Cody Owen
@lordrilayen.bsky.social
Christian
#writer - #wip: Steam-Dancer, a #steampunk #fantasy about a telekinetic circus and an anti-mage bounty hunter
#gamer
Aspiring #gamedev
Follow me on YouTube for chill, no commentary longplays: https://youtube.com/@lordrilayen?si=JuwFvTjBnrEs-_v1
#writer - #wip: Steam-Dancer, a #steampunk #fantasy about a telekinetic circus and an anti-mage bounty hunter
#gamer
Aspiring #gamedev
Follow me on YouTube for chill, no commentary longplays: https://youtube.com/@lordrilayen?si=JuwFvTjBnrEs-_v1
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Cody Owen
@lordrilayen.bsky.social
· Sep 15
Been awhile, so let’s do another #promosky.
I’m a gamer, reader, author, and aspiring game dev.
Favorites:
Kingdom Hearts 💙
Final Fantasy 🔮
Soulsborne 🗡️
Mass Effect 🪐
NieR: Automata 🤖
Elder Scrolls 📜
God of War 🪓
Clair Obscur 🖌️
Path of Exile ❌
Et al.
I also do no-commentary longplays on YouTube.
I’m a gamer, reader, author, and aspiring game dev.
Favorites:
Kingdom Hearts 💙
Final Fantasy 🔮
Soulsborne 🗡️
Mass Effect 🪐
NieR: Automata 🤖
Elder Scrolls 📜
God of War 🪓
Clair Obscur 🖌️
Path of Exile ❌
Et al.
I also do no-commentary longplays on YouTube.
Hopefully WIPs are ok for this.
From STEAM-DANCER
Convincing you to read my(our - @srmorton.bsky.social ) novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want!
From STEAM-DANCER
Convincing you to read my(our - @srmorton.bsky.social ) novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want!
November 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Hopefully WIPs are ok for this.
From STEAM-DANCER
Convincing you to read my(our - @srmorton.bsky.social ) novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want!
From STEAM-DANCER
Convincing you to read my(our - @srmorton.bsky.social ) novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want!
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Whatever production time and cost was "saved" by using AI for one of the most human-dependent disciplines in game making was actively obliterated by the act itself, overshadowing the hard work of every single other developer on the project and making this situation impossible to right. WHO KNEW.
For Arc Raiders to ride the wave of human sociability all the way to the bank, while also being so contemptuous of the thing that makes us social animals in its own workflow demonstrates a lack of artistic integrity that I find impossible to ignore.
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
November 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Whatever production time and cost was "saved" by using AI for one of the most human-dependent disciplines in game making was actively obliterated by the act itself, overshadowing the hard work of every single other developer on the project and making this situation impossible to right. WHO KNEW.
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If you could live in a video game world, which one would it be?
November 3, 2025 at 1:06 AM
If you could live in a video game world, which one would it be?
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Fashion enjoyers, this one is for you!
From Patch 7.4 onward, you'll be able to equip any glamours regardless of your class/job! ✨
Mix and match your favorite outfits and slay on the battlefield! 💅
From Patch 7.4 onward, you'll be able to equip any glamours regardless of your class/job! ✨
Mix and match your favorite outfits and slay on the battlefield! 💅
October 31, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Fashion enjoyers, this one is for you!
From Patch 7.4 onward, you'll be able to equip any glamours regardless of your class/job! ✨
Mix and match your favorite outfits and slay on the battlefield! 💅
From Patch 7.4 onward, you'll be able to equip any glamours regardless of your class/job! ✨
Mix and match your favorite outfits and slay on the battlefield! 💅
#anthem has had such an odd impact on my life. Preserving it started my YouTube channel, though the first attempt failed. Then when the channel really began in earnest, one of main goals was archival.
“Wouldn’t it be cool if a dev found your footage of their game and it helped them somehow?”
“Wouldn’t it be cool if a dev found your footage of their game and it helped them somehow?”
October 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
#anthem has had such an odd impact on my life. Preserving it started my YouTube channel, though the first attempt failed. Then when the channel really began in earnest, one of main goals was archival.
“Wouldn’t it be cool if a dev found your footage of their game and it helped them somehow?”
“Wouldn’t it be cool if a dev found your footage of their game and it helped them somehow?”
I don’t know how we get through this, but the only idea I have is to just keep creating, the difficult, friction-filled, meaningfully human way. And to reject the slop at every opportunity.
Hi. I wrote an essay about AI slop: How it feels like an invasive species for the internet. How its boosters describe building a future that’s devoid of craft. How frictionlessness can be nihilistic & how this stuff seems to leach part of our shared humanity out of the world. I hope you'll read it.
AI’s Invasive Species
The slop is winning.
www.theatlantic.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I don’t know how we get through this, but the only idea I have is to just keep creating, the difficult, friction-filled, meaningfully human way. And to reject the slop at every opportunity.
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AI is ushering in a "world of creativity without craft." All idea guys
Hi. I wrote an essay about AI slop: How it feels like an invasive species for the internet. How its boosters describe building a future that’s devoid of craft. How frictionlessness can be nihilistic & how this stuff seems to leach part of our shared humanity out of the world. I hope you'll read it.
