Arnaud de Pischof
@grumpyarno.bsky.social
Experienced Video Game Producer
Previously: AMAZON GAMES - DON'T NOD - UBISOFT - ISART DIGITAL
Hobbyist gamedev during my spare-time
📌Montréal
He/Him | Posts and opinions are my own | Post in ENG and FR
http://linktr.ee/grumpy_arno
Previously: AMAZON GAMES - DON'T NOD - UBISOFT - ISART DIGITAL
Hobbyist gamedev during my spare-time
📌Montréal
He/Him | Posts and opinions are my own | Post in ENG and FR
http://linktr.ee/grumpy_arno
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Have you updated your JIRA today?
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Today the U.S. Supreme Court denied review of a case that sought to challenge marriage equality. It’s a major relief for so many in the LGBTQ community, who have seen relentless attacks on their dignity and equality in recent years.
Why Marriage Matters
www.whymarriagematters.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Today the U.S. Supreme Court denied review of a case that sought to challenge marriage equality. It’s a major relief for so many in the LGBTQ community, who have seen relentless attacks on their dignity and equality in recent years.
That is kind of pathetic:
your business is now all about creating Ai slop, but deep down you are ashamed so you lie about it and release an Ai-generated fake making-of video.🤦♂️
your business is now all about creating Ai slop, but deep down you are ashamed so you lie about it and release an Ai-generated fake making-of video.🤦♂️
November 9, 2025 at 6:10 AM
That is kind of pathetic:
your business is now all about creating Ai slop, but deep down you are ashamed so you lie about it and release an Ai-generated fake making-of video.🤦♂️
your business is now all about creating Ai slop, but deep down you are ashamed so you lie about it and release an Ai-generated fake making-of video.🤦♂️
We live in the Age of Disinformation.
Too many people spread wrong information without checking (and for journalists this is VERY problematic), and then they refuse to admit they were wrong.
Also Ai doesn't "know" anything, and especially not the difference between truth and lies.
Too many people spread wrong information without checking (and for journalists this is VERY problematic), and then they refuse to admit they were wrong.
Also Ai doesn't "know" anything, and especially not the difference between truth and lies.
A man collapsed in the Oval Office yesterday. The internet got the story wrong.
My experience struggling to correct the record — including on Bluesky! — and the warning signs as AI, aggregation, and social media increasingly drive our news consumption.
My experience struggling to correct the record — including on Bluesky! — and the warning signs as AI, aggregation, and social media increasingly drive our news consumption.
A man collapsed in the Oval Office. The internet got the story wrong.
A case study in how bad information can spread — and how hard it is to correct it.
dandiamond.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM
We live in the Age of Disinformation.
Too many people spread wrong information without checking (and for journalists this is VERY problematic), and then they refuse to admit they were wrong.
Also Ai doesn't "know" anything, and especially not the difference between truth and lies.
Too many people spread wrong information without checking (and for journalists this is VERY problematic), and then they refuse to admit they were wrong.
Also Ai doesn't "know" anything, and especially not the difference between truth and lies.
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The question is so loaded that I can smell it, and it makes me sick.
The sooner we burn patriarchy to the ground, the better.
The sooner we burn patriarchy to the ground, the better.
the question nobody with a soul is asking, answered by people nobody wants to hear from
November 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The question is so loaded that I can smell it, and it makes me sick.
The sooner we burn patriarchy to the ground, the better.
The sooner we burn patriarchy to the ground, the better.
💬 Remember that when you see a new GenAi feature popping from nowhere in your favorite app, and you think it is useless, you are correct.✅
Those features are not meant for you.
They are for investors and shareholders who invest blindly anytime they hear "Ai".🤡
This is a massive, massive bubble.
Those features are not meant for you.
They are for investors and shareholders who invest blindly anytime they hear "Ai".🤡
This is a massive, massive bubble.
November 6, 2025 at 1:41 PM
💬 Remember that when you see a new GenAi feature popping from nowhere in your favorite app, and you think it is useless, you are correct.✅
Those features are not meant for you.
They are for investors and shareholders who invest blindly anytime they hear "Ai".🤡
This is a massive, massive bubble.
Those features are not meant for you.
They are for investors and shareholders who invest blindly anytime they hear "Ai".🤡
This is a massive, massive bubble.
Remember the time when we were mad everytime an image was slightly modified by a real person with Photoshop? ("Boo this has been photoshopped!")
I'd like to go back then.
I'd like to go back then.
November 4, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Remember the time when we were mad everytime an image was slightly modified by a real person with Photoshop? ("Boo this has been photoshopped!")
I'd like to go back then.
I'd like to go back then.
Currently thinking, with my (adult) son, about making a game together. 🤔
Excited and terrified by the idea.
Excited and terrified by the idea.
November 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Currently thinking, with my (adult) son, about making a game together. 🤔
Excited and terrified by the idea.
Excited and terrified by the idea.
