Ryan Simpson
@thecodetroll.bsky.social
UI Engineer with UX interests.
Working on Battlefield
Working on Battlefield
Pinned
Ryan Simpson
@thecodetroll.bsky.social
· Oct 21
Hey, I'm Ryan.
I'm a UI engineer at Criterion Games in the UK.
Previously I worked at SEGA, on titles like:
Sonic Dash
ChuChu Rocket Universe
Two point Hospital
And Two Point Campus.
Ive been in the games industry now for over a decade, which is insane to me.
I'm a UI engineer at Criterion Games in the UK.
Previously I worked at SEGA, on titles like:
Sonic Dash
ChuChu Rocket Universe
Two point Hospital
And Two Point Campus.
Ive been in the games industry now for over a decade, which is insane to me.
BF6 is out. It's the biggest thing I've ever worked on. So many people, so much effort. Do I have my own moral quandaries about a game like this (especially)during times like these? Yeah. But it's been a hell of a project to work on with some absolutely cracked people.
October 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
BF6 is out. It's the biggest thing I've ever worked on. So many people, so much effort. Do I have my own moral quandaries about a game like this (especially)during times like these? Yeah. But it's been a hell of a project to work on with some absolutely cracked people.
Reposted by Ryan Simpson
It’s official: EA is going private.
The leveraged buyout will be financed by a staggering $20 billion of debt, which likely means some *aggressive* cost cutting is ahead for EA in the coming months and years.
www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...
The leveraged buyout will be financed by a staggering $20 billion of debt, which likely means some *aggressive* cost cutting is ahead for EA in the coming months and years.
www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...
www.businesswire.com
September 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM
It’s official: EA is going private.
The leveraged buyout will be financed by a staggering $20 billion of debt, which likely means some *aggressive* cost cutting is ahead for EA in the coming months and years.
www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...
The leveraged buyout will be financed by a staggering $20 billion of debt, which likely means some *aggressive* cost cutting is ahead for EA in the coming months and years.
www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...
hm. well this is monday news isnt it.
September 29, 2025 at 3:22 PM
hm. well this is monday news isnt it.
Reposted by Ryan Simpson
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFGE...
What a day today has been 😱
What a day today has been 😱
Battlefield 6 Official Multiplayer Gameplay Trailer
YouTube video by Battlefield
www.youtube.com
July 31, 2025 at 11:18 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFGE...
What a day today has been 😱
What a day today has been 😱
Reposted by Ryan Simpson
TOTK voice-controlled Proving Grounds 3 (Vehicles, Rotation, Flow)
youtu.be/ij_ks5nxhRs
Demonstrating safe-ish strategies for beating another 3 combat shrines via voice commands in Tears Of The Kingdom, this time with no glitches
youtu.be/ij_ks5nxhRs
Demonstrating safe-ish strategies for beating another 3 combat shrines via voice commands in Tears Of The Kingdom, this time with no glitches
TOTK voice-controlled Proving Grounds 3 (Vehicles, Rotation, Flow)
YouTube video by Voiced Gaming
youtu.be
July 30, 2025 at 11:05 AM
TOTK voice-controlled Proving Grounds 3 (Vehicles, Rotation, Flow)
youtu.be/ij_ks5nxhRs
Demonstrating safe-ish strategies for beating another 3 combat shrines via voice commands in Tears Of The Kingdom, this time with no glitches
youtu.be/ij_ks5nxhRs
Demonstrating safe-ish strategies for beating another 3 combat shrines via voice commands in Tears Of The Kingdom, this time with no glitches
Reposted by Ryan Simpson
Last 6 months have been wild:
🤯We realised game discovery was broken.
🧪We made a prototype game-finder.
🎯We Kickstartered it into reality.
🥘We cooked and cooked with our backers.
🚀On Weds 6th Aug we launch Ludocene.com into the world.
🙏Last chance back/share: www.kickstarter.com/projects/lud...
🤯We realised game discovery was broken.
🧪We made a prototype game-finder.
🎯We Kickstartered it into reality.
🥘We cooked and cooked with our backers.
🚀On Weds 6th Aug we launch Ludocene.com into the world.
🙏Last chance back/share: www.kickstarter.com/projects/lud...
