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Ryan Ike @ryanikeaudio.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Had a good time on this show and I'm pretty sure I only got belligerent right at the end

Ryan Ike @ryanikeaudio.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

I'm giving Three Talks at GDC next week! MONDAY: From Intermediate to Advanced: Charting Your Career In Game Audio Indie Soapbox: Playing It Unsafe THURS Overcoming Impostor Syndrome: A Microtalks Strategy Guide Details here, hope to see you there! schedule.gdconf.com/speaker/ike-...

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jess @jjerion.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

i'll be presenting at gdc w/ my favs @akashthakkar.com @charlieartifact.bsky.social @ryanikeaudio.bsky.social & @zeeodd.bsky.social about some difficult things in the industry and how to make them less difficult i'd love to catch up with old friends & make new ones! reach out if you'll be there

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Charlie Harper @charlieartifact.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

hey hey hey! I'll be at GDC giving a talk on Imposter Syndrome Strategies with @ryanikeaudio.bsky.social , @zeeodd.bsky.social , @jjerion.bsky.social , and @akashthakkar.com Wanna grab a drink, lunch or whatever, reach out to me!

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Ryan Ike @ryanikeaudio.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

So grateful to have been invited to speak at Stanford alongside @akashthakkar.com ! The folks at the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics were some of the most enthusiastic, inventive people I've ever met. Can't wait to go back!

Selfie of me (Ryan Ike) and my co speaker (Akash Thakkar) about to give a talk to some Stanford University students, with the audience featured behind us.

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Ryan Ike @ryanikeaudio.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

I'm gonna be a guest speaker at @playtopia.bsky.social this Friday in Cape Town, South Africa! My talk "Don't: How Not To Work In Game Audio" is mostly a list of all whoopsies I did in my early career and tips on how to avoid them. It's "Don't Be Like Me: The Presentation" lol.

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Ryan Ike @ryanikeaudio.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

So I'm kinda bad about using this platform lately, but in the off chance anyone has recommendations: Going to NYC for a few days, staying on the Lower East Side. Anyone recommend good food/stuff to do? Got plenty on the list already but would love to add more

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Ryan Ike @ryanikeaudio.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

At PAX? Interested in game audio? Come by!

Graphic advertising my panel at PAX West.

Speakers: Ryan Ike and Akash Thakkar

Where: Firebird Theater, Summit Bldg., Level 5

When: Sunday, Aug 31st, 2:30-3:30pm

What: A panel on the things about working in game audio that few people publicly talk about.

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Ryan Ike @ryanikeaudio.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Man, Clair Obscur has so many little quality of life things I now never want to go without. For example, the way recovery items work like Estus flasks means I use them all the time instead of hoarding them for a boss I never end up spending them on.

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Ryan Ike @ryanikeaudio.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

I just want a love like they have someday, I want a buddy who will carry me around in a backpack is that so much to ask

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Micah @rincewind.run · 07/05/2025

the fundamental disconnect between the manosphere and reality is that they are incapable of understanding that this is - according to every woman I’ve ever met - the sexiest thing a man has ever done

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Ryan Ike @ryanikeaudio.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Pretty sure if my graduate advisor knew this was what I was doing with my degree he'd come to my house and kill me with a pitchfork

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Ryan Ike @ryanikeaudio.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Anyone recommend any good language learning apps or tools? Specifically for Japanese, but multi-lingual ones welcome too. @duolingoverde.bsky.social gleefully leaning into AI is a hard pass for me. Been on their paid plan for years but this is an instant-unsubscribe

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Ryan Ike @ryanikeaudio.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Sinners was so fucking good. I was expecting a fun vampire time, I was not expecting a movie with so much amazing stuff to say about what it means to make music, and what music can do. All the performances were out of control.

