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@doomfunk.bsky.social

systems designer. artist. writer. doer of silly voices. salmiakki advocate. worked on ESO, Starfield, Diablo 4, Cyberpunk 2.

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(I'm actually doing fine)

08.02.2026 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Get Lucky by Daft Punk on a mechanical organ
YouTube video by The Mechanical Music Man Get Lucky by Daft Punk on a mechanical organ

"how's it going chris?"

i look up from my phone, eyes strained, blood in my teeth, laughing, shrieking, as the camera dollies out and does a slow roll

08.02.2026 13:38 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

becoming convinced of simulation theory at this point

07.02.2026 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

today's wegmans music is the back to back experience of the baha men's 2000 hit single who let the dogs out followed by snap! with the 1992 hit rhythm is a dancer

also heard the stroke. so. it's been a day

07.02.2026 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oddly i think Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, Odyssey, and Valhalla have a bit of this.

07.02.2026 11:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The real reason I'm leaving The Great British Baking
Show
Trump is threatening bombing the likes of which Tehran has never seen
Prue Leith

The real reason I'm leaving The Great British Baking Show Trump is threatening bombing the likes of which Tehran has never seen Prue Leith

the Spectator accidentally recycled a subhed from a previous day’s article about Tehran

06.02.2026 18:07 β€” πŸ‘ 6924    πŸ” 1545    πŸ’¬ 104    πŸ“Œ 111
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Why would you cut away from this, NBC

06.02.2026 19:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1422    πŸ” 223    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 56

i think this is the best counterargument for talent not being real I've seen,

but you still worked at that by synthesizing knowledge you've developed and applied it in a novel outlet. your "talent" in this sense is still trained and learned and executed over time, and was not a natural thing.

06.02.2026 19:46 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

there's an AI take floating around and... i want to be sensitive to the kind of frustration that can come with trying and feeling like you can't succeed, but at the same time any artist I know would say:
1. talent is fake. you just work at it.
2. failing is educational. look at the frieren meme.

06.02.2026 19:37 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man with a beard is wearing a green t-shirt that says pinkvilla on the bottom Alt: a man with a beard in a green t-shirt, shaking his head and waving his hand, saying "nothing beats it"
06.02.2026 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

the red scarf from Shinobi except it's the crotch of the snowsuit

06.02.2026 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

used to do this in Atlanta and DC too

06.02.2026 17:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Lesbian Hagraven Wedding being Officiated by Three Daedrats in a Priest Robe and Attended by a Vampire Bard

Lesbian Hagraven Wedding being Officiated by Three Daedrats in a Priest Robe and Attended by a Vampire Bard

Lesbian Hagraven Wedding being Officiated by Three Daedrats in a Priest Robe and Attended by a Vampire Bard

05.02.2026 15:16 β€” πŸ‘ 242    πŸ” 68    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

the fundamental skill of a slab is identical to that of contour gestures with the added benefit of being able to see your cursor. you don't need a mount, your view of your canvas is never occluded by your humanlike flippers. it's great.

06.02.2026 11:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

while i do most of my drawing on my phone these days, you'll never catch me using a screen tablet instead of a slab tablet if i have the choice. i even used to shlep my intuos4 into the comp labs at scad so I wouldn't have to use their cintiqs.

06.02.2026 11:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Bio Bruno Dias is a game designer and writer. Previous credits include Where the Water Tastes Like Wine, Neo Cab, and Pathologic 2.

I'm still looking for full-time or contract work – I'm a narrative design generalist with credits on multiple shipped titles. I focus on taming the complexity of narrative systems, writing prose, and leading narrative teams.

brunodias.dev/bio

06.02.2026 01:29 β€” πŸ‘ 76    πŸ” 57    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bank: Credit Legends: The Debt Hero Story

05.02.2026 21:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hey! You! Quote post your women art

05.02.2026 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

wow! not just a scumbag, but a totally brazen one!

05.02.2026 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
a little baby holding a big curling broom and pointing

a little baby holding a big curling broom and pointing

a little baby with a curling broom wearing the same jersey as his mom

a little baby with a curling broom wearing the same jersey as his mom

a curling dad holding a baby, who is holding onto the curling broom

a curling dad holding a baby, who is holding onto the curling broom

the Swiss mixed doubles curling team is married and when their game ended the Peacock stream just showed them playing with their Curling Baby for like 5 minutes with the Olympics music playing

04.02.2026 20:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1676    πŸ” 341    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 44

truly devastated the direct didn't include this thing that clearly everyone, not just a niche minority of obsessive retro game fans and sega diehards, absolutely wants

05.02.2026 16:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

this is what happens when you're having an ocular migraine with severe astigmatism and also you're either leon or within five miles of leon. it's realism

05.02.2026 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

OH yeah. Yeah. Yes. Mmhmm.

05.02.2026 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

sega saturn classics added to the expansion pack. let the youths experience guardian heroes.

05.02.2026 12:24 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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a man is praying with his eyes closed and the words `` dear lord baby jesus '' above him . Alt: will farrell as ricky bobby in Talladega nights, praying with his eyes closed and the words "dear lord baby jesus" captioned beside him
05.02.2026 12:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

i know this is a huge tangent but it's wild how much slythe looks like a goblin from the rankin/bass hobbit

04.02.2026 23:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
sorry we’re closed styled portrait for Leora

sorry we’re closed styled portrait for Leora

sorry we’re closed styled portrait for Absi

sorry we’re closed styled portrait for Absi

matching sorry we’re closed-styled portraits for my beautiful dndship. πŸ₯ΊπŸŽ¨

06.01.2026 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 740    πŸ” 117    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 0
Miles 'Tails' O'brien

Miles 'Tails' O'brien

Dumpster diving into ancient folders. Here are some O'briens from I wanna say 2016. #art

04.02.2026 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 500    πŸ” 99    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

Every friend group of 3 or more should be visually distinct. You are not allowed to be friends if you were created in the same factory. I should be able to instantly tell how your strengths & weaknesses complement each other like a KOF team. Who is the zoner? Who is the grappler? Who throws hands?

19.01.2025 05:05 β€” πŸ‘ 480    πŸ” 147    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 20

somehow even dumber than when they banned link. wtf are they thinking

04.02.2026 16:19 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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