Geneviève Routhier
@genrouthier.bsky.social
Studio Art Director @EA DICE
• making games since 2003 •
✨Thoughts on game dev, leadership & the pastries of Sweden✨
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Opinions mine (especially the smart ones) & don't represent the views of my employer
• making games since 2003 •
✨Thoughts on game dev, leadership & the pastries of Sweden✨
🗣️ fr/en/lätt sv
Opinions mine (especially the smart ones) & don't represent the views of my employer
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Hey! I'm Gen 👋
I'm the Studio Art Director at DICE and a gamedev veteran of over 20 years.
I'm passionate about game development & creative leadership and like to post thoughts and advice on those topics occasionally. I'm also a house goblin, common nerd and like to write about anything really ✨
I'm the Studio Art Director at DICE and a gamedev veteran of over 20 years.
I'm passionate about game development & creative leadership and like to post thoughts and advice on those topics occasionally. I'm also a house goblin, common nerd and like to write about anything really ✨
Friends, I've tried, but FF12 is a very hard game to love 20 years later - even in remastered format.
The labyrinthine maps, the obscure "you can't pass here but we're not going to tell you why even though we told you to go west to find your stupid ship", the general friction... it's just too much.
The labyrinthine maps, the obscure "you can't pass here but we're not going to tell you why even though we told you to go west to find your stupid ship", the general friction... it's just too much.
January 29, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Friends, I've tried, but FF12 is a very hard game to love 20 years later - even in remastered format.
The labyrinthine maps, the obscure "you can't pass here but we're not going to tell you why even though we told you to go west to find your stupid ship", the general friction... it's just too much.
The labyrinthine maps, the obscure "you can't pass here but we're not going to tell you why even though we told you to go west to find your stupid ship", the general friction... it's just too much.
I think there's some interesting type of poetry over receiving cold emails from a big art outsourcing firm that tried to recruit me a few years ago and gave off really weird vibes before ghosting me.
bugs bunny is making a funny face with his mouth open and the words `` no '' written on the bottom .
Alt: bugs bunny is making a funny face with his mouth open
dancing caption letters read: "no"
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January 29, 2026 at 2:02 PM
I think there's some interesting type of poetry over receiving cold emails from a big art outsourcing firm that tried to recruit me a few years ago and gave off really weird vibes before ghosting me.
I'd be totally ok with not getting migraines, tbh.
January 29, 2026 at 1:52 PM
I'd be totally ok with not getting migraines, tbh.
Reposted by Geneviève Routhier
The galaxy MoM-z14 could offer clues to what the universe looked like in its early infancy
JWST spots most distant galaxy ever, pushing the limits of the observable universe
The galaxy MoM-z14 could offer clues to what the universe looked like in its early infancy
www.scientificamerican.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:54 PM
The galaxy MoM-z14 could offer clues to what the universe looked like in its early infancy
Humble semlor season kickoff with a non-traditional vanilla and pistachio mini semla 💙
January 28, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Humble semlor season kickoff with a non-traditional vanilla and pistachio mini semla 💙
Became total besties with two girls at the supermarket over chili crisp and saved them from the entirely disappointing peanuts or soybeans in oil doppelgängers.
The Good Stuff or nothing.
The Good Stuff or nothing.
January 28, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Became total besties with two girls at the supermarket over chili crisp and saved them from the entirely disappointing peanuts or soybeans in oil doppelgängers.
The Good Stuff or nothing.
The Good Stuff or nothing.
I could never be a shitposter, but you'll only be able take my dry humour from my cold, dead hands.
January 27, 2026 at 9:33 PM
I could never be a shitposter, but you'll only be able take my dry humour from my cold, dead hands.
Bring back the fall, halloween, christmas and so on special episodes. And by that, I mean bring back the 24 episodes per season format.
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January 27, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Bring back the fall, halloween, christmas and so on special episodes. And by that, I mean bring back the 24 episodes per season format.
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What today has felt like so far
a computer generated image of a tunnel with lights coming out of the end
Alt: A visualization of light speed but in a grid model, recreating a plaid effect. If you’ve seen Spaceballs then you can understand the reference
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January 27, 2026 at 3:08 PM
What today has felt like so far
Imagine publicly declaring through a game review that your emotional development stopped around age 12.
