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Jason Meaden

@thatoneguy_jm

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Game Dev/IT Engineer and open to work. Formerly Bungie, WotC, and PNNL. Collaboration tools expert. He/They. Not verified, not notable.

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Joined March 2008
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Jason Meaden
2 years
I saw a comment that says we're alienating half of America, and I want to be clear - Bungie isn't alienating half of America. We are supporting 100% of our employees.
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We are undeterred in our commitment to stand up for reproductive choice and liberty.
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2 years
The Bungie community team is so good.
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2 years
Doing a raid with someone I don’t know, they inspected my guardian and said “An SMG, a glaive, and a heavy fusion? Oof, tell me you don’t know how to raid without telling me you don’t know how to raid buddy” and I’m just
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6 months
I know what we showed today looks ridiculously overpowered and over the top, so I just want to take a second to step in and re-assure everyone that yes, it absolutely is all those things.
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Jason Meaden
5 months
You wouldn’t last an hour in the asylum where they raised me
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Jason Meaden
2 years
What even would be the point of having a Strand grapple if we didn’t let you do this? And - this isn’t even the craziest thing you can grab onto.
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Destiny Grapples
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Yes, you can grapple onto the prisoner transports in the "Warden of Nothing" strike
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Jason Meaden
6 months
Just like Luke said in the video, Destiny isn’t done with Final Shape! But right now we’re focused on getting this meal finished and on the plate for you all. There’s a *lot* more of Final Shape that you still haven’t seen, so prepare yourselves accordingly.
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Jason Meaden
6 months
@MrKitTY29778158 Destiny 2 is not dead after Final Shape. The Destiny universe is *definitely* not dead after this. We’ll talk more about all that soon!
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Jason Meaden
2 months
I was part of the huge wave of Bungie layoffs this morning. Taking today to process, I’m sure I’ll have more to say later.
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Jason Meaden
2 years
My brother, in the fireteam with me
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Jason Meaden
6 months
Here's a thread of some my favorite screenshots/images we've released today, because we showed a lot and it's easy to miss stuff! Starting off, our new destination - inside the Traveler! Things are totally FINE and NORMAL in here.
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Jason Meaden
3 years
Hey! I’m Jason, a disabled game dev who works as a Production Engineer at @Bungie . Before that I was a Systems Admin at Wizards of the Coast and before THAT I was the technical lead for the Collaboration team at a D.O.E. laboratory. #WhatAGameDevLooksLike
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Jason Meaden
1 year
If you hear this song and get nostalgic/Feel Things then you are 100% not emotionally prepared for The Final Shape.
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Jason Meaden
4 years
I am 2/3 of the way through Axiom’s End by @thelindsayellis , and as an employee of a subsidiary of @Hasbro I’m officially adopting the position that she should write a Transformers film.
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Jason Meaden
11 months
“But isn’t Riven dea-” Look. This is what happens when y’all cheese the final encounter in Last Wish. Actions have consequences. (This is a joke and absolutely not canon.)
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Jason Meaden
6 months
I think y’all are going to be happily surprised at what we all have lined up.
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Datto
6 months
alrighty, Into the Light dropping on April 9th with a couple new twitch drop emblems. got THREE dev livestreams starting next week (one per week) to talk about what it's going to be. surprised bungie needs 3 to talk about it all, but aight, i'm in, talk to me.
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Jason Meaden
2 years
All the Bungie employees just standing awkwardly together, wondering who’s going to be the first one of us to make a Morbius joke on Twitter after the Sony news
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Jason Meaden
2 years
@RobertJSchuster I did trip more damage than them on our first Templar encounter so they shut up real fast. 🤷🏻‍♂️
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Jason Meaden
3 years
Tell me you’ve never read the Bible without SAYING you’ve never read the Bible
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Jason Meaden
2 years
For those curious, I’ve been running the Starfire Protocol grenades for days build with Osteo to trigger my grenade regen, and it’s a blast. They also asked me at the end to explain how I did so much dps with my loadout! Everyone was happy, except I still haven’t gotten my Vex.🙃
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Jason Meaden
2 years
I know it looks like we just flipped a bunch of switches for all of the quality of life improvements we've been announcing for Destiny, but I want you know that each of them represents *months* of behind the scenes discussion, research, dev work, and QA testing.
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Jason Meaden
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concert with the kiddo.
