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Day-by-day diary open to "Monday, January 6" and "Tuesday, January 7." Handwritten entries by Burroughs on both pages; the January 7th entry has text at the top that then becomes automatic writing / scribbles.

Pages from the 1975 dream diary of William S. Burroughs, from the William S. Burroughs Papers (SPEC.CMS.40).

We’re on!! Happy #GameUXsummit to all!

gameuxsummit.com tickets are finally available — are you planning to go? 🙌

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My all time favourite mobile game Summoners War is turning 11✨ if you wanna join in on the fun, here’s my friend invite link summonerswar.com/11thanniv?r=...

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Interesting event taking place in Tampere next month: LEADERBOARD - Tackling Leadership in Finnish Game Development www.eventbrite.fi/e/leaderboar...

Improving Conditional Level Generation Using Automated Validation in Match-3 Games Generative models for level generation have shown great potential in game production. However, they often provide limited control over the generation, and the validity of the generated levels is unrel...

Promoting a paper from a peer: "Improving Conditional Level Generation using Automated Validation in Match-3 Games" 👏 ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/106...

What mobile game(s) are you playing at the moment? I’m sticking to my daily habit of Summoners War (since 9+ years 🥰), and testing out CapybaraGo! ⚔️

Tencent values: Integrity, Proactivity, Collaboration, Creativity

Netflix values (“core culture principles”): The dream team, People over process, Uncomfortably exciting, Great and always better

Nintendo (US) values: Relationships, DEI, Curiosity and innovation, Pursuit of excellence

Blizzard values: Gameplay First, Commit to Quality, Play Nice; Play fair, Embrace Your Inner Geek, Every Voice Matters, Learn & Grow, Think Globally, Lead Responsibly

Supercell values: Independence, Responsibility, Quality, Learning

EA values: Creativity, Pioneering, Passion, Determination, Learning, Teamwork

Ubisoft values: Passion, Innovation, Quality, Teamwork, Integrity

King values: Fun & friendly, Care & craft, Humble & open, Fast & fluid, Creative champions, Passion & performance

Remedy values: Camaraderie, Pioneering spirit, Smart creativity

What makes good company values? What, if anything, does it mean to the people working there to have defined values? How should they or shouldn’t they be used?

Such a pleasing selection of the shades of winter — though only the middle one with no sun is the most accurate representation of my life in Finland around this time of the year 🥲

Do I have any mechanical keyboard experts in my circle here? I’m looking for a Mac compatible, creamy/thocky sounding 75% keyboard with a low profile and Nordic layout. Any tips of a good one?

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Found this interesting:
• Only 15% of players engaged with 2024 releases
• 47% played games from previous 1-7 years
• 37% chose titles over 8 years old (from www.gamemakers.com/p/gaming-ind...)

Nothing beats live music — here’s to more of it in 2025! Thanks @indigodreamband.bsky.social for kicking off my year with a pleasing wall of sound 💙

EA just made a whole bunch of accessibility patents open-source EA has made 23 accessibility patents available to other developers, by making them open-source. These patents include technologies for photosensitivity and speech recognition.

Did you catch this news earlier this month: EA just made a whole bunch of accessibility patents open-source 🙌 www.engadget.com/gaming/ea-ju...

Raj’s original post has a lot of insights in the comments! The reasons seem to vary quite a bit, and I’m not enough of a business person to be able to give it a proper analysis 🤔

😔 been witnessing this trend also in my local circles. May 2025 be kinder to us all.

Sweeeet! See you then ^^

Always keen to sink into the embrace of good shoegaze, and this time from a band that’s based in my home town? Yes please! When and where is the next gig? 🥰

HBD PS!