michael (pose importer)
@blastbody.bsky.social
he/him.
Game programmer, audio specialist/enthusiast. Hyper agent. Beer snob
Diablo IV engine team's "guy who knows all the audio tech". Also worked on some EQ2 expansions & indie games.
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Game programmer, audio specialist/enthusiast. Hyper agent. Beer snob
Diablo IV engine team's "guy who knows all the audio tech". Also worked on some EQ2 expansions & indie games.
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I'm Beef Blastbody
November 19, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I'm Beef Blastbody
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She was a world champion Space Invaders player, co-founded Interplay and had a resume in the gaming industry that many people would be envious of. RIP, Rebecca Heineman.
November 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
She was a world champion Space Invaders player, co-founded Interplay and had a resume in the gaming industry that many people would be envious of. RIP, Rebecca Heineman.
Olive is still my favorite
Olive is 8 years old today!! She is officially a senior dog waaaah my baby girl
November 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Olive is still my favorite
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Olive is 8 years old today!! She is officially a senior dog waaaah my baby girl
November 18, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Olive is 8 years old today!! She is officially a senior dog waaaah my baby girl
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I once had people on the Teams call talking to me from my electronic piano.
November 18, 2025 at 8:20 AM
I once had people on the Teams call talking to me from my electronic piano.
content warning for audio/engine programmers
When will Windows let audio work. You plug in a controller and it whispers "you will never hear anything ever again, pig" directly in your ear as everything shuts down for no reason. If you try using VR the sound starts coming from your car. Editing in two windows? Audio plays backward, fuck you.
November 18, 2025 at 6:45 AM
content warning for audio/engine programmers
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Also sometimes when you forget to unplug your gamepad, on a fresh boot, the gamepad won't function And, clicking your start menu will cause the gamepad to vibrate and then immediately close your start menu
When will Windows let audio work. You plug in a controller and it whispers "you will never hear anything ever again, pig" directly in your ear as everything shuts down for no reason. If you try using VR the sound starts coming from your car. Editing in two windows? Audio plays backward, fuck you.
November 18, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Also sometimes when you forget to unplug your gamepad, on a fresh boot, the gamepad won't function And, clicking your start menu will cause the gamepad to vibrate and then immediately close your start menu
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Looking for a quirky audio simulation tool to make beepy bloops? picoSYNTH got you covered, now 40% off on Steam!
store.steampowered.com/app/2949300/...
#gamedev #chiptunes #indiegames
store.steampowered.com/app/2949300/...
#gamedev #chiptunes #indiegames
November 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Looking for a quirky audio simulation tool to make beepy bloops? picoSYNTH got you covered, now 40% off on Steam!
store.steampowered.com/app/2949300/...
#gamedev #chiptunes #indiegames
store.steampowered.com/app/2949300/...
#gamedev #chiptunes #indiegames
Sickos dot jpg: what if I just used the git-p4 bridge and then inited a colocated jj repo in there, none would be the wiser
and then why even bother with sparse/task streams if you don't need to collaborate on a change
and then why even bother with sparse/task streams if you don't need to collaborate on a change
Been reading/watching jj vcs stuff, and it's fun to see various reactions to the "inverted" workflow (describe commit, add to it). I'm so used to the idea of a WIP commit because of p4, that the idea that there's something with git's flexibility but has p4 CLs only better is such an clear W to me
November 2, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Sickos dot jpg: what if I just used the git-p4 bridge and then inited a colocated jj repo in there, none would be the wiser
and then why even bother with sparse/task streams if you don't need to collaborate on a change
and then why even bother with sparse/task streams if you don't need to collaborate on a change
Been reading/watching jj vcs stuff, and it's fun to see various reactions to the "inverted" workflow (describe commit, add to it). I'm so used to the idea of a WIP commit because of p4, that the idea that there's something with git's flexibility but has p4 CLs only better is such an clear W to me
November 2, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Been reading/watching jj vcs stuff, and it's fun to see various reactions to the "inverted" workflow (describe commit, add to it). I'm so used to the idea of a WIP commit because of p4, that the idea that there's something with git's flexibility but has p4 CLs only better is such an clear W to me
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Apparently Linkedin will be using your accounts data to train copolit. should probably nuke that lunatic sit or at least opt out of it
LinkedIn gives you until Monday to stop AI from training on your profile
If you thought your postings on LinkedIn were safe from the AI-training arms race, think again.
