Edwyn "Omahdon" Tiong
@edwyntiong.com
Voice Actor. Audio Designer. Writer. (he/him) | Tangle Tower, Harold Halibut, Loco Motive, Old Skies, Diesel Legacy, Freedom Planet 2, Unavowed, Relic Hunters Legend, Dust: An Elysian Tail | banner by Paige Hender | pfp by Tesslyn Bergin
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I really don’t think we can overstate the harm that the tech ethos of move fast and break things (followed by the unsaid “and then just move on”) has done beyond tech. Government, ngos, universities, public schools that have invited the folks who think like this in keep ending up gutted
All DOGE accomplished was purging critical government staff, handing private data to outsiders, and sentencing thousands in developing countries to death by gutting USAID.
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter
U.S. President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency has disbanded with eight months left to its mandate.
www.cnbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I really don’t think we can overstate the harm that the tech ethos of move fast and break things (followed by the unsaid “and then just move on”) has done beyond tech. Government, ngos, universities, public schools that have invited the folks who think like this in keep ending up gutted
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This was my white whale for a long time, but the sourced audio sample during Xenogears' "Blazing Knights" boss fight track was taken from Christian Brando's manslaughter trial in 1990!
November 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This was my white whale for a long time, but the sourced audio sample during Xenogears' "Blazing Knights" boss fight track was taken from Christian Brando's manslaughter trial in 1990!
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We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.
November 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.
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Japan's best stop-motion studio isn't loud about it. But the quiet charm of its work speaks for itself.
We're exploring the specialness of dwarf studios in this issue:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/inside-dwa...
We're exploring the specialness of dwarf studios in this issue:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/inside-dwa...
November 24, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Japan's best stop-motion studio isn't loud about it. But the quiet charm of its work speaks for itself.
We're exploring the specialness of dwarf studios in this issue:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/inside-dwa...
We're exploring the specialness of dwarf studios in this issue:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/inside-dwa...
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this is such a depressing read. studios are happy to exploit the labour and creativity of women & queer people & poc but then turn around and sacrifice them to a baying mob of bad actors who they believe are their core audience. did we learn no lessons from gamergate?
For @aftermath.site, I spoke to @imodrew.bsky.social, the Sucker Punch dev fired after making a Charlie Kirk joke.
She paints a picture of an industry that all too often ignores bad actors until those bad actors threaten them financially.
aftermath.site/sucker-punch...
She paints a picture of an industry that all too often ignores bad actors until those bad actors threaten them financially.
aftermath.site/sucker-punch...
Two Months After Firing Over Charlie Kirk Comments, Ghost Of Yotei Dev Blames Harassment Campaign, Not ‘Bad Joke’
"I really don’t want this to happen to anyone else, because I feel like with the state of everything, it will absolutely happen to other people," says Drew Harrison
aftermath.site
November 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
this is such a depressing read. studios are happy to exploit the labour and creativity of women & queer people & poc but then turn around and sacrifice them to a baying mob of bad actors who they believe are their core audience. did we learn no lessons from gamergate?
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Still working night and day on The Mermaid Mask. I've never worked so hard or for so long on anything! Apologies again, about being so quiet for so long. It's been a real 'head down working' kind of year.
November 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Still working night and day on The Mermaid Mask. I've never worked so hard or for so long on anything! Apologies again, about being so quiet for so long. It's been a real 'head down working' kind of year.
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A reminder from Isabelle
November 17, 2025 at 1:25 PM
A reminder from Isabelle
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Malevola cosplay from Dispatch!
November 23, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Malevola cosplay from Dispatch!
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I get gen-AI-written emails lately on top of the usual scam ones, which feels extra bad cuz they look more convincing.
Some things to watch for:
🚩 Overly specific w flattery, but overly vague w what they want from you
🚩 Repeats long online summaries/keywords verbatim like it’s their own thoughts
Some things to watch for:
🚩 Overly specific w flattery, but overly vague w what they want from you
🚩 Repeats long online summaries/keywords verbatim like it’s their own thoughts
Evergreen warning for artists!!
If a prospective client is:
🚩 pushy/tries to rush your response time early on
🚩 insists on paying via cashier’s check
🚩 vague about how they want the art to look, but *really* specific about how they want it paid/delivered
It’s 🌈 a scam 🌈
If a prospective client is:
🚩 pushy/tries to rush your response time early on
🚩 insists on paying via cashier’s check
🚩 vague about how they want the art to look, but *really* specific about how they want it paid/delivered
It’s 🌈 a scam 🌈
November 23, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I get gen-AI-written emails lately on top of the usual scam ones, which feels extra bad cuz they look more convincing.
