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Kim Acuff Steiner

@emberdione.bsky.social

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Chief Creative Officer at Prime8 Entertainment. Principal Level Designer by day. Prev: LBI, Zynga, Blizzard, ATVI, Sega. My views are my own, and entirely absurd. Profile pic by @meggoart <3 She/Her I stream at https://www.twitch.tv/emberdione

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Kim Acuff Steiner @emberdione.bsky.social · Oct 17

Hi!

I'm Kim Steiner, and I'm a Cat Shaped designer! I have a focus in Level Design, but due to the Industry being what it is and a HEAVY dose of ADHD, I am very much a generalist.

I've been in the Industry for almost 18 years, and I've gotten to work on a ton of cool games with super cool people.

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Kim Acuff Steiner @emberdione.bsky.social · 4h

"because cats are little weirdos"

Universal truth.

Kim Acuff Steiner @emberdione.bsky.social · 5h

Every time I've noticed it, the company went out of business or was shut down within a few years.

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Shayna Moon (scary) @themoonis.gay · 8h

Butterscotch and Houdini are in the 2 pound club! That means they’re officially ready to be fixed. They’ll be ready for adoption in Los Angeles at the end of the month 💖

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Kim Acuff Steiner @emberdione.bsky.social · 5h

I'm pretty sure Unreal is the only reason I haven't yet.

Kim Acuff Steiner @emberdione.bsky.social · 5h

www.reddit.com/r/UXDesign/s...

Oh of course. See, this is what I mean. Stealing from artists and they even cut out the AI middleman!

From the UXDesign community on Reddit: Finch Care, can you stop using the hiring process to collect free design work and ideas?

Explore this post and more from the UXDesign community

www.reddit.com

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Kim Acuff Steiner @emberdione.bsky.social · 6h

If you can't make a tamagotchi that reminds me to drink water every 3 hours without using AI you have to be the shittiest programmer in the world.

Kim Acuff Steiner @emberdione.bsky.social · 6h

Canceled my Finch subscription and wrote them a "support ticket" (they wouldn't let me give a reason) telling them that my reason for canceling was that they had the audacity to claim to be for self care while actively leveraging a technology that's destroying lives and our world.

AI can fuck off.

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Kim Acuff Steiner @emberdione.bsky.social · 7h

Okay so... I know we make Bee Bee Gun jokes in games, but this is messed up!

(I'm glad she's okay!)

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Steven 🎃umpkin @silent0siris.bsky.social · 11h

Are you playing BF6? I’d love to hear what you like about it, what you like about Battlefield games in general, etc!

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Richard "Pocky" Kim @pocky469.bsky.social · 12h

Hi folks!

Today's stream will be in a few minutes! (10AM JST/9PM EDT/6PM PDT)

I'm going to be checking out some demos for upcoming and newly released games! I hope that you'll come on by and join me!

www.twitch.tv/originalpocky/

See you soon!

Twitch

Twitch is the world

www.twitch.tv

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Kim Acuff Steiner @emberdione.bsky.social · 15h

I also want to give hope to parents of adhd kids - he could not remember to do his chore, no matter the bribe - until he turned 13. And since he's come back from @dphrygian.com's this summer - he remembers it. Every day. No prompting.

We pay him $10 a week to unload the dishwasher. And he DOES.

Kim Acuff Steiner @emberdione.bsky.social · 15h

I am glad she offered it again. XD

As soon as I finished the album the first time I looked at Ryan and said "I should have gotten the cardigan." XD

Kim Acuff Steiner @emberdione.bsky.social · 15h

They're like... earplugs - but they just "cut" the sound by like 50%. I still hear everything but it sounds like it's all coming through earmuffs!

We got the for the kid - and I ended up getting two pairs of my own! Huge life saver when life gets too loud.

Kim Acuff Steiner @emberdione.bsky.social · 15h

I'm bribing my child with Age of Wonders 4 to take out all the trash.

(It's not his chore, he has already done his chores, and now he's helping Ryan - since Ryan is crunching on GHS.)

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Noodle Cat Games - Wishlist Cloudheim! 🌥️ @noodlecatgames.com · 19h

If you were a solo player having trouble with this one crystal puzzle, rest assured! We just made it easier with our latest demo patch - along with lots of other bug fixes. :) #Cloudheim

I fear no man. But that thing... (Picture of a dungeon puzzle) it scares me.

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Kim Acuff Steiner @emberdione.bsky.social · 17h

Are you using loops? I was really struggling until I got a pair I keep in my purse.

The noise levels of the world are *so aggressive*.

Kim Acuff Steiner @emberdione.bsky.social · 17h

Yeah I have one of the other cardigans and while I am annoyed because they COULD be better, I tend to get them if the album is one that makes me want to curl up in a chair and listen to it. XD

So far it's also only been the albums I super love. 🥰 I skipped it the first time it was up.

Kim Acuff Steiner @emberdione.bsky.social · 18h

It's definitely not cool enough outside to wear it but it's very cozy. XD

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Dr. Katharine Dickson @metaomicsnerd.bsky.social · 18h

Yes, I believe a significant solution to this is to find a better electoral structure because ours is terrible.

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Dr. Katharine Dickson @metaomicsnerd.bsky.social · 21h

My hot take of the day is that people on the liberal-to-left side of the political spectrum who parse their positions excessively through a frame of moral purity are at elevated risk of sliding into authoritarianism

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Kim Acuff Steiner @emberdione.bsky.social · 18h

"Look at what arrived!"

"That sure does look like something you'd wear to walk into a Starbucks and order your Pumpkin Spice Latte." (Complimentary)

An aggressively orange cardigan sleeve with stars on it.

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Kim Acuff Steiner @emberdione.bsky.social · 1d

"I've had 'Actually Romantic' stuck in my head."

"I've had 'CANCELLED!' stuck in my head."

"Heh."

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Wil Wheaton @wilwheaton.net · 1d

A gentle reminder for whoever needs it: you don't have to make yourself small for anyone. You are perfect, exactly the way you are.

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joemag @joemag.games · 1d

As of today I've been working in the games industry for 20 years.

In the past I've done threads of little bon mots and bits of advice but I think this year I'll stick to:

make cool stuff, hope it pays the bills, help others do the same

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Kim Acuff Steiner @emberdione.bsky.social · 1d

www.propublica.org/article/elon...

Okay - but if anyone was going to do it...

Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Accused of Nearly 800 Environmental Violations on Las Vegas Project

Nevada could’ve fined the company more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”