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Stephen Lurie @luriethereal.bsky.social · 1d

Brad Lander is at the victory party and, folks, he has the custom one-of-one “GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE” shirt.

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nathaniel @pedrothedagger.bsky.social · 1d

it is way too perfect that they announce zohrans win almost exactly at the “if you have half a brain lyric” lol

Turbro @turbro.bsky.social · 1d

Oh my god it was right after the chorus dropped too

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nathaniel @pedrothedagger.bsky.social · 1d

I love that it looks that Mamdani is over 50% so this shit doesn’t matter but it would have been genuinely funny for them to have done this and cuomo to lose anyways

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

according to @jessyedwards.bsky.social of @hellgatenyc.com Curtis Sliwa just said on stage that he was offered $10 million to drop out of the race

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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 1d

As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed.

The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.

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Abe El-Raheb / Editor & Writer @eldashraheb.bsky.social · 1d

If you’re still in line, STAY IN LINE

Dersh fantasizing about the Budd Dwyer special

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 2d

Still one of the bleakest quotes I have ever read, from one of George W Bush’s senior advisers.

The aide said that guys like me were 'in what we call the reality-based community,' which he defined as people who 'believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality.' [...] 'That's not the way the world really works anymore,' he continued. 'We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality—judiciously, as you will—we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors...and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do'.

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nathaniel @pedrothedagger.bsky.social · 1d

With... damn what almost 25 years of working in games??? I am very skeptical I could come into any project and provide direction and guidance without at *least* a few weeks of careful discussion, fact finding, interviewing the team and understanding the pipelines and processes

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nathaniel @pedrothedagger.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like I know some context here and it uh.... is quite frustrating

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nathaniel @pedrothedagger.bsky.social · 1d

games are weird enough and varied enough and tech changes rapidly enough that in reality this becomes “any leader who gives orders before listening”. Acting too confidently as if you know anything without understanding reality on the ground is a recipe for this kind of out of touch leadership

Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 1d

I can answer that
* business guy who runs a company because he has an MBA and rich friends
* person entering leadership sideways from leadership in an unrelated industry w/ no desire to learn
* single-discipline dev who went indie and has never had to think about full production before

Bruno Dias @brunodias.bsky.social · 1d

seriously how do you get to a lead role in the games industry without understanding concepts such as "greyboxing" or "bugs not yet fixed in this version". like what is the career path, for these people?

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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 1d

I can answer that
* business guy who runs a company because he has an MBA and rich friends
* person entering leadership sideways from leadership in an unrelated industry w/ no desire to learn
* single-discipline dev who went indie and has never had to think about full production before

Bruno Dias @brunodias.bsky.social · 1d

seriously how do you get to a lead role in the games industry without understanding concepts such as "greyboxing" or "bugs not yet fixed in this version". like what is the career path, for these people?

They sometimes demanded extra work because they couldn't picture what their colleagues were pitching them. "Frequently, management staff don't come from dev backgrounds and won't be able to understand what they see unless it looks like a final game," explained producer Masao Kobayashi. To appease these leaders, developers produce what he called "fancy concept art and highly-polished, super early demos."

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nathaniel @pedrothedagger.bsky.social · 1d

dude this is so insanely common, especially back in the day when you were doing WFH for publishers... truly nauseating

Bruno Dias @brunodias.bsky.social · 1d

seriously how do you get to a lead role in the games industry without understanding concepts such as "greyboxing" or "bugs not yet fixed in this version". like what is the career path, for these people?

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Ashcan @ashcan.bsky.social · 2d

the doc is maybe even better

Tim, have you ever gotten hit by a foul ball in the face. I have and that really does hurt.
Tim, when you were playing ball with your dad, did he ever just backhand you?
Baseball’s the greatest sport in the world, but one thing I liked growing up was taking a pop bottle and breaking it with a rock.

JS: Tim, have you noticed how many fans are talking on cell phones during the game?
TK: Well Jimmy, in the end they’re all going to die from brain tumors anyway. So they’ll get theirs.

