@thefiror.bsky.social
Graybeard Game Developer, Historian of the real and the fictional. Elder Scrolls Online and Dark Age of Camelot project lead. Lover of the written word and interactive entertainment. Three chord guitar player. Perpetual lurker.
I find screaming incoherently into the void helps as well
I described my thoughts on this soon after the game to my Arsenal Whatsapp group:
"I'm happy we're top of the table but concerned about how we got there"
This morning I'm still in that space. All is not lost, but much work needs to be done
This is unacceptable and must be denounced by every politician serving in office. The White House is already trying out excuses: "it's a meme!" "it's just a Lion King parody"! He knows he is failing and is becoming more and more erratic
Add this to my list of "this is unacceptable" actions by the current administration. Crude intimidation tactics made to play to the MAGA base to generate headlines to make it seem like the Admin is tough and in charge - when all they are doing is showing how weak and afraid they are
If this is not grounds for impeachment, what is? The President is not well, and this is unacceptable
Now is one of the most important times in the history of this country to stand up for the rule of law, and to stand against blatant misuse of power. I stand with Chairman Powell.
Let us all stand with Chairman Powell.
This unacceptable
Happy New Year everyone. I’ve been pretty quiet the last six months, but I posted this message on LinkedIn late yesterday just to give everyone an update. I’ll put it here just to make sure it gets around
The world was a better place with Vince in it. Just devastating news. Our paths crossed a few times, mostly socially, but he was very close friends with many people I hold dear, and my thoughts are with them and his family.
“No one is paying attention to me and I’m going to pout until they do.”
#nokings Westminster Maryland says NO KINGS - even more here now than in the last video from 30 minutes ago
One again Westminster Maryland says NO KINGS! Turnout about 2X the size of the last protest - so happy to be out here representing sanity with so many others!
Very sad to hear the news that Julian LeFay has passed. As one of the original creators of The Elder Scrolls series he was the lead developer on Arena and Daggerfall. I only met him once, and that was just in passing, so I didn't know him. His creation has had a profound impact on my career and life
Such a huge part of my life, wow what a bolt out of the blue
No Kings! So says Westminster Maryland. Great to see so many people out for the rally
He was great to work with on ESO! He had a lot of lines and a lot of not normally pronounced Elder Scrolls words and he handled it like a pro. So sorry he's gone, I still watch the ESO opening video from time to time, which is my favorite ESO performance of his
"I stare into my phone, where they store the horrors" is the perfect sentiment for our times
"I look into my phone, where they store the horrors....."
Fortunately the phone is also where they store Alexandra Petri - so glad to have her back on the job, but I wish she wasn't so on the nose about .... everything....
Hey that was my Russian history textbook from "History of Russia I and II" back in the stone age/cold war era when I was in college. I still look into it from time to time to refresh myself on Russian/Soviet timelines and people
Also it is one of the best, tightest game designs ever and should be the basis of any game design class. The four simple systems working intertwined with one another is *chefs kiss*
I have an old ipad, forever frozen in time circa 2016 - forbidden from connecting to the internet and updating - just so I can play the Pirates Ipad version, which is one of the best versions of the game
I’ve watched the All Summer Long WMTSS episode about 20 times and it still cracks me up - it’s just perfect
It's Friday! That means the next in the series of Elder Scrolls Online's development history hosted by the guys at Kinda Funny. Hear about how we set up Tamriel in the early days of the project and much, much more
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRED...
Interesting. Garrett County feels like West Virginia, Central Maryland feels like generic United States, and the Eastern Shore feels like a very flat Southern Virginia, in every sense of those two words. It's hard to categorize Maryland as *anything* because it is a crossroads
It's been two weeks which means Ep. 2 of Kinda Funny's deep dive into Elder Scrolls Online's development history - in this one we talk about revenue models, server stability and much more. As always thanks to @gameovergreggy.bsky.social and the gang at Kinda Funny!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gfct...
I think it’s time to come to grips with the fact that we (Americans) have constructed an information firewall far more effective than the Chinese in keeping information we don’t want to see away from our screens. At least 50% of us have outsourced our firewall duties to Fox News, et al
Greg, do you need Amazon gift cards AGAIN?!?
I gave the commencement speech at my high school just last year - what a surreal experience. I was literally on the stage where I got my diploma 38(?!?) years before. Have fun with it and savor the moment
hi the elder memes!