Ryan Dormanesh
@pixelryan.bsky.social
Technical Game Designer from California currently working in healthcare in Washington and making indie games.
Opinions are my own and not that of my employer.
Opinions are my own and not that of my employer.
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
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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...
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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...
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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
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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
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The amount of people I know who have been laid off from games industry jobs and are deciding to leave games entirely as a result is not only extremely saddening (of course), but also genuinely scary. We have lost legitimately thousands of years of knowledge and experience in the last four years.
November 21, 2025 at 2:13 AM
The amount of people I know who have been laid off from games industry jobs and are deciding to leave games entirely as a result is not only extremely saddening (of course), but also genuinely scary. We have lost legitimately thousands of years of knowledge and experience in the last four years.
I am so sad about the passing of Rebecca Heineman. I got to meet her in person at GDC once, I told her about how the port of Out Of This World on SNES (that people thought wasn’t possible but she did) was one of my favorite games as a kid, and pushed me to get into games as a career. RIP BurgerBecky
November 20, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I am so sad about the passing of Rebecca Heineman. I got to meet her in person at GDC once, I told her about how the port of Out Of This World on SNES (that people thought wasn’t possible but she did) was one of my favorite games as a kid, and pushed me to get into games as a career. RIP BurgerBecky
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
I really liked the new Frankenstein, but am kind of sad I have no one to talk to it about. Watching movies by yourself kind of sucks.
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boxd.it/bG3vFV
A ★★★★½ review of Frankenstein (2025)
Good adaptation. Some cheesy too on the nose parts, some bad CG, and sure it’s not as good as the book. No movie is perfect though, I still enjoyed it. I hope the action and spectacle is enough to dra...
boxd.it
November 12, 2025 at 7:15 AM
I really liked the new Frankenstein, but am kind of sad I have no one to talk to it about. Watching movies by yourself kind of sucks.
boxd.it/bG3vFV
boxd.it/bG3vFV
Good old balboa peninsula. I am going to miss this place when I get back to grey Washington tomorrow.
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Good old balboa peninsula. I am going to miss this place when I get back to grey Washington tomorrow.
“Love multiplies”
November 6, 2025 at 11:38 AM
“Love multiplies”
mrw the power and wifi are back up after two days without electricity from a storm
a man with long hair is sitting in front of a laptop computer
Alt: Antonio Banderas is sitting in front of a laptop computer and closes his eyes, smiles, and looks away and rests his head on his hand in satisfaction.
media.tenor.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:02 AM
mrw the power and wifi are back up after two days without electricity from a storm
Happy Friday! This is my song of the day.
Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer (HD version)
YouTube video by Peter Gabriel
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October 25, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Happy Friday! This is my song of the day.
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but it’s OK to have a designated place for your worn but don’t-need-a-wash-yet clothes
October 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but it’s OK to have a designated place for your worn but don’t-need-a-wash-yet clothes