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Nels Anderson

@nelsanderson.zone
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Founded Sonderlust, helped design Firewatch, lead designer on Mark of the Ninja, and the only Canadian game developer born & raised in Wyoming. sonderlust.horse

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 12h
Carney announces $1.2B investment to protect oceans from his own climate policy
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Carney announces $1.2B investment to protect oceans from his own climate policy
Vancouver, BC – Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced more than one billion dollars in federal funding to keep the ocean safe from the consequences of his own actions.
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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 01/10/2026
"You think it bleeds real blood?" "Only one way to find out."
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zaratustra @zaratustra.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
the japanese approach to the english language is a treasure that never runs out
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Nate Purkeypile: Solo Indie Dev🤘🏹🔪 @npurkeypile.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I’m a solo dev (worked on Fallout) and just opened the STEAM PLAYTEST for my roguelike inspired by iconic ’80s horror flicks you are the HORROR VILLAIN stalk your victims use stealth & disguises turn everyday objects into weapons playtest is solo but co-op coming GONE FERAL
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gravewalker @grovewalker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
photo of werner herzog with a speech bubble added so that it looks like he is saying the quoted post
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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 29/09/2026
Every AI CEO sounds like this.
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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 29/09/2026
Oh piss, boooooo
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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 28/09/2026
Holy hell, this fucking *rules* my god
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Benjamin is ... making ottr @benjaminlistwon.com · 28/09/2026
Let me get this straight, a company and CEO whose entire fortune is based on ignoring consent and sharing private information publicly has made yet another product that does so? Color me shocked!
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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 26/09/2026
They never put another one up and then I moved out of that crap apartment a few months later.
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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 26/09/2026
After several weeks of this, teetering on the edge of madness, I borrowed a collapsible ladder from a friend, got a pair of heavy duty snippers and climbed up on the roof of the bldg. I was able to reach over the edge, cut the cables holding the proxy alarm in place and I threw it in a dumpster.
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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 26/09/2026
It was so god damn loud, I could hear it even with the windows closed. I called the city - there was no way this complied with noise bylaws - but ofc they didn't give a toss.
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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 26/09/2026
But the god damn thing was pointed at the alley, so every time a car drove down said alley (which was CONSTANTLY) the proxy siren would go off. And after being triggered, it would loop for easily 3 minutes.
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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 26/09/2026
Maybe like 7-ish years ago, my apartment faced an alley and one of the commercial bldgs on the other side of the alley put up one of these on the side of their building (it didn't talk - things weren't that stupid yet - but it was a motion sensor that had a high pitched erratic looping alarm).
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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 26/09/2026
Yuuuuuuuuuup
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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 26/09/2026
Sen's Fortress - Dark Souls (2011)
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聖☆Alex Degen @adactivity.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
AI billionaire: I'm pissing and shitting myself right now. There are 4 people on staff that need to clean me. The future is pissing and shitting yourself and crashing your car Ezra Klein: Wow!
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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 24/09/2026
Every single person who reads this should be incandescent with rage. Sam Altman shouldn't know one single day of peace for the rest of his entirely fucking life.
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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 24/09/2026
There's a much clearer, succinct and honest way for any media outlets to report on this- "OpenAI created malware that illegally access Australian government health data." Creating malware through incompetence rather than intent does not make it any less malware.
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Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
In recent years, the media has quietly begun to change the way in which it writes about Bobby Kotick, the former CEO of Activision Blizzard. PMG investigates how Kotick used the threat of defamation to reshape his legacy in the games business, one article at a time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKwp...
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Inside Bobby Kotick's Campaign Against the Press
YouTube video by People Make Games
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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 23/09/2026
Hahaha, I literally got that second email this morning. My reply in full was "Go to hell"
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Stephanie 🍉 @ageofoddish.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
mmygod
the slut gnomes of false berlin jeopardy bluesky posttoday's jeopardy categories. the last 2 are "false berlin" and "bizarre little men"
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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 17/09/2026
This fucking rules and I'm absolutely saving this to show to my human child
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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 16/09/2026
It really is just this, every single time
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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 16/09/2026
And that's not hyperbole or a quip taken clearly out of context. That's just the text of what he said: bsky.app/profile/raji...
