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John Epler

@eplerjc.bsky.social

was: creative director, writer, other stuff for DATV currently: narrative director on skate. former sonic dev he/him, bi, ADHD.

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one of my favourite memories was from the mod, we were fighting a group up at the north east airfield and finally our heli pilot decided 'fuck it' and crashed the helicopter into the building they were holed up in, killing everyone involved in the most hilarious way

08.08.2025 18:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

sale ends tomorrow!! ๐Ÿฅฐ grab it now and play it when you get a chance. you wonโ€™t regret it.

08.08.2025 18:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 44    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

'What Betraying My Closest Friend Taught Me About B2B Sales'

08.08.2025 18:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

instead of RTO let's do RTD - Return to DayZ - and have all our meetings in the grim, hostile landscape of post-apocalyptic Chernarus

08.08.2025 18:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

i have already watched it all the way through twice looool

08.08.2025 16:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

oh fuck i love this

08.08.2025 16:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

i feel like it sets the tone accurately and early.

08.08.2025 16:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

the dandadan theme song has been on an unending loop in my head for the last three days

08.08.2025 16:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

oh damn. i think i still have our first playable Joplin demo somewhere on my PC.

08.08.2025 16:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

so if you ever see me respond to a theory with a note or clarification please know it's not meant to step on your theories or ideas or headcanon

sometimes i just like talking about how the sausage got made. or in some cases, how it ended up as a mess on the slaughterhouse floor.

08.08.2025 16:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 121    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

ultimately it's very unlikely i'll ever be associated with that IP again, so i kind of just like all of y'all filling in that space and making it your own

08.08.2025 16:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 113    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

it's always a balancing act for me to respond to DATV theories because on the one hand, i like to give people context for why certain things happened or certain choices were made

but on the other, i really love leaving people that space to theorize in, and i hate 'word of god' shrinking that space

08.08.2025 16:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 204    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

-someone- needs to sit in the closest bar, nursing an old-fashioned, while staring into the middle distance and contemplating every decision that led you to this point

08.08.2025 15:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

battlefield and Tarkov are the only two games that understand that at their core, shotguns are just weapons that fire a Really Big Bullet, but that bullet can sometimes be filled with small bullets.

08.08.2025 05:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

it 100% was, at least some of the time.

08.08.2025 05:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

hooray

08.08.2025 05:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

i remember doing the exact opposite in BF3

there was a one-shot kill sniper that you could put a red dot sight on and end up with the absolutely most OP weapon in the game

i miss that game. if BF6 gives me a fraction of that i am in

08.08.2025 04:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

everything is Content to them. consuming more Content means you are a superior Enjoyer of Entertainment.

i don't CARE that Lord of the Rings was a trilogy

i'm going to get AI to write me 9 more books where i never have to grow up from the person i was when i first read them

08.08.2025 04:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

BC2 had the NS2000, a truly ridiculous shotgun that you could put slugs in and slap a sniper scope on top for what was probably the single most effective sniper weapon in the game

so delightfully dumb.

08.08.2025 04:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

i am always gonna get hyped for a Battlefield game

back on DA2 we'd play Bad Company 2 on our lunch break and damn i loved that one

i played a ton of BF3 but fell off for a bit, but i've been getting back into them lately and i think BF6 is going to be a main game for me

08.08.2025 04:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 68    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A shitty map created by ChatGPT5.  it purports to be US States with an R in their name, but it's wrong and dumb and worthless just like LLMs.

A shitty map created by ChatGPT5. it purports to be US States with an R in their name, but it's wrong and dumb and worthless just like LLMs.

My goto is to ask LLMs how many states have R in their name. They always fail. GPT 5 included Indiana, Illinois, and Texas in its list. It then asked me if I wanted an alphabetical highlighted map. Sure, why not.

08.08.2025 00:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4861    ๐Ÿ” 1224    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 363    ๐Ÿ“Œ 606

movies? absolutely. let chatGPT cook. cannot wait to watch 'Escap from Anv Nefoina'

if you truly believe that this shit is going to 'revolutionize entertainment' you WANT to be scammed

08.08.2025 03:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 45    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

damn i was wrong, chatGPT has comedy on lock

08.08.2025 03:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 63    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

i don't tend to have a lot of time to play games right now so my dune awakening progress has stalled out a bit, but every few nights i come on, gather resources, and refuel my generators. it is surprisingly calming.

08.08.2025 03:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 36    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

oh absolutely. i've played through it multiple times and even when it doesn't work, it still works, at least for me.

and that Stand By Me cover is still incredible.

07.08.2025 21:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

the true tragedy of FFXV is that every so often you see pieces of something incredible and it makes all the rest that much more frustrating

07.08.2025 21:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

a lot of people have a lot of very justifiable criticism of FFXV but that moment has stuck with me and it's why i'll always defend it

07.08.2025 21:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

anyways nothing but sympathy to the people impacted at Avalanche

Just Cause is one of my favourite 'fuck around' games, just blow shit up and see how big of an explosion you can make

07.08.2025 17:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 49    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

it seems like no one hates games more than the people in charge of the companies that make them

07.08.2025 17:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 239    ๐Ÿ” 39    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

yeeeeeeeeeppp

07.08.2025 17:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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