ben burbank
@bburbank.bsky.social
video game programmer at valve; ex-campo santo, double fine, ea. I believe in you, so go for it.
エンディングまで泣くんじゃない。
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エンディングまで泣くんじゃない。
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ben burbank
@bburbank.bsky.social
· Jul 3
a bunch of different creative industries experiencing a constantly perilous decade(s) is just heartbreaking and terrible
find decency and joy where you can
keep your friends close, and help them when they need it
find decency and joy where you can
keep your friends close, and help them when they need it
in new york, listening to the beautiful audiobook of We, The Drowned, a 4th person (first person plural) epic novel about a small danish town sending their boys off to the navy over many decades.
I last read it on my Oakland-SF ferry commutes when I worked at double fine, my favorite boat book.
I last read it on my Oakland-SF ferry commutes when I worked at double fine, my favorite boat book.
December 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
in new york, listening to the beautiful audiobook of We, The Drowned, a 4th person (first person plural) epic novel about a small danish town sending their boys off to the navy over many decades.
I last read it on my Oakland-SF ferry commutes when I worked at double fine, my favorite boat book.
I last read it on my Oakland-SF ferry commutes when I worked at double fine, my favorite boat book.
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Etched in the scheme of nature's own hand
December 27, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Etched in the scheme of nature's own hand
dang these dragon quest 1-3 remakes are so incredibly the jam I needed
December 27, 2025 at 6:44 AM
dang these dragon quest 1-3 remakes are so incredibly the jam I needed
we’ve got theatre teens so we do a table read of a christmas carol where we play all the parts, I’ve been adding alt lines to the script (like the “christmas pilled / scrooge mode” nonsense).
December 25, 2025 at 7:46 PM
we’ve got theatre teens so we do a table read of a christmas carol where we play all the parts, I’ve been adding alt lines to the script (like the “christmas pilled / scrooge mode” nonsense).
happy christmas to that guy who thinks I’m his friend Des and has been texting me for 10 years with no replies
December 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
happy christmas to that guy who thinks I’m his friend Des and has been texting me for 10 years with no replies
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Miles Morales is a great Christmas game btw. If you've played it before you can blast through the main story in 8-9 hours and there's decorations and snow through the whole thing. Also it's really sweet, it's about loving and protecting your community.
December 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Miles Morales is a great Christmas game btw. If you've played it before you can blast through the main story in 8-9 hours and there's decorations and snow through the whole thing. Also it's really sweet, it's about loving and protecting your community.
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out here paying fealty to Our King
December 25, 2025 at 12:28 AM
out here paying fealty to Our King
showing up at every christmas party with a gingerale cocktail I call “christmas meth” and constantly saying “have you tried this, it’s like meth, it’s so good”
December 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
showing up at every christmas party with a gingerale cocktail I call “christmas meth” and constantly saying “have you tried this, it’s like meth, it’s so good”
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Ace Combat 7 is on sale for only $5?!
Save 92% on ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN on Steam
Become an ace pilot and soar through photorealistic skies with full 360 degree movement; down enemy aircraft and experience the thrill of engaging in realistic sorties! Aerial combat has never looked ...
store.steampowered.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Ace Combat 7 is on sale for only $5?!
can’t believe it’s 2025 and grown ass na’vi are out here saying skxawng again, smdh
December 19, 2025 at 8:19 PM
can’t believe it’s 2025 and grown ass na’vi are out here saying skxawng again, smdh
here in the pacific northwest the solstice is very important because it means you are at the bottom of the dark hole and every day after it you get 90 extra seconds of glorious daylight.
anyway it's 5 days until the longest night.
finji.itch.io/longest-night
anyway it's 5 days until the longest night.
finji.itch.io/longest-night
Longest Night by Finji, InfiniteAmmo, Scott Benson
Gather round the campfire and trace the constellations in this Night In The Woods supplemental!
finji.itch.io
December 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
here in the pacific northwest the solstice is very important because it means you are at the bottom of the dark hole and every day after it you get 90 extra seconds of glorious daylight.
anyway it's 5 days until the longest night.
finji.itch.io/longest-night
anyway it's 5 days until the longest night.
finji.itch.io/longest-night
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Tokyo Godfathers is now available to watch on the Criterion Channel ❤️
December 15, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Tokyo Godfathers is now available to watch on the Criterion Channel ❤️
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I know a lot of you aren't into sports but I think you'll appreciate that the Colts ran out of quarterbacks, so they pulled a 44-year-old literal grandpa out of retirement to play today. He coaches high school football, I'm really happy imagining his students losing their minds watching him on TV.
