Mike Crassweller
@zoomba.bsky.social
Director of Production at ForwardXP. Been doing this game thing over 18 years. Made games for everything from embedded web browsers to VR and latest gen consoles. He/Him
All views posted are my own.
All views posted are my own.
One of my favorite bits of the holiday season… Sauce Day! Making 12qt of my Great Grandma’s spaghetti sauce
November 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
One of my favorite bits of the holiday season… Sauce Day! Making 12qt of my Great Grandma’s spaghetti sauce
Putting together our annual Christmas LEGO set
November 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Putting together our annual Christmas LEGO set
Is there a good alternative to Wirecutter for product reviews? I’m never giving NYT a dime and they aggressively limit how may free pageviews I get a month.
November 25, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Is there a good alternative to Wirecutter for product reviews? I’m never giving NYT a dime and they aggressively limit how may free pageviews I get a month.
Ok. Season 2 of Dispatch when?
November 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Ok. Season 2 of Dispatch when?
I’m a few weeks late to the party but holy crap… Dispatch is good
November 22, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I’m a few weeks late to the party but holy crap… Dispatch is good
Share a tv series you’ve watched all the way through more than once or something.
November 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Share a tv series you’ve watched all the way through more than once or something.
I've used TurboTax for most of my adult life. That may be changing when it comes time to do next year's taxes...
TurboTax is about to be integrated into ChatGPT, where customers will be guided through tasks tied to their tax filings or financial profile by the AI chatbot.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
November 18, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I've used TurboTax for most of my adult life. That may be changing when it comes time to do next year's taxes...
Fuck cancer
My trailblazing game industry bad-ass friend Rebecca Heineman has passed away.
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Rebecca Heineman - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 17, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Fuck cancer
Can we spend the next 3 years harassing Trump and every GOPer with "But his e-mails!" ?
That sound fair to everyone? Good. Ok. Lets do this.
That sound fair to everyone? Good. Ok. Lets do this.
November 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Can we spend the next 3 years harassing Trump and every GOPer with "But his e-mails!" ?
That sound fair to everyone? Good. Ok. Lets do this.
That sound fair to everyone? Good. Ok. Lets do this.
Reading the WoW Midnight Beta Forums really is an excellent reminder of why game devs don't engage with their communities anymore :\
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Reading the WoW Midnight Beta Forums really is an excellent reminder of why game devs don't engage with their communities anymore :\
Myst is the reason I got into game dev in the first place. It holds such a special place in my heart as it was the first game I became truly obsessed with. I had pages and pages of notes. That signed edition is really calling to me, but sadly I can't justify $1k :(
Over the years, few items have been more requested for purchase than the Myst 25th Anniversary Linking Books.
We've heard you loud and clear, so we're opening the Cyan Vault to offer our remaining stock to you until December 10th 2025 at 10AM PT!
https://store.cyan.com/s/relink25soc
We've heard you loud and clear, so we're opening the Cyan Vault to offer our remaining stock to you until December 10th 2025 at 10AM PT!
https://store.cyan.com/s/relink25soc
November 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Myst is the reason I got into game dev in the first place. It holds such a special place in my heart as it was the first game I became truly obsessed with. I had pages and pages of notes. That signed edition is really calling to me, but sadly I can't justify $1k :(
Reposted by Mike Crassweller
Reposted by Mike Crassweller
No matter how hard people try to convince us having empathy is wrong,
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
November 4, 2025 at 2:55 AM
No matter how hard people try to convince us having empathy is wrong,
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
I find it poetic that on the day Dick Cheney died, NYC elected a Muslim mayor.
November 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I find it poetic that on the day Dick Cheney died, NYC elected a Muslim mayor.
New hobby / money black hole…
November 1, 2025 at 5:41 PM
New hobby / money black hole…
Nov 1… time for all the Christmas ads to pop up everywhere
November 1, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Nov 1… time for all the Christmas ads to pop up everywhere
We set candy out with a sign to take 3 pieces. I expected someone would get greedy and just take all of it given the chance. What I did not expect was that it was a parent that did it after their kid walked away.
