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Brian McCarthy

@brianmccarthy

game developer, software engineer, musician Current: Technical Narrative Designer on Judas @ Ghost Story Games 👻 Previous: Developer and Audio Director on Obscurant @ King Brick Games 👁️ he/him

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Brian McCarthy@brianmccarthy· 4d

and also

Image from Achewood of a character thinking "Oh my god that is the worst possible answer in the universe"

Brian McCarthy@brianmccarthy· 27d

Image of a man holding a gun with tears streaming down his face

Brian McCarthy@brianmccarthy· Jul 14

Going full Greg

Greg from Succession saying "But I can sue Greenpeace"

Brian McCarthy@brianmccarthy· Jun 8

TCW has made an entire career of doing this bit

Screenshot of a tweet saying:
STEPHEN A: Skip I want to ADDRESS this issue.
[BAYLESS nods]
You KNOW I am sensitive to the Holocaust
BAYLESS: Absolutely
STEPHEN A: BUT!

Brian McCarthy@brianmccarthy· Jun 7

Once you notice bisexual lighting being used, you can not unsee it. This is intentional. I will not be gaslit.

Waluigi and Wario

Brian McCarthy@brianmccarthy· Apr 12

This part, indeed.

I do not recommend the experience on the whole. Taking someone off of life support. I don’t think I will ever get over it. Watching him die so slowly like that while still being very much alive in the counterbalance the entire time.
I’m very sorry if you understand this.
Wondering if he was conscious somewhere down in there screaming to be set free.
They told me that he was not. That he wasn’t there anymore. Ok man then is he out back? Where the fuck did you put him? Who is that right there that I am looking at?

Brian McCarthy@brianmccarthy· Mar 8

It's this but the hat says "MUSIC"

Brian McCarthy@brianmccarthy· Mar 6

Excited to wake up in a cold sweat remembering what crucial game to my DNA I forgot to add here

A Grid of 9 games:
Outer Wilds
Portal
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Shadow of the Colossus
Celeste
Hollow Knight: Silksong
1000xResist
Citizen Sleeper
Bastion

Brian McCarthy@brianmccarthy· Jan 11

Naomi Wolf on twitter saying "No! No!!"

Brian McCarthy@brianmccarthy· Jan 10

Trying to defeat the Manbreaker in Baby Steps, a story in 3 parts

Nate standing at the last stretch of the Manbreaker, the end in sight

Nate hurtling to the ground from an enormous height

Nate lying in an awkward posture in the ground, face-up

Brian McCarthy@brianmccarthy· Jan 7

Bart Simpson saying "What an odd thing to say"

Brian McCarthy@brianmccarthy· Jan 1

Favorite Books that I read in 2025:

Favorite Books I read in 2025
1. Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
2. Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
3. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
4. A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
5. Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
HM: The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune, Severance by Ling Ma, This Must Be The Place by Maggie O'Farrell

Brian McCarthy@brianmccarthy· Jan 1

Favorite Albums of 2025:

Favorite Albums of 2025:
1. Getting Killed by Geese
2. Let God Sort Em Out by Clipse
3. viagr aboys by Viagra Boys
4. God Does Like Ugly by JID
5. Forever Howlong by Black Country, New Road
6. SAYA by Saya Grey
7. Lotus by Little Simz
8. Bleeds by Wednesday
9. Pirouette by Model/Actriz
10. The Scholars by Car Seat Headrest
HM: Don't Tap the Glass by Tyler, The Creator, SABLE, fABLE by Bon Iver, Vanisher, Horizon Scraper by Quadeca

Brian McCarthy@brianmccarthy· Jan 1

Time for the end of year wrap-up! My favorite games of 2025:

1. Hollow Knight Silksong
2. Blue Prince
3. Despelote
4. Consume Me
5. Hades 2
6. The Seance of Blake Manor
7. Öoo
8. Rhythm Doctor
9. Skin Deep
10. BALL x PIT
Honorable Mention: REMATCH, Wheel World, qualia
Favorite Game from another year: Prey (2018)

Brian McCarthy@brianmccarthy· Nov 28

somebody cooked here

Two spatchcocked mayo-herb roasted chickens

Thanksgiving dinner plate with chicken, sage sausage stuffing, green beans, sweet potatoes, and cranberry sauce

Brian McCarthy@brianmccarthy· Nov 23

The offense today

First panel: "No fear"
Second panel: "3rd & goal"
Third panel: "One fear"

Brian McCarthy@brianmccarthy· Nov 3

He really said

R. Crumb panel of an angry man thinking "I loathe every person I see on the street! Lookit that stupid ass-hole!" while staring at man whistling, labeled "normal guy"

Brian McCarthy@brianmccarthy· Sep 21

That's right, folks, it's football season

Charlie Brown from Peanuts, shrugging and smiling, saying "Why, no...what should I rant and rave? It's only a game...Ha! Ha! I don't mind..Ha! Ha! It's only a game..Ha! Ha!"

Brian McCarthy@brianmccarthy· Aug 20

Bubsy will never be schmoovin-

Meme image of man spitting cereal out of his mouth in shock

Brian McCarthy@brianmccarthy· Aug 19

he's just like me fr

Masahiro Sakurai sitting at a desk, saying "Oh dear."

Masahiro Sakurai sitting at a desk, asking "Why is making a game so hard?"

Brian McCarthy@brianmccarthy· Aug 19

hell yeah

You can make it goo

Brian McCarthy@brianmccarthy· Aug 18

Brian McCarthy@brianmccarthy· Aug 9

Free hiking tip: if you forget to stop the AllTrails workout until you've already driven home, it makes you look way more impressive

Stats from an AllTrails hike:
Distance: 25.72mi
Elevation gain: 2,395ft
Moving time: 2:32:39
Avg. pace: 5:56
Calories: 1,324
Total time: 3:26:14

Brian McCarthy@brianmccarthy· Jul 23

"The Myth of Consensual ACAB"

"Isn't there somebody you forgot to ask?"

Brian McCarthy@brianmccarthy· Jun 23

yeah

A label in the greeting card section of a store. The label reads:
Dad Birthday - Funny
Cryptocurrency

Brian McCarthy@brianmccarthy· Apr 29

For the foreseeable future this is my strategy when it comes to any retirement investments

Emoji face with eyes closed, with the text "I pretend I do not see it"

Brian McCarthy@brianmccarthy· Apr 13

"truth has a resonance"

Screenshot of a tweet from @sumbitches that says "I bet this shit hits so hard if you're stupid"

Brian McCarthy@brianmccarthy· Mar 27

Screenshot of Hannibal Burress saying "Hahaha. This sucks, man."

Brian McCarthy@brianmccarthy· Feb 18

Low-poly boxer posed ready to fight: "ok ima develop a game using unreal engine"
Same boxer sitting down drinking water: "damn [Compiling Shaders (54,281)...] got hands"

Brian McCarthy@brianmccarthy· Jan 23

MAYBE WE DO NEED WALLET INSPECTORS
Should I give my wallet to this guy who promises to give it back?
By Jerusalem Demsas