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@techlifecrisis.bsky.social
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Actual former software engineer. Beer Lover. Human advocate. Aspiring video editor. Commissions here: ko-fi.com/techlifecrisis/commissions

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techlifecrisis @techlifecrisis.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
MECCHA CHAMELEON is way more fun than I would have expected. There is a reason friendslop games are doing so well sales wise but they do lean pretty heavily on having friends to VC with too. Enjoy some of my favorite hiding attempts from my first time playing.
A screenshot from the game MECCHA CHAMELEON.  A simple, golden, cartoonish character is laying against a golden textured painting and failing to fully blend into except for along a few key edges.A well camouflaged character in MECCHA CHAMELEON blends in with with a pair of corrugated plastic pipes.  while certain edges of the character are a little misaligned with the background the character's disguise blends in with the pipes well and includes the split between the pipe and specular highlights making it a convincing part of the environment.A square Minecraft like environment in the game MECCHA CHAMELEON.  The player is standing in front of a square long and is decently blending into the open face of long and its rings.  the character is still visible due to a material shine on the edges of the character and imperfect color matching but would not be noticeable at a glance.A poorly hidden player in MECCHA CHAMELEON attempting to blend in with a wall and a wall mounted pegboard holding tools  The blue background color in the camouflage is too dark of a color blue and the lower portion of the player over the peg board is too light compared the the surfaces behind it. The photo reflects the post game portion of the match, meaning sometimes a bad disguise can still get the job done and in this case it did.
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techlifecrisis @techlifecrisis.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
I'm not gonna lie...when I saw the halo campaign evolved trailer, I thought for a brief moment they might be making a halo friendslop game. "The chief, Stuff of legends...but that not the story I'm telling today" Cut to these 4 goober while saying "Drop in, get the goods, get out unnoticed" 😂
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techlifecrisis @techlifecrisis.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
A ~45% price increase on 4 year old hardware is insane. As the kids would say, gaming is cooked.
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techlifecrisis @techlifecrisis.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Is it just me or have discord notifications have been awful the past couple of months? not only have then been sending out while you have an active client connected to other devices but they are often delayed, often by hours.
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techlifecrisis @techlifecrisis.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
This was a fun one to work on! I hadn't worked on a multi person collab edit in quite a while but wanted to get back in the hang of it and experiment with creating an audio visualization as a part of the edit. Thanks for the laughs @pepthefish.bsky.social !
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techlifecrisis @techlifecrisis.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
well steam controller order went as well as my steam deck one went for me on launch. Never able to check out...
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techlifecrisis @techlifecrisis.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
bluesky just push another vibe coded update or what?
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techlifecrisis @techlifecrisis.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Dusting off the old video editing skills after a bit of a break...sorta like riding a bike I guess. If you are a morning person support my friend Pep!
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techlifecrisis @techlifecrisis.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Marathon turned out better than I expected from the like time I played it in the alpha. Though I wasn't negative on it really at the time, I still can't believe that a AAA studio settled for copying a dark and darker style menu quest progression (with fmv) vs having an in world hub.
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techlifecrisis @techlifecrisis.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Ok, my 2nd experience generated code with switch case fall through and had a misunderstanding of how URL structure works and doubled down on being incorrect when pressed and I found a couple bugs from the first session too. I'm back at its a good jumping off point but then ignore it...if that.
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techlifecrisis @techlifecrisis.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Did my first "vibe coding" this week to filter a spreadsheet to do string parsing and generating a query and then refactor and deploy it to as an web app. It both feels like magic and insanely frustrating to have it write code that mostly works but has a bunch of bugs baked in too.
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techlifecrisis @techlifecrisis.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Got the platinum for Nightreign! Still have to finish about half of the remembrances but this game has hooked me for almost 100 hours at this point. I absolutely love it!
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techlifecrisis @techlifecrisis.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
I forgot to save my gameplay so the trophy is the best replay I've got sadly. oh well, I'm happy!
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techlifecrisis @techlifecrisis.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
I wasn't sure I was going to be able to pull it off but I managed to beat all the night lords in nightreign (including the hard mode gaping jaw from this week) with a little help from my friends and some internet strangers. The final boss was quite a bit easier than the last couple I was stuck on.
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techlifecrisis @techlifecrisis.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
If it wasn't for the matchmaking issues where groups take forever to fill I think I'd just play Elden Ring Nightreign nonstop. I don't know if I should be frustrated of grateful tbh.
