Gavin Young
@gavinyoung.bsky.social
Programming Project Lead - currently on sabbatical
Scottish immigrant, novice cook, maker of puns
he/him
Scottish immigrant, novice cook, maker of puns
he/him
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Gavin Young
@gavinyoung.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Hi new followers! Guess I'll introduce myself 😅
I'm Gavin: currently Project Programming Lead on R6 Mobile at Ubi Montréal. I've also worked on 5 Assassin's Creed titles across gameplay, AI, and mission systems. Before all that I helped develop Blur, which no one played, but I'm proud of!
I'm Gavin: currently Project Programming Lead on R6 Mobile at Ubi Montréal. I've also worked on 5 Assassin's Creed titles across gameplay, AI, and mission systems. Before all that I helped develop Blur, which no one played, but I'm proud of!
Imagine this guy being the person you put on a pedestal lol
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Imagine this guy being the person you put on a pedestal lol
I know and genuinely like many UX designers, but I don't understand why any of them still have jobs considering that perfection in their domain was achieved 20 years ago.
November 22, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I know and genuinely like many UX designers, but I don't understand why any of them still have jobs considering that perfection in their domain was achieved 20 years ago.
MAGA are never gonna let these two be in a room together again.
Q: Stefanik has called Mamdani a 'jihadist.' Do you think you're standing next to a jihadist right now?
TRUMP: No, I don't. I met with a man who's a very rational person
TRUMP: No, I don't. I met with a man who's a very rational person
November 21, 2025 at 10:17 PM
MAGA are never gonna let these two be in a room together again.
Sterling reporting as usual from @therovermedia.bsky.social
We have to do better as a city, or Montreal is just going to become an artless condo jungle where only tech workers can afford to live.
We have to do better as a city, or Montreal is just going to become an artless condo jungle where only tech workers can afford to live.
Why is Quebec Selling Public Land During a Housing Crisis? – The Rover
After the Institut des Sourdes-Muettes was sold to a developer to save its heritage, community organizers are wondering how the province let this happen again.
link.therover.ca
November 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Sterling reporting as usual from @therovermedia.bsky.social
We have to do better as a city, or Montreal is just going to become an artless condo jungle where only tech workers can afford to live.
We have to do better as a city, or Montreal is just going to become an artless condo jungle where only tech workers can afford to live.
Mr Pichai said it highlighted the importance of having a rich information ecosystem, rather than solely relying on AI technology.
"This is why people also use Google search, and we have other products that are more grounded in providing accurate information."
but... YOU BROKE GOOGLE SEARCH WITH AI
"This is why people also use Google search, and we have other products that are more grounded in providing accurate information."
but... YOU BROKE GOOGLE SEARCH WITH AI
Don't blindly trust what AI tells you, Google boss tells BBC
Sundar Pichai candidly acknowledged concerns about inaccurate answers generated by Google's models.
www.bbc.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Mr Pichai said it highlighted the importance of having a rich information ecosystem, rather than solely relying on AI technology.
"This is why people also use Google search, and we have other products that are more grounded in providing accurate information."
but... YOU BROKE GOOGLE SEARCH WITH AI
"This is why people also use Google search, and we have other products that are more grounded in providing accurate information."
but... YOU BROKE GOOGLE SEARCH WITH AI
Genuinely feel like in 10 years millennials will sound like nutjobs as we swear we remember how the past really was before these losers rewrote everything.
Trump defends Saudi crown prince over killing of journalist as they hold talks in Washington - live
Trump says Saudi Arabia's de facto leader
www.bbc.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Genuinely feel like in 10 years millennials will sound like nutjobs as we swear we remember how the past really was before these losers rewrote everything.
Not convinced that isn't a laugh track
bill maher with one of the craziest flop jokes i've ever seen in my life
November 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Not convinced that isn't a laugh track
Reposted by Gavin Young
Whole bunch of stuff beginning to make a lot of sense.
