Damon
@damonreece.com
they/them -📍Adelaide, South Australia
Writing award-winning and otherwise beloved games since 2012: Eternal Strands, Necrobarista, Hacknet Labyrinths, and many more.
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https://damonreece.com
Writing award-winning and otherwise beloved games since 2012: Eternal Strands, Necrobarista, Hacknet Labyrinths, and many more.
🥚🐛♾️
https://damonreece.com
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Damon
@damonreece.com
· Dec 13
Metroid Prime 4 impressions, part 3 (conclusions)
Plus: musings on leadership roles in games.
blog.damonreece.com
My final thoughts on Metroid Prime 4, going into detail about where exactly I think the game's development went off the rails
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i'm still freaking out about this. prototaxites is already truly special and weird. it's a giant monolith up to 8 meters tall and we don't know what it ate or why it was that shape.
but if this is true, it's also the /single known example/ of a major land clade which isn't a fungus or a plant.
but if this is true, it's also the /single known example/ of a major land clade which isn't a fungus or a plant.
Our paper on the mysterious Devonian organism Prototaxites has now finally been published! See the paper here (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...) and our explainer thread below!
Prototaxites reconstruction by Matt Humpage
Prototaxites reconstruction by Matt Humpage
January 24, 2026 at 6:36 AM
i'm still freaking out about this. prototaxites is already truly special and weird. it's a giant monolith up to 8 meters tall and we don't know what it ate or why it was that shape.
but if this is true, it's also the /single known example/ of a major land clade which isn't a fungus or a plant.
but if this is true, it's also the /single known example/ of a major land clade which isn't a fungus or a plant.
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Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
January 23, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
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Johnnie To on his movie Throw Down (2004) (From interview in Stephen Teo's book Director in Action Johnnie To and the Hong Kong Action Film)
He gets it.
He gets it.
![I used a scene from Kurosawa's film [Sanshiro Sugata], his most romantic one where the hero helps the girl put on a clog - this inspired the scene in my film where the girl helps the hero put on his shoe after he's been beaten up by thugs. Although it's a minor scene, the sentiment is deeply felt. Human relationships are built on little things like these, not on declarations of love or paying some kind of price. Perhaps after ten years, the man will remember the girl helping him with his shoe, and she will remember that he picked up her shoe and threw it back to her in her departure scene. They may not see each other again but they will remember it for the rest of their lives. It's scenes like these, fragments of human feelings... this is what society is. There's no point in asking why because then it wouldn't be romantic.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ntudrjw3f52n5syn6vg5x3zg/bafkreigbprspnfunpvry7s7xrqbzcbpkvcrsn52zpjfohcjfifn7n4jcoi@jpeg)
January 23, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Johnnie To on his movie Throw Down (2004) (From interview in Stephen Teo's book Director in Action Johnnie To and the Hong Kong Action Film)
He gets it.
He gets it.
and the unskippable "three hours in photoshop after raid" sequence is complete!
January 23, 2026 at 1:26 PM
and the unskippable "three hours in photoshop after raid" sequence is complete!
cleared m10s for the first time with a huge huntsman actively walking around on the wall behind my monitor directly in my line of sight. I am hydaelyn's strongest warrior
January 23, 2026 at 10:41 AM
cleared m10s for the first time with a huge huntsman actively walking around on the wall behind my monitor directly in my line of sight. I am hydaelyn's strongest warrior
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Worth remembering that this is how companies force disabled workers out of their workforce. If any disabled workers impacted by this want to discuss, you can reach me at [email protected] and on signal: gabunting.89. Anonymity guaranteed.
Ubisoft to ask all staff to return to office five days a week to "boost collective performance for AAAs" www.gamesindustry.biz/ubisoft-aski...
Ubisoft asking all staff to return to office full-time to "boost the collective performance for AAA"
Change is "to enhance collective efficiency, to drive the dynamics, the creativity, the sense of belonging"
www.gamesindustry.biz
January 22, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Worth remembering that this is how companies force disabled workers out of their workforce. If any disabled workers impacted by this want to discuss, you can reach me at [email protected] and on signal: gabunting.89. Anonymity guaranteed.
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It is staggering how the two non-Jewish Australians murdered that day never get mentioned. They keep trying to insist on a “national” day of mourning, on tying this to Australian identity, while simultaneously making it explicitly about Israel—trying to use it to ban protests, and suppress dissent.
It was appropriate to have a day of mourning, but this language is very problematic in the context of Israel's actions and the political insistence on merging all Jews with that country as a unitary identity. And Minns' tie colour choice wasn't an accident.
