nathaniel
@pedrothedagger.bsky.social
game developer (derogatory). Lead Systems Designer at Epic Games on Lego Fortnite
RIP to the studio that made the single greatest FPS of all time (wolf:et)
Splash Damage places entire studio into consultation ahead of extensive layoffs: www.gamesindustry.biz/splash-damag...
Splash Damage places entire studio into consultation ahead of redundancies
Splash Damage has announced a consultation process affecting all staff at the Bromley-based studio, which will conclude…
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
RIP to the studio that made the single greatest FPS of all time (wolf:et)
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you should buy Y0 before this btw; the Director's Cut is a markedly worse experience and isn't even done BY the director of Y0
Yakuza 0 Will be Delisted & Replaced by Yakuza 0 Director's Cut Starting Dec. 8th. https://ow.ly/AW7950XyiP5
November 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
you should buy Y0 before this btw; the Director's Cut is a markedly worse experience and isn't even done BY the director of Y0
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look there’s a lot going on here but if you call alphabetic adoption “hyperfixating” I am allowed to dismiss every single other thing you might ever say
November 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
look there’s a lot going on here but if you call alphabetic adoption “hyperfixating” I am allowed to dismiss every single other thing you might ever say
don't usually do this but pretty proud of this one tbh :)
November 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
don't usually do this but pretty proud of this one tbh :)
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heaumes, spaulders, greaves, & sollerets… (🎶knees and toes)
November 26, 2025 at 9:14 AM
heaumes, spaulders, greaves, & sollerets… (🎶knees and toes)
this is why ffxiv is objectively the best mmo btw
the entire ffxiv fanbase knows larboard against its will, but it is very fun to show off to non-xiv folks
there is almost no feedback I will reflexively ignore as a game developer but “you shouldn’t name something X because people don’t know that word” is one of them. oh no! You might learn a new word! God forbid you take away a piece of knowledge from a game that’s not a brand of gun or some shit lol
November 26, 2025 at 7:21 AM
this is why ffxiv is objectively the best mmo btw
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I am going to be thinking of this as the Quintessential LA Joke for years now.
November 26, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I am going to be thinking of this as the Quintessential LA Joke for years now.
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oh so thats what the F stands for
Gamedevs when everyone complains about having to look up feltching:
there is almost no feedback I will reflexively ignore as a game developer but “you shouldn’t name something X because people don’t know that word” is one of them. oh no! You might learn a new word! God forbid you take away a piece of knowledge from a game that’s not a brand of gun or some shit lol
November 25, 2025 at 7:55 AM
oh so thats what the F stands for
also, and I mean this as the greatest compliment possible:
caves of qud
caves of qud
there is almost no feedback I will reflexively ignore as a game developer but “you shouldn’t name something X because people don’t know that word” is one of them. oh no! You might learn a new word! God forbid you take away a piece of knowledge from a game that’s not a brand of gun or some shit lol
November 25, 2025 at 7:38 AM
also, and I mean this as the greatest compliment possible:
caves of qud
caves of qud
btw when a game teaches me a new word it’s like it gave me a perfect little gem that I will never lose. It’s the best feeling in the world. FFXIV has me doing the onion sickos meme all day
November 25, 2025 at 7:27 AM
btw when a game teaches me a new word it’s like it gave me a perfect little gem that I will never lose. It’s the best feeling in the world. FFXIV has me doing the onion sickos meme all day
there is almost no feedback I will reflexively ignore as a game developer but “you shouldn’t name something X because people don’t know that word” is one of them. oh no! You might learn a new word! God forbid you take away a piece of knowledge from a game that’s not a brand of gun or some shit lol
November 25, 2025 at 6:52 AM
there is almost no feedback I will reflexively ignore as a game developer but “you shouldn’t name something X because people don’t know that word” is one of them. oh no! You might learn a new word! God forbid you take away a piece of knowledge from a game that’s not a brand of gun or some shit lol
all I ask is that you not bring the “guy with a pain fetish for being yelled at” lib takes guy into my feed. ya he has bad takes we all hate him I get it now stop giving the fire oxygen thanks
November 25, 2025 at 6:48 AM
all I ask is that you not bring the “guy with a pain fetish for being yelled at” lib takes guy into my feed. ya he has bad takes we all hate him I get it now stop giving the fire oxygen thanks
more journalists should be required to post video game takes so that I can more accurately apply my gell-mann amnesia filter to them lol
November 25, 2025 at 6:43 AM
more journalists should be required to post video game takes so that I can more accurately apply my gell-mann amnesia filter to them lol
growing up I thought I would be a musician and now I am a system designer. At first these seemed unrelated but realizing they are both ways of using applied mathematics to elicit an emotional response
November 24, 2025 at 7:17 AM
growing up I thought I would be a musician and now I am a system designer. At first these seemed unrelated but realizing they are both ways of using applied mathematics to elicit an emotional response
This is broadly true of every game with a large content creator following that I’ve experienced. It is vanishingly rare to get a genuine reaction from a player exposed to one of these online communities
One of the producers on Guilty Gear Strive said it was basically impossible to source player feedback on balance changes online because nobody had original opinions and would just parrot what the most popular content creators said and so they had to rely on data and I think about that every day.
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 AM
This is broadly true of every game with a large content creator following that I’ve experienced. It is vanishingly rare to get a genuine reaction from a player exposed to one of these online communities
I mean, yes, but also I do always think about how he’s very much a reverse weeb and how a lot of western devs get an undeserved pass for the level of cringe Japanese shit they put in their games lol
*beededededoop* Sam, it's Cat Wrightman-Ng. I need to talk to you about metaphors.
someone has said and I agree that Kojima is an excellent illustration of the difference between narrative design and writing
November 23, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I mean, yes, but also I do always think about how he’s very much a reverse weeb and how a lot of western devs get an undeserved pass for the level of cringe Japanese shit they put in their games lol
for me this is final fantasy XV lol
someone has said and I agree that Kojima is an excellent illustration of the difference between narrative design and writing
November 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
for me this is final fantasy XV lol
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someone has said and I agree that Kojima is an excellent illustration of the difference between narrative design and writing
November 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
someone has said and I agree that Kojima is an excellent illustration of the difference between narrative design and writing
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bluesky checked the IP addresses of pro-turkey posters and they're all posting from hungry
November 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
bluesky checked the IP addresses of pro-turkey posters and they're all posting from hungry
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everyone remembers what happened to Isabel Fall.
I think we lost some work because authors were afraid to show their weirdnesses, rough edges, to ask uncomfortable questions.
We can debate all day about who got cancelled and whether or not they deserved it, but one thing I have noticed is that a lot of queer YA written from ~2019-2022 has a kind of sterile after-school-special vibe where you can just tell they sanitized the fuck out of it to appease the Twitter hivemind
November 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
everyone remembers what happened to Isabel Fall.
XLOOKUP? i dunno, I find googling people you used to date isn't very emotionally healthy
November 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
XLOOKUP? i dunno, I find googling people you used to date isn't very emotionally healthy
lol TIL adderall is a better nasal decongestant than pseudoephedrine
November 17, 2025 at 9:01 PM
lol TIL adderall is a better nasal decongestant than pseudoephedrine
I mean I don’t even know if it’s my favorite but it is perfect
November 17, 2025 at 7:32 AM
I mean I don’t even know if it’s my favorite but it is perfect