Niclas D. Karlsson
@endikay.bsky.social
Game designer and writer from Sweden. Currently working on THE FINALS. Previously on the Magica franchise, Stellaris, Dustborne and The Cycle.
Behaves in a silly manner in public and talks about game dev and politics(bleh) online.
https://www.ndkdesign.se
Behaves in a silly manner in public and talks about game dev and politics(bleh) online.
https://www.ndkdesign.se
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Niclas D. Karlsson
@endikay.bsky.social
· Mar 20
THE FINALS | Season 6 Trailer
YouTube video by THE FINALS
www.youtube.com
We gone and released one of our most ambitious seasons yet! Tons of quality of life changes, amazing new content, a banger soundtrack, and some really cool guns I had the privilege to spearhead. Hope you enjoy <3 #theFinals #FPS #Free2Play #VideoGameTrailer
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWbu...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWbu...
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"youre a traitor to the human spirit"
December 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM
"youre a traitor to the human spirit"
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If you pay attention to any large industry long enough and follow it to its logical conclusion you eventually end up sounding like a communist even if you started off testing CPU case fans. youtu.be/cUrJVdF2me0?...
December 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If you pay attention to any large industry long enough and follow it to its logical conclusion you eventually end up sounding like a communist even if you started off testing CPU case fans. youtu.be/cUrJVdF2me0?...
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December 24, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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I don't understand why apologizing for a mistake and pledging to fix is so difficult.
This amounts to thousands of real people who didn't realize their activity was publicly accessible retroactively for over a month. That's not fake news. It deserves to be recognized. 🤷🏻♂️
This amounts to thousands of real people who didn't realize their activity was publicly accessible retroactively for over a month. That's not fake news. It deserves to be recognized. 🤷🏻♂️
December 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I don't understand why apologizing for a mistake and pledging to fix is so difficult.
This amounts to thousands of real people who didn't realize their activity was publicly accessible retroactively for over a month. That's not fake news. It deserves to be recognized. 🤷🏻♂️
This amounts to thousands of real people who didn't realize their activity was publicly accessible retroactively for over a month. That's not fake news. It deserves to be recognized. 🤷🏻♂️
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Epstein to Larry Nassar in 2019: "Our president [Trump] also shares our love of young nubile girls"
December 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Epstein to Larry Nassar in 2019: "Our president [Trump] also shares our love of young nubile girls"
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So in the UK, they'll arrest you for supporting Palestine, and now we find they'll also arrest you for supporting those who support Palestine.
If you hold a Free Greta sign, will they arrest you for supporting someone who supports those who support Palestine?
British Matryoshka doll-ass fascism.
If you hold a Free Greta sign, will they arrest you for supporting someone who supports those who support Palestine?
British Matryoshka doll-ass fascism.
Greta Thunberg has been arrested on terrorism charges for speaking out in support of the Palestine Action hunger strikers.
FUCK this British government.
https://news.sky.com/story/greta-thunberg-arrested-at-a-protest-supporting-palestine-action-hunger-strikers-13486842
FUCK this British government.
https://news.sky.com/story/greta-thunberg-arrested-at-a-protest-supporting-palestine-action-hunger-strikers-13486842
December 23, 2025 at 2:08 PM
So in the UK, they'll arrest you for supporting Palestine, and now we find they'll also arrest you for supporting those who support Palestine.
If you hold a Free Greta sign, will they arrest you for supporting someone who supports those who support Palestine?
British Matryoshka doll-ass fascism.
If you hold a Free Greta sign, will they arrest you for supporting someone who supports those who support Palestine?
British Matryoshka doll-ass fascism.
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Using a device where I haven’t turned the ai search off yet and the autocorrection on my typing *creates* a typo that in turn fuels pure nonsense. Thanks tech boys
December 23, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Using a device where I haven’t turned the ai search off yet and the autocorrection on my typing *creates* a typo that in turn fuels pure nonsense. Thanks tech boys
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En helt normal tidning
December 23, 2025 at 9:13 AM
En helt normal tidning
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Vince Zampella, Respawn Entertainment co-founder and the head of EA's Battlefield series, has died at age 55. gameinformer.com/2025/12/22/v...
December 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Vince Zampella, Respawn Entertainment co-founder and the head of EA's Battlefield series, has died at age 55. gameinformer.com/2025/12/22/v...
