enjoyed this GDC writeup of the Avowed QA analysis talk by David Benefield -- about doing more white box QA to proactively review game code and scripts for bugs www.gamedeveloper.com/programming/...
April 22, 2025 at 11:34 PM
enjoyed this GDC writeup of the Avowed QA analysis talk by David Benefield -- about doing more white box QA to proactively review game code and scripts for bugs www.gamedeveloper.com/programming/...
I did a QA with Quanta about interpretability and training dynamics! I got to talk about a bunch of research hobby horses and how I got into them.
I really enjoyed talking to @nsaphra.bsky.social about her thoughts on what much language model interpretability research misses. My latest in @quantamagazine.bsky.social:
To Understand AI, Watch How It Evolves | Quanta Magazine
Naomi Saphra thinks that most research into language models focuses too much on the finished product. She’s mining the history of their training for insights into why these systems work the way they d...
www.quantamagazine.org
September 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I did a QA with Quanta about interpretability and training dynamics! I got to talk about a bunch of research hobby horses and how I got into them.
QA isn’t just “playing games all day.”
[TOGE TALK - EP. 2]
Yoyo, QA Manager at Toge Productions, shares what really happens behind the scenes, from bug reports and common misconceptions about QA.
Watch the full video on YouTube!
youtu.be/iW4y_czdEYg
[TOGE TALK - EP. 2]
Yoyo, QA Manager at Toge Productions, shares what really happens behind the scenes, from bug reports and common misconceptions about QA.
Watch the full video on YouTube!
youtu.be/iW4y_czdEYg
March 1, 2026 at 5:03 AM
QA isn’t just “playing games all day.”
[TOGE TALK - EP. 2]
Yoyo, QA Manager at Toge Productions, shares what really happens behind the scenes, from bug reports and common misconceptions about QA.
Watch the full video on YouTube!
youtu.be/iW4y_czdEYg
[TOGE TALK - EP. 2]
Yoyo, QA Manager at Toge Productions, shares what really happens behind the scenes, from bug reports and common misconceptions about QA.
Watch the full video on YouTube!
youtu.be/iW4y_czdEYg
it's happening again, I'm at a talk with a QA and the questions are micro essays
May 21, 2026 at 12:40 AM
it's happening again, I'm at a talk with a QA and the questions are micro essays
Wow, talk about random — Hidden Palace found a final build of the cancelled PS3 Dancing Eyes.
If you’re unfamiliar: Dancing Eyes is an arcade/PSOne game that’s basically “Gals Panic but 3D and suggestive instead of lewd and also messed up in hilarious ways)
youtu.be/HJgYEGtgpp4
If you’re unfamiliar: Dancing Eyes is an arcade/PSOne game that’s basically “Gals Panic but 3D and suggestive instead of lewd and also messed up in hilarious ways)
youtu.be/HJgYEGtgpp4
Dancing Eyes PS3 QA Build 2011/03/10 (unreleased remake)
YouTube video by PurrmingStudios
youtu.be
March 16, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Wow, talk about random — Hidden Palace found a final build of the cancelled PS3 Dancing Eyes.
