Jerrod Putman
@jerrodputman.com
Programmer. Swift. Video game enthusiast who still dabbles in game development.
Paying the bills with my mad programming skills.
Favorite game: Mega Man 2
Work: Blizzard
Formerly: Insomniac, inXile
Views are my own and do not represent my employer.
Paying the bills with my mad programming skills.
Favorite game: Mega Man 2
Work: Blizzard
Formerly: Insomniac, inXile
Views are my own and do not represent my employer.
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Trying to measure coding productivity is, and always will be, a fool's errand.
Why? Because I can go for a walk then take a shower and have an idea, then write a single line of code that fixes everything I was working on.
Immense productivity, but by most metrics I didn't do anything at all.
Why? Because I can go for a walk then take a shower and have an idea, then write a single line of code that fixes everything I was working on.
Immense productivity, but by most metrics I didn't do anything at all.
November 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Trying to measure coding productivity is, and always will be, a fool's errand.
Why? Because I can go for a walk then take a shower and have an idea, then write a single line of code that fixes everything I was working on.
Immense productivity, but by most metrics I didn't do anything at all.
Why? Because I can go for a walk then take a shower and have an idea, then write a single line of code that fixes everything I was working on.
Immense productivity, but by most metrics I didn't do anything at all.
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Incredible (via www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...)
October 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Incredible (via www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...)
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#Florida woman wins Mortal Kombat tournament playing with newborn baby in arms. You know, like you do. www.dexerto.com/mortal-komba...
Florida woman wins Mortal Kombat tournament playing with newborn baby in arms - Dexerto
A mother is going viral after winning a Mortal Kombat tournament while holding her five-day-old daughter in her arms.
www.dexerto.com
September 29, 2025 at 8:35 PM
#Florida woman wins Mortal Kombat tournament playing with newborn baby in arms. You know, like you do. www.dexerto.com/mortal-komba...
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My only addition to this:
• Tateishi-san now understands how many people love his music;
• He went to MAGFest & Kuwait, and connected with a lot of game musicians and fans;
• He released a brand new track with us last year—and YES he still got it;
• He’s happy now
God bless vgm and vgm artists 🫡🤘🏼
• Tateishi-san now understands how many people love his music;
• He went to MAGFest & Kuwait, and connected with a lot of game musicians and fans;
• He released a brand new track with us last year—and YES he still got it;
• He’s happy now
God bless vgm and vgm artists 🫡🤘🏼
September 29, 2025 at 11:55 PM
My only addition to this:
• Tateishi-san now understands how many people love his music;
• He went to MAGFest & Kuwait, and connected with a lot of game musicians and fans;
• He released a brand new track with us last year—and YES he still got it;
• He’s happy now
God bless vgm and vgm artists 🫡🤘🏼
• Tateishi-san now understands how many people love his music;
• He went to MAGFest & Kuwait, and connected with a lot of game musicians and fans;
• He released a brand new track with us last year—and YES he still got it;
• He’s happy now
God bless vgm and vgm artists 🫡🤘🏼
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Well don't I feel stupid
September 26, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Well don't I feel stupid
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Edia will port the retro PC Engine CD-ROM2 releases of the first four Ys games, along with The Legend of Xanadu and Dragon Slayer games worldwide:
https://www.rpgsite.net/news/18342-edia-will-port-pc-engine-releases-nihon-falcoms-ys-xanadu-dragon-slayer-games-worldwide
https://www.rpgsite.net/news/18342-edia-will-port-pc-engine-releases-nihon-falcoms-ys-xanadu-dragon-slayer-games-worldwide
September 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Edia will port the retro PC Engine CD-ROM2 releases of the first four Ys games, along with The Legend of Xanadu and Dragon Slayer games worldwide:
https://www.rpgsite.net/news/18342-edia-will-port-pc-engine-releases-nihon-falcoms-ys-xanadu-dragon-slayer-games-worldwide
https://www.rpgsite.net/news/18342-edia-will-port-pc-engine-releases-nihon-falcoms-ys-xanadu-dragon-slayer-games-worldwide
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Wavenet Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 has been preserved for MK Legacy Kollection! 🌊🥅🐉
The holy grail of MK lost media. A monumental achievement for MK history. I am beyond excited!