November 1, 2025 at 2:00 AM
We set candy out with a sign to take 3 pieces. I expected someone would get greedy and just take all of it given the chance. What I did not expect was that it was a parent that did it after their kid walked away.
This is the kind of trolling I'm absolutely here for!
Whoever did this at @ciiid-hudson.bsky.social I am SO MAD!!!! @jamiahemphill.bsky.social I’m looking at you!!!! #trickortreat #halloween #fooled #sosad 😩😢🤬
October 31, 2025 at 7:50 PM
This is the kind of trolling I'm absolutely here for!
Ok... so I finally bought a 3D Printer (Bambu P1S) since there was a killer sale. What are the first things I should print when I get it set up?
October 31, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Ok... so I finally bought a 3D Printer (Bambu P1S) since there was a killer sale. What are the first things I should print when I get it set up?
Reposted by Mike Crassweller
My wife has volunteered at a local food bank for years and confirms what many of you have probably heard: in this case, straight cash is a good donation if you can do it.
The food banks have better access and buying power than individuals do, and can try to address item imbalances as they see them.
The food banks have better access and buying power than individuals do, and can try to address item imbalances as they see them.
October 31, 2025 at 3:13 PM
My wife has volunteered at a local food bank for years and confirms what many of you have probably heard: in this case, straight cash is a good donation if you can do it.
The food banks have better access and buying power than individuals do, and can try to address item imbalances as they see them.
The food banks have better access and buying power than individuals do, and can try to address item imbalances as they see them.
If you're in the North Texas area, please please please consider donating to the North Texas Food Bank. Goods or cash, though cash goes further ($1 = 1 meal).
It's never been more important to support your local food banks & charities. The GOP may want people to starve, but I don't.
ntfb.org
It's never been more important to support your local food banks & charities. The GOP may want people to starve, but I don't.
ntfb.org
North Texas Food Bank
The North Texas Food Bank packages and distributes food to more than 400 food pantries and community organizations across 13 North Texas counties.
ntfb.org
October 31, 2025 at 2:23 PM
If you're in the North Texas area, please please please consider donating to the North Texas Food Bank. Goods or cash, though cash goes further ($1 = 1 meal).
It's never been more important to support your local food banks & charities. The GOP may want people to starve, but I don't.
ntfb.org
It's never been more important to support your local food banks & charities. The GOP may want people to starve, but I don't.
ntfb.org
Share a cartoon from the past that kids today probably never heard of.
October 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Share a cartoon from the past that kids today probably never heard of.
I just picked up this game and it's excellent. And knowing nothing about the game makes it so much better. Go buy it. It's his birthday!
Just wish I could figure out how to open the garage door...
Just wish I could figure out how to open the garage door...
It's my 🎂Birthday🥳 today so it would be a great time to play Moving Houses! Or leave a review for it (those help so much)! Or just share this around. Get a friend to play it. Don't tell them anything about it. It's better that way... store.steampowered.com/app/2831060/...
Moving Houses on Steam
A silly little physics-based game about moving on... or is it? Be neat, be careful, or be a chaos goblin. The choice is yours. But be warned, not all is as it seems in this quiet little house.
store.steampowered.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I just picked up this game and it's excellent. And knowing nothing about the game makes it so much better. Go buy it. It's his birthday!
Just wish I could figure out how to open the garage door...
Just wish I could figure out how to open the garage door...
The more I watch this, the more hilariously unhinged it becomes
Oh my god some fucking tech dingdong posted this on Twitter with the caption "AI games are going to be amazing" totally seriously, you have to watch it. You have to. In full screen.
October 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The more I watch this, the more hilariously unhinged it becomes
Something they don't warn you about if you work for a co-dev studio: The sheer number of different VPN programs you'll have to connect to various partner's systems. I'm up to 4 right now.
October 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Something they don't warn you about if you work for a co-dev studio: The sheer number of different VPN programs you'll have to connect to various partner's systems. I'm up to 4 right now.