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techlifecrisis @techlifecrisis.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Hell yeah! This nightreign launch trailer has me so hyped for this weekend: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqLM...
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ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN | Official Launch Trailer
YouTube video by BANDAI NAMCO Europe
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techlifecrisis @techlifecrisis.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Far from perfect play but a pretty good run as squirrel girl in Marvel Rivals from a little while back. she is going to be a realmonster in lower ranked games after the buff for sure.
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techlifecrisis @techlifecrisis.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
My favorite part of being a Mac safari user is having to restart the browser multiple times a day because videos just stop working or text just doesn't render anymore until I do. It just seems to get worse every year and I might be finally running out of patience. Software is hard but damn...
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techlifecrisis @techlifecrisis.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
I beat Expedition 33 today! That game is really a once a generation masterpiece. It surprised me from start to end with a creative narrative and modernized takes on ideas largely left behind in AAA. A breath of fresh air and insane value at $50. Congrats to the team on creating such a smash hit!
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techlifecrisis @techlifecrisis.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
It turned out great! Thank you!
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techlifecrisis @techlifecrisis.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
New video for @pepthefish.bsky.social! This one was focused on trying to get a longer edit done quickly without sacrificing quality. Really happy with the turn around on this one and the final product! YouTube: www.youtube.com/shorts/d0ZSh... TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@pepthefish/...
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techlifecrisis @techlifecrisis.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
I just started Expedition 33($50), am enjoying blue prince($30), and I'm playing Nightreign next($40). The number of games I'm willing to spend $80 is basically non-existent with games this good for less or free. If sales still cap out at ~50-66%, publishers can expect to make less money from me.
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techlifecrisis @techlifecrisis.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
I wanted to experiment with a faster edit by trying this clip based format for the latest video for @pepthefish.bsky.social with a the cyberpunk 2077 bug showcase. Enjoy! Watch on Youtube: www.youtube.com/shorts/34prL... Watch on TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@pepthefish/...
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techlifecrisis @techlifecrisis.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
This project was about using masks to be able to composite apply effects to the background. I'm trying to expand my skills while showing off some different type of content for @pepthefish.bsky.social Watch on TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@pepthefish/... Watch on YouTube: www.youtube.com/shorts/RqGZr...
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techlifecrisis @techlifecrisis.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
To back up my marvel rivals matchmaking gripes this season: quickplay stats: 79% win rate 55/78 where I've only lost 2 games in a row 1 time in the last 39 games competitive states: 39% win rate 11/28 games in BRONZE...and the loss streaks are insane...won 3 out of my last 11 games...
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techlifecrisis @techlifecrisis.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Marvel rivals ruined competitive season 2 by collapsing 9 levels down to the lowest level. I've been 40/6 and still lost. I've had 30k+ healing and still lost. Matchmaking is broken and even if I'm top 1-2 players on my team it does matter I still lose 60% of my games in bronze. RIP
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techlifecrisis @techlifecrisis.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Played a more marathon today and had the totally different experience: losing at ~half of my games. No VC at all and lots of confusion and split groups as a result as lots of people went to where they wanted to complete their own goals. It might be a game that you really need a friend group for.
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techlifecrisis @techlifecrisis.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
How could they name this Marvel Rivals Mantis skin "Flora Maiden" when "Plantis" was right there in reach 😔
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techlifecrisis @techlifecrisis.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Got one!!!!! Please don't get canceled🤞
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techlifecrisis @techlifecrisis.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Switch 2 preorders going as expected. 20 minutes refreshing and trying to get a payment to process till it sells out at target and then after I got through a queue at Walmart selecting my address failed for 8 of my ten minutes and then my bank marked my purchase as fraud and they sold out after 🙃
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techlifecrisis @techlifecrisis.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Marathon ~5 game impressions: Gunplay feels good. Almost noone on console uses VC and that can lead to extraction coordination issues. Early progression seems easy enough early on which is nice. If you die but your team wins the fight you can still be "rebooted". nice! Haven't wiped yet. More below.
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techlifecrisis @techlifecrisis.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
I didn't think it would ever happen and ti ruined my sleep schedule but I finally unlocked the marvel rivals Platinum! Time to sleep 😪
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techlifecrisis @techlifecrisis.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Silver 3 finally! Hopefully the nightmare is over and I can just get to gold quickly. Turns out the "don't player support" advice is really true with how the strong dive is and how the new "merit based" scoring works. I'm guessing this is not working out like intended.
