Kevin Hovdestad
@hovdestad.ca
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Director, Brand Development at CATAN Studio
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aftermath.site
Trying to find a job in video games right now is like crawling through hell:

aftermath.site/video-game-rec...
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kattenbarge.bsky.social
The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video
hovdestad.ca
Horrifying outcome. Hoping for as few devs to be impacted as possible.
jasonschreier.bsky.social
It’s official: EA is going private.

The leveraged buyout will be financed by a staggering $20 billion of debt, which likely means some *aggressive* cost cutting is ahead for EA in the coming months and years.

www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...
www.businesswire.com
hovdestad.ca
Sorry for your loss, man. ❤️
hovdestad.ca
Increasingly convinced that the reason social media exists is because people are incapable of holding two thoughts in their heads at the same time. Today, that could be about "too many games", or the Canada Post strike, or...
hovdestad.ca
pretty sure I’ve eaten that pasta
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kyleor.land
Are you or someone you know skipping GDC (or considering doing so) because of worries about coming to the US/San Francisco in the current environment?

If so, I want to hear from you for a piece. DM me here or kyle DOT orland AT arstechnica DOT com.

Please spread the word
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charliejane.bsky.social
I don't really care if the future is short videos. I like words. Words have gotten me this far and I'm gonna stick with 'em for the duration
hovdestad.ca
y'all this is so fuckin' precious
hovdestad.ca
Serious answer: varies by piece of furniture. Bed frames are a very different purchase than dining tables.
hovdestad.ca
My ice cold take is that employee well-being is where productivity comes from.
hovdestad.ca
12 is the typical start IME.
hovdestad.ca
Excited to finally be able to reveal that next week, @catan.com will be the FIRST EVER board game to be featured on Twitch Plays!

A custom Board Game Arena integration will enable Twitch viewers to participate in games of CATAN with a STACKED roster of talent.

www.aboutschwab.com/newsroom/sto...
Image announcing Twitch Plays CATAN, taking place September 9 and 10 on twitch.tv, sponsored by Charles Schwab.
hovdestad.ca
"Over time, this is 100 percent the direction that the industry is heading."

Boy, I would not want to have my name associated with that statement!
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ethangach.bsky.social
If tariffs have impacted a recent purchase of yours--tabletop, figures, models, gaming accessories, gear, trading cards, miniatures, journaling, etc.

I'd love to briefly hear from you about the cost/impact/experience/de minimis snafus.

DMs open or:

[email protected]
ethangach on Discord
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alexbpart.bsky.social
It's getting harder and harder to deny that AGI is a near certainty. This kind of rapid expansion, this level of investment and infrastructural shift, this amount of *risk* - it doesn't happen without astronomical reward. The other day I saw a big barn, which can only mean one thing: giant horses
hovdestad.ca
I am also a hater.
anthonymoser.com
I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
anthonymoser.github.io
hovdestad.ca
@thelouvreof.bsky.social does this count because my god, it’s art
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kimkelly.bsky.social
things were better when the computer lived in its own specific room and you only went in there sometimes