Nikki Kuppens
@patt3rson.bsky.social
Senior Game Designer @ Raw Power Games. Previously IO Interactive, Ubisoft Massive. Worked on The Division 1 & 2, Halo: Spartan Assault/Strike, Gatling Gears, Greed Corp. Opinions are my own.
Olivier Richters as Zangief is some on point casting.
Street Fighter - Official Sneak Peek Teaser (2026) Andrew Koji, Callina Liang
YouTube video by IGN
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December 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Olivier Richters as Zangief is some on point casting.
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Hey Bluesky! Our new small studio just released our first game, a physics puzzle game taking place on a remote planet. Please have a look and see if it might be for you. We'd also appreciate any help to spread the word, and any feedback.
store.steampowered.com/app/3965930/...
#Indie #GameDev
store.steampowered.com/app/3965930/...
#Indie #GameDev
Save 15% on Puzzle Parasite on Steam
Puzzle Parasite is a sci-fi puzzle adventure where you wield telekinetic powers and a cricket bat. You send energy cores flying, power alien tech, and avoid deadly lasers, as you go deeper to uncover ...
store.steampowered.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Hey Bluesky! Our new small studio just released our first game, a physics puzzle game taking place on a remote planet. Please have a look and see if it might be for you. We'd also appreciate any help to spread the word, and any feedback.
store.steampowered.com/app/3965930/...
#Indie #GameDev
store.steampowered.com/app/3965930/...
#Indie #GameDev
Video games, man. ❤️ Incredible.
Everything announced at The Game Awards 2025
The Game Awards included a bounty of new game reveals and fresh looks at upcoming releases.
www.polygon.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Video games, man. ❤️ Incredible.
Ready for December to start.
November 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Ready for December to start.
I've never had any issues getting credited (yet), but credit status is completely irrelevant to what goes on my CV. Companies control the in-game credits and shouldn't be dicks about it, I control my portfolio and will accurately list my experience.
This should not be controversial. You did the work, list the experience.
My controversial take is that if you didn't get credited on a game you have proof you've worked on, just list it on your CV.
I do with one. Never had any issues.
Not being credited still sucks but you don't need to be polite when they're not.
I do with one. Never had any issues.
Not being credited still sucks but you don't need to be polite when they're not.
November 26, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I've never had any issues getting credited (yet), but credit status is completely irrelevant to what goes on my CV. Companies control the in-game credits and shouldn't be dicks about it, I control my portfolio and will accurately list my experience.
ERMAHGERD
Norris and Piastri disqualified from Las Vegas GP
McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri have been disqualified from the final classification of the Las Vegas Grand Prix after both their cars were found not to comply with technical regulation...
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November 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
ERMAHGERD
I am super obsessed with the football 2026 World Cup qualifiers because it's delivering bangers and upsets like this Scotland - Denmark game regularly. With some pretty strong teams ending up second in their group, the playoffs are going to be interesting.
SCOTLAND 4-2 DENMARK | Scotland Qualify for 2026 World Cup! | World Cup Qualifier Highlights
YouTube video by Scotland National Team
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November 19, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I am super obsessed with the football 2026 World Cup qualifiers because it's delivering bangers and upsets like this Scotland - Denmark game regularly. With some pretty strong teams ending up second in their group, the playoffs are going to be interesting.
Yo, I’m dead. 🤦♂️
November 16, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Yo, I’m dead. 🤦♂️
Binged right through the whole season of The Studio. Seth Rogen is great, but I am in awe of the character Sal Saperstein and his actor Ike Barinholtz. Also the amazing occasional appearances by Dave Franco as himself and Bryan Cranston as the eccentric studio owner. Can't wait for season 2!
Watch The Studio - Apple TV
Seth Rogen stars as the newly appointed head of a movie studio. Desperate for celebrity approval, he and his executive team at Continental Studios mus…
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November 1, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Binged right through the whole season of The Studio. Seth Rogen is great, but I am in awe of the character Sal Saperstein and his actor Ike Barinholtz. Also the amazing occasional appearances by Dave Franco as himself and Bryan Cranston as the eccentric studio owner. Can't wait for season 2!
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The rumor I had always heard was that they hired a bunch of game developers and didn’t listen to them, which seems to be an ongoing trend.
Maybe someone should try making video games and trusting the people who know how to do it.
Maybe someone should try making video games and trusting the people who know how to do it.
I legitimately didn't know they were competing with Steam and it's crazy to me that they burnt so much money on what sounds like something with very little (or wildly misguided) market research.
October 29, 2025 at 3:08 AM
The rumor I had always heard was that they hired a bunch of game developers and didn’t listen to them, which seems to be an ongoing trend.
Maybe someone should try making video games and trusting the people who know how to do it.
Maybe someone should try making video games and trusting the people who know how to do it.
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Every ai video sucks because they’re never more than their prompts, you’re like ‘yeah that’s a video of a dinosaur eating chips whilst skateboarding,” but like that’s it - you could just post your prompt and it’d be the same. But every real piece of film contains MORE than just its script
October 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Every ai video sucks because they’re never more than their prompts, you’re like ‘yeah that’s a video of a dinosaur eating chips whilst skateboarding,” but like that’s it - you could just post your prompt and it’d be the same. But every real piece of film contains MORE than just its script
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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.
