Jock MacDonald
@jock-dev.bsky.social
Senior Game Programmer Human
He/Him/They/Them
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NEW from me on @gamedeveloper.bsky.social: I wasn’t going to write about the Larian AI backlash. Then I woke up at 5:30 this morning with a whole dang blog in my head.
How can you know if your workers are “okay” with using genAI tools if you have so much power over them should they push back?
How can you know if your workers are “okay” with using genAI tools if you have so much power over them should they push back?
December 18, 2025 at 8:13 PM
NEW from me on @gamedeveloper.bsky.social: I wasn’t going to write about the Larian AI backlash. Then I woke up at 5:30 this morning with a whole dang blog in my head.
How can you know if your workers are “okay” with using genAI tools if you have so much power over them should they push back?
How can you know if your workers are “okay” with using genAI tools if you have so much power over them should they push back?
svn was a mistake
December 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
svn was a mistake
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The question itself contains something interesting as well, with Labour MP Chris Murray saying:
"Having met Rockstar, they failed to reassure me they are following employment law and I share concerns about union busting."
"Having met Rockstar, they failed to reassure me they are following employment law and I share concerns about union busting."
December 10, 2025 at 1:24 PM
The question itself contains something interesting as well, with Labour MP Chris Murray saying:
"Having met Rockstar, they failed to reassure me they are following employment law and I share concerns about union busting."
"Having met Rockstar, they failed to reassure me they are following employment law and I share concerns about union busting."
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Just had to check
December 8, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Just had to check
Nothing is more distressing than discovering that the copy of Sonic Heroes you've owned for over 20 years can no longer load the level Bullet Station
December 7, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Nothing is more distressing than discovering that the copy of Sonic Heroes you've owned for over 20 years can no longer load the level Bullet Station
I feel as though Yu-gi-oh GX Tag Force Evolution on PS2 could have done with a little more QA testing of the tutorial... I assume "attack" is the option being hidden
November 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I feel as though Yu-gi-oh GX Tag Force Evolution on PS2 could have done with a little more QA testing of the tutorial... I assume "attack" is the option being hidden
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we wouldn't need "fast travel" if our game studios invested in accessible and affordable public transport infrastructure. skyrim should have a tram network. assassin's creed should have several regular bus routes. give ghost of tsushima a metro
February 3, 2025 at 7:43 AM
we wouldn't need "fast travel" if our game studios invested in accessible and affordable public transport infrastructure. skyrim should have a tram network. assassin's creed should have several regular bus routes. give ghost of tsushima a metro
I never thought when I moved down to Woking that I'd be surrounded by strange human statues everywhere??? Gave me the fright of my life seeing one stare at me when i just got out of the train station
October 8, 2025 at 10:58 AM
I never thought when I moved down to Woking that I'd be surrounded by strange human statues everywhere??? Gave me the fright of my life seeing one stare at me when i just got out of the train station
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Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
October 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
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All of the truly great advice I have received can be boiled down to “I am cringe, but I am free”
September 22, 2025 at 5:39 AM
All of the truly great advice I have received can be boiled down to “I am cringe, but I am free”
Was playing Ratchet & Clank 1 on my PS2 and realised that you can use the helipack in space! There is no air in space, terrible game 0/10. Ruined the whole experience. I hope it never gets a sequel!
August 10, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Was playing Ratchet & Clank 1 on my PS2 and realised that you can use the helipack in space! There is no air in space, terrible game 0/10. Ruined the whole experience. I hope it never gets a sequel!
The internet can suck it, I just beat the world record on a puzzle in EXAPUNKS
August 4, 2025 at 11:35 PM
The internet can suck it, I just beat the world record on a puzzle in EXAPUNKS
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We are incredibly disappointed by the Labour government's decision to seek advice from such a narrow segment of our industry. You can find our open letter here: www.gameworkers.co.uk/open-letter-...
July 31, 2025 at 8:39 AM
We are incredibly disappointed by the Labour government's decision to seek advice from such a narrow segment of our industry. You can find our open letter here: www.gameworkers.co.uk/open-letter-...
I started playing Exapunks a few days ago and it's amazing. It's managing to scratch the itch for making things efficient, and better yet there's 3 different goals to make them efficient. Haven't gotten too far because I can't leave the current stage until I match the WR (or am close enough)
July 29, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I started playing Exapunks a few days ago and it's amazing. It's managing to scratch the itch for making things efficient, and better yet there's 3 different goals to make them efficient. Haven't gotten too far because I can't leave the current stage until I match the WR (or am close enough)
Your boi is doing a Tough Mudder on Saturday for the charity Mind. I'm aiming for £300 in donations! I would greatly appreciate any contributions in return for putting my body in great peril undertaking the toughest of mudders
www.justgiving.com/page/jock-ma...
www.justgiving.com/page/jock-ma...
