Jeff Hamilton
@jeffhamilton.bsky.social
Game designer at Blizzard. He/him. Fan of: comics, music, archery, my cats. Personal account, all opinions are just mine.
formerly @jeffahamilton on Twitter
https://jhamilton.bearblog.dev/blog/ for blog-shaped thoughts
formerly @jeffahamilton on Twitter
https://jhamilton.bearblog.dev/blog/ for blog-shaped thoughts
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Jeff Hamilton
@jeffhamilton.bsky.social
· May 13
(bored) I should put 3 to 8 irons in the fire
(later)
(juggling 8 flaming irons) damn this is kinda hard
(later)
(juggling 8 flaming irons) damn this is kinda hard
y'all got any more of that Sleep lying around
November 13, 2025 at 6:57 AM
y'all got any more of that Sleep lying around
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feels relevant today
we have an elite impunity problem and a lot of the people and institutions that nominally oppose Trump will burn down their own before admitting that this helped produce him
I've said it many times before and Andrew Cuomo is making me say it again: we don't have a cancellation problem. We have never had a cancellation problem. To the contrary, we have a problem that "disgrace" is a very temporary embarrassment— an brief entr'acte more than an intermission.
November 12, 2025 at 10:28 PM
feels relevant today
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jeffrey epstein won't see your jokes about how poorly written his emails were, but your barely literate friends also won't see them, because they can't read. fire away
November 13, 2025 at 4:55 AM
jeffrey epstein won't see your jokes about how poorly written his emails were, but your barely literate friends also won't see them, because they can't read. fire away
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Monterey Bay nightscene.
November 13, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Monterey Bay nightscene.
apparently it's gonna RAIN rain this weekend
November 13, 2025 at 5:04 AM
apparently it's gonna RAIN rain this weekend
having my glasses on is tiring, but not wearing my glasses is also tiring
November 13, 2025 at 4:39 AM
having my glasses on is tiring, but not wearing my glasses is also tiring
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"Not even in my wildest dreams did I imagine that one day I would paint a picture of hot Bowser for official material, announced by Miyamoto himself. 😭 I laughed so hard in disbelief while painting, you have no idea lol"
November 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"Not even in my wildest dreams did I imagine that one day I would paint a picture of hot Bowser for official material, announced by Miyamoto himself. 😭 I laughed so hard in disbelief while painting, you have no idea lol"
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it's on miro. it's literally on figma. you have to log into okta. it's in jira. it's on zoom. it's on pureref. it's on flow. it's on perforce. it's on slack. you can find it on slack. you can go to slack and find it. log onto slack right now. you can slack it. slack has it for you. it's on slack.
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
it's on miro. it's literally on figma. you have to log into okta. it's in jira. it's on zoom. it's on pureref. it's on flow. it's on perforce. it's on slack. you can find it on slack. you can go to slack and find it. log onto slack right now. you can slack it. slack has it for you. it's on slack.
tariffs are literally a pain in the ass
November 12, 2025 at 9:53 PM
tariffs are literally a pain in the ass
linkedin should have a 240 character count on posts
November 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM
linkedin should have a 240 character count on posts
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Standing five inches from a 70 inch television to play heroes of might and magic three like Kennedy gaming out the Cuban missile crisis
new Steam Machine revealed store.steampowered.com/sale/steamma...
November 12, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Standing five inches from a 70 inch television to play heroes of might and magic three like Kennedy gaming out the Cuban missile crisis
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Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.
November 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.
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envious of the auroraposting, it's still a life goal to see it. Someday I'll do a few weeks in Scandinavia and try for it.
November 12, 2025 at 7:21 AM
envious of the auroraposting, it's still a life goal to see it. Someday I'll do a few weeks in Scandinavia and try for it.
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NEW: I spoke to Obsidian (Outer Worlds, Avowed, Fallout: NV) about how their games are written
They've heard "horror stories" of writers sidelined at other studios
Sawyer: At Obsidian, writers and area designers are "co-creators" who sculpt a game world together
www.gamefile.news/p/obsidian-e...
They've heard "horror stories" of writers sidelined at other studios
Sawyer: At Obsidian, writers and area designers are "co-creators" who sculpt a game world together
www.gamefile.news/p/obsidian-e...
How Obsidian writes
A chat about the words that go into video games, with creators behind The Outer Worlds, Pillars of Eternity, Pentiment and more.
www.gamefile.news
November 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
NEW: I spoke to Obsidian (Outer Worlds, Avowed, Fallout: NV) about how their games are written
They've heard "horror stories" of writers sidelined at other studios
Sawyer: At Obsidian, writers and area designers are "co-creators" who sculpt a game world together
www.gamefile.news/p/obsidian-e...
They've heard "horror stories" of writers sidelined at other studios
Sawyer: At Obsidian, writers and area designers are "co-creators" who sculpt a game world together
www.gamefile.news/p/obsidian-e...
what if i fell asleep now
November 12, 2025 at 4:58 AM
what if i fell asleep now
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Dig through the glitches and
Be Romero's bitch as you
Slam in the pak of
Be Romero's bitch as you
Slam in the pak of
November 11, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Dig through the glitches and
Be Romero's bitch as you
Slam in the pak of
Be Romero's bitch as you
Slam in the pak of
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convincing gamers to do their groceries by telling them it's a high-stakes extraction experience where they can engage in immersive social encounters and exfiltrate with legendary vegetables
November 11, 2025 at 10:49 PM
convincing gamers to do their groceries by telling them it's a high-stakes extraction experience where they can engage in immersive social encounters and exfiltrate with legendary vegetables
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Rest in peace, Tatsuya Nakadai
November 12, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Rest in peace, Tatsuya Nakadai
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The new hire just told us she never had a Facebook page... Legit felt the room go like this
November 12, 2025 at 2:15 AM
The new hire just told us she never had a Facebook page... Legit felt the room go like this
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QA Testers 🤝 Professional Assassins
1) Enter the building
2) Kill the target enemy
3) Observe results
1) Enter the building
2) Kill the target enemy
3) Observe results
November 12, 2025 at 2:12 AM
QA Testers 🤝 Professional Assassins
1) Enter the building
2) Kill the target enemy
3) Observe results
1) Enter the building
2) Kill the target enemy
3) Observe results
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"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
November 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
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