Jacek Wesołowski
@jzwesolowski.bsky.social
Game designer, mostly. Knows how to make a custom editor in Unreal, write jokes in a foreign language, track police movements across a large city, and publicly scold an abusive party leader.
Today Poland is rolling our its new standardised system for digital invoicing, and I feel I'm going to regret saying this out loud, but I'm a bit surprised that it only took me about 15 minutes to set it up on my side and I *think* I've understood everything.
February 1, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Today Poland is rolling our its new standardised system for digital invoicing, and I feel I'm going to regret saying this out loud, but I'm a bit surprised that it only took me about 15 minutes to set it up on my side and I *think* I've understood everything.
The more time passes, the more the original "Deus Ex" turns from being a weirdly prophetic pastiche into a documentary, and words cannot describe how uncomfortable I feel about it.
(to be clear, it's one of the best video games I've ever played, a well deserved classic etc.)
(to be clear, it's one of the best video games I've ever played, a well deserved classic etc.)
January 31, 2026 at 8:07 PM
The more time passes, the more the original "Deus Ex" turns from being a weirdly prophetic pastiche into a documentary, and words cannot describe how uncomfortable I feel about it.
(to be clear, it's one of the best video games I've ever played, a well deserved classic etc.)
(to be clear, it's one of the best video games I've ever played, a well deserved classic etc.)
Two things I'd like gamers to stop saying in their opinions about games: that they were "rushed", and that they were "abandoned". Every single team I've worked with has always fought tooth and nail for two things: to get the deadlines postponed, and to get more time for bugfixing.
January 31, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Two things I'd like gamers to stop saying in their opinions about games: that they were "rushed", and that they were "abandoned". Every single team I've worked with has always fought tooth and nail for two things: to get the deadlines postponed, and to get more time for bugfixing.
As one of the comments pointed out, the user literally gave the chatbot an instruction to "be a feminist" i.e. talk like one. He meant it as a judgement, but that was too complicated for the bot that's programmed to take commands. Which in my opinion makes the whole thing all the more hilarious.
January 30, 2026 at 1:11 PM
As one of the comments pointed out, the user literally gave the chatbot an instruction to "be a feminist" i.e. talk like one. He meant it as a judgement, but that was too complicated for the bot that's programmed to take commands. Which in my opinion makes the whole thing all the more hilarious.
Hot take: the Second American Civil War has already started, only it's a hybrid war, so instead of two armies clashing there are "little green men".
January 29, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Hot take: the Second American Civil War has already started, only it's a hybrid war, so instead of two armies clashing there are "little green men".
I guess it's a sign of times that the story synopsis I'm writing down as my guilty pleasure / coping mechanism ends with a choice between blackmailing a politician and exposing them.
January 29, 2026 at 8:47 PM
I guess it's a sign of times that the story synopsis I'm writing down as my guilty pleasure / coping mechanism ends with a choice between blackmailing a politician and exposing them.
Today's video game discourse appears to be "who criticises the critics". I feel it has obvious direct answers (e.g. "a lot of people do and they're often very unkind"), and a less than obvious meta answer which is: "it would be in the spirit of what we're preaching to simply disagree and move on".
January 28, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Today's video game discourse appears to be "who criticises the critics". I feel it has obvious direct answers (e.g. "a lot of people do and they're often very unkind"), and a less than obvious meta answer which is: "it would be in the spirit of what we're preaching to simply disagree and move on".
The Minnesota protesters' strategy appears to be working. Wearing down ICE morale was their stated goal.
Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
www.independent.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 7:03 PM
The Minnesota protesters' strategy appears to be working. Wearing down ICE morale was their stated goal.
Guess what, YT is now randomly pushing shorts from science communicators doing PSAs about tear gas and such. I'm having flashbacks from 2017 Poland, but in a good way for a change.
January 26, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Guess what, YT is now randomly pushing shorts from science communicators doing PSAs about tear gas and such. I'm having flashbacks from 2017 Poland, but in a good way for a change.
Bluesky is this peculiar place where you can get reliable news, and also basically unlimited amounts of cartoon porn. I don't necessarily chase either, but I have friends who do and I care about my friends, so for better or worse I partake in their preoccupations.
