MaxTheGrey
@maxthegrey.bsky.social
Tech, video games, gamedev, running, podcasting. At me if you have a newsletter relevant to my interests. Host of podcasts and other fun stuff at NewOverlords.com!
#NoMansSky heads up... replays of past expeditions have started and Beachhead is in progress for the next 10 days. This is the one that rewards the Normandy as a frigate for your freighter fleet.
November 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
#NoMansSky heads up... replays of past expeditions have started and Beachhead is in progress for the next 10 days. This is the one that rewards the Normandy as a frigate for your freighter fleet.
Obsidian is killing it this year with three excellent games. Avowed, Grounded 2, and now Outer Worlds 2. It's really impressive to see such consistently good, high quality AAA stuff coming in rapid succession like this.
November 2, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Obsidian is killing it this year with three excellent games. Avowed, Grounded 2, and now Outer Worlds 2. It's really impressive to see such consistently good, high quality AAA stuff coming in rapid succession like this.
Live now! Garden and a Goat - Alpha 2 Dev Stream - Demo and Q&A - Come join and ask me anything in Twitch or in our Discord. twitch.tv/newoverlords
September 9, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Live now! Garden and a Goat - Alpha 2 Dev Stream - Demo and Q&A - Come join and ask me anything in Twitch or in our Discord. twitch.tv/newoverlords
I'm hosting a dev stream for Garden and a Goat Alpha 2 tonight at 7:30pm central. I'll demo the game, talk about the roadmap, and answer questions including showing behind the scenes dev stuff if anyone asks. Hope to see you there! twitch.tv/newoverlords
September 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I'm hosting a dev stream for Garden and a Goat Alpha 2 tonight at 7:30pm central. I'll demo the game, talk about the roadmap, and answer questions including showing behind the scenes dev stuff if anyone asks. Hope to see you there! twitch.tv/newoverlords
Garden and a Goat Alpha 2 is now live! Huge thanks to the dozens of players joining us for a closed playtest. If you'd like to check it out, we still have alpha Steam codes available in the Garden and a Goat Discord. #gardenandagoat
August 28, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Garden and a Goat Alpha 2 is now live! Huge thanks to the dozens of players joining us for a closed playtest. If you'd like to check it out, we still have alpha Steam codes available in the Garden and a Goat Discord. #gardenandagoat
Collect and save the animals! Garden and a Goat's Alpha 2 playtest is coming later this week. We have Steam keys for more testers so jump in our Discord and we will try to include everyone. I'm 24/7 on tweaks to get it as solid as possible 😀 gardenandagoat.com/discord
August 26, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Collect and save the animals! Garden and a Goat's Alpha 2 playtest is coming later this week. We have Steam keys for more testers so jump in our Discord and we will try to include everyone. I'm 24/7 on tweaks to get it as solid as possible 😀 gardenandagoat.com/discord
The goat now uses a personal portal to visit you when it feels like it. I like it!
August 14, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The goat now uses a personal portal to visit you when it feels like it. I like it!
If you want in on Garden And A Goat Alpha 2, jump in the Discord and say hi in the Alpha channel: gardenandagoat.com/discord
August 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
If you want in on Garden And A Goat Alpha 2, jump in the Discord and say hi in the Alpha channel: gardenandagoat.com/discord
New Overlords Podcast on break this week. It's crunch time for Garden And A Goat - Alpha 2 and I've been all make, no play with games. Back next week probably with Abiotic Factor!
August 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
New Overlords Podcast on break this week. It's crunch time for Garden And A Goat - Alpha 2 and I've been all make, no play with games. Back next week probably with Abiotic Factor!
#HelloGames #NoMansSky at it again... amazing:
March 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
#HelloGames #NoMansSky at it again... amazing:
Well, there goes my schedule this week! #nomanssky
March 22, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Well, there goes my schedule this week! #nomanssky
4 hours in and Assassin's Creed Shadows is shaping up to be an amazing game.
March 22, 2025 at 10:26 PM
4 hours in and Assassin's Creed Shadows is shaping up to be an amazing game.
Some really amazing new stuff in today's No Man's Sky update from Hello Games. We'll talk about it this afternoon on the podcast!
January 29, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Some really amazing new stuff in today's No Man's Sky update from Hello Games. We'll talk about it this afternoon on the podcast!
We also talked for a bit up front about Stars Reach, the Raph Koster MMO in development. They have a Kickstarter in the works which they had originally not planned to do. That has "implications" but everyone still seems excited about this project and we are too.
January 24, 2025 at 3:06 AM
We also talked for a bit up front about Stars Reach, the Raph Koster MMO in development. They have a Kickstarter in the works which they had originally not planned to do. That has "implications" but everyone still seems excited about this project and we are too.
