Mike W
@gekido.bsky.social
🇨🇦 Canadian Metis, Emmy award-winning Tech Producer / Tech Director. ex-Unity, Namco, Roadhouse, Gamedev for 25+ years...
Current: Cloudhead, Megacrush,
Instructor @ VFS
In Vancouver
Current: Cloudhead, Megacrush,
Instructor @ VFS
In Vancouver
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Mike W
@gekido.bsky.social
· Oct 19
Intro! I'm a Metis Canadian living near Vancouver. I've help grow a half dozen studios over the years (Namco, DeNA, etc), founded 2 studios, worked at Unity for 7 years, and have shipped a few dozen games doing tech direction and producing. Cofounded Megacrush, building games, animation and previs!
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God UNBEATABLE might be the first 12/10 game I’ve ever played. Just rolled credits. This game will be with me for the rest of my life. Thank you @dcellgames.com. You all truly have made something special. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. <3
December 14, 2025 at 6:06 AM
God UNBEATABLE might be the first 12/10 game I’ve ever played. Just rolled credits. This game will be with me for the rest of my life. Thank you @dcellgames.com. You all truly have made something special. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. <3
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Here are walking vs driving conditions in Minneapolis. THIS IS A CITY CHOICE. This is not snow as it fell, but how the city chose to what to plow and where to leave the ice chunks.
December 14, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Here are walking vs driving conditions in Minneapolis. THIS IS A CITY CHOICE. This is not snow as it fell, but how the city chose to what to plow and where to leave the ice chunks.
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AI’ is becoming shorthand for ’We don’t care if it works, we just don’t want to pay people to do it properly.’
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Amazon pulls AI recap from Fallout TV show after it made several mistakes
The errors included getting dialogue wrong and incorrectly claiming a scene was set 100 years earlier than it was.
www.bbc.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
AI’ is becoming shorthand for ’We don’t care if it works, we just don’t want to pay people to do it properly.’
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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My favourite thing I heard of like this is a debugging feature in Alien Isolation where instead of hissing the Alien states aloud what it's thinking about.
"I heard you. I am hunting you. I am hunting you. I am hunting you. I have found you."
"I heard you. I am hunting you. I am hunting you. I am hunting you. I have found you."
December 13, 2025 at 10:41 AM
My favourite thing I heard of like this is a debugging feature in Alien Isolation where instead of hissing the Alien states aloud what it's thinking about.
"I heard you. I am hunting you. I am hunting you. I am hunting you. I have found you."
"I heard you. I am hunting you. I am hunting you. I am hunting you. I have found you."
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Reposting this one for #ScreenshotSaturday because, doors! Look at em! Sorry I'm just very excited about block game having doors now
new (bi)weekly block game thread cuz doors are done! \o/
not only are doors 2 blocks tall now, there's a generic system to create up to 16x16x16 multi-block structures just by specifying the positions and blocks in json
tbh doors make a huge difference to the game's feel
#EniBlockGame #GameDev 🎮
not only are doors 2 blocks tall now, there's a generic system to create up to 16x16x16 multi-block structures just by specifying the positions and blocks in json
tbh doors make a huge difference to the game's feel
#EniBlockGame #GameDev 🎮
December 13, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Reposting this one for #ScreenshotSaturday because, doors! Look at em! Sorry I'm just very excited about block game having doors now
Every day, a new low for corporate america
Another first with the Meta sponsor just added to the Turning Point USA mega conference
December 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Every day, a new low for corporate america
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the australian social media ban for kids is so fucked up. like y'all took away 3rd places from kids and now you're trying to take away its digital replacement, what the fuck is wrong with you
December 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
the australian social media ban for kids is so fucked up. like y'all took away 3rd places from kids and now you're trying to take away its digital replacement, what the fuck is wrong with you
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Neofeud is 70% off! Help us pay some bills and keep the roof over the kids as well as complete Neofeud 2! (Also you get a cyberPUNK game :) ) "A cyberpunk masterpiece" --Steam Reviewers store.steampowered.com/app/673850/N... #indiegame #cyberpunk #indiedev
December 13, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Neofeud is 70% off! Help us pay some bills and keep the roof over the kids as well as complete Neofeud 2! (Also you get a cyberPUNK game :) ) "A cyberpunk masterpiece" --Steam Reviewers store.steampowered.com/app/673850/N... #indiegame #cyberpunk #indiedev
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Since Polygon is leaving it out of the headline: Epic Games partnered with The Game Awards to put money into the pocket of a bigot who uses her wealth to further the genocide of trans people through lawsuits and legislation. Every 'free' game gives money directly to JKR, and they are complicit.
Epic Games partnered with The Game Awards to give away this week's free game on the Epic Games Store.
Hogwarts Legacy is now at the right price: $0
Epic Games partnered with The Game Awards to give away this week's free game on the Epic Games Store.
www.polygon.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Since Polygon is leaving it out of the headline: Epic Games partnered with The Game Awards to put money into the pocket of a bigot who uses her wealth to further the genocide of trans people through lawsuits and legislation. Every 'free' game gives money directly to JKR, and they are complicit.
Spending a lovely evening cleaning up navmesh in the milestone scene.
December 13, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Spending a lovely evening cleaning up navmesh in the milestone scene.