Some things to watch for:
🚩 Overly specific w flattery, but overly vague w what they want from you
🚩 Repeats long online summaries/keywords verbatim like it’s their own thoughts
Some things to watch for:
🚩 Overly specific w flattery, but overly vague w what they want from you
🚩 Repeats long online summaries/keywords verbatim like it’s their own thoughts
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Also out today, Phantom Brigade 2.0 - a total relaunch (and a half-price discount) for a game I wanted to love at launch but it was pretty flawed beyond its core (very fun) combat loop.
Well, they've replaced just about everything but that core loop. Only played a bit, but it seems VERY improved.
Well, they've replaced just about everything but that core loop. Only played a bit, but it seems VERY improved.
Save 50% on Phantom Brigade on Steam
Phantom Brigade 2.0 is a cinematic, tactical mech strategy game with a revolutionary timeline-based command system. See the future, predict enemy actions, and plot your counterattack on the timeline! ...
store.steampowered.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Also out today, Phantom Brigade 2.0 - a total relaunch (and a half-price discount) for a game I wanted to love at launch but it was pretty flawed beyond its core (very fun) combat loop.
Well, they've replaced just about everything but that core loop. Only played a bit, but it seems VERY improved.
Well, they've replaced just about everything but that core loop. Only played a bit, but it seems VERY improved.
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The next time you look at a book or film or game and sneer at how being very smart and very charismatic just makes the whole plot go by in Easy Mode for a character, I need you to remember that WH meeting yesterday.
November 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The next time you look at a book or film or game and sneer at how being very smart and very charismatic just makes the whole plot go by in Easy Mode for a character, I need you to remember that WH meeting yesterday.
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Absolutely thrilled seeing my art displayed in #AdventureX.
(I've already wishlisted more games in the demo area than I have time to play in 2026)
#AdvX25
(I've already wishlisted more games in the demo area than I have time to play in 2026)
#AdvX25
November 22, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Absolutely thrilled seeing my art displayed in #AdventureX.
(I've already wishlisted more games in the demo area than I have time to play in 2026)
#AdvX25
(I've already wishlisted more games in the demo area than I have time to play in 2026)
#AdvX25
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Just so it's clear. It's not allowing AI because it's trying to create a clean dataset for training AI. It's not because any of the involved parties actually care about human created art.
Demons can lie to you. You have to rebuke them categorically, rather than fold when they say the right words.
Demons can lie to you. You have to rebuke them categorically, rather than fold when they say the right words.
Vine is being rebooted under the name diVine, with funding from Twitter’s former CEO Jack Dorsey.
The app plans to feature more than 10,000 previously archived Vines and does not allow AI-generated content.
(divine.video)
The app plans to feature more than 10,000 previously archived Vines and does not allow AI-generated content.
(divine.video)
November 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Just so it's clear. It's not allowing AI because it's trying to create a clean dataset for training AI. It's not because any of the involved parties actually care about human created art.
Demons can lie to you. You have to rebuke them categorically, rather than fold when they say the right words.
Demons can lie to you. You have to rebuke them categorically, rather than fold when they say the right words.
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The project I have been working on now has a name and a Steam page. :)
I’m super happy to officially announce our next project, spearheaded by @threeohfour.bsky.social!
“Gilt” is a sci-fi/fantasy game about a priest haunted by a dying God.
Learn more (and wishlist!) over here:
store.steampowered.com/app/3979770
“Gilt” is a sci-fi/fantasy game about a priest haunted by a dying God.
Learn more (and wishlist!) over here:
store.steampowered.com/app/3979770
Gilt on Steam
Embark on a quest of redemption across the planet of Gilt to restore a disillusioned priest's faith, a dying God's power, and the waning hope of a people who have forgotten how to believe. A sci-fi fa...
store.steampowered.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:15 AM
The project I have been working on now has a name and a Steam page. :)
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Heads up: popular antivirus program Malwarebytes posted this warning about Google training it's AI on our emails. www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Apparently this is being gradually rolled out, so if the settings aren't enabled yet you may need to check back later to make sure they're disabled
Apparently this is being gradually rolled out, so if the settings aren't enabled yet you may need to check back later to make sure they're disabled
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Heads up: popular antivirus program Malwarebytes posted this warning about Google training it's AI on our emails. www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Apparently this is being gradually rolled out, so if the settings aren't enabled yet you may need to check back later to make sure they're disabled
Apparently this is being gradually rolled out, so if the settings aren't enabled yet you may need to check back later to make sure they're disabled
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Jennifer English realizing she's a lesbian and falling in love with one of her mocap directors (Aliona Baranova) over the course of making BG3 and seeing all the queer folks embracing Shadowheart and the impact the game had is genuinely one of the best stories in game production in a long time
Congrats to Jennifer English for winning the Best Lead Performer award at the 2025 #GoldenJoystickAwards!
