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Gary Alexander Stott 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@garyastott.bsky.social

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Producer at @Coatsink. Working on ??? and ???. Prev. Phantom Spark.

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Gary Alexander Stott 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @garyastott.bsky.social · Oct 21

Cool shit I've achieved in recent months:
- Interviewed by MCV/DEVELOP.
- Published in Lock-On 004.
- Shipped Phantom Spark.
- Acquired two beautiful coconut raccoons.

A photograph of an article in magazine MCV/DEVELOP's "Levelling Up" section in which the poster is interviewed.

A photograph of the article "Death by Design" in LOCK-ON 004, written by the poster. The piece is accompanied by original artwork by Max58 depicting Solaire of Astora from the Dark Souls series.

Key art from the time-trial racing game "Phantom Spark".

A photograph of the poster's two British shorthairs laying side-by-side with a sleepy expression on their faces.

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Gary Alexander Stott 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @garyastott.bsky.social · 3h

I was practicing my rail balance and accidentally landed a trick 💀

Gary Alexander Stott 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @garyastott.bsky.social · 20h

I feel like the human mind just isn’t built to last that long. There’s only so much we can go through. Choosing eternity would be like choosing insanity, and the portion of your life in which you were sane would be like the blink of an eye in comparison. Grant me the sweet release of death please 🙏

Gary Alexander Stott 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @garyastott.bsky.social · 21h

Generations Z and Alpha turn desperately towards their millennial compatriots in the corner, searching their faces for any sign of hope.

The elders chuckle ominously: “First time?”

Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 1d

screenshot from article, 4 short paragraphs: Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.

Analysts — and even OpenAI CEO Sam Altman himself — have acknowledged that AI companies are struggling to make enough money to cover their exorbitant expenses, concerns that drove a major tech selloff earlier this year.

And whether they’ll ever be able to produce enough revenue is a looming question. A startling report by researchers at MIT spooked investors in August, finding that only a measly five percent of AI pilot programs help businesses succeed at “rapid revenue acceleration,” with the vast majority falling flat.

Yet according to recent estimates, generative AI now accounts for roughly 40 percent of the United States’ gross domestic product. In other words, if the AI spending boom falls apart, it could take down the entire economy with it.

older man tim gunn wearing rimless glasses has hand on chin saying that concerns me enormously.

Gary Alexander Stott 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @garyastott.bsky.social · 1d

Knobel Peace Prize.

James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 1d

“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit

Gary Alexander Stott 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @garyastott.bsky.social · 1d

Close-up of Mila’s face, now looking scrunched up and tired.

Gary Alexander Stott 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @garyastott.bsky.social · 1d

She’s not amused.

Gary’s cat Mila, lying on top of a flower-shaped scratching post/platform. As usual, she looks a bit grumpy.

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Gary Alexander Stott 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @garyastott.bsky.social · 2d

Huh. I just figured it was because of its hypnotic appearance, and the cover's implication that kids were being lured into some kind of spell. The more you know!

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Radiant G🌈✨ @ Back CHAMP on Kickstarter! @radiantg.bsky.social · 4d

Hopecore 🌿

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 4d

For the first time in history renewable energy sources are now generating more power than coal worldwide.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

www.theguardian.com

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Gary Alexander Stott 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @garyastott.bsky.social · 6d

Just finished reading Tender is the Flesh, and lemme tell ya, it has not given me a great deal of faith in the merits of “TikTok sensations”.

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Giovanni Colantonio @marioprime.bsky.social · 7d

I dig Ghost of Yotei, and I think Atsu has a compelling arc through the main story, but it also made me think a lot about the restrictions of open world design as it pertains to character development. There's always a default emotional state that characters revert to. www.polygon.com/ghost-of-yot...

Ghost of Yōtei's open world doesn't do its hero justice

Atsu is a compelling hero when she's not reset to her default open world state

www.polygon.com

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 7d

edited crown emoji atop head of quote posted image: Gary’s cat Mila sitting with her paws close together, looking like a little dumpling.

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Gary Alexander Stott 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @garyastott.bsky.social · 7d

FUCK YEAH

Gary Alexander Stott 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @garyastott.bsky.social · 7d

She is RIDICULOUS

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Gary Alexander Stott 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @garyastott.bsky.social · 7d

👑

Gary’s cat Mila sitting with her paws close together, looking like a little dumpling.

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Gary Alexander Stott 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @garyastott.bsky.social · 8d

This was my experience even before things got really bad. I can’t imagine what things are like now - though this article certainly paints a picture!

Aftermath @aftermath.site · 8d

Trying to find a job in video games right now is like crawling through hell:

aftermath.site/video-game-rec...

Gary Alexander Stott 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @garyastott.bsky.social · 8d

Please god send it our way 🙏

am cosmos @amcosmos.bsky.social · 8d

Bring it on

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Gary Alexander Stott 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @garyastott.bsky.social · 8d

Well done, absolutely punishing achievement! 👏

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Gary Alexander Stott 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @garyastott.bsky.social · 9d

Hell yeah. What a way to celebrate the 20th anniversary of one my all-time top fives.

God of War (2005) vinyl cover artwork, with two subsequent record covers. All three display main character Kratos in various poses.

The record itself, which is white & red like the skin of Kratos.

Gary Alexander Stott 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @garyastott.bsky.social · 9d

It’s funny that they’re trying to spin the Game Pass price increase as a result of them “adding value” to the service.

If you have to pay more money to cover that extra value, then you’re not adding anything. You’re just asking people to pay for more stuff.

Gary Alexander Stott 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @garyastott.bsky.social · 9d

Ha, I didn't even know it was launch day. We'll see how long I hold off. No doubt I'll be tempted by all the lovely, inevitable screenshots people share.

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Gary Alexander Stott 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @garyastott.bsky.social · 9d

You and me both, buddy

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Arthur Gies (he/him) @aegies.bsky.social · 10d

everybody is mad about almost everything all the time right now and if you can, i strongly advise finding something that makes you not mad and investing as much time as you can spare in that.

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Gary Alexander Stott 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @garyastott.bsky.social · 10d

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Mackey Shines @bobservo.bsky.social · 10d

“Netflix for Games” sounds like a good idea but by the age of 30 you should have naturally accumulated enough video games to last for several lifetimes

VGC @videogameschronicle.com · 10d

Microsoft has announced a 50% price increase to Xbox Game Pass.

www.videogameschronicle.com/news/xbox-ga...

Gary Alexander Stott 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @garyastott.bsky.social · 10d

Yeah, it’s also a clear sign that their subscriber base is no longer growing, al they’re just choosing to extract more money out of their existing base, which is gross. Similar pattern across the whole industry atm.

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Gary Alexander Stott 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @garyastott.bsky.social · 10d

Hell, I just cancelled PS+ too. Haven't taken advantage of it in forever. I wonder if the Xbox news will have a knock-on impact on competitor services?

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