Rob Bantin 🇸🇪🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
@cubusaddendum
Audio architect of Snowdrop @Ubisoft, guitarist, electronic music, neurodivergent, author, norsified celt, swarm of bees. Opinions are mine. They/Them
On ferry rn. Swedes: What’s the acceptable time limit between brygg kafé refills?
When LLMs enter the equation, almost no one writes the copy, and almost no one reads the copy. We need to have higher standards than this.
So anyway, on June 18th, Epic did a presentation on UE6, said among other things that they are deprecating Blueprints, discovered that this is very unpopular with the users, and are kinda backtracking now. Are #gamedev people, their target customer though? I get the feeling we aren’t anymore.
I can’t praise this style of advertising enough. Almost Dadaist in form. Informative yet disrupting. Impactful and yet fun.
What is “Italian Brainrot” and why is it pervasive enough to be a series of coloring books?
Clearing out some old gear that should be disposed of responsibly, I reflect on how these cables are now worth more than the #leapmotion device they came with.
Read this book “Commodore Amiga The Stolen Future” over the weekend while sick with stomach flu. Pretty good summary of the Amiga demo era. Not entirely accurate in places, but close enough. Some of my best teenage years in writing. Probably a factor in me moving to the Nordics too. #gamedev
“Epic will probably focus on the Fortnight Metaverse technology that will replace the UE5 stack in UE6.”
Anyone seen this movie “Sirat” yet? I caught it on Saturday, and omg intense. Talk about memories of my 20s too. The soundtrack is by Kangding Ray, and it available on the regular purchase platforms. I just bought their back catalogue too. Pulsating, ambient, textured, trippy. #music
Show this to a Gen-Z graphics/renderer programmer and listen to their reaction and comments with a wry smile. #gamedev
If this laundromat was featured in an open-world video game, it would probably get cut during development for being too silly.
London coffee hits different when you get a free cookie like this
We’re going to shorten it to “bitch@“ I’ll calling it now. #bitchat
Wore my Canadian Mountie boots on the ice and snow today, and they were absolutely useless. Ended up crawling on my hands and knees to get to the park cafe.
Since GPUs and RAM prices are going through the roof atm, I’m considering overlocking options. Thoughts on this cooler?
This is now the typical conversation I have with vibe coders on LinkedIn
Well there it is. #gamedev #avatarfrontiersofpandora #fromtheashes
What is the point of Pinterest really? If I touch anything I set off a bunch of boobytraps that send bots after me. Not even high tech LLM bots. Cheap scripted ones. If you’re going talk me into something, try a bit harder than Elisa here.
For reasons that I suspect are stress related, every time I do a GDC talk I gain 20-22kg in the run up to it, then lose the weight afterwards. At some point I hope to not look so fat when being recorded for posterity. It’s jarring. #gamedev
Taika! This is my Judge Dredd audition @taikawaititidaily.bsky.social