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Russ Petersen

@nitemoogle.bsky.social

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He/Him. Designer at Cliffhanger Games. This is a personal account.

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Russ Petersen @nitemoogle.bsky.social · May 28

I am, regrettably, available to make your game better as a designer. Looking for senior, principal, or lead roles on games that want to leverage my leadership, systems, progression, technical, live service (and more) background. Unfortunately, relocation from Orange County is not an option.

A snippet resume. DM me if you want the whole thing.

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Russ Petersen @nitemoogle.bsky.social · 3h

LA/OC we gotta step up our game

April Glick Pulito @aprilglick.bsky.social · 5h

TRANSITION CO-CHAIR LINA KHAN!?!?!??!

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Liz England @lizardengland.bsky.social · 5h

man I dunno this is just off the top of my head, probably missed some things

GDC informa survey of the industry with the question "From your perspective, what is responsible for the rise in layoffs in the game industry?" and the answer "The economy is heading south so people are battening down the hatches. Money continues to flow upwards and consolidate in fewer hands, leaving the rest to fight for crumbs and fold. The promise of cheap labor - whether it's AI or offshoring - combines with the pressures of our capitalist system on infinite growth and competing for ever larger slices of the pie to keep costs down. The business chases profit to the point where our industry seeks out the lowest cost methods to produce the most revenue, sacrificing quality in favor quantity and a sweatshop approach to development. Funding sources have dried up, with fewer investors or publishers willing to fund a game through completion and instead pulling out partway, leaving teams abandoned with incomplete games and no money to finish them. What funding exists requires significant investment on the side of the creators in the first place - money that, again, is not available except for very few - or is dedicated toward the AI bubble, incentivizing companies to go all-in on a technology that requires them to destroy our own labor market."

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Russ Petersen @nitemoogle.bsky.social · 1d

There are more reasons that the Black Panther game was cancelled than what the character stands for but it's really quite impossible for me to seperate that as an unrelated reason for the studio closure!

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Russ Petersen @nitemoogle.bsky.social · 1d

I don't really love to throw industry shade because it's rarely black and white, but I am going to remind people that a game starring arguably the most iconic black superhero was cancelled *in advance* of this sale and all of the GDC talks from staff working on it were shot down at the EA level

Aftermath @aftermath.site · 1d

EA says it will retain creative control following Saudi sale, but like, come on

aftermath.site/ea-saudi-ara...

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Andy Pearlman @apearlma.bsky.social · 1d

the onion should do the funniest thing ever and start up a subsidiary that does real news

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Cass @cassmarshall.bsky.social · 2d

i owe so many video game designers an apology

Perry Areolar @perryodontal.bsky.social · 2d

the password to the louvre surveillance server was "louvre"

www.thesocialpost.it/2025/11/02/f...

according to the liberation newspaper, documents dating back to a 2014 inspection by the French National Agency for the Security of Computer Systems reported a staggering detail: "the password of the louvre's video surveillance server was simply " louvre. "

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Daisy Rockwell @shreedaisy.bsky.social · 3d

On DHS’s unauthorized use of Norman Rockwell’s paintings across social media, an op-ed from our family today in @usatoday.com www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

We're Norman Rockwell's family. Trump's DHS has shamefully misused his work. | Opinion

As Norman Rockwell's family, we know he'd be devastated to see the Department of Homeland Security's unauthorized misuse of his work.

www.usatoday.com

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Cailín Walsh 🍀 @cailin.dev · 3d

If the clocks roll back due to daylight savings ending during game seven of the world series that unlocks an infinite inning overflow glitch

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Russ Petersen @nitemoogle.bsky.social · 6d

lunch soon k?

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 7d

BREAKING: Democrats just tried to pass a standalone bill to fund WIC & SNAP to make sure families don't go hungry during the Republican shutdown.

Republicans BLOCKED it. So Trump won't use emergency funds to keep SNAP running, and Republicans won't let any bills pass. Shameful.

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Russ Petersen @nitemoogle.bsky.social · 6d

This is the "silence political opposition" phase of things by the way

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 7d

Trump’s DOJ unsealed an indictment against six protesters—including Democratic congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh, for allegedly impeding an ICE officer outside of a detention facility.

The move is a stunning continuation of Trump’s weaponization of judicial and police power to crush dissent.

House candidate Kat Abughazaleh calls her indictment for protesting a "political prosecution”

“This case is a major push by the Trump administration to criminalize protest and punish anyone who speaks out against them.”

www.motherjones.com

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Microplastics Sommelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 8d

Dominos meme
White Sox fan forced to accept Cubs jersey

Assyrian bishops refuse to condemn Nestorius's 431 challenge to the use of the title Theotokos ('Bearer of God'") for Mary.

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Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social · 9d

I asked Microsoft PR about this—specially the DHS using Halo IP to recruit for ICE—and the company declined to comment.

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Russ Petersen @nitemoogle.bsky.social · 12d

I'm not even gonna dignify that Uptoown video with a repost, but whenever y'all are over the idea that you can replace humans in an creative endeavor, please DM me

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 13d

A blaring red warning signal for the rule of law; a President declaring “we’re just gonna kill people” without a trial or even a shred of due process.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13d

Trump: "I don't think we're necessarily going to ask for a declaration of war, I think we're just gonna kill people that are bringing drugs into our country. We're going to kill them. They're going to be, like dead."

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Russ Petersen @nitemoogle.bsky.social · 14d

Just when I feel like I am starting to accept and have pace with the idea that I may be out of work for a while, the fucking slab leak returns.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 14d

All the things folks pretended were happening in 2022-23 under Joe Biden are actually happening now under Donald Trump

Tahar 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🇺🇳 🇪🇺 @rochaa.bsky.social · 14d

Highest credit card delinquency since the financial crisis 14 years ago.

Add that to home sellers outnumbering homebuyers, consumer confiance plummeting, consumer spending plummeting, inflation increasing, growth decreasing unemployment increasing… a brewing storm.

Good economic news all around👍👍

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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 15d

The average age of U.S. homebuyers is now 56, up from 49 last year.

In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.

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Russ Petersen @nitemoogle.bsky.social · 16d

who exactly was stunned by this

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Russ Petersen @nitemoogle.bsky.social · 21d

Look, there's a lot you can say about EA right now that isn't kind, but I have to give huge kudos to the team that did the building destruction in BF6 because it is -bananas- good for something so procedural.

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Russ Petersen @nitemoogle.bsky.social · 23d

funding partner backed out

(this will always be too soon, I am sorry)

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 27d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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No More Robots @nomorerobots.io · 27d

Here's how we handle manchildren on the Steam forums at No More Robots:

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Russ Petersen @nitemoogle.bsky.social · 28d

the metaphorical layers on this one are thick