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Harel Eilam (Marvin Dreams of Destroying the Earth) @marvindestroyearth.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

People who are complaining about season 4 of #TheBear, I have no idea what you are talking about. This show continues to make me laugh and cry more than almost any other show I've seen in the last few years. It is, more than anything, one of the most HUMAN shows out there.

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Harel Eilam (Marvin Dreams of Destroying the Earth) @marvindestroyearth.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

What I really love about playing the most excellent #dune Awakening is how Arrakis, the most deadly planet in the galaxy, is far less violent and hostile than current-day Earth. I'm tired of the darkest timeline.

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Harel Eilam (Marvin Dreams of Destroying the Earth) @marvindestroyearth.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

What is important, after this US regime falls, is not to just blindly trust that "common sense" and the "voters" will protect the constitution. There must be additional checks and balances and barriers. It is clear the office of the president holds too much power, and some of it must be stripped.

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Harel Eilam (Marvin Dreams of Destroying the Earth) @marvindestroyearth.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

So after trump one-sidedly announced a ceasefire, promising it is a "beautiful ceasefire that will last forever", and that the two countries "will never shoot at each other ever", Iranian missiles are already being fired. He truly is as stupid as he is incompetent.

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Harel Eilam (Marvin Dreams of Destroying the Earth) @marvindestroyearth.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

I just bet that trump said "he will decide about attacking Iran in two weeks" just so that now he can think to himself "oh, I'm so clever, I attacked first! Ha ha, they never saw me coming! 4D chess!" What a fucking moron.

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Harel Eilam (Marvin Dreams of Destroying the Earth) @marvindestroyearth.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

So, spent five hours trying to get a new, pretty base with a view in #dune, only for a sandworm to swallow nearly all my materials on shuttling between the bases. Welp.

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Harel Eilam (Marvin Dreams of Destroying the Earth) @marvindestroyearth.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

I'm so tired of the darkest timeline. I realize that the United Federation of Planets required WW3 prior to it, but can we just... not?

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Harel Eilam (Marvin Dreams of Destroying the Earth) @marvindestroyearth.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

The article covers a lot of the hardships we went through during #veilguard but to me, they almost didn't matter - because we went through all of it as a team. The spirit of camaraderie in the systems team was legendary. That, to me, is the biggest heartache from all of this. I miss my found family.

bloomberg.com

Inside the ‘Dragon Age’ Debacle That Gutted EA’s BioWare Studio

The latest game in BioWare’s fantasy role-playing series went through ten years of development turmoil

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Harel Eilam (Marvin Dreams of Destroying the Earth) @marvindestroyearth.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Oh, Bluesky is a left-wing echo chamber? Unlike the Nazi-infested cesspool that is Twitter, that isn't an echo chamber? Give me a fucking break. Bluesky isn't an echo chamber, its just what happens when you have basic moderation. There are just more of us than them.

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Harel Eilam (Marvin Dreams of Destroying the Earth) @marvindestroyearth.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

I have a lot of friends and family, even those on the left-leaning side and even ex-Israelis. All claim how "ridiculous" Greta Thunberg is, and her "silly" claims she was kidnapped by the IDF. At least she is fighting for what she believes in, which is more than I can say for many.

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Harel Eilam (Marvin Dreams of Destroying the Earth) @marvindestroyearth.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Years from now, just like after McCarthyism, a lot is going to be written on this period of time and the dark rise of fascism... and I suspect the phrase "well, we're all going to die" will be the "let them eat cake" of our generation.

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Harel Eilam (Marvin Dreams of Destroying the Earth) @marvindestroyearth.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Welp, the #veilguard marathon of my son will have to be cut short because he had his PS5 privileges revoked for a while. You know when you tell your kid "This punishment hurts me more than it hurts you?" Well, this time that's true

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Harel Eilam (Marvin Dreams of Destroying the Earth) @marvindestroyearth.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Seeing my son play #veilguard is such a bitter-sweet experience. This is his first RPG, and he is so full of joy as part of the discovery and exploration, so fascinated by the universe and everything he sees. Harding seems to be his favorite so far. He has good taste.

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Harel Eilam (Marvin Dreams of Destroying the Earth) @marvindestroyearth.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

LinkedIn reporting tool is horrendous - worse than Facebook because you have no expectations there. I've seen people who don't use English spew the most horrific, violent, racist comments you can think of, stuff even Twitter would frown on, and nothing happens when you report. Glad to be here.

