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Kyle Conroy

@kyconroy.bsky.social

Gameplay programmer at ArenaNet he/him Views are my own, etc

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How do we make the world a better place when only the most selfish people alive are in charge of everything?

28.02.2026 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Prices will go down, right?

20.02.2026 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Beginning of the end for Discord I guess. Wonder what we'll start using next, I'm never going to scan my face so an app will let me hang out with my friends.

09.02.2026 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Lots of good music in this one!

30.01.2026 20:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s official: the Crosslake Connection opens March 28! 🚊🎊

This milestone reflects the vision, hard work, and perseverance of so many people. From past and present board members and agency staff to our WSDOT, federal, and local partnersβ€”thank you for helping get us here.

24.01.2026 00:52 β€” πŸ‘ 74    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 5
An announcement graphic from the Washington State Attorney General’s Office. The text reads: "AI is impacting Washington State Workers. Take this AI impact survey to tell the Attorney General how AI is affecting you." The background features a dark blue gradient with a glowing, teal digital network or "neural link" pattern.

An announcement graphic from the Washington State Attorney General’s Office. The text reads: "AI is impacting Washington State Workers. Take this AI impact survey to tell the Attorney General how AI is affecting you." The background features a dark blue gradient with a glowing, teal digital network or "neural link" pattern.

If you haven’t already, take the AGO’s AI labor impact survey to make your voice heard.

Help us build a balanced future for our workforce: https://tinyurl.com/ysxevt8n

16.01.2026 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 14
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Story Design Lead ChloΓ« Mills pulls back the curtain on Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity, revealing how the Unending Ocean story instance was crafted. Design secrets and challenges behind this ambitious adventure await.

Unroll the scroll πŸ‘‰ www.guildwars2.com/news/peering...

15.01.2026 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 104    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3

I think the internet has done a weird thing where it has made everyone expect everything to be free? And the people who make things still deserve to be paid. Paying for good things to keep existing is a decent thing to do.

14.01.2026 04:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Some really fun pieces in this concert, come have a listen!

07.01.2026 23:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The β€œprosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.

07.01.2026 20:26 β€” πŸ‘ 86948    πŸ” 21354    πŸ’¬ 1614    πŸ“Œ 1510

Time for some BirdSky

03.01.2026 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I posted this in 2016 and I'll share it again.

06.11.2024 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 3869    πŸ” 1610    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 16

"bUT iTs a PVp gAme"

It doesn't have to be! Why have aggression based matchmaking at all if your other incentives are just going to force players into fighting each other anyways?

Some of the best moments in ARC for me have been about lobbies coming together and helping each other out.

03.01.2026 07:20 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm finding the current season of Arc Raiders to have been very poorly designed - they put three expedition materials on only one map that are rare spawns in only a couple areas. It's the map folks who didn't want sweaty PvP always avoids already so it's just punishing you for not doing murders :\

03.01.2026 07:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

begging the media to understand that public services are not businesses and that they should not report that they lose money since that is an intrinsic part of any public service. they cost money, they don’t lose it. that is how public services are designed.

24.12.2025 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 219    πŸ” 56    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Coming soon -- Dimension 20: Gladlands! β˜€οΈπŸ˜ƒ

Join Brennan Lee Mulligan and the Dusty Do-gooders (Ally Beardsley, Kimia Behpoornia, Vic Michaelis, Oscar Montoya, Zac Oyama, Jacob Wysocki) for a feel-good apocalypse adventure!

Dimension 20: Gladlands premieres Jan. 7th, 2026!

17.12.2025 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1452    πŸ” 245    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 94

What is actually wrong with these AI bros

18.12.2025 03:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you're just looking to get familiar with the editor and maybe level building work lows it might be OK? I went to a couple talks at UEFest about developing new game logic in UEFN and it was very strange and only now headed towards the Actor/Component model using Verse

22.11.2025 04:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Absolutely do not start with UEFN if you're interested in learning how studios make games with Unreal for professional development, IMO. The design paradigm is extremely different.

22.11.2025 04:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I legitimately thought the first picture was some kind of bizarre mannequin πŸ˜‚

22.11.2025 04:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Computers were a skill. They were taught in classrooms as a skill. Skills give you power over your tools because you work them as an expert and that is leverage to multiply externally.

And then computers became an A/B tested telemetry-based advertising conduit to brains for SaaS recurring revenue.

14.11.2025 00:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1094    πŸ” 222    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 9

politics rn are when youre playing a social deception game and one of your teammates on the not-hitler side doesn't want to take the game seriously and you all lose and they don't know why everyone is so upset at them

11.11.2025 00:11 β€” πŸ‘ 820    πŸ” 198    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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For some reason the media is not mentioning that the reason GTA6 is being delayed is they fired 40 staff over threats of unionization and now the rest of their staff are revolting

06.11.2025 21:21 β€” πŸ‘ 11075    πŸ” 5164    πŸ’¬ 94    πŸ“Œ 199

Today is the final day the USPS recommends mailing your ballot in.

MAGA attacks on the postal service mean that if you mail it after today, it may not be counted.

If you can’t mail today, turn it in at your nearest ballot drop box, locations can be found here: www.sos.wa.gov/elections/vo...

28.10.2025 18:54 β€” πŸ‘ 72    πŸ” 67    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 5
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It’s here. The world just got bigger, professions got even more elite. and your next legendary quest starts now.
Dive into the full Visions of Eternity release notes and see what’s waiting for you. It's dangerous to go alone!βš”οΈβ†’ en-forum.guildwars2.com/topic/163602...

28.10.2025 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 185    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 12

Seattle area folks, if you're not doing anything Sunday, come on by! We've put a lot of work into this one 😊

22.10.2025 21:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The main achievement of the tech industry has been increasing the flow of money from people who make or do things to people who already have more money than they could spend in a hundred lifetimes

19.10.2025 16:36 β€” πŸ‘ 5626    πŸ” 1958    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 11

I'll miss him jumping up into bed in the mornings when he sees I'm awake, just to cuddle with me.

I'll miss him trying so hard to lick my fingers while I'm typing.

I'll miss his little squeak meow telling me it's time to play.

18.10.2025 02:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
My cat Nutmeg sitting between me and my keyboard. He's got siamese pattern - a dark brown, almost black face fading to a lighter brown coat

My cat Nutmeg sitting between me and my keyboard. He's got siamese pattern - a dark brown, almost black face fading to a lighter brown coat

My boy forever. Five years wasn't nearly enough. Fuck cancer

18.10.2025 02:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0