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Maddieman

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Senior QA Manager @Last.fm Interests include cats, game development, modding, 3d lighting and rendering, fighting games, movies, and music!

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The Beat 'em Up Is in Arrested Development
The Beat 'em Up Is in Arrested Development YouTube video by Second Wind

Not sure I fully agree with this, but it's interesting nonetheless.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxev...

09.03.2026 18:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is a very important quote from the interview that I hope every single company hoping to capitalize on the gaming industry reads and internalizes. Games are a unique market, and you can't just apply strategies from other industries and find success. This has been proven time and time again.

23.02.2026 20:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 541 ๐Ÿ” 198 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

It stood out to me at the time, as a modder, because it was such a simple but clever solution, compared to trying to carefully time dialogue with animations, fsm triggers, and camera cuts, etc.

20.02.2026 16:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iirc, the way they did these in Max2 was to have both character's lines start at the same time, with gaps in the wav file for when the other character was speaking. If an npc gets hit, killed, or the player walks away, the audio is stopped on both characters (and maybe another line is played).

20.02.2026 16:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Same thing happened with Roll7 two years ago. They released two awesome games then T2 just shut them down - I guess for a tax write off? ๐Ÿ˜’

19.02.2026 19:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If you're curious and can do magic eyes, you can get the 3d effect (and a migraine) without the peripheral. The screen is tiny, but you can make it bigger by pressing x in the ipd settings (hold r-stick in game). I found an ipd -15 and 1.3x was 'ok'. To quit, dock it and then press the home button.

17.02.2026 21:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
SILENT HILL Transmission (EN) with subtitles | February 12, 2026 | KONAMI
SILENT HILL Transmission (EN) with subtitles | February 12, 2026 | KONAMI YouTube video by SILENT HILL (Official)

The newest Silent Hill game being based on a costal town in Fife is perfect.๐Ÿ‘Œ I remember when I was studying at uni, the haar would come in and St. Andrews would literally resemble the games for a few hours - it was eerie. Really cool that things are coming full circle.

youtu.be/OPE5XdS1OBw?...

13.02.2026 16:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Congrats!!

11.02.2026 15:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Post a banger that isn't in English

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

10.02.2026 15:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

UGGGUHHGHHH

09.02.2026 17:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 235 ๐Ÿ” 39 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The juxtaposition of the VO hyping up how much of a badass Leon is against gameplay footage of him comically missing all of his shots was probably my favourite part of this direct.

05.02.2026 16:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So many weird and wonderful and cool looking indie games being made these days. ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

02.02.2026 13:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Rockstar vs. Union: We Went to Court and Saw the Evidence
Rockstar vs. Union: We Went to Court and Saw the Evidence YouTube video by People Make Games

We traveled back up to Edinburgh to be there as Rockstar Games and its fired union members took their case to court:

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

13.01.2026 14:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 701 ๐Ÿ” 340 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10 ๐Ÿ“Œ 24
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Hi, on your listening report, click on the 'Album grid' button, and you'll get options to customise and download the image. Hope this helps.๐Ÿ™‚

04.01.2026 11:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Your 2025 wasn't quiet, here's the proof. #Playback25 is OUT NOW โ–ถ๏ธŽ https://t.co/7B3LDbxzRh

02.01.2026 00:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 57 ๐Ÿ” 14 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7 ๐Ÿ“Œ 15

Thanks Mikhail, that's really awesome to hear. ๐Ÿ˜Ž It's a shame we couldn't quite finish it though. If I can figure out how to get it working correctly in windows 11 I might look into releasing some of the old levels we had made one day.

30.12.2025 22:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
THIS IS THE BEST BEAT EM UP GAME I PLAYED IN YEARS!!
THIS IS THE BEST BEAT EM UP GAME I PLAYED IN YEARS!! YouTube video by Justin Wong

NEW YOUTUBE VIDEO

Absolum is like the best beat em up game I played in freaking years!! Def get this game if you got the itch

Check it out: youtu.be/z2eXjCqjyGo

LIKE | SHARE | SUBSCRIBE | ABSOLUM

17.12.2025 20:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 19 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
12.12.2025 10:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yep, they definitely grew up playing Goldeneye and PD.

10.12.2025 16:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ending a retirement announcement with a farewell DJ mix is such a beast mode move

08.12.2025 12:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 493 ๐Ÿ” 181 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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I wonder if we'll finally see the new Max Payne remake at the game awards. It's been a few years since they announced it right?

07.12.2025 12:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Memorial 01
Memorial 01 YouTube video by noobde

We lost a legend today. Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa played Shang Tsung in the 1995 Mortal Kombat film and sadly passed away at age 75. We had the privilege of his portrayal on the first MK film but also as an amazing voice actor in the Mortal Kombat 11 game.

(1 of 2)
youtu.be/Dq4TZPg3kOs

05.12.2025 05:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 404 ๐Ÿ” 150 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12 ๐Ÿ“Œ 9

Casca's really awesome. Getting a Daz / G8 pipeline working is a bit finicky at first, but it's so much easier than trying to animate directly in DS. Even without the physics tools, basic things like pinning joints just works without limbs sliding between frames or clipping through the floor. ๐Ÿ™ƒ

04.12.2025 17:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Meme, Alien God looking at lower beings template, ein riesiges Alien mit Flรผgeln schwebt รผber kleineren Gestalten und blickt auf sie hinab, es ist mit "last.fm User" beschriftet, die kleineren Gestalten mit "Spotify wrapped" und "Tidal, Deezer, Amazon, wasauchimmer wrapped"

Meme, Alien God looking at lower beings template, ein riesiges Alien mit Flรผgeln schwebt รผber kleineren Gestalten und blickt auf sie hinab, es ist mit "last.fm User" beschriftet, die kleineren Gestalten mit "Spotify wrapped" und "Tidal, Deezer, Amazon, wasauchimmer wrapped"

03.12.2025 16:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 65 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
The Messages Rockstar Saw Before Firing 34 Union Members
The Messages Rockstar Saw Before Firing 34 Union Members YouTube video by People Make Games

EXCLUSIVE: So far it's been unclear what proof Rockstar Games has to justify its firing of 34 union members, who it claims were leaking "confidential information in a public forum".

PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...

24.11.2025 14:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 1971 ๐Ÿ” 892 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13 ๐Ÿ“Œ 64
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Annual reminder about turkey frying safety:

23.11.2025 20:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 1440 ๐Ÿ” 556 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 33 ๐Ÿ“Œ 19
Max Payne -  wall bomb scene
Max Payne - wall bomb scene YouTube video by k4rafa

Still my favourite solution to any door problem:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iV0...

21.11.2025 12:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 19 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Happy @last.fm #scrobbleversary those that celebrate it. ๐Ÿฅณ Scrobbling is 23 years old, and almost 250 billion scrobbles have been submitted to our service.

20.11.2025 10:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Mario Paint Flyswatter (Level 1) (Mario Paint) - Mario Kart World (OST)
Mario Paint Flyswatter (Level 1) (Mario Paint) - Mario Kart World (OST) YouTube video by WiiPlayz

Mildly outraged that Mario Kart World didn't even get a nomination for its music. They recorded over 350 arrangements including virtually every well known Mario tune in the series' 44 year history - even obscure stuff like Mario Paint's Gnat attack. ๐Ÿ’ข

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

18.11.2025 13:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
14.11.2025 20:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0