November 14, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Whole bunch of stuff beginning to make a lot of sense.
Thought I'd finally try The Old Republic, but the account creation webpage is too OP. Tried multiple usernames I know no one else will have used (because they are made up names I came up with 20 years ago) - all fail with this unhelpful message.
Unfortunate that legacy games are like this.
Unfortunate that legacy games are like this.
November 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Thought I'd finally try The Old Republic, but the account creation webpage is too OP. Tried multiple usernames I know no one else will have used (because they are made up names I came up with 20 years ago) - all fail with this unhelpful message.
Unfortunate that legacy games are like this.
Unfortunate that legacy games are like this.
"You little piggies are going to eat up your slop whether you want it or not"
- LinkedIn CEO hivemind
- LinkedIn CEO hivemind
Disney+ to Allow User-Generated Content Via AI
Disney CEO Bob Iger hinted at "productive conversations" with unnamed AI companies that would protect IP but add new features to the studio's flagship streaming service.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
"You little piggies are going to eat up your slop whether you want it or not"
- LinkedIn CEO hivemind
- LinkedIn CEO hivemind
I used my Steam Deck almost every day and have been waiting for Valve to get back into gaming hardware. My Quest 2 has been collecting dust for years and I can't wait to get back into VR.
Just...don't destroy my Canadian wallet? 🤞
Just...don't destroy my Canadian wallet? 🤞
Announcing: New @steampowered.com Hardware, coming in 2026:
Steam Controller
Steam Machine
Steam Frame.
Watch our jazzy announcement video and wishlist now: steampowered.com/hardware
Steam Controller
Steam Machine
Steam Frame.
Watch our jazzy announcement video and wishlist now: steampowered.com/hardware
Steam Hardware
The Steam Hardware family officially expands in early 2026.
steampowered.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I used my Steam Deck almost every day and have been waiting for Valve to get back into gaming hardware. My Quest 2 has been collecting dust for years and I can't wait to get back into VR.
Just...don't destroy my Canadian wallet? 🤞
Just...don't destroy my Canadian wallet? 🤞
Fuuuuuuuuck
Steam Frame
VR and non-VR gaming
store.steampowered.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Fuuuuuuuuck
No part of me believes this can possibly be real
Introducing iPhone Pocket: a beautiful way to wear and carry iPhone
ISSEY MIYAKE and Apple today unveiled iPhone Pocket, designed to fit any iPhone as well as all pocketable items.
www.apple.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
No part of me believes this can possibly be real
Reposted by Gavin Young
*pointing at screen while the MGS2 scene when the ex president of the US is wearing a robot octopous suit and surfing a harrier flown by a vampire man plays and whispering to my date* Same thing happened to a buddy of mine
October 13, 2025 at 12:14 AM
*pointing at screen while the MGS2 scene when the ex president of the US is wearing a robot octopous suit and surfing a harrier flown by a vampire man plays and whispering to my date* Same thing happened to a buddy of mine
He's taxing billionaires to fund the extremely costly Stargate program, which I think we can all agree is better late than never.
November 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
He's taxing billionaires to fund the extremely costly Stargate program, which I think we can all agree is better late than never.
"Don't panic yet, investors say, as high-flying AI stocks tumble"
These grifters also told you to keep holding on to your apes.
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
These grifters also told you to keep holding on to your apes.
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
November 5, 2025 at 11:30 AM
"Don't panic yet, investors say, as high-flying AI stocks tumble"
These grifters also told you to keep holding on to your apes.
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
These grifters also told you to keep holding on to your apes.
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
Reposted by Gavin Young
It’s time for this starship to take flight - Generation Exile has launched in Steam Early Access and is available right now!
store.steampowered.com/app/2963240/...
store.steampowered.com/app/2963240/...
November 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM
It’s time for this starship to take flight - Generation Exile has launched in Steam Early Access and is available right now!
store.steampowered.com/app/2963240/...
store.steampowered.com/app/2963240/...
