Ryan Dormanesh
@pixelryan.bsky.social
Dad and Game Dev from California currently working in healthcare in Washington and making indie games. Ex-Mobilityware, Jam City, BrickLink, Zynga, Rockstar San Diego, Disneyland, and Electronics Boutique.
Opinions are my own and not that of my employer.
Opinions are my own and not that of my employer.
"However, we found that this encouraged and rewarded a narrow set of attention-grabbing content and didn't allow the focus to be as much on a broader pool of thoughtful, well-considered creative content."
Steam quietly solving societal problems on their own little social network.
Steam quietly solving societal problems on their own little social network.
January 21, 2026 at 12:28 PM
"However, we found that this encouraged and rewarded a narrow set of attention-grabbing content and didn't allow the focus to be as much on a broader pool of thoughtful, well-considered creative content."
Steam quietly solving societal problems on their own little social network.
Steam quietly solving societal problems on their own little social network.
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the Deadly Towers manual has some absolute gems for item descriptions
January 20, 2026 at 4:48 AM
the Deadly Towers manual has some absolute gems for item descriptions
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Our brand new Eyeball ep is here! Please share with everyone you know!
open.spotify.com/album/4lOS8c...
open.spotify.com/album/4lOS8c...
Eyeball
open.spotify.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Our brand new Eyeball ep is here! Please share with everyone you know!
open.spotify.com/album/4lOS8c...
open.spotify.com/album/4lOS8c...
Floor 796 is a giant gif made by one guy full of Easter eggs that he keeps adding to check this out! Reminds me of a simpler time on the internet.
floor796.com
floor796.com
Floor796
A huge animation scene with many references to memes, games, films, series, anime, music groups
floor796.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Floor 796 is a giant gif made by one guy full of Easter eggs that he keeps adding to check this out! Reminds me of a simpler time on the internet.
floor796.com
floor796.com
Wow The Pitt S2E1, I was worried I overhyped it for myself but they delivered! Having worked in healthcare now I recognize more terms and stuff, it seems so realistic! Best show. You gotta watch it. If you did what did you think?
January 10, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Wow The Pitt S2E1, I was worried I overhyped it for myself but they delivered! Having worked in healthcare now I recognize more terms and stuff, it seems so realistic! Best show. You gotta watch it. If you did what did you think?
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Happy The Pitt premiere day!
January 9, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Happy The Pitt premiere day!
"I was a mineral. I lived for thousands of years, and then I died, and became a plant.
I lived as a plant for thousands of years, and then I died, and became an animal.
I lived as an animal for thousands of years, and then I died, and became a human.
So tell me, what is ever lost from dying?"
-Rumi
I lived as a plant for thousands of years, and then I died, and became an animal.
I lived as an animal for thousands of years, and then I died, and became a human.
So tell me, what is ever lost from dying?"
-Rumi
January 7, 2026 at 12:29 PM
"I was a mineral. I lived for thousands of years, and then I died, and became a plant.
I lived as a plant for thousands of years, and then I died, and became an animal.
I lived as an animal for thousands of years, and then I died, and became a human.
So tell me, what is ever lost from dying?"
-Rumi
I lived as a plant for thousands of years, and then I died, and became an animal.
I lived as an animal for thousands of years, and then I died, and became a human.
So tell me, what is ever lost from dying?"
-Rumi
Oh we are doing this now? Ok.
My top films of 2025
In no particular order.
Frankenstein
The Life Of Chuck
Toxic Avenger
Not Just A Goof
When We Went Mad
Mickey 17
Weapons
KPop Demon Hunters
One Battle After Another
Spinal Tap 2: The End Continues
My top films of 2025
In no particular order.
Frankenstein
The Life Of Chuck
Toxic Avenger
Not Just A Goof
When We Went Mad
Mickey 17
Weapons
KPop Demon Hunters
One Battle After Another
Spinal Tap 2: The End Continues
January 6, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Oh we are doing this now? Ok.
My top films of 2025
In no particular order.
Frankenstein
The Life Of Chuck
Toxic Avenger
Not Just A Goof
When We Went Mad
Mickey 17
Weapons
KPop Demon Hunters
One Battle After Another
Spinal Tap 2: The End Continues
My top films of 2025
In no particular order.
Frankenstein
The Life Of Chuck
Toxic Avenger
Not Just A Goof
When We Went Mad
Mickey 17
Weapons
KPop Demon Hunters
One Battle After Another
Spinal Tap 2: The End Continues
This Sunday's Random #YouTube Channel I Like: Double Toasted! These guys have hilarious movie reviews and will go pretty deep too. They have been around for a while so sometimes I'll see if they have a review after I've seen a movie and go back and watch it.
