Mike W
@gekido.bsky.social
🇨🇦 Canadian Metis, Emmy award-winning Tech Producer / Tech Director. ex-Unity, Namco, Roadhouse, Gamedev for 25+ years...
Current: Cloudhead, Instructor @ VFS
In Vancouver
Current: Cloudhead, Instructor @ VFS
In Vancouver
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Mike W
@gekido.bsky.social
· Oct 19
Intro! I'm a Metis Canadian living near Vancouver. I've help grow a half dozen studios over the years (Namco, DeNA, etc), founded 2 studios, worked at Unity for 7 years, and have shipped a few dozen games doing tech direction and producing. Cofounded Megacrush, building games, animation and previs!
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Alberta, under the UCP (Kenney/Smith) we have over a billion in tax revenue from tax cuts - and we lost about 1.3 billion on a failed gamble on the Keystone XL pipeline to nowhere.
We cannot afford the UCP. We cannot afford a single public dollar to prop up private profit.
We cannot afford the UCP. We cannot afford a single public dollar to prop up private profit.
If Alberta gave a shit about their economy they wouldn't have wasted the opportunity that their oil would have provided.
Now they come crying and want to destroy BC now? Fuck that bullshit completely.
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
Now they come crying and want to destroy BC now? Fuck that bullshit completely.
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
Alberta squandered its oil wealth: report | CBC News
In the next week, Alberta will release its third-quarter fiscal update, and it's not going to be pretty. A report from the Fraser Institute says it didn't have to be this way.
www.cbc.ca
November 27, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Alberta, under the UCP (Kenney/Smith) we have over a billion in tax revenue from tax cuts - and we lost about 1.3 billion on a failed gamble on the Keystone XL pipeline to nowhere.
We cannot afford the UCP. We cannot afford a single public dollar to prop up private profit.
We cannot afford the UCP. We cannot afford a single public dollar to prop up private profit.
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I'm old.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
November 27, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I'm old.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
"Don't worry, baby dino, I will keep you safe."
Ferocious is launching Dec 4th! Wishlist / follow to stay up to date!
store.steampowered.com/app/1645630/...
#dino #indiedev
Ferocious is launching Dec 4th! Wishlist / follow to stay up to date!
store.steampowered.com/app/1645630/...
#dino #indiedev
November 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
"Don't worry, baby dino, I will keep you safe."
Ferocious is launching Dec 4th! Wishlist / follow to stay up to date!
store.steampowered.com/app/1645630/...
#dino #indiedev
Ferocious is launching Dec 4th! Wishlist / follow to stay up to date!
store.steampowered.com/app/1645630/...
#dino #indiedev
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I am also a big shiny no/“fuck you” to Danielle Smith and pipelines.
We respect the ocean and protect it.
We respect the ocean and protect it.
“The answer is still no. No pipelines in British Columbia, no further fossil fuel pipelines, period,” said Stewart Phillip, grand chief of Syilx Nation and president of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs. From @sonalg.bsky.social
BC First Nations denounce reported Alberta-Ottawa agreement
Ahead of Thursday's expected announcement, Indigenous leaders in the province are accusing the federal government of making a "back room deal" to force through a pipeline to the province's northwest c...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I am also a big shiny no/“fuck you” to Danielle Smith and pipelines.
We respect the ocean and protect it.
We respect the ocean and protect it.
Apparently I have a type:
Cool helmet + cape
(No capes!)
Cool helmet + cape
(No capes!)
November 26, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Apparently I have a type:
Cool helmet + cape
(No capes!)
Cool helmet + cape
(No capes!)
William Gibson's Aliens sequel
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 AM
William Gibson's Aliens sequel
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Oh please just fuck off
November 26, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Oh please just fuck off
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Me after every social interaction
November 21, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Me after every social interaction
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It’s so cool to have hitched your wagon 20 years ago to an industry that was booming beyond anyone’s expectations and have it turn out to be stripmined and utterly hollowed out by Shareholder Value, and every other industry you could slot into has been, surprise, hollowed out by Shareholder Value
November 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
It’s so cool to have hitched your wagon 20 years ago to an industry that was booming beyond anyone’s expectations and have it turn out to be stripmined and utterly hollowed out by Shareholder Value, and every other industry you could slot into has been, surprise, hollowed out by Shareholder Value
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Did they take part in Jan 6?
Justice will be served at the White House on Tuesday as Trump pardons a pair of turkeys for fowl reasons, participating in the 78th annual National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation. https://cnn.it/48iywxI
November 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Did they take part in Jan 6?
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Your telling me credits can be so much more then they are now!?! Why is this not the norm especially for smaller titles. Celebrate the team help them get their next gig and everyone gets a better appreciation for the hard work. This is amazing.