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Looking for an *L.A. based* artist who (against all odds) has time for a poster gig before the end of the year.
It's for a science + art event.
We can offer $500 for the gig.
Dreadfully sorry about the timeline. Link a portfolio if you're interested, I'll delete this post when we found someone.
It's for a science + art event.
We can offer $500 for the gig.
Dreadfully sorry about the timeline. Link a portfolio if you're interested, I'll delete this post when we found someone.
December 12, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Looking for an *L.A. based* artist who (against all odds) has time for a poster gig before the end of the year.
It's for a science + art event.
We can offer $500 for the gig.
Dreadfully sorry about the timeline. Link a portfolio if you're interested, I'll delete this post when we found someone.
It's for a science + art event.
We can offer $500 for the gig.
Dreadfully sorry about the timeline. Link a portfolio if you're interested, I'll delete this post when we found someone.
2 big ones I remember
Jurassic Park, we walked out and the streets were abandoned, we swore dinos were going to pop around every corner
And The Matrix which blew the entire theatres mind we were shook afterwards
There may have been substances ingested that affected our behavior 🤣
Jurassic Park, we walked out and the streets were abandoned, we swore dinos were going to pop around every corner
And The Matrix which blew the entire theatres mind we were shook afterwards
There may have been substances ingested that affected our behavior 🤣
Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences?
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
It was hands-down one of the most memorable theater-going experiences I can remember, a collective 30-minute butt-clench/armrest-grab for the final climb. And we knew he lived! Wild.
December 13, 2025 at 2:01 AM
2 big ones I remember
Jurassic Park, we walked out and the streets were abandoned, we swore dinos were going to pop around every corner
And The Matrix which blew the entire theatres mind we were shook afterwards
There may have been substances ingested that affected our behavior 🤣
Jurassic Park, we walked out and the streets were abandoned, we swore dinos were going to pop around every corner
And The Matrix which blew the entire theatres mind we were shook afterwards
There may have been substances ingested that affected our behavior 🤣
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If you give people room to justify poor safety decisions, they will. Close the roads, mandate the masks, and don’t provide opportunities for untrained individuals to make judgment calls on risking their own lives and others’,
December 13, 2025 at 1:21 AM
If you give people room to justify poor safety decisions, they will. Close the roads, mandate the masks, and don’t provide opportunities for untrained individuals to make judgment calls on risking their own lives and others’,
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It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
December 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
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It's fitting that the cover on AI mindlessly apes an earlier creation and also displaces workers while elevating Silicon Valley plutocrats.
December 12, 2025 at 3:40 AM
It's fitting that the cover on AI mindlessly apes an earlier creation and also displaces workers while elevating Silicon Valley plutocrats.
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Doom studio id Software unionizes to secure AI protections, benefits: "We see the direction the industry is headed"
aftermath.site/id-software-un...
aftermath.site/id-software-un...
December 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Doom studio id Software unionizes to secure AI protections, benefits: "We see the direction the industry is headed"
aftermath.site/id-software-un...
aftermath.site/id-software-un...
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I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
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imagine if disney spent $1 billion on actually greenlighting new animated shows...
December 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
imagine if disney spent $1 billion on actually greenlighting new animated shows...
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No, come on, you can’t be all “fuck disney” on the TL all day and immediately change your tune when a star wars game gets announced. Let’s be serious
December 12, 2025 at 3:37 AM
No, come on, you can’t be all “fuck disney” on the TL all day and immediately change your tune when a star wars game gets announced. Let’s be serious
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To give some context, 19008 games have been released on Steam in 2025. They are competing with another 100K or so games that have been released prior.
The average game player probably would be hardpressed to name more than 10 of them.
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steamdb.info/stats/releas....
The average game player probably would be hardpressed to name more than 10 of them.
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steamdb.info/stats/releas....
Steam Game Release Summary by Year
Steam games released monthly and yearly summary.
steamdb.info
December 12, 2025 at 6:09 AM
To give some context, 19008 games have been released on Steam in 2025. They are competing with another 100K or so games that have been released prior.
The average game player probably would be hardpressed to name more than 10 of them.
/9
steamdb.info/stats/releas....
The average game player probably would be hardpressed to name more than 10 of them.
/9
steamdb.info/stats/releas....
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Lol don't pay for Disney Plus. Pirate that shit.
They're cool with it now 😂😂😂
They're cool with it now 😂😂😂
December 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Lol don't pay for Disney Plus. Pirate that shit.
They're cool with it now 😂😂😂
They're cool with it now 😂😂😂
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Game devs could have told Disney there's no way to stop TTP. It will happen. It will happen a lot. They will have so much rule 34.
If players can make a thing, they will make a penis. It's a universal truth.
If players can make a thing, they will make a penis. It's a universal truth.
December 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Game devs could have told Disney there's no way to stop TTP. It will happen. It will happen a lot. They will have so much rule 34.
If players can make a thing, they will make a penis. It's a universal truth.
If players can make a thing, they will make a penis. It's a universal truth.
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I love how every announcement is the exact thing investors say they're not funding because there's no market for it, but by a famous person
December 12, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I love how every announcement is the exact thing investors say they're not funding because there's no market for it, but by a famous person