Matt Mason

My spirit animal, in temperament, if not attire at this time.

The first one was exactly what I wanted to see. The sequel is gonna have some big shoes to fill, but I'll definitely see it.

There are two types of people

someone made this with snoopy

It’s true. Every one of them amazing to work with.

Fast Eddie, let's play some pool.

As with all games, I would recommend not looking too hard at filenames and dev names. Ideas change or are abandoned over the course of multiple year projects. Only player-facing names are “correct” because to scramble the game’s insides by updating all references could be a disaster for a launch.

I am once again begging you not to use air raid sirens, alarm klaxons, or other repetitive “alarm” sounds in your game for more than a very short time. Especially if it’s a wide linear or open world game.

Til all are one.

"Be strong enough to be gentle" Rust in peace Peter Cullen.

We should probably nationalise Titanfall.

Whatever you do don’t take me to The Island from The Prisoner! I’d hate to live in a cool rent free apartment full of bold late 60s modern furniture haha noooo a bubble don’t chase me haha

It is my considered opinion that a society where people want to be able to bet on everything is one where the only viable path out of continual hell is to get really really lucky once.

I often think about what we lost from the 70s

The first shot of Castle Grayskull should not have a lens flare.

There's a lesson in here, and the people who hate yellow paint aren't gonna like it.

People have been wanting to talk with me about The Beginner's Guide and I could not be happier to revisit this game and give it the deep dive it deserves. The Beginner's Guide is about many different things and they're all interesting and beautiful, at every layer. blog.giovanh.com/blog/2026/06...

This is a really great breakdown, well worth reading.

There is a peace and comfort that comes over me while watching episodes of Poirot that I wish for everyone to experience, through whatever medium you wish.

Every time you read a story like this (which is way too often), keep in mind that there is a real plaintiff and a real defendant seeking some kind of legal relief that was worth spending thousands of dollars to pursue that is being delayed or dismissed because their lawyer was a dipshit.

Most of the time I drift around in a kind of temporal figure state living somewhere between 1994 and 2026, but seeing a man in full business suit wearing a backpack and riding to work on his electric scooter shocks me back to now.

Slight spoiler but Bang(2025) does make the hitman have a literal change of heart before he decides to retire from his life of killing. It did do one thing I didn’t expect, so worth seeing…or reading a plot summary.

Your morning image

Some things stick...many many years later, whenever I think of "a feat of strength" this is what comes to mind: youtu.be/nNJQqYJsXo4?...

So, I write articles monthly for free, and if people like them, they tip. This helps me pay down my medical costs. I need about $6,400 to try to get back on my diabetic care. That's life saving stuff! So I'd be very very grateful if you shared my work or tipped me at paypal.me/stompsite

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, DC, Marvel, Disney, Pixar, Spielberg, Cameron, Wachowskis, or Ghibli.

The problem with making your mission impossible movie 80 hours long is that you have to keep repeating yourself for the audience to remember what’s happening. I assume.

www.gamedeveloper.com/business/wan... Damn.

NEW ARTICLE! NEW ARTICLE!! Ever wonder ~why~ so many Western stories about samurai all tell you a story about someone who really, really, really likes honor? Where did that come from? And why is it so pervasive? What are samurai movies really about? medium.com/@docseuss/wh...

Not at #GDC but I’m #WhatAGameDevLooksLike Writer, editor, Narrative Designer and DEI Consultant for 10+ years. A very hireable one, still seeking work a year after Monolith’s closure. ✌🏾

This bit in the From Russia With Love game made me laugh out loud. You've got a fairly grounded, low key fight based on the one in the movie, then the most video game looking fucker of all time slides into frame.

It is not fair that I need to go to sleep and @noahgervais.bsky.social drops a new video essay on Pillars of Eternity/Avowed!

Morning.

No game intro has ever made me more excited to play the game. This intro has lived in my head since '96.

I hate AI almost as much as I hate ICE. I write about stuff on my reader-supported blog, and this one's been getting shared around again lately, so I figured, hey, I've got a really big $350 doctor's visit cost coming up. paypal.me/stompsite new article soon docseuss.medium.com/using-chatgp...

Or just strip that back to a single character & set piece & let the performance take it away. What comes out in this performance, of a tune that is not a well-known Top 40 hit, is Jim Henson’s affection for it. His affection for it transfers to the audience. It welcomes an audience in...

I credit Tracer Bullet with my love for film noir, and hardboiled detective stories in general. I went looking for what it was referencing because it seemed cool, even with it's silliness.