Faraaz | Bob D. Interlace 🇵🇸
@retrocontext.bsky.social
Lead Producer, Killer Instinct: Anniversary Edition. Old games and oolong tea enthusiast. Rusty’s Real Deal Baseball evangelist.
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Trying to find a job in video games right now is like crawling through hell:
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Can confirm.
I’m an ex-Iron Galaxy Senior Producer and certified Product Manager with ~8 years of experience across games and software.
If you know any #GameDev teams looking for stability and direction on their projects, make my crawl through hell a little less hot and tag/message me. Thanks!
I’m an ex-Iron Galaxy Senior Producer and certified Product Manager with ~8 years of experience across games and software.
If you know any #GameDev teams looking for stability and direction on their projects, make my crawl through hell a little less hot and tag/message me. Thanks!
Some older snaps for #ScanlineSunday - hopefully when the new place is all tidied up I can take fresh ones :)
December 1, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Some older snaps for #ScanlineSunday - hopefully when the new place is all tidied up I can take fresh ones :)
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Hahaha, right?! Or what about mandatory disclosures for the discrepancy between the salaries of the CEO and their lowest paid worker? That would be so funny, right?! Let’s do it as a funny joke!!!
"Why stop at AI use? We could have mandatory disclosures for what shampoo brand the developer uses" — Epic boss Tim Sweeney says Steam should ditch its AI generated content disclosure. https://bit.ly/4a193vt
November 30, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Hahaha, right?! Or what about mandatory disclosures for the discrepancy between the salaries of the CEO and their lowest paid worker? That would be so funny, right?! Let’s do it as a funny joke!!!
Sportsball for Wii U #RandomGameSaturday
Spent so much time playing this with friends in 2014-2017. An excellent party game. Hope Ned, Auston and Kareem of TOO DX are doing well!
Spent so much time playing this with friends in 2014-2017. An excellent party game. Hope Ned, Auston and Kareem of TOO DX are doing well!
November 30, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Sportsball for Wii U #RandomGameSaturday
Spent so much time playing this with friends in 2014-2017. An excellent party game. Hope Ned, Auston and Kareem of TOO DX are doing well!
Spent so much time playing this with friends in 2014-2017. An excellent party game. Hope Ned, Auston and Kareem of TOO DX are doing well!
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November 28, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Putting aside the sustainability of this for large projects, or its utility for outsource or content/QA houses…this is the best version of this I’ve seen.
Now I’m picturing interactive credits screens organized by pillar/discipline…
Designers are impossibly smart. It can be done.
Now I’m picturing interactive credits screens organized by pillar/discipline…
Designers are impossibly smart. It can be done.
November 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Putting aside the sustainability of this for large projects, or its utility for outsource or content/QA houses…this is the best version of this I’ve seen.
Now I’m picturing interactive credits screens organized by pillar/discipline…
Designers are impossibly smart. It can be done.
Now I’m picturing interactive credits screens organized by pillar/discipline…
Designers are impossibly smart. It can be done.
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10 days until Metroid Prime 4 are you on the edge of your seat yet?
#metroidprime4 #pixelart #metroiddread
#metroidprime4 #pixelart #metroiddread
November 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
10 days until Metroid Prime 4 are you on the edge of your seat yet?
#metroidprime4 #pixelart #metroiddread
#metroidprime4 #pixelart #metroiddread
I didn’t know about #ScanlineSunday until now! It’s still Sunday somewhere!
November 24, 2025 at 6:28 AM
I didn’t know about #ScanlineSunday until now! It’s still Sunday somewhere!
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
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Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
Objective proof this game is worth $70
November 20, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Objective proof this game is worth $70
me, a Sasanian traitor in Ctesiphon in 637 CE:
November 16, 2025 at 5:54 AM
me, a Sasanian traitor in Ctesiphon in 637 CE:
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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is $1.99 on GOG buff.ly/WnJAOv8 #ad
November 16, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is $1.99 on GOG buff.ly/WnJAOv8 #ad
my reaction to today’s Call of Duty news
November 16, 2025 at 1:22 AM
my reaction to today’s Call of Duty news
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November 15, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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Objectively correct take actually
My hot take about Metroid is that I'm not big into Metroid but I don't think you should ever hear a single human voice or see a single human face during the course of those games unless you 101%'d it, and then you get to see Samus's newest gorgeous visage say "congratulations, gamer" at the camera
November 14, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Objectively correct take actually
I feel like I might have been onto something with the gaming PC I built exactly a year ago today. Looks familiar, somehow.
November 13, 2025 at 9:37 AM
I feel like I might have been onto something with the gaming PC I built exactly a year ago today. Looks familiar, somehow.
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November 13, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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no matter what you think about valve we are unfortunately at a stage of capitalism when it is extremely refreshing when a company comes up with a product for you to simply exchange money for
November 13, 2025 at 3:10 AM
no matter what you think about valve we are unfortunately at a stage of capitalism when it is extremely refreshing when a company comes up with a product for you to simply exchange money for
Not to cross-post LinkedIn like a lunatic, but this supports the point I was making re: the market for new games already being delicate at best and depressed at worst. This is not really the right time to make pro-AI public statements that alienate the few people still buying new games.
November 13, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Not to cross-post LinkedIn like a lunatic, but this supports the point I was making re: the market for new games already being delicate at best and depressed at worst. This is not really the right time to make pro-AI public statements that alienate the few people still buying new games.
This is why the “we’ve been using SpeedTree for decades, what’s the difference?” line does not hit at all
A big reason proc gen feels so different to AI in spite of superficial similarities is exactly this!!
Proc Gen systems reflect the interests and creative preferences of the tool makers, whereas AI is catch-all sludge that reflects no specific point of view. It’s not remotely the same!
Proc Gen systems reflect the interests and creative preferences of the tool makers, whereas AI is catch-all sludge that reflects no specific point of view. It’s not remotely the same!
In case anyone ever asks, I *have* written a material generator and a music generator for Eldritch 2, but that's not AI. That's me taking all the things I personally know about those things, and writing my own tools to make the process a little faster and easier for myself. It's still 100% me, baby.
November 12, 2025 at 7:49 AM
This is why the “we’ve been using SpeedTree for decades, what’s the difference?” line does not hit at all
Being…diplomatic in saying this, but a lot of games executives could use the reality check: for some audiences, it is possible to just stop buying new games
Alienating audiences that know how to procure old games by aggressively pushing controversial technology is…not a smart move
Alienating audiences that know how to procure old games by aggressively pushing controversial technology is…not a smart move
November 12, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Being…diplomatic in saying this, but a lot of games executives could use the reality check: for some audiences, it is possible to just stop buying new games
Alienating audiences that know how to procure old games by aggressively pushing controversial technology is…not a smart move
Alienating audiences that know how to procure old games by aggressively pushing controversial technology is…not a smart move
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November 11, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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November 10, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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oh look it's the the half life subreddit for the past 4 years
Half-Life fans believe they've worked out a possible announcement date for Half-Life 3 - and it's very, very soon
www.eurogamer.net/half-life-fa...
www.eurogamer.net/half-life-fa...
November 8, 2025 at 9:17 PM
oh look it's the the half life subreddit for the past 4 years