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Palle!

@palleh.bsky.social

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He/him. Character Art Director at Ubisoft Massive in Malmö. The Division franchise. Union Member. Artist. Traveler. Nuisance. 🇸🇪🇩🇰🇨🇦

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Palle! @palleh.bsky.social · 21d

So if you ever wanted to hear me blather on about myself for an hour now's your chance. youtube.com/watch?v=tgBw...

Being an Art Producer on Tom Clancy's The Division 2 | A Game Development Podcast

YouTube video by Massive Entertainment - A Ubisoft Studio

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Palle! @palleh.bsky.social · 18h

I'm from British "Columbia" which feels really odd to me now.

Palle! @palleh.bsky.social · 18h

I don't get the determination to make Columbus relevant to US history. He never set foot on US soil. He "discovered" a place where millions of people lived and vikings and Irish fishermen knew about. He thought he visited India until his deathbed. His contemporaries considered him a violent weirdo.

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Palle! @palleh.bsky.social · 19h

Imagine being able to just conk out anywhere. I have a giant bed and am lucky if I manage to sleep half the night.

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Palle! @palleh.bsky.social · 19h

Sleeping on a pile of crap because that's where the sun is.

White cat curled up sleeping on a pile of boxes and bags, in a sunbeam.

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Palle! @palleh.bsky.social · 1d

Finally watched Ready or Not. That was a lot of fun. Much more of a gore fest than I was expecting. Also, how is Samara Weaving even real?

Palle! @palleh.bsky.social · 2d

Trump of course doesn't deserve a Nobel Peace Prize but please stop trotting out Obama's Nobel Peace Prize because he didn't deserve it either.

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Palle! @palleh.bsky.social · 3d

So I've finally seen The Menu.

Holy fucking shit.

Also I really want a cheeseburger.

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Palle! @palleh.bsky.social · 3d

Ok.

Palle! @palleh.bsky.social · 3d

When our narrative team requested a cat backpack for an NPC I had two thoughts. One, we should make cat backpacks something all our players can have in the game. The other was we need to give Isabel a backpack with Bella in it. Being able to do stuff like this is why my job is such a great job.

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Palle! @palleh.bsky.social · 3d

Isabel is one of the important members of our community who we invited to the studio a few months ago. While here she made a request, I think not seriously, about getting her cat Bella into the game.

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Palle! @palleh.bsky.social · 4d

I'm thinking, what are the odds? But he's heading to nearby Lund for a science fiction convention and I'm in a craft beer bar. So knowing them maybe not actually that surprising.

Palle! @palleh.bsky.social · 4d

Randomly ran into Scottish SF novelist Charles Stross and his partner Feorag in a pub here in Malmö. We got to chat for a couple hours which was really nice.

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Palle! @palleh.bsky.social · 5d

Today I managed to
1 Do some food shopping
2 Make some pasta
3 Rewatch the entirety of Alien: Earth

Palle! @palleh.bsky.social · 5d

Tolkien dug deep into Nordic mythos in his world building. In many ways these very Scandinavian works are more on point to his sources. The roots of Tolkien's world with the English romanticism removed.

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Palle! @palleh.bsky.social · 5d

I promised more Scandinavian artists. Tove Jansson from Finland. These are her illustrations for the Swedish edition of the Hobbit from 1962. I love these so much. And yes, these are very different from our modern renderings of Tolkien's work.

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Palle! @palleh.bsky.social · 6d

Off work for a few days. Trying not to think about work but failing.

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Palle! @palleh.bsky.social · 8d

Photo credit to my friend Duncan who has enough sense to not be on this website.

Palle! @palleh.bsky.social · 8d

Me too Vancouver. Me too.

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Palle! @palleh.bsky.social · 8d

Working on a Sunday kinda sucks but OMG not being interrupted is glorious.

Palle! @palleh.bsky.social · 9d

Greta wearing a men's keffiyeh while wearing an autism t-shirt with a dual-rifle wielding skeleton at a pro-palestine rally in Denmark. Her trolling game is elite. I love her so much.

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Palle! @palleh.bsky.social · 11d

Yeah it messed me up for a few years. And yet when they tried to hire me back a few years later I almost took it because I needed the work.

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Palle! @palleh.bsky.social · 11d

Been too much of this these days part 3. www.gamedeveloper.com/business/sta...

Starbreeze making layoffs after scrapping D&D project

44 people are expected to lose their jobs, while others will be relocated internally.

www.gamedeveloper.com

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Palle! @palleh.bsky.social · 12d

I can't even remotely afford moving back to Vancouver.

Palle! @palleh.bsky.social · 12d

Worth remembering that most folks working in games have changed cities, countries, continents, for work. You leave family, friends, safety nets. And you do it with no job security. It's a hell of a gamble being a game dev.

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Palle! @palleh.bsky.social · 12d

To be clear I feel appreciated and safe right now. But I remember when I didn't. And the news about the industry these days is reminding me powerfully of the worst times and I feel for folks dealing with that uncertainty right now.

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