January 26, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Imagine publicly declaring through a game review that your emotional development stopped around age 12.
why do my posts escape containment lately 🫠
January 26, 2026 at 7:28 PM
why do my posts escape containment lately 🫠
i need cookies. i ate all the cookies. i regret not stocking up again for emergencies.
January 26, 2026 at 7:07 PM
i need cookies. i ate all the cookies. i regret not stocking up again for emergencies.
I’ve worked for more than half of my career at Ubisoft. It’s tough seeing whats happening to the people still there. Both times I’ve left were never because I thought the studios and teams within lacked the necessary talent and passion - quite the opposite in fact.
Wishing for better days ahead.
Wishing for better days ahead.
January 26, 2026 at 5:47 PM
I’ve worked for more than half of my career at Ubisoft. It’s tough seeing whats happening to the people still there. Both times I’ve left were never because I thought the studios and teams within lacked the necessary talent and passion - quite the opposite in fact.
Wishing for better days ahead.
Wishing for better days ahead.
I didn't think I'd be looking forward to fresh video game discourse as a welcome distraction.
Come on team, I believe in you!
Come on team, I believe in you!
January 25, 2026 at 7:15 PM
I didn't think I'd be looking forward to fresh video game discourse as a welcome distraction.
Come on team, I believe in you!
Come on team, I believe in you!
Reposted by Geneviève Routhier
During the summer of 2020 I was feeling miserable and useless. Like what I was doing didn't matter. I decided to help others in the way I knew how. I started mentoring, teaching, doing portfolio reviews, resumes reviews, mock interviews, and even just small pep talks with folks.
January 25, 2026 at 5:29 PM
During the summer of 2020 I was feeling miserable and useless. Like what I was doing didn't matter. I decided to help others in the way I knew how. I started mentoring, teaching, doing portfolio reviews, resumes reviews, mock interviews, and even just small pep talks with folks.
Reposted by Geneviève Routhier
Your productive time is some short hours of fantastic productivity, followed by ok and then low. The more time you spend going into that low productivity leads to them other two getting smaller till your not productive at all. Working 4 hours can be more productive than 14 a day on a portfolio.
Artists, QRP with a practical art "hack" you use. Let's share some wit & knowhow.
January 25, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Your productive time is some short hours of fantastic productivity, followed by ok and then low. The more time you spend going into that low productivity leads to them other two getting smaller till your not productive at all. Working 4 hours can be more productive than 14 a day on a portfolio.
I feel we needed caturday even more than ever this weekend. Can we try catunday today? I need hope and cats.
January 25, 2026 at 11:18 AM
I feel we needed caturday even more than ever this weekend. Can we try catunday today? I need hope and cats.
I reached into the box of chocolate cookies on the couch to find it completely empty, and OK this evening is just not going to go my way is it.
January 23, 2026 at 6:42 PM
I reached into the box of chocolate cookies on the couch to find it completely empty, and OK this evening is just not going to go my way is it.
Sometimes some people have really deeply unserious piss poor takes about how games should be managed, all in the name of righteousness and clout chasing.
January 23, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Sometimes some people have really deeply unserious piss poor takes about how games should be managed, all in the name of righteousness and clout chasing.
Bless the bureaucrats who can’t imagine a world where people work better when they live and breathe outside of rigid little boxes.
January 23, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Bless the bureaucrats who can’t imagine a world where people work better when they live and breathe outside of rigid little boxes.
I realized that I have a hard time right now responding positively to positive feedback sent my way. Sending apologies out into the cosmos.
January 22, 2026 at 8:37 PM
I realized that I have a hard time right now responding positively to positive feedback sent my way. Sending apologies out into the cosmos.
There's a point where squandering so much talent and potential...
January 21, 2026 at 7:38 PM
There's a point where squandering so much talent and potential...
Well this is pretty tiresome
a man in a suit and tie is making a funny face while sitting at a table with his eyes closed .
Alt: Michael Scott from the Office, eyes closed, putting his fingers over his brows, shaking his head
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January 21, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Well this is pretty tiresome
also, nobody understands your Fahrenheit degrees posts
nobody understands your Fahrenheit degrees
January 21, 2026 at 2:01 PM
also, nobody understands your Fahrenheit degrees posts
nobody understands your Fahrenheit degrees
January 21, 2026 at 2:00 PM
nobody understands your Fahrenheit degrees