Former Senior QA @EpicGames worked on @FNFestival Full Sail Alum. QA by day, DM by night. thoughts = my own. He/Him.
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Alex Muir 💙 retweeted
HISTORY FOR KOOCH 👑
ALT Graphic celebrating Pyotr Kochetkov starting the season 9-0-0 The longest win streak to being a season in Franchise history
Who said nothing changed??
Something very huge and important to the game mode happened in March, and it's clear it affected the game for the rest of the year
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I used to work on this team! They are amazing people, with too much work on their plates, while I totally understand the criticism at Epic for this decision, remember the devs are trying their best to give yall what they can <3 be kind, and stay silly <3
Alex Muir 💙 retweeted
The economics behind AAA layoffs:
AAA originally meant the highest credit rating: low risk of default.
In games, the term should mean a proven, relatively low-risk investment with strong returns. FIFA, Madden and CoD fit that model.
A $400M budget doesn't make a game AAA
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Alex Muir 💙 retweeted
🚨 my team team is hiring!! we’re looking for an influencer manager (contract) to join riot games’ entertainment publishing team, 5+ years experience preferred
if you live and breathe music, pop culture, gaming & creators - this could be the role for you.
DM if interested!
Alex Muir 💙 retweeted
I hope you all support the absolute beejeebus out of @stagetourgame. I hope that support opens them to be a broader and more inclusive (not just rock) music game.
In the meantime, I look forward to the absolute mountain of music content that will come with GTA VI Online.
Alex Muir 💙 retweeted
Pyotr Kochetkov through 8 starts:
8-0-0
.918 SV%
1.62 GAA
4.08 GSAA (via Nat Stat Trick)
The longest win streak to begin an NHL season by a goaltender since Frederik Andersen in 2021.
Alex Muir 💙 retweeted
BioWare has always inspired us, and it's hard to say goodbye to our idols. Thank you for everything, @BioWare. Many of us wouldn’t be in the games industry without your legacy.
Alex Muir 💙 retweeted
from what i’ve seen the last ten years it’s way simpler than that. when you only needed to make a moderate amount over cost it was okay to sell a moderate amount. now capitalists are involved, consolidation happened, more layers of middle management, everything costs way more and game price hasn’t scaled with inflation. a $10m gamble is acceptable, 10 titles, it’s ok if one or two fail, one will pay for them all. this doesn’t work when $100m is cheap
del’s “the death of the middle” have a better explanation of the effect.
Alex Muir 💙 retweeted
So Xbox is having layoffs got it
Fun fact: you can make games without going to a corporate office where you’ll be in virtual meetings anyway
scoop: Xbox is mandating a 4 day return to office. It will start in February, and it's more than the 3 days Microsoft currently asks employees to spend in the office. Details 👇 theverge.com/report/1015733/…
Alex Muir 💙 retweeted
Hi 👋
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Thank you! 😊
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Alex Muir 💙 retweeted
The first game a game studio makes is usually the most time-consuming, and game a studio ever makes. But it could also be the investment that makes the next 3 games possible at a fraction of the development effort. That shit can't happen if you layoff your team after a launch.
Alex Muir 💙 retweeted
when i teach self-defense focused classes, we repeatedly drill that if someone grabs you, hit them quickly and painfully as possible until they let go
you don't want anything that happens after that
class is on tonight by the way. 5:30 - 7:30pm downtown vancouver. dm for info
Alex Muir 💙 retweeted
AI gamedev discourse?
Try playtests.
Never underestimate the human ability to fuckup your design.
Crazy I know! How dare I and other actual game developers hope to ever have such an impossible dream!
Certainly no one else could possible expect or hope that our industry progress forward and become better for the workers inside it????
That's just fucking insane isnt it?!?!?
Seeing articles talk about Epic and what they are doing with AI as a "Case Study"... My friends that still work there don't deserve to be treated like guinea pigs or lab rats.
They make one of the best games in the world, they deserve stable employment, solid income, and respect
