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Seb Downie-Blackwell 🔜 Games Ground Berlin

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Games Industry Veteran of 26.3 years & 100+ games Partner/Head of Production at Remote Control Productions Managing Director at It Matters Games Owner of NOTHING MATTERS "Mr Gamescom" - Linkedin Star of "Seb Simulator 25" Your new dad.

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Seb Downie-Blackwell 🔜 Games Ground Berlin @downieseb.bsky.social · Mar 16

This cursed GDC thread got me a few new followers so bio refresh time.

In games 26 years. Support indie devs with studio strategy, problem solving, direction. Part sleazy uncle, part production werewolf.

Dad of two sons. Husband of one wife.

Your mom fancies me

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Seb Downie-Blackwell 🔜 Games Ground Berlin @downieseb.bsky.social · 1h

String cheese

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Seb Downie-Blackwell 🔜 Games Ground Berlin @downieseb.bsky.social · 5h

Entering my tall and sweaty era

Seb Downie-Blackwell 🔜 Games Ground Berlin @downieseb.bsky.social · 5h

Off to Thunder Mountain to bother some monkeys

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Seb Downie-Blackwell 🔜 Games Ground Berlin @downieseb.bsky.social · 6h

F'kn Gundam, mate

Seb Downie-Blackwell 🔜 Games Ground Berlin @downieseb.bsky.social · 1d

I've been awake since 4AM.
Everyone else is still sleeping.
It's 7AM.
Here's yesterday's Gundam:

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Brendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social · 10h

Visa and Mastercard have the opportunity to do something really funny.

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 14h

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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Seb Downie-Blackwell 🔜 Games Ground Berlin @downieseb.bsky.social · 6h

Black Revolution

Seb Downie-Blackwell 🔜 Games Ground Berlin @downieseb.bsky.social · 7h

Made with only the best rare earth minerals

Seb Downie-Blackwell 🔜 Games Ground Berlin @downieseb.bsky.social · 7h

Brb. Gonna lose control of my life for a few weeks

Boris @vosk.bsky.social · 22h

Japan really is built different

Seb Downie-Blackwell 🔜 Games Ground Berlin @downieseb.bsky.social · 7h

I dunno.
Pixels had more art directional cohesion than these clips

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Seb Downie-Blackwell 🔜 Games Ground Berlin @downieseb.bsky.social · 7h

Boardroom: *does massive line*
"What if we wrapped the wrapper?"

Rest of the board: "By Jove, he's cracked it. Send for more ketamin!"

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Seb Downie-Blackwell 🔜 Games Ground Berlin @downieseb.bsky.social · 7h

I walk into the bathroom
Japanese Toilet: *Opens up automatically, blue light shines, quickly cleans itself, plays a jingle*
Me: "Even my family is not that excited to see me 😭. Anyway..."
*Pulls down pants*

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Seb Downie-Blackwell 🔜 Games Ground Berlin @downieseb.bsky.social · 7h

We're not ready for that

Seb Downie-Blackwell 🔜 Games Ground Berlin @downieseb.bsky.social · 8h

From this guy, to THIS guy 😅

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Seb Downie-Blackwell 🔜 Games Ground Berlin @downieseb.bsky.social · 8h

Gonna see some monkeys today.
Stay tuned for monkeys.

Seb Downie-Blackwell 🔜 Games Ground Berlin @downieseb.bsky.social · 8h

I hope you let that breathe for a few minutes

Seb Downie-Blackwell 🔜 Games Ground Berlin @downieseb.bsky.social · 8h

Pretty sure we're Sith

Seb Downie-Blackwell 🔜 Games Ground Berlin @downieseb.bsky.social · 9h

Preview of yesterday's activities

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Seb Downie-Blackwell 🔜 Games Ground Berlin @downieseb.bsky.social · 9h

a man with horns on his head is standing in a room with pink lights

ALT: a man with horns on his head is standing in a room with pink lights

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Seb Downie-Blackwell 🔜 Games Ground Berlin @downieseb.bsky.social · 9h

Aye I think so

Seb Downie-Blackwell 🔜 Games Ground Berlin @downieseb.bsky.social · 18h

Yes, please visit so the tourist office picks up my yakitori expenses

Seb Downie-Blackwell 🔜 Games Ground Berlin @downieseb.bsky.social · 18h

Sure I'll eat anything
Fuck it

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Seb Downie-Blackwell 🔜 Games Ground Berlin @downieseb.bsky.social · 18h

Horsemeat is soso. Couldn't eat a whole one

Seb Downie-Blackwell 🔜 Games Ground Berlin @downieseb.bsky.social · 18h

Second wife dinner of raw horsemeat and yakitori

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Seb Downie-Blackwell 🔜 Games Ground Berlin @downieseb.bsky.social · 18h

None. I'm unfortunately gluten free and not made it to The One yet.

Working my way down the list slowly but surely.

Sushi, katsu curry and yakitori today

Seb Downie-Blackwell 🔜 Games Ground Berlin @downieseb.bsky.social · 18h

Kyoto tomorrow, then Nara then Osaka again and then a place by a lake near Fuji and then some little play called Tokyo

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