James
@jamesbutlin.bsky.social
Lead Programmer @FuturLab working on PowerWash Simulator 2 💦. Previously worked on PWS VR 💧, on a mental health & wellbeing study in PWS 1 with Oxford University 🧑🔬 and on Onward (VR) 🔫
Opinions are my own. He/Him
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James
@jamesbutlin.bsky.social
· Nov 21
Fair Play Summit: Implementing a Mental Health and Wellbeing Research Study in Games
With their first-of-its-kind research study released and proven to be delivering extremely valuable data, in this session James Butlin will discuss how FuturLab created his role specifically to work w...
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For anyone interested in how and why we did a study on mental health & wellbeing with Oxford University, and how I integrated it into the gameplay of PowerWash Simulator - I did a talk about it at GDC 2023 and the VOD is free for anyone to watch! 😌
#GameDev #MentalHealth #Wellbeing #GamesResearch
#GameDev #MentalHealth #Wellbeing #GamesResearch
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That's a wrap!
Thanks to all of you, Cascadian Gamers raised $47,271.87, good enough for 8th place of 2,525 teams raising money this year.
I had a personal best this year, raising $12,000 for Seattle Children's Hospital, $2,500 more than my previous best.
We could not have done it without you.
Thanks to all of you, Cascadian Gamers raised $47,271.87, good enough for 8th place of 2,525 teams raising money this year.
I had a personal best this year, raising $12,000 for Seattle Children's Hospital, $2,500 more than my previous best.
We could not have done it without you.
November 9, 2025 at 9:35 PM
That's a wrap!
Thanks to all of you, Cascadian Gamers raised $47,271.87, good enough for 8th place of 2,525 teams raising money this year.
I had a personal best this year, raising $12,000 for Seattle Children's Hospital, $2,500 more than my previous best.
We could not have done it without you.
Thanks to all of you, Cascadian Gamers raised $47,271.87, good enough for 8th place of 2,525 teams raising money this year.
I had a personal best this year, raising $12,000 for Seattle Children's Hospital, $2,500 more than my previous best.
We could not have done it without you.
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"The AI industry’s most important product at this moment is not a chatbot or a video generator; it’s the story the AI industry is telling about itself.... According to an MIT study, 95% of businesses that have deployed generative AI have gotten no value from it." www.theringer.com/2025/11/04/t...
How Catastrophic Is It If the AI Bubble Bursts? An FAQ.
The AI industry's most important product is not a chatbot or a video generator; it's the story the AI industry is telling about itself
www.theringer.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM
"The AI industry’s most important product at this moment is not a chatbot or a video generator; it’s the story the AI industry is telling about itself.... According to an MIT study, 95% of businesses that have deployed generative AI have gotten no value from it." www.theringer.com/2025/11/04/t...
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“But what’s it all for?” I asked Oliver, to which he relied, “To make rocks kiss.”
The morphs in Keeper use distance fields as an (implicit) surface representation, which makes it possible to control the distance at which the surface should lie. In other words, it’s easy to deflate or inflate objects, and meshes become easily ‘moldable’.
November 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
“But what’s it all for?” I asked Oliver, to which he relied, “To make rocks kiss.”
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if you are food insecure for both the humans and pets in your household there is a tool called Pet Help Finder that can help locate pet food banks nearby and other free or reduced price assistance and supplies for pets.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
November 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
if you are food insecure for both the humans and pets in your household there is a tool called Pet Help Finder that can help locate pet food banks nearby and other free or reduced price assistance and supplies for pets.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
Such a lovely cause! And some cool raffle prizes! They're getting close to their goal too so please donate ✨
So, we're 14 hours in, 11 hours to go.
Still playing games, still raising money to help kids get the healthcare they need regardless of ability to pay.
I'm $60 from $11,500, which would put me an even $1,000 from my last goal for the year.
Want to help me get there?
DONATE: bit.ly/CGELGlenn25
Still playing games, still raising money to help kids get the healthcare they need regardless of ability to pay.
I'm $60 from $11,500, which would put me an even $1,000 from my last goal for the year.
Want to help me get there?
DONATE: bit.ly/CGELGlenn25
Extra Life | Change Kids' Health, Change the Future
I'm raising funds with #EXTRALIFE for kids treated at my Children's Miracle Network Hospitals! I need your help to reach my fundraising goal. Please donate today to change kids' health.
bit.ly
November 9, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Such a lovely cause! And some cool raffle prizes! They're getting close to their goal too so please donate ✨
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Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I'm not sure if I've ever had one of those strange coincidences you hear about that makes people wonder how random life actually is.. but I definitely just had one and it was a VERY surreal realisation.