And her acceptance speech about queer joy was a love letter to @aliona.bsky.social 🥹🌈
And her acceptance speech about queer joy was a love letter to @aliona.bsky.social 🥹🌈
November 21, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Jennifer English realizing she's a lesbian and falling in love with one of her mocap directors (Aliona Baranova) over the course of making BG3 and seeing all the queer folks embracing Shadowheart and the impact the game had is genuinely one of the best stories in game production in a long time
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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this is a lazy metaphor, the writers need to do better
BREAKING: The UN climate talks COP30 have been evacuated due to a fire breaking out inside the venue in Belém, Brazil.
November 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
this is a lazy metaphor, the writers need to do better
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Three things:
1) No longer classifying swastikas, nooses, and the Confederate flag as hate symbols is quite bad, and in line with many other actions from this admin.
2) Congrats to the cancel culture moral panickers.
3) I don't think a good political response to this is to shrug at Nazi tattoos.
1) No longer classifying swastikas, nooses, and the Confederate flag as hate symbols is quite bad, and in line with many other actions from this admin.
2) Congrats to the cancel culture moral panickers.
3) I don't think a good political response to this is to shrug at Nazi tattoos.
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Three things:
1) No longer classifying swastikas, nooses, and the Confederate flag as hate symbols is quite bad, and in line with many other actions from this admin.
2) Congrats to the cancel culture moral panickers.
3) I don't think a good political response to this is to shrug at Nazi tattoos.
1) No longer classifying swastikas, nooses, and the Confederate flag as hate symbols is quite bad, and in line with many other actions from this admin.
2) Congrats to the cancel culture moral panickers.
3) I don't think a good political response to this is to shrug at Nazi tattoos.
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allegiance always to the pornographers and the freaks. consider making a call to mastercard, visa etc in the run-up to big spending season, more info about how to do this at the link
November 14, 2025 at 12:27 AM
allegiance always to the pornographers and the freaks. consider making a call to mastercard, visa etc in the run-up to big spending season, more info about how to do this at the link
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ATTENTION! Chris here: Down to the wire. About to lose our storage and home. If we can last a couple more months here I can move us to an apt that is far more affordable/avoid sleeping in the car. Im going to open a new digital bundle tier for $105 which gets you everything in the shop plus bonuses.
October 25, 2025 at 2:46 AM
ATTENTION! Chris here: Down to the wire. About to lose our storage and home. If we can last a couple more months here I can move us to an apt that is far more affordable/avoid sleeping in the car. Im going to open a new digital bundle tier for $105 which gets you everything in the shop plus bonuses.
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Every crazy successful AAA concept artist I know is a Pervert
saw an artist knock out that frieren angle meme like it was nothing bc they were so used to drawing it in nsfw fanart, proving that once again, obsessively drawing nsfw of your favorite ships will make you improve leaps and bounds as an artist 😂
November 19, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Every crazy successful AAA concept artist I know is a Pervert
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The pie floater. Most commonly associated with Adelaide, South Australia, but apparently derived from the UK as a "pie and mushy peas". Should have tomato sauce (ketchup) on it as well.
November 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The pie floater. Most commonly associated with Adelaide, South Australia, but apparently derived from the UK as a "pie and mushy peas". Should have tomato sauce (ketchup) on it as well.
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This is wholesome af 😤💙
November 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
This is wholesome af 😤💙
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Calvin and Hobbes is one of a handful of pieces of art that I sort of expected to leave behind when I grew into adulthood but instead continue to point at in increasingly desperate ways to beg people to increase their humanity
Happy 40th birthday to Bill Waterson’s ‘Calvin and Hobbes’. A work of consummate, stubborn, human, and more-than-human art.
November 18, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Calvin and Hobbes is one of a handful of pieces of art that I sort of expected to leave behind when I grew into adulthood but instead continue to point at in increasingly desperate ways to beg people to increase their humanity