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June 4, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Your boi is doing a Tough Mudder on Saturday for the charity Mind. I'm aiming for £300 in donations! I would greatly appreciate any contributions in return for putting my body in great peril undertaking the toughest of mudders
www.justgiving.com/page/jock-ma...
www.justgiving.com/page/jock-ma...
4 Chicken Legs at Tesco for £2.50 what a bargain!!!!
int main() {
Console.Log("Chicken Life is %s", chicken_life_value <= 250? "worthless" : "valuable");
return 0;
}
Output:
Chicken Life is worthless
(I still bought them for dinner though 🙃)
int main() {
Console.Log("Chicken Life is %s", chicken_life_value <= 250? "worthless" : "valuable");
return 0;
}
Output:
Chicken Life is worthless
(I still bought them for dinner though 🙃)
May 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
4 Chicken Legs at Tesco for £2.50 what a bargain!!!!
int main() {
Console.Log("Chicken Life is %s", chicken_life_value <= 250? "worthless" : "valuable");
return 0;
}
Output:
Chicken Life is worthless
(I still bought them for dinner though 🙃)
int main() {
Console.Log("Chicken Life is %s", chicken_life_value <= 250? "worthless" : "valuable");
return 0;
}
Output:
Chicken Life is worthless
(I still bought them for dinner though 🙃)
Listened to this series called "Committed" about climate activists experience of prison after being arrested and prosecuted for their acts of disobedience.
open.spotify.com/episode/0ilc...
open.spotify.com/episode/0ilc...
Committed: 1. What Kind of Person Goes to Prison for Their Politics?
Novara Media · Episode
open.spotify.com
May 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Listened to this series called "Committed" about climate activists experience of prison after being arrested and prosecuted for their acts of disobedience.
open.spotify.com/episode/0ilc...
open.spotify.com/episode/0ilc...
Been playing ps2 games from my childhood. It's been interesting how some are clearly ahead of their time, like Dark Chronicles and it's combination of dungeon crawling and city building creating an amazingly fun game loop. While others like wipeout are utterly outclassed by their modern incarnations
May 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Been playing ps2 games from my childhood. It's been interesting how some are clearly ahead of their time, like Dark Chronicles and it's combination of dungeon crawling and city building creating an amazingly fun game loop. While others like wipeout are utterly outclassed by their modern incarnations
AI at it's finest. I might as well never code again. I could never achieve such lofty feats 💀
Microsoft is the real offender here, but anyone who writes even a news post about the copilot "AI" Quake 'tech demo' without describing how it actually functions (or fails to) it is is doing unpaid PR work.
April 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
AI at it's finest. I might as well never code again. I could never achieve such lofty feats 💀
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oh no way it's Supermarket Sweep from the preview build! kind of out of pocket of them to consider including, i'm glad they replaced it with Skyscraper Scamper in the final game
March 19, 2025 at 3:05 AM
oh no way it's Supermarket Sweep from the preview build! kind of out of pocket of them to consider including, i'm glad they replaced it with Skyscraper Scamper in the final game
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I've been waiting for this day to finally come
March 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I've been waiting for this day to finally come
Me: tries to play Undefeatable from Sonic Frontiers on Spotify using my AV receiver
Spotify: plays Combat Baby by Metric
Me: selects Undefeatable again
Spotify: plays Undefeatable for about 10 seconds then plays Live and Learn
Why must Spotify hurt me like this? fix your shit! 😭
Spotify: plays Combat Baby by Metric
Me: selects Undefeatable again
Spotify: plays Undefeatable for about 10 seconds then plays Live and Learn
Why must Spotify hurt me like this? fix your shit! 😭
November 25, 2024 at 12:24 AM
Me: tries to play Undefeatable from Sonic Frontiers on Spotify using my AV receiver
Spotify: plays Combat Baby by Metric
Me: selects Undefeatable again
Spotify: plays Undefeatable for about 10 seconds then plays Live and Learn
Why must Spotify hurt me like this? fix your shit! 😭
Spotify: plays Combat Baby by Metric
Me: selects Undefeatable again
Spotify: plays Undefeatable for about 10 seconds then plays Live and Learn
Why must Spotify hurt me like this? fix your shit! 😭