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Harrison G. Pink - Open to work!

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Recently: Lead Game Designer / Writer @ @cyan.com. Tall Bermudian. Tiki-drink enjoyer. Prev: Blizzard (Diablo IV), Telltale (TWD, TFTBL), 2K (Mafia III) - www.harrisonpink.com - NO AI NO NFTs

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Harrison G. Pink - Open to work! @gilespink.bsky.social · Oct 17

My GDC 2017 Narrative Design talk on creating resonant characters is now up on YouTube! I go over some lessons learned (and mistakes made) attempting to build characters that players would really be able to attach to emotionally. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyQf...

Snap to Character: Building Strong Player Attachment Through Narrative

YouTube video by GDC 2025

www.youtube.com

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Harrison G. Pink - Open to work! @gilespink.bsky.social · 14h

/Jerry Seinfeld voice/

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Truly the story of the moment.

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God these shots came out so well!! ♥️

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 2d

Make shorter games with worse graphics and fewer shareholders

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 2d

One cool feature of Steam is they provide a Harassment Zone for each game you announce. It's a place for people who hate progress to come and crap all over games they haven't even played. No, they won't help you moderate it, but hey, at least you can't delete it!

Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 3d

Classic Steam forums

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perfect knight @shiningknightx.bsky.social · 2d

"we cant uninvent ai" no we cant but we couldnt uninvent nfts either and nobody gives a fuck about them anymore

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Michelle Flamm @kaieta.bsky.social · 3d

A dirty truth about games: most of the time leadership is why a project fails or is cancelled, and even worse: those people go and start their own studios get investments because investors don't question the bro code, and the cycle continues.

Sometimes second chances aren't great

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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 2d

In fourth year first semester I had four english papers due the last week of term. On Sunday night I started the one due Monday. I wrote essays, Tuesday, Wednesday. I handed in the Thursday one late on Friday. I consumed so much black coffee and had so little sleep it messed up my speech for a bit.

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 3d

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.

wrote 20 pages on Faulkner's The Bear four hours before final papers were due on trucker pills and coffee and cigarettes and got an A, fuck you.
You people couldn't hang with real slackers.
finn
wokeupchic • 4d
It's fuck Al till your homework due in 25 minutes

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Harrison G. Pink - Open to work! @gilespink.bsky.social · 2d

If you find good PW clones PLEASE post about them. I am dying for more games in this style.

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Kate Gray @hownottodraw.bsky.social · 2d

I'm pretty sure this is an AI-generated logo. If you look at the other versions of it on their website, every single bird is slightly different (the feet, the head, the bag).

I mean, this sucks, no?

A screenshot of the Sackbird website that says "seek the sack" (horrible) followed by four images of a black bird with a bindle and a human arm. there are minor variations in the art - some birds have bigger heads, or more fingers, or flatter feet.

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Harrison G. Pink - Open to work! @gilespink.bsky.social · 2d

Wow this sucks.

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Punchy @punchystream.bsky.social · 2d

at some point I really think there needs to be some sort of large scale pushback on Valve for their complete abdication of responsibility in moderating steam forums to every individual developer regardless of whether or not they asked for it, allowing this tumour to completely fester.

Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 3d

Classic Steam forums

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ouinne @ouinne.bsky.social · 3d

The only correct take on a fundamentally anti-human technology.

Screenshot of David Simon interview
SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 3d

Ireland has approved plans to permanently implement a basic income program that will support up to 2,200 artists.

A cost-benefit analysis found that for every €1 invested, society receives €1.39 back.

Officials from other countries are now expressing interest in the program.

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Harrison G. Pink - Open to work! @gilespink.bsky.social · 4d

holy shit this advertisement credited the designer directly by name?? WILD

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Harrison G. Pink - Open to work! @gilespink.bsky.social · 4d

Reminder that this episode was supposed to be about capital punishment, in which Picard gives a banger speech to a god-like figure about the futile nature of inflexible law.

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Harrison G. Pink - Open to work! @gilespink.bsky.social · 4d

There is nothing better in this whole world than seeing someone fully commit to a bit.

Brian Floyd @brianmfloyd.bsky.social · 4d

the guy who caught cal raleigh’s homer was wearing a shirt that said dump 61 here and he immediately took it off and had a shirt that said dump 62 here

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The Onion @theonion.com · 4d

Health Experts Recommend Standing Up At Desk, Leaving Office, Never Coming Back https://theonion.com/health-experts-recommend-standing-up-at-desk-leaving-o-1819577456/

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👻Captain SLAY-os🎃 @captainchaos.myatproto.social · 5d

Absolute best edit of a Northernlion video I've ever seen hey @katie.bzky.team check this out

The Password Odyssey: A Northernlion Story

YouTube video by harryfhumbert

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Harrison G. Pink - Open to work! @gilespink.bsky.social · 4d

God this sucks I'm so sorry to hear this Laura. I hope you can find something soon!

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Laura Michet @lmichet.bsky.social · 4d

Learned that I am being laid off from Heart Machine, and will be leaving the studio later this month.

Do you need a contractor? I've got a track record of leading scope-friendly script revisions late in dev. I have also done a lot of consulting on new IPs and pitches/demos. Feel free to DM me!

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Cyan Worlds @cyan.com · 12d

Attention all creators!

Cyan is kicking off 2025's MYSTober month with a new list of prompts to inspire you! Write, draw, model, bake, dance, etc. - Make cool stuff, post it with the #MYSTober hashtag, and we'll share our favorites throughout the month!

#MYSTober 2025 Official Prompt List: 1. Learning
2. Revenge 3. Motion 4. Drift 5. Pod 6. Pedestal 7. Discovery 8. Dynamic 9. Caldera 10. Understanding 11. Throne 12. Crystal 13. Rebuild 14. Future 15. Observe 16. Caravan 17. Experiment 18. Rain 19. Cave 20. Valuable 21. Sacrifice 22. Family 23. Freedom 24. Damage 25. Choice 26. Steam 27. Civilization 28. Upheaval 29. Journey 30. Hidden 31. Book

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Cyan Worlds @cyan.com · 4d

What this?!? It's more awesome #MYSTober fan-art projects!!! Keep showing us those wonderful creations!

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Kommander Karl @kommanderkarl.bsky.social · 5d

AI still can’t do this

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 5d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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