Erik Robson
@erikrobson.net
Game Designer/Artist | LFW | Designer/artist @ Valve | Lead Designer @ Double Fine | Lead Designer @ 3DO | Psychonauts, Brutal Legend, Portal2, CSGO, DOTA 2, The Lab, Artifact
25+ years making games professionally. On Signal @ ErikRobson.47
25+ years making games professionally. On Signal @ ErikRobson.47
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Reminders of Dunstanburgh Castle, Northumberland. The gatehouse, Egyncleugh Tower & Lisburn Tower. Pen sketches from photos after our holiday visit.
November 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Reminders of Dunstanburgh Castle, Northumberland. The gatehouse, Egyncleugh Tower & Lisburn Tower. Pen sketches from photos after our holiday visit.
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We should get the government out of the military business. All it does is drive up prices. Send people their tax money back so they can buy their own mercenaries
November 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
We should get the government out of the military business. All it does is drive up prices. Send people their tax money back so they can buy their own mercenaries
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[movie studio]
ME: BUT HOW DOES THE INVISIBLE MAN KNOW WHEN TO STOP WIPING?
TOUR GUIDE: *into walkie talkie* code orange, he’s back.
ME: BUT HOW DOES THE INVISIBLE MAN KNOW WHEN TO STOP WIPING?
TOUR GUIDE: *into walkie talkie* code orange, he’s back.
November 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
[movie studio]
ME: BUT HOW DOES THE INVISIBLE MAN KNOW WHEN TO STOP WIPING?
TOUR GUIDE: *into walkie talkie* code orange, he’s back.
ME: BUT HOW DOES THE INVISIBLE MAN KNOW WHEN TO STOP WIPING?
TOUR GUIDE: *into walkie talkie* code orange, he’s back.
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SNAP embarrassed him. So now he's against SNAP. SNAP is now the James Comey of government assistance programs.
President Trump criticized the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) during a Fox News interview tonight, saying people "get it automatically now so the number is many times what it should be, it's disgraceful."
Trump says "we can reform" SNAP
"SNAP is supposed to be if you are down and out," Trump said on Fox News this evening.
www.axios.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:20 AM
SNAP embarrassed him. So now he's against SNAP. SNAP is now the James Comey of government assistance programs.
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You ever think about how there was only 1 to 2 months between the actual wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald and Gordon Lightfoot recording his song.
And how weird and slightly deranged it would be if someone had dropped a banger about a contemporary disaster on its heels.
And how weird and slightly deranged it would be if someone had dropped a banger about a contemporary disaster on its heels.
November 11, 2025 at 5:50 AM
You ever think about how there was only 1 to 2 months between the actual wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald and Gordon Lightfoot recording his song.
And how weird and slightly deranged it would be if someone had dropped a banger about a contemporary disaster on its heels.
And how weird and slightly deranged it would be if someone had dropped a banger about a contemporary disaster on its heels.
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Having sold off the furniture, antique rugs, kitchenware, and family jewelry and silver, then torn out the copper wiring to sell to the scrapyard, he's calling up we Buy Ugly Houses to get a quote
SEMAFOR: Warner's Zaslav, NBCU's Roberts met last week to discuss merger
www.semafor.com/article/11/0...
www.semafor.com/article/11/0...
Exclusive: Zaslav meets with Comcast executives as bidding war ramps up
Comcast may feel there is still a path forward for a deal.
www.semafor.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Having sold off the furniture, antique rugs, kitchenware, and family jewelry and silver, then torn out the copper wiring to sell to the scrapyard, he's calling up we Buy Ugly Houses to get a quote
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The World's Most Divorced Batman has rolled up to the Royal Farms
In other news, somebody parked this dodge ram cybertruck on the avenue
November 11, 2025 at 4:27 AM
The World's Most Divorced Batman has rolled up to the Royal Farms
Yup. Mine tripled.
My ACA current plan is going from $385/mo to $821/mo.
November 11, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Yup. Mine tripled.
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I tell younger folks all the time: Do not worry about losing the respect or presence of people who can't or won't accept you doing things that bring you joy. The only relationship you are guaranteed will last until you die is the one you have with yourself. Don't let yourself down.
One thing people kind of tell you, but not really, about middle age:
One day you'll be like "oh [thing] looks fun but people will think I'm a loser" about a thing
And then you'll say. Wait a second.
Fuck 'em
One day you'll be like "oh [thing] looks fun but people will think I'm a loser" about a thing
And then you'll say. Wait a second.
Fuck 'em
Darn Tough turned me on to Cute Socks and I've never looked back
November 11, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I tell younger folks all the time: Do not worry about losing the respect or presence of people who can't or won't accept you doing things that bring you joy. The only relationship you are guaranteed will last until you die is the one you have with yourself. Don't let yourself down.
