silent w - looking for work
@silentw.bsky.social
actively searching for work in the games or education spaces - DM me if you've got work that needs doing!
game designer (level/world), tech writer, and educator
he / him
wear a mask, don't die, pretty simple
(@[email protected])
game designer (level/world), tech writer, and educator
he / him
wear a mask, don't die, pretty simple
(@[email protected])
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Time to update again!
I'm a mid-senior designer looking for work on game projects.
I'm a ~15 year veteran of both AAA and indie, with primary skills in level design and narrative design.
I've also done technical design, art, programming, tech writing, and technical QA
DMs are open!
#GameDevLFJ
I'm a mid-senior designer looking for work on game projects.
I'm a ~15 year veteran of both AAA and indie, with primary skills in level design and narrative design.
I've also done technical design, art, programming, tech writing, and technical QA
DMs are open!
#GameDevLFJ
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Ask and you shall receive
October 13, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Ask and you shall receive
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it it me or does the entire "ai" thing seem like a force multiplier for the fascist destabilization attack on truth that this post is talking about
Love that there’s now an online civil war between historians about what “real” history is because some racist professor and his groyper pals on X posted a dumb thing and then everyone here decided to fight one another while the professional burns
December 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
it it me or does the entire "ai" thing seem like a force multiplier for the fascist destabilization attack on truth that this post is talking about
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This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.
Congratulations to Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee, whose book In Covid's Wake has been recognized as:
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
December 24, 2025 at 5:00 AM
This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.
and people are like "oh you're so good at teaching! you have so many ideas! why don't you become a teacher?"
admittedly this is like, 12th in the list of reasons, but it's still on there
admittedly this is like, 12th in the list of reasons, but it's still on there
If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
December 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
and people are like "oh you're so good at teaching! you have so many ideas! why don't you become a teacher?"
admittedly this is like, 12th in the list of reasons, but it's still on there
admittedly this is like, 12th in the list of reasons, but it's still on there
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Every 2026 Democrat should have "We're going to shut down the AI Data Centers that make the billionaires richer while raising your power bills" as a part of their platform
December 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Every 2026 Democrat should have "We're going to shut down the AI Data Centers that make the billionaires richer while raising your power bills" as a part of their platform
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yeah my IMO is: it's bad to use it, it's bad they left it in, it's good they removed it, it's good they disavow it, and it's entirely justified to have rescinded awards for it. i will continue to talk about clair obscur fondly.
youtu.be/7MSRfVKC-Tc 11:38
fiiinally an official atatement i can just accept LMAO
"we did use it when it was new but we didn't like it and never will again" is a great and satisfying answer
fiiinally an official atatement i can just accept LMAO
"we did use it when it was new but we didn't like it and never will again" is a great and satisfying answer
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - Sandfall Interactive Q&A
YouTube video by Sushi
youtu.be
December 24, 2025 at 9:17 PM
yeah my IMO is: it's bad to use it, it's bad they left it in, it's good they removed it, it's good they disavow it, and it's entirely justified to have rescinded awards for it. i will continue to talk about clair obscur fondly.
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we should do it
Examining what it would cost to end extreme poverty using direct income transfers finds an estimate of 0.3 percent of global GDP, from Roshni Sahoo, Joshua Blumenstock, Paul Niehaus, Leo Selker, and Stefan Wager www.nber.org/papers/w34583
December 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
we should do it
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So I made an entire Destiny raid in Halo Infinite. Full length. I am not kidding.
youtu.be/YK4xYqJGA8A
youtu.be/YK4xYqJGA8A
I Made an Entire Destiny Raid (in Halo)
YouTube video by MadmanEpic
youtu.be
December 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
So I made an entire Destiny raid in Halo Infinite. Full length. I am not kidding.
youtu.be/YK4xYqJGA8A
youtu.be/YK4xYqJGA8A
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With tiktok *officially* becoming a Nazi propaganda organ, now's a good time to remind you that you can use several browser extensions to simply disappear any tiktok content.
Don't even let it load, you can make it vanish. You don't need to ever even see a thumbnail of Nazi tinged AI slop.
Don't even let it load, you can make it vanish. You don't need to ever even see a thumbnail of Nazi tinged AI slop.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — TikTok signs deal to sell US unit to American investors, including Oracle, Silver Lake.
December 19, 2025 at 1:41 AM
With tiktok *officially* becoming a Nazi propaganda organ, now's a good time to remind you that you can use several browser extensions to simply disappear any tiktok content.
Don't even let it load, you can make it vanish. You don't need to ever even see a thumbnail of Nazi tinged AI slop.