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Jason Meaden
2 years
Sharing internal Bungie communications is usually frowned upon, but I feel like I am ok sharing this evidence that my manager is great even when I have unreasonable requests. 😇
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Jason Meaden
3 months
honestly considering making a shirt that just says “Let Bungie Cook”
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Destiny Bulletin
3 months
Destiny 2: The Final Shape is currently #1 on Metacritic and OpenCritic's Best Video Games of 2024. We. Are. Back.
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Jason Meaden
1 year
I can finally wear this shirt without being worried about someone asking about it!
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Jason Meaden
1 month
“This is a song about killing transphobes!” The lighting understood the fucking assignment 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️
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Jason Meaden
2 years
to be a Bungie dev is to be eternally experiencing this exact vibe at all times, always, forever
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Paul Tassi
2 years
it is amazing to hear like the top ten destiny streamers talking shit about me simultaneously when I am RIIIIIIGHT lol
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Jason Meaden
2 years
There is a videogame pundit who covers the game I work on who is so consistently, fantastically, and astoundingly wrong about how live service games work or are made that I find myself absolutely dumbfounded that they can find new ways to be wrong.
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Jason Meaden
2 years
Now I want a physics based game by way of Goat Simulator where you’re watching a child and have to constantly protect them from a bunch of wild and crazy dangerous items.
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Jorts (and Jean)
2 years
I had a baby visit today and omg taking care of a baby must be so bonkers. Don’t try to multitask bc a babies keep trying to die and your job is keep them alive
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Jason Meaden
2 years
Yesterday also marked 90 days at @Bungie ! Got my Production Engineer coin and everything. It’s an amazing place to be and I’m incredibly proud of my work and the teams I support. Making Destiny is an absolute delight - can’t wait for you all to see what we’re working on!
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Jason Meaden
1 year
Seeing 375 new Bungie employees raise their swords together during their knighting ceremony is a hell of a thing.
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Jason Meaden
4 years
@Stupid_CCR_Guy @feliciaday It would have cost you nothing not to post this, yet here we are.
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Jason Meaden
5 years
My 8 year old daughter literally had a panic attack a few nights ago because she realized what would happen if the bees continued to die out.
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5 years
Y'all don't seem to realize that these kids only seem fearless because they're scared shitless.
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Jason Meaden
6 months
@MrKitTY29778158 Destiny 2 is not dead after Final Shape. The Destiny universe is *definitely* not dead after this. We’ll talk more about all that soon!
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Jason Meaden
1 year
I helped ship a video game that has a fishing mini-game in it which means I’m now a REAL game dev
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Jason Meaden
2 years
@danielclark @Bungie We aren’t alienating half of America - we’re supporting 100% of our employees.
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Jason Meaden
2 years
Hot take, every manager should ask their team “Should I step down?” during yearly evals (only kinda joking)
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10 months
QA and Test work is not just game dev work, it is *essential* game dev work.
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Jason Meaden
1 year
@HazelMonforton AIAT AIAT AIAT
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Jason Meaden
4 months
I'm going to be loud about this for the next few weeks at least, but I think it's well deserved. On December 28th, 2014, I ran (and completed) the Vault of Glass raid in Destiny for the very first time.
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Jason Meaden
2 years
Look at this giant nerd and how happy he is wearing his Witch Queen dev team shirt 🙄
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Jason Meaden
2 years
welcome back to “Ghost or cake”, the game where we
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Jason Meaden
11 months
I was *not* impacted by the Bungie layoffs today, but a whole bunch of amazing people were. Hire them, they do amazing work.
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Jason Meaden
2 years
I’ve worked at Bungie for over a year now and I STILL catch myself thinking “Oh shit, I should stop reading about cool Destiny stuff coming up and get to work” while literally reading work emails.
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Jason Meaden
6 months
This is the big one. I can’t wait.
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Destiny 2
6 months
Prepare for a look behind the scenes at what the team's been building for Destiny 2: The Final Shape. Tomorrow, 9:30 AM PT. 📅
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Jason Meaden
10 months
The kid got their first ever raid jacket in the mail today!
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Jason Meaden
11 months
Apologies for all the retweets on Destiny stuff today - it just feels good to see people excited and surprised again. 💙
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Jason Meaden
4 years
I’ve since finished the book, and I hold this opinion even stronger now. Also, is there a name for the Cora/Ampersand ship orrrrrrrrr... 👉👈
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Jason Meaden
2 years
I am so fucking happy and proud to be working at Bungie at this moment in time. Destiny means so much to me, and I can’t believe I get to be a part of shaping it. Eyes up, Guardians - amazing things are in store.