Happy Thanksgiving Eve. Things are cooking (literally) on the family front for us this week so no New Overlords Podcast today. We'll be back next week with some survival talk. Until then, here's a pic of a turkey listening to our podcast from last week:
November 27, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Happy Thanksgiving Eve. Things are cooking (literally) on the family front for us this week so no New Overlords Podcast today. We'll be back next week with some survival talk. Until then, here's a pic of a turkey listening to our podcast from last week:
This looks like a fun series! I'll pick up Trollsbane to start. Will the rest of the Spear of the Gods series be coming to Audible? I may get them on paper regardless as well since I'm looking for a next physical book for the evenings.
November 24, 2024 at 10:59 PM
This looks like a fun series! I'll pick up Trollsbane to start. Will the rest of the Spear of the Gods series be coming to Audible? I may get them on paper regardless as well since I'm looking for a next physical book for the evenings.
Today's New Overlords podcast will be pushed back to around 8pm central so we can pull in Stask to talk about New World Aeternum!
October 23, 2024 at 5:37 PM
Today's New Overlords podcast will be pushed back to around 8pm central so we can pull in Stask to talk about New World Aeternum!
I'm about 1/3 through The Mercy of Gods, the first book in the new James S.A. Corey series. New "universe" but familiar style, character development, etc. Lots of aliens. Good stuff so far.
October 16, 2024 at 4:04 PM
I'm about 1/3 through The Mercy of Gods, the first book in the new James S.A. Corey series. New "universe" but familiar style, character development, etc. Lots of aliens. Good stuff so far.
#NoMansSky back at it again with another update. Worlds Part 2? No! Still Part 1 with a pretty cool fishing system (rods, bait, traps, skiff/raft, expedition... tons of stuff) HelloGames is all gas no brakes and has been for 8 years on this. Inspiring!
September 4, 2024 at 3:46 PM
#NoMansSky back at it again with another update. Worlds Part 2? No! Still Part 1 with a pretty cool fishing system (rods, bait, traps, skiff/raft, expedition... tons of stuff) HelloGames is all gas no brakes and has been for 8 years on this. Inspiring!
#StarWarsOutlaws I thought this side character looked familiar (and was acted really well). This is Athena Karkanis, who has done a ton but I recognized from The Expanse (Miller's cop friend). She's also the female Jedi Consular voice in all of SWTOR. I'm a big fan!
September 2, 2024 at 3:53 PM
#StarWarsOutlaws I thought this side character looked familiar (and was acted really well). This is Athena Karkanis, who has done a ton but I recognized from The Expanse (Miller's cop friend). She's also the female Jedi Consular voice in all of SWTOR. I'm a big fan!
So, I've started up a game studio!
I'm really happy to announce Contemplation Games (contemplationgames.com), a small indie studio, and are about six weeks into dev of our first fun little PC game. Stay tuned and there will be links and a Discord server for the game soon!
I'm really happy to announce Contemplation Games (contemplationgames.com), a small indie studio, and are about six weeks into dev of our first fun little PC game. Stay tuned and there will be links and a Discord server for the game soon!
August 30, 2024 at 6:07 PM
So, I've started up a game studio!
I'm really happy to announce Contemplation Games (contemplationgames.com), a small indie studio, and are about six weeks into dev of our first fun little PC game. Stay tuned and there will be links and a Discord server for the game soon!
I'm really happy to announce Contemplation Games (contemplationgames.com), a small indie studio, and are about six weeks into dev of our first fun little PC game. Stay tuned and there will be links and a Discord server for the game soon!
Great job, Bethesda team on the Starfield Rev-8 vehicle, added this week. The attention to detail on model, texture, control and abilities, and interaction with the player model and companions is done really, really well. Awesome work!
August 23, 2024 at 3:06 PM
Great job, Bethesda team on the Starfield Rev-8 vehicle, added this week. The attention to detail on model, texture, control and abilities, and interaction with the player model and companions is done really, really well. Awesome work!
Also in the news, CoD: Black Ops 6 Zombies mode will have an arachnophobia setting. Zombies eating players, pulsing flesh and teeth mutant monsters, every kill exploding in blood and chunks… all good. But a creature that looks kinda like a spider? No!
August 12, 2024 at 2:35 PM
Also in the news, CoD: Black Ops 6 Zombies mode will have an arachnophobia setting. Zombies eating players, pulsing flesh and teeth mutant monsters, every kill exploding in blood and chunks… all good. But a creature that looks kinda like a spider? No!
New logo update for summer. Here comes the sun, y'all.
June 27, 2024 at 4:38 PM
New logo update for summer. Here comes the sun, y'all.