Finally realising who the Fifa dickhead reminds me of
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 4d agoGianni Infantino ‘has lost Uefa’s confidence’ after Fifa chief scraps World Cup sell-off plan
Steve Lee
@stevelee.bsky.social
Lead Level Designer on @halfmermaid.co's next weird horror thing, also working on my own first-person dystopian sci-fi thing Previously on Dishonored 2, Tactical Breach Wizards, etc: doublefunction.co.uk
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 4d agoIdly daydreaming about watching Trump, Sam Altman and Andrew Wilson be squeezed into juice by the Star Wars trash compactor
HI, I have a sick little cat right now, and vet bills have run me out of my savings. My friend Alex has set up a gofundme for me. I would be super grateful for anything y'all can throw over without making things hard for yourselves. www.gofundme.com/f/emergency-...
Hey pals, one of my contracts wraps up in September, so I'm looking for new writing, narrative design, and creative direction contracts, short or longer term. Remote, most timezones except Australia. Preferably USA (I'm a night owl!). Flexible on days per week. Reach out! 💜 hannahnicklin.com
We're joining @creatorsrights.bsky.social in calling on Government to protect creators from the existential threat of GenAI Help get the petition to 10,000 signatures - sign the petition 🔽 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
I'm sure some felt it dragged on, but I left The Odyssey wishing it was 15 minutes longer. "If we're doing 2h53m, why not do 3h10m and give everything more time to breathe and develop?" Answer: Nolan wanted a longer film, but there is a hard, physical 3hr limit on IMAX reels / projection:
Furious because I'm currently knee deep in a year-long hunt for new glasses, and the best ones I can find are in this category
Michael M 👽@michaelmisrubbish.bsky.social · 2w agoWrote a quick song about how those meta glasses have ruined my whole look
I suspect this kind of thing is fairly typical, and speaks to the huge gulf between all the stuff game designers have thought about and explored during the process of making the game, and what is evident to outsiders in the final implementation
Robert Yang@radiatoryang.bsky.social · 2w agokinda shocking they were already aware / thinking like this in 1996, from the earliest days of free cam 3D games (from shmuplations.com/miyamotoxeno/ )
Not only is Blomkamp's new "fully AI" short film cheap looking, generic and bland in every way, but the AI slop visual nonsense is proudly on display too:
Unfortunately this is now out of date, and the "Opt Out" option was recently silently changed to "Be stabbed less often"
Friz @ EdFringe@frizfrizzle.bsky.social · 2w agoMeta are sending Fucko the Knife Robot to stab you in the knee. To disable go to Accounts> Settings> Robots> Knife Robots> Fucko> Opt Out
GTA6 has been in development for 12 years. It took the Beatles 8 years to go from their first single, through releasing all their music, to splitting up.
Also infuriating knowing that when you post real comments and replies to your audience, some people will assume you just pressed the AI button anyway, and you now have to put extra effort into writing in a way that people know wouldn't be generated by AI
Derek Lieu - Game Trailer Editor@derek-lieu.com · 3w agoI flipping HATE these AI generated comment reply suggestions in YouTube. I can mostly avoid AI bullshit in my day to day but here it is in my face. Burning up a little bit of the earth for something I didn’t ask for and never want to use.
A man of principles and good taste
priscilla page@priscillapage.bsky.social · 3w agomandatory reading
Always remember that loudly calling something shit and evil and bad still has power, however diminished in this era of shamelessness.
Kashmir Hill@kashhill.bsky.social · 3w agoDid not even last a week. The fact that this made it out the door means the privacy department now works in a basement with no computers and a single stapler. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/t...
