Andrew Carl
@andrewcarl.bsky.social
He/They, #GameDev Senior Systems Designer at Respawn. Prev work: Skylanders, Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy, Destiny 2 THPS 1+2 at Vicarious Visions, Diablo IV at Blizzard. Views are my own
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h/T to @baddestmamajama.bsky.social who did this and really made me laugh:
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November 14, 2025 at 11:35 PM
h/T to @baddestmamajama.bsky.social who did this and really made me laugh:
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Hi. Mike here. Listen to me very carefully. After I'm gone, if anyone, anywhere, for any reason, attempts to use some piece of shit AI app/bot/thing to play a video of me weighing in on literally any topic, I would like you all to seize their device and smash it with a hammer.
November 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Hi. Mike here. Listen to me very carefully. After I'm gone, if anyone, anywhere, for any reason, attempts to use some piece of shit AI app/bot/thing to play a video of me weighing in on literally any topic, I would like you all to seize their device and smash it with a hammer.
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Job listings for producers where the role is barely minimum wage, short term, no benefits, and the project that is "launching soon" is in critical danger of collapsing in on itself after years of mismanagement and burnout
November 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Job listings for producers where the role is barely minimum wage, short term, no benefits, and the project that is "launching soon" is in critical danger of collapsing in on itself after years of mismanagement and burnout
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i wouldn't mind AI if it was "here's a way to automate some extremely basic stuff" or "look at this goofy shit you can do here to dick around on your computer" - afaik but no one is asking for "we want to make a trillion dollars hopefully by destroying everything that makes life worth living"
November 15, 2025 at 6:54 PM
i wouldn't mind AI if it was "here's a way to automate some extremely basic stuff" or "look at this goofy shit you can do here to dick around on your computer" - afaik but no one is asking for "we want to make a trillion dollars hopefully by destroying everything that makes life worth living"
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lmao
That's ridiculous and can only be correct with horribly skewed averages + very biased sampling (both, in this case).
I was making $150k as a Senior Designer at Bungie with 15 years of industry experience in one of the highest-paying job markets in a high cost-of-living area with geopay
That's ridiculous and can only be correct with horribly skewed averages + very biased sampling (both, in this case).
I was making $150k as a Senior Designer at Bungie with 15 years of industry experience in one of the highest-paying job markets in a high cost-of-living area with geopay
The average salary for games industry professionals based in the United States was $142,000 in 2025, according to a new report from GDC Festival of Gaming.
www.gamesindustry.biz/gdc-survey-a...
www.gamesindustry.biz/gdc-survey-a...
GDC Survey: Average salary for US games professionals was $142,000 in 2025
Findings reveal 33% of workers feel employers are "working to close existing pay gaps," while one-tenth report no efforts are being made
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
lmao
That's ridiculous and can only be correct with horribly skewed averages + very biased sampling (both, in this case).
I was making $150k as a Senior Designer at Bungie with 15 years of industry experience in one of the highest-paying job markets in a high cost-of-living area with geopay
That's ridiculous and can only be correct with horribly skewed averages + very biased sampling (both, in this case).
I was making $150k as a Senior Designer at Bungie with 15 years of industry experience in one of the highest-paying job markets in a high cost-of-living area with geopay
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The thing about this is that not only do they have the money to hire illustrators, there’s so much of them available that can do this shit so much better, and we’ve all been out of work for an EXTENDED period of time
Call of Duty isn't even hiding the fact that loads of its calling cards and other unlockables are AI generated this year.
For one of the biggest video game franchises in the world this is pretty disgusting...
For one of the biggest video game franchises in the world this is pretty disgusting...
November 14, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The thing about this is that not only do they have the money to hire illustrators, there’s so much of them available that can do this shit so much better, and we’ve all been out of work for an EXTENDED period of time
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The best way journalists can support indie games is to cover more than whatever the current indie hits/darlings of the moment are. Games like Hades, Blue Prince, and Silksong do not need help with visibility, but discoverability is the biggest challenge facing many indie devs today.
November 13, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The best way journalists can support indie games is to cover more than whatever the current indie hits/darlings of the moment are. Games like Hades, Blue Prince, and Silksong do not need help with visibility, but discoverability is the biggest challenge facing many indie devs today.
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I feel like a lot of democrats are engaged in a very big project to make us forget that the Biden administration and Harris 2024 campaign were mostly about fixing bridges
Speaking at a Texas Tribune Festival on Friday, former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg criticized the Democratic Party for failing to reach everyday Americans, arguing that it “got sucked in” to a conversation about identity. #TribFest25
Pete Buttigieg critiques Democrats for focus on identity
The former U.S. transportation secretary said the Democratic Party should focus more on issues gripping the country, such as health care and housing affordability.
www.texastribune.org
November 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I feel like a lot of democrats are engaged in a very big project to make us forget that the Biden administration and Harris 2024 campaign were mostly about fixing bridges
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thank you to all the people + outlets who have covered Future Class. it’s largely a group of marginalized individuals; there are especially a lot of us in that group who are not white. to have the support of the industry and to have people speak up against how we have been treated is heartening.
