Kelsey Pickinpaugh

Brian Quinby and Chris James on stage.

Brian Quinby, Chris James, Jon Gabrus, and Stefan Heck on stage with producer Dan.

Brian Quinby, Jon Gabrus, and Stefan Heck on stage.

Post show “Guys Live” stage.

Great Vancouver show last night by @murderxbryan.bsky.social, Chris James and their guests Jon Gabrus and @stefanheck.bsky.social

Was totally worth jumping on the train from Seattle for. Also, we definitely need to spend more than 4 hours in Vancouver next time. Cool city.

Could things just be a little less bad for a bit? Please?

And that line is dropped right in the intro section.

This was published in 2019, by the way, and we’re still fucking this up.

I’m reading @monteiro.bsky.social’s book ‘Ruined by Design’ again because it’s more relevant than ever.

“Either by action or inaction, through fault or ignorance, we have designed the world to behave exactly as it's behaving right now. These are our chickens coming home to roost.”

so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining

Folks, you can't report the United States to its manager. There's no superhero coming to save us.

We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again.

That's the revolution.

The tragedy of the UX Designer is being completely incapable of using technology without losing your entire fucking mind.

Hi! I was laid off from Firaxis this morning. I wrote leaders and civs for Civilization VII (NDA for now) and Deadpool and Storm for Marvel's Midnight Suns. I also wrote the award-nominated Hindsight.

I'm available for full time, remote work starting ASAP. DMs are open:

emmkid.info

Daniella Zeman Concept/Materials/Lighting @ Firaxis Games

Hey y'all- I was impacted by the layoffs at Firaxis this morning. If you or anyone you know needs a mid to senior level materials artist that has experience in building material libraries, lighting, 2D art, and props I'm your girl!https://www.artstation.com/daniellazeman

😭♥️😭♥️😭♥️

Maya very quickly became one of my favorite people at the studio when I started. Hire them. Seriously. They’re freaking great and you’d be silly not to snap them up.

I got laid off from Firaxis today. I helped ship Marvel's Midnight Suns DLC and Civilization VII, and would love to talk to you about mid level Producer roles.

Benjamin Reeves Is Incredible Ben Reeves narrative designer and writer

I was a Firaxis narrative designer/writer and lost my job today. Any help sharing leads on new opportunities would be great!

Over 3.5 years, I contributed to Civilization VII and Marvel’s Midnight Suns, helping turn maps, mechanics, and chaos into memorable stories. See my work benreeves.carrd.co

The Son of Man Behind An Apple Because I Can't Paint Faces For Shit (1964)

duh i'm Magritte i can't paint faces for shit duhhh

This is what journalism being "data driven" has caused (+growth profit motivation)

Being data driven is to be short sighted, reactive, and to lack context

Yes, you should talk to your audience - but be informed by them, not driven by them (same applies in UX Research in general)

Also what the fuck am I doing almost soloing an Everdark Sovereign at level 10 with this guy? Holy shit.

It’s going to be hard to go back to Duchess after this.

Okay. I get it. Wylder’s hookshot is kind of the shit. #nightreign

I’m ordering DoorDash right now. Wednesday night is poppin’ off.

If you followed me after that layoffs tweet a couple weeks back I’m sorry. This is what it’s actually like here most of the time.

Sometimes you just gotta take an edible and stare up at the ceiling light for a couple of hours.

an utter lack of curiosity is a defining quality of the worst people u know

As a maker of exceptionally sexless art, I just wanna say publicly that any attempt at censorship of the arts is to be resisted. NSFW art is always an easy target, but it’s also always only the first step in a chain, not to mention the artistic value of this stuff in its own right.

YouTube video by Masayoshi Soken - Topic 魔神 ～魔神セフィロト討滅戦～

The Final Fantasy XIV soundtrack rules because 90% of it is comprised of some of the loveliest orchestral pieces in video games, and then they'll say "fuck it, this boss is getting a Nine Inch Nails song"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfNo...

Girl, same.

@rangutang.bsky.social I remember the movie! Just not making the list. 😆

Reader’s Choice 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century. My Ballot: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Erin Brockovich, The Holdovers, The Host, The Zone of Interest, 28 Years Later, The Assistant, What We Do in the Shadows, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Moon.

Went back through my camera roll and found this. Edibles must’ve been involved because I don’t remember doing this.

Not a terrible list. Honestly, makes a lot of sense the more I look at it. 😅

Star Trek The Next Generation scene. We're "on the D" and see Picard in red uniform sitting on the bridge in his captain's chair. Looks like he's stewing about something. (Pun intended) Closed caption reads, "("Stars and Stripes Forever" plays loudly)"

It honestly breaks my heart that this resonated with so many people.

workers deserve rights actually

really hot take, i know, but companies shouldn't just do violence to us all the time to extract profit from our husks

To anyone being hit by layoffs today,

It's not you. It's them. It isn't your fault. It's theirs. You didn't do anything wrong. They did.

They fucked up. Not you.