Don't even let it load, you can make it vanish. You don't need to ever even see a thumbnail of Nazi tinged AI slop.
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did you know? did you know? pc gamer's immersive sim of the year is on sale until the 6th of january and it is my wholly unbiased opinion that you should play it
store.steampowered.com/app/301280/S...
store.steampowered.com/app/301280/S...
December 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
did you know? did you know? pc gamer's immersive sim of the year is on sale until the 6th of january and it is my wholly unbiased opinion that you should play it
store.steampowered.com/app/301280/S...
store.steampowered.com/app/301280/S...
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The government is accepting public comment on 2 proposed rules that would severely restrict access to gender affirming care for young Americans. These comments will be supportive of legal challenges aimed at blocking the new rules. Submit a public comment on the regime's new attacks on trans youth.
Submit Public Comments
act.hrc.org
December 23, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The government is accepting public comment on 2 proposed rules that would severely restrict access to gender affirming care for young Americans. These comments will be supportive of legal challenges aimed at blocking the new rules. Submit a public comment on the regime's new attacks on trans youth.
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I love cake. If 0.1% of a cake is literal shit, I'm not eating it. There is no acceptable amount of literal shit in a cake.
I take the same approach to regurgitative AI. Any amount is too much.
So ask yourself, how much literal shit is acceptable in your cake?
I take the same approach to regurgitative AI. Any amount is too much.
So ask yourself, how much literal shit is acceptable in your cake?
Zero tolerance is the ONLY and FITTING response to genAI being used in production of media.
Sure, you might think it's too harsh. Sure, they might've only used it for early stuff in development, etc
Listen, it's not even a SLIPPERY slope, there is NO friction at all unless we speak out against it.
Sure, you might think it's too harsh. Sure, they might've only used it for early stuff in development, etc
Listen, it's not even a SLIPPERY slope, there is NO friction at all unless we speak out against it.
December 23, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I love cake. If 0.1% of a cake is literal shit, I'm not eating it. There is no acceptable amount of literal shit in a cake.
I take the same approach to regurgitative AI. Any amount is too much.
So ask yourself, how much literal shit is acceptable in your cake?
I take the same approach to regurgitative AI. Any amount is too much.
So ask yourself, how much literal shit is acceptable in your cake?
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Like the one good thing I managed to get from Starfield was the fresh perspective on how beautiful NASA actually is
December 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Like the one good thing I managed to get from Starfield was the fresh perspective on how beautiful NASA actually is
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Cherub's REALLY cooking with this project right now, check out that sound design, too!
Got a bunch done this weekend!
•Lucky can now detach and reattach cleanly.
•Lucky can now draw bodies and items, getting slower with each item tugged.
•Lucky can now latch onto NPCs and control them. Even change the HUD color during that.
(And sooo much code base cleanup.)
#CherubDev #UE5 #GameDev
•Lucky can now detach and reattach cleanly.
•Lucky can now draw bodies and items, getting slower with each item tugged.
•Lucky can now latch onto NPCs and control them. Even change the HUD color during that.
(And sooo much code base cleanup.)
#CherubDev #UE5 #GameDev
December 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Cherub's REALLY cooking with this project right now, check out that sound design, too!
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The CBS 60 Minutes Doc confirms what we knew: The U.S. is currently using our tax dollars to imprison brown people with no criminal record in torture camps overseas.
It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...
It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...
CANCELLED 60 MINUTES CECOT DOC
YouTube video by eoin higgins
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The CBS 60 Minutes Doc confirms what we knew: The U.S. is currently using our tax dollars to imprison brown people with no criminal record in torture camps overseas.
It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...
It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...
not coincidentally, I remember seeing a grad student's work on Markov chains when I was in college that was 90% as good as any drivel modern LLMs can spit out.
Was it accurate? no. Was it always coherent? no.
but neither are modern LLMs!
Was it accurate? no. Was it always coherent? no.
but neither are modern LLMs!
This. I have seen the following things advertised as AI:
* A weight sensor
* A physical thermostat
* Markov chains (this especially bothers me because I did a little bit of fun generative art with Markov chains before "Generative" "AI" was a thing)
* Procedural tree generation
* Procedural textures
* A weight sensor
* A physical thermostat
* Markov chains (this especially bothers me because I did a little bit of fun generative art with Markov chains before "Generative" "AI" was a thing)
* Procedural tree generation
* Procedural textures
love that software developers are advertising AI functionality in every single app now and it's up to you to try to figure out if they mean "this has spellcheck" or "everything you create in this app will sync in real-time to sam altman's personal laptop" or something in between
December 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
not coincidentally, I remember seeing a grad student's work on Markov chains when I was in college that was 90% as good as any drivel modern LLMs can spit out.