Picture of Preacher Boy (Miles Caton), one of the lead characters from Sinners, holding a guitar and smiling

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Ryan Ike @ryanikeaudio.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

I think one of my fav things that happened at GDC this year was chatting with my fellow panelists before our talk and all of us agreeing that we have the same urge to eat the bath bombs at Lush

Picture of a variety of Lush bath bombs. A few of them are actually shaped like foods (macarons, sticky buns, etc) but all of them look delicious regardless

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Ryan Ike @ryanikeaudio.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

So I'm currently teaching a class on video game music at a local film music program. Students are all adults, mid 20a to 50+. Some have never played a video game in their lives and are asking for examples to help them learn more about the medium What games would you recommend?

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Ryan Ike @ryanikeaudio.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

I had an amazing time at #gdc meeting up with old friends, making new ones, giving a talk, and generally soaking up the energy of this incredible, creative community, but you'll have to extrapolate all that from the only photo I remembered to take

Picture of a really good fried chicken sandwich I ate. Noticeably absent: literally any aspect of GDC

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Ryan Ike @ryanikeaudio.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Come listen to us talk at our talk where we'll talk about talking

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Socks the Macro Wolf Dad @socksthewolf.com · 15/03/2025

The government is about to give OpenAI the ability to legally steal if we do not flood this page in the next 12 hours. OpenAI will have immunity from all lawsuits regarding copyright infringement. All other AI companies will follow. Do you despise AI? Dissent, retweet. Do something. #furry #art

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On behalf of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), the NITRD NCO requests input from all interested parties on the Development of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Plan ("Plan"). Th...

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Akash Thakkar @akashthakkar.com · 15/03/2025

Reminder! I’ll be at GDC all week and speaking with some wonderful panelists (@ryanikeaudio.bsky.social @jjerion.bsky.social @charlieartifact.bsky.social @zeeodd.bsky.social) on Monday! See you there!

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Ryan Ike @ryanikeaudio.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Very happy to be speaking at GDC again this year, with some very cool people. You should stop by, we'll have good advice (yes), industry horror stories (probably) and caramel apples (no).

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Ryan Ike @ryanikeaudio.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Took me two minutes and it's worth doing. You can get the 5 Calls app if you want to make it easier, gives you your reps' numbers and a script to use if you want

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Ryan Ike @ryanikeaudio.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Had a great time guesting on the @gameengineering.bsky.social Podcast recently! We talked about a lot of stuff, including how working as an artist means a single easily-misinterpreted word can explode your whole day

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 13/03/2025

I have shared this story, this thread, before - but I think given the state of the world, it's worth telling once again. Maybe it can help, especially if like me, you make art, and you wonder what the use of all of it is right now.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave. Tell them: 1. Vote NO on Cloture AND 2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill. Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it. TODAY is the showdown. 🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121

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Ryan Ike @ryanikeaudio.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

I'll be at GDC for the first time since COVID hit and no I'm not starved for human interaction why would you say that anyway let's hang out

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Ryan Ike @ryanikeaudio.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

One of my favorite things a story can do is have multiple encounters with the villain before the final confrontation. Let you get to know them, build some stakes. Reading The Adventures of Amina al-Sarafi by @shannonchakraborty.bsky.social right now and she's awesome at doing this

The cover image of The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty. Features a pirate ship tangled in the tentacles of a kraken-like creature.

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Ryan Ike @ryanikeaudio.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Mai and/or Classic Controls practice is coming along. I got Cammy to Master on Modern controls last year, so dropping combos all the time is definitely something to get used to again, but still, progress! #StreetFighter

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Ryan Ike @ryanikeaudio.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

We're usually off in a hole somewhere recording ourselves making cow noises, or playing a big pipe organ like the Phantom. But also, there's a downside!

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Ryan Ike @ryanikeaudio.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Sadly, the recorder app I mumble into when I'm brainstorming captures my creative process perfectly, roast my ass

Screenshot of my recorder app attempting to dictate the stuff I ramble into it when I'm trying to think up musical ideas.

It says:

"00:26
16th note or so, so it's like?

00:39
And then, for the. Melody, I'm thinking, like? One there and a two. Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, three.

01:12
Did?"