www.bitdefender.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Apparently Linkedin will be using your accounts data to train copolit. should probably nuke that lunatic sit or at least opt out of it
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me when i tell centrist dems to vote blue no matter who now that zohran is the democratic nominee
October 29, 2025 at 4:51 AM
me when i tell centrist dems to vote blue no matter who now that zohran is the democratic nominee
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This week we dropped a new trailer for Beatdown City Survivors that dives into a city that's out to kill you.
🌆New stages
🧟♀️New monsters
😎New playable characters
And:
🪖Introducing a new threat, heavily armed special forces sent in with no oversight.
Run it up! 🔊Sound on🔊
youtu.be/UsjZyIFwXOo?...
🌆New stages
🧟♀️New monsters
😎New playable characters
And:
🪖Introducing a new threat, heavily armed special forces sent in with no oversight.
Run it up! 🔊Sound on🔊
youtu.be/UsjZyIFwXOo?...
Beatdown City Survivors Indie Horror Showcase Trailer
YouTube video by NuChallenger
youtu.be
October 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
This week we dropped a new trailer for Beatdown City Survivors that dives into a city that's out to kill you.
🌆New stages
🧟♀️New monsters
😎New playable characters
And:
🪖Introducing a new threat, heavily armed special forces sent in with no oversight.
Run it up! 🔊Sound on🔊
youtu.be/UsjZyIFwXOo?...
🌆New stages
🧟♀️New monsters
😎New playable characters
And:
🪖Introducing a new threat, heavily armed special forces sent in with no oversight.
Run it up! 🔊Sound on🔊
youtu.be/UsjZyIFwXOo?...
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Love that thanks to all the deregulation from overturning Chevron and demolishing regulatory bodies I’m here on a lovely Sunday seeing if my makeup wipes’ lot is included in the recall for the ones that have SEPSIS CAUSING BACTERIA www.nbcnews.com/select/shopp...
Recall alert: These popular face wipes may contain harmful bacteria
The wipes in question may contain bacteria.
www.nbcnews.com
October 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Love that thanks to all the deregulation from overturning Chevron and demolishing regulatory bodies I’m here on a lovely Sunday seeing if my makeup wipes’ lot is included in the recall for the ones that have SEPSIS CAUSING BACTERIA www.nbcnews.com/select/shopp...
To be clear: I'm credited in EQ2, it's just mobygames not having it
LRT: I like how my mobygames page has the silly Deepak Chopra kinetic project I was an intern on in college and contributed effectively nothing to, but not the two EverQuest 2 expansions I worked on as 1 of 3 engineers supporting designers by adding gameplay scripting features and UI updates.
October 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
To be clear: I'm credited in EQ2, it's just mobygames not having it
LRT: I like how my mobygames page has the silly Deepak Chopra kinetic project I was an intern on in college and contributed effectively nothing to, but not the two EverQuest 2 expansions I worked on as 1 of 3 engineers supporting designers by adding gameplay scripting features and UI updates.
October 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
LRT: I like how my mobygames page has the silly Deepak Chopra kinetic project I was an intern on in college and contributed effectively nothing to, but not the two EverQuest 2 expansions I worked on as 1 of 3 engineers supporting designers by adding gameplay scripting features and UI updates.