Was it accurate? no. Was it always coherent? no.
but neither are modern LLMs!
Was it accurate? no. Was it always coherent? no.
but neither are modern LLMs!
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💯 things AI replaces aren't worth doing in the first place
like people are feeding it bullet points to write an email, other side asks it to summarize into bullet points which aren't even the same bullet points thanks to errors and made up additions, email the goddamn bullet points wtf are we doing
like people are feeding it bullet points to write an email, other side asks it to summarize into bullet points which aren't even the same bullet points thanks to errors and made up additions, email the goddamn bullet points wtf are we doing
by far the funniest use case for AI is “I use it for powerpoints because I hate making them and nobody looks at them” because it kinda sounds like the real workflow savings would be to stop making powerpoints
December 23, 2025 at 4:42 PM
💯 things AI replaces aren't worth doing in the first place
like people are feeding it bullet points to write an email, other side asks it to summarize into bullet points which aren't even the same bullet points thanks to errors and made up additions, email the goddamn bullet points wtf are we doing
like people are feeding it bullet points to write an email, other side asks it to summarize into bullet points which aren't even the same bullet points thanks to errors and made up additions, email the goddamn bullet points wtf are we doing
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this is cyberpunk, as experienced by ordinary people in universe
2011: roblox is the website where you can play a knock-off version of halo if your parents won't buy you an xbox
2025: roblox, the child predator app, has donated money to the president's new ballroom
2025: roblox, the child predator app, has donated money to the president's new ballroom
December 22, 2025 at 10:49 PM
this is cyberpunk, as experienced by ordinary people in universe
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Bill Clinton releasing a statement saying 'release the Epstein files, you cowards' was not on my bingo list.
December 22, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Bill Clinton releasing a statement saying 'release the Epstein files, you cowards' was not on my bingo list.
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hello skyline
it is time to post the song of the season
~it's beginning to look a lot like FISHMEN~
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tTH...
it is time to post the song of the season
~it's beginning to look a lot like FISHMEN~
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tTH...
Fishmen
YouTube video by haakor
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:46 PM
hello skyline
it is time to post the song of the season
~it's beginning to look a lot like FISHMEN~
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tTH...
it is time to post the song of the season
~it's beginning to look a lot like FISHMEN~
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tTH...
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the end result of Trump 2 is going to be the complete collapse of the institutional right into an incoherent soup of billionaires and grifters all busy stabbing each other in the back
they spent decades constructing this infrastructure and it’s all coming tumbling down
they spent decades constructing this infrastructure and it’s all coming tumbling down
they've lost over 30 people in the last week, including 3 trustees with deep pockets
Heritage Foundation undergoes mass staff exodus as cracks open on the New Right
The divisions are no longer just between pro-Trump and anti-Trump conservatives.
reason.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:46 PM
the end result of Trump 2 is going to be the complete collapse of the institutional right into an incoherent soup of billionaires and grifters all busy stabbing each other in the back
they spent decades constructing this infrastructure and it’s all coming tumbling down
they spent decades constructing this infrastructure and it’s all coming tumbling down
Delaney King once again laying down the law on optimization - she's one of The Sources on things like this and well worth following.
This hasn't been a priority of any AAA studios for a long while and honestly it is you the end user who is footing the bill.
The vast majority of games push your hardware through inefficiency rather than spectacle or quality.
You can do a whole lot more with current pcs then you get.
The vast majority of games push your hardware through inefficiency rather than spectacle or quality.
You can do a whole lot more with current pcs then you get.
Please 🙏. I don’t even care about the RAM shortage I just think it would be cool to have my game optimized to play on an oldish PC.
December 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Delaney King once again laying down the law on optimization - she's one of The Sources on things like this and well worth following.
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OREGON: Equal Rights for All is a ballot measure to affirm the right to abortion, contraception & IVF, trans health care, and same-gender marriage in the OR Constitution. Help make sure it gets enough signatures to qualify for the Nov 26 ballot!
Sign it:
www.equalrightsoregon.com/sign-the-pet...
Sign it:
www.equalrightsoregon.com/sign-the-pet...
December 22, 2025 at 10:16 PM
OREGON: Equal Rights for All is a ballot measure to affirm the right to abortion, contraception & IVF, trans health care, and same-gender marriage in the OR Constitution. Help make sure it gets enough signatures to qualify for the Nov 26 ballot!
Sign it:
www.equalrightsoregon.com/sign-the-pet...
Sign it:
www.equalrightsoregon.com/sign-the-pet...