Chris DeLeon ⓥ DevPods.gg gamedev collabs
@chrisdeleon.bsky.social
I help people make games (DevPods.gg). GameDev since 97. Worked on Topple, Boom Blox, Medal of Honor. Formerly IGDA LA, IndieCade, Extra Credits. 4 GDC talks. 400k udemy students, 10M YouTube views/100k subs, 170k podcast DL. Vegan 24yr. Mask😷 he/him
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Here's how we released 200+ games #gamedev #gamedevelopment #indiegamedev #gamedesign
p.s. it's my birthday in 2 weeks if you'd like to do something for the soon to be birthday boy nothing would make me happier than sharing this video on what I've been doing with my life so I can help more people ♥️
p.s. it's my birthday in 2 weeks if you'd like to do something for the soon to be birthday boy nothing would make me happier than sharing this video on what I've been doing with my life so I can help more people ♥️
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ad industry: hey buddy need some level III+ body armor
it would be difficult to sufficiently emphasize just how much I've never searched for or bought any of this type of thing, the only possible demographic criteria they could be targeting is I'm a 41 year old white guy living in the united states
it would be difficult to sufficiently emphasize just how much I've never searched for or bought any of this type of thing, the only possible demographic criteria they could be targeting is I'm a 41 year old white guy living in the united states
January 28, 2026 at 5:12 PM
ad industry: hey buddy need some level III+ body armor
it would be difficult to sufficiently emphasize just how much I've never searched for or bought any of this type of thing, the only possible demographic criteria they could be targeting is I'm a 41 year old white guy living in the united states
it would be difficult to sufficiently emphasize just how much I've never searched for or bought any of this type of thing, the only possible demographic criteria they could be targeting is I'm a 41 year old white guy living in the united states
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adding alt text to this comic which accurately depicts how everyone on bsky is friends because for unrelated reasons we're all on the internet too much
January 28, 2026 at 8:43 PM
adding alt text to this comic which accurately depicts how everyone on bsky is friends because for unrelated reasons we're all on the internet too much
"how's it going"
January 28, 2026 at 9:32 PM
"how's it going"
I briefly tried editing on a french resistance beret and making the photo black and white but it actually only made it less cool because this photo is already maximum cool exactly as is
Scrolling through the photos of Pam Bondi's "Minnesota rioters," it's just hero after hero. Every photo includes a cowardly DHS agent with their back to the camera.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
January 28, 2026 at 9:26 PM
I briefly tried editing on a french resistance beret and making the photo black and white but it actually only made it less cool because this photo is already maximum cool exactly as is
adding alt text to this comic which accurately depicts how everyone on bsky is friends because for unrelated reasons we're all on the internet too much
January 28, 2026 at 8:43 PM
adding alt text to this comic which accurately depicts how everyone on bsky is friends because for unrelated reasons we're all on the internet too much
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Big news that I'm delighted to no longer be keeping a secret: Next week I join @wired.com as a senior writer!
As everyone knows, this is a top-tier publication and indispensable record of digital life today. I'll be covering internet culture in all forms, as I have for almost 15 years now.
As everyone knows, this is a top-tier publication and indispensable record of digital life today. I'll be covering internet culture in all forms, as I have for almost 15 years now.
January 28, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Big news that I'm delighted to no longer be keeping a secret: Next week I join @wired.com as a senior writer!
As everyone knows, this is a top-tier publication and indispensable record of digital life today. I'll be covering internet culture in all forms, as I have for almost 15 years now.
As everyone knows, this is a top-tier publication and indispensable record of digital life today. I'll be covering internet culture in all forms, as I have for almost 15 years now.
this is amazing world class dunk documented here but I'm going to the trouble to add a bunch of detailed alt text through a mix of OCR and typed notes therefore you all gotta reshare sorry I don't make the rules
![Joe Weisenthal @TheStalwart tweet a day ago:
Everyone needs to seek truth from facts here. This was @edzitron's argument last year, that the tech was hitting a dead end. Don't lie about the extent of the argument.
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What if what we're seeing today isn't a glimpse of the future, but the new terms of the present? What if artificial intelligence isn't actually capable of doing much more than what we're seeing today, and what if there's no clear timeline when it'll be able to do more? What if this entire hype cycle has been built, goosed by a compliant media ready and willing to take career-embellishers at their word?
Me, in March 2024.
I have been warning you for the best part of a year that generative Al has no killer apps and had no way of justifying its valuations (February), that generative Al had already peaked (March), and I have pleaded with people to consider an eventuality where the jump from GPT-4 to GPT-5 was not significant, in part due to a lack of training data (April).
I shared concerns in July that the transformer-based-architecture underpinning generative Al was a dead end, and that there were few ways we'd progress past the products we'd already seen, in part due to both the limits of training data and the limits of models that use said training data. In August, I summarized the Pale Horses of the Al Apocalypse - events, many that have since come to pass, that would signify that the end is indeed nigh - and again added that GPT-5 would likely "not change the game enough to matter, let alone [add] a new architecture to build future (and more capable) models on."
