Jeremy Vanhoozer
@vanhoozerbot.bsky.social
Geek Dad. Artist. Creative Director. Drawer of Robots. Maker of games. Formerly Bungie, Magic Leap, PopCap, EA, CN, Disney. he/him - Thoughts are my own.
One of the many things that have materialized thanks to the oppression and murder in Minnesota: A rock solid list of people who I would never hire, and frankly never agree to work with. People are really feeling comfortable being terrible humans online. We can see you, and will not forget.
January 26, 2026 at 12:31 AM
One of the many things that have materialized thanks to the oppression and murder in Minnesota: A rock solid list of people who I would never hire, and frankly never agree to work with. People are really feeling comfortable being terrible humans online. We can see you, and will not forget.
Cleaning out an old drive, and I found these quick sketches I did forever ago to show off a little pirate game idea.
January 21, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Cleaning out an old drive, and I found these quick sketches I did forever ago to show off a little pirate game idea.
"Have courage and be kind. Everything else is out of your control."
I'm going to try to make this my 2026.
I'm going to try to make this my 2026.
December 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM
"Have courage and be kind. Everything else is out of your control."
I'm going to try to make this my 2026.
I'm going to try to make this my 2026.
Throughout my career, I’ve communicated creative and artistic direction through some of the worst drawings imaginable. That’s how it’s supposed to go! Your job is to set up the people on your team for success by letting THEM interpret the rough ideas into beautiful things with their unique brains.
December 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Throughout my career, I’ve communicated creative and artistic direction through some of the worst drawings imaginable. That’s how it’s supposed to go! Your job is to set up the people on your team for success by letting THEM interpret the rough ideas into beautiful things with their unique brains.
Lots of great examples of raw "idea art" in the comments. I think people would be shocked to know how many of their favorite scenes in both movies and games started on a napkin or Post-It. :)
"they don't know how to express the idea" here's rian johnson's storyboard for knives out
pick up a pencil and a napkin
pick up a pencil and a napkin
December 19, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Lots of great examples of raw "idea art" in the comments. I think people would be shocked to know how many of their favorite scenes in both movies and games started on a napkin or Post-It. :)
If you use Generative AI to create concept art for your game, I would argue that your game is absolutely shipping with AI in it. Concept art is perhaps the most creatively influential step in developing a new idea, and it affects almost every step of the development process that follows.
December 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
If you use Generative AI to create concept art for your game, I would argue that your game is absolutely shipping with AI in it. Concept art is perhaps the most creatively influential step in developing a new idea, and it affects almost every step of the development process that follows.
OMG so good.
Eyvind Earle (American, 1916–2000)
"Central Park", 1983.
Serigraph on Paper, 76.2 × 50.8 cm.
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City)
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Central Park", 1983.
Serigraph on Paper, 76.2 × 50.8 cm.
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City)
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
December 17, 2025 at 12:39 PM
OMG so good.
Huge congrats to @expedition33.bsky.social for winning all of the awards last night at @thegameawards.com. It is lovely to see a small team make a "small" game and keep the quality bar so high. I also know just how hard that is to accomplish. Our industry needs more of this!
December 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Huge congrats to @expedition33.bsky.social for winning all of the awards last night at @thegameawards.com. It is lovely to see a small team make a "small" game and keep the quality bar so high. I also know just how hard that is to accomplish. Our industry needs more of this!
I've seen other devs mention this, but I want to stress: Working with voice actors is one of the highlights of working on a game. Seeing your words come to life in a way that is BETTER than what you imagined, thanks to the skill of a living, breathing artist, is one of the best things ever.
November 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I've seen other devs mention this, but I want to stress: Working with voice actors is one of the highlights of working on a game. Seeing your words come to life in a way that is BETTER than what you imagined, thanks to the skill of a living, breathing artist, is one of the best things ever.
Wow. Pluribus is really good.
November 8, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Wow. Pluribus is really good.
Leadership, or lack thereof, is maybe the biggest issue facing the game industry today. This article is a terrifying but very accurate callout. I have seen every one of these in action, up close. (Boy, do I have some stories for you!)
www.gamedeveloper.com/production/h...
www.gamedeveloper.com/production/h...