Double Toasted
For movie reviews, funny trailer reactions of new movies, tv series review and more... subscribe to this channel for comedy, viral news stories and more every single day of the week! TICKETS FOR…
www.youtube.com
January 4, 2026 at 5:18 PM
This Sunday's Random #YouTube Channel I Like: Double Toasted! These guys have hilarious movie reviews and will go pretty deep too. They have been around for a while so sometimes I'll see if they have a review after I've seen a movie and go back and watch it.
This Sunday's Random #YouTube Channel I Like: LoFi Girl! If you need some background noise, or something to throw on a second monitor, this is always a great option.
Lofi Girl
Connecting people through music 🌎
www.youtube.com
December 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
This Sunday's Random #YouTube Channel I Like: LoFi Girl! If you need some background noise, or something to throw on a second monitor, this is always a great option.
Merry Christmas to my one or two BlueSky followers who still use this site.
December 26, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Merry Christmas to my one or two BlueSky followers who still use this site.
This Sunday's Random #YouTube Channel I Like: Doug DeMuro! "THIS!" is where I go whenever I am interested in a car to see if he has a video on it. I love how he gets into the nitty gritty of every little one of the cars "Quirks and features!"
Doug DeMuro
Share your videos with friends, family, and the world
www.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
This Sunday's Random #YouTube Channel I Like: Doug DeMuro! "THIS!" is where I go whenever I am interested in a car to see if he has a video on it. I love how he gets into the nitty gritty of every little one of the cars "Quirks and features!"
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Crunch is a failure of team and company leadership.
If you are sitting at your desk at 1am stressing on a problem and your manager is in their office playing with and modifying nerf guns your project has severely gone off the rails
If you are sitting at your desk at 1am stressing on a problem and your manager is in their office playing with and modifying nerf guns your project has severely gone off the rails
December 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Crunch is a failure of team and company leadership.
If you are sitting at your desk at 1am stressing on a problem and your manager is in their office playing with and modifying nerf guns your project has severely gone off the rails
If you are sitting at your desk at 1am stressing on a problem and your manager is in their office playing with and modifying nerf guns your project has severely gone off the rails
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Late to this bc I was in the desert but:
ND has a long history of this. It does not have to continue to be this way.
Talk to your coworkers (off company time, on Signal or a similar encrypted app) and contact @codecwa.bsky.social or @videogameworkers.bsky.social
You - we all - deserve better.
ND has a long history of this. It does not have to continue to be this way.
Talk to your coworkers (off company time, on Signal or a similar encrypted app) and contact @codecwa.bsky.social or @videogameworkers.bsky.social
You - we all - deserve better.
NEW: For the last seven weeks, Naughty Dog has enacted mandatory overtime for staff to finish an internal demo of their next game, Intergalactic. The game won't be out until 2027, leaving some staff wondering: If they're crunching now, what will next year be like? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Naughty Dog Studio Orders Employee Overtime for ‘Intergalactic’
The Sony-owned gamemakers have been racing to hit a December deadline
www.bloomberg.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Late to this bc I was in the desert but:
ND has a long history of this. It does not have to continue to be this way.
Talk to your coworkers (off company time, on Signal or a similar encrypted app) and contact @codecwa.bsky.social or @videogameworkers.bsky.social
You - we all - deserve better.
ND has a long history of this. It does not have to continue to be this way.
Talk to your coworkers (off company time, on Signal or a similar encrypted app) and contact @codecwa.bsky.social or @videogameworkers.bsky.social
You - we all - deserve better.
Work evacuated. Freeway is closed, commute doubled. Finally get back home, and power goes out. This storm sucks!
Significant power outage event ongoing for Washington. PSE up to 150K, state total is about 276K, all increasing. #wawx
December 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Work evacuated. Freeway is closed, commute doubled. Finally get back home, and power goes out. This storm sucks!
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While watching #TheGameAwards, I couldn't help but notice a LOT of red and spikiness/thorniness.
I quickly assembled this collage; there are more instances than these.
Not to crap on these games and their trailers, but shouldn't they look more distinct from each other?
I quickly assembled this collage; there are more instances than these.
Not to crap on these games and their trailers, but shouldn't they look more distinct from each other?
December 16, 2025 at 12:24 AM
While watching #TheGameAwards, I couldn't help but notice a LOT of red and spikiness/thorniness.
I quickly assembled this collage; there are more instances than these.
Not to crap on these games and their trailers, but shouldn't they look more distinct from each other?
I quickly assembled this collage; there are more instances than these.
Not to crap on these games and their trailers, but shouldn't they look more distinct from each other?
