Kyle Beasley (he/him)
@mrbeabo.bsky.social
Staff User Researcher at 2K Games (My tweets are mine)
The latest DLC for @RiskofRain 2 has arrived! Explore the dark world of N'Kuhana in Hallowed Concepts. Available Now! store.steampowered.com/app/3055670/... www.youtube.com/watch?v=uttX...
RISK OF RAIN 2: Hallowed Concepts NOW AVAILABLE | DLC 4 Launch Trailer
YouTube video by Risk of Rain
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Some folks online appear to be putting up videos to show how the Wolverine game is too easy and handholding. Some of these videos are, only after they have gone viral, being discovered to have been recorded on the easiest difficulty with (off by default) accessibility settings turned on.
E.P.A should also change their name since they are no longer protecting the environment.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 4w agoBreaking News: The E.P.A. is said to be planning to announce that the U.S. will no longer limit climate pollution from power plants.
Finally got around to playing Old King’s Crown - I loved it.
Welp, there it is. The CDC is now officially manipulating data and their count of measles deaths in 2026 now stands at ZERO. My understanding of reportable diseases is that the CDC would usually use a state health department’s determination as the final say. The new CDC Director is failing us.
The CDC left two measles-associated Pa. deaths out of its latest count after RFK Jr. sparred with Gov. Shapiro
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has accused Pennsylvania of not cooperating with the CDC in its handling of a measles outbreak.
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Breaking News: A whistle-blower at the U.S. Postal Service said Trump officials were defying court orders with a “secretive, rushed” effort affecting voting by mail.
Whistle-Blower Says Trump Officials Are Defying Court Orders on Voting by Mail
A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.
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I'm looking for work. 21 years of experience. • any game art, isometric, top-down, side-scroll • stylized or realistic • characters, icons, key art, animation • Can build a style from zero or match yours • Big projects don't scare me • ex Minecraft DM here or email christina.neofotistou@gmail.com
The vanishing art of disability reporting skyboxcritics.com/2026/07/28/t... Another powerful article from @supercrip1994.bsky.social that hits really close to home. For me, at least, it helps me realize that I am not alone in this space.
The vanishing art of disability reporting
As the games industry contracts, disability reporting is facing an extinction-level crisis.
skyboxcritics.com
Escape a chaotic alien planet by fighting through hordes of frenzied monsters in the roguelike action of Risk of Rain 2! The 2K Megahits 2026 bundle supports @covenanthouse.bsky.social | https://bit.ly/4psDDUm
As part of Meta’s Muse Image model rollout, Instagram users with public accounts need to opt out to block AI generations of their content. www.wired.com/story/meta-n...
Meta Now Lets Anyone Use Your Instagram Photos in AI Images—Unless You Opt Out
As part of Meta’s Muse Image model rollout, Instagram users with public accounts need to opt out to block AI generations of their content.
wired.com
Sharing again. If you are a developer who worked on accessibility impacted by these layoffs, I'm working on a story for @aftermath.site. I can promise full anonymity.
Grant Stoner@supercrip1994.bsky.social · 3mo agoI'm currently writing this report for @aftermath.site. If any member of any accessibility team was impacted by the layoffs, please reach out through email, messages, or my signal –4129804478.
❤️🩹 For those affected today. Please let me know if there is anything I can do.
The White House is openly saying they want to eliminate a minority group and people still want to say this is about sports.
See that skyrocketing blue line? That’s the number of times that SCOTUS has been issuing unsigned, unexplained rulings.
Ken Schwencke@schwanksta.com · 3mo ago🚨 We analyzed the Supreme Court’s decisions over the past 20 years and found that for the first time, the court issued more consequential rulings on its “shadow docket” (unsigned orders often decided without arguments) than the traditional merits docket. www.propublica.org/article/supr...
I am so fucking sick of my website getting scraped. Millions of requests per minute, somehow designed to bypass all my security rules, choking the site until it completely stops loading. If I were paying for bandwidth, it would cost me a fortune. How is this legal?
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Jason Schreier@jasonschreier.bsky.social · 4mo agoBREAKING: Several Xbox studios, including Compulsion, Ninja Theory and Double Fine, are negotiating with Xbox as they try to avoid closure. Some or all could spin off. Lots still in flux as many studios remain unsure about what's happening. Here's the latest: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
1/3 of the game industry has lost their job in the last two years. Ubisoft closed two more studios today. Everyone is out of work. To that end I'm starting a new bundle to benefit a layoffs hardship fund. Game devs: please consider submitting your PAID games to the bundle, which will launch in July.
Game industry hardship fund
A game jam from 2026-06-10 to 2026-06-24 hosted by Necrosoft Games. PREMISE: The game industry has a problem. Too many people are out of work (reports say 33% of the industry lost their jobs in the la...
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Excited for the folks at Cooldown Games!
Cooldown Games@cooldowngames.bsky.social · 6mo agoCooldown Games is joining People Can Fly Group! We started our company to champion great developers. We’re now expanding that vision by supporting PCF’s world-class team while continuing to bring games from our external partners to players worldwide. More soon!
This is one of the best pieces of pop culture writing I've read in the past couple of years. These excerpts are great but you need to read how the build to that last one. Goddamn. Thank you @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social and @popheist.com
Pop Heist@popheist.com · 6mo agoWhen we're too obsessed with plot and not obsessed enough with story, we risk losing whatever substance mass-produced media has left.
HELLO. I'M GETTING SURGERY IN LESS THAN 12 HOURS. ALSO HYPNOSPACE IS 75% OFF ON STEAM. IT'D BE RAD TO WAKE UP FROM THE PROCEDURE TO A WHOLE BUNCH OF REPOSTS. PLEASE ENJOY THIS VERY LONG SCREENSHOT. ❤️
The Black State of the Games Industry Survey is up! It'll be open till May 6th, 2026 and should take 20 minutes maximum of your time. Only requirements are that you're a Black Game Developer over the age of 18! 🎮🎮🎮 forms.gle/teLH4p9rAokS...
2026 Black State Of The Games Industry Survey
Greetings! Thank you for completing this survey. This survey was created to highlight the unique challenges that Black Game Developers face in the Games Industry. Although they compose less than 10% o...
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