How poor leadership slows down game development
No tool—AI or otherwise—can speed up game development if leaders don't rise to the occasion.
www.gamedeveloper.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Leadership, or lack thereof, is maybe the biggest issue facing the game industry today. This article is a terrifying but very accurate callout. I have seen every one of these in action, up close. (Boy, do I have some stories for you!)
www.gamedeveloper.com/production/h...
www.gamedeveloper.com/production/h...
I just want to post fun doodles and crack jokes with my friends again.
October 14, 2025 at 11:11 AM
I just want to post fun doodles and crack jokes with my friends again.
I play Roblox pretty much every evening with my daughter before bed. Have for a while now. I don’t love Roblox, but it gives us something to do together and I’d rather be with her when she plays. It turns out I’ve put in a lot of hours…
September 12, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I play Roblox pretty much every evening with my daughter before bed. Have for a while now. I don’t love Roblox, but it gives us something to do together and I’d rather be with her when she plays. It turns out I’ve put in a lot of hours…
Andor continues to feel prophetic.
September 11, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Andor continues to feel prophetic.
Reposted by Jeremy Vanhoozer
idk man if I had just lost my kid to a school shooting and the news cycle was dominated by people loudly mourning the loss of a guy whose life’s work was radicalizing people, largely children, into thinking that’s a cool and normal thing to do while contributing nothing else, I’d probably go insane
September 11, 2025 at 4:02 AM
idk man if I had just lost my kid to a school shooting and the news cycle was dominated by people loudly mourning the loss of a guy whose life’s work was radicalizing people, largely children, into thinking that’s a cool and normal thing to do while contributing nothing else, I’d probably go insane
Call me crazy, but I don’t think game studios should expect their roles to be “onsite” anymore. Having run a large studio team, I understand the benefits, but you can’t expect new hires to relocate in this mess. The market is too volatile, and the risks are too high for people and their families.
August 31, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Call me crazy, but I don’t think game studios should expect their roles to be “onsite” anymore. Having run a large studio team, I understand the benefits, but you can’t expect new hires to relocate in this mess. The market is too volatile, and the risks are too high for people and their families.
Sorry, but I'm not going to shut up until my country doesn't look like this anymore. This is not who we are. #resist
This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
August 28, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Sorry, but I'm not going to shut up until my country doesn't look like this anymore. This is not who we are. #resist
My exact face after stepping on a dog toy in the dark before everyone else wakes up on a school morning.
a little girl is eating cotton candy in a crowded stadium
ALT: a little girl is eating cotton candy in a crowded stadium
media.tenor.com
August 14, 2025 at 10:21 AM
My exact face after stepping on a dog toy in the dark before everyone else wakes up on a school morning.
First day of school.
a man holding a burning log in an office with a sign on the wall that says ' buzzfeed ' on it
Alt: a man holding a burning log in an office while chaos ensues around him.
media.tenor.com
August 11, 2025 at 11:45 AM
First day of school.
Totally not guilty.
August 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Totally not guilty.
This is really good. And sad. But also accurate. Good, sad, and accurate. Now back to my microwaved steak…
In the Future All Food Will Be Cooked in a Microwave, and if You Can’t Deal With That Then You Need to Get Out of the Kitchen
As a restaurant owner – I’m astounded at the rate of progress since microwaves were released a few short years ago. Today’s microwave can cook a frozen burrito. Tomorrow’s m…
www.colincornaby.me
August 7, 2025 at 1:51 AM
This is really good. And sad. But also accurate. Good, sad, and accurate. Now back to my microwaved steak…
If you can get donors to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to build you a golden ballroom, it seems that if you were a better human, you could get donors to make sure that kids didn’t starve, or even just make sure they had school supplies. Or that insulin was free.
August 1, 2025 at 3:13 PM
If you can get donors to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to build you a golden ballroom, it seems that if you were a better human, you could get donors to make sure that kids didn’t starve, or even just make sure they had school supplies. Or that insulin was free.
What in the actual hell?
this captures the logical and legal incoherence of the Brendan Carr FCC.
It claims all the legal authority in the world to bully companies who aren't racist or feckless enough, yet somehow no authority to police things that actually matter to real people, like broadband affordability
It claims all the legal authority in the world to bully companies who aren't racist or feckless enough, yet somehow no authority to police things that actually matter to real people, like broadband affordability
FCC to eliminate gigabit speed goal and scrap analysis of broadband prices
Analysis of broadband affordability deemed “extraneous” by FCC chair.
arstechnica.com
July 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
What in the actual hell?