It's always tough finishing big, long RPGs. For whatever number of hours - 20, 30, 40+... there was this other place where you took a vacation. Locations, characters, goals, exist in memory *almost* as if they were real.
November 11, 2025 at 2:26 AM
It's always tough finishing big, long RPGs. For whatever number of hours - 20, 30, 40+... there was this other place where you took a vacation. Locations, characters, goals, exist in memory *almost* as if they were real.
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$40 on Steam to upgrade from 4 to Anniversary Edition? I love the game, but I can't afford that just to replay something prettier.
Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition is here, and it supports Xbox Play Anywhere!!! #XPA #Xbox #Fallout
bethesda.net/en/article/3...
bethesda.net/en/article/3...
Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition Now Available
Step back into the Commonwealth with the definitive Fallout 4 experience, available now!
bethesda.net
November 11, 2025 at 12:48 AM
$40 on Steam to upgrade from 4 to Anniversary Edition? I love the game, but I can't afford that just to replay something prettier.
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For the midnight crew on this #EdmundFitzgwtald50 anniversary, I have added more markups to the Newsweek article that gave Gordon Lightfoot his template for His "Wreck of" song lyrics.
November 10, 2025 at 6:29 AM
For the midnight crew on this #EdmundFitzgwtald50 anniversary, I have added more markups to the Newsweek article that gave Gordon Lightfoot his template for His "Wreck of" song lyrics.
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gonna find all the Ann Geddes babies and recreate their photographs as adults
November 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
gonna find all the Ann Geddes babies and recreate their photographs as adults
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
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btw if you need a proper introduction to PBR texturing with ucupaint I wrote a very detailed guide a few month ago in case you missed it:
Texturing in blender with ucupaint
What is ucupaint? Ucupaint is a free and open-source layering and baking addon for blender. It abstracts away the shader graph into a layer stack to allow texturing with layers rather than nodes:
The ...
passivestar.xyz
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
btw if you need a proper introduction to PBR texturing with ucupaint I wrote a very detailed guide a few month ago in case you missed it:
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Powerful Spirit — Bolesław Biegas, c. 1901
October 31, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Powerful Spirit — Bolesław Biegas, c. 1901
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The Premature Burial — Harry Clarke, 1919
October 31, 2025 at 8:29 AM
The Premature Burial — Harry Clarke, 1919
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my slightly outside sense is first mover theory: someone (maybe X or openAI, depending) made a “move fast and break things” move and companies decided to do the same, either because they worried they’d be left behind or because they wanted to
November 10, 2025 at 6:10 AM
my slightly outside sense is first mover theory: someone (maybe X or openAI, depending) made a “move fast and break things” move and companies decided to do the same, either because they worried they’d be left behind or because they wanted to
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OpenAI "proved" that LLMs are a viable product and X "proved" that you can fire large numbers of employees
(and, for that matter, Trump 2024 "proved" that wokeness was over and you didn't need to put up with any lip from your workers)
(and, for that matter, Trump 2024 "proved" that wokeness was over and you didn't need to put up with any lip from your workers)
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 AM
OpenAI "proved" that LLMs are a viable product and X "proved" that you can fire large numbers of employees
(and, for that matter, Trump 2024 "proved" that wokeness was over and you didn't need to put up with any lip from your workers)
(and, for that matter, Trump 2024 "proved" that wokeness was over and you didn't need to put up with any lip from your workers)
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there was an incredibly stark change at my job between 2023 and 2025. just absolutely day and night.
i dont think there’s ever been a point where corporate america has had a sincere sense of morality but it is probably a sign of the times that the culture at most major firms does not even pretend to encourage ethical behavior anymore. the transformation is really stark in tech.
i honestly do not know what major company in america isnt involved in some ghastly shit at this point? i just would not *do* the ghastly shit yourself.
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
there was an incredibly stark change at my job between 2023 and 2025. just absolutely day and night.
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well look, at least it’s not like [is handed a note from someone off camera] well folks, at least it is [is handed another note from someone off camera] anyway, things are bad, but it could be [is handed another note from someone off camera] as I was saying, we should be [is handed another note from
November 10, 2025 at 5:28 AM
well look, at least it’s not like [is handed a note from someone off camera] well folks, at least it is [is handed another note from someone off camera] anyway, things are bad, but it could be [is handed another note from someone off camera] as I was saying, we should be [is handed another note from
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Cat Syndicate: Istanbul
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3449130/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3449130/
November 10, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Cat Syndicate: Istanbul
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3449130/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3449130/
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage