Jonathan Lloyd
@mxjlloyd.bsky.social
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Jonathan Lloyd
@mxjlloyd.bsky.social
· Nov 18
By day I'm a producer in the games industry, happily making little spreadsheets and Gantt charts, and by night I improvise nonsense or wander around stage with a microphone.
At some point I should really replay Nier: Automata. I think it's been long enough since playing the original Nier that my thoughts on it won't be clouded by how much I preferred that compared to Automata and I might be able to appreciate it on its own merits.
November 28, 2025 at 11:08 PM
At some point I should really replay Nier: Automata. I think it's been long enough since playing the original Nier that my thoughts on it won't be clouded by how much I preferred that compared to Automata and I might be able to appreciate it on its own merits.
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To heal our divided nation I propose splitting Game of the Year awards into two categories:
- Game of the Year That’s 3D and You Use a Sword and/or Gun to Explode a Guy
- Game of the Year That’s Some Gay Bullshit Indie Meditation on Grief or Whatever
- Game of the Year That’s 3D and You Use a Sword and/or Gun to Explode a Guy
- Game of the Year That’s Some Gay Bullshit Indie Meditation on Grief or Whatever
November 28, 2025 at 1:49 PM
To heal our divided nation I propose splitting Game of the Year awards into two categories:
- Game of the Year That’s 3D and You Use a Sword and/or Gun to Explode a Guy
- Game of the Year That’s Some Gay Bullshit Indie Meditation on Grief or Whatever
- Game of the Year That’s 3D and You Use a Sword and/or Gun to Explode a Guy
- Game of the Year That’s Some Gay Bullshit Indie Meditation on Grief or Whatever
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I think people really don't appreciate how remarkable it is that the games industry releases hundreds of video games every year when you consider that not one person on earth knows how to make a video game
November 28, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I think people really don't appreciate how remarkable it is that the games industry releases hundreds of video games every year when you consider that not one person on earth knows how to make a video game
Been under the weather the past couple of days, was really hoping I'd be better for tomorrow so I could go watch the Midsomer Murders stage play in Sheffield but alas.
November 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Been under the weather the past couple of days, was really hoping I'd be better for tomorrow so I could go watch the Midsomer Murders stage play in Sheffield but alas.
Still love this and am 100% going to commission myself in this style once they open back up.
November 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Still love this and am 100% going to commission myself in this style once they open back up.
Realising from the "Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to" prompts that I don't actually think I've seen five different bands/musicians live in my adult life. Does Grace Petrie x 5 count.
November 27, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Realising from the "Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to" prompts that I don't actually think I've seen five different bands/musicians live in my adult life. Does Grace Petrie x 5 count.
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My favourite thing I learned at AdventureX was that in Shadows of Doubt there was a bug that stopped any of the procedurally generated murders from happening because there was only one toilet open at night and so the murderer got stuck in the queue to use it and couldn't kill their target in time.
November 27, 2025 at 7:24 PM
My favourite thing I learned at AdventureX was that in Shadows of Doubt there was a bug that stopped any of the procedurally generated murders from happening because there was only one toilet open at night and so the murderer got stuck in the queue to use it and couldn't kill their target in time.
I played through the Another Code collection last year and felt a bit disappointed by them changing or removing a lot of the puzzles.
Now replaying Hotel Dusk and... Yes. This is the Cing bullshit I was missing. Just weird, obtuse puzzles that feel so clever once you've jumped through the hoops.
Now replaying Hotel Dusk and... Yes. This is the Cing bullshit I was missing. Just weird, obtuse puzzles that feel so clever once you've jumped through the hoops.
November 26, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I played through the Another Code collection last year and felt a bit disappointed by them changing or removing a lot of the puzzles.
Now replaying Hotel Dusk and... Yes. This is the Cing bullshit I was missing. Just weird, obtuse puzzles that feel so clever once you've jumped through the hoops.
Now replaying Hotel Dusk and... Yes. This is the Cing bullshit I was missing. Just weird, obtuse puzzles that feel so clever once you've jumped through the hoops.
My favourite thing about doing comedy is getting to sit around afterwards excitedly talking about how great other acts are who aren't even there.
I love the conversations of "Have you seen X?"/"Oh you'd love Y."/"Z's doing something really interesting!" etc.
I love the conversations of "Have you seen X?"/"Oh you'd love Y."/"Z's doing something really interesting!" etc.
