Ian Jacobson

Now is the time of night that I think, even though I hate all MMORPGs, maybe I will like FF14 🤔🤔🤔

Ape Craze / Commodore 64 / Comm Data / 1982

seeing people hit by the layoffs today who have worked in the industry for DECADES. one guy had worked on fucking STAR WARS GAMES FOR THE SNES, another had been at blizzard since starcraft.

that kind of continual experience in the industry is like gold dust, and MS are just throwing it in the bin

I recognize that these changes come at a time when we have more players, games, and gaming hours than ever before. Our platform, hardware, and game roadmap have never looked stronger. The success we're seeing currently is based on tough decisions we've made previously. We must make choices now for continued success in future years and a key part of that strategy is the discipline to prioritize the strongest opportunities. We will protect what is thriving and concentrate effort on areas with the greatest potential, while delivering on the expectations the company has for our business. This focused approach means we can deliver exceptional games and experiences for players for generations to come.

I know when I’m laying off over 9000 employees, I start my memo by mentioning how good the company is doing, how successful we are, and how much money we’re bringing in, and ensuring that a culling is the reason why

It's so crazy how the comics, animation, and video games industries are wildly popular billion dollar profit type shit and yet there is no money and no jobs for the people who make that possible

a blue/green creature sitting, its back against a wall. it is wearing something red, yellow foot wear, yellow on upper body. its mouth is wide and possibly sad. lofi pixelated.

magazine screenshot (1984) archive.org/details/logi...

With this budget, ICE alone would have nearly as large a detention operation as all 50 states' prison systems combined. Bigger budget than the Marine Corps. Police-state levels of spending

Screenshot of a tweet Ellory smith @ellorysmith We spent four days talking about Waymos but there were two political assassinations in MN and it’s crickets 2832 reposts, 40 quotes, 29.8k likes

People will tell you that they view property destruction as equivalent to violence against a person, but that's not true. They think property destruction is worse

Hope to share some lesser known artists on here.
Bertha Wegmann, 1847-1926, Danish painter. Always look to her work to see how amazingly she portrays these dark fabrics...

Notice she's not talking about "criminals" anymore. Now they're onto who they perceive as their enemies, including the people *we* elected. They want to use L.A. to show they can force liberal cities into submission.

It is amazing to see one party openly calling for the arrest of their political opposition while multiple mainstream outlets run stories on the dangers of the extremism of protesters and social media users.

Idk man but when the administration that tried to reject humanitarian aid for Los Angeles when it was burning tries to justify their illegal military occupation by saying they aren’t going to let LA burn it kinda sounds like bullshit

Been watching the X-files again. It's still one of my favorite shows but it's a little deflating how much the Lone Gunmen sound exactly like any dude with a podcast now 🫠

Waymo Pauses Service in Downtown LA Neighborhood Where They're Getting Lit on Fire A company spokesperson said it is working with law enforcement to determine when it can move the cars that have been.

Gonna try to be nuanced here and speak broadly: There are several reasons to be skeptical of driverless cars, but the biggest one is the fact that they need to record everything in order to function. And then police see them as an extension of the surveillance state and act accordingly

One continued obstacle to AI acceptance is that its biggest cheerleaders have the lowest fucking standards for anything as acceptable as long as they don’t have to pay for it or do it themselves. This AI country song is proof of that.

A young scamp.
#madewithunity #gamedev #indiedev #空想家

Art by • Katsuya Terada

Bethesda Devs Win First-Ever Union Contact At A Major Gaming Company In The Country After Threatening Strike Over 300 QA testers secured an agreement with Microsoft

Bethesda devs win contract at Microsoft after threatening to strike.

Includes wage increases, salary minimums, and crediting rules. Will provide benchmarks for other unions currently in the midst of negotiations.

The hair in the second one is outstanding

three wrinkled raisins on a stage, all with eyes, mouths, arms and legs, all wearing bow ties and dapper shoes, one with a microphone in their hand. it looks like they are singing.

the california raisins, commodore 64 (1988) www.lemon64.com/game/califor...

doctor: well mr. yoda, we fixed the language center of your brain. you should talk totally normal now

yoda: thanks dude

🥲

I've had terrible sleep lately and I tried to fix it by going to bed "early" at 10:00 PM but instead I am now just wide awake at 4 AM 🌚

Got to the end of act 1 in Expedition 33 🫠

the Marathon alpha released recently and its environments are covered with assets lifted from poster designs i made in 2017.

@bungie.net @marathonthegame.bungie.net

Is it possible to buy a Serial Experiments Lain blu-ray and not pay $200+

These feel the same to me

It's been great! I am definitely encouraging of anyone who misses being around other creatives to find something similar in their area if you can do so.