January 23, 2026 at 2:07 AM
It is staggering how the two non-Jewish Australians murdered that day never get mentioned. They keep trying to insist on a “national” day of mourning, on tying this to Australian identity, while simultaneously making it explicitly about Israel—trying to use it to ban protests, and suppress dissent.
long week full of some heavy fucking sighs
January 22, 2026 at 4:03 AM
long week full of some heavy fucking sighs
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I’ve added the script for Wake Up Dead Man to my site. This is the final shooting script, so it has stuff that was cut and moved around, which I always think is more interesting to see than a conformed cleaned up version. Enjoy! www.rian-johnson.com/screenplays
rcjohnso / scripts
Free screenplays for Brick, Brothers Bloom and Looper.
www.rian-johnson.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:23 AM
I’ve added the script for Wake Up Dead Man to my site. This is the final shooting script, so it has stuff that was cut and moved around, which I always think is more interesting to see than a conformed cleaned up version. Enjoy! www.rian-johnson.com/screenplays
also, he apparently wrote the scan logs himself as the Retro staffer who wrote the previous entries had left the company
January 21, 2026 at 5:58 PM
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personally i don't care what people talk about on here as long as it continues to be stuff that clearly pisses off the staff because they can't make money off it
January 21, 2026 at 3:34 PM
personally i don't care what people talk about on here as long as it continues to be stuff that clearly pisses off the staff because they can't make money off it
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Perhaps the most disgraceful of all the “national security” laws that have been passed since Sept 11 2001.
Albanese would have been a good, compliant minister in the Howard govt.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Albanese would have been a good, compliant minister in the Howard govt.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Criticism of Benjamin Netanyahu may be an offence under Australia’s new hate speech laws, Greens warn
Anthony Albanese and Tony Burke say the laws are needed to protect Australians – particularly the Jewish community
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:53 AM
Perhaps the most disgraceful of all the “national security” laws that have been passed since Sept 11 2001.
Albanese would have been a good, compliant minister in the Howard govt.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Albanese would have been a good, compliant minister in the Howard govt.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
I am a Victorian orphan and Umamusume is McDonalds Sprite
January 21, 2026 at 6:11 AM
I am a Victorian orphan and Umamusume is McDonalds Sprite
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I want every single person on earth to be friends with Inuchan, the new wave rock doggy cdrom.ca/games/2022/0...
January 20, 2026 at 1:25 AM
I want every single person on earth to be friends with Inuchan, the new wave rock doggy cdrom.ca/games/2022/0...
makes me feel like a real dickhead for working hard to keep my setting stuff internally consistent, I tell ya hwat
I'd say at least half of the news lines that I read when I wake up in the morning now read like text-based exposition you find lying around in Fallout games.
January 20, 2026 at 3:00 PM
makes me feel like a real dickhead for working hard to keep my setting stuff internally consistent, I tell ya hwat
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Heartbreaking news. There's lots of discourse on the festival's identity, ethics of volunteering and scale I largely agree with- but I just want to thank Freeplay for having me as a judge & awards chair in the past. I felt a part of community and built skills & confidence I still utilise to this day
An update: Unfortunately Freeplay didn’t secure multi-year funding and is potentially looking at its last year of operation. We’re exploring what comes next & want your input.
Read our full statement here: www.freeplay.net.au/survey2026
Help us decide our next step here: forms.gle/W4ZSns1bGCX1...
Read our full statement here: www.freeplay.net.au/survey2026
Help us decide our next step here: forms.gle/W4ZSns1bGCX1...
Freeplay | 2026 Survey
An Update from Freeplay
www.freeplay.net.au
January 20, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Heartbreaking news. There's lots of discourse on the festival's identity, ethics of volunteering and scale I largely agree with- but I just want to thank Freeplay for having me as a judge & awards chair in the past. I felt a part of community and built skills & confidence I still utilise to this day
Yet another bullshit move from Creative Vic in a long and storied line of bullshit moves 👍
January 20, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Yet another bullshit move from Creative Vic in a long and storied line of bullshit moves 👍
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laboring for your fruits but the fruit is also labor flavored
January 20, 2026 at 8:37 AM
laboring for your fruits but the fruit is also labor flavored
the number of unregistered electric motorbikes on the road is wild. I’d never seen one before this month but they’re all over the place now. and a not insignificant number of them are going around without lights on!
January 20, 2026 at 3:23 AM
the number of unregistered electric motorbikes on the road is wild. I’d never seen one before this month but they’re all over the place now. and a not insignificant number of them are going around without lights on!
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I WAS SELLING 60 PIZZAS IN FFXIV FOR MONTHS AND NOBODY WOULD BUY THEM AND I JUST GAVE UP CHECKING ON THEM THEN OUT OF CURIOSITY I CHECK TODAY AND I WAS NOT EXPECTING THIS
September 14, 2025 at 8:14 AM
I WAS SELLING 60 PIZZAS IN FFXIV FOR MONTHS AND NOBODY WOULD BUY THEM AND I JUST GAVE UP CHECKING ON THEM THEN OUT OF CURIOSITY I CHECK TODAY AND I WAS NOT EXPECTING THIS
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The second your post escapes from the direct group of followers you get direct access to the most insane people you could ever imagine.
who the fuck WANTS their posts to go viral, have you ever had that actually happen? it's like getting a winning pull on a slot machine if wasps started pouring out the bottom instead of quarters
January 20, 2026 at 1:41 AM
The second your post escapes from the direct group of followers you get direct access to the most insane people you could ever imagine.