Jon Tetrino
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Jon Tetrino
@tetrino.com
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Software engineer, former VFX specialist. He/Him, Black Lives Matter, Trans Rights. Streams with the wife on https://twitch.tv/MooseAndTato
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I've said this about writing and art -- the goal was not to replace writers and artists with AI, the result was either:

a) *threaten* to replace them with AI, and use that as leverage to be able to pay them less

b) replace them unsuccessfully and pay them less to fix the shit the AI barfed out
This is sometimes read as "look 'AI' isn't working". But the opposite is true.

_This_ is what "AI" is _for_. Push down labor power, push down wages, make employment more insecure.

https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/forrester_ai_rehiring/
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Hi #Portfolioday l! I'm Emma Kidwell, an award nominated writer and designer experienced in indie and AAA. I've worked in all stages of game development from polish to pitching. I'm adaptable, quick to learn, and available for full time and contact work ✍️

emmkid.info
Been dirt poor or in hard debt all my life. The stars aligned this one paycheck and I get to be kind to the local kids.

This Halloween we are THAT house.
We’re in a scenario where anyone who’s had their finger vaguely held up to the winds of gaming have more games than they will ever play. Be it PS+ freebies, game pass, endless humble bundles, Prime Gaming or Epic freebies.

It has muddied the waters to the point that nobody can know what they have.
Extremely cold take but I still feel that the proliferation of bundles, free deals and sales has absolutely destroyed the concept of owning a thing on digital platforms more than the fact you can’t hold it in your hands.

I can name every PSX game I’ve ever owned. I can’t name my whole Steam lib.
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why, that's a *steal* for the smart piss ball, and I can't wait to find out how much the monthly subscription for the piss-sniffing service costs, and it'll be so useful, and I won't mind the occasional leaking of data on my leaks until the inevitable shutdown day, when my piss ball is sadly bricked
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I regret to inform everyone that my pedantic brain couldn’t let me live until I knew whether or not dodger blue and blue jays blue are the same blue. They are ONE PANTONE NUMBER APART.
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I legitimately didn't know they were competing with Steam and it's crazy to me that they burnt so much money on what sounds like something with very little (or wildly misguided) market research.
He really is the best.
Listening to music.
Watching the invisible person run the obstacle course alongside.
Please don’t take this as anything more than friendly additions. It’s your thing!!
Additional if you’ll take it while it’s fresh in my head: If you succeed with the triple bonus it fills your clip AND ALSO reduces the available extra bullets to 1.

So you have chance to reload again with the same effect but if you miss you have one shot.
Suggestion for extra spice: If the number of bullets available is less than a full reload, have a third tiny point to hit. If you manage it, you not only get the power up, but the reload fills the clip.

Whether you make it so that you can reload chain is your call 🤔
I’m eager to see where this is going. Having flashbacks to 2008 when my E6600/6600GT was struggling badly to even get a steady 20fps on low.

For me it signified the true start of the Poor PC Port era of that gen, not that any in the previous couple years were particularly great.
The EA in house GPT being shite shouldn't surprise anyone but the idiots who put it there in the first place, to be honest.
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You shouldn't buy either this new thing nor the MCC while both are under BDS boycott, of course, but Halo: CE is an unbelievably easy game to get a hold of and play on modern hardware in 2025. The MCC is basically a capstone on one of the All Time FPS Trilogies and nothing more needed to be said.
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I got to play a preview of the Halo Remake and my big take is I think the visuals are very uninspired and dull. Its what you'd get if you typed "Realistic Halo in Unreal Engine 5" as an AI Prompt.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrOT...
Halo: Campaign Evolved Hands-On Impressions
YouTube video by GameSpot
www.youtube.com
Probably some shit set on Reach to test city tech for anything they bring after.
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Please buy my game so I can afford rent thank u 😔
MidBoss is 67% off ($5) through sunday for the 2025 roguelike celebration. defeat enemies, possess their bodies and take their abilities for your own in this turn-based roguelike: store.steampowered.com/app/561740/M...

or check out all the games in the sale: store.steampowered.com/curator/4122...
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Did a big ol' interview with the Halo team about rebuilding an absolute legend. Can't wait 🙏🏻
Halo: Campaign Evolved is a full remake of the Combat Evolved campaign, coming to Xbox Series X|S in 2026. We asked Halo Studios the big questions, and uncovered how 25 years of community feedback and technology have shaped this ambitious project: news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/1...
Halo: Campaign Evolved - Answering the Big Questions About This Ambitious Remake - Xbox Wire
Halo Campaign Evolved is a full remake of the Halo: Combat Evolved campaign, coming to Xbox Series X|S, Steam, and PlayStation 5.
news.xbox.com