Throughout these pieces I have repeatedly made the point that - separate to any lack of a core value proposition, training data drought, or unsustainable economics - generative Al is a dead end due to the limitations of probabilistic models that hallucinate, where they authoritatively state things that aren't true. The hallucination problem is one that...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wnovqylk7dhhl4otvtjp5mch/bafkreift7j7p6fy6pquk6rsymmtcynwzjyumkuftr7gqauzc3ozvent4mm@jpeg)
January 28, 2026 at 7:53 PM
this is amazing world class dunk documented here but I'm going to the trouble to add a bunch of detailed alt text through a mix of OCR and typed notes therefore you all gotta reshare sorry I don't make the rules
reading that last line here like the part of the commercial that ends on a slogan like "it's in the game" or even "I'm on a horse"
Stream day!
Let’s have a look at three manuals today as I celebrate joining the @soundstone.network stable of shows. We have Fatal Fury, Game Boy Spider Man and Death Duel.
twitch.tv/nicmcconnell
12pm Pacific TODAY - Wednesday the 28th
I’m on DayQuil!
Let’s have a look at three manuals today as I celebrate joining the @soundstone.network stable of shows. We have Fatal Fury, Game Boy Spider Man and Death Duel.
twitch.tv/nicmcconnell
12pm Pacific TODAY - Wednesday the 28th
I’m on DayQuil!
January 28, 2026 at 7:44 PM
reading that last line here like the part of the commercial that ends on a slogan like "it's in the game" or even "I'm on a horse"
for entirely unrelated reasons to why I wrote the quoted post 2 weeks ago, but the point absolutely stands
January 28, 2026 at 7:41 PM
for entirely unrelated reasons to why I wrote the quoted post 2 weeks ago, but the point absolutely stands
a year or two later this is still true, even more than ever, if I glance at an account and they're not at least sorta visibly losing it they're either a bot or there's something very off about them
checking accounts following me trying to tell who is a real person to follow back when the bio/posts are too hinged for 2024, nothing weird about them
January 28, 2026 at 6:15 PM
a year or two later this is still true, even more than ever, if I glance at an account and they're not at least sorta visibly losing it they're either a bot or there's something very off about them
lot of this stuff going on - just my opinion here - not great
a man sitting in front of a computer with #jackryan written on the screen
Alt: John Krasinski sitting by computers and papers rubbing his chin thinking, from jack ryan but when he still pretty much looked the same as when he was Jim in the Office.
media.tenor.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:08 PM
lot of this stuff going on - just my opinion here - not great
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Absolutely incredible sequence from CNN.
"Maduro was a paranoid lunatic always lying about the CIA trying to overthrow him. Anyways, now that the CIA has overthrown him..."
"Maduro was a paranoid lunatic always lying about the CIA trying to overthrow him. Anyways, now that the CIA has overthrown him..."
January 28, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Absolutely incredible sequence from CNN.
"Maduro was a paranoid lunatic always lying about the CIA trying to overthrow him. Anyways, now that the CIA has overthrown him..."
"Maduro was a paranoid lunatic always lying about the CIA trying to overthrow him. Anyways, now that the CIA has overthrown him..."
Yourself, but as a cartoon.
saw like 5 already with Milhouse so leaning into this idea most of us all multiverse variants of Milhouse
saw like 5 already with Milhouse so leaning into this idea most of us all multiverse variants of Milhouse
January 28, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Yourself, but as a cartoon.
saw like 5 already with Milhouse so leaning into this idea most of us all multiverse variants of Milhouse
saw like 5 already with Milhouse so leaning into this idea most of us all multiverse variants of Milhouse
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I'm calling bullshit on the media narrative that Trump is "pivoting" and "deescalating" on his ICE raids. The threshold is this: As long as the military occupations and the treatment of US cities as enemy territory continue, there's no pivot. ICE out. 1/
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
Donald Trump Is Frightened
Trump wants to appear eager to minimize out-of-control clashes between government militias and protesters. But he doesn’t want to stop the things causing those clashes in the first place.
newrepublic.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:40 PM
I'm calling bullshit on the media narrative that Trump is "pivoting" and "deescalating" on his ICE raids. The threshold is this: As long as the military occupations and the treatment of US cities as enemy territory continue, there's no pivot. ICE out. 1/
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
ad industry: hey buddy need some level III+ body armor
it would be difficult to sufficiently emphasize just how much I've never searched for or bought any of this type of thing, the only possible demographic criteria they could be targeting is I'm a 41 year old white guy living in the united states
it would be difficult to sufficiently emphasize just how much I've never searched for or bought any of this type of thing, the only possible demographic criteria they could be targeting is I'm a 41 year old white guy living in the united states
January 28, 2026 at 5:12 PM
ad industry: hey buddy need some level III+ body armor
it would be difficult to sufficiently emphasize just how much I've never searched for or bought any of this type of thing, the only possible demographic criteria they could be targeting is I'm a 41 year old white guy living in the united states
it would be difficult to sufficiently emphasize just how much I've never searched for or bought any of this type of thing, the only possible demographic criteria they could be targeting is I'm a 41 year old white guy living in the united states
I wonder if he only started carrying after five federal agents broke his rib the week prior, over him shouting and blowing a whistle at them for chasing a family, in which case not only was he correct about the importance of doing so, but I probably need to take a little break from posting for a bit
DHS paramilitary practices in Minneapolis raise massive legal flags. If you care about civil liberties, now’s the time to demand real oversight——contact your reps, demand a congressional inquiry, and support watchdog orgs pressing for transparency.
www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...
