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Robert Yang @radiatoryang.bsky.social · 1d

new vlog: dropping heavy loads in the creek vt.tiktok.com/ZSU2UyWrf/

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Laura Michet @lmichet.bsky.social · 1d

Learned that I am being laid off from Heart Machine, and will be leaving the studio later this month.

Do you need a contractor? I've got a track record of leading scope-friendly script revisions late in dev. I have also done a lot of consulting on new IPs and pitches/demos. Feel free to DM me!

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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 1d

Californians, let’s call (916) 445-2841 to tell Newsom’s office to sign the following pro LGBTQ+ rights bills before the deadline:

AB 82/SB 497
AB 1084/SB 59
SB 418
AB 554
AB 728
AB 678
SB 590
SB 450

mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 1d

He hasn't signed the other bills yet, but he still has days to do so
This headline is misleading for not mentioning that.

The gender education veto is bad, but far from the most important trans rights bill on his desk.

There's still time to contact Newsom for the rest!

www.gov.ca.gov/contact/

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Kas @thestaticman.bsky.social · 1d

~GAME RELEASE~

Onto Maizilind Unto Infinity (OMUI) is OUT NOW!!! on Steam and Itch for F R E E!

It is a first-person narrative horror game about the Iranian revolution, nuclear war, and my Uncle Ramin's suicide.

Please share and leave a review on Steam if you are able to!!!

Onto Maizilind Unto Infinity Release Trailer

YouTube video by Kasrah Ghobadi

youtu.be

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Robert Yang @radiatoryang.bsky.social · 2d

watched Hard Boiled… it’s still so weird seeing Tony Leung do gun fights instead of getting really sad

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Elise Wang @elisewang.bsky.social · 2d

One of the more incredible stories out of LA this year has been how a taco review blog became the best on-the-ground coverage of ICE raids in the city.

They do a dispatch every day, follow-up on the kidnapped people (which almost no media outlet has done), and fact-check government claims.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 2d

@lataco.bsky.social first began as a blog documenting local Mexican cuisine. Now, it’s an essential reporting powerhouse to the city as Trump’s mass deportation plot unfolds.

Check out the latest from our friends at Reveal: tinyurl.com/4cm2bsdr

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Robert Yang @radiatoryang.bsky.social · 2d

wait until you hear the spiders

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Chris Schilling @schillingc.bsky.social · 2d

Played Consume Me. Loved Consume Me. www.theguardian.com/games/2025/o...

Consume Me review - anything but empty calories

A teenage slice-of-life tale, an energy-management challenge and a satire of diet culture – this indie award-winner is a flavoursome treat

www.theguardian.com

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Socks the Macro Wolf Dad @socksthewolf.com · 5d

Windows 10 End of Life is in less than 2 weeks!
But you don't have to upgrade to Windows 11!!

This video will show you how to extend the life of Windows 10 by 3 more years via Extended Security Updates program safely, for free.

MS throws you to the wolves, but the wolves will throw you a bone.

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Robert Yang @radiatoryang.bsky.social · 3d

new vlog: inspecting birds in my bush in Aotearoa New Zealand vt.tiktok.com/ZSU8UQUSN/

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Robert Yang @radiatoryang.bsky.social · 4d

though I gotta admit that naming your book "nine hundred conclusions" is pretty good

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Robert Yang @radiatoryang.bsky.social · 4d

enjoyed this long read about the renaissance + this weird "debate me" guy who thought debate could literally transform him into an angel (via @edwinet.bsky.social )

Erin Maglaque · Thishereness: Pico in Purgatory

Pico’s Oration contravenes the very idea of human possibility that we think the Renaissance is about – yet we think...

www.lrb.co.uk

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 4d

history teacher in 50 years: So in September, that’s when the president signed an executive order criminalizing anti-fascism and saying all resistance would be crushed

student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism

teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.

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Robert Yang @radiatoryang.bsky.social · 4d

kinda getting into wuchang now. level design gets much better after the first cave area. I did have to look up how to beat the act 1 boss as a spearo though

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 5d

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

2 million rally in Italy for Gaza as general strike halts key services

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

bit.ly

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 6d

so the US government just forced a tech company to delete an app it doesn’t like, which is totally normal stuff

www.404media.co/iceblock-own...

ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’

Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...

www.404media.co

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Robert Yang @radiatoryang.bsky.social · 6d

nothing eats them unfortunately, they just randomly die from poisoning or whatever and then start decomposing 🙃

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Robert Yang @radiatoryang.bsky.social · 6d

ya @godzekesatan.bsky.social makes a similar anecdote where they were painstakingly iterating on how to grip "elevator levers" etc... but then realized the hand animation can just bonk a button

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Robert Yang @radiatoryang.bsky.social · 6d

last slide: indiana jones game has a complex grip animation system which exacerbated their "door problems"... it was so bad they made an internal dev meme with a map of their various door hells (see: @lizardengland.bsky.social 's famous post "The Door Problem" www.gamedeveloper.com/design/-quot... )

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Robert Yang @radiatoryang.bsky.social · 6d

most @nyugamecenter.bsky.social talks are archived on youtube www.youtube.com/@NYUGameCent...

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Robert Yang @radiatoryang.bsky.social · 6d

now @godzekesatan.bsky.social talking about how indiana jones is a "pick 'em up" that downplays guns, but focusing on pickups brought a bunch of level design / environment art / set dressing challenges re: what's pickupable etc.

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Robert Yang @radiatoryang.bsky.social · 6d

ahh good shit in this indiana jones game dev talk by Zeke Virant. talking about their "hand shapes" and grip system... they made all these box / cylinder / 1h / 2h presets, "we used small cylinder a lot" (screenshots from the live twitch right now -- www.twitch.tv/nyugamecenter )

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NYU Game Center @nyugamecenter.bsky.social · 6d

We're going live with our FIRST Lecture Series event of the Fall 2025 semester in just 15 minutes!

Featuring Game Center alum Zeke Virant discussing his work on "Indiana Jones and the Great Circle"

Join us at twitch.tv/nyugamecenter

NYU Game Center @nyugamecenter.bsky.social · 12d

Our first Lecture Series event is happening NEXT THURSDAY!

Featuring alum Zeke Virant - "Picking Up Things in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle"

RSVP Here: zekevirantlectureseries.eventbrite.com

Cool new poster by Eva Sterrett - find more of her work here: sterretteva.myportfolio.com

An illustration of Indiana Jones' reflection in a puddle with two snakes nearby. The text reads "The NYU Game Center Lecture Series Presents Zeke Virant, Lead Game Designer at MachineGames. Picking Up Things in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Oct. 2nd 2025 @ 7PM, 370 Jay St. Brooklyn, NY"

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Robert Yang @radiatoryang.bsky.social · 6d

same. I didn’t even know it had pynchon stuff, I was just comparing it to other PTA films and political thrillers, and also walked away feeling “yah that was just ok”

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Terry Cavanagh @terrycavanaghgames.com · 7d

3d modelling is the best

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