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[Thread] Beltalowda! The Expanse will soon be celebrating its 10th anniversary on TV, and I'm starting to accumulate quite a few long-form resources on the creation of this show. For the Cant!
Here is the list below. 1/8
Here is the list below. 1/8
November 1, 2025 at 1:55 PM
[Thread] Beltalowda! The Expanse will soon be celebrating its 10th anniversary on TV, and I'm starting to accumulate quite a few long-form resources on the creation of this show. For the Cant!
Here is the list below. 1/8
Here is the list below. 1/8
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thinking about potato house this halloween
October 31, 2025 at 7:51 AM
thinking about potato house this halloween
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Nothing says Halloween quite like having some fun at the piano!
#piano #vgm #composer #gameDev #Halloween
#piano #vgm #composer #gameDev #Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Nothing says Halloween quite like having some fun at the piano!
#piano #vgm #composer #gameDev #Halloween
#piano #vgm #composer #gameDev #Halloween
Yesterday I had a chat with a fellow laid-off Amazon Games coworker.
He lives in California, and I didn't know him before. But we talked for almost an hour about our shared situation, our fears and hopes for the future.
That was very nice, I'll do it again.💜
He lives in California, and I didn't know him before. But we talked for almost an hour about our shared situation, our fears and hopes for the future.
That was very nice, I'll do it again.💜
October 30, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Yesterday I had a chat with a fellow laid-off Amazon Games coworker.
He lives in California, and I didn't know him before. But we talked for almost an hour about our shared situation, our fears and hopes for the future.
That was very nice, I'll do it again.💜
He lives in California, and I didn't know him before. But we talked for almost an hour about our shared situation, our fears and hopes for the future.
That was very nice, I'll do it again.💜
I'm not sure I understand the design of this game:
I now have a x2 Layoff-Combo-Multiplicator, but I don't know where it applies. Score? Salary? Vacations?
I'm kinda starting to think this game mechanics is just a scam.🤔
I now have a x2 Layoff-Combo-Multiplicator, but I don't know where it applies. Score? Salary? Vacations?
I'm kinda starting to think this game mechanics is just a scam.🤔
October 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I'm not sure I understand the design of this game:
I now have a x2 Layoff-Combo-Multiplicator, but I don't know where it applies. Score? Salary? Vacations?
I'm kinda starting to think this game mechanics is just a scam.🤔
I now have a x2 Layoff-Combo-Multiplicator, but I don't know where it applies. Score? Salary? Vacations?
I'm kinda starting to think this game mechanics is just a scam.🤔
Very nice trailer, guys. ❤️
Congrats to my DONTNOD pals ✨
Congrats to my DONTNOD pals ✨
Aphelion | Hide to Survive
YouTube video by DON'T NOD
www.youtube.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Very nice trailer, guys. ❤️
Congrats to my DONTNOD pals ✨
Congrats to my DONTNOD pals ✨
Crazy suggestion:
Whenever an executive decides to trigger a layoff plan, they should be part of that plan, under the same conditions (no golden parachute)
Because ultimately, it comes from poor business decisions.
Whenever an executive decides to trigger a layoff plan, they should be part of that plan, under the same conditions (no golden parachute)
Because ultimately, it comes from poor business decisions.
October 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Crazy suggestion:
Whenever an executive decides to trigger a layoff plan, they should be part of that plan, under the same conditions (no golden parachute)
Because ultimately, it comes from poor business decisions.
Whenever an executive decides to trigger a layoff plan, they should be part of that plan, under the same conditions (no golden parachute)
Because ultimately, it comes from poor business decisions.
I guess I am job hunting again 😩
October 28, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I guess I am job hunting again 😩
Lol. WTF?!
October 27, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Lol. WTF?!
Just like for 💩 NFTs a few years back, tech bros excited by AI-generated games have no idea about what a game is, and not a clue about how a game is made.
This is not even a proof of concept. It is the opposite actually. This is just nothing 🤷♂️
This is not even a proof of concept. It is the opposite actually. This is just nothing 🤷♂️
Oh my god some fucking tech dingdong posted this on Twitter with the caption "AI games are going to be amazing" totally seriously, you have to watch it. You have to. In full screen.
October 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Just like for 💩 NFTs a few years back, tech bros excited by AI-generated games have no idea about what a game is, and not a clue about how a game is made.
This is not even a proof of concept. It is the opposite actually. This is just nothing 🤷♂️
This is not even a proof of concept. It is the opposite actually. This is just nothing 🤷♂️
I just realized that I've been making video games for a QUARTER OF A CENTURY now.
a close up of a man 's face with a gray shirt on
Alt: Matt Damon becoming very old very quick
media.tenor.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I just realized that I've been making video games for a QUARTER OF A CENTURY now.
Sometimes, you dodge a bullet without knowing. (from 2020)
October 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Sometimes, you dodge a bullet without knowing. (from 2020)