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Brian of Ysbryd @briankwek.bsky.social · 1h

I’ve never attended an actual book club discussion, but the answers here give me the sensation of what it’d be like to go to one where folks sincerely engage with the material.

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Brian of Ysbryd @briankwek.bsky.social · 5h

I played it on Hard mode for my first run, and generally didn’t run away from fights. There was a supply of slightly more than enough weapons / durability than I ultimately needed, but only because I would religiously backtrack to grab weapons. Removing that tedium probably would have been a relief.

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Brian of Ysbryd @briankwek.bsky.social · 9h

The worst game I’ve ever worked on was the one with 12 shareholders. (Still an indie game.)

Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 19h

Make shorter games with worse graphics and fewer shareholders

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dr. hazel 🐝 @hazelmonforton.com · 2d

The King of All Cosmos from the Katamari series, with a speech bubble.

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Brian of Ysbryd @briankwek.bsky.social · 11h

15 years of “wisdom” is equivalent to 3 months of experience in our industry. Very little that’s come before applies to what you will go through today. Most things that can be described as a modern hit either relied on an IP with past success, or didn’t follow any of the rules of “good marketing.”

Old DeuTaranomy 🧶⚒️ @kindofstrange.com · 1d

Those of you who have been in gamedev for 5yrs+

What do you wish you knew before you joined the industry? What life lesson would you pass down to someone just joining today?

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Tanat Boozayaangool 🔜 MIGW @tanatb.housefuckinggame.com · 1d

highlight of my professional game dev career

a twink in mesh green shirt on stage with slides in the back that says "I'm a fa***t and this is a game for fa**ots" with pictures of said twink pole dancing

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Brian of Ysbryd @briankwek.bsky.social · 1d

“Among the submissions Omni 1.0 has received… is one from Malaysia about police corruption there.

‘This particular story… would be very dangerous to make in Malaysia [without AI],’ Rice says.”

O…K… What do you think Sora and its ilk know about policemen in Malaysia that won’t be a hallucination?

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 2d

‘AI is here to stay and change things’: Mad Max director George Miller on why he is taking part in an AI film festival

The director believes AI has made film-making ‘way more egalitarian’ – and is set to lead the judges at Omni AI film festival in Australia There’s no arguing the use of artificial intelligence in film-making is getting a bad rap. Last week’s unveiling of Hollywood’s first AI “actress”, Tilly Norwood, generated howls of protest from actors’ unions across the UK and US, where the industry is still reeling from last year’s 118-day strike over, among other issues, the threat of AI. And earlier this week, Australia’s Productivity Commission was pilloried by Liberals and Greens alike for failing to recognise the dire impact AI may have on the country’s creative industries. Continue reading...

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Brian of Ysbryd @briankwek.bsky.social · 1d

Apropos of nothing, some of you will benefit from reading about this Japanese cultural phenomenon, the “fox’s wedding”:

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Kitsune no yomeiri - Wikipedia

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Minovsky @minovskyarticle.bsky.social · 2d

The Vinland Saga artist seems as cool as you'd hope he'd be.

Isaiah D. Colbert @shineyezehuhh.bsky.social · 2d

Also, Makoto Yukimura said trans rights.

io9: Your portrayal of Indigenous and transgender characters—like the Lnu tribe and Cordelia—stands out in a media landscape where such representation is still rare outside of series like Golden Kamuy, Skip and Loafer, and Paradise Kiss, where they’re often mishandled. What impact do you hope these characters have on expanding the narrative terrain? How do you see your storytelling challenging the ethnocentric lens that dominates much of mainstream media when it comes to that representation?

Yukimura: I did have written characters in [Vinland Saga] from a marginalized ethnic group [and] who are LGBTQ featured here. I actually wanted to portray a character with a disability in the story, too. However, because of the setting, I really couldn’t find the right place to incorporate such a character into the story. One thing I really don’t understand, though, is why do people attack such folks? Is it because they’re different? Why do they just focus on bad things about these groups and generalize them? I truly don’t understand why people do such things. I plainly feel sad when it comes to the way people treat each other.

To me, it’s quite normal for people to have uniqueness. It’s almost needless to say that we all individually have a uniqueness that might be considered different than what is the majority. For example, I grew up in an era where higher education was considered to be the most important thing in society in Japan. You almost had no paths in life outside of that structure. I actually do live outside of that structure, and I’m living perfectly fine. I really want to say that uniqueness is okay. I don’t understand why people are making those judgments to say, “This is okay, but this is not okay.”

I haven’t really thought about what this type of storytelling or character would have an impact on society at all. I’m just writing, drawing, and portraying society as I see it and what I think is normal from my eyes in the manga. If people don’t agree with that version of what I think is a normal society, then oh well. (Laughs) That’s too bad. Those people don’t have to read my manga.

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Brian of Ysbryd @briankwek.bsky.social · 2d

A screenshot from a quick Google search, the first result being an excerpt from Wikipedia’s entry on the 2008 financial crisis, specifically about an estimation from the International Monetary Fund that large US and EU banks lost more than $1 trillion on toxic assets and bad loans during the period of the crisis.