January 26, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Bluesky is this peculiar place where you can get reliable news, and also basically unlimited amounts of cartoon porn. I don't necessarily chase either, but I have friends who do and I care about my friends, so for better or worse I partake in their preoccupations.
I don't know about you, but my coping mechanism for Bad Stuff Happening Around Me is I try to sit down and write down a story idea, synopsis, or even the whole story. Best case is I turn it into a project pitch and get funded. Worst case is someone looks over my shoulder and doesn't like it.
January 25, 2026 at 7:19 PM
I don't know about you, but my coping mechanism for Bad Stuff Happening Around Me is I try to sit down and write down a story idea, synopsis, or even the whole story. Best case is I turn it into a project pitch and get funded. Worst case is someone looks over my shoulder and doesn't like it.
I installed "Deus Ex: Mankind Divided" a few days ago and replayed it to remind myself why I didn't quite enjoy it on my first playthrough years ago.
It was less of a mystery than I expected.
It was less of a mystery than I expected.
January 25, 2026 at 10:38 AM
I installed "Deus Ex: Mankind Divided" a few days ago and replayed it to remind myself why I didn't quite enjoy it on my first playthrough years ago.
It was less of a mystery than I expected.
It was less of a mystery than I expected.
This is the way to go. ICE violence needs to make things worse for ICE.
Pro tip: with this many people, you can try and stage protests in many places at the same time. This is the police's nightmare scenario. There aren't enough of them to be everywhere.
Pro tip: with this many people, you can try and stage protests in many places at the same time. This is the police's nightmare scenario. There aren't enough of them to be everywhere.
I attempted to go to an ICE patrol training here in LA this morning and they had to turn most of us away because of capacity issues and even as I was leaving I saw a ton more folks showing up
so that’s how well their attempts to scare everyone away are going, even in the face of murder
so that’s how well their attempts to scare everyone away are going, even in the face of murder
January 24, 2026 at 7:45 PM
This is the way to go. ICE violence needs to make things worse for ICE.
Pro tip: with this many people, you can try and stage protests in many places at the same time. This is the police's nightmare scenario. There aren't enough of them to be everywhere.
Pro tip: with this many people, you can try and stage protests in many places at the same time. This is the police's nightmare scenario. There aren't enough of them to be everywhere.
This thread is 100% truth and I can tell from my own experience here in Warsaw that when the push comes to shove, there's always more work than people, regardless of how many people show up. Our dedicated group for organizing demos and such was 60 people, but we would easily find tasks for 600.
there are some people around you who know what to do, and it might be tough, but find them. and join them. even if you can’t do some things, they will have some things you can do and it will feel less hopeless
January 24, 2026 at 6:57 PM
This thread is 100% truth and I can tell from my own experience here in Warsaw that when the push comes to shove, there's always more work than people, regardless of how many people show up. Our dedicated group for organizing demos and such was 60 people, but we would easily find tasks for 600.
I agree wholeheartedly, which is why all of the current top 5 game ideas in my drawer put the player in a role that doesn't involve the use of violence but does involve working around other people being violent.
for 20 years I've seen people focus on whether violent games cause violence, and they don't - not directly - but the real harm of a different kind has been selling into the fantasies of these ICE agents now cosplaying as soldiers with $5,000 of gun attachments that don't make sense for the situation
I am watching what is happening in Minneapolis on Ali Velshi and one of the ICE officers (off camera) literally says, “It’s like Call of Duty. Pretty cool huh?” as they shoot whatever it is they are shooting. Agents walking around, guns unholstered for no reason. This is insanity
January 24, 2026 at 5:15 PM
I agree wholeheartedly, which is why all of the current top 5 game ideas in my drawer put the player in a role that doesn't involve the use of violence but does involve working around other people being violent.
Looks like there's a nice big lawn in front of the state capitol in Minneapolis. If I lived there, I would go there now, call all my friends to go there too, and stay there until state authorities do something. The place is some 90k sq metres, should fit some 150k people comfortably.
January 24, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Looks like there's a nice big lawn in front of the state capitol in Minneapolis. If I lived there, I would go there now, call all my friends to go there too, and stay there until state authorities do something. The place is some 90k sq metres, should fit some 150k people comfortably.
