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πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ πŸ§€ Wisconsin. GDC CA '25. Former Game Design student. Aspiring professional Game Dev. Sorry for being awkward, everything is terrible. Please be my friend.

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Pete Hegseth's "Department of War" spent $7.4 million on lobster tails, more than $15 million on ribeye steaks, and hundreds of thousands on doughnuts...in September.

openthebooks.substack.com/p/pentagon-s...

10.03.2026 13:49 πŸ‘ 575 πŸ” 250 πŸ’¬ 59 πŸ“Œ 154
The VFX School β€” VFX Campus

Apparently the VFX school is closing up shop, so if you wanted to learn how to run Houdini or do feature VFX, the courses are free to download: thevfxschool.com

07.03.2026 18:40 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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I've been running gdcparties.com for a few years now. Some shitty company BlueberryAI decided they'd just take all the source code for the work I've done and reskin it, advertising it as their own. Jokes on them...it was still linked to my events spreadsheet, and now their website looks like this πŸ˜‰

06.03.2026 21:43 πŸ‘ 4418 πŸ” 1064 πŸ’¬ 70 πŸ“Œ 40

Looks niceeee. It also reminds me of the art/animation style in The Banner Saga games.

07.03.2026 11:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The first Crysis is the best in the series and my PC and I will both die on that hill

07.03.2026 08:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This feels like a crime.

18.02.2026 03:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Vertical Slice 2026 - Submission Form Thank you for your interest in Vertical Slice 2026! This form is to submit your Talent Acts or Game Trailers that you would like to showcase at the event. Please keep in mind that this is an applicat...

🍰 GDC SHOWCASE EVENT

Vertical Slice, an indie trailer showcase and talent show, still has applications open for trailers & performances!

Our trailer submissions will close NEXT WEEK, so please apply!

Performances open too!
COME PERFORM PLEASE! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰

forms.gle/VPBVfMjevGAx...

09.02.2026 15:42 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Discord Isn't Requiring a Face Scan β€” Your Legislators Are Yesterday's headline in The Verge had people planning their Discord exodus overnight. But the real story isn't about Discord β€” it's about legislators demanding surveillance infrastructure.

If you were upset about Discord's age verification stuff yesterday, I need you to read this. I know, I know... Nuance?
On the internetβ€½
IN THIS ECONOMYβ€½β€½β€½

trezy.com/blog/blame-l...

11.02.2026 01:49 πŸ‘ 80 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 5

Okay, who was it at Google that decided when using Sheets that "Ctrl-R" fills a cell instead of refreshing the page?? You absolute sociopath.

05.02.2026 05:31 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

To whatever Terraria dev decided to make a Life Crystal Boulder, who hurt you? And why did you have to hurt me.

Give me back my 2 gold.

01.02.2026 18:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

To answer a question I have unfortunately gotten: If you bring AI-generated "writing samples" of any kind, I'm not going to read them because you didn't take the time to write them. Full stop. And if you think this stellar group of professionals won't identify an AI-written sample, you are wrong.

27.01.2026 20:33 πŸ‘ 144 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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a man with a beard says " who would ve thought " ALT: a man with a beard says " who would ve thought "

Updating my portfolio and current me is incredibly happy that past me had an organizational & naming system for files that I am now using.

27.01.2026 18:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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One of the best things I’ve read in a while:

25.01.2026 22:39 πŸ‘ 28793 πŸ” 10726 πŸ’¬ 42 πŸ“Œ 980
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Now the actual military has to dress like it’s not the military cuz federal law enforcement agencies dress too much like the military

17.01.2026 23:01 πŸ‘ 19176 πŸ” 5280 πŸ’¬ 468 πŸ“Œ 342
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On a more positive & unrelated note, this exists. And that's been nice.

I love you Monoco.

20.12.2025 20:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Me: "Go to TNT"
Google: "Here's Play TNT in the Google Play Store"

Fucking USELESS feature. Absolutely garbage. It feels like it was designed by a marketing team instead of a design team. It's less than worthless; It takes away value.

20.12.2025 20:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Google may still be a giant tech monopoly, but Youtube Premium not auto renewing when you purchase it for a year is actually nice and refreshing compared to every other subscription service on earth that bets on you forgetting about it in order to make money off you.

18.12.2025 00:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Least favorite design choice in games, enemies who dramatically alter their normal attack animations to hit you because you dodged .1 seconds too early.

Ya no, it's fine that you went from taking a tiny baby step forwards to instantly turning 90 degrees and warping 5 meters.

Super fun.

15.12.2025 18:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This looks incredible

12.12.2025 21:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Google Voice on TV remotes is one of the most poorly designed features I have ever used.

11.12.2025 01:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Our December Playtest goes live tomorrow!!

Please sign up and spread the word to your fighting game and roguelike-playing friends!

store.steampowered.com/app/3977340/...

Thank you!

09.12.2025 19:15 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Almost just choked to death on a mini marshmallow in my hot chocolate. Stay safe out there folks.

09.12.2025 20:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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07.12.2025 20:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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05.12.2025 19:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Save 80% on Marvel's Midnight Suns on Steam FIGHT AND STRATEGIZE LIKE A SUPER HERO IN THE DARKER CORNERS OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE. Play as The Hunter, a legendary demon slayer who must lead a team of Super Heroes and supernatural warriors facing ...

every time i see the deadpool vr game i'm going to share Marvel's Midnight Suns instead store.steampowered.com/app/368260/M...

29.11.2025 20:11 πŸ‘ 195 πŸ” 64 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I love them.

27.11.2025 19:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Even a broken clock.

21.11.2025 22:47 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Funktronic Labs is hiring a Junior 3D Artist Funktronic Labs is seeking a Junior 3D Artist to join our team onsite at our Pasadena, CA studio for an exciting, unannounced console title.

Funktronic Labs is hiring a Junior 3D Artist to help craft an unannounced console title with their creative Pasadena team!

πŸ“On-site, Contract (Pasadena, CA)
🎨 3D modeling in Maya
πŸ•ΉοΈ Made in Unity (bonus skill)

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17.11.2025 17:28 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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HADES II, the biggest and most critically acclaimed game we've ever created, is now 20% off on Steam through this weekend!!

May moonlight guide you as you battle beyond the Underworld. πŸŒ’πŸŒ•πŸŒ˜

13.11.2025 18:01 πŸ‘ 1022 πŸ” 239 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 17

It's as expected that the first time I get intentionally teamkilled in BF6 it's from an Xbox player.

26.10.2025 02:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0