.wired.com/story/faa-do...

hunters //

"The Legend of Zelda: RGB", a fan film/MV directed by Woop with students from ChungKang Animation School (South Korea). Full video >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSPr... Official account >> x.com/zelda_rgb

Here's a redesign challenge for Gamera I did about 4 years ago. I can't remember why I made him purple. Why not, I guess?!

You'll finally be able to try HASTE: Broken Worlds next week! 🙌 We're releasing a demo on Monday the 24th of February as part of Steam Next Fest and we can't wait for you to try it! 🏃 The demo features one Shard-run from the game and a tutorial to teach you how to perfect your landings.

How the fuck are devs supposed to survive if making a successful, beloved live service game isn’t enough to keep them employed

Probably one of the most pound for pound profitable teams in gaming today. Nobody is safe from corporate ownership. Absolutely sickening. Eat the rich.

Are there any Japanese comics publishers besides Viz/Shonen Jump that have digital subscription sites? I know Kodansha/Vertical books used to appear on Crunchyroll Manga way back when. I'd love to pay a monthly fee to read some of the comics I don't necessarily want to own/have space to own.

"This is no mastermind. This is a run-of-the-mill internet Nazi. But the fact remains that he’s been granted access to the most sensitive information held by the IRS, all at the behest of another Nazi." www.thehandbasket.co/p/nazis-musk...

Letters went out to federal workers this morning stating they were fired due to poor performance. However, all employees had been rated as “exceptional” performers by their supervisors. Please keep these records and pursue wrongful termination claims. Let the lawsuits begin.

A whole lot of incumbent Democrats in DC are simply not up to this moment and need to be both (1) shamed into whatever action we can get from them and (2) removed at the soonest opportunity.

For reference: Procedural generation is shuffling a deck and dealing from it. genAI is feeding every card deck you can find, including ones not for the game, into a wood chipper, slapping a handful of the bits on some glue, and pretending its a playable hand.

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I’m seeing a lot of soft takes from industry mutuals at the moment that we shouldn’t be so hard on those who use generative AI because it’s becoming harder and harder to resist. Wrong. Betraying your ethics (and your peers) because ‘everyone else is doing it’ does not suddenly make it acceptable.

See that bright, glowing object with a tail? That's not a comet. That's the planet Mercury.

Anytime a storm is brewing, your local forecasters are getting the latest data from NOAA. As the agency faces an uncertain future, one thing's for sure: for-profit companies would struggle to replicate NOAA's weather-forecasting prowess.

I know it’s a lot of doom and gloom and people don’t know where to start so my suggestion is find your neighborhood/close by community fridge. Take when you need and donate when you can. That is something you can do.

Y'all gotta get comfortable talking about pornography and defending its right to exist and for people to look at it, even if you don't (but especially if you DO).

Spain continues to be based

I made this Pride flag using only NASA images and our team thought it would be cool to share on social (I work on the NASA heliophysics communications team), but it's getting all sorts of hate on the bird app and Fbook. Thought y'all might be more appreciative of it here. ☺️🏳️‍🌈💖

We're stoked to introduce the 'No Gen AI' seal for indie games! Indie devs can use it on their game's store page to assure potential players that their game was made without the use of Generative AI. You can grab it from the Polygon Treehouse website:- www.polygon-treehouse.com/no-gen-ai-seal

THIS It's a fantastic and really fun performance.

The Stonewall Inn released a response to the National Parks Service removing the word transgender from the park outside of the Inn. A great reminder that we have to look after each other

Musk is clearly trying to consolidate power with an old playbook. " It’s the task of everyone who believes in democracy to make Musk’s story of hubris end in the traditional way that the Greek playwrights dramatized so well." prospect.org/politics/202...