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WILL BUTLER

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PhD researcher at Bath Spa | videogame preservation | lifting my skinny fists like antennas to heaven

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WILL BUTLER @carrythezero.bsky.social · Feb 4

Words from me! A huge thanks to @karthupial.bsky.social for the edits as well as @isaacpatmurphy.lostincult.co.uk, @philsalv.bsky.social and Prof. Newman for their time and invaluable insight.

Eurogamer @eurogamer.bsky.social · Feb 4

Games preservation took steps forward in 2024 - but still has a long way to go
www.eurogamer.net/games-preser...

Stacks of old game cartridges and video game books by Lost in Cult are arranged in front of blue-shaded archive shelves.

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WILL BUTLER @carrythezero.bsky.social · 2h

Can't wait to see the first Any% Sekiro speedrun on the Gboard. I love this thing.

WILL BUTLER @carrythezero.bsky.social · 1d

It's so spiritually gratifying to be able to play an album I love on vinyl. But it doesn't have to be that for you. Torrent from FLACs, rip some CDs.

Insist upon your humanity and take your music back.

WILL BUTLER @carrythezero.bsky.social · 1d

The harm the streamers did by taking music - something so essential to many people's lives - devaluing it completely and then trapping it behind a wall of detritus for those who still want to access it... it's frankly cultural vandalism.

demon grrl 😈🏳️‍⚧️ @demongrrl.gay · 5d

seriously

for fucks sake

cancel your spotify subscription

@PopBase on Twitter "Spotify teams up with ChatGPT to offer personalized recommendations."

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WILL BUTLER @carrythezero.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Birthday, pal!!!!

WILL BUTLER @carrythezero.bsky.social · 9d

Good list! ALSO, it's amazing to me how little Pluto is spoken about nowadays as an all-timer anime. Netflix absolutely fumbled it.

Endless Mode @endlessmode.bsky.social · 9d

Anime: sometimes it’s good? www.endlessmode.com/anime/anime/...

The 35 Best Anime of All Time

Our picks for the best anime aim to be accessible and challenging titles for both newcomers and anime buffs alike.

www.endlessmode.com

WILL BUTLER @carrythezero.bsky.social · 13d

There is no instrument on earth Matt Berry couldn't sell me on. youtu.be/hbO1z13WP8o

"How to Orchid" by Telepathic Instruments

YouTube video by Telepathic Instruments

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WILL BUTLER @carrythezero.bsky.social · 14d

Hades II got its hooks in me last night. Supergiant simply do not miss.

My hot take is this: Darren Korb is the best guitar player working in games. The riffs are sweet, sure, but there's no other composer I'm aware of that treats their guitar like a string suite as well.

WILL BUTLER @carrythezero.bsky.social · 14d

If you weren't already boycotting, Microsoft have made the decision even easier for you.

Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 14d

BREAKING: Microsoft is announcing big changes to Xbox Game Pass today. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is getting more features, but it's going up to $29.99 a month. PC games + cloud are also coming to new Game Pass Essential + Premium plans. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/789424/...

Microsoft revamps Xbox Game Pass plans and hikes Ultimate to $29.99 a month

All Xbox Game Pass tiers are getting big changes

www.theverge.com

WILL BUTLER @carrythezero.bsky.social · 22d

Watching the trailer for the original Skate and at 0:27, the player ollies onto the outside of a hip and hits the bank. It's not a lot of air, it's not even a trick. But that simple, realistic board expression feels completely absent in everything surrounding Skate 4
youtu.be/-53C6963x1M

skate. Game Trailer

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WILL BUTLER @carrythezero.bsky.social · 23d

The AT-AT stacking it off the mountain was pretty good. I'll concede that much.

WILL BUTLER @carrythezero.bsky.social · 23d

Star Wars is a franchise built on a foundation of funny little freaks. But the second you commodify them, they stop being little freaks and become mascots.

We can all still enjoy Salacious B. Crumb because Disney haven't realised how popular a disgusting little rat man would be in the right show.

