Rob "Xemu" Fermier
@xemu.bsky.social
He/ Him. Making games since 1993. System Shock 1&2, Age of Mythology, Heretic Operative, Millennia, and lots of others.
MIT grad, founder at Irrational Games & C Prompt Games.
Next project: TBD!
MIT grad, founder at Irrational Games & C Prompt Games.
Next project: TBD!
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Rob "Xemu" Fermier
@xemu.bsky.social
· May 4
Hello BlueSky folks!
My very first official game industry job was working on System Shock at Looking Glass - which was previously known as ...
"Blue Sky Productions"
So I take this as an auspicious sign for the success of the game dev community here!
My very first official game industry job was working on System Shock at Looking Glass - which was previously known as ...
"Blue Sky Productions"
So I take this as an auspicious sign for the success of the game dev community here!
I am LTTP but just finished season 2 of Slow Horses and it’s really really good.
November 26, 2025 at 4:59 AM
I am LTTP but just finished season 2 of Slow Horses and it’s really really good.
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narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
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I'm glad I don't know how many people have pirated my games, because that knowledge would just be depressing.
Don't steal creatives' hard work. Pay for it or go without. If you're broke, there are plenty of legitimately free things out there to enjoy in the meantime.
Don't steal creatives' hard work. Pay for it or go without. If you're broke, there are plenty of legitimately free things out there to enjoy in the meantime.
I posted a buy link here to "A Magical Inheritance" a few days ago, and 24 of you immediately went to Anna's Archives and fucking stole it from me.
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
November 24, 2025 at 7:10 AM
I'm glad I don't know how many people have pirated my games, because that knowledge would just be depressing.
Don't steal creatives' hard work. Pay for it or go without. If you're broke, there are plenty of legitimately free things out there to enjoy in the meantime.
Don't steal creatives' hard work. Pay for it or go without. If you're broke, there are plenty of legitimately free things out there to enjoy in the meantime.
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At long last we have reinvented original sin from the famous story Don’t Commit the Original Sin
November 24, 2025 at 6:32 AM
At long last we have reinvented original sin from the famous story Don’t Commit the Original Sin
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After "film trilogy that dropped a critical plot point exclusively via timed Fortnite event" and "video game series whose story only makes sense if you're aware of the events of a canon pachinko machine", I feel like there are whole frontiers of user-hostile narrative design waiting to be explored.
November 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
After "film trilogy that dropped a critical plot point exclusively via timed Fortnite event" and "video game series whose story only makes sense if you're aware of the events of a canon pachinko machine", I feel like there are whole frontiers of user-hostile narrative design waiting to be explored.
Just saw the most insanely vibrant, complete 180-degree arc rainbow so I'm going to take that as some sort of positive omen.
November 20, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Just saw the most insanely vibrant, complete 180-degree arc rainbow so I'm going to take that as some sort of positive omen.
Somehow I completely missed the existence of Echo Generation, but that Echo Generation 2 trailer looked amazing. I guess I should go back and play the first one?
November 20, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Somehow I completely missed the existence of Echo Generation, but that Echo Generation 2 trailer looked amazing. I guess I should go back and play the first one?
That Vampire Survivors card RPG thing looks insane in the best possible way.
November 20, 2025 at 9:50 PM
That Vampire Survivors card RPG thing looks insane in the best possible way.
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Coastal residents, including in Oregon and Washington, are expected to stop seeing real-time tsunami alerts by next month.
Real-time tsunami alerts canceled for Oregon, Washington coast
NOAA said it discontinued the funding that supported nine seismic stations throughout the West Coast in Fiscal Year 2024.
www.koin.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Coastal residents, including in Oregon and Washington, are expected to stop seeing real-time tsunami alerts by next month.
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Earlier this morning, President Trump threatened me and a group of service and veteran Members of Congress with arrest, trial, and death by hanging.
Here’s my response:
Here’s my response:
November 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Earlier this morning, President Trump threatened me and a group of service and veteran Members of Congress with arrest, trial, and death by hanging.
Here’s my response:
Here’s my response:
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I'm sorry, it's only an immersive sim if:
- the first door code is 0451
- there's a basketball you can throw
- the first door code is 0451
- there's a basketball you can throw
November 20, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I'm sorry, it's only an immersive sim if:
- the first door code is 0451
- there's a basketball you can throw
- the first door code is 0451
- there's a basketball you can throw
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BF6 servers seem in a very bad way. Haven’t been able to complete more than one match of Sabotage since it’s a pair of rounds and the server craps out when the sides swap nearly every time.