Alex Pretti was in earlier confrontation with federal agents who tackled him, broke his rib, sources say | CNN
Federal immigration officials have been collecting information on protesters and agitators, sources told CNN.
www.cnn.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:06 PM
I wonder if he only started carrying after five federal agents broke his rib the week prior, over him shouting and blowing a whistle at them for chasing a family, in which case not only was he correct about the importance of doing so, but I probably need to take a little break from posting for a bit
today is another day when it might happen 🌅
a man in a black shirt says " what are you waiting for " on a green background
Alt: young man shia labeouf in a black shirt intensely yells "what are you waiting for, DO IT!" in front of a green background, as he uses hand gestures for emphasis as if he's rallying a sports team, pointing into his hand and forcefully wrapping together fingers as if crushing something small. he alternates between looking directly into the camera and focusing on the imaginary thing he's crushing in his hand.
media.tenor.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:24 PM
today is another day when it might happen 🌅
starting the day with medical grade secret of mana remixes
TPR - Melancholy Music From Secret Of Mana - Without A Trace (2018) - Full Album
YouTube video by TPR
www.youtube.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:10 PM
starting the day with medical grade secret of mana remixes
great reporting
people afraid to lose their work because of owner AI psychosis reminded of this:
> 87% of execs are using AI on the job, compared with just 27% of employees
www.businessinsider.com/executives-a...
many jobs are less safe as execs turn to using AI, leading them deeper into delusions
people afraid to lose their work because of owner AI psychosis reminded of this:
> 87% of execs are using AI on the job, compared with just 27% of employees
www.businessinsider.com/executives-a...
many jobs are less safe as execs turn to using AI, leading them deeper into delusions
we get into it on this week's (not three hours long) 404 Media podcast: youtu.be/EFv0rD9F9es?...
Creators Worry Porn Platform Is Falling Into ‘AI Psychosis’
YouTube video by 404 Media
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 3:40 PM
great reporting
people afraid to lose their work because of owner AI psychosis reminded of this:
> 87% of execs are using AI on the job, compared with just 27% of employees
www.businessinsider.com/executives-a...
many jobs are less safe as execs turn to using AI, leading them deeper into delusions
people afraid to lose their work because of owner AI psychosis reminded of this:
> 87% of execs are using AI on the job, compared with just 27% of employees
www.businessinsider.com/executives-a...
many jobs are less safe as execs turn to using AI, leading them deeper into delusions
solution is simple: always look at phone
my biggest nightmare is that I won’t be looking at my phone when It Happens
January 28, 2026 at 6:03 AM
solution is simple: always look at phone
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That's a brave human being.
REP. OMAR after being attacked with liquid: “We will continue! These fucking assholes are not gonna get away with this! Here is the reality people like this ugly man don’t understand — we are Minnesota Strong. We’ll stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us.”
January 28, 2026 at 5:23 AM
That's a brave human being.
when my friends on here are vague posting about something going on but I can't tell what it is so maybe just already muted or blocked the account I guess, and I could just ask, but also playing detective following breadcrumb clues in replies to the vague posts is kinda fun
a man in a suit and tie stands in a room
Alt: john travolta in suit looking around disoriented, I think from pulp fiction. indoors. holding a coat over his arm. common but outdated meme clip.
media.tenor.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:18 AM
when my friends on here are vague posting about something going on but I can't tell what it is so maybe just already muted or blocked the account I guess, and I could just ask, but also playing detective following breadcrumb clues in replies to the vague posts is kinda fun
when people show you AI art just to show you how bad it is and still nobody wants to look at it you can feel your brain collapsing
a cartoon of spongebob and patrick with the words look at it below them
Alt: a cartoon of spongebob and patrick, smelly armpits of patrick held up, patrick yelling look at it!
media.tenor.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:26 AM
when people show you AI art just to show you how bad it is and still nobody wants to look at it you can feel your brain collapsing
my theory based on how hardcore fans are about twin peaks is many might be making a point of recreating the experience as david lynch originally intended, so after they finish watching season 2 they wait 25 years before watching the return
For all that people borrow heavily from Twin Peaks, you can really tell how few got through (or remotely understood) The Return
There's some truly phenomenal stuff in the back half that I'm not sure I've seen others play with? Or at least not many
Horror game devs really should watch it all
There's some truly phenomenal stuff in the back half that I'm not sure I've seen others play with? Or at least not many
Horror game devs really should watch it all
a bald man with glasses and a mustache says it 's already late and i 'm so sleepy ..
Alt: a bald man with glasses and a mustache says it 's already late and i 'm so sleepy .. Who is shaped like a toe
media.tenor.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:18 PM
my theory based on how hardcore fans are about twin peaks is many might be making a point of recreating the experience as david lynch originally intended, so after they finish watching season 2 they wait 25 years before watching the return