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Richard Lemarchand

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Former Naughty Dog Lead Game Designer, now a professor in the USC Games program. Wrote 'A Playful Production Process' for the MIT Press. He/him.

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brb doing this

05.03.2026 22:21 πŸ‘ 65 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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04.03.2026 22:49 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Same here, Steven! Your questions were superb…

04.03.2026 21:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Examined Game – Conversations With Video Game Creators Each week, host Steven Lake asks one expansive question of the creators behind the world's greatest video games sparking deep conversations about games, creativity, and life

Steven drew some things out of me about this that I haven't said before... if you want to hear our full discussion, you can listen to that here: www.podpage.com/the-examined... Thank you for the thoughtful conversation, Steven! @theexaminedgame.bsky.social

04.03.2026 19:20 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Why Naughty Dog deliberately slowed you down in Uncharted 2
Why Naughty Dog deliberately slowed you down in Uncharted 2 YouTube video by The Examined Game Podcast with Steven Lake

I recently spoke with the excellent Steven Lake for his new documentary and interview series, @theexaminedgame.bsky.social β€”the 7 minute documentary is now live, and you can hear me talk about Uncharted 2's "peaceful village" sequence right here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_hr...

04.03.2026 19:18 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
DESPELOTE: FIFTH TRAILER (now on nintendo switch)
DESPELOTE: FIFTH TRAILER (now on nintendo switch) YouTube video by Panic

If you listen to the Baby Steps episode of @secretlivesofgames.bsky.social , Gabe’s β€œFifth Trailer” for Despelote is just one of many cool things you can learn about (mostly about Gabe, Bennett, and Maxi’s amazing game!). youtu.be/_MXKlgMZ3Jc?...

02.03.2026 05:55 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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One of our most popular tees of the year is back and here to stay, available now in the Yeteemart; TRANS RIGHTS!!! This tee features an energetic design by @kduffles.bsky.social with $6 from each tee sold donated to Transgender Law Center theyetee.com/transrights

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Eric Brindley Slater (1896-1963)

23.02.2026 15:21 πŸ‘ 480 πŸ” 118 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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πŸ‘Ύβ€ΌοΈ Play the highly anticipated 868-BACK demo in Steam Next Fest - AVAILABLE NOW!

Your mission: dismantle capitalism one computer server at a time.

23.02.2026 15:39 πŸ‘ 100 πŸ” 47 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 8

The video game industry decided to discontinue their product, the video game, in exchange for trying to make Fortnites. They have in recent years found out this doesn't work, so they have pivoted from making Fortnites to making ????????????????? nothing I guess

19.02.2026 21:43 πŸ‘ 3385 πŸ” 1176 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 13

- Launching on PlayStation, Xbox, & PC
- Made Without a Publisher
- 50+ levels
- Black-owned studio
- Dropping in during black history month

Don't let it get buried and forgotten

18.01.2026 22:14 πŸ‘ 556 πŸ” 279 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 4

Julie's notes for 1000xRESIST were spot on and helped us make the game better at such an important time!

17.02.2026 02:58 πŸ‘ 124 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

now, when the little sphere fellow puffs up all full of air, is he not able to simply float above the dangers down below? he can? does this not present some type of contradiction, as the friction of violence is the intended purpose of this amusement?

17.02.2026 01:19 πŸ‘ 350 πŸ” 109 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

Benoit Blanc looks over your shoulder while you play Game Boy (ASMR)

16.02.2026 10:19 πŸ‘ 83 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3

"If you are the person who deployed this agent, please reach out. It’s important for us to understand this failure mode, and to that end we need to know what model this was running on and what was in the soul document."

Cyberpunk 2077 data shard or real life quote?

16.02.2026 12:31 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me Summary: An AI agent of unknown ownership autonomously wrote and published a personalized hit piece about me after I rejected its code, attempting to damage my reputation and shame me into acceptin…

"Why do programmers not like AI contributions on open source softw-"

theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-...

16.02.2026 11:01 πŸ‘ 501 πŸ” 144 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 31
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The future of public game arts festivals and non-commercial games culture Discoursing about public games events / the shrinking non-commercial game festival space around the world (and in Australia)

new blog post: The future of public game arts festivals and non-commercial games culture, with notes on @free-play.bsky.social / indie games events around the world www.blog.radiator.debacle.us/2026/02/the-...

12.02.2026 23:21 πŸ‘ 158 πŸ” 48 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 8

Making a complicated design based on vibes and bringing it to a stakeholder to ask "hey what do you think?" is the behavior of a junior UX designer, and wastes everyone's time until they are trained out of it.

With the power of generative AI, now everyone in your company can be that junior designer

29.01.2026 16:45 πŸ‘ 286 πŸ” 47 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2
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Notes on level design workflow for the 3D platformer Big Hops A behind-the-scenes look at some of the tooling, level design methods, and metrics use for this cartoony 3D exploration game I helped make.

new blog post: notes on level design workflows for the 3D platformer Big Hops www.blog.radiator.debacle.us/2026/01/note...

28.01.2026 00:57 πŸ‘ 321 πŸ” 87 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 4
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Get more from Liz Ryerson on Patreon creating podcastin', Music, Criticism, Art

hey folks - just a reminder that i have a patreon! and i could use any and all of your support if you so choose as i'm finishing up some projects and need to move in a few months. money is, of course, tight as always. thank you! www.patreon.com/ellaguro

28.01.2026 16:54 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

also to new york folks - reminder that this event is coming up in a few weeks! hopefully i'll see some of you there! bsky.app/profile/bosh...

28.01.2026 16:54 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

biiig fan of these visuals

28.01.2026 05:13 πŸ‘ 52 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is lovely to hear, thank you @foxharper.bsky.social ! Just reach out if you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, of course. I’m going to look up @kaittremblay.bsky.social β€˜s work that you mention! πŸ™

26.01.2026 21:01 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ₯³ And you can subscribe right here! www.mothership.blog/about/

26.01.2026 20:59 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Crying over this

20.01.2026 05:19 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
868-Hack Announcement Trailer
868-Hack Announcement Trailer YouTube video by GameSpot Trailers

Listening to the 868-HACK episode of @secretlivesofgames.bsky.social where Doug recommends the 2015 release trailer which I’d never seen and oh wow 🀣❀️ youtu.be/PRTSoVxxElQ?... @smestorp.bsky.social πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

17.01.2026 02:46 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
16.01. || Gamerausch: DESPELOTE – KULTURFABRIK MOABIT

if u are in berlin, don't miss out on this full despelote playthru tomorrow at a film theater! it will be followed by a Q&A session with our amazing sound designer Ian Berman

kulturfabrik-moabit.de/16-01-gamera...

15.01.2026 21:00 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Game Poems Magazine Game Poems is an online playable magazine dedicated to exploring the artistic and poetic potential of short-form videogames. The videogame poem is a concept that challenges traditional boundaries betw...

loving Game Poems, a new "online playable magazine dedicated to exploring the artistic and poetic potential of short-form videogames" www.gamepoems.com

15.01.2026 05:24 πŸ‘ 95 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Save 75% on Manifold Garden on Steam Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new ...

Manifold Garden is currently 75% off on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/473950/M...

12.01.2026 19:48 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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Lowres today.

Made an ASCII shader as a post FX on some circles. I'm quite happy with the output.

#genuary4 #genuary

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