Never heard of Wavenet? Allow me to give a brief explanation...
The holy grail of MK lost media. A monumental achievement for MK history. I am beyond excited!
Never heard of Wavenet? Allow me to give a brief explanation...
August 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Wavenet Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 has been preserved for MK Legacy Kollection! 🌊🥅🐉
The holy grail of MK lost media. A monumental achievement for MK history. I am beyond excited!
Never heard of Wavenet? Allow me to give a brief explanation...
The holy grail of MK lost media. A monumental achievement for MK history. I am beyond excited!
Never heard of Wavenet? Allow me to give a brief explanation...
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good morning youtu.be/HvBla5NUlvk?...
Ys VIII -Lacrimosa of DANA- OST - Sunshine Coastline
YouTube video by Falcom Music Channel
youtu.be
July 27, 2025 at 12:59 PM
good morning youtu.be/HvBla5NUlvk?...
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down with Whatever eev.ee/blog/2025/07...
The rise of Whatever
This was originally titled “I miss when computers were fun”. But in the course of writing it, I discovered that there is a reason computers became less fun, a dark thread woven through a number of eve...
eev.ee
July 4, 2025 at 1:46 AM
down with Whatever eev.ee/blog/2025/07...
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NEW: What went wrong with Dragon Age: The Veilguard? Why was the writing so tonally inconsistent? Why did it feel so shallow? Why were there so few choices?
Really, after ten years of turbulence, it was a miracle that anything came out at all. This is the story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Really, after ten years of turbulence, it was a miracle that anything came out at all. This is the story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Inside the ‘Dragon Age’ Debacle That Gutted EA’s BioWare Studio
The latest game in BioWare’s fantasy role-playing series went through ten years of development turmoil
www.bloomberg.com
June 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
NEW: What went wrong with Dragon Age: The Veilguard? Why was the writing so tonally inconsistent? Why did it feel so shallow? Why were there so few choices?
Really, after ten years of turbulence, it was a miracle that anything came out at all. This is the story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Really, after ten years of turbulence, it was a miracle that anything came out at all. This is the story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Blue shells are a fact of life. But sometimes, you can plan for them.
June 12, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Blue shells are a fact of life. But sometimes, you can plan for them.
Survival Kids is the real MVP of the Switch 2 launch for us. It’s fun to do tasks and solve puzzles together.
Then we tried out GameShare: 1 player on Switch 2, and 2 others on a Switch and Switch Lite. It worked great! We each had our own view of the game. Wii U tech lives!
Then we tried out GameShare: 1 player on Switch 2, and 2 others on a Switch and Switch Lite. It worked great! We each had our own view of the game. Wii U tech lives!
June 6, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Survival Kids is the real MVP of the Switch 2 launch for us. It’s fun to do tasks and solve puzzles together.
Then we tried out GameShare: 1 player on Switch 2, and 2 others on a Switch and Switch Lite. It worked great! We each had our own view of the game. Wii U tech lives!
Then we tried out GameShare: 1 player on Switch 2, and 2 others on a Switch and Switch Lite. It worked great! We each had our own view of the game. Wii U tech lives!
Mario Kart World thoughts:
Collecting outfits is fun. Course design for lap courses is fantastic. Rainbow Road is an EVENT!
But driving to a course only to do a single lap on said course is just… not fun. I like the interstitial driving, but not at the expense of getting to do laps on the courses.
Collecting outfits is fun. Course design for lap courses is fantastic. Rainbow Road is an EVENT!
But driving to a course only to do a single lap on said course is just… not fun. I like the interstitial driving, but not at the expense of getting to do laps on the courses.
June 6, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Mario Kart World thoughts:
Collecting outfits is fun. Course design for lap courses is fantastic. Rainbow Road is an EVENT!
But driving to a course only to do a single lap on said course is just… not fun. I like the interstitial driving, but not at the expense of getting to do laps on the courses.
Collecting outfits is fun. Course design for lap courses is fantastic. Rainbow Road is an EVENT!
But driving to a course only to do a single lap on said course is just… not fun. I like the interstitial driving, but not at the expense of getting to do laps on the courses.
