Nate Buchman
@indienate.bsky.social
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Nate Buchman
@indienate.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Hey everyone,
I am not 100% sure how much I’ll be using Bluesky. To be honest, I’ve had social media burnout all year and have done my best to try and make some distance as it’s not been the healthiest thing to use (esp lately). That said, hi, you’re awesome, keep being awesome, appreciate ya 🙏❤️
I am not 100% sure how much I’ll be using Bluesky. To be honest, I’ve had social media burnout all year and have done my best to try and make some distance as it’s not been the healthiest thing to use (esp lately). That said, hi, you’re awesome, keep being awesome, appreciate ya 🙏❤️
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This is awkward, but as of yesterday I'm no longer employed with Nightdive Studios. I'm currently looking for full-time work and would be happy to share more info via DMs. I'm also open to freelance work!
December 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
This is awkward, but as of yesterday I'm no longer employed with Nightdive Studios. I'm currently looking for full-time work and would be happy to share more info via DMs. I'm also open to freelance work!
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We spoke to a dozen professional concept artists who are currently or have previously worked in game development about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs any easier.
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
Concept Artists Say Generative AI References Only Make Their Jobs Harder
“The ‘early ideation stages’, when worlds are being fleshed out by writers and artists, are literally crucial to the development of a game’s vision,” said one artist.
thisweekinvideogames.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
We spoke to a dozen professional concept artists who are currently or have previously worked in game development about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs any easier.
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
Happy patch day/hello new hairstyle @en.finalfantasyxiv.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Happy patch day/hello new hairstyle @en.finalfantasyxiv.com
This entire situation is shocking as homicide is looking into this. Like, oh my god.
Rob Reiner, who directed such beloved Hollywood classics as 'This Is Spinal Tap,' 'Stand by Me' and 'When Harry Met Sally' after starring in the trailblazing sitcom 'All in the Family,' died Sunday along with his wife, Michele, in their Brentwood home. bit.ly/48UWXSi
December 15, 2025 at 3:44 AM
This entire situation is shocking as homicide is looking into this. Like, oh my god.
Genuinely feel like the world is working against me lately even though I’ve also had some good things happen. Idk. Maybe this is a weird early mid-life crisis happening.
December 11, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Genuinely feel like the world is working against me lately even though I’ve also had some good things happen. Idk. Maybe this is a weird early mid-life crisis happening.
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Never did I have Tom Morello collabing with Final Fantasy XIV on my bingo card but hell yeah 🔥🤘
Light it up, let's go! 🔥
A new song by award-winning guitarist Tom Morello, featuring Beartooth, is making its way onto the Arcadion stage in #FFXIV!
Here's a message from Tom and a preview of the upcoming track, Everything Burns!
A new song by award-winning guitarist Tom Morello, featuring Beartooth, is making its way onto the Arcadion stage in #FFXIV!
Here's a message from Tom and a preview of the upcoming track, Everything Burns!
December 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Never did I have Tom Morello collabing with Final Fantasy XIV on my bingo card but hell yeah 🔥🤘
Genuinely hate this this
December 5, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Genuinely hate this this
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Not to beat a dead horse, but I don't have rent money for December, a way to get holiday presents for my kids, money for medications, or groceries. If you're hiring or know someone, please pass my name along.
Pardon the interruption, but it's time again:
I am looking for work. Steady income preferred.
I have a grad degree, a long CV, and I'm quick to learn. I don't have a specific field I'm interested in, I just need work, urgently and desperately.
I am looking for work. Steady income preferred.
I have a grad degree, a long CV, and I'm quick to learn. I don't have a specific field I'm interested in, I just need work, urgently and desperately.
a woman sitting at a table with the words just another day looking for a job
ALT: a woman sitting at a table with the words just another day looking for a job
media.tenor.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Not to beat a dead horse, but I don't have rent money for December, a way to get holiday presents for my kids, money for medications, or groceries. If you're hiring or know someone, please pass my name along.
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
Less Than Jake/ Good Charlotte
Grizzly Bear/ Radiohead (greatest concert ever, period)
Frank Turner/Flogging Molly
The Hush Sound/ Dresden Dolls/ Panic At The Disco
Le Tigre
Less Than Jake/ Good Charlotte
Grizzly Bear/ Radiohead (greatest concert ever, period)
Frank Turner/Flogging Molly
The Hush Sound/ Dresden Dolls/ Panic At The Disco
Le Tigre
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
Frontline Assembly/Switchblade Symphony
Eluveitie/Tyr/Metsatöll
Siouxsie & the Banshees
Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats/Graveyard/Twin Temple
High On Fire/Lucifer/Pallbearer
Frontline Assembly/Switchblade Symphony
Eluveitie/Tyr/Metsatöll
Siouxsie & the Banshees
Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats/Graveyard/Twin Temple
High On Fire/Lucifer/Pallbearer
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
Linkin Park/Korn/Snoop Dogg
Less Than Jake/Reel Big Fish
Modest Mouse/Band of Horses
Flogging Molly/ The Briggs
Social Distortion / Architects / Blackpool Lights / She Wants Revenge / Placebo
Linkin Park/Korn/Snoop Dogg
Less Than Jake/Reel Big Fish
Modest Mouse/Band of Horses
Flogging Molly/ The Briggs
Social Distortion / Architects / Blackpool Lights / She Wants Revenge / Placebo
November 28, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
Less Than Jake/ Good Charlotte
Grizzly Bear/ Radiohead (greatest concert ever, period)
Frank Turner/Flogging Molly
The Hush Sound/ Dresden Dolls/ Panic At The Disco
Le Tigre
Less Than Jake/ Good Charlotte
Grizzly Bear/ Radiohead (greatest concert ever, period)
Frank Turner/Flogging Molly
The Hush Sound/ Dresden Dolls/ Panic At The Disco
Le Tigre
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Xbox 360 is now 20 years old (November 22, 2005)
November 22, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Xbox 360 is now 20 years old (November 22, 2005)
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Follow @wario64.bsky.social and repost for a chance to win 1 of 4 codes for Tomb Raider Definitive Edition for Nintendo Switch 2 (NA eShop Code) courtesy of @aspyr.com. Giveaway closes on Nov 21st, 6 PM PT.
