James Zilberman

@jazilberman.bsky.social

Game dev who keeps forgetting that he should play games linktr.ee/jameszilberman

On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast. The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me. But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.

On Nov. 16, a mental health counselor recorded in Kamilla’s medical records that her mother reported the girl had lost her appetite after being “served food that contained worms.”

A week later, the couple said, children were told to gather in the gym for what they believed would be a Thanksgiving celebration. Excitement spread as families saw tables set with turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, they said. The children waited expectantly. But when a parent asked when the celebration would begin, Oksana said, staff told them the holiday meal was for employees, not detainees.

The children, she said, watched despondently as the feast was packed away.

We're not subtle with all our sassy skeeting about it, but it's probably time for a persistent, official statement about our stance on AI. TL;DR: we know what we're talking about. GenAI is harming creatives. There will be no AI features in Yarn Spinner. yarnspinner.dev/blog/why-we-...

Why We Don't Use AI | Yarn Spinner

We get asked about AI a lot. Whether we’re going to add it to Yarn Spinner, whether we use it ourselves, what we think about it. Fair questions. Time to write it all down. Yarn Spinner doesn’t use the...

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Talk shit about GDC because you want it to be better, not because you want it to die. I have many problems with GDC but it has done a lot of good. I want it to be better but I see some won't be happy until it dies which is weird

So I usually buy regular Cheerios because I can add my own flavors to them (usually just honey) and today I’m trying it with real maple syrup Gotta say I’m kinda shocked at how good it is and that it’s never been made before

Fox News is learning from “the blacks” and taking back the word nazis. Why not? The white nationalist Elon musk openly celebrated Nazis culture and y’all were like - let’s post more on twitter to help normalize this. It’s cool! So cool!

FromSoftware shared a series of images showing Stormveil Castle at various stages of development in a magazine, CGWorld issue 286, and when I look at it, I feel like I can understand why Dark Souls II is the way that it is. There are areas kind of at or around each of these stages of polish.

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One of my mentees, Chloe Evans, got into the MapleStory Worlds Creators program! I'm super duper excited for her to have fun making new friends and creating an awesome game with Nexon game dev folks and fellow peers guidance and to see her career grow even more! =D

Acceptance email from Nexon welcoming one of my mentees, Chloe Evans, into the MapleStory Worlds Creators program! =D

Yesterday I graduated with my Masters in game design and development. It’s been a long journey but I’ve met a lot of amazing people on the path to becoming a game dev. A huge thank you to everyone who supported me along the way

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