November 19, 2025 at 6:50 AM
BF6 servers seem in a very bad way. Haven’t been able to complete more than one match of Sabotage since it’s a pair of rounds and the server craps out when the sides swap nearly every time.
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Absolutely devastating that our industry has lost the incredible Laralyn McWilliams, Jennell Jaquays, and now Rebecca Heineman within a couple of short years. We really will never truly be the same. We forge on in the shadows of giants, y’all.
November 18, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Absolutely devastating that our industry has lost the incredible Laralyn McWilliams, Jennell Jaquays, and now Rebecca Heineman within a couple of short years. We really will never truly be the same. We forge on in the shadows of giants, y’all.
Even if this doesn't hurt sales of this meaningfully, or even impact on the CoD franchise in the future, the idea that you would even RISK such a huge golden goose to save a trivial amount of your budget by using AI slop for your rewards.... it boggles the mind.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 has had a bumpy start, accruing an 'Overwhelming Dislike' verdict on Metacritic on its opening weekend, making it the most unpopular Call of Duty game ever by Metacritic user score. https://bit.ly/44avv15
November 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Even if this doesn't hurt sales of this meaningfully, or even impact on the CoD franchise in the future, the idea that you would even RISK such a huge golden goose to save a trivial amount of your budget by using AI slop for your rewards.... it boggles the mind.
Wow the TV show really took this in a different direction.
severance: blade of darkness, wallpaper (2001) www.mobygames.com/game/3371/bl...
November 16, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Wow the TV show really took this in a different direction.
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Conflating machine learning tools with GenAI and LLMs are such a favorite of these bad faith arguments, too. Like, machines studying X-rays to better understand cancer is not the same thing as Open AI swallowing all my books via piracy to regurgitate sentences that sound similar. It's just not.
November 15, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Conflating machine learning tools with GenAI and LLMs are such a favorite of these bad faith arguments, too. Like, machines studying X-rays to better understand cancer is not the same thing as Open AI swallowing all my books via piracy to regurgitate sentences that sound similar. It's just not.
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Whether they realize it or not, all these CEOs getting in bed with Trump for short-term benefit to exploit his transactional corruption are self-inflicting long-term reputational damage to themselves personally and their brands. The stink of Trump never washes off.
November 15, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Whether they realize it or not, all these CEOs getting in bed with Trump for short-term benefit to exploit his transactional corruption are self-inflicting long-term reputational damage to themselves personally and their brands. The stink of Trump never washes off.
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your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
November 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
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Hey Buddy! That door will only open when you shoot at with the phase beam upgrade. You should return here after you have collected that. By the way, Metroid is the name of the monster not the--
November 14, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Hey Buddy! That door will only open when you shoot at with the phase beam upgrade. You should return here after you have collected that. By the way, Metroid is the name of the monster not the--
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I made a joke in my main Discord server about DOOM E1M1 being in a major key and @abigbagofkeys.sickonedude.com actually made it. Jesus fucking Christ listen to this hahahaha
November 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I made a joke in my main Discord server about DOOM E1M1 being in a major key and @abigbagofkeys.sickonedude.com actually made it. Jesus fucking Christ listen to this hahahaha
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Any other time, any other President, and "the dude was in a global conspiracy to fuck them kids" would have been 24/7 coverage. Even Dubya.
I remember the fucking Lewinsky coverage. Our media have become craven hacks carrying water for rich pedophiles and I feel insane typing that but there it is.
I remember the fucking Lewinsky coverage. Our media have become craven hacks carrying water for rich pedophiles and I feel insane typing that but there it is.
November 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Any other time, any other President, and "the dude was in a global conspiracy to fuck them kids" would have been 24/7 coverage. Even Dubya.
I remember the fucking Lewinsky coverage. Our media have become craven hacks carrying water for rich pedophiles and I feel insane typing that but there it is.
I remember the fucking Lewinsky coverage. Our media have become craven hacks carrying water for rich pedophiles and I feel insane typing that but there it is.
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if you tax billionaires and trillionaires you'll generate an absolute shitton of new millionaires
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:53 AM
if you tax billionaires and trillionaires you'll generate an absolute shitton of new millionaires