If you’re unfamiliar: Dancing Eyes is an arcade/PSOne game that’s basically “Gals Panic but 3D and suggestive instead of lewd and also messed up in hilarious ways)
youtu.be/HJgYEGtgpp4
If you’re unfamiliar: Dancing Eyes is an arcade/PSOne game that’s basically “Gals Panic but 3D and suggestive instead of lewd and also messed up in hilarious ways)
youtu.be/HJgYEGtgpp4
How do you do QA for a game in which everything is *breakable*? The DK Bananza QA talk at CEDEC answers that (img 1). It started with the philosophy of “experience first” (img 2):
• Ensure destruction doesn’t spoil experience
• Do not restrict freedom to avoid bugs
• If a bug is fun, use it
1/
• Ensure destruction doesn’t spoil experience
• Do not restrict freedom to avoid bugs
• If a bug is fun, use it
1/
![[Presentation slide]
『ドンキーコング バナンザ』の破壊を推進するQA ～楽しく安心な破壊体験のために～
任天堂株式会社
栗原竜矢 濱崎福平](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:w2yyporceaqxdbzfupn5lcbt/bafkreicj6cyme7cohwbn6fy2p2mqatdrcywqgwzk5xtahurcoku7c6ukhi)
![[Presentation slide]
QAの方針
体験ファースト
楽しく安心して破壊できる
破壊によってプレイヤーが体験を損なうことを防ぐ
制約を増やさない
バグ対処のために出来ることを減らさない
面白いなら活かす
一見バグでも良い体験を生むなら仕様に取り入れる](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:w2yyporceaqxdbzfupn5lcbt/bafkreiai7sbrwmbuc2b5otfxria4q35ccmnp22ikcjyzjktzvc7izqz7ti)
July 24, 2026 at 11:19 PM
How do you do QA for a game in which everything is *breakable*? The DK Bananza QA talk at CEDEC answers that (img 1). It started with the philosophy of “experience first” (img 2):
• Ensure destruction doesn’t spoil experience
• Do not restrict freedom to avoid bugs
• If a bug is fun, use it
1/
• Ensure destruction doesn’t spoil experience
• Do not restrict freedom to avoid bugs
• If a bug is fun, use it
1/
I gave a talk on #QA in #GitHub: ditch the spreadsheets, embed QA in your workflow, make it a habit.
More details ⬇️
🛝 slides: statsrhian.github.io/qa-in-github
📝 blog post: rhian.rbind.io/posts/2025-1...
#rstats #rap #quality-assurance
More details ⬇️
🛝 slides: statsrhian.github.io/qa-in-github
📝 blog post: rhian.rbind.io/posts/2025-1...
#rstats #rap #quality-assurance
Ditch the Spreadsheets
statsrhian.github.io
November 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I gave a talk on #QA in #GitHub: ditch the spreadsheets, embed QA in your workflow, make it a habit.
More details ⬇️
🛝 slides: statsrhian.github.io/qa-in-github
📝 blog post: rhian.rbind.io/posts/2025-1...
#rstats #rap #quality-assurance
More details ⬇️
🛝 slides: statsrhian.github.io/qa-in-github
📝 blog post: rhian.rbind.io/posts/2025-1...
#rstats #rap #quality-assurance
Not satire. Fast track to talk rejection if you can’t be bothered to QA your submission, why should we believe you will deliver better quality on stage?
PSA: If you choose to submit a novel research talk to one of the top security conferences in the world, maybe check your proposal text all the way through so "Claude may make mistakes. Please check your answers." isn't the final line.
May 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Not satire. Fast track to talk rejection if you can’t be bothered to QA your submission, why should we believe you will deliver better quality on stage?
I'm speaking at #GCAP25! Come and join me if you want to get the inside scoop on how you can justify investing in QA early in your projects, and why doing so will save the sanity of your entire team.
We screech about this all the time, but this talk is less screeching and more informing/empowering.
We screech about this all the time, but this talk is less screeching and more informing/empowering.
August 7, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I'm speaking at #GCAP25! Come and join me if you want to get the inside scoop on how you can justify investing in QA early in your projects, and why doing so will save the sanity of your entire team.
We screech about this all the time, but this talk is less screeching and more informing/empowering.
We screech about this all the time, but this talk is less screeching and more informing/empowering.
Sony did a talk on using machine learning and AI in QA at CEDEC in Yokohama in August, and it wasn’t about replacing humans in the process!
It was an interesting talk about what it can do to evolve the QA process, so I summarized it after attending the event and the piece is finally live
It was an interesting talk about what it can do to evolve the QA process, so I summarized it after attending the event and the piece is finally live
At CEDEC 2024, PlayStation shared more about how it automated some QA operations in Astro's Playroom
www.gamesindustry.biz/sony-develop...
www.gamesindustry.biz/sony-develop...
Sony developers share how machine learning can improve QA
During a talk given at the recent CEDEC event in Yokohama, Japan, development leads within Sony discussed their recent …
www.gamesindustry.biz
October 18, 2024 at 11:26 PM
Sony did a talk on using machine learning and AI in QA at CEDEC in Yokohama in August, and it wasn’t about replacing humans in the process!