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Harel Eilam (Marvin Dreams of Destroying the Earth) @marvindestroyearth.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

EA's decision to move away from remote working is only going to serve to increase the anxiety of workers who are staring at routine rounds of layoffs, and now have even fewer internal options when hit with a layoff. I'm fortunate enough to happen to work for a team that is here in Vancouver, but...

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Harel Eilam (Marvin Dreams of Destroying the Earth) @marvindestroyearth.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Finished building the Lego Concorde. Both a truly frustrating build (since I needed to rip it out and rebuild it half-way because of an issue with the main cog), but also one of the most fun #lego builds I've built so far. No stickers too, huge plus. Thanks @kaieta.bsky.social for the rec!

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Harel Eilam (Marvin Dreams of Destroying the Earth) @marvindestroyearth.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Playing (the wonderful, so far, just started) #SouthByMidnight, yep, that certainly looks like the blight.... Having enough fun so far to allow it. #veilguard

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Harel Eilam (Marvin Dreams of Destroying the Earth) @marvindestroyearth.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Watching Trump not understanding what photoshop is and arguing about it, not once, not twice, thrice... you lot just elected the deranged racist grandpa that doesnt know how computers work, didnt you?

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Harel Eilam (Marvin Dreams of Destroying the Earth) @marvindestroyearth.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

In #veilguard, most of the institutions of power in the world have been corrupted. Gods empowered bullies and petty tyrants to raise their own little fiefdoms. In the end, it was one regular person on the street, along with their friends, that rose up against the coming darkness. This is now.

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Harel Eilam (Marvin Dreams of Destroying the Earth) @marvindestroyearth.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Im not a Canadian citizen yet, but I could not be more proud. Never vote for fascists.

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Harel Eilam (Marvin Dreams of Destroying the Earth) @marvindestroyearth.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

You know what really grinds my gears? Cultural warriors that attack #ACShadows for the (now patched) issue of shrine desecration. Yes, it was very bad this issue slipped by QA and designers, but the people attacking Ubisoft for this are the last people who care about cultural sensitivity.

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Harel Eilam (Marvin Dreams of Destroying the Earth) @marvindestroyearth.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

#expedition33 is indeed a terrific game, but I hate the rhetoric around it and the "just make good games" catchphrase. In my life, I have worked in indie, modding, and AAA, and let me assure you - ALL developers want to make good games and everyone is trying their best. There is no magic formula.

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Harel Eilam (Marvin Dreams of Destroying the Earth) @marvindestroyearth.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Watching right-wing Israelis gleefully comment that the horrific attack in Vancouver was a result of "antisemitism", "immigrants", "liberal agenda" and "Islamic terrorism" (it wasn't), is so, so disheartening and disappointing. My heart goes out to all the families impacted by this tragedy.

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Harel Eilam (Marvin Dreams of Destroying the Earth) @marvindestroyearth.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

My personal PC is awesome and rather new, but I've been using very basic work monitors for years - until I decided to treat myself to a fancy, highly expensive monitor for my birthday last week. Now with proper color gamut and HDR. My goodness, #veilguard looks even better than I thought.

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Harel Eilam (Marvin Dreams of Destroying the Earth) @marvindestroyearth.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

I have forgotten how janky Oblivion is. I know many people love how faithful the remaster is, but I would have loved it if they had gone a bit further. It would have been great if they had eliminated the horrible level of segmentation of Imperial City.

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Harel Eilam (Marvin Dreams of Destroying the Earth) @marvindestroyearth.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

There is nothing like having to redo 90% of your day's work in the middle of the night the day before your birthday to really build up your confidence.

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Harel Eilam (Marvin Dreams of Destroying the Earth) @marvindestroyearth.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

The delusion of the maga cult knows no bound. A person claiming to work in "public health" supports RFK, claiming her brother suffers from "severe autism" and that RFK is promising "truth" and "actions"... the "truth" of spreading discreited lies. I am not sure if I am more angry or frustrated.

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Harel Eilam (Marvin Dreams of Destroying the Earth) @marvindestroyearth.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

I grew up on Paul Kidby's highly colorful renditions of the #discworld, but I have to say I am digging the style of David Benzal's illustrations for the new Discworld RPG. I've been thinking a lot about Pratchett and Banks, my favorite authors, now gone. I'm glad I'm getting a bit more Discworld.

