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Brokk
@brokkhouse.bsky.social
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Game Design & Development student. Part-time editor/proofreader (DE+EN, fiction+nonfiction). Armchair architect. Fairly active around TF2Maps.net.

Früher war mehr Lametta.
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Brokk @brokkhouse.bsky.social · Oct 30
I made this!
tf2emporium.bsky.social TF2 Emporium @tf2emporium.bsky.social · Oct 30
New TF2 Smissmas Control Point Map, STORMBREAKER (3CP)! Vote now on the Steam Workshop.
An automatic post of a promotional poster for a Team Fortress 2 workshop item
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der-postillon.com
16 Bilder zum Posten auf Social Media, damit man garantiert in die USA einreisen darf
www.der-postillon.com/2025/12/bild...
16 Bilder zum Posten auf Social Media, damit man garantiert in die USA einreisen darf
Wer als Ausländer in die USA möchte, soll künftig zusätzliche Daten preisgeben – darunter auch Social-Media-Profile der vergangenen fünf Jahre. Aber k
www.der-postillon.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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popsci.com
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.

And trans lives are grounded in reality.

We see y'all. No matter what.

www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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tf2maps.net
The #tf2 #72hr in on! tf2maps.net/threads/72hr...
December 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
brokkhouse.bsky.social
wow RPS headlines are on fire lately
December 17, 2025 at 10:42 AM
brokkhouse.bsky.social
Between all the (extremely justified) AI-bashing we are all doing, this is honestly a fairly realistic take. This is not an Id Software "use AI or die" stance and it should be differentiated from such.
jasonschreier.bsky.social Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 9d
If I had known the two paragraphs about genAI in my article today would be so controversial, I would have expanded them a bit! Here's a rough transcript of the relevant portion of my interview with Swen Vincke, so everyone has all the context. (Full article here: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...)
December 17, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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plushmayhem.bsky.social
Not only that it came less than a minute after focusing on a child with her mother. Steam has notably denied NSFW vns in the past because there was a child as part of the cast unrelated to any NSFW material. If you're big enough and not anime the kid can be standing 5 feet away from an orgy I guess
ryanmcdiarmid.com Ryan McDiarmid @ryanmcdiarmid.com · 14d
It’s not Larian’s fault but it chaps my ass that because they’re Larian they can have a trailer with a full on orgy in it in the middle of the Game Awards and meanwhile adult content in games everywhere else is getting cracked down on left and right.
December 12, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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moomanibe.bsky.social
I will say this - the celebrity-worship aspect of TGAs takes on an increasingly comedic tone as the industry works to tear down voice acting as a career in favour of AI.

Oh the industry will pay homage to the power of celebrities, yes. But only while digging up the foundations under them
December 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
brokkhouse.bsky.social
The video also makes it clear how incredibly protective Disney is of their characters, especially Mickey. In that light, it's wild to me that they would give up control over their characters' image in such a way. Surely this won't blow up in their faces when people inevitably make terrible stuff.
bryantfrancis.me Bryant Francis @bryantfrancis.me · 15d
This (shitty) news makes me think about how Defunctland’s newest video makes the case that Disney’s Imagineering R&D is partly a tool to keep them positioned as a technology company, not an entertainment company, on the stock market.

This plus the Epic investment sure lend credence to that.
phillewis.bsky.social Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 15d
Disney and OpenAI sign a deal to bring 200+ Disney characters to Sora

Disney makes $1 billion investment in OpenAI and will become a "major" OpenAI customer

