Pat
@ur-pat.bsky.social
"It is not sufficient to see and know the beauty of a work. We must feel and be affected by it." - Voltaire
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Games User Research at Activision | Call of Duty & Crash Bandicoot | Opinions are My Own
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Games User Research at Activision | Call of Duty & Crash Bandicoot | Opinions are My Own
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Pat
@ur-pat.bsky.social
· Dec 19
My Personal 2025 Goals
🏠 Find a New Place - decorate it to my heart's content!
📖 Read More Books - read new books!
🎮 Play More Games - try new genres!
🏃♂️ Maintain a Healthier Lifestyle - exercise often and eat well!
It's time to customize my life rather than just survive. 😤
🏠 Find a New Place - decorate it to my heart's content!
📖 Read More Books - read new books!
🎮 Play More Games - try new genres!
🏃♂️ Maintain a Healthier Lifestyle - exercise often and eat well!
It's time to customize my life rather than just survive. 😤
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In response to the Polygon and Giant Bomb news, I created an indie and worker-owned games media starter pack.
I’ll keep adding to it, so suggestions and recommendations are greatly appreciated. Please share!
I’ll keep adding to it, so suggestions and recommendations are greatly appreciated. Please share!
May 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
In response to the Polygon and Giant Bomb news, I created an indie and worker-owned games media starter pack.
I’ll keep adding to it, so suggestions and recommendations are greatly appreciated. Please share!
I’ll keep adding to it, so suggestions and recommendations are greatly appreciated. Please share!
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Miss Universe Philippines has a mythology theme going on this year, which is great for anyone whose interests contain both monster girls and mahou shoujo villains (like yours truly).
May 2, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Miss Universe Philippines has a mythology theme going on this year, which is great for anyone whose interests contain both monster girls and mahou shoujo villains (like yours truly).
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🎮 Indie Game Devs Wanted!
Share your experiences of using feedback to improve game narrative in an academic study!
🔍 Requirements - Indie devs making interactive digital narrative games for commercial release
📋 5-min survey (unpaid)
🎤 1-hr interview (£20 if selected)
👉 bit.ly/IndieNarrative
Share your experiences of using feedback to improve game narrative in an academic study!
🔍 Requirements - Indie devs making interactive digital narrative games for commercial release
📋 5-min survey (unpaid)
🎤 1-hr interview (£20 if selected)
👉 bit.ly/IndieNarrative
January 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
🎮 Indie Game Devs Wanted!
Share your experiences of using feedback to improve game narrative in an academic study!
🔍 Requirements - Indie devs making interactive digital narrative games for commercial release
📋 5-min survey (unpaid)
🎤 1-hr interview (£20 if selected)
👉 bit.ly/IndieNarrative
Share your experiences of using feedback to improve game narrative in an academic study!
🔍 Requirements - Indie devs making interactive digital narrative games for commercial release
📋 5-min survey (unpaid)
🎤 1-hr interview (£20 if selected)
👉 bit.ly/IndieNarrative
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BREAKING: NSF has frozen all grant funding, as of yesterday. It's unclear when they will resume funding awards, or why the pause has been put in place. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones
US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.
www.nature.com
May 1, 2025 at 10:58 PM
BREAKING: NSF has frozen all grant funding, as of yesterday. It's unclear when they will resume funding awards, or why the pause has been put in place. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Seeing this article just validates how I feel as a Gen Z adult. I feel like I just have to keep going for the sake of it, not because I want to.
I'm fortunate to have a goal in mind, but it doesn't necessarily take care of my necessities as an adult.
fortune.com/article/gen-...
I'm fortunate to have a goal in mind, but it doesn't necessarily take care of my necessities as an adult.
fortune.com/article/gen-...
Gen Z is so miserable they've flattened the long-established happiness curve
“Young people are not doing as well as they used to be.”
fortune.com
May 2, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Seeing this article just validates how I feel as a Gen Z adult. I feel like I just have to keep going for the sake of it, not because I want to.
I'm fortunate to have a goal in mind, but it doesn't necessarily take care of my necessities as an adult.
fortune.com/article/gen-...
I'm fortunate to have a goal in mind, but it doesn't necessarily take care of my necessities as an adult.
fortune.com/article/gen-...
I feel like the act of just doing "nothing" is a luxury now. I am actively encouraged to be as productive as possible, but I am barely encouraged to rest and take a breath.
If I was productive all the time, I would miss a lot of my life - I just started my life as an adult.
If I was productive all the time, I would miss a lot of my life - I just started my life as an adult.
May 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I feel like the act of just doing "nothing" is a luxury now. I am actively encouraged to be as productive as possible, but I am barely encouraged to rest and take a breath.
