iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Stephen Muray @smuray.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I thought it was a little funny that they seemed to think we don't have completely unhinged content in Stellaris.

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Stephen Muray @smuray.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Some people know me as the voice that you hear When you loosen the noose on the rope

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Stephen Muray @smuray.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

For the record, we failed. He had to work through it himself.

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Stephen Muray @smuray.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

The boss ordered me not to die on company time, so I had to get back to work.

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Stephen Muray @smuray.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Yeah the group all took our pieces and ate them simultaneously. Some were much worse than others.

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Stephen Muray @smuray.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

I've had it twice. The first time, it wasn't the worst. "Rubbery tuna that was cured in sweaty gym socks" was my quote at the time. The second time it was very different, two of us projectile hurled immediately. Would try fish roulette again - as long as it's in a group suffering together socially.

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Stephen Muray @smuray.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

I never thought we'd be able to do it either, to be completely honest. I tell a bit about the anecdote about how the team proved to us that we could do it in the interview.

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Lum @brokentoys.social · 21/04/2026

this is *really* good

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Stephen Muray @smuray.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Blinding the guy who was literally possessed by the spirit of an earthquake while he's in your laboratory full of lots of delicate equipment was certainly a choice.

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Stephen Muray @smuray.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Cyprus is an EU member geographically in Asia, so the "European" rule is more of a guideline. Like the Pirate Code. They said it was culturally European - but that argument could fit any Commonwealth country - if political will exists. (Likely doesn't.) Canada does have a land border with Denmark.

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Stephen Muray @smuray.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

It was a knock-off, legally distinct Sack o' Possums! We'll be filing the trademarks in the Absalom chamber of commerce in the morning.

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Stephen Muray @smuray.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Are the team sizes identical or is the entire region drinking? Region 1 has a strong population advantage that might be able to edge out the superior drinking skills of the Midwest.

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Stephen Muray @smuray.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

It had to wear a MegaCorp shirt.

Behemoth Mutation event from BioGenesis with a Megacorp option to make plushies of your behemoths instead of picking an option to make them more dangerous.

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Stephen Muray @smuray.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

This is my favorite one so far, inspired by an event from BioGenesis.

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Stephen Muray @smuray.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

I demanded it wear a MegaCorp shirt because of the in-game event.

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Stephen Muray @smuray.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Join us! Jesse's raised a ton of money over the past thirteen years for Children's Hospital Oakland. Help him out while he eats questionable things and entertains us.

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Stephen Muray @smuray.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

This was a really cool exercise, thanks for putting in the effort. Your board game rankings have always strongly impacted what additions would be made to that overloaded Kallax in my living room, and this one will too.

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Stephen Muray @smuray.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

I have always been disappointed that this ability wasn't named "Produce Produce".

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Damion Schubert @zenofdesign.com · 17/05/2025

I urge anyone creative with imposterr symptom to go to youtube and watch ‘Hi Ren’. It will make it clear that you are not alone.

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Stephen Muray @smuray.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

The Stellaris Cinematic Universe continues with the follow-up to the Season 09 Announcement trailer.

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Stephen Muray @smuray.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

The Hive Mind voice was the Stellaris dev team of the time, many of whom no longer work with us. Other VAs might no longer be available for other reasons.

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Stephen Muray @smuray.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

The same was true back then too. (Except the business tools were hilariously, unusably bad.) All of the MA artwork was made by our artists, who are made out of meat. We have two dev diaries showing their full process from vis dev to final - Stellaris Dev Diary #342 and #344.

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Stephen Muray @smuray.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

It's also used for ideation purposes but not for generating content that goes into the game. Also as a general business tool to summarize emails, take some meeting notes, and the like.

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Stephen Muray @smuray.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

The advisor voices use AI so we can update them if we add lines or want to iterate on them. This avoids situations like the Hive Mind voice that can never get updated. (That said, the Mandarin advisor voice we're adding in 4.0 doesn't use it - the tool wasn't able to sound natural.)

