Jeremy Vanhoozer
@vanhoozerbot.bsky.social
Geek Dad. Artist. Creative Director. Drawer of Robots. Maker of games. Formerly Bungie, Magic Leap, PopCap, EA, CN, Disney. he/him - Thoughts are my own.
Huge congrats to @expedition33.bsky.social for winning all of the awards last night at @thegameawards.com. It is lovely to see a small team make a "small" game and keep the quality bar so high. I also know just how hard that is to accomplish. Our industry needs more of this!
December 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Huge congrats to @expedition33.bsky.social for winning all of the awards last night at @thegameawards.com. It is lovely to see a small team make a "small" game and keep the quality bar so high. I also know just how hard that is to accomplish. Our industry needs more of this!
I've seen other devs mention this, but I want to stress: Working with voice actors is one of the highlights of working on a game. Seeing your words come to life in a way that is BETTER than what you imagined, thanks to the skill of a living, breathing artist, is one of the best things ever.
November 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I've seen other devs mention this, but I want to stress: Working with voice actors is one of the highlights of working on a game. Seeing your words come to life in a way that is BETTER than what you imagined, thanks to the skill of a living, breathing artist, is one of the best things ever.
Wow. Pluribus is really good.
November 8, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Wow. Pluribus is really good.
Leadership, or lack thereof, is maybe the biggest issue facing the game industry today. This article is a terrifying but very accurate callout. I have seen every one of these in action, up close. (Boy, do I have some stories for you!)
www.gamedeveloper.com/production/h...
www.gamedeveloper.com/production/h...
How poor leadership slows down game development
No tool—AI or otherwise—can speed up game development if leaders don't rise to the occasion.
www.gamedeveloper.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Leadership, or lack thereof, is maybe the biggest issue facing the game industry today. This article is a terrifying but very accurate callout. I have seen every one of these in action, up close. (Boy, do I have some stories for you!)
www.gamedeveloper.com/production/h...
www.gamedeveloper.com/production/h...
I just want to post fun doodles and crack jokes with my friends again.
October 14, 2025 at 11:11 AM
I just want to post fun doodles and crack jokes with my friends again.
I play Roblox pretty much every evening with my daughter before bed. Have for a while now. I don’t love Roblox, but it gives us something to do together and I’d rather be with her when she plays. It turns out I’ve put in a lot of hours…
September 12, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I play Roblox pretty much every evening with my daughter before bed. Have for a while now. I don’t love Roblox, but it gives us something to do together and I’d rather be with her when she plays. It turns out I’ve put in a lot of hours…
Andor continues to feel prophetic.
September 11, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Andor continues to feel prophetic.
Reposted by Jeremy Vanhoozer
idk man if I had just lost my kid to a school shooting and the news cycle was dominated by people loudly mourning the loss of a guy whose life’s work was radicalizing people, largely children, into thinking that’s a cool and normal thing to do while contributing nothing else, I’d probably go insane
September 11, 2025 at 4:02 AM
idk man if I had just lost my kid to a school shooting and the news cycle was dominated by people loudly mourning the loss of a guy whose life’s work was radicalizing people, largely children, into thinking that’s a cool and normal thing to do while contributing nothing else, I’d probably go insane
Call me crazy, but I don’t think game studios should expect their roles to be “onsite” anymore. Having run a large studio team, I understand the benefits, but you can’t expect new hires to relocate in this mess. The market is too volatile, and the risks are too high for people and their families.
August 31, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Call me crazy, but I don’t think game studios should expect their roles to be “onsite” anymore. Having run a large studio team, I understand the benefits, but you can’t expect new hires to relocate in this mess. The market is too volatile, and the risks are too high for people and their families.
Sorry, but I'm not going to shut up until my country doesn't look like this anymore. This is not who we are. #resist
This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
August 28, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Sorry, but I'm not going to shut up until my country doesn't look like this anymore. This is not who we are. #resist
My exact face after stepping on a dog toy in the dark before everyone else wakes up on a school morning.
a little girl is eating cotton candy in a crowded stadium
ALT: a little girl is eating cotton candy in a crowded stadium
media.tenor.com
August 14, 2025 at 10:21 AM
My exact face after stepping on a dog toy in the dark before everyone else wakes up on a school morning.
First day of school.
a man holding a burning log in an office with a sign on the wall that says ' buzzfeed ' on it
Alt: a man holding a burning log in an office while chaos ensues around him.
media.tenor.com
August 11, 2025 at 11:45 AM
First day of school.