Ludocene: Game Discovery From People You Trust
A dating app that matches you with games rather than people. A deck-builder that profiles your gaming taste.
www.kickstarter.com
July 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Last 6 months have been wild:
🤯We realised game discovery was broken.
🧪We made a prototype game-finder.
🎯We Kickstartered it into reality.
🥘We cooked and cooked with our backers.
🚀On Weds 6th Aug we launch Ludocene.com into the world.
🙏Last chance back/share: www.kickstarter.com/projects/lud...
🤯We realised game discovery was broken.
🧪We made a prototype game-finder.
🎯We Kickstartered it into reality.
🥘We cooked and cooked with our backers.
🚀On Weds 6th Aug we launch Ludocene.com into the world.
🙏Last chance back/share: www.kickstarter.com/projects/lud...
www.tiktok.com/@battlefield...
I've been working on this for almost 2 years now. I joined criterion games at a huge time of change, and well it's been non stop ever since.
I've been working on this for almost 2 years now. I joined criterion games at a huge time of change, and well it's been non stop ever since.
#Battlefield6 July 24. Reveal Trailer. 🔔 https://youtu.be/pgNCgJG0vnY
TikTok video by Battlefield
www.tiktok.com
July 23, 2025 at 10:16 AM
www.tiktok.com/@battlefield...
I've been working on this for almost 2 years now. I joined criterion games at a huge time of change, and well it's been non stop ever since.
I've been working on this for almost 2 years now. I joined criterion games at a huge time of change, and well it's been non stop ever since.
Reposted by Ryan Simpson
Something really fucked up for video game media just happened... BKinG, the "NoClip of China", got his YT channel deleted twice and gave up on YouTube.
His channel had dozens of documentaries on the development of all sorts of important Chinese & Taiwanese games - all posted with English subtitles.
His channel had dozens of documentaries on the development of all sorts of important Chinese & Taiwanese games - all posted with English subtitles.
July 12, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Something really fucked up for video game media just happened... BKinG, the "NoClip of China", got his YT channel deleted twice and gave up on YouTube.
His channel had dozens of documentaries on the development of all sorts of important Chinese & Taiwanese games - all posted with English subtitles.
His channel had dozens of documentaries on the development of all sorts of important Chinese & Taiwanese games - all posted with English subtitles.
Reposted by Ryan Simpson
McDonald's uses an AI bot called "Olivia" for hiring. A pair of hackers found they could access every conversation job applicants had with it—including all the personal info they shared—by exploiting security vulnerabilities as basic as using the password "123456". www.wired.com/story/mcdona...
McDonald’s AI Hiring Bot Exposed Millions of Applicants’ Data to Hackers Who Tried the Password ‘123456’
Basic security flaws left the personal info of tens of millions of McDonald’s job-seekers vulnerable on the “McHire” site built by AI software firm Paradox.ai.
www.wired.com
July 9, 2025 at 7:31 PM
McDonald's uses an AI bot called "Olivia" for hiring. A pair of hackers found they could access every conversation job applicants had with it—including all the personal info they shared—by exploiting security vulnerabilities as basic as using the password "123456". www.wired.com/story/mcdona...
Reposted by Ryan Simpson
Today, after 14 years, I’m resigning from the Labour Party.
Jeremy Corbyn and I will co-lead the founding of a new party, with other Independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country.
Join us. The time is now.
Sign up here to stay updated: actionnetwork.org/forms/join-t...
Jeremy Corbyn and I will co-lead the founding of a new party, with other Independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country.
Join us. The time is now.
Sign up here to stay updated: actionnetwork.org/forms/join-t...
July 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Today, after 14 years, I’m resigning from the Labour Party.
Jeremy Corbyn and I will co-lead the founding of a new party, with other Independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country.
Join us. The time is now.
Sign up here to stay updated: actionnetwork.org/forms/join-t...
Jeremy Corbyn and I will co-lead the founding of a new party, with other Independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country.
Join us. The time is now.
Sign up here to stay updated: actionnetwork.org/forms/join-t...
Reposted by Ryan Simpson
Let’s. Fucking. Go.
Today, after 14 years, I’m resigning from the Labour Party.
Jeremy Corbyn and I will co-lead the founding of a new party, with other Independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country.
Join us. The time is now.
