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Blaze
@blazemakesgames.bsky.social
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Aspiring Game Developer that just wants to make something people enjoy https://www.youtube.com/@BlazeMakesGames/featured https://ko-fi.com/blazemakesgames
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Blaze @blazemakesgames.bsky.social · 1d
Tbf, with how this is described as being integrated into things like "Terrain Generation and Enemy AI" I'm almost certain that like 95% of the "AI integration" is just them slapping the "AI" Label onto normal tech that has existed for decades
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Blaze @blazemakesgames.bsky.social · 1d
Every time I think that Xbox has hit a new low they find a way to keep digging deeper
Insider Says Halo Studios Has Generative AI "Woven into Every Aspect" of Its Future Game Development, From Core Workflows to World Building and Enemy AI
A new report claims generative AI is playing a major role in Halo Studios’ upcoming projects, from game logic and world design to enemy behaviors and internal workflows.
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Blaze @blazemakesgames.bsky.social · 2d
That all said, I may still check out Z-A just cause it is *actually* doing something interesting with the battle system that might require a second braincell to activate
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Blaze @blazemakesgames.bsky.social · 2d
The problem with Pokémon games is I always feel like I need to qualify it with a "it's good, for a Pokémon game" sorta thing

Like yeah I'm hearing and seeing a lot of good stuff about Legends Z-A, but it still feels like the kind of game that should have bene made like 10+ years ago
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Blaze @blazemakesgames.bsky.social · 2d
Breaking Shark Dentist News of all things!
Breaking Shark Dentistry Update!
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Blaze @blazemakesgames.bsky.social · 3d
I swear it's always stressful for like a day or two after a new upload when I have no idea whether a video will take off or not
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Blaze @blazemakesgames.bsky.social · 5d
I remember being a backer for this back in the day and I'm really glad to see it get a proper second chance

And if anything, I think it'd be cool if more companies did this sort of thing

#yookareplaylee #yookalaylee #playtronic
Yooka Replaylee Shows the value in Remaking Bad Games
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Blaze @blazemakesgames.bsky.social · 5d
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Blaze @blazemakesgames.bsky.social · 5d
I remember being a backer for this back in the day and I'm really glad to see it get a proper second chance

And if anything, I think it'd be cool if more companies did this sort of thing

#yookareplaylee #yookalaylee #playtronic
Yooka Replaylee Shows the value in Remaking Bad Games
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Blaze @blazemakesgames.bsky.social · 7d
I can't believe that Food Lion isn't selling Xbox consoles anymore
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Blaze @blazemakesgames.bsky.social · 8d
wait fuck, I thought that picture I saw of Jared Leto in Tron was just like people shitposting with photoshop or something oh my god lol
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Blaze @blazemakesgames.bsky.social · 9d
I feel like people always talk about the idea of remaking games that were poorly received or just bad to try and make them good but I dunno if I've ever seen such an example of it actually happening until Yooka Replayleee and it seems so far like a massive improvement over the original
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Blaze @blazemakesgames.bsky.social · 13d
Don't worry guys, I'm sure Xbox's Gamespass is going great...
Xbox GamesPass is Dead
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Blaze @blazemakesgames.bsky.social · 13d
Don't worry guys, I'm sure Xbox's Gamespass is going great...
Xbox GamesPass is Dead
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Blaze @blazemakesgames.bsky.social · 20d
My god what have they done

#2XKO
Teemo Gameplay Reveal Trailer | 2XKO
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Blaze @blazemakesgames.bsky.social · 21d
Finally put down 2XKO long enough to actually make a video giving my thoughts on the game and how well it manages to accommodate for newer players to the genre like myself
A Fighting Game Noob's Thoughts on 2XKO
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Blaze @blazemakesgames.bsky.social · 23d
"The reason why the Rapture didn't happen was because it was pushed back to avoid being too close to Silksong's Release date" is one of the greatest things I've heard in a while lol
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Blaze @blazemakesgames.bsky.social · 25d
and I may be a huge mark for Monster Hunter but even I can't ignore that Wilds has far too many problems to be worthy of the title
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Blaze @blazemakesgames.bsky.social · 25d
I mean Heimerdinger would be easy just have him make like a mech suit and he can be anything
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Blaze @blazemakesgames.bsky.social · 25d
Finally Finished #Expedition33

I will be shocked if this doesn't win Game of the Year. I don't care if Silksong came out this year. Donkey Kong is great from a gameplay perspective but so is E33. And Death Stranding 2 is interesting too, but E33 is just the full package
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Blaze @blazemakesgames.bsky.social · 28d
bro I literally cannot listen to the full song without crying, especially once all the instruments are together fuck I'm tearing up just thinking about it
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Blaze @blazemakesgames.bsky.social · 28d
Owelk fren
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Blaze @blazemakesgames.bsky.social · Sep 20
Oh shit I got a 2XKO lol
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Blaze @blazemakesgames.bsky.social · Sep 20
For the past few days when I talk about 2XKO I really do feel like a lot of the Fighting Games Community is like this these days
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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · Sep 20
probably the realest thing ive ever seen posted on that website
Happy Friday everybody! I don't know why, but I feel like spilling the tea this morning, so here are some hard truths about the game industry. A lot of people who got into the industry early were terrible game developers. This shouldn't surprise people, but we used to look at numbers in the early 00's like half of all people rolling out of the game industry in the first three years as though all of those people were qualified. Hiring in this industry has almost always been untrained amateurs looking for people they like and who remind them of people they know. Most interviewers decide in the first five minutes whether they think you're worth hiring. Even the people who get training in how to interview almost never get coaching on how they do it, or real feedback on the success of their techniques. As a result, a lot of people walked in the door unqualified to do the job they were hired to do. Some of them survived for multiple cycles. Some of those were even promoted to leadership positions. There was a lot of nepotism involved - if you were friends with / had worked with the head of studio, department director, etc., then you were a known quantity and better than having to go out and find someone. Combine this with the prestige halo that comes from branding, and you have real problems. People tend to ascribe god-like powers to successful game studios - EA back in its heyday, Blizzard, BioWare. People who worked on hit games at big / known studios carried a ton of prestige - regardless of what they actually did. It's easy to say "I worked at Blizzard", and what that meant was not that you were part and parcel of the magic that made those games awesome, but simply that you were employed there; it takes hundreds, if not thousands, of people to make AAA games, and I promise you that inside every large, successful studio, there is a cadre of fuck-ups that no one has the heart, willpower, or political pull to get rid of. I've fired people with over a decade of expe…
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