If I was productive all the time, I would miss a lot of my life - I just started my life as an adult.
If I was productive all the time, I would miss a lot of my life - I just started my life as an adult.
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I hope everyone knows that it's very easy for any social content platform, including Bluesky, to be a misery machine and that if you aren't intentional about it, they will absolutely decrease the positive impact you have on the world while making you less happy.
May 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I hope everyone knows that it's very easy for any social content platform, including Bluesky, to be a misery machine and that if you aren't intentional about it, they will absolutely decrease the positive impact you have on the world while making you less happy.
I went to a used bookstore recently and was so happy to find some genuinely good finds - including two cats wandering the halls (only one pictured).
I found a copy of Flint Dille's The Ultimate Guide to Video Game Design & Writing and Avinash K. Dixit's Games of Strategy 4th ed!!!
#booksky
I found a copy of Flint Dille's The Ultimate Guide to Video Game Design & Writing and Avinash K. Dixit's Games of Strategy 4th ed!!!
#booksky
April 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I went to a used bookstore recently and was so happy to find some genuinely good finds - including two cats wandering the halls (only one pictured).
I found a copy of Flint Dille's The Ultimate Guide to Video Game Design & Writing and Avinash K. Dixit's Games of Strategy 4th ed!!!
#booksky
I found a copy of Flint Dille's The Ultimate Guide to Video Game Design & Writing and Avinash K. Dixit's Games of Strategy 4th ed!!!
#booksky
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Bluesky is collegial and interesting, the way Twitter used to be. Bonus: most people can spell.
April 23, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Bluesky is collegial and interesting, the way Twitter used to be. Bonus: most people can spell.
Definitely life-affirming.
I've felt this since I graduated in 2020, in the midst of the pandemic.
I've felt this since Trump was appointed to office.
I want to live my best years in my adult life, but I just need to focus on survival and still have some fun while I can.
I wish it gets better.
I've felt this since I graduated in 2020, in the midst of the pandemic.
I've felt this since Trump was appointed to office.
I want to live my best years in my adult life, but I just need to focus on survival and still have some fun while I can.
I wish it gets better.
April 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Definitely life-affirming.
I've felt this since I graduated in 2020, in the midst of the pandemic.
I've felt this since Trump was appointed to office.
I want to live my best years in my adult life, but I just need to focus on survival and still have some fun while I can.
I wish it gets better.
I've felt this since I graduated in 2020, in the midst of the pandemic.
I've felt this since Trump was appointed to office.
I want to live my best years in my adult life, but I just need to focus on survival and still have some fun while I can.
I wish it gets better.
I recently finished a course on Regression Models and it's definitely one of the hardest courses I've taken online. It was dry and in-depth, but I believe it's what I need to be a better User Researcher outside of just practice.
I'm decent at qualitative, but my analysis needs quant support!!
I'm decent at qualitative, but my analysis needs quant support!!
April 4, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I recently finished a course on Regression Models and it's definitely one of the hardest courses I've taken online. It was dry and in-depth, but I believe it's what I need to be a better User Researcher outside of just practice.
I'm decent at qualitative, but my analysis needs quant support!!
I'm decent at qualitative, but my analysis needs quant support!!
Despite these being my new goals for this year...I don't have much progress on these right now.
I feel like I had to pivot hard to focus on survival - the bare minimum. And that's ok.
It's ok for me to put my head down and focus on work. To get professional certifications. To be better.
I feel like I had to pivot hard to focus on survival - the bare minimum. And that's ok.
It's ok for me to put my head down and focus on work. To get professional certifications. To be better.
My Personal 2025 Goals
🏠 Find a New Place - decorate it to my heart's content!
📖 Read More Books - read new books!
🎮 Play More Games - try new genres!
🏃♂️ Maintain a Healthier Lifestyle - exercise often and eat well!
It's time to customize my life rather than just survive. 😤
🏠 Find a New Place - decorate it to my heart's content!
📖 Read More Books - read new books!
🎮 Play More Games - try new genres!
🏃♂️ Maintain a Healthier Lifestyle - exercise often and eat well!
It's time to customize my life rather than just survive. 😤
April 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Despite these being my new goals for this year...I don't have much progress on these right now.
I feel like I had to pivot hard to focus on survival - the bare minimum. And that's ok.
It's ok for me to put my head down and focus on work. To get professional certifications. To be better.
I feel like I had to pivot hard to focus on survival - the bare minimum. And that's ok.
It's ok for me to put my head down and focus on work. To get professional certifications. To be better.
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This is a moral moment. It is not left or right, it is right or wrong.
April 2, 2025 at 8:04 PM
This is a moral moment. It is not left or right, it is right or wrong.