I've been seeing people referring to -20 degrees as very cold weather today and was almost ready to bring out my 52N latitude pedigree, until I caught up to the fact they were talking -20 Fahrenheit (i.e. -29 Celsius).
So, yeah, that's pretty cold. Protesting in these conditions counts double.
So, yeah, that's pretty cold. Protesting in these conditions counts double.
January 23, 2026 at 8:26 PM
I've been seeing people referring to -20 degrees as very cold weather today and was almost ready to bring out my 52N latitude pedigree, until I caught up to the fact they were talking -20 Fahrenheit (i.e. -29 Celsius).
So, yeah, that's pretty cold. Protesting in these conditions counts double.
So, yeah, that's pretty cold. Protesting in these conditions counts double.
This is such a good advice. You don't need to start something. There are people around you who specialise in starting things. Joining something you like is not just great, it's actually the best thing you can do unless you have a *specific* idea for something else.
You don’t know your role yet maybe, but we are all finding out just what we have to offer.
In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.
In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.
January 23, 2026 at 9:58 AM
This is such a good advice. You don't need to start something. There are people around you who specialise in starting things. Joining something you like is not just great, it's actually the best thing you can do unless you have a *specific* idea for something else.
Mid-life crisis is when life starts to feel like one of those open-world games where you have five different plots running in parallel, and you're stuck in all of them because you're one or two stat points short of crossing some arbitrary threshold.
January 22, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Mid-life crisis is when life starts to feel like one of those open-world games where you have five different plots running in parallel, and you're stuck in all of them because you're one or two stat points short of crossing some arbitrary threshold.
I've seen misinformation about this being spread in good faith, since people are understandably concerned about each other's health, so here's a repost for balance.
My group was able to recover a spent canister from a green smoke grenade in Minneapolis. We now confirm with physical evidence that it was a green signaling grenade.
Please don't spread rumors about hexachloroethane or nerve agents.
#PublicPreparedness #Minneapolis
Please don't spread rumors about hexachloroethane or nerve agents.
#PublicPreparedness #Minneapolis
January 22, 2026 at 8:47 AM
I've seen misinformation about this being spread in good faith, since people are understandably concerned about each other's health, so here's a repost for balance.
One of the reasons unsolicited advice on protesting doesn't make much sense is that every place has its own dynamics and resulting best practices. Minneapolis is doing something unique right now.
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 22, 2026 at 8:10 AM
One of the reasons unsolicited advice on protesting doesn't make much sense is that every place has its own dynamics and resulting best practices. Minneapolis is doing something unique right now.
I have no unsolicited advice worth sharing wrt the current crisis in the US, but one thing I feel very confident about is that taking part in that general strike thing is a really good idea right now. Preferably with a good deal of accompanying noise.
January 22, 2026 at 1:34 AM
I have no unsolicited advice worth sharing wrt the current crisis in the US, but one thing I feel very confident about is that taking part in that general strike thing is a really good idea right now. Preferably with a good deal of accompanying noise.
The rate at which ICE are escalating their violence is incredibly dangerous and also incredibly dumb in purely operational terms. I won't spell out what can happen next because I don't want anyone to have even a shadow of a suspicion that I might endorse such things.
An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 21, 2026 at 10:49 PM
The rate at which ICE are escalating their violence is incredibly dangerous and also incredibly dumb in purely operational terms. I won't spell out what can happen next because I don't want anyone to have even a shadow of a suspicion that I might endorse such things.
Eventually, some foreign leader is going to manipulate Trump into signing a very bad deal, and that's when the American far right is going to learn the hard way that having a mentally fit president does matter after all.
January 21, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Eventually, some foreign leader is going to manipulate Trump into signing a very bad deal, and that's when the American far right is going to learn the hard way that having a mentally fit president does matter after all.
That feeling when someone you consider a friend is apparently ignoring your attempts to communicate though multiple channels (in a professional matter), and you have to guess if they're mad at you, sick, got fired, are on vacation, are having a technical issue, or it's just a coincidence.
January 20, 2026 at 6:43 PM
That feeling when someone you consider a friend is apparently ignoring your attempts to communicate though multiple channels (in a professional matter), and you have to guess if they're mad at you, sick, got fired, are on vacation, are having a technical issue, or it's just a coincidence.