Ian Mayor
@ianmayor.bsky.social
Principal Narrative Designer at Ubisoft Reflections. Game writer. Fancy cooking and monsters.
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Ian Mayor
@ianmayor.bsky.social
· Nov 7
Hi, I’m Ian, I’ve written stories for games for twenty years. Mostly for #Ubisoft ( #Avatar, #TheDivision, #TheCrew, #GrowHome). I mostly chat about films, TV, cats and food.
Good luck, Splash Damage folks.
Splash Damage places entire studio into consultation ahead of extensive layoffs: www.gamesindustry.biz/splash-damag...
Splash Damage places entire studio into consultation ahead of redundancies
Splash Damage has announced a consultation process affecting all staff at the Bromley-based studio, which will conclude…
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Good luck, Splash Damage folks.
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
Loving comic book superheroes has prepared me pretty admirably for getting older.
I’m the same character but my backstory has got a lot more convoluted.
I’m the same character but my backstory has got a lot more convoluted.
November 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Loving comic book superheroes has prepared me pretty admirably for getting older.
I’m the same character but my backstory has got a lot more convoluted.
I’m the same character but my backstory has got a lot more convoluted.
Re: last repost.
There’s a metric I didn’t need to know about.
There’s a metric I didn’t need to know about.
November 24, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Re: last repost.
There’s a metric I didn’t need to know about.
There’s a metric I didn’t need to know about.
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I am older now than Pete Falk was when he began playing "Columbo" and I will never be at peace with that
November 24, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I am older now than Pete Falk was when he began playing "Columbo" and I will never be at peace with that
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Who was first to brew an espresso in space? #NationalEspressoDay☕
Astronaut, pilot & engineer Samantha Cristoforetti. First Italian woman in space, she holds the record for the longest uninterrupted spaceflight of a European astronaut. Pic: 𝘊𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵 #coffee break in history!
#WomenInSTEM #Italy
Astronaut, pilot & engineer Samantha Cristoforetti. First Italian woman in space, she holds the record for the longest uninterrupted spaceflight of a European astronaut. Pic: 𝘊𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵 #coffee break in history!
#WomenInSTEM #Italy
November 23, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Who was first to brew an espresso in space? #NationalEspressoDay☕
Astronaut, pilot & engineer Samantha Cristoforetti. First Italian woman in space, she holds the record for the longest uninterrupted spaceflight of a European astronaut. Pic: 𝘊𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵 #coffee break in history!
#WomenInSTEM #Italy
Astronaut, pilot & engineer Samantha Cristoforetti. First Italian woman in space, she holds the record for the longest uninterrupted spaceflight of a European astronaut. Pic: 𝘊𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵 #coffee break in history!
#WomenInSTEM #Italy
Being a northerner I have a healthy suspicion of London.
Being here feels like standing slightly too close to an Elephant. I’m a little wary, a little in awe, not quite sure how to behave but styling it out.
Being here feels like standing slightly too close to an Elephant. I’m a little wary, a little in awe, not quite sure how to behave but styling it out.
November 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Being a northerner I have a healthy suspicion of London.
Being here feels like standing slightly too close to an Elephant. I’m a little wary, a little in awe, not quite sure how to behave but styling it out.
Being here feels like standing slightly too close to an Elephant. I’m a little wary, a little in awe, not quite sure how to behave but styling it out.
Best comic panels. Go.
November 23, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Best comic panels. Go.
Calling non-alcoholic drinks “soft” is a bit rude.
November 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Calling non-alcoholic drinks “soft” is a bit rude.
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It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
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Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
Covid inquiry live: ‘Inexcusable’ delays under Johnson led to 23,000 deaths
Lockdowns may have been avoided if Boris Johnson’s government had acted faster, damning report finds
www.thetimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
Another day, another Indiana Jones moment*
Good morning.
*reaching into the shower, turning it on and yanking my hand out like I’m triggering a trap.
Good morning.
*reaching into the shower, turning it on and yanking my hand out like I’m triggering a trap.
November 19, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Another day, another Indiana Jones moment*
Good morning.
*reaching into the shower, turning it on and yanking my hand out like I’m triggering a trap.
Good morning.
