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Rob "Xemu" Fermier

@xemu.bsky.social

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He/ Him. Making games since 1993. System Shock 1&2, Age of Mythology, Heretic Operative, Millennia, and lots of others. MIT grad, founder at Irrational Games & C Prompt Games. Next project: TBD!

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Rob "Xemu" Fermier @xemu.bsky.social · May 4

Hello BlueSky folks!

My very first official game industry job was working on System Shock at Looking Glass - which was previously known as ...
"Blue Sky Productions"

So I take this as an auspicious sign for the success of the game dev community here!

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 1h

The list of things the next admin needs to do for purely national security reasons is very long.

On top of potential exposure of the presidential bunker (see quoted thread), there’s going through all govt computers to find what Musk operatives put on there or accidentally let in, and so much more.

Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 2h

Which is to say the next Dem administration quite literally needs to tear it down on day 1 if for anything, national security reasons

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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 3h

Since Barack Obama, Democratic presidential candidates and "dark money" groups have raised more money than Republicans--often doubling them.

So much of the Dem money is wasted. Publishing a piece on this Sunday explaining these graphs and much more. I need your help to make the piece viral. Thanks!

Infographic titled “Republican Ecosystem.” Four large curved arrows form a clockwise loop: Donors at the top (magenta), Campaigns on the right (gold), Advocacy Media at the bottom (blue-purple), and Activists on the left (sage green). Each arrow feeds the next, depicting a self-reinforcing cycle. From the Campaigns segment, a smaller gold arrow points outward to a label “Mainstream Media” beside a purple color swatch, indicating spillover influence on non-partisan outlets. Credit “Matthew Sheffield, flux.community” appears at bottom left.

Infographic titled “Democratic Ecosystem.” Three large curved arrows form a clockwise loop: Donors at the top (magenta), Campaigns on the right (gold), and Activists on the left (sage green). Together they create an incomplete circle with a visible gap at the bottom. A small blue square labeled Advocacy Media sits outside the loop, connected by a thin arrow from Activists, showing weak integration. To the right, a large blue box labeled Mainstream Media represents the dominant external media sphere. Credit at lower left reads “Matthew Sheffield, flux.community.” The design contrasts with the “Republican Ecosystem” version by emphasizing the Democratic side’s weaker feedback loop between activists, donors, and media.

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meliss-AAAAAHHH! @mel.bzky.team · 23h

cover for the west wing altered to say the remaining wing

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Rob "Xemu" Fermier @xemu.bsky.social · 4h

That's just the diegetic hacking minigame!

Rob "Xemu" Fermier @xemu.bsky.social · 4h

Man, sorry to hear that. It's a rough time everywhere right now. I hope you land on your feet!

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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 15h

Amazing to see this view from another world. Gale Crater on Mars. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech.

View from Mars showing windswept terrain and water-eroded rock formations.

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Cai @annenotation.bsky.social · 18h

Rise of the golden idol is made by two Latvian guys and it's still badly underpriced

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 19h

AAA video games should cost $100 on launch. this would still be extremely cheap for the amount of time and enjoyment you get out of them! But an audience of whiny babies has kept them literally at the same price for *two decades* despite both general inflation *and* sector-specific costs rising

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Rob "Xemu" Fermier @xemu.bsky.social · 16h

You can’t until later (this is not well communicated)

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Parker @jeffparker.bsky.social · 16h

media should be doing this, showing what Trump destroyed of ours with no effort to reclaim or preserve anything

Kim @kimoco.bsky.social · 1d

This is what it used to look like inside the lobby area.

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Rob "Xemu" Fermier @xemu.bsky.social · 22h

Everything I know about delta-v comes from playing Kerbal Space Program :)

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Ryan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 1d

another year, another question in my mandatory state employee ethics training that seems *patently absurd* as our federal administration runs on bribes & extortion

Oh no, did I accidentally eat *vendor supplied pizza*? Next time I’ll request a private jet to ensure I’m ethically above board

An ethics question reading:

Review the scenario, select the best answer, then select Submit. You will receive feedback for your answer.

A university employee was attending a conference out of state and received an invitation to attend a networking dinner at a local pizza parlor with some of their co-workers. The employee attended with every intention of paying for their own dinner, but upon arrival, discovered the vendor had ordered appetizers, several pizzas, and dessert. There was no way to order separately or pay for their portion as the vendor had covered the meal.

What options are available to the employee to come into compliance with the law?

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chubigans @chubigans.bsky.social · 1d

Y'all, the new Steam Personal Calendar is AMAZING. I've added like 10 games to the wishlist that I haven't even heard of that are coming out in the next few weeks. You gotta try it!

store.steampowered.com/personalcale...