WILL BUTLER @carrythezero.bsky.social · 23d

Pining for the days where we all called him Baby Yoda. Before he was a mascot, he was just a funny little guy that knew Werner Herzog.

Polygon @polygon.com · 23d

Have you ever seen a Baby Yoda swimming? You will!

The Mandalorian and Grogu's first trailer confirms Baby Yoda still adorable

Have you ever seen a Baby Yoda swimming? You will!

www.polygon.com

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WILL BUTLER @carrythezero.bsky.social · 24d

Hit Silksong credits last night and here's my experience:

When I'm getting bodied by bosses, it's over-tuned, cruel, punishing. Was this even playtested?! I'm muttering angrily. My wife is worried about me.

When I'm winning, it's incredible, an intense tribute to perseverance, what a masterpiece.

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Ryan T. Brown 🎮🩷 @toadsanime.lostincult.co.uk · 27d

Palestinian Voices in Games announced - a network of more than 50 industry professionals supporting Palestinian video game creators, with 4 games currently receiving help.

(Read more: Palestinian Voices in Games)

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WILL BUTLER @carrythezero.bsky.social · 28d

I don't think these guys understand what revolutions are. Hopefully they will soon!

Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 28d

"Britain must burn more fossil fuels and bills must rise in order to power the robot that'll fire everyone. How else will I afford my next private island?"

Nvidia says Britain will have to burn gas to power technology revolution

The company chief executive Jensen Huang says the UK’s costly electricity means new data centres will rely on fossil fuel as well as renewable energy

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WILL BUTLER @carrythezero.bsky.social · 28d

This is one of the issues at the heart of my research.

When I ask devs to list the tools they use on the daily basis - ESPECIALLY live service devs - the amount of software needed to recreate their work environment is just so vast.

Garrett Fredley @somecronzaguy.bsky.social · 28d

For my fellow game developers out there, a starter tip for preparing your games for archiving:

Write down the list of software & tool versions you use, their respective download links, and even an offline copy of the installers if possible. These are needed for reconstitution

WILL BUTLER @carrythezero.bsky.social · Sep 15

RP the kinda guy to enter a conversation with "haha what are we laughing about?". Just sucks the vibes out of a room.

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Ant @agramuglia.bsky.social · Sep 12

IGN's website after 9/11 is....surreal.

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Steven Perkins @stevenperkins.bsky.social · Sep 10

Hans Moleman in the Simpsons, inside a phone booth with birds crashing into it and cracking the glass. He is talking on the telephone. The caption reads: “I need the most on-the-nose metaphor you have. No, that’s too on-the-nose.”

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WILL BUTLER @carrythezero.bsky.social · Sep 10

Turnstile Tiny Desk just dropped and these boys are stage diving in the office!! Call HR!!
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Turnstile: Tiny Desk Concert

YouTube video by NPR Music

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WILL BUTLER @carrythezero.bsky.social · Sep 9

YES!!! Congrats pal so happy for ya :D

WILL BUTLER @carrythezero.bsky.social · Sep 8

The Silksong discourses are whatever but my biggest takeaway from this otherwise excellent videogame is that it's showing me exactly how much my reflexes have dulled in the years since HK 😔

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Denny's Grand Slamwich @brutejussy.etheirys.social · Sep 6

"this silksong boss is so hard" and a pic is posted and this is the boss i see

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WILL BUTLER @carrythezero.bsky.social · Sep 6

Really interesting thread about the idea of a game "respecting your time".

My thing with this is that as the demographic for game players has diversified, the value of the avg. players time has too.

When I was an undergrad, my time couldn't be disrespected because *I* had no respect for it.

Kayin @kayin.moe · Sep 5

The 'does not respect your time' thing is so relative because I feel like all those like super smooth high production games have absolutely no respect for my time, they just want to consume it and give me nothing back in return.

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WILL BUTLER @carrythezero.bsky.social · Sep 3

Wish I was there!!!