stauder
@stauder.bsky.social
recovering game director. also VFX on more than one (1+) Jeff Bridges film https://shorturl.at/M2Xvx
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at a certain level of any creative or intellectual collaborative job the main task is sin-eater: to fix what you can and get blamed for what you can’t, secretly knowing how much worse it would have been if you hadn’t done what you did.
December 10, 2025 at 4:18 AM
at a certain level of any creative or intellectual collaborative job the main task is sin-eater: to fix what you can and get blamed for what you can’t, secretly knowing how much worse it would have been if you hadn’t done what you did.
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“Gamers aren’t buying games anymore.”
says the triple A gaming studios who have started using AI, cut corners and various amounts of writers and illustrators who made their releases worth playing, and are just reusing and repackaging past titles…
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says the triple A gaming studios who have started using AI, cut corners and various amounts of writers and illustrators who made their releases worth playing, and are just reusing and repackaging past titles…
🙄
December 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
“Gamers aren’t buying games anymore.”
says the triple A gaming studios who have started using AI, cut corners and various amounts of writers and illustrators who made their releases worth playing, and are just reusing and repackaging past titles…
🙄
says the triple A gaming studios who have started using AI, cut corners and various amounts of writers and illustrators who made their releases worth playing, and are just reusing and repackaging past titles…
🙄
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We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.
November 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.
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a couple years ago i had a Magic story come out about a sad detective who gets seduced to the dark side by a necromancer, and they posted it under some random guy's name at first, which I think resulted in fans of my previous work missing it. anyway i like it. apparently it was too gay for Russia
The Edge of the World | MAGIC: THE GATHERING
A suspicious businessman hires Jacob Hauken to investigate a series of supernatural murders, but his prime suspect is not the true criminal.
magic.wizards.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
a couple years ago i had a Magic story come out about a sad detective who gets seduced to the dark side by a necromancer, and they posted it under some random guy's name at first, which I think resulted in fans of my previous work missing it. anyway i like it. apparently it was too gay for Russia
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Somehow, today marks the tenth (?!) anniversary of the launch of “Minecraft: Story Mode.” It was a bit of a punching bag for the internet and social media back then, but it has unbelievably continued to draw fans all these years later even while unavailable to play in any (official) form.
October 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Somehow, today marks the tenth (?!) anniversary of the launch of “Minecraft: Story Mode.” It was a bit of a punching bag for the internet and social media back then, but it has unbelievably continued to draw fans all these years later even while unavailable to play in any (official) form.
Hades 2 1.0 out just in time for an 8 hour flight
September 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Hades 2 1.0 out just in time for an 8 hour flight
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I'm often reminded that Demon Days is a perfect album. I think it hits harder now than it did at release, for me, but I've loved it since day 1.
Gorillaz - Demon Days Live from the Apollo Theater, Harlem (Full Show)
YouTube video by Gorillaz
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September 18, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I'm often reminded that Demon Days is a perfect album. I think it hits harder now than it did at release, for me, but I've loved it since day 1.
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The Sound of Music (1965)
September 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The Sound of Music (1965)
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Twenty years ago this week, Telltale announced that they'd signed a deal with Steve Purcell to make episodic Sam & Max games. Time flies!
In honor of this momentous occasion, all three Sam & Max remasters are on sale on Steam, PlayStation, and Switch. (Sorry Xbox peeps, we'll get you next time!)
In honor of this momentous occasion, all three Sam & Max remasters are on sale on Steam, PlayStation, and Switch. (Sorry Xbox peeps, we'll get you next time!)
September 15, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Twenty years ago this week, Telltale announced that they'd signed a deal with Steve Purcell to make episodic Sam & Max games. Time flies!
In honor of this momentous occasion, all three Sam & Max remasters are on sale on Steam, PlayStation, and Switch. (Sorry Xbox peeps, we'll get you next time!)
In honor of this momentous occasion, all three Sam & Max remasters are on sale on Steam, PlayStation, and Switch. (Sorry Xbox peeps, we'll get you next time!)
Took the kiddo to see the Demon Slayer Movie. Was basically 2.5 hours of characters standing around angrily remembering things at each other. Kiddo loved it.
September 15, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Took the kiddo to see the Demon Slayer Movie. Was basically 2.5 hours of characters standing around angrily remembering things at each other. Kiddo loved it.
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A few of my favorite of our environment shots from Sword of the Sea
Reminder that I'm looking for work as an Environment Artist or 3D Artist 🙂
Reminder that I'm looking for work as an Environment Artist or 3D Artist 🙂
September 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
A few of my favorite of our environment shots from Sword of the Sea
Reminder that I'm looking for work as an Environment Artist or 3D Artist 🙂
Reminder that I'm looking for work as an Environment Artist or 3D Artist 🙂
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MR SANDMAN…
September 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM
MR SANDMAN…
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We used to do this with Sam & Max!
youtu.be/QplgWcQs2a4?...
youtu.be/QplgWcQs2a4?...