November 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
My favourite thing about doing comedy is getting to sit around afterwards excitedly talking about how great other acts are who aren't even there.
I love the conversations of "Have you seen X?"/"Oh you'd love Y."/"Z's doing something really interesting!" etc.
I love the conversations of "Have you seen X?"/"Oh you'd love Y."/"Z's doing something really interesting!" etc.
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"i hate writing NPC dialogue i don't wanna do it i need bobot to do it for me buhhhhh" you are like a little baby
November 26, 2025 at 9:26 PM
"i hate writing NPC dialogue i don't wanna do it i need bobot to do it for me buhhhhh" you are like a little baby
My thoughts on remakes/remasters is I'd like more of them but in the same way there are infinite productions of Shakespeare plays each interpreting the text in different and interesting ways.
Give me Crash Bandicoot but this time it's a reflection on the atrocities of WW1.
Give me Crash Bandicoot but this time it's a reflection on the atrocities of WW1.
November 26, 2025 at 7:34 PM
My thoughts on remakes/remasters is I'd like more of them but in the same way there are infinite productions of Shakespeare plays each interpreting the text in different and interesting ways.
Give me Crash Bandicoot but this time it's a reflection on the atrocities of WW1.
Give me Crash Bandicoot but this time it's a reflection on the atrocities of WW1.
I like this photo specifically because it feels like it has Suzy Izzard vibes.
November 26, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I like this photo specifically because it feels like it has Suzy Izzard vibes.
They should make another Murder By Numbers game.
November 26, 2025 at 9:54 AM
They should make another Murder By Numbers game.
I've been using the drives across to Manchester to catch up on The Adventure Zone and: The theme for Vs Dracula is so good.
November 25, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I've been using the drives across to Manchester to catch up on The Adventure Zone and: The theme for Vs Dracula is so good.
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Make like a tree and grow.
November 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Make like a tree and grow.
There's a new over four hour long Defunctland video and I am looking forward to doing nothing else this weekend
So you made a robot stand up and talk... now what? In this over 4-hour journey, Kevin follows the promise of Disney's Living Character Initiative, an effort to populate Disney theme parks with free-roaming, interactive beings. It was touted as the future. How's it going? Watch here: bit.ly/49C6vng
November 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
There's a new over four hour long Defunctland video and I am looking forward to doing nothing else this weekend
I am trying to avoid getting things through Amazon at the minute, and what's surprising is just... How many things I now can't really find anywhere else. Too many slightly too specific things it doesn't make sense to take up shelf space in a shop with.
November 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I am trying to avoid getting things through Amazon at the minute, and what's surprising is just... How many things I now can't really find anywhere else. Too many slightly too specific things it doesn't make sense to take up shelf space in a shop with.
I use the gender neutral title Mx, lots of places are offering it now on forms which is wonderful, but when I initially started using it my bank just had Mr/Mrs etc but also a text box option for "Other" where you could enter your title yourself.
November 24, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I use the gender neutral title Mx, lots of places are offering it now on forms which is wonderful, but when I initially started using it my bank just had Mr/Mrs etc but also a text box option for "Other" where you could enter your title yourself.
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THE woman. Maybe of all time
November 24, 2025 at 11:23 AM
THE woman. Maybe of all time
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now that all the games press is gone, we only have the loudest gamers to rely on when trying to get a vibe of whether a game is good, which is extremely worse than nothing
all you hear about any game that comes out now is "it's shit" or "it's fucked" regardless of how shit or fucked it is
all you hear about any game that comes out now is "it's shit" or "it's fucked" regardless of how shit or fucked it is
December 1, 2024 at 6:07 AM
now that all the games press is gone, we only have the loudest gamers to rely on when trying to get a vibe of whether a game is good, which is extremely worse than nothing
all you hear about any game that comes out now is "it's shit" or "it's fucked" regardless of how shit or fucked it is
all you hear about any game that comes out now is "it's shit" or "it's fucked" regardless of how shit or fucked it is
I do think that they need to change the name of bureau de changes if only because I'm incapable of not reading it in Chris Morris' voice.
November 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I do think that they need to change the name of bureau de changes if only because I'm incapable of not reading it in Chris Morris' voice.
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Donate to Rebecca's fundraiser here: gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...
November 23, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Donate to Rebecca's fundraiser here: gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...