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Ryan Mattson

@rmattson.bsky.social

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How bizarre, this theatrical and pasteboard unconscious. Game & level designer, BioShock 2, Near Death, Psychonauts 2, Return to Moria, and others. He/him. Portland, OR.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 1d

News footage from Portland shows a calm, tranquil city. But an AI video that Stephen Miller texted to Donald Trump shows the city as a burning hellhole. The truth may lie somewhere in between.

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Ryan Mattson @rmattson.bsky.social · 1d

To be motivated solely by anger is bad for the soul.

Ryan Mattson @rmattson.bsky.social · 2d

Beyond everything else, the obvious lying is so fucking tedious.

Ryan Mattson @rmattson.bsky.social · 2d

oops he gave up the game

Ryan Mattson @rmattson.bsky.social · 2d

Caves of Qud (2024)

Ryan Mattson @rmattson.bsky.social · 2d

We’re really in a bad place when the rhetorical “it’s funny” is getting pedantically called out 😥

Ryan Mattson @rmattson.bsky.social · 2d

like a grandparent on facebook

Ryan Mattson @rmattson.bsky.social · 2d

lmao

Ryan Mattson @rmattson.bsky.social · 2d

vote dems into power and they'll promise to do sensitivity training for the secret police (and definitely won't slash that dhs budget at all)

Ryan Mattson @rmattson.bsky.social · 2d

holy fuck, man

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Ryan Mattson @rmattson.bsky.social · 2d

fair! yes, they did. very fair point.

Ryan Mattson @rmattson.bsky.social · 3d

the amount of follow-through required on that one, though. sure, some enterprising shithead might do it, but they'd actually have to, like, *do* something, instead of just post

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Ryan Mattson @rmattson.bsky.social · 3d

fake news, portland does not have that kind of density 😤

Ryan Mattson @rmattson.bsky.social · 3d

Portland resident here, can confirm we do have stores. Many, may stores. In fact, they're all over the city. Lousy with stores.

Ryan Mattson @rmattson.bsky.social · 3d

Playing Mario Kart with your cousins for far more longer than is healthy.

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Alexandre Adler @bachpropagate.bsky.social · 3d

Look, we’re both very sorry about the widening gyre.

The US president on the phone in Dr Strangelove.

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Ryan Mattson @rmattson.bsky.social · 3d

I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve cackled, but it’s usually because the overall mood is elevated across the board, so I’m primed to get much more enjoyment out of a post.

Ryan Mattson @rmattson.bsky.social · 3d

It all feels so insulting.

Ryan Mattson @rmattson.bsky.social · 3d

Another nice definition of disavowal today. 👍

Ryan Mattson @rmattson.bsky.social · 3d

Not to discount the enormous damage they have done, and still can do, but this really might be one of the dumbest governments in the history of the world.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Johnson: "It's true that in previous shutdowns, many or most furloughed employees have been paid for the time they were furloughed, but there is new legal analysis - I don't know the details, I just saw a headline - but there are some legal analysts saying that might not be appropriate or necessary"

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Ryan Mattson @rmattson.bsky.social · 3d

Oh, yeah, absolutely. I'd rather flawed games with soul, than sterile retreads any day of the week.

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Ryan Mattson @rmattson.bsky.social · 3d

I'm so envious of Remedy as a studio, they just keep cranking out interesting (if occasionally flawed) games, and I'm happy they're still doing it.

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Ryan Mattson @rmattson.bsky.social · 3d

Building narrative support into the diegetic art was chefs-kiss good.

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Ryan Mattson @rmattson.bsky.social · 4d

Somewhat related, I also told my son the year I was born, and he guffawed, and couldn't really comprehend the '19' at the start of the date. I might as well have said 1750 for all he cared. He gave me a real 'what was it like when dirt was invented' look.

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