September 5, 2025 at 5:59 PM
We used to do this with Sam & Max!
youtu.be/QplgWcQs2a4?...
youtu.be/QplgWcQs2a4?...
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Hey Y'all,
I am still looking for work so, any boosts or leads would be appreciated!
I'm looking for contract work as a Narrative Designer & Game Writer but am also open to doing consulting work!
Here are some of the games I've worked on but you can find more of my work at sahilbajaj.dev
I am still looking for work so, any boosts or leads would be appreciated!
I'm looking for contract work as a Narrative Designer & Game Writer but am also open to doing consulting work!
Here are some of the games I've worked on but you can find more of my work at sahilbajaj.dev
September 2, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Hey Y'all,
I am still looking for work so, any boosts or leads would be appreciated!
I'm looking for contract work as a Narrative Designer & Game Writer but am also open to doing consulting work!
Here are some of the games I've worked on but you can find more of my work at sahilbajaj.dev
I am still looking for work so, any boosts or leads would be appreciated!
I'm looking for contract work as a Narrative Designer & Game Writer but am also open to doing consulting work!
Here are some of the games I've worked on but you can find more of my work at sahilbajaj.dev
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This is the part that gets me as well. Sometimes people will say, “Well AI isn’t going to take Director level jobs.” And I ask them who the hell is going to be Director level when all of us who built our skills over a career end those careers.
I don't get how people don't realize that a technology that replaces junior and entry level positions in a field destroys that field.
There's no skipping steps. You have to be a junior before you can be a senior, and if you don't have senior people, you don't have a field.
There's no skipping steps. You have to be a junior before you can be a senior, and if you don't have senior people, you don't have a field.
Remember, kids: A real big goal of "AI" is to entirely sever capital from labor, and no, there will be no universal basic income, you can all just starve and die, thanks
www.axios.com/2025/08/26/a...
www.axios.com/2025/08/26/a...
September 1, 2025 at 6:34 PM
This is the part that gets me as well. Sometimes people will say, “Well AI isn’t going to take Director level jobs.” And I ask them who the hell is going to be Director level when all of us who built our skills over a career end those careers.
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As a developer that has been fairly public: we're not equipped to deal with the deluge of abuse and hate that comes our way - and I'm an indie, I'm literally responsible for my own choices. Can't imagine having to stand in that torrent for choices the stakeholders forced despite my objections.
journalists can only do so much to convince readers that games are made by people, at some point companies need to let their talent talk about the industry they’re in, to communicate as if they are not in a vacuum where the only game that exists is the one in front of them
August 29, 2025 at 7:39 PM
As a developer that has been fairly public: we're not equipped to deal with the deluge of abuse and hate that comes our way - and I'm an indie, I'm literally responsible for my own choices. Can't imagine having to stand in that torrent for choices the stakeholders forced despite my objections.
One of my favorite Telltale memories is being at the mall across the street for lunch and seeing George just casually walking into Kay Jewelers.
July 27, 2025 at 11:41 PM
One of my favorite Telltale memories is being at the mall across the street for lunch and seeing George just casually walking into Kay Jewelers.
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Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire “SWING TIME” (1936) dir. George Stevens
🎬 #RKO #RadioPictures
#filmsky #moviesky 💃🏻🎶
🎬 #RKO #RadioPictures
#filmsky #moviesky 💃🏻🎶
July 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire “SWING TIME” (1936) dir. George Stevens
🎬 #RKO #RadioPictures
#filmsky #moviesky 💃🏻🎶
🎬 #RKO #RadioPictures
#filmsky #moviesky 💃🏻🎶
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Early films used more mobile camera work than many people give them credit for but they also sometimes used other trickery, like faking a zoom-like effect by wheeling a piece of the set toward the still camera, as we see in the Méliès film THE MERMAID
July 16, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Early films used more mobile camera work than many people give them credit for but they also sometimes used other trickery, like faking a zoom-like effect by wheeling a piece of the set toward the still camera, as we see in the Méliès film THE MERMAID
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Night of the Hunter (1955) is full of memorably dreamlike and theatrical compositions:
July 15, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Night of the Hunter (1955) is full of memorably dreamlike and theatrical compositions:
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New episode of All My Maidens! Featuring @rcktpwr.bsky.social and @stauder.bsky.social. This week we're talking about Ranni the Witch! Topics include: the value of missable content, empyreans, Ranni's gang, and killing a bunch of guys so you don't have to marry your brother. check it out!
July 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
New episode of All My Maidens! Featuring @rcktpwr.bsky.social and @stauder.bsky.social. This week we're talking about Ranni the Witch! Topics include: the value of missable content, empyreans, Ranni's gang, and killing a bunch of guys so you don't have to marry your brother. check it out!