Me, to the office worker watching me squash spotted lantern flies on the walk to my car: "They're invasive!" Me, to my reflection in the rearview mirror afterwards: "Seeing the light of life leave their eyes makes me feel powerful."
Dan LaVeaux
@majordanvers.bsky.social
He/Him. Motion Graphics Artist/Editor. Opinions are my own.
when you make a typo in the group chat
Still a few spaces open, but the display is coming together nicely.
*pulled over on the side of the road & unfurling my paper map of the Kübler-Ross five stages model of grief acceptance on the hood of my car, squinting* ok where the hell
seeing all the other names/scrolling through my LinkedIn feed genuinely feels like this
@uesp.net · 3mo agoA list of people we know who have been laid off at ZOS and Bethesda: ZOS Community Manager Gina Bruno Lead Dungeon Director Mike Finnigan Writer Designer Andrew Siañez-De La O Writer Designer Julianna Comstock Senior Writer Designer Jeff Grubb Project Art Director Marc Hudgins 1/many
If I see one more post calling this XBOX warcrime a "reset", I'm gonna fucking lose it.
I am among the impacted. If you've ever said something nice online about anything I wrote for ESO (esp. Sharp, Zerith, Corelanya Manor, or Caterwaul Cove) just know that I likely have a screenshot of it in a folder of mine called "Reality Check" that I look at on days like today.
Aftermath@aftermath.site · 3mo agoXbox will lay off 3200 workers and cut four studios loose aftermath.site/xbox-layoffs-j...
"And now the industry is facing the most severe hardware crisis in its history"
Wario64@wario64.bsky.social · 3mo agoMicrosoft is laying off 4800 employees today -Double Fine and Compulsion Games are going independent -Microsoft selling Ninja Theory and Undead Labs Full memo from Asha: www.theverge.com/news/961546/...
at the end of the day, what is point of make art unless shareholder value???
In Seattle for the next two weeks for work, so I might as well do something productive with my evenings.
I think it's really funny that Hulk Hogan spent the last 2 years of his life going "woke sucks brother" and then his heart exploded
when you really think about it, the true value of video games is in laying off thousands of the people who make them at regular intervals in order to increase shareholder value 🥰
Undertone is Skinamarink for people who exclusively listen to Pacific Northwest Stories and watch analog horror TikToks with spooky music and think they are the scariest horror media ever produced.
The Wind Waker is just so funny The slapstick comedy pleases my brain so much combined with his wonderful facial expressions
Started playing my wife's ( @okcryptid.bsky.social ) Ghosthunters quest in #ElderScrollsOnline and Oorbesh's dialogue inspired me to make a quick edit. #ESO
Decided to make something to commemorate this milestone. Behold! My 2025 book blanket! All books in reading order as granny squares with color of yarn representing genre. Finished just in time to curl up inside and read some more.
Juli@okcryptid.bsky.social · 9mo agoNEW PERSONAL RECORD!! I made it to 100 this year 🎉🎊📚 My top 10 in no particular order: 1. Alien: The Cold Forge by Alex White 2. The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling 3. Old Soul by Susan Barker 4. Zero Stars, Do Not Recommend by MJ Wassmer 5. Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix
Finally got my Avengers display completed on my new shelving.
Jumped back in to Diablo IV and was greeted by the Reverend Daughter and the First Flower of Her House. #TheLockedTomb #DiabloIV
Hey it's the video I helped edit and did all the motion graphics for! Glad to see it finally released!
XBOX@xbox.com · 10mo agoTo those moments that make a great game so much more than "just a game" 💚
3 years ago today, companions systems designer (& one of my favorite people) Carrie said she was turning on Sharp's "brain"--he would start responding/reacting to things in game. In my mind, this day became his birthday. I ended up referencing it in his lore. Happy birthday, Sharp-as-Night! 🧵1/3