December 14, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I know a lot of you aren't into sports but I think you'll appreciate that the Colts ran out of quarterbacks, so they pulled a 44-year-old literal grandpa out of retirement to play today. He coaches high school football, I'm really happy imagining his students losing their minds watching him on TV.
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Looking for my noble Einherjar on this #ScanlineSunday
December 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Looking for my noble Einherjar on this #ScanlineSunday
been getting weird crashes on my main pc and I’m so worried memtest will fail and I’ll have to spend a million dollars to get some dollar store ram in a hurry
December 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM
been getting weird crashes on my main pc and I’m so worried memtest will fail and I’ll have to spend a million dollars to get some dollar store ram in a hurry
my god you guys sebulba is back
December 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
my god you guys sebulba is back
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“I wish there was a game development conference somewhere other than San Francisco.”
December 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
“I wish there was a game development conference somewhere other than San Francisco.”
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After nine years of development, meshoptimizer has reached its first major version, 1.0!
This release focuses on improvements in clusterization and simplification as well as stabilization. Here's a release announcement with more details on past, present and future; please RT!
meshoptimizer.org/v1
This release focuses on improvements in clusterization and simplification as well as stabilization. Here's a release announcement with more details on past, present and future; please RT!
meshoptimizer.org/v1
🐇 meshoptimizer v1.0
Mesh optimization library that makes meshes smaller and faster to render
meshoptimizer.org
December 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
After nine years of development, meshoptimizer has reached its first major version, 1.0!
This release focuses on improvements in clusterization and simplification as well as stabilization. Here's a release announcement with more details on past, present and future; please RT!
meshoptimizer.org/v1
This release focuses on improvements in clusterization and simplification as well as stabilization. Here's a release announcement with more details on past, present and future; please RT!
meshoptimizer.org/v1
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Just in case ever you wanted to see all (remastered) animation frames from Day of the Tentacle scaled down on a single image.
December 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Just in case ever you wanted to see all (remastered) animation frames from Day of the Tentacle scaled down on a single image.
Been a week and I’m still thinking about Wake Up Dead Man. Very good movie with great themes. Wish it had a long run + wide release but there’s nostalgia magic here.
Seeing a good normal movie in a rundown dingy crowded theater reminded me of how movie houses used to feel.
Seeing a good normal movie in a rundown dingy crowded theater reminded me of how movie houses used to feel.
December 6, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Been a week and I’m still thinking about Wake Up Dead Man. Very good movie with great themes. Wish it had a long run + wide release but there’s nostalgia magic here.
Seeing a good normal movie in a rundown dingy crowded theater reminded me of how movie houses used to feel.
Seeing a good normal movie in a rundown dingy crowded theater reminded me of how movie houses used to feel.
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December 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Jumanji (1995) is not technically a Jumanji. Jumanji (1995) investigates the aftermath of a Jumanji thirty years previously and is technically a Hellraiser
Thanks for your help! Here’s what I’ve found:
- Girl Underground
- This World Keeps Summoning Heroes
- Many classes, few systems
And:
- DIE is not an Isekai
- DCCarl is not an Isekai
- Any TTRPG could be an Isekai, why bother
- All TTRPGs are obviously Isekai already and I am a stultifying buffoon
- Girl Underground
- This World Keeps Summoning Heroes
- Many classes, few systems
And:
- DIE is not an Isekai
- DCCarl is not an Isekai
- Any TTRPG could be an Isekai, why bother
- All TTRPGs are obviously Isekai already and I am a stultifying buffoon
What Isekai TTRPGs are there? I'm trying to work out why this isn't a more popular genre.
So far we've worked out:
- DIE: the RPG, I suppose
- That one class from BREAK!!
- The Dungeoncrawler Carl TTRPG, I think, but it's not out yet
So far we've worked out:
- DIE: the RPG, I suppose
- That one class from BREAK!!
- The Dungeoncrawler Carl TTRPG, I think, but it's not out yet
December 5, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Jumanji (1995) is not technically a Jumanji. Jumanji (1995) investigates the aftermath of a Jumanji thirty years previously and is technically a Hellraiser