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ouren.bsky.social
Lifelong game dev. Realfake Emmy winner. Opinions mine.
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Let me state this plainly: if @xbox.com cared about game preservation, it would use its enormous corporate power to push the Entertainment Software Association to pull back on its exercise of the DMCA and allow preservation organizations to do remote game access.

Found out I lost an industry friend today. I just saw him last week. I'll miss the man who always called me brother to whom I sent Tennessee moonshine. I'll miss him so much man

Things like this remind me of growing up in the Nashville arts community and I'm so thankful youtu.be/YiQ7qiL73aI?...

Archive your favorite books, movies, magazines, music, and games while you still can. The future waits for no one.

Buy albums and run your own media server

This one is very nice

i can't wait to watch a 6-hour video essay about how this all went so wrong

The fact that Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl isn’t nominated for best picture is just more evidence of how far we’ve fallen as a society

@tottomatic.bsky.social miss you friend

More layoffs to come. Western game investment is extremely low. Services companies are struggling. There are more gamers than ever before. This makes no sense.

It was so great bumping into @ouren.bsky.social at DICE - and getting a signed copy of Slave Zero on top of that! You all have to play this game!

Money guys with no taste have been playing favorites for too long. www.linkedin.com/posts/ouren_...

See you all at DICE Vegas!

The indiepocalypse transformed into the AAApocalypse

Whoa! I didn't know they brought back Heroscape! 👀

JD Vance Sworn In On Stack Of Printed 4chan Greentexts theonion.com/jd-vanc...

So excited to share with the world my new company and mission - to make the games industry healthier and more sustainable! @deantak.bsky.social and I sat down to talk about the issues & my vision: venturebeat.com/business/ada...

Alright, well, video games. With 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico on the way, I can see a sharp downtick in the number of disc-based games that get released physically in the US, as much of that production infrastructure is in Mexico. If they do get made, I expect higher prices both phys & dig.

here is a photo of David Lynch that my friend took in 2017. The items on the table could not be more David Lynch. her note: "david lynch at mcdono in coral gables"

gacha design is horrible but it gets 100x worse when put into context locally in the philippines, genshin, hsr, and zzz are massively popular but primarily targets young folk and children mini thread? (1/x)

Celebrate Public Domain Day! Register for "SINGIN' IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN," our virtual celebration of the treasures moving into the public domain in 2025. 📅 Jan 22 @ 10am PT 🎟️ https://eventbrite.com/e/singin-in-the-public-domain-public-domain-day-2025-tickets-1104135491979 #PublicDomain

One day they'll bring this to the West

One of the best games of all time imo

Environmentalists Warn U.S. Running Out Of Small Wooded Areas Where Buddies Can Smoke Up theonion.com/environmenta...

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Reposting some more older work that's fun, some fanart for Slave Zero X I did a while back. Great game and I HIGHLY recommend checking it out!

Slave Zero X hit every single note of what I love about games, tonally, aesthetically, and how it handles. I was giddy the entire way through.

Become one with the shadows when you get the Silent Night, Deadly Night bundle featuring titles like - Aragami 2 - Slave Zero X - Furi - And more! Supports Direct Relief | bit.ly/3BFthf8

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Box Set manga is $52.45 on Amazon (1104 pages) buff.ly/3P3GUrD #ad

The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world.

Not enough is said about how much money it takes or what kind of privilege it is to be allowed to make games if you live in a country without support. In tough times, understanding the privilege of opportunity is vital.

Most vital moment of #TheGameAwards youtu.be/JU4beu4tke0