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Kabanaw

Kabanaw

@kabanaw.bsky.social

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He/Him. I'm Kabanaw. I worked as a programmer at Harmonix. I still kind of do, but now we all work on Fortnite as a part of Epic. I don't really stream much anymore but pretty often guest on Pit Crew stuff!

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Kabanaw @kabanaw.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah in the end Game freak is a AA game developer that made the most popular franchise in the world and they refused to stop being a AA game developer, when their games aren't broken I respect them for it

Kabanaw @kabanaw.bsky.social · 2d

I can agree that previous issues with frame rate and graphical bugs should have been (and were) criticized, but I think the building thing doesn't belong in that conversation. "Don't ship broken games" is one thing, "don't ship games with shortcuts" is another

Kabanaw @kabanaw.bsky.social · 3d

What changes to the building models do you think would make them feel acceptable?

Kabanaw @kabanaw.bsky.social · 3d

Don't forget about QA! Now you'll need QA to walk around the whole game looking at every building from multiple angles to make sure there are no visible seams or other geometry issues. A whole new slew of testing + bugs created just so that you can look at a balcony that you can't walk on

Kabanaw @kabanaw.bsky.social · 3d

All these extra models are more detailed, which means more verts to render and more textures to load, which means perf + memory concerns! Now you need engineers to make optimizations and you'll probably need to sacrifice quality elsewhere to make it work

Kabanaw @kabanaw.bsky.social · 3d

On the art side of things, now you need to model out the exteriors of buildings. That means making models and placing them through the whole game, and ensuring that their models + textures align properly so that they look good, since that's the whole point of the "feature"

Kabanaw @kabanaw.bsky.social · 3d

Unironically, gamers being upset about buildings not being fully modeled is one of the big problems for the games industry. The demand that worlds be fully "realistic", even if it's completely unimportant to the game, and that needlessly inflates budgets and timelines

Joe Merrick @joemerrick.bsky.social · 3d

We know now this is utter nonsense but this is indicative of the massive problem that exists in regards to Pokémon, and Nintendo in general.

People post without context and/or knowledge and it spreads, and spreads and people just assume. This has 127k likes...

This is wrong.

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Beth Andres-Beck @beth4ma.bsky.social · 7d

When politicians make people prove they are poor enough to “deserve” help, it tells ordinary people that we aren’t interested in helping them.

Even when we can qualify, who wants to?

Actually-progressive policies help everyone. Billionaires get to use the library just like the rest of us.

Kabanaw @kabanaw.bsky.social · 7d

What a bad survey question! If they had split this into "Did you think influencers were more positive or negative about this set?" and "Did influencers affect your perception of the set?" would give them clean data and wouldn't sound like sour grapes to boot

dusty cupboards @dustycupboards.bsky.social · 7d

i don't feel like magic set surveys usually have this question and i don't appreciate the implication that content creators, who do so so much for the game, are possibly to blame for a bad set's poor performance. 👎

"to what degree did negative influence commentary impact your perceptions of the spiderman set"

Kabanaw @kabanaw.bsky.social · 8d

I really wish Ed Markey would find someone younger who shares his ideals to replace him, 80 years old is too old to start a 6 year term. I will, however, vote for him enthusiastically over the trans hating ghoul Seth Moulton

Kabanaw @kabanaw.bsky.social · 8d

Listening to some old albums again, Arcade Fire's funeral is kind of perfect. 10 tracks with no duds. A lot of my favorite tracks are from their later stuff but as a whole album Funeral is hard to beat.

Kabanaw @kabanaw.bsky.social · 9d

@friends-table.bsky.social Does your merch provider do baby clothes? I would like to buy a onesie with a flegg on it so I can put a flegg on my baby. If it helps, my partner agrees this is a good idea. Thanks.

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Zorak @zorak.bsky.social · 12d

youtu.be/e9izPmk1x_M?...

YouTube video by Zorak

Kabanaw @kabanaw.bsky.social · 18d

I feel like things have gone the opposite way for me. My career is going well but it eats up any creative energy I have to make my own games. I have no idea how anybody has it all!!!

Kabanaw @kabanaw.bsky.social · 20d

Agreed, anything that isn't just treating it as something that people Are is going to make it into something weird and probably bad

Kabanaw @kabanaw.bsky.social · 20d

I feel like I've been seeing this for the past couple of years, my best guess is that for some younger subgroups autism is seen as a virtue instead of a stigma, which is problematic in its own right but maybe better?

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Ziggy, Tabletop Taurus @ziggybull.bsky.social · 22d

"Magic has become a vehicle for someone else's nostalgia" is a devastating but accurate description.

Spice8Rack (Marxist) @spice8rack.bsky.social · 22d

🚪 NEW VIDEO 🕷️

Magic: The Gathering's Spider-Man couldn't be on Magic Arena so they turned Spider-Man into Magic: The Gathering cards. Does that make sense? NO! Let's talk about this fascinating mess!
youtu.be/LNGowvILFXo

Through the Omenpaths is a Fascinating Mess

YouTube video by Spice8Rack

Kabanaw @kabanaw.bsky.social · 24d

Can't wait for Dragon Age 5: Nobody Is Gay In This One, Also Nobody Was Gay In Any Of The Previous Ones

Kabanaw @kabanaw.bsky.social · 24d

fellas is it bad for regressive authoritarian regimes to have control of some of the largest entertainment companies in your country

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 24d

EA Announces Agreement to be Acquired by PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners for $55 Billion www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...

Kabanaw @kabanaw.bsky.social · 29d

Ed Markey has been a great senator but he should retire. He should also support a real progressive successor instead of this anti-trans bozo

The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 29d

Representative Seth Moulton is seriously considering a 2026 primary challenge to Senator Ed Markey, several sources told the Globe.

Seth Moulton believed to be weighing 2026 primary challenge to Ed Markey - The Boston Globe

The Salem Democrat has not made a final decision but is seriously looking at challenging the two-term Democratic senator, several sources told the Globe.

Kabanaw @kabanaw.bsky.social · 29d

"the guys you think are liberals have some pretty illiberal takes" "oh no not the real people, the ones that I've made up in my mind are liberals"

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Hyper Mega Bummer Boy @neveronbrand.bsky.social · 29d

I can't wait until these guys are forced to have a $100B equivalent of this conversation.

Kabanaw @kabanaw.bsky.social · Sep 23

Dungeon Meshi and DanDaDan both got weekly episode releases on Netflix, they seem to have realized anime should not get season drops

Kabanaw @kabanaw.bsky.social · Sep 22

Even without that, if you step back and focus on avoiding damage, it does an attack that you can use to one-shot the adds!

Kabanaw @kabanaw.bsky.social · Sep 13

Into the Badlands is technically 3 seasons but season 1 is short and the back half of season 3 is eeeh

Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · Sep 12

Everyone has a 1-2 season TV show they sorely miss and not enough people knew about that you are always praising the heavens about.

What's yours?