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.
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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If I had known the two paragraphs about genAI in my article today would be so controversial, I would have expanded them a bit! Here's a rough transcript of the relevant portion of my interview with Swen Vincke, so everyone has all the context. (Full article here: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...)
Shameless plug for myself
So I've been radio silent for a long time but I'm happy to announce that as part of Backstab Industries I've partnered with Jonny RaZeR to release The Salesman. A psychological horror game releasing on November 13th! #indiedev #gamedev www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIds...
🚨 DEMO ALERT 🚨 Goodnight Universe will be part of Steam Next Fest starting on October 2nd with a shiny new demo that you can actually play. This is your chance to dive in and experience the beginning of this wild story. We can’t wait to hear your reactions! Oct 2. Be there. 💫
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
I love this analytical take on video game categorization from Antoine Mayerowitz and Julie Belzanne: hushcrasher.substack.com/p/taxonomy-o... Instead of trying to vibe-intuit the definition of an "indie" game, the authors analyzed the data from the perspective of game size and credits length
I'm making a #metroidvania game where you wake up safely in your bed instead of dying. Please consider a ❤️ or🔁 to help get the word out, or maybe even share this with someone you think will appreciate it 🙌 #indiegame #gamedev #littlenemo Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2074630/...
After much fighting my Keurig has deemed me worthy of an actually drinkable cup of coffee
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
Incredibly disheartening to see such a great team be downsized. They’ve made some really great games and some of the best licensed games I’ve seen in the last few years
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!
I found my research statement in meme form. Just going to submit it. youtube.com/shorts/YEPNW...
They had character!!
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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.
So to Speak is 10% off for the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase @puzzleshowcase.bsky.social! Why might you like this language deciphering game? 🧵
Finally bought a big Lego set after years of not being able to afford them. I loved build the Deku tree as well as some little custom builds. I’m very happy to have it as my new bookends
I keep seeing more and more ads that are very clearly AI generated. I may have started being a robot hater as a bit but I’m increasingly vindicated in my hatred
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
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
Big thank you to all the nerds that made this nerd able to make it.