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There was no "get a smartphone or you'll be left behind" marketing, because smartphones are actually useful.
If your invention is good, you don't have to use that kind of pressure to market it.
If your invention is good, you don't have to use that kind of pressure to market it.
It's like all of these hucksters and charlatans aren't actually technologists.
You don't have to threaten people to adopt a technology. If you do, it's worthless. You don't have to say "OH NO. YOU'LL BE LEFT BEHIND!"
It's all a con. People looking to make a ton of money and get out fast.
You don't have to threaten people to adopt a technology. If you do, it's worthless. You don't have to say "OH NO. YOU'LL BE LEFT BEHIND!"
It's all a con. People looking to make a ton of money and get out fast.
December 21, 2025 at 11:18 PM
There was no "get a smartphone or you'll be left behind" marketing, because smartphones are actually useful.
If your invention is good, you don't have to use that kind of pressure to market it.
If your invention is good, you don't have to use that kind of pressure to market it.
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Atuel is 100% OFF its original price of COMPLETELY FREE for the Steam Winter Sale! 🎉🎊✨
Play our award-winning, surrealist documentary game about a river in Argentina and the ongoing climate crisis today!
store.steampowered.com/app/2794330/...
Play our award-winning, surrealist documentary game about a river in Argentina and the ongoing climate crisis today!
store.steampowered.com/app/2794330/...
Atuel on Steam
Atuel is an award-winning surrealist documentary game in which you explore beautiful, dreamlike landscapes inspired by the topography and wildlife of the Atuel River Valley in Argentina.
store.steampowered.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Atuel is 100% OFF its original price of COMPLETELY FREE for the Steam Winter Sale! 🎉🎊✨
Play our award-winning, surrealist documentary game about a river in Argentina and the ongoing climate crisis today!
store.steampowered.com/app/2794330/...
Play our award-winning, surrealist documentary game about a river in Argentina and the ongoing climate crisis today!
store.steampowered.com/app/2794330/...
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Doing your budgets or schedules with a technology that routinely hallucinates is a terrible idea (as is contracts, legal advice, etc.).
Doing docs with AI is making the primary source of truth unreliable for the team and creates ambiguity or conflict, and thus also a terrible idea.
Doing docs with AI is making the primary source of truth unreliable for the team and creates ambiguity or conflict, and thus also a terrible idea.
As the backlash to generative AI in video games continues to pick up steam heading into 2026, it'll be fascinating to see what is considered "made with generative AI." Can a dev team say they're not using AI if they're writing design docs with Copilot or using chatGPT to make schedules and budgets?
December 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Doing your budgets or schedules with a technology that routinely hallucinates is a terrible idea (as is contracts, legal advice, etc.).
Doing docs with AI is making the primary source of truth unreliable for the team and creates ambiguity or conflict, and thus also a terrible idea.
Doing docs with AI is making the primary source of truth unreliable for the team and creates ambiguity or conflict, and thus also a terrible idea.
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“Literally funded by EU tax dollars”.
No "dollars" involved, and the EU pre-production arts grant was under 5% of Dustborn’s total budget.
Watching an "industry professional" (ex-iD, Chaosium, Microprose) recycle culture-war rage bait is pretty bleak. This is how disinformation spreads.
No "dollars" involved, and the EU pre-production arts grant was under 5% of Dustborn’s total budget.
Watching an "industry professional" (ex-iD, Chaosium, Microprose) recycle culture-war rage bait is pretty bleak. This is how disinformation spreads.
December 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
“Literally funded by EU tax dollars”.
No "dollars" involved, and the EU pre-production arts grant was under 5% of Dustborn’s total budget.
Watching an "industry professional" (ex-iD, Chaosium, Microprose) recycle culture-war rage bait is pretty bleak. This is how disinformation spreads.
No "dollars" involved, and the EU pre-production arts grant was under 5% of Dustborn’s total budget.
Watching an "industry professional" (ex-iD, Chaosium, Microprose) recycle culture-war rage bait is pretty bleak. This is how disinformation spreads.
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Budget cuts threaten the future of Amsterdam-based Radio Dabanga, which has served as an information lifeline for Sudanese people about their war-torn country. n.pr/4saai1J
A radio station in Amsterdam is a lifeline for Sudan. After USAID cuts, it's faltering
Budget cuts threaten the future of Amsterdam-based Radio Dabanga, which has served as an information lifeline for Sudanese people about their war-torn country.
n.pr
December 21, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Budget cuts threaten the future of Amsterdam-based Radio Dabanga, which has served as an information lifeline for Sudanese people about their war-torn country. n.pr/4saai1J
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Why do I hate AI?
