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David Candland @candland.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Check out that spiffy UI update!

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David Candland @candland.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Woah, just found out my niece was there at the In-n-Out in Twin falls when the shooting happened. She was dining outside with a friend so she was able to get away and take cover in a nearby Mattress Firm.

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David Candland @candland.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Who is ready to take the highway to the danger zone!?

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David Candland @candland.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

My heart goes out to all my friends and former colleagues at Bungie that lost their jobs today. I feel ill. This sucks.

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David Candland @candland.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Wow. What a ride is has been. Glad to have been part of this adventure.

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David Candland @candland.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Gorgeous day in the PNW. Our local elk herd even made a showing.

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David Candland @candland.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

TIL that two people I had been conflating at work are actually two separate individuals when I saw them next to each other talking in the kitchenette. Now I realize one of them is probably wondering why I say, "hi Matt" every time we pass in the hall. :(

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David Candland @candland.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

I couldn’t be more excited about this!

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

2025 Top 20 Best-Selling Premium Games - U.S. (Dollar Sales, Physical and Digital from digital data sharing publishers, excludes add-on content)

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David Candland @candland.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Who's getting hyped for Battlefield 6?

One Day more meme - chorus from Les Miserables.

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David Candland @candland.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

PSA: if you’re playing Borderlands 4 on a console and are constantly battling the software cursor, do yourself a favor and increase the cursor friction and reduce the speed in the options. You can thank me later. 😀

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David Candland @candland.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

I'm happy to announce that I have just signed on to a new position at EA, working on the new Battlefield game. I'm super excited to be back working on a multiplayer shooter once again.

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David Candland @candland.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Hey UI/UX friends - What is an AI tool you have found to be super useful in your work?

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David Candland @candland.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

This is a double punch to the gut since several of us worked on both of these. Monolith and Cliffhanger were both game studios in Kirkland, WA that were shut down this year.

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David Candland @candland.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

It was an amazing team with incredible talent, and that's not hyperbole. I was frequently awestruck by the work from my fellow GOATS.

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David Candland @candland.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

This little lady is often in my back yard. Sometimes with cute little baby bunnies. I think she lives under the tool shed. Tonight I decided to call her Mary Hoppins.

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David Candland @candland.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Miro: You should install the desktop client, which is a much better experience. Also Miro: We're just going to go ahead and repeatedly launch the web client multiple times if you try to sign in or click a link.

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David Candland @candland.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Mark my words: that Hot To Go song will end up in some fast food commercial within the next 10 years.

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David Candland @candland.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

t’s not often we can actually see an eclipse when it happens here in the PNW, but the clouds parted long enough for me to snap this.

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David Candland @candland.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Here's a little something pretty safe to share from my previous tenure at Monolith. In addition to designing the logo we saw in the Wonder Woman trailer, I also designed this icon for use in the game. The negative space made by the star creates the second W.

Wonder Woman game icons in red, yellow and blue varieties.

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Matthew Allen @mtallen.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

When I left 'lith and walked past this I remember joking about maybe just taking the bafta with me. To keep it safe :) Honestly we wanted to take all the people and tech with us also. But thats a story for beers.

The trophy case at Monolith Productions, circa 2020? Showing a bafta, a bunch of dice awards, a GDC award and just generally a bunch of cool stuff

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David Candland @candland.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Wow. This really sucks for all my former colleagues there. We have 11 openings we're looking to fill here in Kirkland. Feel free to reach out directly to me. jobs.ea.com/en_US/career...

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David Candland @candland.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Yes, I just bought tickets for Captain America before the **suspiciously delayed** reviews have started coming in, because I live life with reckless abandon.

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David Candland @candland.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Didn’t expect to wake up to a major snowfall this morning, so what can I do but sit by a fire and a hot cocoa in my favorite mug?

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David Candland @candland.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

It kills me that the possessive form of "it" is not "it's" whenever I type it.

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David Candland @candland.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Loving what I see from the Fantastic 4 trailer. A fresh, baggage-free start was desperately needed since all other MCU films released in the last few years have felt like offshoot side stories of the Avengers arc. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzMo...

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The Fantastic Four: First Steps | Official Teaser | Only in Theaters July 25

YouTube video by Marvel Entertainment

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David Candland @candland.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

What kind of monster did Netflix hire to kern this text?

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David Candland @candland.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Saving this image for the next time our environment artists drop some sweet concepts in slack.

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David Candland @candland.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

I'll say it again, since it came up today in conversation. Splinter Cell's Spies vs. Mercs game mode is S tier and it's a crime that no games in the last 10 years have recreated anything like it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAaU...

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David Candland @candland.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

My 3 year old granddaughter drew me a picture of the time when I dressed up as a dolphin for Halloween. (Note: I have never dressed as a dolphin)

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David Candland @candland.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

How we boxed up a digital download of the Castlevania Dominus collection.

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David Candland @candland.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

TIL that a 3 hour movie called UI came out this weekend. I was disappointed to learn that it wasn’t an epic yarn about menus or interface. :(

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David Candland @candland.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Okay, help me out, what's a decent $10 gift for a coworker that's not a Starbucks gift card? Other gift cards are fine.

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David Candland @candland.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

New opening! Now looking for a UI engineer to join the team. jobs.ea.com/en_US/career...

jobs.ea.com

Software Engineer - Gameplay (UI)

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David Candland @candland.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Smoked two smaller turkeys instead of one big one this year.

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David Candland @candland.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Is it just me, or has it gotten near impossible to grab a bezier handle in Adobe Illustrator anymore?

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David Candland @candland.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

The EA job site has finished its update and is back online. The link to the UI artist job has been updated. Use this. We've already got a lot of applicants so don't wait on this one! jobs.ea.com/en_US/career...

jobs.ea.com

Visual Experience Designer II

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David Candland @candland.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

Twenty years ago today, our little team of rogues and clowns made history. #Halo2

A photo of the Bungie development team posing at a nearby rock quarry. Several team members are wearing silly costumes.

A photo of the Halo 2 collector's edition metal case signed by the development team.

A screenshot of the Halo 2 lobby. The first party-based matchmaking system in the history of videogames. Three of the people in the party are Evil Otto, Yeroen, and Shaq Diesel, the gamertags of the UI team that developed this screen.

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David Candland @candland.bsky.social · 01/11/2024

I can't stress enough how critical it is in the applicant vetting process that artists have a link to their portfolio somewhere on their resume.

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David Candland @candland.bsky.social · 01/11/2024

Well that’s a first. Just gave a trick-or-treater a handful of candy and he fished two items out his bag and stuck them back in my bowl… one of which I didn’t even give him.

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David Candland @candland.bsky.social · 24/10/2024

Looking for a talented UI artist to come work on Black Panther with me! ea.gr8people.com/jobs/186622/...

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Visual Experience Designer II at Electronic Arts

GR8 Job! at Electronic Arts

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David Candland @candland.bsky.social · 17/11/2023

While I think using a free cursor was the right call for Destiny, in hindsight I should have considered allowing a d-pad accessibility option for players that struggle with motor skill functionality.

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David Candland @candland.bsky.social · 17/10/2023

Nice! Cliffhanger made GameInformer's list of top places to work. We also currently have several openings. ea.com/ea-studios/c...

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