Bob Hess
@nohbob.bsky.social
Senior Content Designer at Standing Stone Games on DDO. Previously worked on WildStar, Firefall, and LoTRO. Work in GameDev. Opinions are my own and not my employer. He/Him
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The light in this space is delightful ✨
Former studio and home of ceramicists Otto and Gertrud Netzler for sale for the first time in 80 years. Absolute dream home.
7837 Woodrow Wilson Dr
Los Angeles, CA 90046
7837 Woodrow Wilson Dr
Los Angeles, CA 90046
December 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The light in this space is delightful ✨
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Two housing updates with today's maintenance:
1) Exterior decor limits now increase from 200 to 250 at house level 3!
2) We were going to fix flying houses to bring them back to terra firma, but you all made such awesome stuff, so we made it possible with the base UI instead.
1) Exterior decor limits now increase from 200 to 250 at house level 3!
2) We were going to fix flying houses to bring them back to terra firma, but you all made such awesome stuff, so we made it possible with the base UI instead.
December 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Two housing updates with today's maintenance:
1) Exterior decor limits now increase from 200 to 250 at house level 3!
2) We were going to fix flying houses to bring them back to terra firma, but you all made such awesome stuff, so we made it possible with the base UI instead.
1) Exterior decor limits now increase from 200 to 250 at house level 3!
2) We were going to fix flying houses to bring them back to terra firma, but you all made such awesome stuff, so we made it possible with the base UI instead.
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Really happy hearing Proton is releasing a privacy-focused spreadsheets app and I'm eager to try it. Google's office suite is a polluted shitfest of AI nonsense and irritating popups reminding me it's actively ruining itself with AI, and I'm eager for alternatives.
www.theverge.com/news/838127/...
www.theverge.com/news/838127/...
Proton now has an end-to-end encrypted spreadsheet app
It sure does look like Google Sheets.
www.theverge.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Really happy hearing Proton is releasing a privacy-focused spreadsheets app and I'm eager to try it. Google's office suite is a polluted shitfest of AI nonsense and irritating popups reminding me it's actively ruining itself with AI, and I'm eager for alternatives.
www.theverge.com/news/838127/...
www.theverge.com/news/838127/...
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This is super bad
Micron Announces Exit from Crucial Consumer Business investors.micron.com/news-release...
December 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
This is super bad
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I got a chance to interview two of the devs working on housing and ask questions about what's next for the system ! Some juicy stuff in here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RimL...
#WOWKEA #warcraft
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RimL...
#WOWKEA #warcraft
What's Next for WoW Housing? Interview with Devs Jay Hwang and Garth DeAngelis
YouTube video by meggoart
www.youtube.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I got a chance to interview two of the devs working on housing and ask questions about what's next for the system ! Some juicy stuff in here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RimL...
#WOWKEA #warcraft
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RimL...
#WOWKEA #warcraft
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this is a lie. it's not surprising at all.
Three years into the generative-AI wave, demand for the technology seems surprisingly flimsy
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
econ.st
December 1, 2025 at 2:08 PM
this is a lie. it's not surprising at all.
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A good reminder from a friend yesterday:
As the holidays ramp up, a gentle reminder that a lot of peeps have lost their jobs and are still struggling. It is easy to be kind when everyone is in a good place, but it's a lot harder when someone is not. 1/4
As the holidays ramp up, a gentle reminder that a lot of peeps have lost their jobs and are still struggling. It is easy to be kind when everyone is in a good place, but it's a lot harder when someone is not. 1/4
November 29, 2025 at 10:04 PM
A good reminder from a friend yesterday:
As the holidays ramp up, a gentle reminder that a lot of peeps have lost their jobs and are still struggling. It is easy to be kind when everyone is in a good place, but it's a lot harder when someone is not. 1/4
As the holidays ramp up, a gentle reminder that a lot of peeps have lost their jobs and are still struggling. It is easy to be kind when everyone is in a good place, but it's a lot harder when someone is not. 1/4
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For @aftermath.site, I spoke to @imodrew.bsky.social, the Sucker Punch dev fired after making a Charlie Kirk joke.
She paints a picture of an industry that all too often ignores bad actors until those bad actors threaten them financially.
aftermath.site/sucker-punch...
She paints a picture of an industry that all too often ignores bad actors until those bad actors threaten them financially.
aftermath.site/sucker-punch...
