Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 1hMy new favourite design choice is the initially bizarre decision to map a really key action, swapping boost modes, on a right stick press but it actually works SO well because it has the feeling on the pad of reaching over to a gear stick. It's SO good. 010
Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 4hyou do not understand how quickly i would grab these moustache handles and yank em 160
Reposted by Dan PearceDominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 10hOh dang. Apparently on top of this being Viktor Antonov's (Half-Life 2, Dishonored, etc) last work, the lead gameplay designer made the *Pathologic board game*. Helps explains why this might be one of the weirdest shooters I've ever played, completely willing to throw all accepted wisdom aside. 712924
Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 9hall game development to cease until the industry can agree on whether behavior should have a U in it 4171
Reposted by Dan PearceAron Durkin @arondurkin.bsky.social · 16hRare entry level role here folks! 12627
Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 12hshout-out to when a friend got their autism diagnosis and I was like "damn that's crazy because we're so similar and have so many stories from childhood that echo one another even though I'm not autistic at all" 1140
Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 12hTed Lasso stopped being good overall from season 2 and I'll die on that hill 3221
Reposted by Dan PearceSalarez to be 💝 Married 💝 @salarez.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This is a good articulation of why I despised that article going around the other day. I dont know how we can use the words rehabilitative justice in regards to a man that raped a woman in college. College is the only place these women dont even get to report their rape to real cops! What justice? 1214
Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I went to Woking today and there was a bronze statue of what appears to be Frank West from the Dead Rising games? Hello?? 260
Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I appreciate a lot of you shared that article the other day in good faith while processing complex feelings (probably not the right time to be posting fwiw) but, if you did, you're probably someone who should watch this too. youtu.be/qW9CbnoXjFQ?...youtu.beFear Of holding Jacob Geller accountable, "Restorative Justice" editionYouTube video by Ophie Dokie 1346
Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026People talk a lot about how wacky Ace Combat is but simultaneously I don't think any other game has so immersively recreated the feeling of someone explaining board game rules to you while your attention drifts as much as the mission briefings do. 2111
Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Imagine this on a "directed by Greta Gerwig" style t shirt 010
Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Devil May Cry 1's first area is like "Dante is pretty cool, huh? But, before you can get to the action, you're first going to have to familiarise yourself with one of the worst feeling jump buttons on any videogame character" 280
Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The Steam Deck is so good. No other modern console can provide this kind of experience. 1421
Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026my housemate's girlfriend had a housewarming so I went in a t-shirt of his face so people would know who I was and it actually worked really well 040
Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I live in Reading where we still for some reason have a Stranger Things themed ghost kitchen that's open until midnight 551
Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026maybe you shouldnt post what you think too much punishment is for a creator who SAed someone when you are still in shock, have barely had time to get through the denial > anger > bargaining stages of grief and victims of SA (who can see what you post) have already had an awful week reading the news 1413
Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I'm going to a housewarming with a bunch of people I don't know well later so I'm looking forward to finally being one of those people who can use Traitors as a social loophole. Just gonna say "Richard E Grant!" and go like this: 060
Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Also, especially as a ton of capital has now abandoned the space with a ton of actually pretty affordable headsets kicking around in their wake, that's arguably more fertile ground for weird hobbyist experimentation, especially as people are forced to look backwards more for hardware to game on. 162
Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Jennifer Coolidge and James Blunt have kind of similar speaking voices 010
Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I commented on an Instagram post about Noah Schnapp being in a play in London like "imagine paying to see him" and a bunch of people defending him sure are bringing up whether or not he's a Zionist when I never did. 250
Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026getting my head caved in for calling Star Wars Galactic Racer a "road-like" 316121
Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026personally I think it should be illegal for games press to post reviews of really good games when I cant play them for three more days 4364
Reposted by Dan PearceLewieP @lewiep.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Wow I bet this was not an easy decision, and no doubt they will be taking a financial hit from this. www.lostincult.co.uk/shoplostincult.co.ukShop — Lost In Cult 0142
Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It's at least a little funny that every big game has been working hard to not have to conflict with GTA 6's release and the result of this is for some reason seems like it will be like 5-6 games that would otherwise be GOTY candidates in most years coming out directly next to it. 250
Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Ugh. Managed to completely miss this story yesterday. For fucks sake. 0131
Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026*trying to comfort adele* he probably just isn't used to seeing a person try and set rain on fire 091
Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026rolling my eyes back as I make a ring with my finger and thumb and squeeze the contents of six frubes into my mouth at once 482
Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026a Saving Private Ryan x Saving Mr Banks crossover where the bit is no one acknowledging Tom Hanks playing dual roles 020
Reposted by Dan PearceAnna 🌿👁️ @annacwebs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Are you a cis man feeling disgusted at the news? Good. Use that. Talk to your fellow men about what you're going to do to make our industry and our world safer. And then actually do it. You may lose friends or opportunities, but a better and safer industry and world starts with you. 0743262
Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026healing my attention span by watching agonisingly straightforward 1970s documentaries about product launches and this one for coffee has Ridley Scott in it, who they hired to film an ad because of his youthful energy and perspective 130
Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It's wild that Ace Combat has been really good this whole time and no one had any idea 151
Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Also it means that, when you need to make a change later, particularly an urgent one, it's so much quicker because you (hopefully) already took steps to make that more straightforward and have a memory of why it's like that. 0110
Reposted by Dan PearceSeverLink - Wishlist NOW! @severlink.bsky.social · 26/09/2026WE MET OUR CROWDFUNDING GOAL Thank you so much for your support! But the campaign is not over yet: 👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/c... Be sure to back SeverLink and expand our development capabilities for more content and mechanics! #screenshotsaturday #lowpoly #y2k #indiegame #gamedev 49425
Reposted by Dan PearceBrooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 30/09/2026One of the things to come from GamerGate was the gamification of torturing real, live women...hounding them out of their homes, making them look over their shoulders for years. It was treated as a joke, nbd, the work of a few bad apples--as all terrorism against women is--& that failure leads here. 3242801148
Reposted by Dan PearceHannah Flynn 🐀 @itshannahflynn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A rare place in an industry-leading writing team, for the right person 💚 27435
Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I gave Ace Combat a proper go for the first time last night with 8. There was a point where the music swelled as I did a high G turn to avoid a missile then angled myself to immediately obliterate four targets at once and, for a moment, it felt like the most important thing I'd ever done. 5495
Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026people mistakenly think it was just jesus and the disciples at the last supper because they forget about the guy who did that painting 170
Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026just found out ears are connected to the throat?? what the fuck?? 770
Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026all of the music in Ace Combat 8 sounds like this btw 030
Reposted by Dan PearcePedalboard Games @pedalboard.games · 29/09/2026We're sending out review keys for The WHEELJAM Collection today. If you're in games press and are interested in covering a game collection that uses no generative AI and largely highlights younger and less tenured developers in the industry, please reach out to hello@pedalboard.games or via DM! 11815
Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026reluctant to hand it to Labour as there are still hard lines that I think they're on the wrong side of but I'm glad to see them announcing multiple policy positions I can see the logic in and actually feel keen to watch them manifest 210
Reposted by Dan PearceSex and Death at Dark Fryasma @darkfry.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Whenever I like a movie, I say that it's "Absolute Gameplay" (I respect video games more as an artform) 4506