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ben burbank
@bburbank.bsky.social
video game programmer at valve; ex-campo santo, double fine, ea. I believe in you, so go for it.

エンディングまで泣くんじゃない。

avatar by @michaelfirman.bsky.social
I’ve been buying some spare APUs that are roughly identical to PS5s that were used as crypto mining rigs until the electricity squeeze definitely outweighed the juice. They run linux just fine and outperform significantly more expensive options. Certainly feels like this will be happening w/ ram.
December 28, 2025 at 7:27 AM
December 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
watch your step mate you gonna get blasted
December 27, 2025 at 7:22 AM
that 8 playthrough is going slow but I only play it while commuting.

At home I’m about to roll credits on dragon quest 3HD and debating replaying XI or diving in to HD1+2…
December 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
nice I also picked up Vengeance for a long flight next week
December 20, 2025 at 5:07 AM
as a junior artist some 20+ years ago getting hit with those passive aggressive “why would you want to do that?” questions from devs was why I switched over to full time programming

I try never to ask questions like that (even if I sometimes think it) and instead actually try and collaborate
December 19, 2025 at 4:29 PM
people always asking "Men's We?" but nobody ever ask "Men's How?"
December 18, 2025 at 5:27 AM
the boss hog
December 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM