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@patrick.games
Game developer, Android Games DevRel, roboticist, dad, and a bard so bad that he causes psychic damage. Previously worked on Star Wars BB-8, Space Miner, and those Sphero robots.
Opinions are my own (Google doesn't want them, especially bagpipes).
He/Him
Opinions are my own (Google doesn't want them, especially bagpipes).
He/Him
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sometimes an Oxford comma can make all the difference
November 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
sometimes an Oxford comma can make all the difference
Look what I found the day the Zune came on the @theverge.com 's Version History podcast.
Not the cool brown one though.
Not the cool brown one though.
November 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Look what I found the day the Zune came on the @theverge.com 's Version History podcast.
Not the cool brown one though.
Not the cool brown one though.
Just in time for last minute Halloween decorating: what spooky video game music do I need to learn real fast to play from my porch whilst handing out candy?
I have a hurdy gurdy and mountain dulcimer and need to put them into use for great spooky!
I have a hurdy gurdy and mountain dulcimer and need to put them into use for great spooky!
October 31, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Just in time for last minute Halloween decorating: what spooky video game music do I need to learn real fast to play from my porch whilst handing out candy?
I have a hurdy gurdy and mountain dulcimer and need to put them into use for great spooky!
I have a hurdy gurdy and mountain dulcimer and need to put them into use for great spooky!
One of the first video game porting projects I worked on, I got stuck on my "get a minimally viable compilation going" stage because the comments were in Japanese and GCC didn't like that.
Now I freely chuck emoji into strings and everything just knows what to do.
Now I freely chuck emoji into strings and everything just knows what to do.
October 30, 2025 at 10:41 PM
One of the first video game porting projects I worked on, I got stuck on my "get a minimally viable compilation going" stage because the comments were in Japanese and GCC didn't like that.
Now I freely chuck emoji into strings and everything just knows what to do.
Now I freely chuck emoji into strings and everything just knows what to do.
When is someone going to invent a trackball mouse with a laser that will burn any hair/dust that gets stuck between the laser and the ball?
We vastly underuse our laser technology!
We vastly underuse our laser technology!
October 27, 2025 at 8:31 PM
When is someone going to invent a trackball mouse with a laser that will burn any hair/dust that gets stuck between the laser and the ball?
We vastly underuse our laser technology!
We vastly underuse our laser technology!
One of these days, I'll need to ask an uilleann piper if playing "the Gael" (Last of the Mohicans theme) is like a guitar playing playing "Stairway to Heaven" at Guitar Stop
October 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
One of these days, I'll need to ask an uilleann piper if playing "the Gael" (Last of the Mohicans theme) is like a guitar playing playing "Stairway to Heaven" at Guitar Stop
The are free things more embarrassing seeming than setting up a camera to record yourself playing an instrument.
I really wish there was a social network that just took the audio instead of making me film something 😆
I really wish there was a social network that just took the audio instead of making me film something 😆
October 25, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The are free things more embarrassing seeming than setting up a camera to record yourself playing an instrument.
I really wish there was a social network that just took the audio instead of making me film something 😆
I really wish there was a social network that just took the audio instead of making me film something 😆
The perfect instrument doen't exi...
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October 24, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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GDC continues to not tell me whether I'm giving a regular GDC talk or if it will be work/sponsored ones only 😆
October 21, 2025 at 1:25 AM
GDC continues to not tell me whether I'm giving a regular GDC talk or if it will be work/sponsored ones only 😆
I'm starting to suspect that folks save their Renaissance outfits exclusively for faires rather than just periodically showing up to work as a bardic druid.
October 20, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I'm starting to suspect that folks save their Renaissance outfits exclusively for faires rather than just periodically showing up to work as a bardic druid.
St. Patrick's An Dro -> the Lilting Banshee is a fun/spooky sounding combination, but going from Polka to Jig probably only works because I'm not great at playing them 😆
October 19, 2025 at 9:06 PM
St. Patrick's An Dro -> the Lilting Banshee is a fun/spooky sounding combination, but going from Polka to Jig probably only works because I'm not great at playing them 😆
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or, in the words of the Nac Mac Feegle:
“Free Men! Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! Nae master! We willna' be fooled again!”
“Free Men! Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! Nae master! We willna' be fooled again!”
October 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
or, in the words of the Nac Mac Feegle:
“Free Men! Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! Nae master! We willna' be fooled again!”
“Free Men! Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! Nae master! We willna' be fooled again!”
Define your music taste in eight artists.
(this is a very mySpace post and I'm so here for it)
Ghost
Enter the Haggis
Supercommuter
Chumbawamba
Battlelegs
The Dead South
The Olllam
Backyard Superheroes
There are some good ones I'm missing, but it's a breadth first rather than depth first search.
(this is a very mySpace post and I'm so here for it)
Ghost
Enter the Haggis
Supercommuter
Chumbawamba
Battlelegs
The Dead South
The Olllam
Backyard Superheroes
There are some good ones I'm missing, but it's a breadth first rather than depth first search.
Steely Dan
Modest Mouse
St Vincent
Miles Davis
Fountains of Wayne
Paul Simon
Joni Mitchell
Lou Reed
Modest Mouse
St Vincent
Miles Davis
Fountains of Wayne
Paul Simon
Joni Mitchell
Lou Reed
Define your music taste in eight artists:
Boards of Canada
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Horse Lords
Fat White Family
Magdalena Bay
Radiohead
Men I Trust
Pink Floyd
(just thinking about this was stressful, ha ha ha 😅)
Boards of Canada
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Horse Lords
Fat White Family
Magdalena Bay
Radiohead
Men I Trust
Pink Floyd
(just thinking about this was stressful, ha ha ha 😅)
October 18, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Define your music taste in eight artists.
(this is a very mySpace post and I'm so here for it)
Ghost
Enter the Haggis
Supercommuter
Chumbawamba
Battlelegs
The Dead South
The Olllam
Backyard Superheroes
There are some good ones I'm missing, but it's a breadth first rather than depth first search.
(this is a very mySpace post and I'm so here for it)
Ghost
Enter the Haggis
Supercommuter
Chumbawamba
Battlelegs
The Dead South
The Olllam
Backyard Superheroes
There are some good ones I'm missing, but it's a breadth first rather than depth first search.
Everyone around me is making AI music, and I'm just over here trying to figure out what's the best way to get a 3/4 set of uilleann pipes so I can keep making bad folk covers of video game music by vibrating reeds in tubes.
October 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Everyone around me is making AI music, and I'm just over here trying to figure out what's the best way to get a 3/4 set of uilleann pipes so I can keep making bad folk covers of video game music by vibrating reeds in tubes.
Why do I have to write the design docs for AI to write code? I want to write code and AI can tell me what I designed later!
October 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Why do I have to write the design docs for AI to write code? I want to write code and AI can tell me what I designed later!
Podcasts manage to have some of the best and worst converting ads for me.
Those algorithmically inserted ads that I hear 20 times sometimes in the same episode? Probably actively going to avoid them.
Single host read ad relevant to the current episode? I'll search transcripts to find it again.
Those algorithmically inserted ads that I hear 20 times sometimes in the same episode? Probably actively going to avoid them.
Single host read ad relevant to the current episode? I'll search transcripts to find it again.
October 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Podcasts manage to have some of the best and worst converting ads for me.
Those algorithmically inserted ads that I hear 20 times sometimes in the same episode? Probably actively going to avoid them.
Single host read ad relevant to the current episode? I'll search transcripts to find it again.
Those algorithmically inserted ads that I hear 20 times sometimes in the same episode? Probably actively going to avoid them.
Single host read ad relevant to the current episode? I'll search transcripts to find it again.
Far be it from me to tell other folks how to music, but We Banjo 3 really needs more pipes, flute, and/or whistle 😆
But is also ramping up my interest in the banjo again (maybe I'll settle on a dulcimer with a banjo drum)
But is also ramping up my interest in the banjo again (maybe I'll settle on a dulcimer with a banjo drum)
October 13, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Far be it from me to tell other folks how to music, but We Banjo 3 really needs more pipes, flute, and/or whistle 😆
But is also ramping up my interest in the banjo again (maybe I'll settle on a dulcimer with a banjo drum)
But is also ramping up my interest in the banjo again (maybe I'll settle on a dulcimer with a banjo drum)
I can do it in two words: "planned crunch"
But I'll multiply my estimate by two just in case.
But I'll multiply my estimate by two just in case.
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 13, 2025 at 3:19 AM
I can do it in two words: "planned crunch"
But I'll multiply my estimate by two just in case.
But I'll multiply my estimate by two just in case.
It's moderately annoying when your interests swing wildly and all your friends are politely nodding but otherwise uninterested in medieval music.
October 12, 2025 at 10:45 PM
It's moderately annoying when your interests swing wildly and all your friends are politely nodding but otherwise uninterested in medieval music.
I updated to macOS Tahoe... and now my mouse cursor keeps flickering and disappearing.
The monicker "Moist Vista" is more accurate than I thought 😆
The monicker "Moist Vista" is more accurate than I thought 😆
October 12, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I updated to macOS Tahoe... and now my mouse cursor keeps flickering and disappearing.
The monicker "Moist Vista" is more accurate than I thought 😆
The monicker "Moist Vista" is more accurate than I thought 😆
I had been overinflating my bagpipe bag for the second octave, which apparently messes with your back d. Now I've mostly corrected, but my left arm hurts way more now and I end up losing bag pressure 😆
There's no winning against uilleann pipes
There's no winning against uilleann pipes
October 11, 2025 at 4:28 AM
I had been overinflating my bagpipe bag for the second octave, which apparently messes with your back d. Now I've mostly corrected, but my left arm hurts way more now and I end up losing bag pressure 😆
There's no winning against uilleann pipes
There's no winning against uilleann pipes
I want to make the Monopoly game Amazon thinks I made: www.amazon.com/Monopoly-Nin...
"""
You walk into the cage and the floor pulses with the energy of the arena. Sweat drips down your brow as you step out to the center. The bell rings and the match begins. While sizing up your opponent...
"""
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You walk into the cage and the floor pulses with the energy of the arena. Sweat drips down your brow as you step out to the center. The bell rings and the match begins. While sizing up your opponent...
"""
October 1, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I want to make the Monopoly game Amazon thinks I made: www.amazon.com/Monopoly-Nin...
"""
You walk into the cage and the floor pulses with the energy of the arena. Sweat drips down your brow as you step out to the center. The bell rings and the match begins. While sizing up your opponent...
"""
"""
You walk into the cage and the floor pulses with the energy of the arena. Sweat drips down your brow as you step out to the center. The bell rings and the match begins. While sizing up your opponent...
"""
I have to decide if Sally's Song will be spookier on bagpipe, hurdy gurdy, or melodica.
October 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I have to decide if Sally's Song will be spookier on bagpipe, hurdy gurdy, or melodica.
At yesterday's session, one of the folks stopped us and said, "Something's not right... all of the wind players are actually in tune!"
Which I don't know whether to be proud or embarrassed 😆
Which I don't know whether to be proud or embarrassed 😆
September 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
At yesterday's session, one of the folks stopped us and said, "Something's not right... all of the wind players are actually in tune!"
Which I don't know whether to be proud or embarrassed 😆
Which I don't know whether to be proud or embarrassed 😆