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J. Kyle Pittman

@piratehearts.com

1.9K followers 2.3K following 1.3K posts

He/him. Game Designer. Co-Founder at Minor Key Games, Senior Programmer on Borderlands 4 at Gearbox. Married to @spiffysteph.bsky.social. https://linktr.ee/piratehearts

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J. Kyle Pittman @piratehearts.com · 5h

9. The Blackcoat's Daughter (2015) ⭐⭐⭐⭐🌗
First time I've seen this one. I've enjoyed Osgood Perkins's recent films, and this might be my new favorite. Really great moody slow burn into a bonkers second half.

J. Kyle Pittman @piratehearts.com · 1d

8. Halloween: Resurrection (2002) ⭐⭐
This was the last of the Halloween films I hadn't yet seen. It's maybe the most goofy and of-its-time of them all with its reality show premise. Still kind of fun though, and hey at least Michael Myers looks more like himself this time around.

J. Kyle Pittman @piratehearts.com · 1d

Taco Bell XXL Grilled Stuft Burrito with chicken

J. Kyle Pittman @piratehearts.com · 2d

7. Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998) ⭐⭐🌗
Weird movie. Many choices were made.

Why does Michael Myers look like Glen/Glenda from Seed of Chucky?

Why is there a Creed song in the credits? Why THAT Creed song?

Why is Josh Hartnett's hair?

J. Kyle Pittman @piratehearts.com · 3d

6. V/H/S/Halloween (2025) ⭐⭐⭐🌗
Another solid entry in the V/H/S series; my favorite segments were unsurprisingly the ones that leaned into comedy, "Fun Size" and "Home Haunt."

J. Kyle Pittman @piratehearts.com · 3d

Drinking a pumpkin beer and watching V/H/S/Halloween. Trying to manifest actual autumn weather here.

J. Kyle Pittman @piratehearts.com · 4d

5. Good Boy (2025) ⭐⭐⭐
Good Boy does an effective job of portraying its canine lead Indy as a heroic figure, but even at only 75 minutes, it's stretched pretty thin by the end.

J. Kyle Pittman @piratehearts.com · 4d

Seen at Half Price Books. Pretty sure I had this one when I was a kid.

The Revolutionary Guide to QBasic, a large programming book with a very 90s cover photo of skyscrapers and a 3.5” floppy disk inside

A page showing how sprites and masks can be assembled for a side scrolling shoot ‘em up

J. Kyle Pittman @piratehearts.com · 4d

You need to listen to it once completely through while driving a car alone. Then you have to listen to it indoors lying down. THEN you pick a few and listen to them WHILE you read the lyrics on your computer. You WILL find that you misheard some of the lyrics. DONT panic. Its COMPLETELY normal and h

J. Kyle Pittman @piratehearts.com · 4d

It is time.

Selfie in front of the Good Boy movie poster at Alamo Drafthouse

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Figglewatts @figglewatts.materiality.link · 4d

Announcement: LSDJAM is back for 2025

Create the game of your dreams over 4 months to celebrate the release of LSD: Dream Emulator

Sign up link below, spread the word! ⬇️

J. Kyle Pittman @piratehearts.com · 5d

4. Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995) ⭐⭐🌗
First-time viewing for me, and not nearly as bad as its reputation had me expecting. Like Halloween 5, it is very of its time, but this time it's the mid-90s. Also "Starring and introducing PAUL STEPHEN RUDD" is a heck of a first opening credit.

J. Kyle Pittman @piratehearts.com · 5d

Haha, yeah, that was 5. I had seen it once but totally forgotten that bit, and the slide whistle was when it clicked for me what kind of film I was watching. 😅

J. Kyle Pittman @piratehearts.com · 5d

3. The Final Terror (1983) ⭐🌗
The Final Terror is uuuuhhhhhh not good, but its ending is uuuuhhhhhh also not good but in a way that's kind of bonkers. And hey, I never would've seen this one if not for The Last Drive-In, and it's always fun to discover something new.

J. Kyle Pittman @piratehearts.com · 5d

I think I’m a little under 60 hours. I was doing a lot of side missions and farming bosses and just exploring the open world though. I never really had an opportunity to play through the game during development so it’s mostly been all new to me.

J. Kyle Pittman @piratehearts.com · 5d

…and credits.

One more screenshot of Borderlands 4 credits, this one displaying my personal thanks message, which reads: “Thank you to Stephanie and James for your patience. I love you. High fives to Jason and everyone on the 3C and
Vehicles teams. We did it, y'all. RIP Sammy Cat. We are transients, just passengers in spaces we will never comprehend. Head bonkies.”

J. Kyle Pittman @piratehearts.com · 5d

…and credits…

Another screenshot of the credits to Borderlands 4, listing my contribution to the in-world Kairos Radio music, “The Magpie Standard.”

J. Kyle Pittman @piratehearts.com · 5d

And that’s credits on Borderlands 4!

A screenshot of the credits for Borderlands 4, displaying my name among an alphabetical list of Gearbox team members.

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Rebecca Heineman @burgerbecky.bsky.social · 5d

I’ve started a GoFundMe to help with my cancer battle gofund.me/6850175a3

Donate to Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, organized by Rebecca Heineman

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J. Kyle Pittman @piratehearts.com · 7d

Oh hey, tomorrow is Bandcamp Friday, have a song: piratehearts.bandcamp.com/track/the-te...

The Teeth They Do Grind, by J. Kyle Pittman

track by J. Kyle Pittman

piratehearts.bandcamp.com

J. Kyle Pittman @piratehearts.com · 6d

Yeah, we haven't interacted much but we've met a couple times.

J. Kyle Pittman @piratehearts.com · 6d

Oh nice! Yeah, I ended up finding three level 45 Wombo Combos last night in all different elements so those should get me to level 50 no problem.

J. Kyle Pittman @piratehearts.com · 7d

This is that one I recorded and briefly posted to my Soundcloud last October. It was going to be the B-side to another song but I yeeted that one into the void.

An image of the cover album for an unrealized single labeled "J. Kyle Pittman – The Magpie Standard b/w The Teeth They Do Grind." An image of a solar eclipse is set in the upper left, and a self-portrait from 2012 with my eyes blacked out is set in the middle right.

J. Kyle Pittman @piratehearts.com · 7d

Oh hey, tomorrow is Bandcamp Friday, have a song: piratehearts.bandcamp.com/track/the-te...

The Teeth They Do Grind, by J. Kyle Pittman

track by J. Kyle Pittman

piratehearts.bandcamp.com

J. Kyle Pittman @piratehearts.com · 7d

2. Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989) ⭐⭐🌗
Halloween 5 is not a good movie, but it is at least a memorable movie, ramping up the campy 80s vibes to near comedy in some scenes.

Also how is there not a half-star emoji.

Also I put 1998 instead of 1988 in the last post, shut it all down.