Game is out now on Nintendo Switch & Switch 2 (no upgrade paths)
Game is out now on Nintendo Switch & Switch 2 (no upgrade paths)
November 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Follow @wario64.bsky.social and repost for a chance to win 1 of 4 codes for Tomb Raider Definitive Edition for Nintendo Switch 2 (NA eShop Code) courtesy of @aspyr.com. Giveaway closes on Nov 21st, 6 PM PT.
Game is out now on Nintendo Switch & Switch 2 (no upgrade paths)
Game is out now on Nintendo Switch & Switch 2 (no upgrade paths)
What is it like playing #TTRPG with you as a GM, Nate?
Expect Final Fantasy influences as they’ve been a major source of inspo for awhile.
Expect Final Fantasy influences as they’ve been a major source of inspo for awhile.
November 17, 2025 at 10:41 PM
What is it like playing #TTRPG with you as a GM, Nate?
Expect Final Fantasy influences as they’ve been a major source of inspo for awhile.
Expect Final Fantasy influences as they’ve been a major source of inspo for awhile.
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The LA city council just voted on a major change to sharply lower annual rent increases in rent stabilized units — 660k apartments — to between 1% and 4% depending on inflation. Story to come
November 12, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The LA city council just voted on a major change to sharply lower annual rent increases in rent stabilized units — 660k apartments — to between 1% and 4% depending on inflation. Story to come
Great fucking job, Schumer.
November 10, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Great fucking job, Schumer.
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I'm single. No kids, no claims, no pre-existing conditions. The cataclysmic leap from paying $50 a month to $1,228.28 a month is a level of devastation the depth of which I'm struggling to articulate. I wasn't going to be able to afford when I thought it was going up to $350 a month. And now...😵
I thought my new health insurance premium was going to be $350 per month until I got this letter informing me that it would be $1,228.28 PER MONTH. I CURRENTLY PAY $50. Is my math mathing? Is that.... a 2,356.42% increase?
2256.42%????
TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY SIX POINT FORTY TWO PERCENT😩
2256.42%????
TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY SIX POINT FORTY TWO PERCENT😩
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I'm single. No kids, no claims, no pre-existing conditions. The cataclysmic leap from paying $50 a month to $1,228.28 a month is a level of devastation the depth of which I'm struggling to articulate. I wasn't going to be able to afford when I thought it was going up to $350 a month. And now...😵
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Important to understand this. There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play. It's the same reason why they scheduled the surrender for AFTER the election this week. They didn't want people pissed at Dems right before an election.
The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Important to understand this. There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play. It's the same reason why they scheduled the surrender for AFTER the election this week. They didn't want people pissed at Dems right before an election.
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Tonight was a very bad night.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Tonight was a very bad night.
Hello, Final Fantasy XVI.
Already loving what I’ve played so far.
Already loving what I’ve played so far.
November 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Hello, Final Fantasy XVI.
Already loving what I’ve played so far.
Already loving what I’ve played so far.
Voting is the coolest
November 4, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Voting is the coolest
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When people hear that I'm returning to part time work they often ask "are things not going well with your art?"
The problem really is things are going well, but the world is so unstable that I long for some consistency and income that I don't have to pay quarterly taxes on
The problem really is things are going well, but the world is so unstable that I long for some consistency and income that I don't have to pay quarterly taxes on
November 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
When people hear that I'm returning to part time work they often ask "are things not going well with your art?"
The problem really is things are going well, but the world is so unstable that I long for some consistency and income that I don't have to pay quarterly taxes on
The problem really is things are going well, but the world is so unstable that I long for some consistency and income that I don't have to pay quarterly taxes on
We live in the worst timeline with every business trying to gobble up and cannibalize one another.
Netflix is reportedly looking into a bid for Warner Bros. Discovery www.theverge.com/news/811462/...
Netflix is reportedly looking into a bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
Apple and Amazon are also rumored to be interested in WBD.
www.theverge.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:10 PM
We live in the worst timeline with every business trying to gobble up and cannibalize one another.
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The only truly ethical response that a self-described artist can make. Anything else is a betrayal of one's colleagues.
“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. ... The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I'd rather die.’” 🫡
Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro says 'I'd rather die' than use generative AI
Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.
www.npr.org
October 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The only truly ethical response that a self-described artist can make. Anything else is a betrayal of one's colleagues.
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An astonishingly large crowd!
Chicago
Chicago
October 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
An astonishingly large crowd!
Chicago
Chicago
When you see Perfect Blue is playing on the big screen you buy a ticket and go immediately. Much needed movie outing on my day off.
October 17, 2025 at 10:03 PM
When you see Perfect Blue is playing on the big screen you buy a ticket and go immediately. Much needed movie outing on my day off.