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Ryan Ike @ryanikeaudio.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Make a profitable game but doesn't meet impossible financial expectations = laid off Make a ridiculously successful game that singlehandedly breathes new life into a genre = laid off Be forced into making a live service game that doesn't sell because of the live service model= laid off I am tired

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surasshu @surasshu.com · 14/02/2025

New post: blocklist for AI music on youtube #text surasshu.com/blocklist-for-ai-music…

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Ryan Ike @ryanikeaudio.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Current #StreetFighter6 goal is to learn Mai and get good at classic controls. Did half my placements today and it's going fine, haha, don't worry about it

picture of the Street Fighter 6 post-round loss screen, featuring an Akuma player picking up my limp character's corpse, and featuring my current placement match record (6 out of 10 placement matches played, all losses).

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too. EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them. Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)

KNOW YOUR
RIGHTS
IN CASE OF ICE:
CONOCE TUS DERECHOS
EN CASO DE ENCUENTRO CON ICE:

DO NOT OPEN YOUR DOOR.
ICE cannot enter your home without a warrant signed by a judge.
Tell the agents to show you the warrant by sliding it under the door.
NO ABRAS TU PUERTA.
ICE no puede entrar a tu casa sin una orden firmada por un juez. Diles a los agentes que te muestren la orden deslizándola debajo de la puerta.

ASK THEM
TO LEAVE.
If ICE doesn't have a warrant, tell them you do not consent for them to enter your home and ask them to leave. At work, ICE cannot enter employee-only areas without permission.
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PÍDALES QUE SE VAYAN.
Si ICE no tiene una orden judicial, diles que no das tu consentimiento para que entren a tu casa y pídeles que se vayan. En el trabajo, ICE no puede ingresar a áreas exclusivas para empleados sin permiso.

REMAIN SILENT.
You have the right to remain silent.
If the agents ask you questions, tell them,
"I wish to remain silent."
PERMANECE EN SILENCIO.
Tienes derecho a permanecer en silencio.
Si los agentes te hacen preguntas, diles:
"Deseo permanecer en silencio".

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Ryan Ike @ryanikeaudio.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

I need yogurt lids to calm down

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Ryan Ike @ryanikeaudio.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

I think one of the weirdest mundane things to happen to me in the last 2 years was getting into Street Fighter 6 after a lifetime of bouncing off fighting games. Feels really fun to have a thing to improve at that's not work-related at all. Like knitting, but a digital lady does a cool flip

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Alt: gif of the pre-match "Versus" screen from Street Fighter 6, featuring characters Juri and Kimberly making stupid faces at each other.

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Ryan Ike @ryanikeaudio.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Ok, she's actually disgusting. It'll be months before I can do this in a live match but ffs #sf6

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Ryan Ike @ryanikeaudio.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

I just did this, took a total of 5 minutes including adding my state senators' info to my phone so I don't have to look it up next time!

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Ryan Ike @ryanikeaudio.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

It took me like 40 tries to get this right but once I can do it on demand all of my problems both real and imagined will be solved forever #sf6

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Ryan Ike @ryanikeaudio.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

If you're an audiobook enjoyer like me and want an easy way to stick it to Amazon, my wife got me on @libro.fm recently and it whips. Works just as good as Audible ever did and you get to support local bookstores instead of supervillains libro.fm

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Ryan Ike @ryanikeaudio.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

All of these are worth checking out, and ofc I'd especially recommend the group panel I got to be a part of, lots of great info for creative pros, game industry hopefuls, and freelancers in there!

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Ryan Ike @ryanikeaudio.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Bought a new cookbook at the Nordic Museum because I love it when cultures have a built in coffee/tea break type thing.

Picture of a cookbook labeled "Fika: The Art of the Swedish Coffee Break", featuring an illustration of a coffee maker and various pastries.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world. Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO

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Anya Combs (she/her) @anyacombsherhair.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Hi folks! I’m looking to fill up my calendar for the next few months so if you need a crowdfunding consultant, campaign manager, community manager, biz dev person, let’s chat!! anyacombsherhair.carrd.co

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