Lot of people I know and respect quoted in this piece for @gamedevelopers.bsky.social . Something I appreciate among the doom and gloom is also recognising when I have seen leaders in game dev chart paths around these traps. Great leaders help everyone around them do more with less.
How poor leadership slows down game development
No tool—AI or otherwise—can speed up game development if leaders don't rise to the occasion.
www.gamedeveloper.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Lot of people I know and respect quoted in this piece for @gamedevelopers.bsky.social . Something I appreciate among the doom and gloom is also recognising when I have seen leaders in game dev chart paths around these traps. Great leaders help everyone around them do more with less.
Very excited for A Profound Waste of Time: Issue 6! I hadn't realised I had missed Issues 4 & 5, so really appreciate @cazwis.bsky.social and the team offering a bundle of this second "trilogy" of the magazine
www.kickstarter.com/projects/caz...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/caz...
A Profound Waste of Time: Issue 6
The beloved gaming mag returns, with Astro Bot's Nicolas Doucet, Danganronpa's Kazutaka Kodaka, Team Ninja's Fumihiko Yasuda and more!
www.kickstarter.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Very excited for A Profound Waste of Time: Issue 6! I hadn't realised I had missed Issues 4 & 5, so really appreciate @cazwis.bsky.social and the team offering a bundle of this second "trilogy" of the magazine
www.kickstarter.com/projects/caz...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/caz...
Can't recommend enough listening to the first season of Blowback, especially for non-Americans, to understood just how cruel and evil Cheney was,
It’s truly tragic how many of these US war criminals like Cheney never face justice and die in their peacefully in their homes in their 80s and 90s. I want to be happy he is dead but I am not. The million people he killed didnt get the luxury to die how he did.
November 4, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Can't recommend enough listening to the first season of Blowback, especially for non-Americans, to understood just how cruel and evil Cheney was,
ditto for someone's code, writing, music etc
"brilliant assholes" cost you so many great contributions from other people and are never ever worth it.
"brilliant assholes" cost you so many great contributions from other people and are never ever worth it.
I truly can't stress this enough: No one's art is good enough to justify them being miserable to work with. Almost everyone I've worked with has been wonderful, but the handful of folks that weren't brought the whole team down by being egotistical, sexist, condescending, etc.
November 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
ditto for someone's code, writing, music etc
"brilliant assholes" cost you so many great contributions from other people and are never ever worth it.
"brilliant assholes" cost you so many great contributions from other people and are never ever worth it.
Delighted to see the team have added this reward for players who link their accounts in R6 Mobile 💪
Link your Ubisoft Connect Account to Rainbow Six Mobile to Get a Special Reward
Starting next season with Operation Riptide, get a special reward when linking your Ubisoft Connect account to R6M.
www.ubisoft.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Delighted to see the team have added this reward for players who link their accounts in R6 Mobile 💪
Reposted by Gavin Young
Locked in with @arimelber.bsky.social.
November 4, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Locked in with @arimelber.bsky.social.
Reposted by Gavin Young
Look folks gen AI videos are out in the wild so if you weren't already being careful about sharing rage bait videos then now is a great time to start
If you can't trace a video back to a trusted source then I recommend leaving it where it is, like a slice of bologna you found on the street
If you can't trace a video back to a trusted source then I recommend leaving it where it is, like a slice of bologna you found on the street
November 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Look folks gen AI videos are out in the wild so if you weren't already being careful about sharing rage bait videos then now is a great time to start
If you can't trace a video back to a trusted source then I recommend leaving it where it is, like a slice of bologna you found on the street
If you can't trace a video back to a trusted source then I recommend leaving it where it is, like a slice of bologna you found on the street
Proudly cast votes for @transitionmontreal.bsky.social in our municipal elections 🤞
November 2, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Proudly cast votes for @transitionmontreal.bsky.social in our municipal elections 🤞