James Whatley

James Whatley

@whatleydude.com

Snr Global Brand Strategist @ the LEGO Group (opinions own, etc). Mainly working on LEGO Games, Ninjago, and Technic. It's fun. Occasional sender of fivethingsonfriday.com. I got ❤️ for writing, gaming, and figuring stuff out. He/Him.

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I read one of those 'Easter Eggs spotted' articles about CLAYFACE and one of them was the equivalent, and I swear to God, 'When he turns into Clayface, he looks just like Clayface'

I broke my Sony Pulse headphones the other day. To say I was livid would be an understatement (I use them most days). I was about to pull the trigger on buying a replacement pair when BIRGHT SPARK and ALL ROUND GOOD HUMAN @munkimatt.bsky.social offered to 3D print me a fix. He did. And it works!

I've been out of town today but some v cool friends at PlayStation went to visit our LEGO | PlayStation pop-up at Westfield today... it looks V COOL. If you're at London's Westfield (the west one, not Stratford Eastfield) this weekend, then go check it out! :)

I am deep deep deep into wedding planning atm so there's no way on earth I'll be making it to London MCM this weekend. Hope all attendees have a very good: [times / hangs / cosplays / bants / merch] delete where appropriate x

Posting about DP brought in a lot of new followers! Hello 👋🏻 I mainly post about games, adland, and food. Now the seasons are changing, you can expect an uptick in the roast potato photos specifically. I am @whatleydude in most places but Bluesky is my main. Nice to meet you all x

Off to Scotland in the morning for my four-day stag weekend. The brief to the best man was 'I'm 46 not 26'. If I am allowed to keep my phone, I may keep this post as a min-thread of updates. Wish me luck! 🥃 ❤️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Leaving Scotland. You've been beautiful. It'll take me a long, long time to process what an incredible weekend it's been. ... "While I'm worth my room on this Earth..."

Off to Scotland in the morning for my four-day stag weekend. The brief to the best man was 'I'm 46 not 26'. If I am allowed to keep my phone, I may keep this post as a min-thread of updates. Wish me luck! 🥃 ❤️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Off to Scotland in the morning for my four-day stag weekend. The brief to the best man was 'I'm 46 not 26'. If I am allowed to keep my phone, I may keep this post as a min-thread of updates. Wish me luck! 🥃 ❤️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Off to Scotland in the morning for my four-day stag weekend. The brief to the best man was 'I'm 46 not 26'. If I am allowed to keep my phone, I may keep this post as a min-thread of updates. Wish me luck! 🥃 ❤️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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We're Visai Games! 👋 We made Venba, an award winning narrative cooking game. As outsiders to the industry, we found our following in twitter but logging into it now means coming face to face with a lot of South Asian racism. If you like Venba, Follow us here so we don't have to login to twitter!

I'm moving teams next month (more on that later) but the thing I'm working on RIGHT NOW I think might be the coolest jeffing thing I think I have ever worked on. Ever. 12 year old me is doing backflips. [redacted] will be out next year - and I WILL POINT AND SCREAM when it is revealed. My GOD.

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I was on the telly.

GylesNaMopaleen@gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social

This is quite extraordinary. I don't think I have heard a more coherent, articulate and accurate deconstruction & demolition of Nigel Farage's ReformUK, Tory & Restore policy than this. In under 85 seconds! @rafaelbehr.bsky.social is on here folks and worth a follow.

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🎵When I wake up in the morning, love 🎵I've got sockets but no eyes 🎵Because I am a skellington 🎵A super bony guy 🎵Then I play my ribs 🎵They're my private xylophone 🎵Dance around in crypts 🎵And I know it's gonna be 🎵A spooky day (spooky day, spooky day, spooky day, spooky day)

"For me, as a white male tech writer, X is a cheery and inclusive place!" "Oh. That's fine then. Quick! Let's all rush back!!" Give me strength.

I broke 01:12 ok Landspeeder Ace. I can retire happy. Goodnight, racers x

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Dear @fusegames.com, I am in a co-dependent relationship with the LANDSPEEDER ACE leaderboard. Send help x PS. GLOBAL LEADERBOARDS PLS PPS. GHOST MODE PLS. PPPS. THANKS FOR THE GREAT GAME I LOVE IT X

Dear @fusegames.com, I am in a co-dependent relationship with the LANDSPEEDER ACE leaderboard. Send help x PS. GLOBAL LEADERBOARDS PLS PPS. GHOST MODE PLS. PPPS. THANKS FOR THE GREAT GAME I LOVE IT X

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"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!" Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds.

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EG fell for it too. :( The Capcom presentation contains a slide with "AI世代のゲームエンジンへ" - the article omits the "へ", for one, but the issue is that while 世代 means 'generation', it's in the 'console generation' sense, not like GenAI. Without へ, translation software gets it totally wrong.

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