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Harel Eilam (Marvin Dreams of Destroying the Earth) @marvindestroyearth.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

I had to sell most of my book collection when we moved to Canada. Two years ago I bought myself the entire Discworld collecttor edition as a birthday gift, this year I'm thinkin the Culture series... I miss Ian Banks. One of the greatest authors of our time. Such a shame... #theculture

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Harel Eilam (Marvin Dreams of Destroying the Earth) @marvindestroyearth.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

It is frustrating to see so many of my friends struggle to find a job in today's games industry while good positions go to waste by multi-trillion companies consistently outsourcing their recruitment to external companies that don't know anything about the game industry. We need to do better.

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Harel Eilam (Marvin Dreams of Destroying the Earth) @marvindestroyearth.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

This is one of the best #XKCD comics I've ever seen in the last twenty years, and that is truly saying something. In related news - twenty years. My goodness, I'm feeling old.

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Harel Eilam (Marvin Dreams of Destroying the Earth) @marvindestroyearth.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

It is incredible to see these protests happening all over the US, but after seeing how the incredible Israeli anti-corruption protests that brought significant portion of the public out to the street, every week, for a year, didn't lead to any change, I'm highly pessimistic. I hope I'm wrong.

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Harel Eilam (Marvin Dreams of Destroying the Earth) @marvindestroyearth.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

A new sci-fi book helped me discover one of the best soups I ever had - Lohikeitto. It is a warm feeling in a bowl. Instant food coma inducer. Thanks, Sean Fenian. #soupislife

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Harel Eilam (Marvin Dreams of Destroying the Earth) @marvindestroyearth.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Was planning to reward myself with the lego shire set today, which looked fun in reviews, but in the store... somewhat disappointing. Shame, the Rivendell and Barad Dur sets were amazing, but this one I'll probably skip. This one wont pass.. my wallet. ... I'll go away now.

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a man with a beard and the words " you shall not pass " on the bottom

ALT: a man with a beard and the words " you shall not pass " on the bottom

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Harel Eilam (Marvin Dreams of Destroying the Earth) @marvindestroyearth.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

I worked on a rather eclectic range of projects, some of them with a fast update cadence and engaged community. Still, this is my first live service game. Nothing is quite as satisfying as seeing how changing a few numbers immediately leads to players' increased satisfaction. Math for the win!

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Harel Eilam (Marvin Dreams of Destroying the Earth) @marvindestroyearth.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

I'm watching season 1 of Severance again with the wife, and all I can think of was going and making this meme. #veilguard

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Harel Eilam (Marvin Dreams of Destroying the Earth) @marvindestroyearth.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Me, reading @scalzi.com latest book: "Oh, this is wonderful! Funny, silly, smart, scientific, deals with astronomy in a digestable way, my son would absolutely adore this! It was made for him!" An hour later, reading episode "day twelve" and the very graphic activities there: Nope. Nope. Nope.

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Harel Eilam (Marvin Dreams of Destroying the Earth) @marvindestroyearth.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

"Because we all know the president doesn't bother to read the daily intelligence briefing... so explain it to me. Use small words on me so I can use smaller words on him". Thank you, @scalzi.com , for that very loud chortle at midnight that woke up my wife.

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Harel Eilam (Marvin Dreams of Destroying the Earth) @marvindestroyearth.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

As always, I'm a bit late to the party, and I'm only now watching Mythic Quest. I somehow feel I'm the C.W Longbottom of Bioware, and I am not sure if this is a good or a bad thing. (only, you know, without the bigotry). @kaieta.bsky.social - you disagree, but I have yet to hear an alternative!

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Harel Eilam (Marvin Dreams of Destroying the Earth) @marvindestroyearth.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Reading this article caused me literal physical discomfort. As a former journalist and soldier, someone who routinely dealt with security technology and policy, I can't even begin to explain how wrong all of this is. They chanted "lock her up", yet they just breached the same rule by using signal.

theatlantic.com

The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans

U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

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Harel Eilam (Marvin Dreams of Destroying the Earth) @marvindestroyearth.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

AC as a series always takes one step forward, two steps back. Always reinventing systems needlessly. Why make a great player hub system in Valhalla and then simplify it too much in Shadows? Same with crafting or gear.They get it very close to right, but then they go back to the drawing board.

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