Sign in

Jarred

@jtrost.bsky.social
570 followers 550 following 130 posts

Job: Engineering @ Spotify. Interests: Politics, Video Games, Technology. www.linkedin.com/in/jarred-trost

PostsRepliesMedia
Jarred @jtrost.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
If Fire Emblem Fortunes Weave’s prologue is any indication of how the rest of the game will be, then this will without a doubt be the best game in the series. Interestingly, I see a lot of people only comparing it to Three Houses. Did we all collectively forget that Engage exists?
000
Jarred @jtrost.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Maybe someone should tell him that grass grows in parks naturally.
021
Jarred @jtrost.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
If only Bethesda could go back in time and not make Starfield, then Elder Scrolls 6 would be released by now.
011
Jarred @jtrost.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
What's it like to play Pokemon Legends Z-A? Imagine Final Fantasy 7, but the game ends when you finish Midgar.
000
Jarred @jtrost.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
The board has a fiduciary duty to act in the best interest of the shareholders. EA was purchased for $55b, which is $5b more than their market cap on the stock market. That’s a great return for shareholders, so the board really didn’t have a choice.
020
Jarred @jtrost.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
What's it like to play Final Fantasy Tactics? Well... 1. AI guests move to the front 2. I move healers behind them 3. Guests & enemies attack each other 4. I cast cure on the guests 5. Guests move back & heal themselves 6. Enemies move forward and my characters heal them 7. The party is wiped out
031
Jarred @jtrost.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Every government shut down in recent history happened when Republicans controlled the House. Democrats always fund the government when they’re in the majority.
041
Jarred @jtrost.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Having a large spread of reviews (from 5 to 10) doesn't mean that the outliers are wrong / biased. Rather it indicates that this game is niche. If you like the niche of turn based monster collecting RPGs, it'll be more of a 10 to you, and if you don't like the niche then it'll be more of a 5 to you.
000
Jarred @jtrost.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
I want to know more about this half-time orange. Is there only one orange? How many people have to share it? How much time needs to pass before we can have another orange?
100
Jarred @jtrost.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Final Fantasy Tactics is enjoyable so far, but I find targeting and moving to be frustrating. The camera only rotates at 45 degree angles, has only two (nearly identical) zoom levels, and the trees and other props block the characters. There’s a lot of QoL improvements to be made here.
040
Jarred @jtrost.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Anyone who is unfamiliar with LBOs and why #EA was taken private should read the book "Barbarians at the Gate". It does a wonderful job of explaining the whole LBO industry, and how obscenely wealthy the people taking companies private become after an LBO.
000
Jarred @jtrost.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Every CEO thinks the equity markets undervalue their company, so it’ll be interesting to see how much EA is worth in the future.
010
Jarred @jtrost.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Missed headline opportunity: “Nintendo Ousts Bowser”
0100
Jarred @jtrost.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
This strategy has always baffled me. Why would anyone buy an xbox if their game library has a (nearly?) 100% overlap with PC?
520
Jarred @jtrost.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
This is a great analysis of Silksong's difficulty! I'm good at platforming and terrible at combat, so I found myself spending 90% of my time retrying fights, which made the game feel unbalanced. I would have loved difficulty sliders to make platforming more challenging and combat easier.
020
Jarred @jtrost.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
The Last Judge has beat me so many times that my greatest #Silksong accomplishment is speedrunning the walkback. I’ve done it slightly faster than this with favorable wind.
030
Jarred @jtrost.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Me: apt-get update Linux: I forgot how to get input from the keyboard and mouse, your second monitor no longer exists, and I'm rebooting to the command line until you find the magic command to fix me.
010
Jarred @jtrost.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
There's a pattern with these #Silksong bosses. They're challenging primarily because they have absurdly large hit boxes and do 2 HP of contact damage, which is 40% of your health. Ever-so-slightly touching their hairline does the same damage as getting smashed by a claw! 🙄
030
Jarred @jtrost.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Finally beat Moorwing in Silksong after well over a dozen attempts.
000
Jarred @jtrost.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
This is why they should have allowed everyone to buy and download the game before release.
000
Jarred @jtrost.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
The Knight will be a secret or surprise playable character.
000
Jarred @jtrost.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
I did once, by accident.
110
Jarred @jtrost.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
I recently completed a second playthrough of this game, and I skipped all of the cutscenes. I found the gameplay and combat a lot more interesting than the story.
000
