Matthew Allen

@mtallen.bsky.social

He/Him Worked on a couple of lord of the rings games, and some shooters, tried to do some cool shit at EA, failed Currently `unannounced studio` GM @ Wizards of the Coast with some very talented people Occasionally I make and release music.

Ok like these always do (and why I dont mind doing clickbait shit in this space) I listened to a lot of my favorite 90's era music over that last 24 hours. I could most likley do an `each month` single album, but thats aa lot of work. A thread of the albums I associate with for each year.

Matthew Allen@mtallen.bsky.social · last wk.

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, or Alice In Chains. [I should do one for each year in the 90s]

Today we’re posting the prelaunch page for our next game: the second edition of An Infamous Traffic. There is so much to say about this game, and we’ll be talking about it quite a bit in the coming months, but I wanted to provide a little background here. 🧵 www.kickstarter.com/projects/col...

Coming soon: An Infamous Traffic: Second Edition

A new edition of the acclaimed game of cutthroat capitalism in the nineteenth century opium trade.

kickstarter.com

I think the problem with the Rock is that the Rock still thinks he’s really cool while John Cena realized that he’s a ridiculous human being and did interesting things with that and Batista realized he was a ridiculous human being and decided to become Daniel Day Louis

Leading with compassion and honesty is insanely difficult. Taking risk while accepting accountability requires strength that is genuinely soul destroying. But it’s the only way. It is the only way. Find your strength. You will get things wrong and you will pay for it. But you will keep trying. 👊❤️

This has been an amazing week. About 1 year into things. I hope to be able to respond to this msg in a few years, with what fucking ridiculous things we were able to accomplish with this tiny ass team, culminating this week. And how it has lead to the cool ass shit future you is hearing about.

Microsoft offered a service, which included a bunch of games that people could play the way they wished. Tens of millions of Xbox players agreed, and paid real money for access. Now, because a bunch of consumers played the game "for free" id had to be gutted? No. This is unacceptable framing.

Also last post, as the whole thing is bumming my shit out I dont know what Flo was thinking, but as a lifelong purveyor of on field shithousery, and a holding forward for most of that time, the idea that he wasnt trying to get away with something (maybe not as bad as as it ended up) is laughable.

There is no scenario in which the game will not be tainted. Even if the US sat Balogun and still won, people would say the circus was distracting and that Belgium couldn't properly prepare for their opponent not knowing his status. I hate that this is how the lead up to the game will be spent.

Belgium ‘challenge eligibility’ of Folarin Balogun after FIFA’s ban decision (Gift Article)

The USMNT forward is currently able to face Belgium in Monday's round-of-16 game after his ban was suspended by FIFA.

nytimes.com