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Michael Fitch

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Game developer, father, cultural critic. Wishlist Thick As Thieves on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3341000/Thick_As_Thieves/

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Michael Fitch @fitchgames.bsky.social · 21d

For anyone who’s just stumbling across me and wondering, “who is this idiot?”, here’s the end of a career retrospective I wrote this summer:

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25 years of game development: a long, strange trip | Michael Fitch posted on the topic | LinkedIn

Hi. My name is Michael. I've been making games professionally for 25 years now. June 5, 2000, I walked into Atomic games with a leather messenger bag, a comp book, an absurd number of pens, and a w...

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Michael Fitch @fitchgames.bsky.social · 23h

Hilarious. Since I’ve never met you and only know Austin, I read the entire thing in his voice. It sounded just like him.

Michael Fitch @fitchgames.bsky.social · 1d

I was coming to say Hey Dudes. I have pretty sturdy feet - no support issues, and they do fine even when I walk 4-5 hours in a day.

Michael Fitch @fitchgames.bsky.social · 1d

I left ABD and haven’t had any contact with anyone from that world in two decades.

Michael Fitch @fitchgames.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve had dreams where I move like that.

Jason Adams @jamnpp.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.

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joemag @joemag.games · 2d

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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Michael Fitch @fitchgames.bsky.social · 2d

Not if, when.

A crash is good for forcing fire sales. If you’re rich enough, it’s a buyer’s market.

Michael Fitch @fitchgames.bsky.social · 3d

One of the best pitches I ever sat in on in my years in publishing.

Michael Fitch @fitchgames.bsky.social · 3d

They looked at polls?

Michael Fitch @fitchgames.bsky.social · 3d

Canvassing. Talking to real people in person. Running registration drives in your town. The solution to a media problem isn’t media; it’s recentering people around what matters.

You can yell at the television all you want, but that will not change the content on it.

Michael Fitch @fitchgames.bsky.social · 4d

Kickstarter time…

Michael Fitch @fitchgames.bsky.social · 4d

If you’re focused on what the Dems can do with messaging, you’re missing that billionaires have bought all the media outlets.

It’s time for a different kind of organizing. The pundit class is complicit.

Michael Fitch @fitchgames.bsky.social · 4d

He’s a keeper

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René Otto @aceottorney.bsky.social · 5d

Proud to announce Deviant Legal’s Game Developer’s Guide to Publishing Agreements: a free resource for developers wanting to learn about publishing deals. Publicly accessible, without requiring to provide your data: deviantlegal.com/guide/game-d...

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Michael Fitch @fitchgames.bsky.social · 5d

And I would have gotten away with it, too…

Michael Fitch @fitchgames.bsky.social · 5d

Shakespeare never met a dick joke that he wouldn’t use, good or not

Michael Fitch @fitchgames.bsky.social · 5d

I'm starting to think that the goal with GenAI isn't profitability at all - it's market control.

They need a massive energy sink as cheap, renewable energy comes online.

They need ways to make convincing propaganda because propaganda is all they have.

Profit doesn't matter.

Michael Fitch @fitchgames.bsky.social · 5d

There is no way to scale this that makes money. They're losing money on every video made. Even if you did hit virality with some content, it can't cover the millions of daily hits.

The economics of GenAI are truly in Enron territory - look at the latest AMD deal.

Michael Fitch @fitchgames.bsky.social · 5d

The AI industry is about to learn the hard way something the games industry learned long ago:

No amount of marketing is going to get people to use software they don’t want to use.

Michael Fitch @fitchgames.bsky.social · 6d

The kids are gonna be alright...

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Michelle Flamm @kaieta.bsky.social · 6d

Continued reminder I'm looking for work! I can't move from the Washington area but have successfully been remote for almost 10 years no matter the timezones!!!

Michelle Flamm @kaieta.bsky.social · Jun 30

Starting this up again! Hi I'm Michelle Flamm Im a Senior Systems Designer and worked on Dragon Age, Elder Scrolls, Weird West and so much more! Currently I'm looking for work, please feel free to DM me leads etc!

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Michael Fitch @fitchgames.bsky.social · 6d

The reason they have to do it now is that Trump could die any day. We can all see this.

Once Trump goes, there is no support for these policies.

The lie of anyone having voted for this becomes unsustainable.

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 7d

Pretty clear Stephen Miller, Noem, Hegseth and Trump are trying to provoke a Civil War at this point. What's interesting is they want to do it now, because even though they're unpopular, they seem to believe this is the most popular they'll be ever again. We can't let them win.

Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 7d

This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States.

America is on the brink of martial law.

Do not be silent.

Michael Fitch @fitchgames.bsky.social · 6d

I don’t think people have fully processed that there’s an alternate reality factory inside the White House showing Trump video of things that are not happening.

The mad king is completely untethered to reality.

Hunter @hunterub.bsky.social · 7d

This feels like evidence Trump's aides are deliberately gaslighting him, which is unfortunately very easy to do with dementia sufferers (Trump did it to his father) and which aides are using to seize control of the US military for their own purposes.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7d

The protests are on one block. Nothing is burning down. His justification for sending in troops is all based on lies.

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Andy Walsh @englishscribe.bsky.social · 7d

WGGB Free Online Gamewriting Talks, 15 October, 7-8.45pm (GMT)

Shares welcome! Grab your tickets now!

Shaping your game narrative

Every game has different writing needs, so how do you figure out the best approach? In this set of lightning talks-

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Michael Fitch @fitchgames.bsky.social · 6d

The thing about this administration is that it has shown how hollow and empty the GOP is.

There is no principle they are willing to stand up for other than “winning”, whatever that means.

Freedom of speech, free markets, states rights - words only.

Republicans have no spines.

Michael Fitch @fitchgames.bsky.social · 7d

Yes, exactly. Playing for the center makes sense when there’s a center. With no center, you play to your values and try to move the situation through turnout.

Playing for the nonexistent center just pisses off the people who are motivated by values.

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