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 3d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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Brian of Ysbryd @briankwek.bsky.social · 3d

At PAX last month I attended a panel about the Best Fishing mini-games of all time, and the most profound wisdom came from a master fisher who’s caught all 1,707 fish (or however many there are) in all of FFXIV

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Brian of Ysbryd @briankwek.bsky.social · 4d

My brain went brrrrr when I thought about how to render “a cry for help” in 3 letters. SAD? NOO? OOU? BAA?

Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 4d

Scariest part of silent hill f so far is when I briefly thought it was gonna make me do math

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Brian of Ysbryd @briankwek.bsky.social · 4d

Half of these are easy softballs, Vitasoy might be more difficult if you weren’t born in SEA, but I’m wondering just how many people in the English-speaking world know about Zhen Zhen lychee soda (because I did not!)

PLECTRUM SOFT - Wishlist Project Mix! @plectrumxr.bsky.social · 4d

Some knock off brand drinks we're working on that will be part of the PROJECT MIX world

Do you recognize any of these?

#indiegame #gamedev

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Al Yang @qqbert.bsky.social · 6d

Our lighting team lead Chih-Yao ( SCY00178 elsewhere ) created this amazing piece to celebrate the launch of SILENT HILL f ( these guys freaking NAILED the atmosphere 💖 ) #silenthillf

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Nova Crystallis @novacrystallis.com · 7d

Final Fantasy Tactics The Ivalice Chronicles illustration by Ryoko Kui (Delicious in Dungeon) for Weekly Famitsu No. 1915:

Various FFT jobs are depicted including White Mages, Knight, Mimic, Summoner, Time Mage, Dragoon, Chemist, Monk, and more.

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Andy Kelly @ultrabrilliant.xyz · 7d

The Japanese Mario 64 official strategy guide is an incredible thing. "Can we make little hand-made dioramas of all the levels?" "Sure, why the hell not."

A model of the first level from Mario 64.

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Ysbryd Games | Demonschool Nov 19th! @ysbryd.net · 7d

🔴 INCOMING DEMO ALERT 🔴

After wowing players, critics, and award juries at conventions, our psychological horror platformer LOVE ETERNAL will be playable during Steam Next Fest from October 13th.

Wishlist now and be ready to be taken away. Away awaits love.

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 8d

Folks who create videos about games on the internet: I have questions for you if you'd be so kind. I'm trying to determine the relationship between traditional media and those who create videos about games and have never worked for the games press. Sharing is appreciated!

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Games influencer press relationship query

I'm trying to determine to what extend people who create videos about games engage with "traditional" press as a source for what games to cover. Please only answer these questions if you are someone w...

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Brian of Ysbryd @briankwek.bsky.social · 9d

The isekai title of publisher names 🫡

Jacob Janerka @jacobjanerka.bsky.social · 10d

The WORST thing about getting published by Devolver is that we had to get rid of this

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Nautilus Games | Everdeep Aurora OUT NOW! @nautilusdev.bsky.social · 10d

✨Everdeep Aurora is 15% off on Steam and
🎵The Original Soundtrack is now available on Steam and Bandcamp!!!

If you enjoyed the music and want to support our composer @viktorrkraus.bsky.social , go grab it! 💿✨

[Links in the responses]

See you, Everdeep kitten... ✨

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Brian of Ysbryd @briankwek.bsky.social · 10d

It turns out the talents are "just" cosplayers! Kudos to them for a job well done. I suppose Team Silent / Konami has done these kinds of briefs before - seems at least one of them did the SH2 bubble head nurse too.

A screencap of an X post from the cosplayer Ichinose Yukino. The post shows herself and four other cosplayers with a "before" photo of themselves in Japanese school uniform costumes and no cosplay wig or mask adornments, and an "after" photo of the same five cosplayers in full cosplay regalia posing as unnaturally posed scarecrow-like mannequins in the same uniforms at the Silent Hill F booth for Tokyo Game Show 2025.

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Alanna Smith @alannamode.bsky.social · 10d

Give folks their flowers

No, I mean right now. Go tell someone you loved their work right now. They're on social media just say it, it has never been easier

"They know how much people love--" no they don't go say it right now to a composer or artist or game dev or writer or anyone AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

Murlin @murlin.bsky.social · 11d

From bravewave.net/interviews/t...

Mo: Do you remember the first time you met someone who said they loved your work on Mega Man 2?

Tateishi: You’re the first, in 2013. No one else has.

Mo: Wow. I’m surprised. I don’t even have a follow-up question… how could no one come up and say something.

Tateishi: …

Mo: Now that you know how big Mega Man 2 is outside of Japan, do you look fondly back at the soundtrack?

Tateishi: Yeah, my thoughts have changed since I met you and became more aware of how people felt. But even when I was at Konami, I didn’t even bother telling anyone I did Mega Man 2. So the fact you came all the way to Japan to tell me these things makes me very happy I worked on the game all those years ago.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 11d

I’m too old for this bullshit but kids need to get with it and play Chrono Trigger because they’ll meet a lovable medieval frog and be swept away by the orchestral magic of Yasunori Mitsuda instead of whatever the fuck this is

IGN @ign.com · 11d

Fortnite has disabled the "Peaceful Hips" emote, inspired by the dance seen in the opening of James Gunn's Peacemaker series, due to alleged Nazi imagery.

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