JS: Tim, tomorrow is bring your dog to the park day. Tim, you should bring your wife? I’m kidding.
TK: Thanks for reminding me Jimmy. Tell your wife I’ll pick her up about 5.
JS: Tim, have you ever wondered if this booth could just collapse and kill the both of us?
TK: Jimmy, its all I think about.
TK: Oh yeah Jimmy. They’ll cut through bone. This little stump used to be my index finger. Gotta watch it with the steak knives.

We want to thank the Loney Corporation employees tonight for attending the game. The CEO threw out the first pitch tonight, Ben Watsenburger. They make body bags for animals. There’s an idea! Which reminds me, did you ever have your dog stuffed after he passed away? I couldn’t see throwing them out. I actually have my two cats stuffed.
JS: Tim, did you ever have to wear your sister’s clothes when you were growing up?
TK: Jimmy, Let’s not go down that road. That road is closed. Under construction, if you know what I mean.

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nathaniel @pedrothedagger.bsky.social · 2d

i love my aloof wife

A. Marmot 🌱 @aminus.bsky.social · 2d

[the NY Post scrambling to make a last-ditch scandal:]

"umm, uhhh, his aloof wife Rama Duwaji secretly ran the campaign"

garbage from the NY Post showing pictures of Rama Duwaji and her husband Zohran Mamdani, caption "How Zohran Mamdani’s aloof wife, Rama Duwaji, quietly steered his campaign from behind the scenes"

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nathaniel @pedrothedagger.bsky.social · 2d

finding the right tile to place your city is fun but that’s kinda a subset of exploration so

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nathaniel @pedrothedagger.bsky.social · 2d

also wow hiring rough over there too 😬

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nathaniel @pedrothedagger.bsky.social · 2d

wow was randomly curious and looking at square enix’s job page, they’ve adopted western job titles! (designer for game design instead of planner, artist for artist instead of designer)

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nathaniel @pedrothedagger.bsky.social · 2d

yet undiscovered levels of aura farming over here youtu.be/iuch008sm0k?...

Yoshinobu Yamamoto Delivers Speech In English To Dodger Stadium Crowd At World Series Celebration!

YouTube video by Dodgers Nation

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nathaniel @pedrothedagger.bsky.social · 2d

dying

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paul khruangbin (Dan Lehner) @danlehner.bsky.social · 2d

really not looking forward to four years of this being sourcelessly cited as the reason he doesn't do something that people want as opposed to the completely normal constraints of the mayorship that, like, 300 people online know about

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 4d

President Obama called Zohran Mamdani on Saturday — praising his campaign and offering to be a "sounding board" into the future.

Obama said he was invested in Mamdani's success beyond the election on Tuesday.

"Your campaign has been impressive to watch," Obama told Mamdani.

Obama Calls Mamdani to Praise His Campaign and Offers to Be Sounding Board

www.nytimes.com

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nathaniel @pedrothedagger.bsky.social · 2d

fun to say but has a terrible track record in practice. when a retributive justice approach has worked in the past, the people invovled did not go somewhere they could come back from.

nathaniel @pedrothedagger.bsky.social · 2d

i think it does serve a purpose for (for example) having less expensive games that folks with less cash can go see their fav player (like shohei!)

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nathaniel @pedrothedagger.bsky.social · 2d

I actually think this is something where we could learn a lot more from other countries... and tbh fixing up american democracy is going to involve a lot of challenging assumptions about the structure of american democracy that we told everyone else was incredibly smart and important lol

nathaniel @pedrothedagger.bsky.social · 2d

cathartic but impractical and not good for the long term health of society imo. I think there's room for people in charge to go to jail and people who committed specific crimes to go to jail but you are not going to mass detain every ICE agent and end up with a functioning society 10 years later imo

nathaniel @pedrothedagger.bsky.social · 2d

as cathartic as that would be I don't think mass detention has been very historically practical or effective. i don't think we're going to have or want a massive cadre of "prison guards but woke"

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nathaniel @pedrothedagger.bsky.social · 2d

yeah, the micro design of the game totally works but the macro design of the league is kinda a mess.

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