Joshua Miller

In other news, I finally have a new job! It's just a contract but excited to work on some new things over at some little indie company that is learning to count to three.

Stop Forcing A.I. Into Every Fucking Thing!

Stop Forcing A.I. Into Every Fucking Thing!

Hey all. Yesterday Lucy had to go to the vet and had to get xrays and an evasive procedure. I'm in the hole for $1175 and likely will need follow up visits. I'm opening some emergency #commissions and also have Kofi you can donate to.

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That would be quite the transformation. Gotta learn to dance.

A screenshot of a news article stating : MORE EVACUATION SITES FOR ANIMALS The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department announced the following locations have opened for evacuating animals: Rose Bowl Large Animal Evacuation 1001 Rose Bowl Dr, Pasadena, CA 91103 Small Animals Pasadena Humane Society 361 S Raymond Ave, Pasadena, CA 91105 (626) 792-7151

Animal evacuation sites for the fire:

Rose Bowl Large Animal Evacuation 1001 Rose Bowl Dr, Pasadena, CA 91103

Small Animals Pasadena Humane Society 361 S Raymond Ave, Pasadena, CA 91105
(626) 792-7151

SoCal friends, I’m so sorry you’re dealing with this. A few things I wish I’d known as we evacuated ahead of a wildfire (that took our home in 2021) 🧵

Also 🧡

I made it past the one year anniversary of my last layoff by a few days before the company shut down so at least it was only technically 1 layoff this year for me.

The beautiful lad.

I hate that shows I’m actually interested in I would probably miss. First time I knew this existed. Trailer for y’all, it looks weird, great, and the animation is 👌

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A store without power at QFC Northgate, the refrigerated doors are sealed shut with tape and dry ice everywhere to keep things cool.

A store without power at QFC Northgate, all the fresh exposed items were already pitched.

A store without power at QFC Northgate, the freezer section taped off to keep things cool.

A store without power at QFC Northgate, still on auxiliary power.

Okay. So the bomb cyclone was an interesting item I didn’t have on my November in Seattle bingo card. Personally wasn’t all that affected but I was lucky. The local grocery however? So much food waste!

I very much excited the devs were still able to make it happen given everything. That's honestly amazing. I'm going to give them the time and space to continue working on it though as it sounds like it is very buggy if also very fun. I'll try it in a few months.

This review for Stalker 2 👌

Theater sign from a Filipino screening of Wicked saying please don’t sing, the sing along versions are coming around Christmas.

Look. I’m excited for wicked as much as y’all but I hope more theaters adapt this approach for a little bit.

A 4-image set of a game mock-up imagining of Kiki's Delivery Service. The first image depicts the main screen of the game. The logo at the top reads "Kiki's Delivery Service" and below it are buttons that read "Continue", "New Game", "Options", and "Extra". There's a copyright notice at the bottom of the scene. It reads: "(copyright symbol) Level-10 Inc."

A 4-image set of a game mock-up imagining of Kiki's Delivery Service. The second image shows Kiki and Tombo chatting in the bakery. The scene is overlaid with portraits of Kiki and Tombo smiling. Between them is a dialogue box from Tombo that reads "Hahaha, I thought so! Do you want to go see the Air Show together tomorrow then?"" with two dialogue options: "Sure!" and "Sorry, I'm busy."

A 4-image set of a game mock-up imagining of Kiki's Delivery Service. The third image shows a cookie creation mechanic. 3x3 cookie presents are displayed on the left and can be modified using a customization menu on the right. There are three buttons on the bottom: "(X) - Discard Batch", "(Y) - Change Base", and "(+) - Bake!"

A 4-image set of a game mock-up imagining of Kiki's Delivery Service. The fourth image shows Kiki and and Jiji running down the street. Kiki is holding her iconic broom with a red radio attached to it. The UI on the top left displays the current in-game time, underneath it is a music player themed like Kiki's radio. The song Rouge no Dengon by Yumi Matsutoya is playing on it. There are two buttons on the bottom right: "(X) - Jiji Icon" and "(B) - Kiki on broom icon"

What if Kiki's Delivery Service was a cozy video game? 🧹✨
#pixelart

YouTube video by Lofi Girl Lofi Girl - Snowman (Music Video)

When did Lofi girl get so much narrative and lore? Its so sweet. 😭https://youtu.be/1P5BSm_oFJg?si=cf7Od1KyADCqTn9R

In terms of weird forgotten RPGs recommendations, it’s a space odyssey by Level-5 with an anti-capitalism message that uses a very FF7 Remake battle system. It starts off slow.

I remember the hesitance. I’ll just sit hear and enjoy my awesome persona soundtracks while you figure the rest out. Did you ever give Rogue Galaxy a try?

You’re welcome! It’s such a cool little breakdown. I wish I knew more about physics simulations, would love to recreate it.

What is this insanely beautiful Alphonse Mucha inspired art style and where can I see more of it?

an orange cat and a long haired tabby sit on opposite ends of the back of a couch with both of their paws reaching out and touching. the tumblr caption says “LOOK AT THEM HOLD PAWS”

I’m unwell

Campo Santo Hi! I’m Matt Wilde, an old man from the North of England who has worked in visual effects, lighting, and rendering for games since the last century. Most recently, I worked on Variable State’s...

This was in Unity. They talked about it in a full blog post about it that is still up. You can read it here: blog.camposanto.com/post/1719349...

So, good news is I finally got a job in July after a long unemployment. Sad news is I worked at Firewalk and yesterday was our last day. I barely got to know them but they were a joyful decent little team full of great developers and ideas.

Onward to the next job hunt. 🫶🏼

Trying to brush up on unreal engine in my downtime. A lot seems to have changed since early-access 5.0 but one thing has stayed the same. *shakes fist at shaders compiling* Is this why so many game devs knit or crochet?

I forgot that Gackt was in a video game.

I loved this little Pomeranian. I would love a PC release of any of those PS3 era Studio Japan titles!

These cats are killer and belong on your spooky-themed keychains! Also artists supporting artists.

Also in better news I'm jumping back into the whole supporting myself with my own art thing again! If you want to support an artist who's currently working to save money to pay it forward to other artists I have an etsy where I'm selling a rerun of my slasher cat charms! www.etsy.com/listing/1808...

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Hi Bsky! I'm Anna, an award-winning Senior Writer and Narrative Designer for games with a background in the performing arts. I've written for everyone from Nintendo to Netflix and have a special love for all things spooky (I run a blog called Resident Anna about horror games too).

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Hiya! I’m Joshua. I’m a game developer currently working at Firewalk who is always curious how things tick. Previously claim to fame includes nerfing Banshee-44, Saint-14 and Xur over nine seasons and being a feature lead on Season 24.