Jarred @jtrost.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Valve's reasons for not making more Half-Life games is disappointing. They claim that they couldn't innovate on the story and mechanics enough, but isn't that exactly what a successful game studio should be doing? Keep iterating on ideas until it all comes together? Instead Valve just gave up.
160
Jarred @jtrost.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
This is great reporting on the development of #Silksong! I think @teamcherry.bsky.social downplays how not using PM tools slowed them down. Only so much info can be kept in your head or on a whiteboard. Documenting the who, what and why of tasks allows even the smallest team to move more quickly.
Silksong devs make light-hearted remarks about not using project management software.
020
Jarred @jtrost.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
I predicted these were the reasons why the game took so long. Maybe I should become a games analyst! 😂
192
Jarred @jtrost.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
My guess as to why #Silksong took 7 years to make. 1. They kept increasing the scope of the game. 2. They didn't hire enough people to deliver on the ballooning scope. 3. Hollow Knight continues to sell well, so they were not under any financial pressure to release a new game.
030
Jarred @jtrost.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
ChatGPT says it's called "the logo of Bluesky", so let's all agree to call it that.
040
Jarred @jtrost.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
In other words, Mario Kart fans are much more price elastic than Outer Worlds fans.
030
Jarred @jtrost.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
I got into the next #nintendo playtest!
132
Jarred @jtrost.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Post more often. I post here once a month and haven’t gone viral, so I know.
030
Jarred @jtrost.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Also the beer is on sale.
010
Jarred @jtrost.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
It’s helpful to think about where the button is on the controller instead of the label on the button. B is the bottommost button and punches down. X is the topmost button and punches up.
100
Jarred @jtrost.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Security guards as a service
000
Jarred @jtrost.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
I was lucky enough play the last #nintendo playtest. It was a strangely fun mixture of #minecraft world building, #zelda exploration, and #fortnite style territory management. It was derivative of so many games, yet unique in its own way. I hope I’m lucky enough to get to play the next iteration!
playtest-p.nintendo.com
About the Nintendo Switch Online:​ Playtest Program
002
Jarred @jtrost.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
AI agents operate on the same type of client / server connection as your traditional web apps so they need to include the same kind of authorization policies and access controls as web apps. I wonder how many agents are out there with no kind of basic security like this?
010
Jarred @jtrost.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
They forgot to add that pesky reconciliation step.
000
Jarred @jtrost.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Translation: The bill does not give enough handouts to his companies.
0250
Jarred @jtrost.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
String conversion of class and function names creates some of the most horrific metaprogramming code you’ll ever see.
070
Jarred @jtrost.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
AI suggested fix: Serve all content from the same origin.
000
Jarred @jtrost.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Republicans are acting like this is the first time they have to deal with the consequences of false promises.
090
Jarred @jtrost.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Translation: There's not enough handouts to Elon and his companies in this bill.
1130
Jarred @jtrost.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Any word on severance for the impacted employees?
010
Jarred @jtrost.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
I can’t decide which is more offensive: peeling a banana like that, or putting the peel into a recycling bin.
2170
Reposted by Jarred
TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 28/05/2025
Spotify amps up podcast discovery with new features
techcrunch.com
Spotify amps up podcast discovery with new features | TechCrunch
Spotify will begin recommending podcasts on its Home page and provide a Following feed for staying up-to-date with the latest episodes.
1122
Jarred @jtrost.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Discord. They started building a video game and made a chat app for collaboration. The game failed so they pivoted to the chat app.
010
Jarred @jtrost.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
@jasonschreier.bsky.social If you're working on another book, a chapter about the rise and fall of Moon Studios would be a fascinating story! www.msn.com/en-us/news/t...
msn.com
MSN
030
Reposted by Jarred
TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 04/05/2025
Backstage access: Spotify’s dev tools side-hustle is growing legs
techcrunch.com
Backstage access: Spotify’s dev tools side-hustle is growing legs | TechCrunch
Backstage helps companies build customized developer portals, bringing order to their infrastructure by combining all their tooling.
1232
Jarred @jtrost.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Next up: JavaScript as a service. Pay by the variable to encourage efficient code.
000
Jarred @jtrost.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Similarly, why would people buy an xbox when they can play all the same games on PC?
020