*reaching into the shower, turning it on and yanking my hand out like I’m triggering a trap.
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why can they not just fix it
![[Scene is MCcDONALDS PICKUP POINT but for the most part we can only see the close up faces of tha CUSTOMER and the McDONALDS EMPLOYEE at the serving point].
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CUSTOMER:
Hi - I’m afraid this isn’t what I ordered
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McDONALDS EMPLOYEE:
Number 187?
CUSTOMER:
Yes
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CUSTOMER:
Maybe I pressed the wrong thing?
I just ordered one strawberry milkshake.
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EMPLOYEE:
Oh - yeah sorry
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EMPLOYEE:
The milkshake machine’s not working.
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EMPLOYEE:
The only flavours we can do are vanilla, banana, and Labour Leader Pretending to be Nigel Farage.
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CUSTOMER:
Is that a new flavour?
EMPLOYEE:
Yeah
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[We now see that the employee has placed a gigantic milkshake cup on the counter]
EMPLOYEE:
If you look inside, there’s a Labour leader pretending to be Nigel Farage.
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[Customer looks inside the cup]
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[Show Keir Starmer dressed as Nigel Farage inside the cup]
CUSTOMER:
So there is
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CUSTOMER:
Is that something people want, then?
EMPLOYEE:
No! No, not at all.
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EMPLOYEE:
It just keeps happening when we press banana.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:16 AM
why can they not just fix it
Can’t work out exactly what Duracell are 100% guaranteeing.
But I think it means they last forever.
But I think it means they last forever.
November 17, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Can’t work out exactly what Duracell are 100% guaranteeing.
But I think it means they last forever.
But I think it means they last forever.
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There were 93 homicides in London last year: population 9 million
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
November 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
There were 93 homicides in London last year: population 9 million
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
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Reflecting on my childhood, I can’t help but think that the effects of putting my elbows on the table were somewhat overstated.
November 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Reflecting on my childhood, I can’t help but think that the effects of putting my elbows on the table were somewhat overstated.
If I ever start a religion I’ve got the soundtrack covered.
Happy Sunday.
Happy Sunday.
Obligatory Blade Runner patch I made on the Alesis Andromeda synthesizer.
This synth can replicate the architecture of the Yamaha CS-80 very well since it can add sine waves post-filter, used here, just like the CS-80. It also features the famous ribbon cable.
This synth can replicate the architecture of the Yamaha CS-80 very well since it can add sine waves post-filter, used here, just like the CS-80. It also features the famous ribbon cable.
November 16, 2025 at 8:54 AM
If I ever start a religion I’ve got the soundtrack covered.
Happy Sunday.
Happy Sunday.
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Gas-turbine air-cushion vehicle "Sormovich".
USSR, 1973.
USSR, 1973.
January 21, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Gas-turbine air-cushion vehicle "Sormovich".
USSR, 1973.
USSR, 1973.
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A brief thread on Trump renewing his threat to sue the BBC.
(Note I am not an American lawyer, this is perspective of an English legal commentator.)
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(Note I am not an American lawyer, this is perspective of an English legal commentator.)
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November 15, 2025 at 9:39 AM
A brief thread on Trump renewing his threat to sue the BBC.
(Note I am not an American lawyer, this is perspective of an English legal commentator.)
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(Note I am not an American lawyer, this is perspective of an English legal commentator.)
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My Mum and Dad don’t really like being near cats.
My cat has known them her whole life and gives no shits at all.
My cat has known them her whole life and gives no shits at all.
November 14, 2025 at 11:14 PM
My Mum and Dad don’t really like being near cats.
My cat has known them her whole life and gives no shits at all.
My cat has known them her whole life and gives no shits at all.
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Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
I miss our previous lives when we could go whole weeks without hearing anything about the President of the United States.
November 14, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I miss our previous lives when we could go whole weeks without hearing anything about the President of the United States.
It was big coat, hood up weather today. I’d forgotten how restricted your vision gets. I felt like a TIE Fighter pilot.
November 13, 2025 at 6:20 PM
It was big coat, hood up weather today. I’d forgotten how restricted your vision gets. I felt like a TIE Fighter pilot.