Andrew Marmo

@marmolade.bsky.social

Immersive Quality Assurance Tester at Framestore | I talk about video games a lot | He/Him

I fully expect the PS6 to have a strong slate of exclusive software such as “Firmware version 28.01-13.60.00” and the “Remote Play App”.

…And the impetus to the Spider-Man games w/Sony. All started with Boyes calling me saying how bad they wanted an “Arkham” but for PS4 era. TWDC had just acquired Marvel. Before I intro’d, we geeked out 4 hours on my back porch. Drake would close it. Rest is history (we got written out of 😆)

IGN@ign.com · 3mo ago

We're looking back at milestone games in the run up to Xbox's 25th anniversary. Today, how Batman: Arkham Asylum redefined both licensed video games and developer Rocksteady. https://bit.ly/4cDzyHs

A 1991 bar weighed 62.5g; today's is 40g. But the real jump is price: that bar cost about 25p in 1992, roughly 70p in today's money, while the current one runs £1.20 at Tesco. By weight, Mars Bars now cost nearly three times what they did.

1991 Mars Bar highlights shrinkflation and inflation alike

Victoria Gordon, operator of a cleaning service, found a 35-year-old Mars Bar while plowing through a hoarder's house in Scunthorpe, England. Shocked by its enormity, she posed it with a…

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Unfortunately, HR made our office manager take this down almost immediately. They said because it's in a common area, it had to be removed. We've used common areas for many things as a team, including fan works, but HR seems to believe that a Celebration of Service is inappropriate.

OneBGS - Bethesda Game Studios Union@bethesdaunion.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Those of us in Rockville were inspired by the Dallas team's vigil for those let go Monday and made our own Celebration of Service. We set it up this morning in the common area of the first floor at 9am today.

Flowers and framed photos of laid-off developers in the lobby of Bethesda Games Studios.