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Mike Futter

@futterish.fsquared.biz

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Lead Producer, Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator, Licensing Producer, TMNT: Tactical Takedown. Founder of F-Squared LLC, consultant, co-host of @VirtualEconCast.com. Author, The GameDev Business & Budgeting Handbooks [email protected] michaelfutter.com

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 15h

the scene mere moments later

Rampage (1986 arcade), monster giant Godzilla reptile, wolf man and king kong climbing on buildings punching out windows.

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Mike Futter @futterish.fsquared.biz · 13h

a man in a military uniform is standing in front of a building and says `` and i want my scalps '' .

ALT: a man in a military uniform is standing in front of a building and says `` and i want my scalps '' .

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Mike Futter @futterish.fsquared.biz · 14h

There's a reason why Machine Games' take on Wolfenstein feels so good.

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Mike Futter @futterish.fsquared.biz · 14h

That's exactly the backlash they were afraid of. I'd ask how we got here, but we've always been here.

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Mike Futter @futterish.fsquared.biz · 14h

And certainly never expect people IN power to tell stories that may be critical of the power structures from which they benefit. It may happen, but those are the exceptions, not the rule.

Mike Futter @futterish.fsquared.biz · 14h

Another reason why indie development is so important. There are important stories to be told in our medium, and large corporations are too scared to tell them.

A story isn't watered down by fantastical elements and "finding the fun." It's watered down by people scared to speak truth to power.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 14h

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Mike Futter @futterish.fsquared.biz · 14h

That's weird. Didn't know they made full games set in the near future.

Oh.

Uh.

You don't mean THAT civil war. You mean the one that already happened. My B.

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 14h

GameFile: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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Mike Futter @futterish.fsquared.biz · 19h

Everyone needs to watch this.

1) Stephen Miller just blurted out that Trump has dictatorial power (plenary authority).

2) CNN removed the entire section of the exchange from its online version.

We need to ensure that this gets shared widely.

www.instagram.com/reel/DPhvnJh...

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Mike Futter @futterish.fsquared.biz · 1d

Except that one time I almost died playing Pudgy Bunny.

Mike Futter @futterish.fsquared.biz · 1d

One great thing about being an adult is taking as many maraschino cherries as you’d like.

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Mike Futter @futterish.fsquared.biz · 1d

Guzzling cement and going for a swim.

Mike Futter @futterish.fsquared.biz · 1d

I think the dumbest part of the Bluesky leadership crashout is not remembering that we all fled Twitter for this same shit.

@jay.bsky.team is definitely not a student of history.

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 1d

hi, cis folks in california!

this headline leaves out that newsom has another 5 days to sign these bills into law. if you’d like to tell him he should do that to protect trans californians, you should to reach out.

he also has a phone: (916) 445-2841

want to know what to say? next post! 🧵

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Mike Futter @futterish.fsquared.biz · 1d

This piece is savage, and man... we need more of this.

Michael Pusateri @cruftbox.com · 1d

I've been an exec in corporate TV for 30+ years. This is a harsh, but accurate take on the challenges facing Bari Weiss by @lopatto.bsky.social.

Leading a large team, creatives, and navigating the corpo world without years of experience is exceedingly difficult.

www.theverge.com/business/793...

Memo to Bari Weiss Re: CBS News: You’re doomed

Bari Weiss has sold her company, The Free Press, to manage the decline of broadcast news at CBS. How many ways can it go wrong?

www.theverge.com

Mike Futter @futterish.fsquared.biz · 1d

Oh heck yes. This is great.

Mike Futter @futterish.fsquared.biz · 1d

But they do often feature ball busting.

Mike Futter @futterish.fsquared.biz · 1d

Congrats to @team.trinketstudios.com and the wonderful @tom.trinketstudios.com on today's launch of Battle Suit Aces!

Battle Chef Brigade is a favorite at Chez F-Squared, so we're absolutely delighted to see the team bring the same charm and style to this heckin' cool mech/deck game :D

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Mike Futter @futterish.fsquared.biz · 1d

Can't wait for someone to mod this into Teeth Sonic

Mike Futter @futterish.fsquared.biz · 1d

Every developer should read this. Print it out. Put it under your pillow. Put a little sugar on it and have it with your breakfast. Make it part of you.