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No jokes here—the countdown has begun!
South of Midnight launches in ONE WEEK on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox App for Windows PC, Steam and Cloud, or play it day one with Game Pass.
#SouthofMidnight
South of Midnight launches in ONE WEEK on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox App for Windows PC, Steam and Cloud, or play it day one with Game Pass.
#SouthofMidnight
April 1, 2025 at 4:13 PM
No jokes here—the countdown has begun!
South of Midnight launches in ONE WEEK on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox App for Windows PC, Steam and Cloud, or play it day one with Game Pass.
#SouthofMidnight
South of Midnight launches in ONE WEEK on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox App for Windows PC, Steam and Cloud, or play it day one with Game Pass.
#SouthofMidnight
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Today is Transgender Day of Visibility
The games industry can be a scary place for trans folks, especially now. If you can't be openly out & proud today, we get it - just know that there are people fighting for you, and we are still so proud of you 💜
Trans rights are human rights.
The games industry can be a scary place for trans folks, especially now. If you can't be openly out & proud today, we get it - just know that there are people fighting for you, and we are still so proud of you 💜
Trans rights are human rights.
March 31, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Today is Transgender Day of Visibility
The games industry can be a scary place for trans folks, especially now. If you can't be openly out & proud today, we get it - just know that there are people fighting for you, and we are still so proud of you 💜
Trans rights are human rights.
The games industry can be a scary place for trans folks, especially now. If you can't be openly out & proud today, we get it - just know that there are people fighting for you, and we are still so proud of you 💜
Trans rights are human rights.
Happy Trans Day of Visibility!
This particular TDoV is special to me since it's been 10 years since I came out as genderfluid/non-binary since high school. I'm now a trans young adult that works in their dream job in games.
Our survival and achievements are worth celebrating. 🎉
This particular TDoV is special to me since it's been 10 years since I came out as genderfluid/non-binary since high school. I'm now a trans young adult that works in their dream job in games.
Our survival and achievements are worth celebrating. 🎉
March 31, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Happy Trans Day of Visibility!
This particular TDoV is special to me since it's been 10 years since I came out as genderfluid/non-binary since high school. I'm now a trans young adult that works in their dream job in games.
Our survival and achievements are worth celebrating. 🎉
This particular TDoV is special to me since it's been 10 years since I came out as genderfluid/non-binary since high school. I'm now a trans young adult that works in their dream job in games.
Our survival and achievements are worth celebrating. 🎉
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This coming Trans Day of Visibility, we are telling the truth about trans people: We’re just like everyone else.
www.thebody.com/news/hiv/tra...
www.thebody.com/news/hiv/tra...
March 30, 2025 at 8:14 PM
This coming Trans Day of Visibility, we are telling the truth about trans people: We’re just like everyone else.
www.thebody.com/news/hiv/tra...
www.thebody.com/news/hiv/tra...
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Bluesky loves links! We don't downrank, and major publishers report that we're sending more link traffic than other sites.
Here's the top links shared on Bluesky, updated hourly.
theblue.report/week/
Here's the top links shared on Bluesky, updated hourly.
theblue.report/week/
The Blue Report
The top links on Bluesky, updated hourly
theblue.report
March 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Bluesky loves links! We don't downrank, and major publishers report that we're sending more link traffic than other sites.
Here's the top links shared on Bluesky, updated hourly.
theblue.report/week/
Here's the top links shared on Bluesky, updated hourly.
theblue.report/week/
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When scholars of authoritarianism and fascism leave U.S. universities because of the deteriorating political situation here, we should really worry.
March 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
When scholars of authoritarianism and fascism leave U.S. universities because of the deteriorating political situation here, we should really worry.
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Game Informer is back! The entire team is returning and we can't wait to reconnect. Come join us to celebrate the best in games, the people who make games, and the people who play games from all around the world.
www.gameinformer.com/letter-from-...
www.gameinformer.com/letter-from-...
March 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Game Informer is back! The entire team is returning and we can't wait to reconnect. Come join us to celebrate the best in games, the people who make games, and the people who play games from all around the world.
www.gameinformer.com/letter-from-...
www.gameinformer.com/letter-from-...
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TODAY: User researchers at Activision have formed a union with CWA, joining over 2,000 union-represented workers at Microsoft-owned studios 🎉💪
Activision User Research Workers Overwhelmingly Vote to Form Union with CWA
Activision User Research Union-CWA is the first group of video game user researchers to form a union, joining over 2,000 workers at Microsoft-owned studios to organize under the company’s neutrality a...
cwa-union.org
March 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
TODAY: User researchers at Activision have formed a union with CWA, joining over 2,000 union-represented workers at Microsoft-owned studios 🎉💪