A side-note, there's a story about Unreal & Unity that gets told in game development and enthusiast circles that I think is really worth sharing here in light of Unity's recent debacle. For context, Unity has a bit of an undeserved "wonky" reputation amongst gamers. Unity (outside of the business nonsense right now) is an extremely capable tool, and many amazing games get made in it. But where many gamers celebrate Unreal, Unity is scorned for its brokenness.

Glad to have landed in Istanbul, where I have... minus 4 minutes to make my connecting flight to Dubrovnik. Don't think this is going to work out. Who would've thought: minus four minutes is not enough time to realize a connection. Stranded in Istanbul for now, let's figure out how to get my tired being to Dubrovnik

Completed the Destiny 2: Lightfall campaign, and oh gosh this is going to be a divisive one, won't it? The gameplay is super solid, but narrative I think it's mostly a matter of mismatched expectations: I was waiting for answers, and instead I got more questions. Let's start with the (temporarily?) bad, and then get to the (very) good. I'm rambling a bit here as I'm figuring out my thoughts, but it'll do. Obviously, tons of spoilers for Lightfall ahead.

If I had a genie & three wishes I'd wish for a just & fair world with all that entails, the genie to be free, and for games industry streamers to be unable to communicate in any way any statement that is borne from their overconfidence in their knowledge about the industry This, today, in response to some streamer claiming a dev is going to get blacklisted from the industry for saying they're not going to buy the game they worked on for ethical objections

Hell this industry can't agree on what "up" means you think we can coordinate a blacklist

OK, thread of anonymous Q&A question and answers from that ngl.link/tha.rami thing, will answer more as I have time Ah, I see we're starting with a tough one. All I've learned over the past few years is that I actually sleep worse when I'm exhausted, and that paradoxically, going to bed well-rested gives me better rest.

holy shit I remember this whole discussion

https://twitter.com/krisgraft/status/1486399266377682945

this was definitely revived somewhere in indie around 2010 when people were starting to realize that 18 hour workdays weren't sustainable

it's terrifying and reassuring to know everything is always circular

Jeff is not wrong in this first tweet: the world doesn't -need- 10.000 new indie games a year

I just don't believe that means you shouldn't make indie games. It just means you need to be realistic about your goals with game dev, and smart about managing risk & opportunity

https://twitter.com/spiderwebsoft/status/1485756275036024833

I do want to push back a bit on one thing in replies here: making games for 'art' is -not- without risk. It still takes time and money to do, and in a capitalist world it is 'costly' to create something 'for art'/not for commerce. You still need to consider opportunity & risk.

Let's imagine making dice in a game. First, there is nothing - so in the nothing we'll need to make a cube, and I guess we'll need to give the cube a 'size': there's nothing else so let's say the size of the cube is 10. I don't know why 10, I like calculating things in fives. This cube is 10 by 10 by 10.

Some work and then my third Meteorology lesson today. I still find it remarkable that all of weather & atmosphere is just a bunch of super straight-forward rules that turn into super complex systems that then turn into very recognizable practical things like "a cloud" or "wind". Like did you know air gets saturated with water vapor and that the amount of vapor that the atmosphere can hold is temperature-dependent? And if the air is saturated you'll see things like clouds or dew appear as water vapor condensates?

Honest opinion: having two players in the subscription field is still likely bad for the value of games in the long run, but if both are executed well competition will likely ensure deals to add games to such services remain viable. It does mean indie continues to shift B2B.

https://twitter.com/GameSpot/status/1466826931874279428

(B2B being "business to business", as opposed to B2C, "business to consumer")

Indie has been shifting to funds coming from deals rather than sales, making indie less likely to develop risky games as the ecosystem supports higher funded, more polished, more marketable games.

I have been waiting to pay for this sandwich for over 5 years. Let me tell you this story. In 2016 I visited Örebro for a game jam in an honest-to-god castle. It was a memorable event, and I met some very dear friends at it. Me and those friends made a realistic simulation game about cleaning a hotel room with TNT and throwing stuff around a room.

So, one of my fav useless trivia on Earth is about Iceland: McDonalds didn't survive here. In 2008 the chain closed its three restaurants on the Iceland as costs for imported beef and vegetables and cheese were unsustainable - Iceland sold the most expensive Big Mac ever sold. When it was clear McDonalds was going to close in 2009, there was a rush for the fast food. In three days, McDonalds Iceland closed down - with the final burger sold being donated for exhibition to a hostel in South Iceland (It's still looking good)

Had such a incredible week full of great memories so to cap it off I once again left my keys at home and can't get back in Thanks, Tile.

Mom's about to go live in the next few minutes with the ending mission of Mass Effect 2. How much of @momvsgames' squad will survive?

twitch.tv/momvsffxv

https://twitter.com/momvsgames/status/1441834725321158671

Bad news for the Chakwas fans.

@alextotheandru @cianmaher0 So, a 75 tweet version of Destiny lore and terminology, because I love this game and it sounded like a fun challenge. We'll start at the beginning of the lore, and work our way forward to the games. Let's see if I can make this work. @alextotheandru @cianmaher0 You play as "The Guardian", who is effectively a magic space zombie soldier granted immortality by a giant space orb called "the Traveler". The Guardians guard the Traveler, which has sat motionless in the sky above Earth's last safe city from the start of Destiny 1 in 2014.

OK, since I'm getting this question a lot right now:

To start with Destiny, buy Beyond Light, then buy the 'Season of the Lost" pass in the 'Seasons" menu to play what's happening now. It'll give you a reasonable intro and plenty of current stuff to do for a few months. If you enjoy that, & are done with “Season of the Lost” in three months-ish, there’ll likely be a lull in Destiny content for a bit later. At that point, you might consider the Beyond Light Deluxe Upgrade, which gives you the earlier Seasons of the Hunt, Chosen, & Splicer.

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Israel said it'll kill until there is "absolute quiet", & they mean it - they will kill & harm until every Palestinian has lost someone just in this last week, to remind Palestinians that peaceful protest means death, & that their rights are forfeit even in the international eye.

https://twitter.com/NathanThrall/status/1394675124650094598

Every time you don't say #FreePalestine or #SaveSheikhJarrah, every time you stay quiet, the Palestinians are reminded that Israel will get away with these atrocities against protest, against life, against human rights, even in the full view of the world. Don't be part of that.

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https://twitter.com/Israel/status/1394321792844640269

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Hey, it sucks @IGN & @gameinformer's posts & tweets with humanitarian resources supporting Palestine are gone - but it is clear their teams had no choice. They had a choice in posting, & unlike many others, they did.

Can we send a quick supportive tweet for chosing to speak up? Nobody accidentally posts and tweets a list of resources to support the Palestinians. These are brave, potentially career-ending choices - and instead of blaming them for trying, let's support them for being brave, and blame the corporate owners that censored them.

Understand how important this is: clearly @IGN and @gameinformer editorial posted this under their editorial freedom. If these posts are gone, it very likely means their corporate owners stepped across the editorial barrier & forced the censorship of those humanitarian resources. Here are details for IGN and Game Informer's corporate. Do send your objections.

https://twitter.com/imranzomg/status/1393989111703248898?s=19