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techlifecrisis @techlifecrisis.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
I hope bungie removes the publisher restrictions on uploading marathon clips to the playstation app when the alpha is live as that is my main way of getting clips to my computer for editing. I guess maybe I should migrate my capture card to my new PC this week just incase that doesn't happen.
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techlifecrisis @techlifecrisis.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
iPhone mirroring would be such a killer feature if I didn't have to often power cycle or update both devices when it stops working. I hope it gets sorted in the near future because It makes exporting footage from my ps5 so much easier when I only need to worry about working with 2 devices vs 3.
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techlifecrisis @techlifecrisis.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Oh shit, I almost missed that I got into the Marathon Alpha and they have dropped the NDA 👀
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techlifecrisis @techlifecrisis.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
If anything gets me to quit Marvel Rivals it will be this season's grind. I've played more matches in Bronze 3 than I had to play to get to gold for the skins last season. I still lost this match because my team all went DPS after and one "DC"ed the 2nd half of the match. Now tell me to get good 🫠
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techlifecrisis @techlifecrisis.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
One of the more technical edits I've done for @pepthefish.bsky.social. This was my first time attempting to do a tracked mosaic blur and every shot was a composite mask of vtuber and gameplay. It shows of Pep's edge too 😅 Youtube: youtube.com/shorts/UKFbX... TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@pepthefish/...
A Final Cut Pro timeline with audio staging and layered video for composite shots of a vtuber named PepTheFish and subnautica gameplay.
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techlifecrisis @techlifecrisis.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Here is another project for @titibohbaka.bsky.social! This is what I like to call a topic video where I find related clips to tell a story starting with a few key phrases from transcribed captions. In this case poor booh is a little lost. Watch on YouTube: www.youtube.com/shorts/y7m2b...
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techlifecrisis @techlifecrisis.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
What are video editors using for a video converter/FFMPEG frontend app these days on Mac? Is handbrake still the go to or are there newer better options that have popped up in the last 10 years that I should be aware of?
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techlifecrisis @techlifecrisis.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
The last Bungie game I played was the original Destiny at launch and while it was a miss for me I did enjoy the multiplayer quite a bit. Thats enough for me to give marathon a shot even though this guy (who is old enough to remember the original) is sort of over FPS games at this point.
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techlifecrisis @techlifecrisis.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
This was my favorite project to date for @pepthefish.bsky.social. I mashed up 2 cuts that were right next to each other in the main VOD and they worked so well together. The reflected explosion was a fun detail to work on as well. I really loved the final result on this one! Links in the replies.
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techlifecrisis @techlifecrisis.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
My first short form video for @titibohbaka.bsky.social! This was a fun moment to edit where I learned how to composite her model that has some big hair, a built in crop on the right hand side of the video, and lots of manual masking of background UI elements. I learned a lot! Thanks Booh!
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techlifecrisis @techlifecrisis.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
It felt really bad jamming all my tech purchases I'd normally spread out over years into a few months but my worst fears have basically all come to pass and justified it sadly. No escape in your hobbies anymore either. Shit is only going to get worse from here.
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techlifecrisis @techlifecrisis.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
This is an example of what I'd throw in as a freebie. This came out of the last pico park project I worked on to keep the flow going and avoid a bit of repetition. @pepthefish.bsky.social liked the content so we just made it a super short. This was like the 4th video I ever edited quite a ways back😅
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techlifecrisis @techlifecrisis.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
A PvPvE game from From software?! I'm loving this experimental phase From Software seems to be going through between This and Nightreign. More of this from all developers please! www.youtube.com/watch?v=77bn...
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The Duskbloods (FromSoftware Exclusive) - Trailer | Nintendo Switch 2 Direct
YouTube video by IGN
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techlifecrisis @techlifecrisis.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
The Switch 2 looks great. You win my money again Nintendo!
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techlifecrisis @techlifecrisis.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Video game bugs can be stunning sometimes.
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techlifecrisis @techlifecrisis.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Adepticon was good this year and Milwaukee was a pretty damn cool city. Good change for the event overall I think.
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techlifecrisis @techlifecrisis.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Adepticon 2025 badge line and advanced badge swag. Pretty nutty to get a full skaventide.
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