openai.com/index/disney...
December 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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politicalbeauty.bsky.social
BREAKING: Michel Friedman fordert ein Verbot der rechtsextremen AfD. Und er spricht über die Notwendigkeit der völligen Abschottung vom Faschismus: Weil die Demokratie durch jede Berührung mit ihm stirbt!
December 6, 2025 at 9:56 AM
brokkhouse.bsky.social
Tumblr screenshot. Well you know what they say, when you've invested billions of dollars into hammers very probl
November 29, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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torbjornr.bsky.social
Me to one of the other lotus-eaters, "Man this is OK I guess, but couldn't someone eat the lotus FOR me?"
November 27, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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peretsky.bsky.social
Re-education centers but it’s just getting a liberal arts degree at gun point
November 26, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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aplante.com
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
screenshot of a tumblr post from user “wildmansters” The thing that really boils my potatoes about Al in general is that I have been a creative professional for over a decade now and the devil has ALWAYS been in the details. Big and small, I've had single-person businesses rip me to shreds over how their colors turned out on newsprint, and have worked with huge companies with THICK brand guidelines with every detail of their brand identity laid out and enforced with an iron fist. But I guess all of that stuff doesn't matter anymore? Who gives a fuck if this Al generated baby has six fingers, that mom-and-pop shop is still going to use it. That rug from Temu says Happy Thanksgivirg? Oh well haha it's just a silly funny thing now (nevermind that you never would have given a B-grade item from a craft show the same consideration). I don't actually care that the Al Coca-cola ad has a truck that changes size every scene, but I can't help but think about how, if it had been some poor underpaid artist, they would have been laughed out of the building. I don't really know how to put it in a succint way but it just feels all the more obvious how much more grace and flexibility has always been possible but never offered.
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
brokkhouse.bsky.social
Made a little showcase video for my latest TF2 map Stormbreaker.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tapc...
Stormbreaker: Showcase
YouTube video by Brokk
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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sonomahyenaz.bsky.social
After about 3 years in the making, Candyland is finished and released on the workshop! Please vote for it!
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/...
Steam Workshop::Candyland
steamcommunity.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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bonknickeltoon.bsky.social
Come fly with us on the Boreas in Stormbreaker! A brand new 3 Control Point map that takes place aboard a Zeppelin! Come check it out here: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/...
October 30, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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tf2emporium.bsky.social
New TF2 Smissmas Capture the Flag Map, Shipyard! Vote now on the Steam Workshop.
An automatic post of a promotional poster for a Team Fortress 2 workshop item
October 30, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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bryantfrancis.me
uhhhhh why did we let them buy and sell leases like bonds
cwarzel.bsky.social Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · Oct 30
quite literally everything i hear about the economics of this feels insane, especially given the big issue of the tools not doing what boosters say they will do. so many details make me feel very not good!
October 30, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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tf2maps.net
New map STORMBREAKER (3CP), #released on the workshop!
Steam:https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3595987419
TF2Maps: https://tf2maps.net/downloads/stormbreaker.18968/
Image of a community made map from Team Fortress 2.
October 30, 2025 at 1:12 AM
brokkhouse.bsky.social
I made this!
tf2emporium.bsky.social TF2 Emporium @tf2emporium.bsky.social · Oct 30
New TF2 Smissmas Control Point Map, STORMBREAKER (3CP)! Vote now on the Steam Workshop.
An automatic post of a promotional poster for a Team Fortress 2 workshop item
October 30, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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tf2emporium.bsky.social
New TF2 Smissmas Control Point Map, STORMBREAKER (3CP)! Vote now on the Steam Workshop.
An automatic post of a promotional poster for a Team Fortress 2 workshop item
October 30, 2025 at 1:29 AM
brokkhouse.bsky.social
And here's some more!
October 30, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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moomanibe.bsky.social
reading about this man and my scream rising to a higher and higher pitch
Ethan Evans went from being fired twice for poor soft skills to becoming a Vice President at Amazon, leading a team of over 800 engineers. Former Amazon VP Ethan Evans revealed that a CEO he worked for seduced his wife in retaliation for professional disagreements, resulting in his divorce and departure from the company. After the crisis Lesson 4: Own the problem My direct report volunteered to take the fall. The engineer who wrote some of the code did the same. My manager also sought to take overall responsibility. Ultimately, Bezos knew it was my team and code, meaning I had to own the problem. Amazon has a process called COE (correction of errors), which involves a written investigation of a problem's root causes and a plan to prevent similar problems. I wrote this report and was asked to share it with all my peers in the organization. Publicly sharing an analysis of our mistakes was embarrassing, but doing a good job of it helped me reestablish trust in my leadership ability. The week after the launch, I was scheduled to attend a meeting with Bezos about another project. I considered skipping it, but I decided that if I couldn't face Bezos, I should probably pack my desk and find a new place to work.
October 29, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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catacalypto.bsky.social
I don’t talk about it much because the situation doesn’t really change but it’s still insane to me what an enormous amount of really talented game developers are out of work. just whole studios worth of incredible people, often people who worked on beloved games, unemployed.
October 23, 2025 at 2:42 AM
brokkhouse.bsky.social
This is only marginally related and I'm most likely in the minority with this, but increasingly annoyed by feedback highlighting visual glitches caused by things the players caused themselves.
Things I've received feedback for on various maps:
ueakcrash.bsky.social Crash @ueakcrash.bsky.social · Oct 27
Mfers complain that TF2 mappers don't test their maps enough to account for every possible variable and then disappear when asked for feedback to see if their specific issue is fixed or not.

I'm not sure who needs to hear it, but if you want us to test more, more players need to help test.
October 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM