Cody Owen
@lordrilayen.bsky.social
Christian
#writer - #wip: Steam-Dancer, a #steampunk #fantasy about a telekinetic circus and an anti-mage bounty hunter
#gamer
Aspiring #gamedev
Follow me on YouTube for chill, no commentary longplays: https://youtube.com/@lordrilayen?si=JuwFvTjBnrEs-_v1
#writer - #wip: Steam-Dancer, a #steampunk #fantasy about a telekinetic circus and an anti-mage bounty hunter
#gamer
Aspiring #gamedev
Follow me on YouTube for chill, no commentary longplays: https://youtube.com/@lordrilayen?si=JuwFvTjBnrEs-_v1
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Cody Owen
@lordrilayen.bsky.social
· Sep 15
Been awhile, so let’s do another #promosky.
I’m a gamer, reader, author, and aspiring game dev.
Favorites:
Kingdom Hearts 💙
Final Fantasy 🔮
Soulsborne 🗡️
Mass Effect 🪐
NieR: Automata 🤖
Elder Scrolls 📜
God of War 🪓
Clair Obscur 🖌️
Path of Exile ❌
Et al.
I also do no-commentary longplays on YouTube.
I’m a gamer, reader, author, and aspiring game dev.
Favorites:
Kingdom Hearts 💙
Final Fantasy 🔮
Soulsborne 🗡️
Mass Effect 🪐
NieR: Automata 🤖
Elder Scrolls 📜
God of War 🪓
Clair Obscur 🖌️
Path of Exile ❌
Et al.
I also do no-commentary longplays on YouTube.
I must say, it is peak.
Persona 5 Royal is $17.99 on US PSN buff.ly/KVJL3c8
$20.99 US eShop buff.ly/NfkktN9
$20.99 XBL buff.ly/bHOgko0
$17.60 on Gamebillet buff.ly/AnKk7CP
PS5/Switch $22/$25 at PNP buff.ly/XDIEl8a
$20.99 US eShop buff.ly/NfkktN9
$20.99 XBL buff.ly/bHOgko0
$17.60 on Gamebillet buff.ly/AnKk7CP
PS5/Switch $22/$25 at PNP buff.ly/XDIEl8a
December 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I must say, it is peak.
I am enjoying Borderlands 3 so much more the second time around. It’s not that criticisms I’ve had in the past weren’t valid, but it’s doing the good Borderlands things a lot more than I’d given it credit for and the irritating things seem to be mostly front-loaded.
November 29, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I am enjoying Borderlands 3 so much more the second time around. It’s not that criticisms I’ve had in the past weren’t valid, but it’s doing the good Borderlands things a lot more than I’d given it credit for and the irritating things seem to be mostly front-loaded.
Your civilization is based on the technology of the mass relays. Our technology. By using it, your civilization develops along the paths we desire. We impose order on the chaos of organic life. You exist because we allow it, and you will end because we demand it, Charlie Brown.
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die, Charlie Brown.
He was in the Amazon with my mom when she was researching spiders right before she died, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Your civilization is based on the technology of the mass relays. Our technology. By using it, your civilization develops along the paths we desire. We impose order on the chaos of organic life. You exist because we allow it, and you will end because we demand it, Charlie Brown.
I have, once again, fallen behind on my release “schedule”, such as it is. Getting back to it should look something like: Borderlands: The Handsome Collection - Complete >
Borderlands 3 - In Progress > Metaphor: ReFantazio - In Progress > Persona 5 Royal - Complete
#longplays #nocommentary
Borderlands 3 - In Progress > Metaphor: ReFantazio - In Progress > Persona 5 Royal - Complete
#longplays #nocommentary
November 22, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I have, once again, fallen behind on my release “schedule”, such as it is. Getting back to it should look something like: Borderlands: The Handsome Collection - Complete >
Borderlands 3 - In Progress > Metaphor: ReFantazio - In Progress > Persona 5 Royal - Complete
#longplays #nocommentary
Borderlands 3 - In Progress > Metaphor: ReFantazio - In Progress > Persona 5 Royal - Complete
#longplays #nocommentary
I really enjoyed Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel. The internet had led me to believe it wasn’t as good, but I was very pleasantly surprised. Quite a fascinating experience, narratively speaking as well.
November 22, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I really enjoyed Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel. The internet had led me to believe it wasn’t as good, but I was very pleasantly surprised. Quite a fascinating experience, narratively speaking as well.
PlayStation sold me ALL of KCD, I and II, with all DLC for $55 and now that’s just sitting there in my library, laying siege to my Borderlands franchise playthrough.
a man in a suit and tie is saying be strong .
Alt: Jim Carrey in a police hat and tie is saying be strong .
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:14 AM
PlayStation sold me ALL of KCD, I and II, with all DLC for $55 and now that’s just sitting there in my library, laying siege to my Borderlands franchise playthrough.
You know what to do, #writersky, #authorsky
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:52 AM
You know what to do, #writersky, #authorsky
Hopefully WIPs are ok for this.
From STEAM-DANCER
Convincing you to read my(our - @srmorton.bsky.social ) novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want!
From STEAM-DANCER
Convincing you to read my(our - @srmorton.bsky.social ) novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want!
November 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Hopefully WIPs are ok for this.
From STEAM-DANCER
Convincing you to read my(our - @srmorton.bsky.social ) novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want!
From STEAM-DANCER
Convincing you to read my(our - @srmorton.bsky.social ) novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want!
Reposted by Cody Owen
Whatever production time and cost was "saved" by using AI for one of the most human-dependent disciplines in game making was actively obliterated by the act itself, overshadowing the hard work of every single other developer on the project and making this situation impossible to right. WHO KNEW.
For Arc Raiders to ride the wave of human sociability all the way to the bank, while also being so contemptuous of the thing that makes us social animals in its own workflow demonstrates a lack of artistic integrity that I find impossible to ignore.
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
November 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Whatever production time and cost was "saved" by using AI for one of the most human-dependent disciplines in game making was actively obliterated by the act itself, overshadowing the hard work of every single other developer on the project and making this situation impossible to right. WHO KNEW.
Reposted by Cody Owen
If you could live in a video game world, which one would it be?
November 3, 2025 at 1:06 AM
If you could live in a video game world, which one would it be?
Reposted by Cody Owen
Fashion enjoyers, this one is for you!
From Patch 7.4 onward, you'll be able to equip any glamours regardless of your class/job! ✨
Mix and match your favorite outfits and slay on the battlefield! 💅
From Patch 7.4 onward, you'll be able to equip any glamours regardless of your class/job! ✨
Mix and match your favorite outfits and slay on the battlefield! 💅
October 31, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Fashion enjoyers, this one is for you!
From Patch 7.4 onward, you'll be able to equip any glamours regardless of your class/job! ✨
Mix and match your favorite outfits and slay on the battlefield! 💅
From Patch 7.4 onward, you'll be able to equip any glamours regardless of your class/job! ✨
Mix and match your favorite outfits and slay on the battlefield! 💅
#anthem has had such an odd impact on my life. Preserving it started my YouTube channel, though the first attempt failed. Then when the channel really began in earnest, one of main goals was archival.
“Wouldn’t it be cool if a dev found your footage of their game and it helped them somehow?”
“Wouldn’t it be cool if a dev found your footage of their game and it helped them somehow?”
October 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
#anthem has had such an odd impact on my life. Preserving it started my YouTube channel, though the first attempt failed. Then when the channel really began in earnest, one of main goals was archival.
“Wouldn’t it be cool if a dev found your footage of their game and it helped them somehow?”
“Wouldn’t it be cool if a dev found your footage of their game and it helped them somehow?”
I don’t know how we get through this, but the only idea I have is to just keep creating, the difficult, friction-filled, meaningfully human way. And to reject the slop at every opportunity.
Hi. I wrote an essay about AI slop: How it feels like an invasive species for the internet. How its boosters describe building a future that’s devoid of craft. How frictionlessness can be nihilistic & how this stuff seems to leach part of our shared humanity out of the world. I hope you'll read it.
AI’s Invasive Species
The slop is winning.
www.theatlantic.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I don’t know how we get through this, but the only idea I have is to just keep creating, the difficult, friction-filled, meaningfully human way. And to reject the slop at every opportunity.