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Want more info on Mortal Kombat: Legacy Collection? Our Editorial Director Chris Kohler has written a good primer for PlayStation Blog -- check it out. #MKLK
https://blog.playstation.com/2025/06/04/mortal-kombat-legacy-collection-launches-on-ps5-ps4-this-year/
https://blog.playstation.com/2025/06/04/mortal-kombat-legacy-collection-launches-on-ps5-ps4-this-year/
Mortal Kombat: Legacy Collection launches on PS5, PS4 this year
Digital Eclipse brings the classic arcade, home, and handheld games to PlayStation in 2025.
blog.playstation.com
June 4, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Want more info on Mortal Kombat: Legacy Collection? Our Editorial Director Chris Kohler has written a good primer for PlayStation Blog -- check it out. #MKLK
https://blog.playstation.com/2025/06/04/mortal-kombat-legacy-collection-launches-on-ps5-ps4-this-year/
https://blog.playstation.com/2025/06/04/mortal-kombat-legacy-collection-launches-on-ps5-ps4-this-year/
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did you know? you can use a protocol called bittorrent to download linux disk images. it works very well! unfortunately there is no other use for this technology.
June 4, 2025 at 4:48 AM
did you know? you can use a protocol called bittorrent to download linux disk images. it works very well! unfortunately there is no other use for this technology.
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You're not gonna believe this, but the newest trailer for my game ChainStaff is in @geoffkeighley.bsky.social's Summer Game Showcase!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ll8...
"Eat Your Heart Out"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ll8...
"Eat Your Heart Out"
ChainStaff | "Eat Your Heart Out" | Gameplay Trailer | Xbox PS Steam
YouTube video by MommysBestGames
www.youtube.com
June 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
You're not gonna believe this, but the newest trailer for my game ChainStaff is in @geoffkeighley.bsky.social's Summer Game Showcase!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ll8...
"Eat Your Heart Out"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ll8...
"Eat Your Heart Out"
This is excellent news! I had thought that GameShare probably wouldn’t work to let all of my kids play together with a single copy, but here it is!
NEW: Switch 2 launch game Survival Kids uses the system's new GameShare feature to enable 3-player co-op using 1 copy of the game. Receiving systems can be S1s or S2s.
My story about a fascinating, little-publicized game...and why Unity is making it (for Konami)
www.gamefile.news/p/survival-k...
My story about a fascinating, little-publicized game...and why Unity is making it (for Konami)
www.gamefile.news/p/survival-k...
An unexpected and possibly ground-breaking Switch 2 launch game
Survival Kids is: a) a surprise Konami revival, b) a game made by Unity (!?), and c) a showcase of a key Switch 2 innovation (!!)
www.gamefile.news
June 2, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This is excellent news! I had thought that GameShare probably wouldn’t work to let all of my kids play together with a single copy, but here it is!
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really excited to share this fun interview with the dude who designed THE Pokemon logo!
www.ign.com/articles/mee...
www.ign.com/articles/mee...
Meet the Man Who Designed Pokémon’s Iconic Logo - IGN
Meet Chris Maple, a Seattle-based designer who unwittingly stumbled into creating one of the most iconic logos in the world: Pokémon.
www.ign.com
May 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
really excited to share this fun interview with the dude who designed THE Pokemon logo!
www.ign.com/articles/mee...
www.ign.com/articles/mee...
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Make sure your RPG battle transitions, scene composition, and attack animations are at least as cool as this Taiwanese DOS RPG from 1995
May 14, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Make sure your RPG battle transitions, scene composition, and attack animations are at least as cool as this Taiwanese DOS RPG from 1995
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you know who else came from chicago and was on "a mission from god"
May 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
you know who else came from chicago and was on "a mission from god"
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I understand my game is pretty controversial. But I have a good understanding by now on who my target audience is. I posted the trailer in a indie gaming reddit page & it was downvoted to oblivion. When I posted on subreddits related to South Asian gamers the reaction was the complete opposite.
April 27, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I understand my game is pretty controversial. But I have a good understanding by now on who my target audience is. I posted the trailer in a indie gaming reddit page & it was downvoted to oblivion. When I posted on subreddits related to South Asian gamers the reaction was the complete opposite.