Trying hard not to be a pattern-seeking gremlin and imbue any meaning to it 😂🤔
Trying hard not to be a pattern-seeking gremlin and imbue any meaning to it 😂🤔
November 8, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I'm not sure if I've ever had one of those strange coincidences you hear about that makes people wonder how random life actually is.. but I definitely just had one and it was a VERY surreal realisation.
Trying hard not to be a pattern-seeking gremlin and imbue any meaning to it 😂🤔
Trying hard not to be a pattern-seeking gremlin and imbue any meaning to it 😂🤔
Money only works while we all agree it works right? It's just a social construct?
Can we all just agree a trillionaire existing means money isn't working well anymore.. Maybe make his money worth less? Maybe take most of it and use it to idk solve world hunger, prevent climate change etc etc
Can we all just agree a trillionaire existing means money isn't working well anymore.. Maybe make his money worth less? Maybe take most of it and use it to idk solve world hunger, prevent climate change etc etc
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Money only works while we all agree it works right? It's just a social construct?
Can we all just agree a trillionaire existing means money isn't working well anymore.. Maybe make his money worth less? Maybe take most of it and use it to idk solve world hunger, prevent climate change etc etc
Can we all just agree a trillionaire existing means money isn't working well anymore.. Maybe make his money worth less? Maybe take most of it and use it to idk solve world hunger, prevent climate change etc etc
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Everything about making video games is harder than you think.
November 6, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Everything about making video games is harder than you think.
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Senior illustrator, with 20 years of experience and a specialty in game art.
I haven't been able to find a paying project for months. Can you help? Every share is appreciated.
I haven't been able to find a paying project for months. Can you help? Every share is appreciated.
November 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Senior illustrator, with 20 years of experience and a specialty in game art.
I haven't been able to find a paying project for months. Can you help? Every share is appreciated.
I haven't been able to find a paying project for months. Can you help? Every share is appreciated.
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No matter how hard people try to convince us having empathy is wrong,
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
November 4, 2025 at 2:55 AM
No matter how hard people try to convince us having empathy is wrong,
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
If NYC can do it, so can you.. so can we.
Fear < Hope. 👏
Fear < Hope. 👏
November 5, 2025 at 10:24 AM
If NYC can do it, so can you.. so can we.
Fear < Hope. 👏
Fear < Hope. 👏
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OK. Let's fucking go. Kat next.
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
OK. Let's fucking go. Kat next.
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Had to share this from twitter just because
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Had to share this from twitter just because
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we did it babes.... we're the opposite of cooked. what is that. we're ingredients
November 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
we did it babes.... we're the opposite of cooked. what is that. we're ingredients
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Big day for people who care about other people
November 5, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Big day for people who care about other people
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[pulling up to the drive-through] hey can I get uhhhhhhh one of those terrible socialist mayors in my city too
November 5, 2025 at 3:52 AM
[pulling up to the drive-through] hey can I get uhhhhhhh one of those terrible socialist mayors in my city too
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Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
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This is an Obama 2004 DNC Convention speech-level seismic event of a speech by Zohran Mamdani.
It's too bad he can't run for President, but this speech will be every bit as much of political earthquake that will be remembered.
It's too bad he can't run for President, but this speech will be every bit as much of political earthquake that will be remembered.
November 5, 2025 at 4:43 AM
This is an Obama 2004 DNC Convention speech-level seismic event of a speech by Zohran Mamdani.
It's too bad he can't run for President, but this speech will be every bit as much of political earthquake that will be remembered.
It's too bad he can't run for President, but this speech will be every bit as much of political earthquake that will be remembered.
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Watching Mamdani's victory speech, I'm struck by his—and his campaign's—unabashed vision of the US as an immigrant society, a culture built from the ground up from diversity. It is a complete rejection and reversal of the search for a white-washed homogeneity that the political right projects.
November 5, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Watching Mamdani's victory speech, I'm struck by his—and his campaign's—unabashed vision of the US as an immigrant society, a culture built from the ground up from diversity. It is a complete rejection and reversal of the search for a white-washed homogeneity that the political right projects.
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Zohran's campaign was his determination to make New York a city everyone can afford to live in. Huge congratulations!
His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.
It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.
His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.
It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.
November 5, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Zohran's campaign was his determination to make New York a city everyone can afford to live in. Huge congratulations!
His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.
It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.
His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.
It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.
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On the pedestal, these words:
My name is Ozymandias;
Look on my works, they’re great works, still standing after so long, the best works,
My name is Ozymandias;
Look on my works, they’re great works, still standing after so long, the best works,
May 23, 2025 at 1:32 PM
On the pedestal, these words:
My name is Ozymandias;
Look on my works, they’re great works, still standing after so long, the best works,
My name is Ozymandias;
Look on my works, they’re great works, still standing after so long, the best works,