November 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
thank you to all the people + outlets who have covered Future Class. it’s largely a group of marginalized individuals; there are especially a lot of us in that group who are not white. to have the support of the industry and to have people speak up against how we have been treated is heartening.
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absolutely heartbroken to announce that i was part of the crystal layoffs today 💔
if y’all spot any openings for a soft, dedicated, smiley games writer — please send them my way 💫
i was on the most perfect narrative team on an exciting, ambitious project. i will cherish it all forever. 💖
if y’all spot any openings for a soft, dedicated, smiley games writer — please send them my way 💫
i was on the most perfect narrative team on an exciting, ambitious project. i will cherish it all forever. 💖
November 13, 2025 at 11:39 PM
absolutely heartbroken to announce that i was part of the crystal layoffs today 💔
if y’all spot any openings for a soft, dedicated, smiley games writer — please send them my way 💫
i was on the most perfect narrative team on an exciting, ambitious project. i will cherish it all forever. 💖
if y’all spot any openings for a soft, dedicated, smiley games writer — please send them my way 💫
i was on the most perfect narrative team on an exciting, ambitious project. i will cherish it all forever. 💖
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Games are a beautiful art form but the games industry can be a pretty harsh and rotten place sometimes.
absolutely heartbroken to announce that i was part of the crystal layoffs today 💔
if y’all spot any openings for a soft, dedicated, smiley games writer — please send them my way 💫
i was on the most perfect narrative team on an exciting, ambitious project. i will cherish it all forever. 💖
if y’all spot any openings for a soft, dedicated, smiley games writer — please send them my way 💫
i was on the most perfect narrative team on an exciting, ambitious project. i will cherish it all forever. 💖
November 14, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Games are a beautiful art form but the games industry can be a pretty harsh and rotten place sometimes.
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At the same time the NY Times was hyping Hillary Clinton's emails, it had a reporter with emails from Jeffrey Epstein that were highly damaging to Trump.
The more NYT apologists try to minimize this the clearer it becomes that they don't understand why much of the public doesn't trust legacy media.
The more NYT apologists try to minimize this the clearer it becomes that they don't understand why much of the public doesn't trust legacy media.
November 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
At the same time the NY Times was hyping Hillary Clinton's emails, it had a reporter with emails from Jeffrey Epstein that were highly damaging to Trump.
The more NYT apologists try to minimize this the clearer it becomes that they don't understand why much of the public doesn't trust legacy media.
The more NYT apologists try to minimize this the clearer it becomes that they don't understand why much of the public doesn't trust legacy media.
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Can finally breathe a little bit since launch, and I honestly did not expect people to react this much or this well to my many words. The amount of people who thanked me for my vulnerability and for sharing was surprising.
Thank you for helping me celebrate, in a small way, this team. 🖤
Thank you for helping me celebrate, in a small way, this team. 🖤
POSSESSOR(S) is launching today.
I have been the producer on this project for three years, & the last few weeks have been difficult. Most of the team isn't around anymore to celebrate the launch, so I wrote many words about these incredible people to celebrate them.
🖤 shorturl.at/MpMra
I have been the producer on this project for three years, & the last few weeks have been difficult. Most of the team isn't around anymore to celebrate the launch, so I wrote many words about these incredible people to celebrate them.
🖤 shorturl.at/MpMra
Celebrating the Possessor(s) team 🖤 | Notion
I am not one to post like this usually, but as things have developed recently, I want to take a minute and get some stuff off my chest.
shorturl.at
November 14, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Can finally breathe a little bit since launch, and I honestly did not expect people to react this much or this well to my many words. The amount of people who thanked me for my vulnerability and for sharing was surprising.
Thank you for helping me celebrate, in a small way, this team. 🖤
Thank you for helping me celebrate, in a small way, this team. 🖤
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An absolute powerhouse of a @propublica.org team has done what U.S. officials refuse to do: identify the men and women swept up in that midnight raid in Chicago. Life in the building was not perfect, but reporters found little evidence to back up government claims: www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
An absolute powerhouse of a @propublica.org team has done what U.S. officials refuse to do: identify the men and women swept up in that midnight raid in Chicago. Life in the building was not perfect, but reporters found little evidence to back up government claims: www.propublica.org/article/chic...
They really don't seem to care. They're making a bunch of money tearing up the boards & seem wholly unconcerned with the fact that the ships they're on are rapidly coming apart. Like, eventually they'll take too much out & the ships go down but they aren't planning on going down with them.