Sign up here to stay updated: actionnetwork.org/forms/join-t...
Jeremy Corbyn and I will co-lead the founding of a new party, with other Independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country.
Join us. The time is now.
Sign up here to stay updated: actionnetwork.org/forms/join-t...
July 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Let’s. Fucking. Go.
Reposted by Ryan Simpson
Good day as any to delete Facebook, Instagram, and/or Threads if you have not already
The fact that Meta will not rule out using private photos on your camera roll to train AI is abominable, full stop
futurism.com/meta-sketchy...
The fact that Meta will not rule out using private photos on your camera roll to train AI is abominable, full stop
futurism.com/meta-sketchy...
June 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Good day as any to delete Facebook, Instagram, and/or Threads if you have not already
The fact that Meta will not rule out using private photos on your camera roll to train AI is abominable, full stop
futurism.com/meta-sketchy...
The fact that Meta will not rule out using private photos on your camera roll to train AI is abominable, full stop
futurism.com/meta-sketchy...
Reposted by Ryan Simpson
CEO compensation graphed next to employee compensation. 🙃
June 26, 2025 at 8:05 PM
CEO compensation graphed next to employee compensation. 🙃
Reposted by Ryan Simpson
NEW: EA CEO Andrew Wilson was paid $30.5 million in cash and stock this past year, up about $5m from a year ago
Since the U.S. requires companies to compare CEO pay to employee pay, I made an EA pay chart
To make it work, I had to make it VERY TALL
Take a look: www.gamefile.news/p/ea-ceo-and...
Since the U.S. requires companies to compare CEO pay to employee pay, I made an EA pay chart
To make it work, I had to make it VERY TALL
Take a look: www.gamefile.news/p/ea-ceo-and...
EA CEO’s pay is up, as EA worker median income drops
Behold, the tallest chart in Game File history. PLUS: EA execs were paid (a little) more for boosting generative AI
www.gamefile.news
June 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM
NEW: EA CEO Andrew Wilson was paid $30.5 million in cash and stock this past year, up about $5m from a year ago
Since the U.S. requires companies to compare CEO pay to employee pay, I made an EA pay chart
To make it work, I had to make it VERY TALL
Take a look: www.gamefile.news/p/ea-ceo-and...
Since the U.S. requires companies to compare CEO pay to employee pay, I made an EA pay chart
To make it work, I had to make it VERY TALL
Take a look: www.gamefile.news/p/ea-ceo-and...
Reposted by Ryan Simpson
After watching the difference between Israel bombing EVERY HOSPITAL in Gaza INTENTIONALLY for TWO YEARS STRAIGHT, and what seems like a Iranian stray missile hitting an Israeli hospital (which is bad, too!) - I'm done with Western media. This isn't journalism. It is complicity in genocide.
June 19, 2025 at 9:50 AM
After watching the difference between Israel bombing EVERY HOSPITAL in Gaza INTENTIONALLY for TWO YEARS STRAIGHT, and what seems like a Iranian stray missile hitting an Israeli hospital (which is bad, too!) - I'm done with Western media. This isn't journalism. It is complicity in genocide.
Reposted by Ryan Simpson
Almost three decades of Western and Israeli media peddling bullshit underground bunkers to justify massacring millions of Middle Eastern folks.
It works because it's impossible to disprove until you've massacred everyone - the secret bunker *might* just be under the next hospital or school, right?
It works because it's impossible to disprove until you've massacred everyone - the secret bunker *might* just be under the next hospital or school, right?
June 18, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Almost three decades of Western and Israeli media peddling bullshit underground bunkers to justify massacring millions of Middle Eastern folks.
It works because it's impossible to disprove until you've massacred everyone - the secret bunker *might* just be under the next hospital or school, right?
It works because it's impossible to disprove until you've massacred everyone - the secret bunker *might* just be under the next hospital or school, right?
Reposted by Ryan Simpson
Ok. Game’s out soon. Long time followers know that that means only one thing: time for a very long thread of the fantastic people behind the cool thing you’re about to play.
I know this maybe feels pointed given current discourses, but I swear I’ve been doing it for over a decade.
I know this maybe feels pointed given current discourses, but I swear I’ve been doing it for over a decade.
