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Senior Systems & Gameplay Design Lead | (Contributed to Halo, Mass Effect, Dead Space... and far worse) He/Him 🏳️‍🌈 | Letterboxd: https://nitter.cf/t.co/H0aMyrsPRV

Portland, OR
Joined August 2008
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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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McDonald's doesn't pay fucking rent mark
Mark Cuban says Gen Z should stop chasing the perfect job: ‘Just get a job,’ even at McDonald’s, per Fortune.
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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! ❤️
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This is what happens when a generation is raised without Final Destination
Swimmers enjoying the London Sky Pool which is believed to be the world’s first transparent pool built between two skyscrapers 👀
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I'm a Halo modder that Halo Studios hired when planning to bring MCC to PC, and with it, modding support. And last month I re-became a Halo modder after @asha_shar's leadership decided I and others needed to be laid off because our rolls didn't align with the business
Microsoft just announced Xbox Labs, a response to the AI-powered game decompiling we've seen recently. Whether it's skateboarding in CoD or Halo in a browser, Xbox Labs is a new group tasked with exploring this new era of modding. Details 👇theverge.com/news/1010406/xb…
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Man who won’t give his employees piss breaks claims many piss breaks on the horizon
Jeff Bezos Claims AI Could Allow For 3-Day Workweeks And One-Income Families go.forbes.com/bKpnur
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Replying to @GenePark
I've been saying this on my podcast for years. The categories for @thegameawards need a revamp. Respectfully.
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video games are misleading our young people about how much crouchwalking they'll have to do in their adult lives
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They discovering the radio by first principles.
Hear me out: An app that connects people who are listening to the same song at the same time
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the beavis and butthead mask factory is one of the most terrifying and beautiful things ever
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Greg knew exactly what he was doing unleashing Coy in this episode 🤣 People are saying Lanterns ep 3 implied Hal Jordan got the ring because of white privilege… Full pod here: youtube.com/live/dE66kLeG8rk… #lanterns #haljordan #johnstewart
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BTAS is a great example of why obsessing over 1:1 adaptations is so dumb -new Mr. Freeze origin -creation of Harley Quinn, Renee Montoya, Condiment King, & Lock-Up (all later appeared in comics) -popularized the grapnel gun instead of the Batrope -Young Bruce meeting Zatanna
34 years ago today, ‘BATMAN THE ANIMATED SERIES’ premiered.
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Here are Microsoft's reasons for why they originally cancelled Psychonauts before it was picked up elsewhere. It has now gone on to sell 1.7million copies and has a Metacritic score of 88. I don't really see how this relationship was ever going to last.
Tim Schafer releases a video where he throws away everything related to Xbox 😂 Launches Double Fine Kickstarter and already has nearly 300K already
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To honor Tim Curry's memory, we are making Brütal Legend FREE on Itch.io, for 666 minutes: itch.io/s/199277/the-tainted…
It was hard enough losing Dolly yesterday. ☹️ And now, we cry a sea of black tears for our very own Doviculus: The irreplaceable Tim Curry.  May these beloved legends rest well, as we carry their spirit forward~   🩷🖤
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there are so many new and accessible ways to get diarrhea today in america
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Incredible part about gamedev that isn't mentioned enough. You can make something in half an hour that looks like it should've taken six months to develop. Equally, you can spend six months stuck on something that looks like it should've been possible in half an hour.
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imagine you’re with your co workers and you find an exact copy of your bare butt cheeks like what do you even do in that situation
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New Piece Of Shit Games CEO just dropped.
'I would frankly have been happy to replace her with AI' - extraordinary public spat between Saber CEO and writer "replaced with ChatGPT" intensifies eurogamer.net/saber-ceo-sacc…
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Mister Sinister is such a funny villain "IF I GET THESE TWO HOT PEOPLE TO FUCK I WILL RULE THE WORLD" and he looks like count dracula
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