Jeff Hamilton
@jeffhamilton.bsky.social
Game designer at Blizzard. He/him. Fan of: comics, music, archery, my cats. Personal account, all opinions are just mine.
formerly @jeffahamilton on Twitter
https://jhamilton.bearblog.dev/blog/ for blog-shaped thoughts
formerly @jeffahamilton on Twitter
https://jhamilton.bearblog.dev/blog/ for blog-shaped thoughts
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Jeff Hamilton
@jeffhamilton.bsky.social
· May 13
(bored) I should put 3 to 8 irons in the fire
(later)
(juggling 8 flaming irons) damn this is kinda hard
(later)
(juggling 8 flaming irons) damn this is kinda hard
pandemics legitimately cook memory i think. trauma, repression, it's like a gravity well for facts
February 11, 2026 at 7:16 AM
pandemics legitimately cook memory i think. trauma, repression, it's like a gravity well for facts
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they pissed off the WeRateDogs guy enough from him to break character to directly tell them off, that's genuinely impressive levels of being an asshole
February 10, 2026 at 8:22 PM
they pissed off the WeRateDogs guy enough from him to break character to directly tell them off, that's genuinely impressive levels of being an asshole
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I’m glad to see people protesting Discord forcing IDs for age verification, but what I need everyone to understand is that there’s immense bipartisan pressure to make the entire internet like this, and they are likely going to succeed unless something drastic happens
February 10, 2026 at 1:23 PM
I’m glad to see people protesting Discord forcing IDs for age verification, but what I need everyone to understand is that there’s immense bipartisan pressure to make the entire internet like this, and they are likely going to succeed unless something drastic happens
[Geralt voice] Wind's howling...
February 11, 2026 at 6:41 AM
[Geralt voice] Wind's howling...
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No son, they are not "magically delicious." The workers made them delicious. This is a slogan meant to mystify the social conditions of labor
February 11, 2026 at 1:46 AM
No son, they are not "magically delicious." The workers made them delicious. This is a slogan meant to mystify the social conditions of labor
I mean it unquestionably is a system in which the outputs of our impulses become the inputs of affordance to other people. It's not mind control Exactly but...
February 11, 2026 at 6:10 AM
I mean it unquestionably is a system in which the outputs of our impulses become the inputs of affordance to other people. It's not mind control Exactly but...
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I said this before but Americans simply can not comprehend how much wealth there is. We constantly under project how much tax revenue we will raise from taxing the wealthy. The original estimate was $50 million.
Crowd reaction to Prop 1A raising $115 million in it's first year, more than double the initial estimate! @houseourneighbors.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 4:30 AM
I said this before but Americans simply can not comprehend how much wealth there is. We constantly under project how much tax revenue we will raise from taxing the wealthy. The original estimate was $50 million.
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Crowd reaction to Prop 1A raising $115 million in it's first year, more than double the initial estimate! @houseourneighbors.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 4:26 AM
Crowd reaction to Prop 1A raising $115 million in it's first year, more than double the initial estimate! @houseourneighbors.bsky.social
really worried about conspiratorial thinking being a self-reinforcing positive feedback loop. "A machine that gives people apophenia" is what a lot of the Internet looks like right now, because of entirely *reasonable* low social trust and anger at elite impunity
February 11, 2026 at 5:48 AM
really worried about conspiratorial thinking being a self-reinforcing positive feedback loop. "A machine that gives people apophenia" is what a lot of the Internet looks like right now, because of entirely *reasonable* low social trust and anger at elite impunity
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I honestly thought we'd be like 90% on average after launch, as we sold more and more outside the core market, but 🤷♂️
February 10, 2026 at 11:09 PM
I honestly thought we'd be like 90% on average after launch, as we sold more and more outside the core market, but 🤷♂️
they should invent a day with 39 more minutes but also a habitable atmosphere on the same planet as my friends
Can't quite do you that, but the Martian day is 39 minutes longer.
February 11, 2026 at 5:25 AM
they should invent a day with 39 more minutes but also a habitable atmosphere on the same planet as my friends
they should invent a day with 30% more minutes
February 11, 2026 at 4:52 AM
they should invent a day with 30% more minutes
where did all the minutes go
February 11, 2026 at 4:44 AM
where did all the minutes go
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sorry i missed the virtual meeting on discord, liz. i got hit with the id verification that happens when the app detects youre young
February 10, 2026 at 7:51 PM
sorry i missed the virtual meeting on discord, liz. i got hit with the id verification that happens when the app detects youre young
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My dog doesn't love his food so I'm doing a new bit where I try to hype it up like "Let's see what's on the menu today!! Oh! What do we have here! It's pellets!!" He hates it
February 11, 2026 at 12:18 AM
My dog doesn't love his food so I'm doing a new bit where I try to hype it up like "Let's see what's on the menu today!! Oh! What do we have here! It's pellets!!" He hates it
I was a political science and drama major. Now i make big video games. Not a SWE but still, they're like, very relevant skillsets for heavily logical work!
February 11, 2026 at 4:28 AM
I was a political science and drama major. Now i make big video games. Not a SWE but still, they're like, very relevant skillsets for heavily logical work!
extremely Video Games sentence:
Accidentally killed the rest of my team with Forbidden Fart and got Depression
February 10, 2026 at 10:26 PM
extremely Video Games sentence:
they're the thing i miss the most about living in Irvine, used to hear them all the time
February 10, 2026 at 9:11 PM
they're the thing i miss the most about living in Irvine, used to hear them all the time
can hear some frogs in the creek today 💜
February 10, 2026 at 8:29 PM
can hear some frogs in the creek today 💜
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Please support my fellow South Africans and citizens of other African countries who made this.
“Please enjoy the museum”:
Relooted is OUT NOW!
Please share!
Relooted is OUT NOW!
Please share!
February 10, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Please support my fellow South Africans and citizens of other African countries who made this.
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Our company is pivoting to a chalice that makes you immortal
January 29, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Our company is pivoting to a chalice that makes you immortal
this looks slick as hell
“Please enjoy the museum”:
Relooted is OUT NOW!
Please share!
Relooted is OUT NOW!
Please share!
February 10, 2026 at 7:16 PM
this looks slick as hell