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Dan Laufer

@darktrick

Associate Narrative Director at Treyarch, former Software Engineer in a past life. No, I am not interested in an exciting opportunity on your engineering team. Lover of Mythos Horror & Sci-Fi. Opinions are my own. #BlackOps6 @CallOfDuty BAFTA Member

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02.03.2026 15:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A long long time ago, I had my dimension travelling Paranoia group encounter some obvious Corpore Metal cultists dressed as robots.

The same group were less pleased when their d&d party encountered their laser wielding selves from the other direction.

19.02.2026 22:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The first clue is the word β€œjust”

14.02.2026 08:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Are they a strong swimmer?

02.01.2026 03:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I can’t stop watching this.

27.12.2025 19:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

27.12.2025 17:27 πŸ‘ 47055 πŸ” 14489 πŸ’¬ 954 πŸ“Œ 3138

They say imitation crab is the sincerest form of crab

27.12.2025 13:56 πŸ‘ 7045 πŸ” 1836 πŸ’¬ 40 πŸ“Œ 28

I wish I’d known there was a German Shepard vs Balls drinking game baked into John Wick 3, before I sat down to watch it.

20.12.2025 01:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential

09.12.2025 20:45 πŸ‘ 13867 πŸ” 3939 πŸ’¬ 59 πŸ“Œ 194
Nov 14th. A partially muscled skeleton stands by the perimeter fence and screams for thirty seconds before vanishing.

Nov 14th. A partially muscled skeleton stands by the perimeter fence and screams for thirty seconds before vanishing.

14.11.2025 19:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A disembodied circulatory system walks the a kitchen - scaring the kitchen staff. The caption reads β€œit’s november 10th now.  There is a circulatory system walking through the kitchen.”

A disembodied circulatory system walks the a kitchen - scaring the kitchen staff. The caption reads β€œit’s november 10th now. There is a circulatory system walking through the kitchen.”

10.11.2025 15:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Proper

01.10.2025 02:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Boosting for vis.

Ash is pretty great, and this is super awful.

10.08.2025 06:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Awful news :(

10.08.2025 06:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m just enjoying that the simple existence of binary-triggers suggests that people have been using non-binary triggers for years.

27.06.2025 01:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You can’t make me.

11.06.2025 20:05 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Amazing work

07.05.2025 06:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Congrats!

10.04.2025 05:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Food hall of glory…

19.03.2025 07:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Angela Geiss Sound Design Portfolio

ahhhh okay, well, this feels quite awkward but:

I am interested in mentoring a person who is ambitious and passionate about pursuing sound design for games and is a woman / non-binary / someone of a marginalized gender.

Here's my website portfolio to prove I'm an actual person: angela-geiss.com

13.03.2025 02:35 πŸ‘ 73 πŸ” 48 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 5

So happy for you. Well done!

27.02.2025 21:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Dale cooper arrives at Twin Peaks

Dale cooper arrives at Twin Peaks

24.02.2025 19:30 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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A friend from the VA just sent this and asked me to share. PMDB is Prevention and Management of Disruptive Behavior in the workplace. THIS is the real war against women: being forced to say there are only 2 genders but not being allowed to mention 96% of violence is perpetrated by men.

18.02.2025 16:48 πŸ‘ 19032 πŸ” 8326 πŸ’¬ 1164 πŸ“Œ 676

RFK jr. JFC.

13.02.2025 19:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Jerry Lawson, the inventor of the video game cartridge.

Jerry Lawson, the inventor of the video game cartridge.

This is Jerry Lawson. He invented the video game cartridge for the Fairchild Channel F system. Because of his invention, many consoles had cartridges and CD formats and would become the norm.

The Atari 2600, NES, Genesis, and many consoles wouldn't exist without him.

Happy Black History Month.

01.02.2025 23:04 πŸ‘ 23339 πŸ” 10100 πŸ’¬ 88 πŸ“Œ 155
01.02.2025 18:08 πŸ‘ 56 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

i don't think it's hyperbole to say that this is indistinguishable from the nazis burning books

01.02.2025 18:06 πŸ‘ 214 πŸ” 72 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2

Wow. it must feel terrible when someone takes something you made and uses it without permission or payment

29.01.2025 04:59 πŸ‘ 18977 πŸ” 5076 πŸ’¬ 181 πŸ“Œ 84

This really is fucking wild.

27.01.2025 21:13 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A horrific image of a someone who seems to have his hands tied behind his back. A big cat (the predator kind, not the overfed pet kind) has jumped up at him and is devouring his face. Blood splashes on the floor.

A horrific image of a someone who seems to have his hands tied behind his back. A big cat (the predator kind, not the overfed pet kind) has jumped up at him and is devouring his face. Blood splashes on the floor.

For Blue Monday we can't think of anything more appropriate than this charming depiction of a man getting his face eaten off by a leopard.

#MosaicMonday

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