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Jason Meaden
6 months
💙💫 Bungie 💫💙
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Jason Meaden
1 year
I have been waiting until it was "official" official but I got all my new onboarding meetings scheduled today so I'm happy to announce that I applied for (and got!) a new position here at Bungie!
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Jason Meaden
1 year
Destiny! (I am working from Bungie HQ for the FIRST TIME EVER today)
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describe your day with a game title
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Jason Meaden
3 years
I leave you now with my favorite @SwiftOnSecurity tweet ever:
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SwiftOnSecurity
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The most important part of being a SharePoint admin is not living near a bridge.
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Jason Meaden
2 months
Still processing, but I want to say this: I have been laid off before. But never have I ever seen an immediate mobilization of non-impacted employees working to help out/support impacted employees. Thank you, all - I feel loved, not cast out. That means a lot.
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Jason Meaden
2 years
@AmiTheRobot Just imagine a guardian doing the dumbest shit imaginable and they look over at their exo buddy and they see them blink and hear *iPhone screenshot noise*
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Jason Meaden
2 years
He was amazing in every role that he played, but I think everyone at Bungie - and anyone who’s played Destiny - would agree: he made Destiny something greater than it would have been with anyone else as Zavala.
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Jason Meaden
2 years
Fuck this. Lance Reddick was the best. He will be missed by millions.
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Jason Meaden
2 years
The other day our 10yo said she preferred @mountain_goats over The Beatles because she prefers their vibe and I honestly don’t know if this is wild success or a giant parenting failure.
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Jason Meaden
2 years
@SwiftOnSecurity We once had a manager who accidentally termed himself.
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Jason Meaden
2 years
Nimbus has some words of encouragement for you today! (And they’re right.)
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Jason Meaden
9 months
@GailSimone Gail, they even scraped the artwork of my kiddo! The one you gave an ECCC badge to! They drew some art for a Magic card when I worked at Wizards and their name is in the list of artists. They drew it when they were SIX
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2 years
@AmiTheRobot Does this make Hard Light genderfluid
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@Russell_Stew4RT (We have great maternity / paternity / family leave.)
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Jason Meaden
9 months
@CarissasNewLife Our kid has a friend whose parents can’t afford to bring them/drop them off. My spouse and I have agreed we’ll always pick them up and drop them off, no complaints and no questions asked. He’ll also sometimes come over to get a full meal. We all do what we can!
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Jason Meaden
2 years
@PaulTassi Defeating Crota by disconnecting the LAN cable.
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Jason Meaden
2 years
I get to compete in my first @Bungie Pentathlon this Friday and I am freaking excited! I’m on the Newbies team and we have an absolutely killer lineup of members. (I’ll be playing Pico Park and helping with the puzzle hunt.)
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2 years
@BodhiFinn I work for Bungie. So I do 100% know it.
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@DestinyBulletn
Destiny Bulletin
6 months
UPDATE: Bungie has banned players in Destiny 2 who sent "harmful notifications" on Steam during Into the Light livestream -
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3 years
We got a new kitten, her name is Eris! (Yes, after the character from @DestinyTheGame .)
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Jason Meaden
5 years
@emilylinka @austinchanning My wife and I 6 weeks ago in Vegas - I have MS, she has a heart condition, and we love each other a ton.
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Jason Meaden
2 years
@destinyinsights Congrats, “feedback” like this makes you an honorary Bungie dev! It comes with no perks except a constant stream of comments like these across all platforms!
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Jason Meaden
2 years
Beat the raid! RoN gave me a gift. 😍
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Jason Meaden
2 years
I’m not going to be playing the new Harry Potter game. I ask you to do the same. I feel like this article explains the reasons why much better than I’d ever be able to.
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Jason Meaden
1 year
This game rules. Its characters and environments resound with authenticity, you can NAME ALL THE CATS YOU FIND, it swings for the fences with its narrative, and absolutely nails the landing in a way few games do. Oh, and it’s fun, too! I can not recommend it enough.
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Toge Productions 🌱
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"Are you... the girl from my dream?" Meet Raya in ✨A SPACE FOR THE UNBOUND✨ by @MojikenStudio ! Get the game on Steam now while it's ✨20% OFF✨ on Steam during #SummerSale ! @ASFTUgame #ASpacefortheUnbound #adventuregame #pixelart
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8 years
My 5 year old daughter yelling at @mikeyface about what he's doing wrong while he streams Stardew Valley is my new favorite thing.