Reposted by Cody Owen
AI is ushering in a "world of creativity without craft." All idea guys
Hi. I wrote an essay about AI slop: How it feels like an invasive species for the internet. How its boosters describe building a future that’s devoid of craft. How frictionlessness can be nihilistic & how this stuff seems to leach part of our shared humanity out of the world. I hope you'll read it.
AI’s Invasive Species
The slop is winning.
www.theatlantic.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
AI is ushering in a "world of creativity without craft." All idea guys
Reposted by Cody Owen
Confirmation I am hated by The Algorithm, this tactic did not instantly result in 50,000 views.
October 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Confirmation I am hated by The Algorithm, this tactic did not instantly result in 50,000 views.
Been seeing quite a lot of people talking about #FFXIV lately, so I’ll plug this again.
Come help me make the longest Final Fantasy XIV #longplay of all time! I need help with recording cinematic runs of various duties not supported by the Duty Support system. Finished 3 already!
Come help me make the longest Final Fantasy XIV #longplay of all time! I need help with recording cinematic runs of various duties not supported by the Duty Support system. Finished 3 already!
October 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Reposted by Cody Owen
The shorter games with worse graphics made by less people discourse is starting again and the nuance lost in this conversation is: we absolutely CAN make big, hyper-realistic games, sustainably. The problem -- and the money drain -- is executive pay, leadership overreach, mismanagement, and whims.
October 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The shorter games with worse graphics made by less people discourse is starting again and the nuance lost in this conversation is: we absolutely CAN make big, hyper-realistic games, sustainably. The problem -- and the money drain -- is executive pay, leadership overreach, mismanagement, and whims.
Reposted by Cody Owen
💜To whoever needs this:
Hey you,
Don't beat yourself up if this week wasn't the most productive or it simply didn't go like you planned. Be gentle on yourself. You're doing the best you can.
No one may have said it to you lately, but I'm proud of you for still being around🫂
Hey you,
Don't beat yourself up if this week wasn't the most productive or it simply didn't go like you planned. Be gentle on yourself. You're doing the best you can.
No one may have said it to you lately, but I'm proud of you for still being around🫂
October 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
💜To whoever needs this:
Hey you,
Don't beat yourself up if this week wasn't the most productive or it simply didn't go like you planned. Be gentle on yourself. You're doing the best you can.
No one may have said it to you lately, but I'm proud of you for still being around🫂
Hey you,
Don't beat yourself up if this week wasn't the most productive or it simply didn't go like you planned. Be gentle on yourself. You're doing the best you can.
No one may have said it to you lately, but I'm proud of you for still being around🫂
Reposted by Cody Owen
Any Dragon Age fans out there looking for a Let's Play to watch?
Consider checking out my ongoing series of Origins!!
Every like, share, view, and sub helps your friendly neighborhood small YouTuber! 😎
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Consider checking out my ongoing series of Origins!!
Every like, share, view, and sub helps your friendly neighborhood small YouTuber! 😎
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Let's Play Dragon Age Origins (Elf Mage) - ONGOING - YouTube
A playthrough of BioWare's 2009 masterpiece Dragon Age Origins as an Elven Mage
youtube.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Any Dragon Age fans out there looking for a Let's Play to watch?
Consider checking out my ongoing series of Origins!!
Every like, share, view, and sub helps your friendly neighborhood small YouTuber! 😎
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Consider checking out my ongoing series of Origins!!
Every like, share, view, and sub helps your friendly neighborhood small YouTuber! 😎
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Me, after putting the patch number in a video title.
October 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Me, after putting the patch number in a video title.
Reposted by Cody Owen
pivoting to multiplayer campaign
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 12, 2025 at 10:33 PM
pivoting to multiplayer campaign
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Thanes, the Iron Drifter
September 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Thanes, the Iron Drifter
I’m feeling quite confident I was not supposed to do the whole first dungeon in Metaphor in one go on 6/13 but boy did we.
September 26, 2025 at 5:22 AM
I’m feeling quite confident I was not supposed to do the whole first dungeon in Metaphor in one go on 6/13 but boy did we.