These companies realize that someone has to make the games……… right?
November 13, 2025 at 8:22 PM
They really don't seem to care. They're making a bunch of money tearing up the boards & seem wholly unconcerned with the fact that the ships they're on are rapidly coming apart. Like, eventually they'll take too much out & the ships go down but they aren't planning on going down with them.
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Hey so, today is my last day at Crystal Dynamics apparently. I joined the company in 2018 to work on Marvel's Avengers and it's been the longest (and best) job I've ever had. It now means I'm looking for work, so if you know of any senior writer/narrative designer positions please send them my way.
November 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Hey so, today is my last day at Crystal Dynamics apparently. I joined the company in 2018 to work on Marvel's Avengers and it's been the longest (and best) job I've ever had. It now means I'm looking for work, so if you know of any senior writer/narrative designer positions please send them my way.
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People going on about “keep ethical stances out of game reviews” in regards to gen AI has immediately taken me back ten years to people telling me the same thing but for mentioning a game’s blatant misogyny in a review.
November 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
People going on about “keep ethical stances out of game reviews” in regards to gen AI has immediately taken me back ten years to people telling me the same thing but for mentioning a game’s blatant misogyny in a review.
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every few years it's revealed that the NYT was sitting on information about some horrific thing that public knowledge of would have changed the country's course and for some reason a ton of people still give them money. you can play those games on other sites
November 12, 2025 at 10:41 PM
every few years it's revealed that the NYT was sitting on information about some horrific thing that public knowledge of would have changed the country's course and for some reason a ton of people still give them money. you can play those games on other sites
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The people who will most profit from this quality and connection-sapping technology being assumed to be inevitable, want you to give up on pushing against it today, by believing that fight is already over.
Don’t give in.
Don’t be fooled.
Don’t accept the thing already making our medium worse.
Don’t give in.
Don’t be fooled.
Don’t accept the thing already making our medium worse.
November 12, 2025 at 3:31 AM
The people who will most profit from this quality and connection-sapping technology being assumed to be inevitable, want you to give up on pushing against it today, by believing that fight is already over.
Don’t give in.
Don’t be fooled.
Don’t accept the thing already making our medium worse.
Don’t give in.
Don’t be fooled.
Don’t accept the thing already making our medium worse.
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Video game leaders telling people they’ll get left behind if they don’t embrace AI aren’t people worth listening to or respecting. They aren’t interested in quality _and_ if they lead a successful studio, they’ve fully misunderstood why their studio was successful in the first place.
November 12, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Video game leaders telling people they’ll get left behind if they don’t embrace AI aren’t people worth listening to or respecting. They aren’t interested in quality _and_ if they lead a successful studio, they’ve fully misunderstood why their studio was successful in the first place.
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In shocking turn of events, guy least involved in the actual development of games feels generative AI is necessary to the development of games.
November 12, 2025 at 2:45 AM
In shocking turn of events, guy least involved in the actual development of games feels generative AI is necessary to the development of games.
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What's nice about this tweet is how rarely are we as adults given a perfect snapshot of the moment our future as a gifted burnout is cemented.
For folks who don't study education and developmental psychology: That second page is FAR more important. Pre-K is more about socialization than academics.
For folks who don't study education and developmental psychology: That second page is FAR more important. Pre-K is more about socialization than academics.
I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here
November 11, 2025 at 11:43 PM
What's nice about this tweet is how rarely are we as adults given a perfect snapshot of the moment our future as a gifted burnout is cemented.
For folks who don't study education and developmental psychology: That second page is FAR more important. Pre-K is more about socialization than academics.
For folks who don't study education and developmental psychology: That second page is FAR more important. Pre-K is more about socialization than academics.
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You have to understand what pieces like this from the NYT are and are not.
They are not an honest assessment of the state of politics today.
They are a negotiation tactic—an effort by a calcified, right-leaning legacy institution to steer the discourse in a direction more palatable to elites.
They are not an honest assessment of the state of politics today.
They are a negotiation tactic—an effort by a calcified, right-leaning legacy institution to steer the discourse in a direction more palatable to elites.
November 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
You have to understand what pieces like this from the NYT are and are not.
They are not an honest assessment of the state of politics today.
They are a negotiation tactic—an effort by a calcified, right-leaning legacy institution to steer the discourse in a direction more palatable to elites.
They are not an honest assessment of the state of politics today.
They are a negotiation tactic—an effort by a calcified, right-leaning legacy institution to steer the discourse in a direction more palatable to elites.
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The insistence on making these robots bipedal is probably the most obvious giveaway that it's all a big carny gimmick
November 11, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The insistence on making these robots bipedal is probably the most obvious giveaway that it's all a big carny gimmick