Totally not guilty.
August 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Totally not guilty.
This is really good. And sad. But also accurate. Good, sad, and accurate. Now back to my microwaved steak…
In the Future All Food Will Be Cooked in a Microwave, and if You Can’t Deal With That Then You Need to Get Out of the Kitchen
As a restaurant owner – I’m astounded at the rate of progress since microwaves were released a few short years ago. Today’s microwave can cook a frozen burrito. Tomorrow’s m…
www.colincornaby.me
August 7, 2025 at 1:51 AM
This is really good. And sad. But also accurate. Good, sad, and accurate. Now back to my microwaved steak…
If you can get donors to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to build you a golden ballroom, it seems that if you were a better human, you could get donors to make sure that kids didn’t starve, or even just make sure they had school supplies. Or that insulin was free.
August 1, 2025 at 3:13 PM
If you can get donors to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to build you a golden ballroom, it seems that if you were a better human, you could get donors to make sure that kids didn’t starve, or even just make sure they had school supplies. Or that insulin was free.
What in the actual hell?
this captures the logical and legal incoherence of the Brendan Carr FCC.
It claims all the legal authority in the world to bully companies who aren't racist or feckless enough, yet somehow no authority to police things that actually matter to real people, like broadband affordability
It claims all the legal authority in the world to bully companies who aren't racist or feckless enough, yet somehow no authority to police things that actually matter to real people, like broadband affordability
FCC to eliminate gigabit speed goal and scrap analysis of broadband prices
Analysis of broadband affordability deemed “extraneous” by FCC chair.
arstechnica.com
July 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
What in the actual hell?
Me every day now.
July 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Me every day now.
Yes. This. And what a process it is.
if you wanna make video games as a career you have to enjoy the process of making video games. its not enough to just enjoy the end result. same goes for most types of creative works
July 23, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Yes. This. And what a process it is.
Hey, Superman was good. Very enjoyable. Very “human” in the best way. Very “comic book. Gorgeous. A little too intense for an eight year old, but that’s my fault. Formative memories! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
a man in a red cape is standing in front of a body of water .
Alt: Superman flying quickly through an icy landscape.
media.tenor.com
July 13, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Hey, Superman was good. Very enjoyable. Very “human” in the best way. Very “comic book. Gorgeous. A little too intense for an eight year old, but that’s my fault. Formative memories! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A tree outside my kitchen window, soaking in the morning sun.
Trying to notice the little things. :)
Trying to notice the little things. :)
July 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
A tree outside my kitchen window, soaking in the morning sun.
Trying to notice the little things. :)
Trying to notice the little things. :)
Skull Kitty: How it started, and where it went.
July 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Skull Kitty: How it started, and where it went.
It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything fun. I’ve been heads down working hard on a new project as the world burns around me… But, here is a concept sketch from really early in the ideation phase. The story has shifted quite a bit so I can share. Can’t wait to show you more soon! 🎮🤔
June 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything fun. I’ve been heads down working hard on a new project as the world burns around me… But, here is a concept sketch from really early in the ideation phase. The story has shifted quite a bit so I can share. Can’t wait to show you more soon! 🎮🤔
What a time to be pitching a new game. The industry is falling apart, which is scary and daunting, and all of the expected things. But, it is also the best time to propose change. Not change for change's sake, or shiny false promises... but real change based on years of experience making stuff. 💪🎮
June 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
What a time to be pitching a new game. The industry is falling apart, which is scary and daunting, and all of the expected things. But, it is also the best time to propose change. Not change for change's sake, or shiny false promises... but real change based on years of experience making stuff. 💪🎮
Reposted by Jeremy Vanhoozer
Worth bearing in mind that illegal entry is a misdemeanor and being unlawfully present in the country is not even a criminal offense, but a civil one. This is the equivalent of saying we need to torch the Constitution & send in the SWAT team to catch jaywalkers & people with overdue library books.
We hear about how pro-immigrant side is extreme. There is literally nothing more extreme than this statement. Being willing to sacrifice the country’s foundations for an evil goal
June 9, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Worth bearing in mind that illegal entry is a misdemeanor and being unlawfully present in the country is not even a criminal offense, but a civil one. This is the equivalent of saying we need to torch the Constitution & send in the SWAT team to catch jaywalkers & people with overdue library books.