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Jason Meaden
2 years
It is both my birthday AND my 1 year anniversary at Bungie! A year ago I was anxiously wondering if I was biting off more than I could chew - I was making the jump from an IT career track in the games industry to the content creation side of things. And I did it. I love it here.
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Jason Meaden
2 years
The new hire lunch system at @Bungie is so, so good. I just got to (remotely) hang out and eat lunch with @HazelMonforton AND our lunch was paid for.
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Jason Meaden
2 years
If there is one thing I've learned working as a Production Engineer at Bungie it's that you need to have your favorite meme generator at your fingertips. There are times when you'll have mere seconds to post something before the moment is gone and you don't wanna miss it.
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Jason Meaden
3 years
To celebrate the release of the new @mountain_goats album, I am going to be matching each song off of their new album, "Dark in Here," with a Magic: The Gathering card. (This may take a couple days, so be patient.) #wotcstaff
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Jason Meaden
2 years
Fuck this. Lance Reddick was the best. He will be missed by millions.
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'John Wick' star Lance Reddick has died.
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Jason Meaden
2 years
I showed my therapist the name of this, a playlist that is 100% not at all about a former employment experience and is definitely just a vibe and not the soundtrack for my life, and I think I broke her.
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Jason Meaden
3 months
@TieflingMelissa @Scabrosa @BirdCyclops @BaguetteArtt @LluisAbadias @MisterDuckyArt These are not AI. All of these are artistic choices and styles. Let’s not start witch hunts, especially ones baselessly targeting artists as renowned and respected as Wylie Beckert.
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Jason Meaden
1 year
It’s giving Annihilation, it’s giving the end of everything, it’s giving fucked up cosmic horror - welcome to The Final Shape. Everything is beautiful. Everything is terrible. We’ll see you all on the other side.
@DestinyTheGame
Destiny 2
1 year
Begin your journey into the Pale Heart. Enter The Traveler, confront the Witness, and prepare to stop The Final Shape. 🔺
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2 years
Made it almost three years without getting COVID. Hell of a run. But, as anyone who plays roguelikes knows, eventually your luck runs out and your run ends. 😭
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6 months
Sure there are ...hands... and weirdly shaped plant life, but it's all FINE
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2 years
(Anyways, these thoughts brought to you by a full grown adult who teared up this morning while listening to a song about a professional wrestler who’s decided to do whatever it takes to get out of the ring in one piece and I am FINE y’all.)
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Jason Meaden
5 years
Feeling like the season and the darkness is drowning you? @jamieleefinch has some truth for you.
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2 years
@cszhu Making little clicky-clack noises with my keyboard, making frowny faces when I see red text
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Jason Meaden
6 months
It's also one of the most beautiful gameplay spaces I've seen in a videogame, full stop. The Witness isn't the only one shaping this world - we, and the Traveler, have a say in this world, too.
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Jason Meaden
3 years
@Cathaoir1 Look what I pulled in my prerelease packs today! 😍 #wotcstaff
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Jason Meaden
8 months
It's my 2 year Bungie-versary AND my birthday (42! I now know the answers to life, the universe, and everything!) so everyone has to be nice to me today. 🎂
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Jason Meaden
6 months
The vibes are immaculate, if the vibes that you want are "creepy as hell"
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Jason Meaden
1 month
Liana talks about games the way Anthony Bourdain talked about food.
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Liana Ruppert
1 month
OK OK,🚑... But before I go, here's some cozy indie game recommendations for ya to noodle on, including gems like @venbaGame & @VampTherapist 🫶 PLAY MORE INDIES! pls & thank u. This also turned into a weird pseudo-guided meditation at the end... anyway:
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6 months
If you know who this house belongs to, we can be friends
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Letterboxd
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if you know who this house belongs to, we can be friends
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Oh, and: 💙BUNGiE💙
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Jason Meaden
2 years
My collection begins. Next step, the 5 year shield so I can stick these cool kids on it!
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Jason Meaden
1 year
I was so busy I forgot to say it but now, more than ever: BUNGiE 💙
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Jason Meaden
6 months
It’s been a while, but: 💙BUNGIE💙
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Jason Meaden
2 years
Ok, y’all, let’s do this: I haven’t owned a PlayStation since the PS3. Thanks to papa Sony, I now have a PS5. What games do I need to catch up on from the last decade or so? (Bonus points if they’re a part of the PlayStation Plus Premium catalog)
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2 years
Roses are red Violets are blue When the Traveler’s in danger It might leave you
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