It was an interesting talk about what it can do to evolve the QA process, so I summarized it after attending the event and the piece is finally live
It was an interesting talk about what it can do to evolve the QA process, so I summarized it after attending the event and the piece is finally live
I think about how when tech bros talk about AI getting rid of friction, that friction in companies is often product people, QA, designers, etc. who would tell you the idea is shit in a typical business where it’s not just strapping an AI rocket to your back and pointing to a gap in the walls
March 24, 2026 at 1:26 PM
I think about how when tech bros talk about AI getting rid of friction, that friction in companies is often product people, QA, designers, etc. who would tell you the idea is shit in a typical business where it’s not just strapping an AI rocket to your back and pointing to a gap in the walls
There's no need for it to be ai though (and it probably isn't, it's just sales talk), just record your human in house QA testers actions and run that.
January 6, 2026 at 1:50 PM
There's no need for it to be ai though (and it probably isn't, it's just sales talk), just record your human in house QA testers actions and run that.
The only true regulatory/policy solution is that companies must be fully liable for the products they create, especially when they’ve ignored every warning, done virtually no safety QA, and are pushing this into schools and hospitals. Then we can talk about “guardrails” in the model.
November 9, 2025 at 6:42 AM
The only true regulatory/policy solution is that companies must be fully liable for the products they create, especially when they’ve ignored every warning, done virtually no safety QA, and are pushing this into schools and hospitals. Then we can talk about “guardrails” in the model.
It always shocks me when stakeholders act like I'm putting them out by asking lots of questions about how the app is intended to work. "It's already been QA tested. You're just here to do security testing."
Um... We need to talk. This is negligent thinking. 1/2
Um... We need to talk. This is negligent thinking. 1/2
May 20, 2025 at 7:52 PM
It always shocks me when stakeholders act like I'm putting them out by asking lots of questions about how the app is intended to work. "It's already been QA tested. You're just here to do security testing."
Um... We need to talk. This is negligent thinking. 1/2
Um... We need to talk. This is negligent thinking. 1/2
Game Director Eladrin and QA Analyst Gosia are here to talk game performance -- strap in, we've got graphs!
Stellaris Dev Diary #397 - Shadows of the Shroud is Out, What’s Next? (Performance): bit.ly/4nuUu6W
Stellaris Dev Diary #397 - Shadows of the Shroud is Out, What’s Next? (Performance): bit.ly/4nuUu6W
October 2, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Game Director Eladrin and QA Analyst Gosia are here to talk game performance -- strap in, we've got graphs!
Stellaris Dev Diary #397 - Shadows of the Shroud is Out, What’s Next? (Performance): bit.ly/4nuUu6W
Stellaris Dev Diary #397 - Shadows of the Shroud is Out, What’s Next? (Performance): bit.ly/4nuUu6W
Tell me why AI is necessary all of a sudden. I'm a 30-year IT QA/DBA guy, so don't talk down to me. Why?
December 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Tell me why AI is necessary all of a sudden. I'm a 30-year IT QA/DBA guy, so don't talk down to me. Why?
real talk: I love how this was going to be HPC's last video. (he mentioned it in a QA some time afterwards) That explosion of the paper fibers caused his channel to explode in popularity as well.
January 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
real talk: I love how this was going to be HPC's last video. (he mentioned it in a QA some time afterwards) That explosion of the paper fibers caused his channel to explode in popularity as well.
FILMMAKER SUMMIT@ Mecca/QA…. Talk & Brunch and what the hell is going on USA !?
With one of my fave auteurs Tom McIntire…@tommcintireartist
With one of my fave auteurs Tom McIntire…@tommcintireartist
February 7, 2025 at 9:24 PM
FILMMAKER SUMMIT@ Mecca/QA…. Talk & Brunch and what the hell is going on USA !?
With one of my fave auteurs Tom McIntire…@tommcintireartist
With one of my fave auteurs Tom McIntire…@tommcintireartist
i would very much like to be asleep, and i am very much not. embodiment QA, I just wanna talk. no, no, that’s just my emotional support crowbar, nothing to worry about.
October 5, 2023 at 9:30 AM
i would very much like to be asleep, and i am very much not. embodiment QA, I just wanna talk. no, no, that’s just my emotional support crowbar, nothing to worry about.
