Ben Carnow
@carniferus.bsky.social
Senior and sometimes Lead Character Artist at Bethesda Game Studios. 99% personal sketch/garbage art here. All opinions my own AI and NFTs go right in the trash
I was adjusting our newly installed child car seat and found a little purple/blue disc wedged in the butt seam. Pulled it out and uhhh? I don’t really believe in this stuff, but I am assuming the person that left it in the car seat had some sort of intentions for the next rider. Warded or cursed AF?
Developers like Atran Raikany from ZOS are responsible for making the game worlds we love feel alive. Microsoft's lay-offs aren't just short sighted business decisions - they're threats to the future of these worlds. #SaveGameWorkers and tell Microsoft to end these layoffs: shorturl.at/5ruBE
Xbox's 1,600 person "reset" didn't hit 14 layers of management. It hit devs who built the worlds you love. Faceless brands don't make games - people like Ben Carnow and his team do. #SaveGameWorkers and tell Microsoft to end these cycles of layoffs: shorturl.at/5ruBE
Who is that mysterious and handsome stranger and why does his message of compassion and solidarity resonate so powerfully?
OneBGS - Bethesda Game Studios Union@bethesdaunion.bsky.social · 2d agoXbox's 1,600 person "reset" didn't hit 14 layers of management. It hit devs who built the worlds you love. Faceless brands don't make games - people like Ben Carnow and his team do. #SaveGameWorkers and tell Microsoft to end these cycles of layoffs: shorturl.at/5ruBE
Without serious public pushback, trillionaire corporations like Microsoft will continue to treat talented developers like Naomi Green as expendable. Help us break this unbalanced system and #SaveGameWorkers by telling Microsoft to end their cycles of layoffs: shorturl.at/5ruBE
User researchers like Elisabeth Whyte made sure players' voices were heard in your favorite Xbox games. On July 6th, Elisabeth and her entire team at Zenimax were laid off. Now, make your voice heard and #SaveGameWorkers by telling Microsoft to end their cycles of layoffs: shorturl.at/5ruBE
I catch my foot as I fail to go over a baby gate, rip the hardware out of the wall, land sideways, and eat shit on the stone floor: OOogh AAHGH BLUGh MY BONES My 3 year old who learned about karate 2 minutes earlier on Sesame Street: You shoulda use karate to go over the fence.
If knowledge if power, why are game companies setting it alight?
If knowledge if power, why are game companies setting it alight?
I wonder who knows the answer to that finicky production question? Let's hope they weren't just laid off.
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After laying off Battlefield 6 devs, EA boss Andrew Wilson's bonus rose $8m to $38m last year, thanks to the game's success across "all milestones" www.eurogamer.net/ea-boss-38-m...
On July 6th, Microsoft laid off 50% of id Software. Among these cuts were folks like John "Jebus" Roberts, a principal engine programmer on the id Tech engine. For 15 years, Jebus supported the games you love. #SaveGameWorkers by telling Microsoft to end their cycles of layoffs: shorturl.at/5ruBE
In our new series #SaveGameWorkers, you’ll meet the people who make your favorite games at Xbox…until they get laid off. Today, meet Eric Bakutis from Zenimax Online Studios. #SaveOurDevs by telling Microsoft to end their cycles of layoffs: feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/ide...
Upgraded to a Pruse Core One + and am enjoying the ability to print hilariously large vs my old resin printer. I need to start designing things that are not covered in tiny spikes pointing at every angle. 3d printers hate that one trick.
No devs, no games. We are the ones that make the games, and we will fight for every developer hit by these layoffs.
Bethesda Games Studios’ Montreal workers are being treated especially poorly by XBOX and we won’t stand for it. Here are the details. If this upsets you let Microsoft know: feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/ide...
Found a rare naturally occurring IUD. So much better than those factory farmed IUDs full of chemicals.
Unions file unfair labor practices against Microsoft over decision to "unlawfully" fire Xbox workers aftermath.site/xbox-layoffs-c...
"CWA & CWA Canada have jointly filed unfair labor practice complaints against Microsoft alleging the company has unlawfully fired people without giving notice to or discussing it with the union as the employer is legally obliged to do"
Game Developer@gamedeveloper.bsky.social · 3w agoUnions take legal action against Microsoft for allegedly mishandling Xbox layoffs
finance.yahoo.com/technology/a... Oh hey my skeets became news (with extra Dane Olds lore.)
Microsoft lays off Bethesda vet behind Todd Howard's "crazy" Fallout 4 idea, "too many Skyrim weapons to co...
"If you've played a BGS game you've had his art on screen 99% of the time," says dev
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ZeniMax workers rally to save 'the spirit of the studio' after Microsoft's latest layoffs aftermath.site/zenimax-save-o...
I was proud to attend the ZeniMax protest this afternoon, at their headquarters in Rockville. I stand with the workers who were layed off, calling on Microsoft to do the right thing: reverse the layoffs and support your game developers. #SaveOurDevs #OneBGS #ZeniMaxWorkersUnited #RockvilleMD
Today game devs from all across XBOX will be marching with us to protest last week's layoff announcement. We deserve a seat at the table on the decisions that affect our lives. It's only by working with us that we can protect our games and our studios.
Save Our Devs isn't just a "Bethesda rally", it's become a "Bethesda and ZeniMax Online and iD and Obsidian and Blizzard rally", not to mention the fans and other workers who will be there supporting us. 6 rallies, 2 countries: will tomorrow be the industry's biggest collective action ever?
United Videogame Workers-CWA@videogameworkers.bsky.social · 3w agoReach out to your friends and colleagues and invite them to the rally TOMORROW, and attend if you’re able! It’s really important that you show up for this for a few reasons:
Y’all ever see a beloved but completely forgotten childhood toy and then it decodes the secret of your whole aesthetic as if you’d glimpsed the Rosetta Stone?
