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Richard B. Gray - LEVELORD 11/15/1957 - 10/12/2026 Just heard the news that an old friend of mine has passed on. Richard Gray - aka Levelord has departed the planet. I know he's dealt with cancer on and off for awhile now, a word that I cannot stand. Word comes from his wife Olga.

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Justin Keverne @gtelephant.bsky.social · 12h

Suffice to say I’ve had better weeks.

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Steven Spohn @stevenspohn.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Normalize chasing your dreams in your 40's

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Justin Keverne @gtelephant.bsky.social · 13h

So are we going to talk about how the company that’s pivoting to “AI First” for art assets used to own the largest art portfolio website on the Internet?

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Justin Keverne @gtelephant.bsky.social · 15h

“AI maintaining code originally generated by AI“ is the “taping a VHS of a VHS” of software development.

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Justin Keverne @gtelephant.bsky.social · 16h

Perversely intrigued by what Jira tickets and time estimates look like in an “AI First” development environment.

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Justin Keverne @gtelephant.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Sometime being avoidant means you’re uncharacteristically optimistic because you refuse to engage with the worse case scenario.

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Justin Keverne @gtelephant.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Ask not for whom the bell tolls… My role is officially “at risk”, so I guess I’m going to have to start thinking about what comes next.

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Justin Keverne @gtelephant.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I am in a “pool“ of 9 and that is being reduced to 5. I’m in a better position than the folks who were in a pool of 1 at least.

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Justin Keverne @gtelephant.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Ask not for whom the bell tolls… My role is officially “at risk”, so I guess I’m going to have to start thinking about what comes next.

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Kotaku @kotaku.com · 15/09/2026

Wardogs Boss Says Studio Checks Social Accounts For Anti-Crunch Posts: 'You're Not Going To Be Happy Here, So We're Not Going To Go With You'

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Wardogs CEO: Studio Doesn't Hire People Who Advocate Against Crunch

The studio behind Steam super-hit Wardogs won't hire people who publicly criticize crunching

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Justin Keverne @gtelephant.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I remember hearing that was one cloak and it wasn’t regularly washed…

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Kris 🎃 HORRORchild @direkris.itch.io · 13/09/2026

Again: it should not be down to a social media campaign for someone at Valve, which takes a 30% cut of every sale, to do their job

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Vivian (Now Loading) @aeonlamb.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

more videogames should have a dedicated button to talking to a little freak of a woman

Button prompt to press Z to talk to Midna

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Justin Keverne @gtelephant.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

If I was spending billions on something that fundamentally couldn’t do what I was telling people it could I might just come up with a scary reason why I needed to slow down and not have to show my work. <_<

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Justin Keverne @gtelephant.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

But... The combat chatter is interspaced with references to the (eventually revealed to be plot critical) bowel issues of Johnny/Akiba, and the enemies are all women in tight black armour with combat harnesses that evoke bondage wear.

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Justin Keverne @gtelephant.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

It's a memorable set-piece and one of the first all-out combat sequences of the game so far. It's full of visual details and cool animations...

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Justin Keverne @gtelephant.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

You're fighting through a warren of rooms and hallways in a bombed out hotel alongside four NPCs who behave smartly and are highly capable in combat. Against you are near overwhelming waves of dangerous highly mobile enemies who can jump over obstacles and hang off walls and ceilings.

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Justin Keverne @gtelephant.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Escaping the FROGS in the Advent Palace is one of the most Metal Gear Solid moments of all time.

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Justin Keverne @gtelephant.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Convincing myself that I can just play the expansion, I’ve already completed the main game twice I don’t need to do it again just to start the expansion.

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Edd Coates | Game UI Database @eddcoates.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I'm pleased to announce that around 200 pages' worth of tutorial resources are coming to the Game UI Database for FREE via a brand new blog. No ads. No paywalls. No email signups. Here's a preview of the first piece dropping next week, all about crafting cross-platform control schemes and layouts!

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Justin Keverne @gtelephant.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I can find it in the search but it does have this pop-up.

This game is marked as containing 'Frequent Nudity or Sexual Content.' You are seeing this game because you have set your preferences to allow this content.

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AlexWattsEsq @alexwattsesq.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I think it's fair to say that Valve's hiring of the ghost of Mary Whitehouse hasn't been an unmitigated success

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Justin Keverne @gtelephant.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I understand why they are calling it Thief: The Dark Project Remastered, but it is technically Thief Gold - at least according to the achievements.

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Justin Keverne @gtelephant.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Sucks we appear to have lost StealthGamerBR to this nonsense.

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Character Design References @characterdesign.bsky.social · 09/06/2024

Are you looking for inspiration, references, and tips for your art? Check our handy free visual library! characterdesignreferences.com/visual-library #characterdesign #illustration #artreferences #artblock #bookmarkthis

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Justin Keverne @gtelephant.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

You know if those mouse mats are going to be on sale at all?

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Justin Keverne @gtelephant.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The eternal question… Do I actually like Hideo Kojima, or do I just think Yoji Shinkawa is cool?

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Kat Lyons @katlyyons.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

btw they do this so they don’t have to hire back the same crew on a raise 🤙 (speaking from experience)

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Tom Vian @sfbtom.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Hey UK folks, Currys has the Zelda 40th Switch 2 console up for preorder RIGHT NOW www.currys.co.uk/products/nin...

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Justin Keverne @gtelephant.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Thanks dude, secured one for my partner. :)

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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 11/09/2026

"I think Black people should be able to use the same drinking fountain that white people do as long as it's safe and fair."

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Justin Keverne @gtelephant.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Multiple gaming sites are reposting and promoting their content without any mention of this connection - a connection that took barely a minute to find.

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Justin Keverne @gtelephant.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

A site called FRVR has been publishing a lot of interviews with developers lately. While the site itself is a blog tied to a web game portal FRVR and its CEO appear to be all-in on Gen AI, and are responsible for multiple Gen AI game development apps including FRVR.AI and Upit.

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Justin Keverne @gtelephant.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined…

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Justin Keverne @gtelephant.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

“AI outsmarted its creators…” Yeah no shit, have you actually listened to some of those people, outsmarting them isn’t exactly genius level behaviour.

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Justin Keverne @gtelephant.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Sure, but have you considered on the other hand, Eva Green.

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Justin Keverne @gtelephant.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I believe there’s an option to skip the combat entirely.

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Justin Keverne @gtelephant.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

One interesting thing about the Kojima news that is maybe getting overlooked. So far Kojima Productions have been one of the primary third-party users of Decima so this move to Microsoft probably comes with an engine change.

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Will Armstrong @willwarmstrong.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Not quite done with it but South of Midnight is one hell of a game so far. I have plenty of mechanical critiques - but the game is trying to be art. Trying to evoke an emotional response. And in that it WORKS.

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South of Midnight - Hazel

Alt: South of Midnight - Hazel

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Justin Keverne @gtelephant.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I say this because post patch the turns seem smoother but every so often enemies will reposition without animating or fire shots with no VFX, and maybe they simply allow that now rather than have turns stall out.

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Justin Keverne @gtelephant.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I don’t know anything about how Star Wars: Zero Company was made, but I wonder if one of the reasons turns could stall out was it was waiting for an animation or VFX to play…

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Justin Keverne @gtelephant.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

There was one point in particular where I decided that maybe this specific character should be wearing a hood now.

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Carol Cao @carolcao.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

their story✨

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Justin Keverne @gtelephant.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

A little role play thing I do that Star Wars: Zero Company supports is that over time I make minor adjustments to everybody’s outfit and/or hair style, so you can see a progression in each member of the team.

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