Two Months After Firing Over Charlie Kirk Comments, Ghost Of Yotei Dev Blames Harassment Campaign, Not ‘Bad Joke’
"I really don’t want this to happen to anyone else, because I feel like with the state of everything, it will absolutely happen to other people," says Drew Harrison
aftermath.site
November 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
For @aftermath.site, I spoke to @imodrew.bsky.social, the Sucker Punch dev fired after making a Charlie Kirk joke.
She paints a picture of an industry that all too often ignores bad actors until those bad actors threaten them financially.
aftermath.site/sucker-punch...
She paints a picture of an industry that all too often ignores bad actors until those bad actors threaten them financially.
aftermath.site/sucker-punch...
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Be advised that with only three viewing experiences, we have the sum total of what the American entertainment industry has to say about Thanksgiving.
1. Planes, Trains & Automobiles in full.
2. The camp play carnage in Addams Family Values
3. The clip below.
After that, it's all just football.
1. Planes, Trains & Automobiles in full.
2. The camp play carnage in Addams Family Values
3. The clip below.
After that, it's all just football.
47 years ago today, dozens of turkeys met their unfortunate demise in a Cincinnati parking lot.
November 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Be advised that with only three viewing experiences, we have the sum total of what the American entertainment industry has to say about Thanksgiving.
1. Planes, Trains & Automobiles in full.
2. The camp play carnage in Addams Family Values
3. The clip below.
After that, it's all just football.
1. Planes, Trains & Automobiles in full.
2. The camp play carnage in Addams Family Values
3. The clip below.
After that, it's all just football.
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It’s here: the Loish 2026 Cat Calendar 😺 That’s right, I’m fully embracing my identity as a crazy cat lady, which is why next year’s calendar features a variety of cat art that I’ve made!
This one’s only available until November 28th, so be quick if you want to get it: loish.shop/products/202...
This one’s only available until November 28th, so be quick if you want to get it: loish.shop/products/202...
November 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
It’s here: the Loish 2026 Cat Calendar 😺 That’s right, I’m fully embracing my identity as a crazy cat lady, which is why next year’s calendar features a variety of cat art that I’ve made!
This one’s only available until November 28th, so be quick if you want to get it: loish.shop/products/202...
This one’s only available until November 28th, so be quick if you want to get it: loish.shop/products/202...
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authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:35 AM
authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
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Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
I really have no words for the scores of talented game developers that have been laid off in the past few weeks.
So many capable folks have been affected throughout the industry, with several existing and new MMOs being blown up for a variety of super shitty reasons.
My heart bleeds for you.
So many capable folks have been affected throughout the industry, with several existing and new MMOs being blown up for a variety of super shitty reasons.
My heart bleeds for you.
November 8, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I really have no words for the scores of talented game developers that have been laid off in the past few weeks.
So many capable folks have been affected throughout the industry, with several existing and new MMOs being blown up for a variety of super shitty reasons.
My heart bleeds for you.
So many capable folks have been affected throughout the industry, with several existing and new MMOs being blown up for a variety of super shitty reasons.
My heart bleeds for you.
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At this point there are *very* few MMOs left in active development.
- Star Citizen (please don't yell at me about SC)
- Stars Reach (Raph Koster's project, has had funding issues)
- Ashes of Creation (don't know much about this one)
- Riot's unnamed MMO (they make enough to self-fund)
- ???
- Star Citizen (please don't yell at me about SC)
- Stars Reach (Raph Koster's project, has had funding issues)
- Ashes of Creation (don't know much about this one)
- Riot's unnamed MMO (they make enough to self-fund)
- ???
Jackalyptic Games and its Warhammer MMO are no more as NetEase pulls funding from the studio
Jackalyptic Games and its Warhammer MMO are no more as NetEase pulls funding from the studio
massivelyop.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM
At this point there are *very* few MMOs left in active development.
- Star Citizen (please don't yell at me about SC)
- Stars Reach (Raph Koster's project, has had funding issues)
- Ashes of Creation (don't know much about this one)
- Riot's unnamed MMO (they make enough to self-fund)
- ???
- Star Citizen (please don't yell at me about SC)
- Stars Reach (Raph Koster's project, has had funding issues)
- Ashes of Creation (don't know much about this one)
- Riot's unnamed MMO (they make enough to self-fund)
- ???
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New video recapping all the housing news of the past two weeks-ish (and a housing FAQ section!)
youtu.be/WT4VZ9-jk4g?...
#warcraft #wowkea
youtu.be/WT4VZ9-jk4g?...
#warcraft #wowkea
Goodbye Alpha, Hello Beta: All the Wow Housing Updates!
YouTube video by meggoart
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 3:19 PM
New video recapping all the housing news of the past two weeks-ish (and a housing FAQ section!)
youtu.be/WT4VZ9-jk4g?...