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 10:26 PM
Your telling me credits can be so much more then they are now!?! Why is this not the norm especially for smaller titles. Celebrate the team help them get their next gig and everyone gets a better appreciation for the hard work. This is amazing.
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It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
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I saw these in the post office earlier today and actually snapped a pic because they looked so good! Hope they stick around for a while because I want to snag a pack to save ✨
November 25, 2025 at 5:08 AM
I saw these in the post office earlier today and actually snapped a pic because they looked so good! Hope they stick around for a while because I want to snag a pack to save ✨
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Doctors Without Borders is deeply disappointed to see #Canada’s cuts to aid reflected in its reduced pledge to the #GlobalFund.
Such cuts will fuel the reversal of progress in the fight against HIV, TB and malaria.
Such cuts will fuel the reversal of progress in the fight against HIV, TB and malaria.
November 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Doctors Without Borders is deeply disappointed to see #Canada’s cuts to aid reflected in its reduced pledge to the #GlobalFund.
Such cuts will fuel the reversal of progress in the fight against HIV, TB and malaria.
Such cuts will fuel the reversal of progress in the fight against HIV, TB and malaria.
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Drew is a friend and seeing her struggle after Sucker Punch failed to protect her from coordinated chuds makes me livid. Stop rewarding this bad behavior. They'll never buy your games anyway, they literally do not care. They just want to feel powerful and in control of others lives.
Two months after firing over Charlie Kirk comments, Ghost of Yotei dev blames harassment campaign, not 'bad joke'
aftermath.site/sucker-punch-c...
aftermath.site/sucker-punch-c...
November 25, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Drew is a friend and seeing her struggle after Sucker Punch failed to protect her from coordinated chuds makes me livid. Stop rewarding this bad behavior. They'll never buy your games anyway, they literally do not care. They just want to feel powerful and in control of others lives.
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Any one of these massive AAA videogame companies could file suit against the 6-piece Chicken McNobody ringleaders harassing their employees, and that they don't is a choice. I said before of goobergate that the industry enjoys having a bunch of unpaid Pinkertons around too much to ever give it up.
Two months after firing over Charlie Kirk comments, Ghost of Yotei dev blames harassment campaign, not 'bad joke'
aftermath.site/sucker-punch-c...
aftermath.site/sucker-punch-c...
November 24, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Any one of these massive AAA videogame companies could file suit against the 6-piece Chicken McNobody ringleaders harassing their employees, and that they don't is a choice. I said before of goobergate that the industry enjoys having a bunch of unpaid Pinkertons around too much to ever give it up.
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Woah!
Ontario passed a law starting Jan 2026 that it is illegal for companies to ghost you.
If you have interviewed for a job they are legally required to inform you if they hire someone else or close the position.
The law also requires salary transparency on listings and disclosing use of AI
Ontario passed a law starting Jan 2026 that it is illegal for companies to ghost you.
If you have interviewed for a job they are legally required to inform you if they hire someone else or close the position.
The law also requires salary transparency on listings and disclosing use of AI
November 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Woah!
Ontario passed a law starting Jan 2026 that it is illegal for companies to ghost you.
If you have interviewed for a job they are legally required to inform you if they hire someone else or close the position.
The law also requires salary transparency on listings and disclosing use of AI
Ontario passed a law starting Jan 2026 that it is illegal for companies to ghost you.
If you have interviewed for a job they are legally required to inform you if they hire someone else or close the position.
The law also requires salary transparency on listings and disclosing use of AI
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November 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I'm sure there are a ton of sketchy "publishers" like this out there.
Always talk to a lawyer!
Always talk to a lawyer!
⚠️ They tried to steal my game
Not illegal, but wow, it was shady 😅
👇 Ever had someone pull something like this?🔗https://store.steampowered.com/app/3847450/Project_SUNDIAL/
#ProjectSUNDIAL #IndieGame #GameDev
Not illegal, but wow, it was shady 😅
👇 Ever had someone pull something like this?🔗https://store.steampowered.com/app/3847450/Project_SUNDIAL/
#ProjectSUNDIAL #IndieGame #GameDev
November 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I'm sure there are a ton of sketchy "publishers" like this out there.
Always talk to a lawyer!
Always talk to a lawyer!
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(tb/lr: Suspiria, Johnny Mnemonic, Blade, Bacurau)
November 24, 2025 at 1:19 AM
(tb/lr: Suspiria, Johnny Mnemonic, Blade, Bacurau)
Really doesn't look comfortable
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Really doesn't look comfortable
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NVIDIA earnings were a mirage. The market figured it out surprisingly fast. NVIDIA bump evaporated.
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
November 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
NVIDIA earnings were a mirage. The market figured it out surprisingly fast. NVIDIA bump evaporated.
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...