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Matt Firor

@thefiror

Graybeard Game Developer, Historian of the real and the fictional. Elder Scrolls Online and Dark Age of Camelot project lead. Lover of the written word and interactive entertainment. Three chord guitar player. Perpetual lurker.

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I find screaming incoherently into the void helps as well

03.03.2026 12:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I described my thoughts on this soon after the game to my Arsenal Whatsapp group:

"I'm happy we're top of the table but concerned about how we got there"

This morning I'm still in that space. All is not lost, but much work needs to be done

19.02.2026 15:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is unacceptable and must be denounced by every politician serving in office. The White House is already trying out excuses: "it's a meme!" "it's just a Lion King parody"! He knows he is failing and is becoming more and more erratic

06.02.2026 15:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Add this to my list of "this is unacceptable" actions by the current administration. Crude intimidation tactics made to play to the MAGA base to generate headlines to make it seem like the Admin is tough and in charge - when all they are doing is showing how weak and afraid they are

30.01.2026 21:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If this is not grounds for impeachment, what is? The President is not well, and this is unacceptable

19.01.2026 13:30 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Now is one of the most important times in the history of this country to stand up for the rule of law, and to stand against blatant misuse of power. I stand with Chairman Powell.

12.01.2026 02:48 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Let us all stand with Chairman Powell.

12.01.2026 02:36 πŸ‘ 33405 πŸ” 8706 πŸ’¬ 985 πŸ“Œ 567
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This unacceptable

07.01.2026 01:30 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy New Year everyone. I’ve been pretty quiet the last six months, but I posted this message on LinkedIn late yesterday just to give everyone an update. I’ll put it here just to make sure it gets around

01.01.2026 13:28 πŸ‘ 148 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 4
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The world was a better place with Vince in it. Just devastating news. Our paths crossed a few times, mostly socially, but he was very close friends with many people I hold dear, and my thoughts are with them and his family.

23.12.2025 13:06 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œNo one is paying attention to me and I’m going to pout until they do.”

06.11.2025 21:27 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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#nokings Westminster Maryland says NO KINGS - even more here now than in the last video from 30 minutes ago

18.10.2025 18:02 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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One again Westminster Maryland says NO KINGS! Turnout about 2X the size of the last protest - so happy to be out here representing sanity with so many others!

18.10.2025 17:19 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Very sad to hear the news that Julian LeFay has passed. As one of the original creators of The Elder Scrolls series he was the lead developer on Arena and Daggerfall. I only met him once, and that was just in passing, so I didn't know him. His creation has had a profound impact on my career and life

24.07.2025 14:05 πŸ‘ 110 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

Such a huge part of my life, wow what a bolt out of the blue

22.07.2025 18:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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No Kings! So says Westminster Maryland. Great to see so many people out for the rally

14.06.2025 15:49 πŸ‘ 6883 πŸ” 1354 πŸ’¬ 78 πŸ“Œ 64

He was great to work with on ESO! He had a lot of lines and a lot of not normally pronounced Elder Scrolls words and he handled it like a pro. So sorry he's gone, I still watch the ESO opening video from time to time, which is my favorite ESO performance of his

13.06.2025 19:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

"I stare into my phone, where they store the horrors" is the perfect sentiment for our times

13.06.2025 17:56 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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So, What Did I Miss? β€œHow much can possibly happen when I’m on parental leave?” I said five months ago.

"I look into my phone, where they store the horrors....."

Fortunately the phone is also where they store Alexandra Petri - so glad to have her back on the job, but I wish she wasn't so on the nose about .... everything....

13.06.2025 17:54 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hey that was my Russian history textbook from "History of Russia I and II" back in the stone age/cold war era when I was in college. I still look into it from time to time to refresh myself on Russian/Soviet timelines and people

11.06.2025 16:09 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Also it is one of the best, tightest game designs ever and should be the basis of any game design class. The four simple systems working intertwined with one another is *chefs kiss*

03.06.2025 15:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I have an old ipad, forever frozen in time circa 2016 - forbidden from connecting to the internet and updating - just so I can play the Pirates Ipad version, which is one of the best versions of the game

03.06.2025 15:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve watched the All Summer Long WMTSS episode about 20 times and it still cracks me up - it’s just perfect

13.05.2025 10:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The Elder Scrolls Online Podcast - A Kinda Funny Gamescast Limited Series - Episode 3
The Elder Scrolls Online Podcast - A Kinda Funny Gamescast Limited Series - Episode 3 YouTube video by Bethesda Softworks

It's Friday! That means the next in the series of Elder Scrolls Online's development history hosted by the guys at Kinda Funny. Hear about how we set up Tamriel in the early days of the project and much, much more

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRED...

09.05.2025 15:52 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Interesting. Garrett County feels like West Virginia, Central Maryland feels like generic United States, and the Eastern Shore feels like a very flat Southern Virginia, in every sense of those two words. It's hard to categorize Maryland as *anything* because it is a crossroads

28.04.2025 14:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The Elder Scrolls Online Podcast - A Kinda Funny Gamescast Limited Series - Episode 2
The Elder Scrolls Online Podcast - A Kinda Funny Gamescast Limited Series - Episode 2 YouTube video by Bethesda Softworks

It's been two weeks which means Ep. 2 of Kinda Funny's deep dive into Elder Scrolls Online's development history - in this one we talk about revenue models, server stability and much more. As always thanks to @gameovergreggy.bsky.social and the gang at Kinda Funny!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gfct...

27.04.2025 18:33 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think it’s time to come to grips with the fact that we (Americans) have constructed an information firewall far more effective than the Chinese in keeping information we don’t want to see away from our screens. At least 50% of us have outsourced our firewall duties to Fox News, et al

22.04.2025 13:10 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Greg, do you need Amazon gift cards AGAIN?!?

18.04.2025 17:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I gave the commencement speech at my high school just last year - what a surreal experience. I was literally on the stage where I got my diploma 38(?!?) years before. Have fun with it and savor the moment

16.04.2025 20:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

hi the elder memes!

13.04.2025 13:45 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0