#warcraft #wowkea
youtu.be/WT4VZ9-jk4g?...
#warcraft #wowkea
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No matter how hard people try to convince us having empathy is wrong,
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
November 4, 2025 at 2:55 AM
No matter how hard people try to convince us having empathy is wrong,
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
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NEW: After my last piece about what's slowing down game development, folks wrote in to ask "why didn't you talk about bad leadership?"
It uhhhh never came up. So I returned to the well and asked devs to explain why better leadership—not AI or any other tool—is vital to efficient game development.
It uhhhh never came up. So I returned to the well and asked devs to explain why better leadership—not AI or any other tool—is vital to efficient game development.
How poor leadership slows down game development
How poor leadership slows down game development
No tool—AI or otherwise—can speed up game development if leaders don't rise to the occasion.
www.gamedeveloper.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
NEW: After my last piece about what's slowing down game development, folks wrote in to ask "why didn't you talk about bad leadership?"
It uhhhh never came up. So I returned to the well and asked devs to explain why better leadership—not AI or any other tool—is vital to efficient game development.
It uhhhh never came up. So I returned to the well and asked devs to explain why better leadership—not AI or any other tool—is vital to efficient game development.
One of my core joys is that where I live there are kids that come by for Trick-or-Treat, and that I can give them full-sized candy bars.
October 31, 2025 at 2:29 PM
One of my core joys is that where I live there are kids that come by for Trick-or-Treat, and that I can give them full-sized candy bars.
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They literally ruin everything they touch
October 31, 2025 at 3:44 AM
They literally ruin everything they touch
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New WOWKEA where I award Golden Delete Me Cubes to some incredible wow housing builds !! Also a special report about the new Room Placement Costs added in alpha last week.
youtu.be/x2mwNi5MWZQ
#warcraft #wowkea
youtu.be/x2mwNi5MWZQ
#warcraft #wowkea
Reviewing the 16 BEST Warcraft Housing PTR Creations
YouTube video by meggoart
youtu.be
October 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
New WOWKEA where I award Golden Delete Me Cubes to some incredible wow housing builds !! Also a special report about the new Room Placement Costs added in alpha last week.
youtu.be/x2mwNi5MWZQ
#warcraft #wowkea
youtu.be/x2mwNi5MWZQ
#warcraft #wowkea
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LOTRO is looking for a Temp QA Tester! Get more information and find out how to apply here: https://www.daybreakgames.com/careers?location=massachusetts&job=8224457002 #LOTRO
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www.daybreakgames.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:21 PM
LOTRO is looking for a Temp QA Tester! Get more information and find out how to apply here: https://www.daybreakgames.com/careers?location=massachusetts&job=8224457002 #LOTRO
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another way to make games faster is to not fire over half the game industry in a quest to make number go up
Food for thought... There's a lot of talk about speeding up game development, given how many recent games took 5-7 years to make. But many of those were hampered by the switch from Unreal 4 to 5. And ALL of them lost months to covid. Perhaps one way to make games faster is to not have a pandemic
October 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
another way to make games faster is to not fire over half the game industry in a quest to make number go up
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#Wildstar From Mr. Kurtenacker himself! www.reddit.com/r/WildStar/s...
From the WildStar community on Reddit: The WildStar OST is back… kinda…
Explore this post and more from the WildStar community
www.reddit.com
October 19, 2025 at 11:07 PM
#Wildstar From Mr. Kurtenacker himself! www.reddit.com/r/WildStar/s...
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“This is also why we’re trying to fire anyone who made fun of Charlie Kirk or posted his own words verbatim.”
October 15, 2025 at 6:18 PM
“This is also why we’re trying to fire anyone who made fun of Charlie Kirk or posted his own words verbatim.”
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Believe old game devs when we tell you: burnout is real, it's painful. Be honest with yourself, take the breaks when you need them.
I've been burnt out for so long, I only just realized how long. I went from crunch at Iridium into crunch at Giant Squid with no break. About 3 years. It was too long.
I've been burnt out for so long, I only just realized how long. I went from crunch at Iridium into crunch at Giant Squid with no break. About 3 years. It was too long.
October 13, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Believe old game devs when we tell you: burnout is real, it's painful. Be honest with yourself, take the breaks when you need them.
I've been burnt out for so long, I only just realized how long. I went from crunch at Iridium into crunch at Giant Squid with no break. About 3 years. It was too long.
I've been burnt out for so long, I only just realized how long. I went from crunch at Iridium into crunch at Giant Squid with no break. About 3 years. It was too long.