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I don’t expect video game players to really understand game development, it’s very complicated. But if there’s *one thing* I wish people could get it’s that poor results are much more often due to poor leadership or structure than any individual being “lazy” or “bad” or “woke” or whatever
'CEOs need to take a backseat:' MindsEye devs accuse studio execs of fumbling layoffs and mandating crunch
'CEOs need to take a backseat:' MindsEye devs accuse studio execs of fumbling layoffs and mandating crunch
Almost 100 current and former Build A Rocket Boy employees have signed an open letter containing allegations of debilitating mismanagement–and some workers are even filing legal claims.
www.gamedeveloper.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I don’t expect video game players to really understand game development, it’s very complicated. But if there’s *one thing* I wish people could get it’s that poor results are much more often due to poor leadership or structure than any individual being “lazy” or “bad” or “woke” or whatever
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Today I showed the designers that you can name cells in spreadsheets and use the names in formulas (i.e. "=PLAYER_LEVEL" instead of "=C12"). You can then use the Name Manager to track or rename them. I thought this was common knowledge, but I guess not, so sharing that tidbit here.
October 8, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Today I showed the designers that you can name cells in spreadsheets and use the names in formulas (i.e. "=PLAYER_LEVEL" instead of "=C12"). You can then use the Name Manager to track or rename them. I thought this was common knowledge, but I guess not, so sharing that tidbit here.
After a somewhat scary drive because of the weather, we spent a very wet weekend at the Lego House and Legoland in Billund. Despite the rain, the kids had an amazing time playing with Lego, spending the night in a knights-themed room and having pretty much no lines at any of the rides.
October 6, 2025 at 12:13 PM
After a somewhat scary drive because of the weather, we spent a very wet weekend at the Lego House and Legoland in Billund. Despite the rain, the kids had an amazing time playing with Lego, spending the night in a knights-themed room and having pretty much no lines at any of the rides.
Completed Herdling. It didn’t really grab me as much as some other smaller cozy vibe games, but I grew fond of my little herd of capricorns that I let pick their own names. Daya was indeed a little rascal, always getting things stuck in her fur.
October 2, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Completed Herdling. It didn’t really grab me as much as some other smaller cozy vibe games, but I grew fond of my little herd of capricorns that I let pick their own names. Daya was indeed a little rascal, always getting things stuck in her fur.
Going from 20 to 30 bucks is just silly. Ultimate was the obvious pick because of cloud and PC and the relatively small price difference. None of that is now true anymore, I’m happy to switch to Essential and at this point only for the online play that I actually need.
BREAKING: Microsoft is announcing big changes to Xbox Game Pass today. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is getting more features, but it's going up to $29.99 a month. PC games + cloud are also coming to new Game Pass Essential + Premium plans. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/789424/...
Microsoft revamps Xbox Game Pass plans and hikes Ultimate to $29.99 a month
All Xbox Game Pass tiers are getting big changes
www.theverge.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Going from 20 to 30 bucks is just silly. Ultimate was the obvious pick because of cloud and PC and the relatively small price difference. None of that is now true anymore, I’m happy to switch to Essential and at this point only for the online play that I actually need.
Playing Space Marine 2 and I love how your commanding officer tells you “this mission is of vital importance, the survival of humankind depends on it” and then goes…
October 1, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Playing Space Marine 2 and I love how your commanding officer tells you “this mission is of vital importance, the survival of humankind depends on it” and then goes…
Just when I thought mobile ads couldn’t get any worse, my son started playing this tablet game that has playable ads WHILE a different clickable audio ad is playing on top. This happens about every three minutes, so he sees more of that than the actual game.
September 22, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Just when I thought mobile ads couldn’t get any worse, my son started playing this tablet game that has playable ads WHILE a different clickable audio ad is playing on top. This happens about every three minutes, so he sees more of that than the actual game.
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something that I’ve been thinking about since DICE is that a lot of highly skilled devs are subject to management labelling them as ‘difficult’ and sidelining them simply because they point out and want to solve a problem, mismanagement which I think has contributed to a lot of failed projects
September 20, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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They blamed the WiFi, but the real reason is so much more embarrassing. And funny.
Meta CTO explains the cause of its embarrassing smart glasses demo failures
When Mark Zuckerberg announced Meta's latest smart glasses at the company's Connect 2025 keynote, he encountered two glitches that prevented him from properly demonstrating some of the devices' featur...
www.engadget.com
September 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
They blamed the WiFi, but the real reason is so much more embarrassing. And funny.
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technically Silksong boss nerfs are actually just bug fixes
September 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
technically Silksong boss nerfs are actually just bug fixes
"Fed into" is such an apt description for this kind of practice.
OpenAI confirms they're helping make an AI-generated movie called 'Critterz'
• Goal is to finish production in 9 months
• Budget is ~$30M
• Plan is to debut the film at Canne
• 'Paddington 3' writers penned the script
• Art will be fed into Chat GPT 5 and other image models
(via WSJ)
• Goal is to finish production in 9 months
• Budget is ~$30M
• Plan is to debut the film at Canne
• 'Paddington 3' writers penned the script
• Art will be fed into Chat GPT 5 and other image models
(via WSJ)
September 9, 2025 at 7:53 AM
"Fed into" is such an apt description for this kind of practice.
I am here for a Japan-based Forza Horizon 6 with Tokyo Drift vibes!
the Xbox Tokyo Game Show stream kicks off on Thursday, September 25th at 3AM PT / 6AM ET / 11AM UK. Looks like Microsoft is preparing for a street race 😉
September 9, 2025 at 7:49 AM
I am here for a Japan-based Forza Horizon 6 with Tokyo Drift vibes!
I can tell I'm getting old because putting up shelves and trimming the hedge constitutes a good weekend. Every time I look at them and see how level they are, I am content.
September 8, 2025 at 7:43 AM
I can tell I'm getting old because putting up shelves and trimming the hedge constitutes a good weekend. Every time I look at them and see how level they are, I am content.