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Matt Yang

@debaser1215.bsky.social

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Indie #gamedev, formerly Maxis, Phoenix Labs. Mutt owner, swing dancer, bad movie lover, #49ers fan. He/him. SF, CA.

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Matt Yang @debaser1215.bsky.social · Oct 18

Howdy folks! Currently working on a PSX-style horror trilogy which has a demo you can play NOW. Check it out! store.steampowered.com/app/3157310/...

#indiegames #indiedev #gamedev #indiehorrorgames

Tales of the Forgotten on Steam

Tales of the Forgotten is a collection of 3 short stories about ghosts that haunt everyday locations. Explore PSX-style environments from a first person view and try to keep your wits during jump scar...

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Matt Yang @debaser1215.bsky.social · 23h

You guys, the AI art lovers found me, help

Matt Yang @debaser1215.bsky.social · Aug 4

The biggest problem with AI art from an art-enjoyer standpoint is that it cannot truly surprise you. It is optimized to give people what they ask for and nothing more.

People will quickly realize that getting exactly what you want from art is boring and unsatisfying.

Matt Yang @debaser1215.bsky.social · 2d

Sigh

Ian Rapoport @rapsheet.bsky.social · 2d

49ers All-Pro Fred Warner suffered a dislocated and broken ankle in today’s game, per coach Kyle Shanahan. A significant, likely season-ending injury with surgery coming.

Matt Yang @debaser1215.bsky.social · 12d

The internet was a mistake

Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 12d

I'm sorry: "if I wish to see a virgin on-screen"?

My Favorite Actress Is Not Human
Tilly Norwood doesn’t need a hairstylist, has no regrettable posts, and if you wish to see a virgin on-screen, this is one of your better chances. That’s because she’s AI.

A picture of some AI girl standing on an AI landscape with an AI monster behind her. I'm gonna be so real: she looks about 14

By Tyler Cowen

Matt Yang @debaser1215.bsky.social · 14d

Your ride at Universal Studios sucks

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 14d

Jimmy Fallon plans to “keep my head down” and avoid politics on “The Tonight Show”: “We hit both sides equally”

Jimmy Fallon Plans to ‘Keep My Head Down’ and Avoid Politics on ‘The Tonight Show’: ‘We Hit Both Sides Equally’

Jimmy Fallon says he plans to "keep my head down" and avoid politics on "The Tonight Show."

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Halloween name @bootsmcgoot.bsky.social · 14d

"i just use it to generate ideas"

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Matt Yang @debaser1215.bsky.social · 22d

Recently watched this show for the first time, great stuff!

Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 22d

Theme song for Rapture Day:

The Leftovers Season 2: Opening Credits (HBO)

YouTube video by HBO

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Matt Yang @debaser1215.bsky.social · 23d

JUICE

Matt Yang @debaser1215.bsky.social · 23d

We got a kicker!

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 25d

As usual with this issue, Harris is calling for a compromise that already exists. Every sporting body has standards for how long athletes must be on hormones before they can compete as women.

The problem isn’t that we’re ignoring ‘reasonable concerns,’ the problem is that republicans are lying.

I agree with the concerns expressed by
parents and players that we have to take into account biological factors such as muscle mass and unfair student athletic advantage when we determine who plays on which teams, especially in contact sports,, Harris writes. "With goodwill and common sense, I believe we can come up with ways to do this, without vilifying and demonizing children."

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 26d

This is why everything sucks. It's not trans people. It's not immigrants. You are being robbed blind before your eyes and those same people also own all the tech and media networks to tell you that the cause is not them

@MorePerfectUS
U.S. billionaires reached a record breaking $7.6 trillion in wealth as of September 2025, an increase of $4.7 trillion in the less than eight years.

Most of that wealth hasn’t been taxed and won’t be taxed under our current system — per
@4TaxFairness
.

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Matt Yang @debaser1215.bsky.social · 28d

Post a movie you like with a terrible rotten tomatoes score

Matt Yang @debaser1215.bsky.social · Sep 14

3rd and Jauan!

Matt Yang @debaser1215.bsky.social · Sep 14

Let's just not have a kicker anymore

Matt Yang @debaser1215.bsky.social · Sep 14

Wild that they didn't call roughing

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · Sep 14

When we think of sexism, it's easy to think of *active* efforts to discriminate against women. But sexism also operates *passively* - like through our inaction on issues like childcare and paid family leave. In that context, return-to-office policies are sexist in consequence, even if not in design.

Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · Sep 14

"The labor participation rate for women with children younger than 5 had the biggest midyear drop in more than 40 years during the first six months of 2025."