Yeah, I came to something similar, a moot who'd been dealing with weeks of /qa/ being infested by /new/ nazis who were starting to spread around the site met Epstein, and couldn't help but talk about what was on his mind, which was that.
January 31, 2026 at 6:05 AM
Yeah, I came to something similar, a moot who'd been dealing with weeks of /qa/ being infested by /new/ nazis who were starting to spread around the site met Epstein, and couldn't help but talk about what was on his mind, which was that.
For the Kaska Dena, it’s a moment decades in the making. They’ve proposed a four-million hectare Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area called Dene K’éh Kusān. Now, they’re hoping B.C. will formally recognize it. via @ainsliecruickshank.bsky.social : thenarwhal.ca/bc-qa-gillia...
Kaska Nation sees hope for IPCA as northwest B.C. land-use planning gets underway | The Narwhal
The Narwhal sat down with land stewardship director Gillian Staveley to talk about the Kaska’s proposed Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area
thenarwhal.ca
June 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
For the Kaska Dena, it’s a moment decades in the making. They’ve proposed a four-million hectare Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area called Dene K’éh Kusān. Now, they’re hoping B.C. will formally recognize it. via @ainsliecruickshank.bsky.social : thenarwhal.ca/bc-qa-gillia...
Fighting to keep talk time low - but not too low to get flagged!
Don't want a bad QA on your record or you'll end up on 3rd shift with weekends in the shift bids.
Trying to respond with a smile in your voice, looking at the monitor stirred mirror they gave you as an 'incentive' last Xmas.
2/3
Don't want a bad QA on your record or you'll end up on 3rd shift with weekends in the shift bids.
Trying to respond with a smile in your voice, looking at the monitor stirred mirror they gave you as an 'incentive' last Xmas.
2/3
July 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Fighting to keep talk time low - but not too low to get flagged!
Don't want a bad QA on your record or you'll end up on 3rd shift with weekends in the shift bids.
Trying to respond with a smile in your voice, looking at the monitor stirred mirror they gave you as an 'incentive' last Xmas.
2/3
Don't want a bad QA on your record or you'll end up on 3rd shift with weekends in the shift bids.
Trying to respond with a smile in your voice, looking at the monitor stirred mirror they gave you as an 'incentive' last Xmas.
2/3
This GDC talk was amazing!! Obsidian's QA lead made a strong case for bringing your QA team *closer* to your design teams to catch bugs before they hit the build.
How Avowed's QA team stomped out bugs by working inside the design tools
How Avowed's QA team stomped out bugs by working inside the design tools
'Train your QA using whatever methods you're training your designers.'
www.gamedeveloper.com
April 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
This GDC talk was amazing!! Obsidian's QA lead made a strong case for bringing your QA team *closer* to your design teams to catch bugs before they hit the build.
Friday 6pm Central
www.twitch.tv/50plusdoner
We hit up @wesburdine.bsky.social, Minnesota soccer culture builder behind @blackhartstp.com and @mnaurorafc.bsky.social.
We also simply have to talk about St.Pauli while we're at it too of course
(Image from www.minnesotamonthly.com/lifestyle/qa...)
www.twitch.tv/50plusdoner
We hit up @wesburdine.bsky.social, Minnesota soccer culture builder behind @blackhartstp.com and @mnaurorafc.bsky.social.
We also simply have to talk about St.Pauli while we're at it too of course
(Image from www.minnesotamonthly.com/lifestyle/qa...)
April 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Friday 6pm Central
www.twitch.tv/50plusdoner
We hit up @wesburdine.bsky.social, Minnesota soccer culture builder behind @blackhartstp.com and @mnaurorafc.bsky.social.
We also simply have to talk about St.Pauli while we're at it too of course
(Image from www.minnesotamonthly.com/lifestyle/qa...)
www.twitch.tv/50plusdoner
We hit up @wesburdine.bsky.social, Minnesota soccer culture builder behind @blackhartstp.com and @mnaurorafc.bsky.social.
We also simply have to talk about St.Pauli while we're at it too of course
(Image from www.minnesotamonthly.com/lifestyle/qa...)