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Jaron @veritonsils.bsky.social · 5h

Goddamn the bar is so unbelievably low for men

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Jaron @veritonsils.bsky.social · 7h

Okay Boston, I see you. I'm fall ready

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Jaron @veritonsils.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Do you need an animator to make your little guys move good? Can you pay them to make those little guys move good? Then Lindsey can help! Hire her today!

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MattLakeTA @mattlaketa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Technical Animation in Video Games returns for a second edition! Included are nearly 100 new pages, major rewrites and factors to update the text for the latest software versions, plus corrections, bug fixes, and rewrites throughout to communicate more info to you!

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Jaron @veritonsils.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Okay I have yet to touch Blender but maybe this workflow/toolset will get me to finally try it out youtu.be/M2J_fQNLDfg

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Motion Sculpting: A New Animation Paradigm — BCON26

YouTube video by Blender

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Jaron @veritonsils.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It's monday so you know what that means: that's right, I'm seeby

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The kid puts up with years of dysfunction from a shitty parent, and then, one day, finally understands they would never change/would never care. So, they cut their losses and save themselves. But "she cut contact over a haircut" makes the kid sound crazy, so that becomes the parent's story.

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I find it fascinating that so many estranged parents view the estrangement as an incident, not as a process. So it's forums full of Boomers going "She stopped talking to me because I said her haircut was bad! She's so UNREASONABLE!", when, in reality, they've been shitting on their kid for decades.

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Jaron @veritonsils.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Jakey is back at it again with a video about one of the things I love the most about games: Mods. And no not the hall monitor people. youtu.be/vkYu3seV9FI

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How Mods Changed Video Games Forever

YouTube video by NakeyJakey

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Jaron @veritonsils.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Excuse me are these impact frames in CONTROL? That's sick as hell

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Tim Price @timprice.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

You joined "grand vizier chat (secret)" You: dark rumors from aboard You: abroad* fuck Sssnakecharmer: mf said aboard WhispersintheChapel: ahoy matey lol PonderMyOrb changed the group name to "rumors from aboard"

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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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Pip Wren @lollibeepop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A joyous fat bear week to all 🐻

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Jaron @veritonsils.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Idk y'all my dad was a pilot and I can guarantee not a single friend I met of his were furries. They think my job still involves drawing for fuck's sake.

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Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

in a week that saw microsoft give activision the reins to halo and bungie pivot back to destiny, one thing has become abundantly clear: the people in charge do not have a long-term, overriding plan. they’re just reacting. the result, when times are bad, is chaos

"Things are still very chaotic," a current id Software employee who was granted anonymity because they are not authorized to speak publicly told Aftermath. "While there has been an attempt to communicate to the studios, it is still entirely in bullshit corporate speak. I still don't believe they have a clear vision for the future. The only concrete thing they have communicated is they want higher profits, and they want it now. Aggressive goals are being set that would have been unrealistic even before the layoffs. ... To say the workers within Xbox have a dim view of the future is putting it mildly. We keep thinking morale can't sink lower but the obvious incompetence of Xbox management somehow keeps driving it down worse."
This mirrors shifts in strategy that have come to dominate the still-new Sharma era, including others outlined Tuesday. Rare is joining Activision, Turn 10 and Playground are fusing, and—most gallingly, considering their history—Obsidian is being folded into Bethesda to work on Fallout instead of its own original series. As with the previous round of layoffs, details betray Microsoft's haphazard approach: A Halo developer got promoted and laid off in the same week. Gears of War: E-Day's story director is out of a job days after celebrating that the game had gone gold. Hellblade developer Ninja Theory, now without a buyer after a brief glimmer of hope, is once again on the chopping block.
All of this betrays a simplistic mindset that does not accurately reflect the reality of game development: People are disposable, studios are interchangeable, and series can be traded like sports teams. Nothing matters more than franchises and their money-printing prowess. Unless, evidently, you are Hideo Kojima, in which case Microsoft suddenly has money to burn.

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Jaron @veritonsils.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Not long after I got laid off from CD after Perfect Dark was cancelled, I met up with an old friend and some other game devs for a nice homecooked meal. Every single one of us had a "fucked over by Microsoft" story.

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Imran Khan @imrankhan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The gaming industry deserves better than what Microsoft is doing to it.

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Jaron @veritonsils.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

When the industry rebuilds, and eventually it will, I hope we all remember these times.

