Erik Robson
@erikrobson.net
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Game Designer/Artist | LFW | Designer/artist @ Valve | Lead Designer @ Double Fine | Lead Designer @ 3DO | Psychonauts, Brutal Legend, Portal2, CSGO, DOTA 2, The Lab, Artifact 25+ years making games professionally. On Signal @ ErikRobson.47
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Oh, great. A puzzle. In the bathroom.
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Holy shit, Group C. Is this the first time you've talked about them publicly?
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ROCTOBER 13 is coming up! I'll be playing Brütal Legend all day on Monday, matchmaking with random Xbox headbangers looking for an easy victory.

To celebrate, we're sharing a never-before-scene 2005 pitch video we made to get the game signed! Enjoy!🤘

www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9di...
Rocktober Surprise! Previously unreleased Brütal Legend Pitch video unearthed!
YouTube video by Double Fine
www.youtube.com
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Antifa, like Steely Dan, is not really a group.
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No, it's something else that's very hard for me to pick apart. Something like "politï̵̤̙ċ̸̘̤̱̆͗i̴̲͇͈̕ͅz̵͓̘̫͑͜͠a̵̧̢̛̜̿͂tion".
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It seems like everyone talking politics on TV has just given up on enunciating the word "politicization" properly. I understand - I can say it correctly, but not without obviously working really hard to do so.
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Famously, the key to creating great art is skipping the hard problems.
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Been running around outside at night lately like the Weapons kids. Feels good. Refreshing.
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the pop is going to be wild
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NVIDIA and OpenAi:

Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“

@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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That sucks, I’m so sorry.
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Hey friends - my time at Heart Machine is ending after nearly 6 years. It’s difficult to say goodbye to a studio that has seen so much growth in myself and others.

If you know of any studios hiring for audio lead or senior roles, please send them my way. DMs are open!

#AudioJobs #OpenToWork
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for a henchman, there’s nothing better after a long day of guarding a small chest than standing with your back to a field of waving grass just tall enough to hide a crouching human being
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Two big GOP activists from Oregon were in DC last month for meetings with Trump admin officials. On their podcast they talk about a plan they discussed to nullify the results of Oregon's 2026 federal elections. Pass federal voter ID law, then refuse to seat OR delegation because OR didn't comply.
Ep. 18: September to Remember
October 6 • S1 E18 • 44 min
Also, we proposed a idea how to do a end run on vote by mail. Concept is based on what Trump proposed. When you vote, you check everyone's citizenship as well as voter ID.
In a vote by mail state, you might be able to check citizenship during voter registration. You can send copies of your passport and your birth certificate in.
How in the world are you going to check our voters?
Voter ID, right? Vote by mail. So that creates a problem for Oregon.
But if federal government new requirement is to check both, and if Oregon can comply with the requirements, what would happen to our election result? I'm talking about the entire federal delegation.
For federal elections, we're talking about only federal elections.
COMMON SENSE
Vascluar Ep. 18: September to Remember
October 6 • S1 E18 • 44 min
So entire federal delegation, congressmen and senators could be challenged, could be unseated because you didn't follow federal requirements to elect them. So I said the trade-off is worth it. You know why?
Democrats control two Senate seats out of six congressional seats. We only control one. They control five.
You talk about trade-off, right?
COMMON SENSE
Sanctuany
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I guess it never made its way to Richmond, VA or St. Louis : )
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Wild. I’ve never seen this before.
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No memory of it by name, lemme look it up.
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But again, I was really impressed at the time at how KI managed to split the difference.
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Right. And me and my college friends were all about SF2 as a balanced, nuanced arena in which combatants demonstrate their timing and skill blah blah blah.

It felt like it was made for 14-year-olds (which it was, and who made it a very successful franchise.)
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Judging by MK's evolution, the only reason KI didn't go anywhere is because MS didn't keep making them.
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Duck billed platypus and duck
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That is all.

Thanks for attending this episode of Old Man Yells at Cloud.
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Killer Instinct (2 years later) was a way more polished approach to the Mortal Kombat formula, with smoother SGI-rendered character frames and some genuinely interesting new characters and moves.
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Me and my college friends were Street Fighter 2 people. When Mortal Kombat came out in arcades, it was painful - stiff anims and clunky controls. Seemed like it was using gore to make up for all its obvious shortcomings.