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Stephen Muray @smuray.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

You can. The dev diary has a more detailed list of the BioGenesis features. pdxint.at/4iQjW4R

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Client Challenge

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Stellaris @stellaris.paradoxinteractive.com · 12/03/2025

Join us tomorrow at 1600 CET / 11:00am EDT for a livestream with Game Director Eladrin and Marketing Manager Davide, to talk all things Stellaris 4.0!

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Stephen Muray @smuray.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

You can do it. We believe in you. Don't let your cheese filled dreams remain just a fantasy.

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Stephen Muray @smuray.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Well that's certainly... Something.

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Stephen Muray @smuray.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Loading cursor follows Kepler's laws.

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Stephen Muray @smuray.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Please don't go. The drones need you. They look up to you.

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Stellaris @stellaris.paradoxinteractive.com · 16/01/2025

Drumroll, please... 🥁 Read Stellaris Dev Diary #366 - Announcing Stellaris 4.0: pdxint.at/4hgjNGC

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Stephen Muray @smuray.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

How could we forget about this 2007 banger from Gummibär? My kids certainly didn't let me forget about it after it was in Just Dance Kids 2. youtu.be/qC_hF31z130

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The Gummy Bear Song With Lyrics - Gummibär The Gummy Bear

YouTube video by The Official Gummibär Channel

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Stephen Muray @smuray.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

I had a tough time starting anything new after finishing ReFantazio, because I felt like they just didn't have a chance of being as good so I'd unfairly judge them as disappointing. So I drowned my weird gamer sorrows in Balatro for a while.

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Stephen Muray @smuray.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

This video was exactly what I needed while stuck in bed sick today. As a player, I felt exactly the same way, and that's what got me to make a crazy move across the Atlantic almost six years ago. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OZ4...

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Nothing Compares to Stellaris

YouTube video by GINX TV

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Stephen Muray @smuray.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Obsessional Directive. It's actively harmful to your empire but so much fun.

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Stephen Muray @smuray.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

I was messing around with word clouds today during lunch. I think the takeaways are "playing easy, now war" and "fleet make enjoy game".

A word cloud of the first 500ish responses to my dev diary about The Vision of Stellaris.

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Stephen Muray @smuray.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

May 9, 2016. Preordered the Galaxy Edition the first day it was available.

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Stephen Muray @smuray.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Just finished Metaphor ReFantazio, and I enjoyed it way more than P3R. It was probably my favorite new game so far this year.

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Stephen Muray @smuray.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

It'd certainly be nice to group them together more than they are now. The general consensus seems to be encouraging such experimentation.

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Stephen Muray @smuray.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

I'm incredibly happy with the volume of detailed responses I got in today's Stellaris dev diary. I went over the vision document I keep for the team, and asked a million questions of the players. I've got a lot of reading to do tonight and over the weekend. forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/develo...

forum.paradoxplaza.com

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Stephen Muray @smuray.bsky.social · 05/11/2024

I've also heard that one (cynically) as "the first 80% takes 80% of the time, and the last 20% also takes 80% of the time." Good producers that can help keep things on track are worth their weight in gold.

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Walking Cardboard Heap @lejerque.bsky.social · 24/10/2024

My Extra Life marathon is in two days. I think I've got the schedule nailed down, at least, so if you're interested, I've got a thread for you. Also a reminder that you can review this information, donate, and watch here: www.extra-life.org/participant/...

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Extra Life | Change Kids' Health, Change the Future

I'm raising funds with #EXTRALIFE for kids treated at my local member hospital of Children's Miracle Network Hospitals! I need YOUR help to reach my fundraising goal, will you make a donation to suppo...

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Stephen Muray @smuray.bsky.social · 05/07/2024

The only time George Washington offered an opinion during the Constitutional Convention was to urge a lower number for apportionment - one representative per 30,000, because one per 40,000 was unacceptable.

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Stephen Muray @smuray.bsky.social · 13/09/2023

Star Wars: The Old Republic taught me that doors were not to be trusted. This just confirms what we already knew. We also learned that opening a rift to the infinite plane of fruit makes stray animals very happy.

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