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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 16/09/2026
Every time some studio head says something that makes you think, "Wow, they sound like an asshole" it's never just that. There's always an even more terrible second act, e.g. boasting they "Finally made this out of a meeting room... where we all watch porn together."
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Scare-It Hanna @garretthanna.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 15/09/2026
Okay, not wrong
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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 14/09/2026
🤔
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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 14/09/2026
Ah nice, I'll mention it!
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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 13/09/2026
Woo! And yeah, as noted in there, I've been using Rider for years now and it's great. It has a Python specific IDE that's top-shelf too.
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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 11/09/2026
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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 10/09/2026
Ah amazing, will do!
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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Never be a scab. You'll betray your fellow workers and the company STILL won't respect you. It's a lose-lose.
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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 10/09/2026
Ha! I remember the Mirror's Edge conferring but not Ravenous. But what a god tier pairing that is.
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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 10/09/2026
Delighted to be of service
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Band of Brothers: Soldier Saluting
ALT: Band of Brothers: Soldier Saluting
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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 09/09/2026
It's entirely possible I am the only person on the planet who immediately thought this, but...
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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 09/09/2026
We have binned nearly all this trash (and getting rid of the rest is just over the horizon) and yo, it's real nice, actually. Using the stuff enumerated in here: nelsanderson.zone/a-guide-to-d...
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A Guide to Ditching US Tech (for Game Developers)
This post is based on a guide from Paris Marx, host of Tech Won't Save Us, author of one excellent book and upcoming (likely also excellent) book last updated September 3rd, 2026 At this point, it's...
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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 09/09/2026
(unrelated but just in case you didn't notice, your domain handle DNS record entry might be busted; mine also was for... some amount of time and I just noticed the other day)
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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 09/09/2026
However, I'd say it's fully possible we end up wanting one service for documents/notes and another for actual PM purposes. If that ends up being the case, we'll for sure start with Codecks as the PM option.
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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 09/09/2026
Ah yeah, we haven't used it but I'm passingly familiar and it seems very interesting! I didn't include project management platforms specifically in the big post since we've just bent Notion to the purpose and it's been a decade since we used specific PM platform.
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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 08/09/2026
Oh yeah, that would fully be contingent on having an AppleTV or Shield or console running all the media apps and the TV is just a display. The Gamers Nexus folks mention "I never tell people to use a TV's built-in apps. It's a devil's deal." But if you're just an average person you won't know that!
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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 08/09/2026
I guess the answer is just to never, ever connect the TV to the internet (if if it's sending back the surveillance data via something other than http, block those ports at the router) but jesus hot hopping christ
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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 05/09/2026
Gotta stop the cat from lickin' those brows (or alternatively, ensure the cat does lick said brows)
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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 04/09/2026
(and as a Canadian, thank you for avoiding Shopify, most of us can't stand our Temu Elon Musk either)
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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 04/09/2026
Haven't used this personally but folks say it's a pretty good replacement for Shopify: sellfy.com
sellfy.com
Online Store Builder: Create a Free Online Store | Sellfy
Create your own online store with a clean checkout and zero transaction fees. Sell anything you make directly to your audience. No coding required.
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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 03/09/2026
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Cutesy Hey There
ALT: Cutesy Hey There
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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 03/09/2026
Sweet okay, will do then!
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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
CANADIANS: RUIN THE FUCK OUT OF THIS ANTI-AI PETITION. this is an OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT PETITION and it needs you to verify an email and that's it. do this right now please. thaaaaanks.
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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 03/09/2026
Woooo, if it helps anyone even a little, I'm happy to have done it!
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