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Big agree. I've worked on many Microsoft titles such as Halo: MCC and their credits were only on a web page which was later moved then removed. I recall the game linking to a broken webpage forever. For Microsoft Flight Sim I was lead QA Software Engineer for the Maverick DLC. That is not credited
October 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Big agree. I've worked on many Microsoft titles such as Halo: MCC and their credits were only on a web page which was later moved then removed. I recall the game linking to a broken webpage forever. For Microsoft Flight Sim I was lead QA Software Engineer for the Maverick DLC. That is not credited
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Chainsaw Man is Never Gonna Score
October 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Chainsaw Man is Never Gonna Score
The blogger I'm replying to here unfortunately is leaning on AI, but the principle of reduction to a min repro is good
If LLMs weren't an energy & copyright disaster & was aimed at analyzing difficult bugs instead of pooping out bad startup apps & disrespecting artists then AI might have been cool
If LLMs weren't an energy & copyright disaster & was aimed at analyzing difficult bugs instead of pooping out bad startup apps & disrespecting artists then AI might have been cool
Zig has a subcommand called "reduce" which is used to help generate minimal repros for miscompiles
It operates on a similar principle but is a little more narrowly targeted and doesn't use an LLM to perform reductions since it understands itself and can do some more systematic transformations
It operates on a similar principle but is a little more narrowly targeted and doesn't use an LLM to perform reductions since it understands itself and can do some more systematic transformations
October 21, 2025 at 6:57 AM
The blogger I'm replying to here unfortunately is leaning on AI, but the principle of reduction to a min repro is good
If LLMs weren't an energy & copyright disaster & was aimed at analyzing difficult bugs instead of pooping out bad startup apps & disrespecting artists then AI might have been cool
If LLMs weren't an energy & copyright disaster & was aimed at analyzing difficult bugs instead of pooping out bad startup apps & disrespecting artists then AI might have been cool
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Just putting out into the aether that despite coming out in December 2024, Caves of Qud is eligible for a number of this year's awards that have November cutoffs, like the Game Awards
October 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Just putting out into the aether that despite coming out in December 2024, Caves of Qud is eligible for a number of this year's awards that have November cutoffs, like the Game Awards
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Pretty much every single one of these new government accounts is posting rage bait. It's possible (like 100% guaranteed) they are trying to provoke people here on purpose, so don't fall for it. Blockity block block block.
Gotta block ‘em all!
Here’s the one-stop shopping blocklist to disappear the Trump regime accounts that swarmed Bluesky yesterday.
Flush these turds HERE -
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Here’s the one-stop shopping blocklist to disappear the Trump regime accounts that swarmed Bluesky yesterday.
Flush these turds HERE -
bsky.app/profile/did:...
October 18, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Pretty much every single one of these new government accounts is posting rage bait. It's possible (like 100% guaranteed) they are trying to provoke people here on purpose, so don't fall for it. Blockity block block block.
the best slack feature is "Remind me > Next week"
October 17, 2025 at 10:28 PM
the best slack feature is "Remind me > Next week"
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the powers that be want you to know less about your computer. they are taking away your beautiful file pathing, keyboard inputs, considered mouse clicks, and expertise of your OS. everything will soon be done by mumbling into the open air and praying it works correctly. this is a nightmare.
This is the future of Windows. Microsoft wants to rewrite Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to. It's now bringing AI features to all Windows 11 PCs today, in a bid to convince you to talk to your PC and let AI control it. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/799768/...
Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it
Copilot Voice and Vision are now rolling out.
www.theverge.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
the powers that be want you to know less about your computer. they are taking away your beautiful file pathing, keyboard inputs, considered mouse clicks, and expertise of your OS. everything will soon be done by mumbling into the open air and praying it works correctly. this is a nightmare.
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work work
October 9, 2025 at 10:13 AM
work work
Oh, that's shitty
I bought the CRPG book for me and the NEOGEO book for a friend but guess I won't buy any more from y'all
How's that for "defeating cancel culture"
I bought the CRPG book for me and the NEOGEO book for a friend but guess I won't buy any more from y'all
How's that for "defeating cancel culture"
October 8, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Oh, that's shitty
I bought the CRPG book for me and the NEOGEO book for a friend but guess I won't buy any more from y'all
How's that for "defeating cancel culture"
I bought the CRPG book for me and the NEOGEO book for a friend but guess I won't buy any more from y'all
How's that for "defeating cancel culture"