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community guy // formerly funcom // mecha fanatic // views are my own etc
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points at sign: THE GAMES INDUSTRY’S CUSTOMER IS THE STOCK MARKET, NOT THE GAMER
Live service games are seen as ‘worth the risk’ because when one blows up (Roblox, Fortnite, GTA Online) it makes so much money that it covers all previous failures and more. What gamers say is irrelevant to this.
Live service games are seen as ‘worth the risk’ because when one blows up (Roblox, Fortnite, GTA Online) it makes so much money that it covers all previous failures and more. What gamers say is irrelevant to this.
@alanahpearce.bsky.social As someone who knows more about the gaming industry, do the higher ups just don’t listen anymore or do they just have selective hearing? Do we need to throw physical money at them and tell them “we want just a single player game, no multiplayer.”
BREAKING: PlayStation is rebooting the online game Horizon Hunters Gathering after negative playtest feedback. New plan is smaller scope, more traditional co-op multiplayer, no more live service.
Yet another entry in PlayStation's ongoing live-service struggles: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Yet another entry in PlayStation's ongoing live-service struggles: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
August 19, 2026 at 5:34 PM
points at sign: THE GAMES INDUSTRY’S CUSTOMER IS THE STOCK MARKET, NOT THE GAMER
Live service games are seen as ‘worth the risk’ because when one blows up (Roblox, Fortnite, GTA Online) it makes so much money that it covers all previous failures and more. What gamers say is irrelevant to this.
Live service games are seen as ‘worth the risk’ because when one blows up (Roblox, Fortnite, GTA Online) it makes so much money that it covers all previous failures and more. What gamers say is irrelevant to this.
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Disheartened to hear about more video games happening in the layoff industry
August 6, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Disheartened to hear about more video games happening in the layoff industry
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Isekai as a genre is exploding in popularity because it appeals to a universal desire to get hit by a truck rather than live in the 21st century.
July 31, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Isekai as a genre is exploding in popularity because it appeals to a universal desire to get hit by a truck rather than live in the 21st century.
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A game dev friend was physically assaulted at an airport bc the attacker (a player from a game she workED on *checks notes* hates her. If you find yourself wanting to harm someone because you don’t like them personally or the game they work on, get help. You are part of the problem in this industry.
July 27, 2026 at 7:10 PM
A game dev friend was physically assaulted at an airport bc the attacker (a player from a game she workED on *checks notes* hates her. If you find yourself wanting to harm someone because you don’t like them personally or the game they work on, get help. You are part of the problem in this industry.
Had an interview with a recruiter for a production company, and indicated I would be invited to a second round interview. Got completely ghosted. Didn't get a rejection notice until weeks later. Cmon.
July 23, 2026 at 3:24 AM
Had an interview with a recruiter for a production company, and indicated I would be invited to a second round interview. Got completely ghosted. Didn't get a rejection notice until weeks later. Cmon.
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I remember hanging with a friend of mine, a writer from Obsidian. Reading news on my classic G1 Android phone. I read that Fallout New Vegas broke a major sales record. I ask my friend if that came with a bonus. He said he was quitting his job because it didn't pay enough to live in California.
July 17, 2026 at 11:07 PM
I remember hanging with a friend of mine, a writer from Obsidian. Reading news on my classic G1 Android phone. I read that Fallout New Vegas broke a major sales record. I ask my friend if that came with a bonus. He said he was quitting his job because it didn't pay enough to live in California.
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The irony is I don't think discs are that great of solution to preservation on the game side these days anyways. Patches and DLC basically made them a moot point in most cases. I hate to say but the best case for digital persvatuon is storing that shit on a hard drive somewhere.
July 18, 2026 at 1:48 AM
The irony is I don't think discs are that great of solution to preservation on the game side these days anyways. Patches and DLC basically made them a moot point in most cases. I hate to say but the best case for digital persvatuon is storing that shit on a hard drive somewhere.
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Road Trip Day 1: NJ to Durham, NC. Usual traffic around Baltimore and DC, stopped at a NASA science center, and met up with @andybenditt.bsky.social and @spynosaur.bsky.social for dinner!
July 11, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Road Trip Day 1: NJ to Durham, NC. Usual traffic around Baltimore and DC, stopped at a NASA science center, and met up with @andybenditt.bsky.social and @spynosaur.bsky.social for dinner!
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Video games are good, they're so good man. It's very sad that a cabal of money idiots has ruined them for everyone
July 8, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Video games are good, they're so good man. It's very sad that a cabal of money idiots has ruined them for everyone
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bro they laid off the Doom 2016 developers. that's like if you laid off the studio that made arguably one of the best first-person shooters of all time, like Doom 2016
July 8, 2026 at 8:42 PM
bro they laid off the Doom 2016 developers. that's like if you laid off the studio that made arguably one of the best first-person shooters of all time, like Doom 2016
3200 people 😮💨
Something's gotta give in this industry man
Something's gotta give in this industry man
July 6, 2026 at 2:28 PM
3200 people 😮💨
Something's gotta give in this industry man
Something's gotta give in this industry man
hey secret worlders, go watch Widow's Bay
July 4, 2026 at 5:39 PM
hey secret worlders, go watch Widow's Bay
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It will never stop being funny to me that the street fighter subreddit has a much better, well reasoned ai policy vis a vis literally all universities.
June 20, 2026 at 4:11 PM
It will never stop being funny to me that the street fighter subreddit has a much better, well reasoned ai policy vis a vis literally all universities.
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Everyone who is scared of cities and multiculturalism is a loser.
June 14, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Everyone who is scared of cities and multiculturalism is a loser.
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Saw the Backrooms movie. Best Silent Hill adaptation to date!
June 13, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Saw the Backrooms movie. Best Silent Hill adaptation to date!
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i created this meme like 4 years ago on twitter and it went super viral and i think i got like 20 death threats. that's how you know i was cooking with this one
June 13, 2026 at 6:37 PM
i created this meme like 4 years ago on twitter and it went super viral and i think i got like 20 death threats. that's how you know i was cooking with this one
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idonno man seeing every human post "please hire me for something im dying" meanwhile company and CEO post shit like "new record high profits" "i bought another destroy the environment machine" "thanks to our sponsers Actual Genocide" should maybe piss you off.
May 31, 2026 at 2:29 AM
idonno man seeing every human post "please hire me for something im dying" meanwhile company and CEO post shit like "new record high profits" "i bought another destroy the environment machine" "thanks to our sponsers Actual Genocide" should maybe piss you off.
happy two years of excessive harassment and stalking for just banning a guy from a discord server
May 11, 2026 at 4:48 PM
happy two years of excessive harassment and stalking for just banning a guy from a discord server
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lancer, the role playing game
April 27, 2026 at 12:36 AM
lancer, the role playing game