Fractures Emerge Between GOP’s Pro-Pedophilia, Extremely Pro-Pedophilia Wings
Streets of Rage (1991) Wipeout 2097 (1996) Beneath a Steel Sky (1994) Die Hard Arcade (1996)
Present & Correct@presentcorrect.bsky.social · 2mo agoPixel Skylines - cityscapes in old video games. pixelskylines.tumblr.com So good
Always loved this kind of thing, but my favourite is Tekken 3's attract demo - seemed like an amazing leap forward at the time:
Clement@clementj64.bsky.social · last mo.One neat thing about Soul Calibur was that every single fighter got their own exhibition feature. A demo to show off their proficiency with their weapons, all recorded by real martial artists doing badass mocap. Kilik's was the best.
Incredible moment where Fox News puts up a graphic with all the reasons it opposes the DSA and why people should be afraid of them
Everybody in the "climate space" (which means everyone on earth...) needs to understand these mind-blowing figures. Google's "total electricity consumption jumped from 31 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2024 to 43 TWh in 2025." In ONE year. The AI corporate arms race is eating the world.
Ketan Joshi@ketanjoshi.co · last mo.NEW BLOG FOR YOU Google's energy consumption numbers in their new climate report are mind-blowing. 2 years ago they flipped from linear to exponential growth, and their climate impact is blowing out, too. A WILD testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI: ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/g...
The PS2 game collection I salvaged from my parents' place outweighs the few PS1 games I was able to find, unfortunately. (Will eventually give in and turn to ebay to fill it out with things like Time Crisis, Point Blank, Tekken 2+3, Gran Turismo, the rest of the Wipeout games, Die Hard Trilogy...)
Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie@greyalien.bsky.social · last mo.In honour of Sony physical games I present these six. Did you play any?
If the winds are in our favor, the window might be closing on your chance to wishlist one of these games before it gets a real name. It's the only way to let Steam know you are cool.
Sam Barlow 🔥@mrsambarlow.bsky.social · last mo.Sale Time! It's HOT but the bargains are even HOTTER store.steampowered.com/developer/Sa... 🔥 IMMORTALITY - $11.99 📹 TELLING LIES - $4.99 ☕ HER STORY - $4.99 And you are obliged to 💫Wishlist our upcoming projects PROJECT C and PROJECT D whilst you're at it! #SteamSale #SteamSummerSale #Cheap #Art
‘Say yes and never do it’ Mel Brooks knew how to deal with the studios
![That’s probably the most famous scene in the movie, the campfire scene.
I know. He said, “You can’t punch a horse.” I said, “You’ll never see it again.” I kept saying, “You’re absolutely right. It’s out!” Then, when he left, I crumpled up all his notes, and I tossed it in the wastepaper basket. And John Calley, who was running [production at] Warner Bros. at the time, said, “Good filing.” That was the end of it. You say yes, and you never do it.
That’s great advice for life.
It is. Don’t fight them. Don’t waste your time struggling with them and trying to make sense to them. They’ll never understand.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yvbszlkc7d75ixkid5g2zmw7/bafkreiar4z6n6pfk7wob2gznv6l6euw7ltxbetgto5drfd4wqzjalldp5m)
📢Future? No Thanks! DEMO OUT NOW ON STEAM! Try the game for 30 minutes! An ecosocialist open-world utopia for our dark times. For Windows and Mac store.steampowered.com/app/3861870/...
Don't know about you, but I'm loving how things are going. Noticeably hotter every single year. Great stuff. Feeling happy about it. Pretty nice. No anxiety. Lovely
Abbey@abbeyarletto.bsky.social · last mo.When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.
Alright, one more Dishonored dev playthrough, because you’ve enjoyed them so far. With @DBakaba Dinga superstar again. Coming tomorrow: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwj-...
Developers vs Their Own Level: The Flooded District | The Creators Play Dishonored | Part 7
YouTube video by Raphael Colantonio
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Posted my first new youtube video in months yesterday - chatting about the idea of interactive environmental storytelling, using examples from the Dust District, the level I worked on in Dishonored 2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeG3...
Interactive Environmental Storytelling for level designers
YouTube video by Steve Lee (Level and Game Design)
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