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dan mentos @danmentos.com · 22/09/2026

[job interview] interviewer: so god killed all your kids? job: that's right

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Jaron @veritonsils.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Elden Ring Bingo is the greatest sport ever invented

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Magnum, T.I.(M.) @hydrationchimp.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

it’s time to give Ms Rachel a gundam

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Raj Patel @rajio.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I need to point out that a lot of the people who used to report on games industry layoffs and closures have stopped doing so, except maybe for extreme headline stories. There are almost no reliable and consistant sources for this information remaining.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 15/09/2026

A lot of people really have no idea what's coming with the energy crisis in the coming months. A lot of the crisis from the start of the war were postponed but those tricks can no longer work. We're about to see the worst energy crisis in 50 years.

Screenshot of an X post by The Hormuz Letter (@HormuzLetter) reporting breaking news about Saudi oil exports.
The post reads:
"BREAKING: Saudi Arabia has informed its European customers that late-September crude oil cargoes will be cancelled, due to the East-West pipeline being shut after last week's attacks and Yemen's Houthis taking over the entire Red Sea coast, per three sources to Reuters.
Yanbu had five to seven days of crude stocks left for export when the East-West line went down, per industry sources on Saturday, and cancelling late-September cargoes means Riyadh does not expect the line back before they run out. Europe has been taking Saudi crude through Yanbu because Hormuz has been closed since spring. On top of the pipeline, the Houthis appear to have struck the YASREF refinery at that same port this morning."
The post is dated 10:20 AM · Sep 15, 2026, with 155.9K views.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/09/2026

So when a Dem says they agree with any of this, they are taking a position that is against what trans people ALREADY HAD just 5 years ago. That's why trans people won't accept it. It's not about progress, it's about preventing a managed decline in civil rights agreed to by Democrats.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/09/2026

So when libs say, you need to do incremental progress like gay marriage, it completely ignores the rollbacks that have happened in 5 years. It is every aspect of trans life from where we use the bathroom, how we are addressed, what our IDs say, to even censorship on discussions about our existence.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/09/2026

Cis people do not understand how much trans people's rights have regressed in just 5 years. 5 years ago, there were none of these restrictions. 19 states banned legal recognition 21 states have bathroom bans 8 states ban gender marker changes on DLs 25 ban gender affirming care for trans youth

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Jaron @veritonsils.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

New year starting off pretty fucking good y'all I'm just saying

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Greg the Sorcerer @gregthesorcerer.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

My scheming vizier when I start to cough after taking a swig of wine from my goblet

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Jeff Grubb @grubb.wtf · 10/09/2026

DLSS 5 is just a lighting pass and not an ai hallucin--

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Jaron @veritonsils.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

What the fuck do you MEAN Zelda is the girl's name

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Jaron @veritonsils.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Y'all are so fucking mean lmao

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Jaron @veritonsils.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

It's bonchon Tuesday!!!!!!!

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Jason Kirk @jasonkirk.fyi · 08/09/2026

Zelda players for decades now, every time there's a new Zelda game, even if it's an old Zelda game: This art is bad Zelda players once that game has been out for at least five years: That art was great

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Jaron @veritonsils.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Y'all are so fucking mean lmao

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Jaron @veritonsils.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I'm eepy but it's Labor Day so I get to nap

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Tim Sormin @timsormin.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Attn: Animators looking for mocap experience! Here's a free set of data for you to play with. You don't have to enter the contest necessrily, but that could be a good idea too. www.xsens.com/animation-co...

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Xsens | Animation Contest 2026 - Terry Notary

Join the Terry Notary Animation Contest to create a unique CGI scene using professional motion capture data and compete for exciting prizes. Submit your entry today.

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Phil Szostak @philszostak.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

“Tony [Gilroy] finally turned to me, and he said, ‘Hey, you just got to stop pitching plot. Plot is bullshit. Plot is what happens when you get the behavior right. Pitch me a line of dialogue, pitch me atmosphere, pitch me something visual. Stop pitching stuff that happens.’” 1/2

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Jaron @veritonsils.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Just realized it's been a little over a year since I was laid off from Crystal Dynamics. What a year it's been! I'm incredibly lucky to have found a new home in Boston. While I'm still trying to find a friend group again, my constants online have kept me sane and helped me more than I could've hoped

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Ash Parrish, Kotaku's LeBron James @adashtra.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Born to dilly dally Forced to shilly shally

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cee @cee.wtf · 04/09/2026

throng.cee.wtf i've invented a new way to browse bluesky

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Jaron @veritonsils.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Unreal has this extremely cool feature where sometimes stuff doesn't work but if you just redo all the work suddenly it does. Nothing changed. All the settings were the same. It's neat.

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Jaron @veritonsils.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Kids today wanna pretend like it's 2002 but won't wear shit like this.

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