Remote policies helped women work. In-office mandates and child care costs are driving them back out.
Low flexibility and high child care costs are pushing mothers with young kids to the sidelines after they joined the workforce in record numbers during the pandemic.

Emma Nelson
The Minnesota Star Tribune
September 13th at 6:01 AM CDT

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · Sep 12

Anybody pretending to have a confident read on the motive of this shooting because of reported inscriptions on bullet shells that included video game references and "If you're reading this, you're gay LMAO" is a fool

hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · Sep 12

I've worked on the far-right beat for nearly 10 years now, and I've had to handle sorting through a lot of misinformation on politically motivated violence. And this is by far the worst instance of it, including from a lot of people who should really know better.

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Matt Yang @debaser1215.bsky.social · Sep 10

Gun control

Matt Yang @debaser1215.bsky.social · Sep 10

Completely agree. I find the runbacks in Silksong to be thrilling and very satisfying to master, almost like speedrunning.

I have to imagine there's a psychological thing going on here. Like, if the platforming section was INSIDE the boss room, I doubt people would complain as much.

Matt Yang @debaser1215.bsky.social · Sep 9

Who is this even for? Who wants to listen to a disembodied AI voice talk generically about a topic without adding any additional insight?

bnacker @bnacker.bsky.social · Sep 9

Starting to regret inventing the podcast

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · Sep 4

This absolute banger

Starmer was recently asked how he would feel if his daughter had to walk past an “asylum hotel”. “I totally get it,” he responded, going on to say that “local people by and large do not want these hotels in their towns, in their place, and nor do I. I’m completely at one with them on that.”

This desire to meet the hard right halfway, to find a middle point, is hopelessly exploitable. In an age of radicalisation, you simply get pulled further and further to the right, while tacitly validating those values at every step. Nowhere is this more evident than in the UK press’s fixation on trans people. The Labour government, following the reactionary centrist logic of trying to diffuse an issue by giving policy ground, has allowed itself to be pulled radically to the right on this matter. First, by abandoning its commitment to changing ID laws to make it easier to transition, then by effectively banning puberty blockers following pressure from those opposed to them. Now the UK is on the verge of implementing a bathroom ban mandating that trans people must be excluded from toilets that match their gender identity. This is being done without parliamentary debate. Most of the public is not aware of it, and yet, if this goes ahead, it would make the UK one of the world’s most illiberal advanced democracies on trans rights.

An actual pragmatist would evaluate and change course. Someone who understood public opinion might notice that anti-immigrant sentiment responds to media coverage, not objective reality. They might reason that this is not a problem that can be addressed by policy concessions because policy is not what is causing it. They might even consider offering a different narrative and seeing whether that makes a dent. A truly daring politician might consider telling the British public the truth: that they are being lied to by the right-wing press about the cause of the country's problems, and that Reform is capitalising on this for political gain.

To put it mildly, this has not worked. The theory was that feeding the wolf would starve it. But, somehow, the beast is stronger than ever. Reactionary centrists simply cannot account for this outcome. All they can think to do is keep throwing more meat.

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49ers on NBC Sports Bay Area @nbcs49ers.bsky.social · Sep 7

Richard Sherman advised the 49ers to replace Jake Moody after the kicker’s missed field goal against the Seahawks 😳

Richard Sherman advocates for 49ers to replace kicker Jake Moody after missed FG vs. Seahawks

Former San Francisco star cornerback Richard Sherman advised the 49ers to replace kicker Jake Moody after his miss against the Seattle Seahawks.

www.nbcsportsbayarea.com

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🍄 Catell-Ruz 🍂 @catellruz.bsky.social · Sep 7

Realizing the nightmarish healthcare system in the US is not only a burden to the people but also to the economy of this country. More American video games workers would be willing to work as freelancers / contractors if the health insurance wasn't tight to a full time job.

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Dan Savage @dansavage.bsky.social · Sep 6

Hardwood floors, the kitchen floor, the bathroom floor — but every time the dog has to puke, he goes and finds a carpet. Has to be on the carpet. Push him off the carpet before he pukes and he holds it until he's back on the carpet.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · Sep 3

Big news: California, Oregon and Washington State just announced a joint "West Coast Health Alliance" to counter Trump/RFK destruction of our public health system.

As I argued last week (see below), this is becoming a new frontier in Dem Gov resistance to Trump.

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Matt Yang @debaser1215.bsky.social · Aug 27

Demo for Lumines Arise fuckin' slaps, y'all.