Be sure to leave feedback for Valve!

steamcommunity.com/groups/Steam...

Steam Personal Calendar

A personalized-for-you list of games that have released recently, or are coming soon.

store.steampowered.com

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Rob "Xemu" Fermier @xemu.bsky.social · 1d

I'm okay with this ONLY if it's like 6 hrs of people asking "Sheep for Stone?"

IGN @ign.com · 1d

Netflix is making various films and TV series based on Catan, the world-renowned multiplayer board game.

Netflix Goes All-in on Catan, With Live-Action and Animated Films and TV Series Planned

bit.ly

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 2d

bed is unavailable due to being offline

4 frames from Knives Out: Glass Onion-
daniel craig: It’s so dumb.
woman: It’s so dumb it’s brilliant!
daniel: No! It’s just dumb!

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Rob "Xemu" Fermier @xemu.bsky.social · 2d

I am a HUGE sucker for any kind of in-game diegetic radio, like in Fallout or prominently in GTA. I literally will sometimes just sit in my car in the various GTA games to listen to the radio and be immersed in the cityscapes.

Joe Fielder @joefielder.bsky.social · 2d

If you asked me what my favorite parts were to work on for The Outer Worlds 2, this would cover... a fair amount of them.

Obsidian @obsidian.net · 2d

Join us for a deep dive into The Outer Worlds 2 on the Official Xbox Podcast! Explore Arcadia’s factions and one-of-a-kind radio stations—filled with original songs, ads, skits, and eccentric voices that bring the world to life.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zabO...

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Rob "Xemu" Fermier @xemu.bsky.social · 2d

I thought that before I played Ghost of Yotei, but yeah - Hell is Us is an amazing game that I think got overshadowed.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 2d

This is the asymmetry in our politics and media. If this was the other way around, Biden had pardoned someone then charged with trying to kill Trump, it would be the biggest story in America and every Republican commentator, congressman, news outlet, would be screaming about it in unison.

Pardoned Capitol rioter charged with threatening to kill Hakeem Jeffries at NYC event this week

A pardoned Capitol rioter was arrested last weekend for allegedly threatening to kill the top House Democrat.

www.cbsnews.com

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Rob "Xemu" Fermier @xemu.bsky.social · 2d

Welp, I guess I am not quite ready for that Takezo fight on the mountain.

Maybe I will come back to it in the Yotei post game.

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Tom Forsyth @tomforsyth.bsky.social · 2d

Randomly reminded of this "scandal". Look at the reporting! Imagine if we still had an actual working press today.

www.cbsnews.com/news/preside...

Bill Clinton, AG Loretta Lynch meet on tarmac in Phoenix

Meeting comes as Hillary Clinton is under federal investigation for private email server, but both sides say encounter was purely social

www.cbsnews.com

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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 6d

BY THE WAY

If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.

There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.

Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."

TURN IT OFF.

Screenshot from Windows Settings>Privacy and Security>Text and image Generation.

"Text and image generation uses on-device AI technologies to quickly respond to requests. Turning this settings off will not affect apps and features using cloud AI technologies.

Text and image generation
Windows and anyone using this device can use Text and image generation.

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 3d

knocking down the white house? what are we, British?? *room full of APUSH teachers goes wild*

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Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 3d

Ok we’re moving fast people! State of Oregon immediately requested En Banc hearing for reconsideration of the decision by judges across the 9th Circuit:

www.courtlistener.com/docket/71554...

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 3d

An OpenAI executive said GPT-5 found solutions to 10 "previously unsolved" math problems when in reality all it did was find online references to places where people had already solved them

techcrunch.com/2025/10/19/o...

OpenAI’s ‘embarrassing’ math | TechCrunch

No, GPT-5 did not solve a bunch of previously unsolved math problems.

techcrunch.com

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Rob "Xemu" Fermier @xemu.bsky.social · 3d

The Big Snowplowski is definitely a top tier snowplow name.

FairVote @fairvote.bsky.social · 3d

In January, Portland, OR held its first-ever snowplow naming contest. 16,000 people used #RankedChoiceVoting to pick names for five of the city’s snowplows.

Last week, the city unveiled the new snowplows and their names! 👇

Portland Bureau of Transportation @pbotinfo.bsky.social · 8d

Last winter, PBOT ran the city's first-ever snowplow naming contest. Portlanders submitted hundreds of creative names, and then, in January 2025, over 16,000 people used ranked choice voting to select the top names for five of the city's 56 snowplows.

Details: www.portland.gov/transportati...

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d

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