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Elliot
@elliotcsmith.com
Making stuff. Mostly with computers. Run a lot. Play some video games.

Write some things:
misplacedpixels.com - video game stuff
elliotcsmith.com - product/dev/broader stuff

Currently Director of Growth at Explorate working on supply chain software.
It seems I may be an old man.
August 15, 2025 at 10:26 AM
August 11, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Google's AI marketing has reached pure delirium.

Even as someone who uses Gemini features, how is anyone who doesn't already know about it supposed to interpret 'Whisk with Veo 2' or 'Flow with limited access to Veo 3'.

Is this how we know we're at the peak of the hype cycle?
August 7, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Still a big gap behind search + direct but if you'd told me six months ago our third biggest referrer would be ChatGPT I wouldn't have believed it.
July 29, 2025 at 12:33 AM
While most of the systems have been good. I don't really understand the point of adding a 'relationship level' system roughly half way through the game. From what I can tell so far its not tied to anything other than a few cut scenes and some achievements.
April 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I am not really one to chase all the skins or costumes in games but you will be happy to know if you give your characters silly hair it carries into even the most serious cut scenes.
April 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Oof. Poor Sid. Hope he isn't sad.
February 6, 2025 at 4:43 AM
It's crazy that they're releasing a whole new console with mouse joycons just to add Mario Paint to the virtual console.
January 17, 2025 at 11:11 PM
It should be illegal to write dates like this. My morning went from “oh that’s not long to wait for more” to “oh…”
January 16, 2025 at 7:33 PM