December 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Why do I hate AI?
Grifters are inherently glass jaws
Incredible words from real boxer Anthony Joshua after he knocked Jake Paul the fuck out lol
December 20, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Grifters are inherently glass jaws
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i’m just going to assume the 90% of pages that they blacked out is ONLY donald trump
December 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
i’m just going to assume the 90% of pages that they blacked out is ONLY donald trump
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The manipulation of the Epstein files by the Trump administration to falsely implicate political rivals is not only extraordinarily malevolent — it’s also extraordinarily inept.
Surely some kind of crime is being committed here by the DOJ
Surely some kind of crime is being committed here by the DOJ
The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
December 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The manipulation of the Epstein files by the Trump administration to falsely implicate political rivals is not only extraordinarily malevolent — it’s also extraordinarily inept.
Surely some kind of crime is being committed here by the DOJ
Surely some kind of crime is being committed here by the DOJ
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One of the world’s most interesting thinkers, the Dutch historian Rutger Bregman, says citizens need to form a modern day protest movement modelled on the 19th century ‘Temperance Crusade’ to bring Big Tech to heel before it’s too late.
I couldn’t agree more.
My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column
I couldn’t agree more.
My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column
New ‘Temperance Movement’ is needed to tame the social evil of Big Tech
MI6 issues warnings, great thinkers call for action, and Australia lands the first blow on social media giants. Our Writer at Large says 2026 must…
www.heraldscotland.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
One of the world’s most interesting thinkers, the Dutch historian Rutger Bregman, says citizens need to form a modern day protest movement modelled on the 19th century ‘Temperance Crusade’ to bring Big Tech to heel before it’s too late.
I couldn’t agree more.
My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column
I couldn’t agree more.
My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column
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This is why you rarely see the anti trans side going after Hunter Schafer or Kim Petras. They went on puberty blockers and transitioned as teens. They're massively successful and living happy lives. They don't want to highlight that.
The reason they're so focused on trans teens is that people who transition younger typically blend into society better. To the extent that they're willing to tolerate our existence in society at all, they'd rather we be easily identified by our appearance/voices/etc.
Cis people really have no idea how it feels to watch a regime hold a press conference to admit, on camera, the pogrom against trans people they've been waging for 11 months is not only real, but they're going to double down on genocide and try to wipe out all the children first.
December 19, 2025 at 1:31 PM
This is why you rarely see the anti trans side going after Hunter Schafer or Kim Petras. They went on puberty blockers and transitioned as teens. They're massively successful and living happy lives. They don't want to highlight that.
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"but what if they can't draw" here's hideo kojima making level blockouts for metal gear solid 1 and 2 with LEGO
I am begging AI bros to use their brains for two seconds
I am begging AI bros to use their brains for two seconds
December 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
"but what if they can't draw" here's hideo kojima making level blockouts for metal gear solid 1 and 2 with LEGO
I am begging AI bros to use their brains for two seconds
I am begging AI bros to use their brains for two seconds
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a16z gave a million dollars to a phone farm that's flooding TikTok with AI-generated influencers. A hacker contacted 404 Media to reveal what these accounts are and what products they're promoting www.404media.co/hack-reveals...
Hack Reveals the a16z-Backed Phone Farm Flooding TikTok With AI Influencers
A hacker gained control of a 1,100 mobile phone farm powering covert, AI-generated ads on TikTok.
www.404media.co
December 17, 2025 at 2:14 PM
a16z gave a million dollars to a phone farm that's flooding TikTok with AI-generated influencers. A hacker contacted 404 Media to reveal what these accounts are and what products they're promoting www.404media.co/hack-reveals...
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Arctic sees hottest year since 1900 as climate crisis continues https://aje.io/nzin8o
December 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Arctic sees hottest year since 1900 as climate crisis continues https://aje.io/nzin8o
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John Oliver really was not kidding about the overwhelming rebellious power of just saying “Fuck you, make me.”
we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
December 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
John Oliver really was not kidding about the overwhelming rebellious power of just saying “Fuck you, make me.”