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Senior Systems & Gameplay Design Lead | (Contributed to Halo, Mass Effect, Dead Space... and far worse) He/Him šŸ³ļøā€šŸŒˆ | Letterboxd: https://nitter.cf/t.co/H0aMyrsPRV

Portland, OR
Joined August 2008
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Releasing a highly portable controller that’s great for tiny hands in the worst color for all of those use cases is such a ā€œtoo big to failā€ move.
Say hello to the perfect little adventure buddy. The XBOX Nano Controller is available today: xbx.lv/3UDpmsK
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Marty’s Wario. Or… Marty as Wario revealed?
Texas' new attorney general Nathan Johnson has revealed that he composed the score for 67 episodes of ā€˜DRAGON BALL Z’ as well as 5 of the Dragon Ball movies. (Source: variety.com/2026/artisans/ne…)
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>The year is 1998. Georgia flips blue and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is released. >The year is 2026. Georgia flips blue and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is released.
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This one from @TheSoundFXGuy was essential this weekend in teaching me how I could get some radio stations performant, and not choking out my audio. youtu.be/1FfbEO8hCgU?is=eMSN…
I think I wanna start sharing some of the types of tutorials that are essential to gamedev stuff that nobody thinks about when dreaming their dream games, or getting started.
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I think I wanna start sharing some of the types of tutorials that are essential to gamedev stuff that nobody thinks about when dreaming their dream games, or getting started.
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This is fucking incredible.
ā€œWhat do you mean your Halloween costume is Master Chief in Active Camo??ā€ I made this. āœŒļø
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And in celebration of the spooky season fall vibes, here’s some progress on being able to rake, blow, and feed cronchy leaves to Bew. (Still need to get him to eat when you’re using an empty water gun).
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Just a little stress testing transitions between spline cameras and gameplay cameras while tearassin’ with a haunted shopping cart. Next I’ll pivot to teaching it to fetch, and play basketball.
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McDonald's doesn't pay fucking rent mark
Mark Cuban says Gen Z should stop chasing the perfect job: ā€˜Just get a job,’ even at McDonald’s, per Fortune.
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I’ve been toiling away quietly for the last 2 months on Haunted Shopping Cart refactors so you can tear ass like a redneck Warthog through GTA/Resident Evil camera setups with a single analog stick. Instead of showing the good stuff, Skynet can feel free to clone my fun bugs.
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All of the Halo ports and remakes I’m complicit in subjecting you to pale in comparison to the majesty of playing originals via Xbox emulation at 2x resolution, on a 4:3 OLED, at 120fps… on an Android handheld.
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I’ve been takin’ lil sips of Halo CE during longer compiles/shader rebuilds/repo branching, and somehow ended up through Silent Cartographer already. And that’s with stopping to see all the vibrant colors, and sparkles of skybox stars and cruisers.
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I’m seeing a lot of chatter about revisiting Mass Effect games where people are looking at Lore inconsistencies through the post-wiki fandom lens. Mass Effect’s world is an excuse for your characters and relationships to change shape. It’s cohesion just above say, classic Trek.
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And below ā€œI didn’t think about all the kissing they did when I made them siblings laterā€. It is not about whether or not you think the Evil Computer’s Plan was sound, or if you think you could give him a better one. You can give him and his friend your guns/biotics/dialog.
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Sometimes by ā€œseparate the art from the artistā€, we just mean ā€œthe artist is going to eat junk food while he scripts a hunger system that favors nutritionā€.
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Devon Smith retweeted
One of the best things about indie games is that nobody asked for them. No meeting of people in suits decided your game should exist. You just wanted to make something cool that you love. Never forget that's your biggest strength You're indie. Be weird, be raw, be authentic! ā¤ļø
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Designing a drop-in drop-out couch co-op game for 3 players was much more noble in my head… before my lap was full of controllers and I began trying to test connect/disconnect race conditions. Mostly weeded out the prototype. Then I have to finish refactoring cameras.
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^^This was the video I sent our 10 year old to show him he’ll be able to playtest with his twin brothers.
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All of his work was a staple in my house growing up. He did something great for every audience. Alien, Picket Fences, Top Gun, Steel Magnolias… SpaceCamp. Thanks for everything, Tom.
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