This Sunday's Random #YouTube Channel I Like: Digital Foundry! These guys are practically a meme at this point, but I truly love how deep they go into how games performance and rendering.
DF Clips
Clips, reaction and highlights from Digital Foundry. Visit our website: https://www.digitalfoundry.net
www.youtube.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
This Sunday's Random #YouTube Channel I Like: Digital Foundry! These guys are practically a meme at this point, but I truly love how deep they go into how games performance and rendering.
😆….😔
The Workers' Choice Award for "Worst Crunch Culture" goes to...
NAUGHTY DOG
NAUGHTY DOG
December 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
😆….😔
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🎂 E. H. Shepard was born on this day in 1879. A titan among British illustrators, he’s best remembered for his Winnie-the-Pooh illustrations. 🧸
The surprising ways his artwork & the text work together to shape the Pooh stories are a story all their own ⤵️
blog.archive.org/2025/12/10/e...
🧵
The surprising ways his artwork & the text work together to shape the Pooh stories are a story all their own ⤵️
blog.archive.org/2025/12/10/e...
🧵
December 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
🎂 E. H. Shepard was born on this day in 1879. A titan among British illustrators, he’s best remembered for his Winnie-the-Pooh illustrations. 🧸
The surprising ways his artwork & the text work together to shape the Pooh stories are a story all their own ⤵️
blog.archive.org/2025/12/10/e...
🧵
The surprising ways his artwork & the text work together to shape the Pooh stories are a story all their own ⤵️
blog.archive.org/2025/12/10/e...
🧵
This Sunday's Random #YouTube Channel I Like: Howard Stern! Come for the great live musical performances from their library spanning decades, and stick around for the making fun of Baba Booey and random Wack Pack antics. RIP Eric The Actor!
The Howard Stern Show
Welcome to the Howard Stern Show official YouTube channel—for more exclusive videos, head to the SiriusXM app!
www.youtube.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
This Sunday's Random #YouTube Channel I Like: Howard Stern! Come for the great live musical performances from their library spanning decades, and stick around for the making fun of Baba Booey and random Wack Pack antics. RIP Eric The Actor!
This Sunday's Random #YouTube Channel I Like: Lon.TV! If you really want to nerd out about tech gadgets and stuff like CES coverage or what's going on with OTA broadcast TV, check out Lon Seidman's channel. Could be good for Christmas gift ideas too.
Lon.TV
Honest, concise gadget reviews. I try before you buy! DISCLOSURES: I always disclose how I acquired the gadget in the video description. For product samples sent to me directly from manufacturers I…
www.youtube.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
This Sunday's Random #YouTube Channel I Like: Lon.TV! If you really want to nerd out about tech gadgets and stuff like CES coverage or what's going on with OTA broadcast TV, check out Lon Seidman's channel. Could be good for Christmas gift ideas too.
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We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
November 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
This Sunday's Random #YouTube Channel I Like: Jason Stephenson! If your mind is racing when you are trying to sleep, put on one of his guided sleep meditations. Great for kids or adults in my experience. I often listen to it when traveling.
www.youtube.com/@jasonstephe...
www.youtube.com/@jasonstephe...
Jason Stephenson - Guided Sleep Meditation
This is your safe space for soothing, soul nourishing guided meditations with Jason Stephenson, designed to help you slow your mind, release anxiety and immerse yourself in a deep, restful sleep.…
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
This Sunday's Random #YouTube Channel I Like: Jason Stephenson! If your mind is racing when you are trying to sleep, put on one of his guided sleep meditations. Great for kids or adults in my experience. I often listen to it when traveling.
www.youtube.com/@jasonstephe...
www.youtube.com/@jasonstephe...
🤯"Unity developers will be able to publish games directly into Fortnite"
Wow, I am really surprised by this collaboration. I wonder how it will work? Do you control your Fortnite avatar in the Unity game or does it just launch a totally separate experience? This is crazy! #Unity
Wow, I am really surprised by this collaboration. I wonder how it will work? Do you control your Fortnite avatar in the Unity game or does it just launch a totally separate experience? This is crazy! #Unity
The Verge (@theverge.com)
Fortnite is getting Unity games https://buff.ly/UDWOtaL
bsky.app
November 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
🤯"Unity developers will be able to publish games directly into Fortnite"
Wow, I am really surprised by this collaboration. I wonder how it will work? Do you control your Fortnite avatar in the Unity game or does it just launch a totally separate experience? This is crazy! #Unity
Wow, I am really surprised by this collaboration. I wonder how it will work? Do you control your Fortnite avatar in the Unity game or does it just launch a totally separate experience? This is crazy! #Unity