AI’s Invasive Species
The slop is winning.
www.theatlantic.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
AI is ushering in a "world of creativity without craft." All idea guys
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Confirmation I am hated by The Algorithm, this tactic did not instantly result in 50,000 views.
October 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Confirmation I am hated by The Algorithm, this tactic did not instantly result in 50,000 views.
Been seeing quite a lot of people talking about #FFXIV lately, so I’ll plug this again.
Come help me make the longest Final Fantasy XIV #longplay of all time! I need help with recording cinematic runs of various duties not supported by the Duty Support system. Finished 3 already!
Come help me make the longest Final Fantasy XIV #longplay of all time! I need help with recording cinematic runs of various duties not supported by the Duty Support system. Finished 3 already!
October 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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The shorter games with worse graphics made by less people discourse is starting again and the nuance lost in this conversation is: we absolutely CAN make big, hyper-realistic games, sustainably. The problem -- and the money drain -- is executive pay, leadership overreach, mismanagement, and whims.
October 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The shorter games with worse graphics made by less people discourse is starting again and the nuance lost in this conversation is: we absolutely CAN make big, hyper-realistic games, sustainably. The problem -- and the money drain -- is executive pay, leadership overreach, mismanagement, and whims.
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💜To whoever needs this:
Hey you,
Don't beat yourself up if this week wasn't the most productive or it simply didn't go like you planned. Be gentle on yourself. You're doing the best you can.
No one may have said it to you lately, but I'm proud of you for still being around🫂
Hey you,
Don't beat yourself up if this week wasn't the most productive or it simply didn't go like you planned. Be gentle on yourself. You're doing the best you can.
No one may have said it to you lately, but I'm proud of you for still being around🫂
October 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
💜To whoever needs this:
Hey you,
Don't beat yourself up if this week wasn't the most productive or it simply didn't go like you planned. Be gentle on yourself. You're doing the best you can.
No one may have said it to you lately, but I'm proud of you for still being around🫂
Hey you,
Don't beat yourself up if this week wasn't the most productive or it simply didn't go like you planned. Be gentle on yourself. You're doing the best you can.
No one may have said it to you lately, but I'm proud of you for still being around🫂
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Any Dragon Age fans out there looking for a Let's Play to watch?
Consider checking out my ongoing series of Origins!!
Every like, share, view, and sub helps your friendly neighborhood small YouTuber! 😎
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Consider checking out my ongoing series of Origins!!
Every like, share, view, and sub helps your friendly neighborhood small YouTuber! 😎
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Let's Play Dragon Age Origins (Elf Mage) - ONGOING - YouTube
A playthrough of BioWare's 2009 masterpiece Dragon Age Origins as an Elven Mage
youtube.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Any Dragon Age fans out there looking for a Let's Play to watch?
Consider checking out my ongoing series of Origins!!
Every like, share, view, and sub helps your friendly neighborhood small YouTuber! 😎
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Consider checking out my ongoing series of Origins!!
Every like, share, view, and sub helps your friendly neighborhood small YouTuber! 😎
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Me, after putting the patch number in a video title.
October 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Me, after putting the patch number in a video title.
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pivoting to multiplayer campaign
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 12, 2025 at 10:33 PM
pivoting to multiplayer campaign
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Thanes, the Iron Drifter
September 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Thanes, the Iron Drifter
I’m feeling quite confident I was not supposed to do the whole first dungeon in Metaphor in one go on 6/13 but boy did we.
September 26, 2025 at 5:22 AM
I’m feeling quite confident I was not supposed to do the whole first dungeon in Metaphor in one go on 6/13 but boy did we.
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one distinction playing difficult games has made me think about a lot is that learning based challenge is not at all the same thing as adversity, but a lot of developers are not very savvy about the distinction.
September 24, 2025 at 7:49 AM
one distinction playing difficult games has made me think about a lot is that learning based challenge is not at all the same thing as adversity, but a lot of developers are not very savvy about the distinction.
Oh who am I kidding, Bloodborne II would be great and FFVIIR3 is inevitable and I want it, but let’s be real, The Lightning Collection: Final Fantasy XIII Remastered is what I really want out of every event.
September 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Oh who am I kidding, Bloodborne II would be great and FFVIIR3 is inevitable and I want it, but let’s be real, The Lightning Collection: Final Fantasy XIII Remastered is what I really want out of every event.
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It is done! Loved it!
September 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
It is done! Loved it!
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Game 9 of the year complete. Very little I can say but what an absolutely astonishing game from start to finish. Stunning to play, look at and with an awesome soundtrack. Clair Obscur: Expedtion 33 is just a wonder.
September 16, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Game 9 of the year complete. Very little I can say but what an absolutely astonishing game from start to finish. Stunning to play, look at and with an awesome soundtrack. Clair Obscur: Expedtion 33 is just a wonder.
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STRAIGHT. UP. FACTUAL.
Waiting for your life to be perfect before you enjoy any of it is a sure fire way to enjoying NONE of it.
Waiting for your life to be perfect before you enjoy any of it is a sure fire way to enjoying NONE of it.
this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either
September 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
STRAIGHT. UP. FACTUAL.
Waiting for your life to be perfect before you enjoy any of it is a sure fire way to enjoying NONE of it.
Waiting for your life to be perfect before you enjoy any of it is a sure fire way to enjoying NONE of it.