June 16, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Ok. Game’s out soon. Long time followers know that that means only one thing: time for a very long thread of the fantastic people behind the cool thing you’re about to play.
I know this maybe feels pointed given current discourses, but I swear I’ve been doing it for over a decade.
I know this maybe feels pointed given current discourses, but I swear I’ve been doing it for over a decade.
Reposted by Ryan Simpson
We're so excited and honoured that Mythmatch is a finalist in the Develop Indie Showcase Competition!
I'll be at Develop along with @tinystorm.bsky.social and @ginaloughlin.com so come check out the game and chat with the team!
Wishlist here: store.steampowered.com/app/1778050/...
I'll be at Develop along with @tinystorm.bsky.social and @ginaloughlin.com so come check out the game and chat with the team!
Wishlist here: store.steampowered.com/app/1778050/...
June 10, 2025 at 9:10 AM
We're so excited and honoured that Mythmatch is a finalist in the Develop Indie Showcase Competition!
I'll be at Develop along with @tinystorm.bsky.social and @ginaloughlin.com so come check out the game and chat with the team!
Wishlist here: store.steampowered.com/app/1778050/...
I'll be at Develop along with @tinystorm.bsky.social and @ginaloughlin.com so come check out the game and chat with the team!
Wishlist here: store.steampowered.com/app/1778050/...
Reposted by Ryan Simpson
If you want to chat pragmatic approaches to test automation for both small and big game teams, I'll be at @developconference.com!
I have a battle-hardened plan that takes devs from nothing to effective focused tests, _and_ the knowledge to maintain and extend them, in just a few days.
DM me!
I have a battle-hardened plan that takes devs from nothing to effective focused tests, _and_ the knowledge to maintain and extend them, in just a few days.
DM me!
June 9, 2025 at 11:29 AM
If you want to chat pragmatic approaches to test automation for both small and big game teams, I'll be at @developconference.com!
I have a battle-hardened plan that takes devs from nothing to effective focused tests, _and_ the knowledge to maintain and extend them, in just a few days.
DM me!
I have a battle-hardened plan that takes devs from nothing to effective focused tests, _and_ the knowledge to maintain and extend them, in just a few days.
DM me!
Reposted by Ryan Simpson
If you're interested in how useful automated testing can be for gamedev, Andrew is well worth talking to:
If you want to chat pragmatic approaches to test automation for both small and big game teams, I'll be at @developconference.com!
I have a battle-hardened plan that takes devs from nothing to effective focused tests, _and_ the knowledge to maintain and extend them, in just a few days.
DM me!
I have a battle-hardened plan that takes devs from nothing to effective focused tests, _and_ the knowledge to maintain and extend them, in just a few days.
DM me!
June 9, 2025 at 12:41 PM
If you're interested in how useful automated testing can be for gamedev, Andrew is well worth talking to:
Reposted by Ryan Simpson
Our thanks to @derek-lieu.com for this trailer, and the team at Reel Nice for coming to a campsite with us to film the talky parts. The voice of @tobias-weatherburn.co.uk is the cherry on top!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzN0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzN0...
Mandrake || PC Gaming Show 2025 Announcement Trailer
YouTube video by Failbetter Games
www.youtube.com
June 8, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Our thanks to @derek-lieu.com for this trailer, and the team at Reel Nice for coming to a campsite with us to film the talky parts. The voice of @tobias-weatherburn.co.uk is the cherry on top!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzN0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzN0...
Reposted by Ryan Simpson
Ubisoft sexual harassment trial: 'I've seen some sordid files, but on this scale, never'
aftermath.site/ubisoft-sexual...
aftermath.site/ubisoft-sexual...
June 5, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Ubisoft sexual harassment trial: 'I've seen some sordid files, but on this scale, never'
aftermath.site/ubisoft-sexual...
aftermath.site/ubisoft-sexual...
Reposted by Ryan Simpson
This is the one games-related story that we really can't let get buried by the worst guys you know fighting or summer geoff fest.
Ubisoft sexual harassment trial: 'I've seen some sordid files, but on this scale, never'
aftermath.site/ubisoft-sexual...
aftermath.site/ubisoft-sexual...
June 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
This is the one games-related story that we really can't let get buried by the worst guys you know fighting or summer geoff fest.