Josh Sawyer
@jesawyer.bsky.social
Director of Pentiment, Pillars of Eternity I & II, Fallout: New Vegas. Studio Design Director @ Obsidian Entertainment. 🇺🇸EN/🇩🇪DE ♂
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Josh Sawyer
@jesawyer.bsky.social
· Nov 9
Hello! My name is Josh Sawyer. I’m a video game writer, designer, and director active in the RPG genre. I directed Fallout: New Vegas, Pillars of Eternity 1 & 2, and Pentiment.
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The news from the US is a constant stream of derangement, but this is quite something.
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 5, 2025 at 7:48 AM
The news from the US is a constant stream of derangement, but this is quite something.
The annual 2023 figures for US ped / cyclist fatalities from collisions with motor vehicles are about 7,300 / 1,100, respectively.
The US is so built around car use that drivers are enraged by policies that add friction for them. They will harangue elected officials about it until they relent.
The US is so built around car use that drivers are enraged by policies that add friction for them. They will harangue elected officials about it until they relent.
What a lede on this story: Man who complained about narrowing a road in order to protect pedestrians, so much that the city eventually reversed the change, then kills a woman on that very road with his car www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
America’s plan to protect pedestrians failed. A young woman’s death reveals why.
U.S. officials adopted Europe's Vision Zero initiative, but many cities have seen an increase in pedestrian fatalities despite efforts to improve road safety.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:22 AM
The annual 2023 figures for US ped / cyclist fatalities from collisions with motor vehicles are about 7,300 / 1,100, respectively.
The US is so built around car use that drivers are enraged by policies that add friction for them. They will harangue elected officials about it until they relent.
The US is so built around car use that drivers are enraged by policies that add friction for them. They will harangue elected officials about it until they relent.
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I worked on Vision Zero at LADOT, and it's hard to convey the level of vitriol from drivers towards ANYTHING with the Vision Zero name attached to it. Just unbelievable hostility even before you started to kind of maybe try to start constructing a street improvement.
What a lede on this story: Man who complained about narrowing a road in order to protect pedestrians, so much that the city eventually reversed the change, then kills a woman on that very road with his car www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
America’s plan to protect pedestrians failed. A young woman’s death reveals why.
U.S. officials adopted Europe's Vision Zero initiative, but many cities have seen an increase in pedestrian fatalities despite efforts to improve road safety.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I worked on Vision Zero at LADOT, and it's hard to convey the level of vitriol from drivers towards ANYTHING with the Vision Zero name attached to it. Just unbelievable hostility even before you started to kind of maybe try to start constructing a street improvement.
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What a lede on this story: Man who complained about narrowing a road in order to protect pedestrians, so much that the city eventually reversed the change, then kills a woman on that very road with his car www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
America’s plan to protect pedestrians failed. A young woman’s death reveals why.
U.S. officials adopted Europe's Vision Zero initiative, but many cities have seen an increase in pedestrian fatalities despite efforts to improve road safety.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:55 PM
What a lede on this story: Man who complained about narrowing a road in order to protect pedestrians, so much that the city eventually reversed the change, then kills a woman on that very road with his car www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
Control (2019)
I was masking a house out of a photo for an edit and accidentally made an ontologically evil image
December 5, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Control (2019)
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RIP a legend.
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Dies: ‘Mortal Kombat, ‘Last Emperor’ & ‘Man In The High Castle’ Actor Was 75
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, the actor best known for his roles in the Mortal Kombat films, The Last Emperor and The Man in the High Castle, has died.
deadline.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
RIP a legend.
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hey that's a cute newborn baby mind if I bang a snare drum at it to show my appreciation
December 5, 2025 at 1:50 AM
hey that's a cute newborn baby mind if I bang a snare drum at it to show my appreciation
There’s a lot of dumb shit in this post but there is nothing ambiguous about the ending of No Country.
December 4, 2025 at 9:19 PM
There’s a lot of dumb shit in this post but there is nothing ambiguous about the ending of No Country.
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i think this is the funniest pic from my trip to japan
December 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM
i think this is the funniest pic from my trip to japan
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Josh and I agree on many things but no thing more so than that fka twigs makes us do Tex Avery wolf eyes
December 4, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Josh and I agree on many things but no thing more so than that fka twigs makes us do Tex Avery wolf eyes
December 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
i've only played a bit of ARC Raiders but the (solo) vibes are pretty chill.
cf. Tarkov where everyone has to sweatmaxx constantly
cf. Tarkov where everyone has to sweatmaxx constantly
I want it on the record that I was always firmly in the camp of "there is an untapped market out there for an extraction shooter to hit critical mass", as opposed to all the public opinions and games media who were doubtful that anyone wanted extraction shooters besides the freakazoids
December 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
i've only played a bit of ARC Raiders but the (solo) vibes are pretty chill.
cf. Tarkov where everyone has to sweatmaxx constantly
cf. Tarkov where everyone has to sweatmaxx constantly
i will support any would-be tyrant as long as the foundation of their platform is forcing people to drive hatchbacks and station wagons
The station wagon disappeared because it became unpopular.
December 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
i will support any would-be tyrant as long as the foundation of their platform is forcing people to drive hatchbacks and station wagons
we need to bring back 80s station wagons that take 30 seconds to get to 60mph
December 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
we need to bring back 80s station wagons that take 30 seconds to get to 60mph
oh yeah this is doin numbers
December 4, 2025 at 8:45 AM
oh yeah this is doin numbers
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We are recruiting game makers affected by the 'NSFW' policy changes on Steam and itch.io for a survey. This survey is part of a broader project on the factors that shape the production, distribution, and consumption of porn games. More info about the project and survey at www.pppproject.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
We are recruiting game makers affected by the 'NSFW' policy changes on Steam and itch.io for a survey. This survey is part of a broader project on the factors that shape the production, distribution, and consumption of porn games. More info about the project and survey at www.pppproject.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
December 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM
she's going to return more powerful than before like gandalf clad in white raiment from galadriel.
we really need a new pheebs album, it's been 5 years since punisher
December 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
she's going to return more powerful than before like gandalf clad in white raiment from galadriel.
December 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
December 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
even though my numbies put Salt in the Wound higher in number of listens, this is my song of the year tbqh
youtu.be/wZ2njttY3BA?...
youtu.be/wZ2njttY3BA?...
December 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
even though my numbies put Salt in the Wound higher in number of listens, this is my song of the year tbqh
youtu.be/wZ2njttY3BA?...
youtu.be/wZ2njttY3BA?...