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Luke Gibson

@lukegibson.bsky.social

COO at Playmint, making decentralised composable games. Previously Epic / Mediatonic. Director at Into Games. Consulting the Tavi way. Opinions not my own.

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a therapist called Bion once claimed that "the purest form of listening is to listen without memory or desire"

it's similar to what Freud called hovering attention, or alert passivity, and modern psychoanalysts call 'evenly suspended attention'

something I'll spend my life trying to get better at

19.06.2025 09:53 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

everyone should read this, tho tbh, you might have read it already

08.05.2025 08:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

i’m heavily into my marble race era right now… if anyone has opinions about marble races (irl or digital) lmk πŸ”΄πŸŸ πŸŸ‘πŸŸ’πŸ”΅πŸŸ£

08.05.2025 07:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

it’s very difficult to get excited about effortless creativity, unless you see art mostly as a means to a commercial end… it’s sad to see how many people who fund art feel this way, tho at the same time… makes sense of a lot of things lol

02.04.2025 06:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

if this does end up to graphs whatever spreadsheets were to tables, that is super exciting… I usually just draw things in figma, but a way to record semantics and then style would be awesome with the right UI

24.03.2025 06:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I think this is true of any creative medium, but it’s surprisingly rare and hard to maintain. Can understand why people fixate on technical stuff when it’s missing. Do you find you naturally have things you want to say, or do you do things to encourage that?

19.03.2025 12:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you’re going to have a midlife crisis, you should at least try to make it generative rather than consumptive

18.03.2025 08:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This really is just like being on your phone… although if I’m honest it was slightly less dissociative and more entertaining than normal. Other than that would highly recommend.

08.03.2025 11:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

reciprocals are really useful, especially when someone sends you a screenshot of a KPI showing a big % change and you're curious what it was before, then you remember reciprocals are really simple but feel like magic, and this is the kind of thing you should do in the evenings to relax

05.02.2025 14:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

it’s funny to think about, but vitality comes from desire, and desire really does function like a carrot on a stick… the ideal carrot is something that remains fresh and out of reach… you don’t want it to go stale, or worse, actually eat it

14.01.2025 08:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I kicked off 2025 by closing 1432 tabs (even I was a bit surprised), and removing 194 apps from my phone, 18 of which don’t even work anymore.

02.01.2025 12:52 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

ooh, I read ink that bleeds and a swim in a pond in the rain this year too!

19.12.2024 08:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One of my unpopular opinions is that you should live your life in service of others, and the biggest threats to your wellbeing are over-indexing on self-care, benchmarking yourself against the global elite, and failing to recognise algorithms as paperclip maximisers

18.12.2024 09:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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17.12.2024 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

tfw your work focuses on decentralisation and your government drops a white paper on it πŸ‘€

assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/676028...

17.12.2024 07:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

one of the things I really like about bluesky is their plans for community moderation… it’s certainly possible to make a community note labeller now so people could flag for review… just needs someone to build a ticketing system on the other side and recruit fact checkers πŸ‘€

10.12.2024 16:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

i can't compete on play count, but that von dutch synth sound is my winner for most frisson triggering sound of 2024

04.12.2024 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

always has been!

04.12.2024 13:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

so good! just imagining all the cool tea recipes πŸ΅πŸ§‹β˜•οΈ

03.12.2024 10:43 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

there’s a familiar pattern to groups imploding… one person is convinced something is happening and starts to act out… the group has to manage/subdue this person, and the next wave of hysteria comes from how they handled it… i wonder how many waves of this one could do and keep it interesting

02.12.2024 17:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

funnily enough, that’s pretty much the sentiment in the original post…

it’s not great that shallow abstractions are the dominant form of understanding, but it’s understandable

the issue is it makes it harder to speak at the more detailed level on shared platforms

bsky.app/profile/wang...

01.12.2024 18:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

this is the same set of thoughts I went through seeing it on gamepass! wondered if actually I should just read roadside picnic again (and the annihilation series for that matter)

01.12.2024 15:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

@davidamor.bsky.social do we need one of these for the office?

01.12.2024 15:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

perhaps the star is a bit like that fungus that hijacks ants; he’s just a host for a malevolent christmas spirit… no clear thinking coniferous evergreen would be willingly decked in tinsel like that

01.12.2024 15:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
a doodle of a cute Santa figure with a sign saying β€˜Ancient Santa’

a doodle of a cute Santa figure with a sign saying β€˜Ancient Santa’

A doodle of a cute animal with antlers and whiskers, and the name β€˜Hamdeer’ written underneath

A doodle of a cute animal with antlers and whiskers, and the name β€˜Hamdeer’ written underneath

A cute doodle of a think christmas tree with the name β€˜Treeman John’ underneath

A cute doodle of a think christmas tree with the name β€˜Treeman John’ underneath

A screenshot of minecraft, with a Mayan temple

A screenshot of minecraft, with a Mayan temple

hanging out with 9yo and her chosen activities are kawaii christmas doodles (you can see mine below) and building a Mayan afterlife in minecraft, next up is Hades πŸ‘€

01.12.2024 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

this is the kind of book I imagine buying because β€œthe sound bite way of knowing” sounds appealing at first, only to realise it’s a critique of exactly the forces that made it sound interesting

30.11.2024 14:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sky Zoo Assigns you a Bluesky animal based on your recent activity

there’s a nice little tool if you want to see your own stats, and it assigns you an animal based on your activity

apparently i’m a 🦚 lol

skyzoo.blue/stats/

29.11.2024 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Realised today I joined bsky when it was 3 orders of magnitude smaller.

Old enough to remember the hellthread and how impressed i was with @berduck.deepfates.com

29.11.2024 20:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Very excited for this!

Deal with decision fatigue and support social mobility by playing games at the same time as your friends!

I love the idea of community game passes, and proud of the @intogames.bsky.social team for making it happen.

29.11.2024 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m thankful that a place like this exists… that the bluesky team believed in this enough to build it, that they continue to articulate their intent so well, and that people are remembering social media can be a place where creativity and positivity can flourish (if you choose!)

29.11.2024 07:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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