Jeff Pobst
@jeffpobst.bsky.social
CEO of Hidden Path Entertainment - a Video Game Developer. D&D focused these days. Builders of CS:GO & Age of Empires II HD. Creators of Defense Grid
Maybe if you were making a local dating app - yeah - you should do that!
August 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Maybe if you were making a local dating app - yeah - you should do that!
"that sneaky cat" :) Gotta love it.
April 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
"that sneaky cat" :) Gotta love it.
Was the "litterbox yucky" a complete lie, or did she just use that as part of her plan?
April 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Was the "litterbox yucky" a complete lie, or did she just use that as part of her plan?
And we appear to be in the lowest risk tolerance time in the industry I’ve ever known.
March 22, 2025 at 2:14 AM
And we appear to be in the lowest risk tolerance time in the industry I’ve ever known.
Also. A few years ago the hiring was such that the tables were turned. It’s great when the supply / demand curve works on your behalf, but it’s also no fun (for old or new folks) when it flips.
March 22, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Also. A few years ago the hiring was such that the tables were turned. It’s great when the supply / demand curve works on your behalf, but it’s also no fun (for old or new folks) when it flips.
It’s tough in any industry where you need to trust a person for a team to work. And smaller teams have more on each person to do. If you’ve worked with a person who delivers successfully before, you are likely to value that over the unknown - if you can make the finances work.
March 22, 2025 at 2:11 AM
It’s tough in any industry where you need to trust a person for a team to work. And smaller teams have more on each person to do. If you’ve worked with a person who delivers successfully before, you are likely to value that over the unknown - if you can make the finances work.
As it has been in the more and more distant past
March 22, 2025 at 1:56 AM
As it has been in the more and more distant past
Yeah. Wanting a job when tens of thousands of people who have past experience are also looking has to be extremely frustrating. Im hoping the optimism of the first group becomes real. That’s the unknown there.
March 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Yeah. Wanting a job when tens of thousands of people who have past experience are also looking has to be extremely frustrating. Im hoping the optimism of the first group becomes real. That’s the unknown there.
I expect there are even more “GDC’s” going on, but those two I have been fortunate to be exposed to as well as the biz dev GDC, for as long as I can remember. Maybe since 2000?
March 22, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I expect there are even more “GDC’s” going on, but those two I have been fortunate to be exposed to as well as the biz dev GDC, for as long as I can remember. Maybe since 2000?
I suspect it is too much to expect them to be any different this year.
March 15, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I suspect it is too much to expect them to be any different this year.
lol. You’re right I’m not using the right mental model. :)
March 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
lol. You’re right I’m not using the right mental model. :)
Maybe the thought is that you’d get money from big NetEase to go away in a settlement
March 13, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Maybe the thought is that you’d get money from big NetEase to go away in a settlement
Yeah. At least one unannounced.
March 13, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Yeah. At least one unannounced.
I think they did try to start 5 or 6 sadly.
March 13, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I think they did try to start 5 or 6 sadly.
It would be nice if that business wasn't profitable
January 10, 2025 at 1:34 AM
It would be nice if that business wasn't profitable
You can't just block them? Do they switch up numbers?
January 10, 2025 at 1:30 AM
You can't just block them? Do they switch up numbers?
Never seen that happen in 27 years of developing over 50 titles
December 17, 2024 at 12:26 AM
Never seen that happen in 27 years of developing over 50 titles