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Chris Koeppel

@badgermancer.bsky.social

Senior game designer at Epic working on Fortnite. Prev: Treyarch (Black Ops 4 & Black Ops Cold War), etc. Opinions are my own and they are terrible.

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a pixelated image of a man with the words we have to go back on the bottom Alt: Jack from Lost exclaiming that we have to go back. He is sweaty. So, so sweaty and full of beard.
05.03.2026 01:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I didn't want to make this post but unfortunately my hand has been forced. Sentona Games told me this week, after ignoring me for two months, that they will not be paying me the $24,000 deferred…... I didn't want to make this post but unfortunately my hand has been forced. Sentona Games told me this week, after ignoring me for two months, that they will not be paying me the $24,000 deferred paym...

If you're in the game industry and use LinkedIn, please do me a favor and share my post about Sentona Games screwing me out of money I'm owed. Thank you

05.03.2026 00:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1973    πŸ” 885    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 15

Ah, Embracer Group, the bane of my industry.

05.03.2026 00:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Holy shit holy shit holy shit

04.03.2026 06:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have a little gnome warlock named Dirtwitch and we have been having a lovely time together. They did an incredible job with Silvermoon and Eversong.

04.03.2026 06:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

See, I'm kind of shut down from health issues and the everythingness of everything, so these are the hills I choose to die on now. They're not big hills, but I can handle no bigger.

01.03.2026 21:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hey, it's been 12 years since the last Seabound album and that's just unfortunate. A new Stromkern would also be nice while I'm at it.

01.03.2026 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

My body can best be described as a cautionary tale.

01.03.2026 05:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Possibly he saw Eskil's bald dome and his mind created an alternate universe in self defense.

21.02.2026 10:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Descent into Hell
YouTube video by Converter - Topic Descent into Hell

Happy New Converter Day to all who celebrate.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iqt2...

20.02.2026 21:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, because their belief is that their AI slop is good, actually, and doesn't count as soulless AI slop. This is not them saying they won't flood it with whatever they consider their good slop to be.

20.02.2026 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I've been a game designer for 23 years now and I honestly have no idea what skills would transfer to something outside the industry. It's pretty scary!

20.02.2026 01:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Cosmic horror in living room form.

20.02.2026 01:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

An absolute waste. Everyone here gets laid off despite stellar work, but the execs who made these calls stay employed to make other terrible calls.

19.02.2026 23:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

But you can be the best worst cop, so silver lining there.

19.02.2026 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We don't have to be like this, Will, we can reject the sinister pull of big dairy squirts

19.02.2026 11:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Please stop

19.02.2026 06:13 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I've played over 26 hours of Mewgenics this week. I still have no idea what I am doing, but I have a necromancer now.

19.02.2026 00:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

tl;dr it was poo-poo stinky

18.02.2026 23:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Rise of Skywalker, which was also the worst movie I've seen in the theater. During the movie, I was less mad and more baffled and amused by how rotten it is. Then as the credits rolled, the anger caught up to me. This is less a movie and more a monument to cowardice and franchise rot. What a waste.

18.02.2026 23:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Blue Prince is an incredible experience and achievement. It would have been even better without that crunch, guaranteed. Passion is great, but you will run yourself into the dirt without guardrails for your health.

18.02.2026 23:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm maxxmaxxing beyond all known human limits.

18.02.2026 21:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man with a beard is saying i 'll see you in another life brother ALT: a man with a beard is saying i 'll see you in another life brother
17.02.2026 19:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Jira, why are you the way you are

17.02.2026 01:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Anyone who Opines About Games, devs included, should have to read this first and possibly have it tattooed to the insides of their eyelids.

14.02.2026 08:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Today is a murky, depressed sludge of time.

13.02.2026 21:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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two men standing in front of a table with pumpkins and the words that 's a rich evans guarantee on the bottom Alt: two men standing in front of a table with pumpkins and the words that 's a rich evans guarantee on the bottom
12.02.2026 07:49 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Counterpoint: no we don't

11.02.2026 20:31 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Laibach - Allgorhythm (feat. Wiyaala) [Official Video]
YouTube video by Laibach Laibach - Allgorhythm (feat. Wiyaala) [Official Video]

everybody shut the fuck up new Laibach video just dropped

11.02.2026 08:45 β€” πŸ‘ 92    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 5

β€œJeffrey Epstein is the reason we have microtransactions in video games”

Can we stop saying this meme? It simply isn't true... at all.

And it makes him sound like some super genius pulling the strings from afar vs some guy who raped and killed children and helped others do the same.

10.02.2026 21:34 β€” πŸ‘ 129    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0