Rik Godwin
He/him. Lead Writer @Ubisoft Bordeaux, Assassin's Creed: Claws of Awaji. Prev: actezero, Harmony: The Fall of Reverie, Atlas Fallen, Under the Waves, Chinatown Detective Agency (bits of Night Call).
Vehemently anti-GenAI
- I'm sorry I know we've had this conversation but jesus fucking christ
- Reposted by Rik GodwinI may delete this because it’s a bit spicy but it shouldn’t be lost on us that games being turned into TV is essentially harvesting the stories written by those who don’t have union representation or healthcare with WGA by those that do. Our stories are good enough for TV but the writers aren’t?
- Reposted by Rik Godwincenturies pass and still it sings. what a gift it is, how time flattens under the weight of a practiced voice. how irreplaceable
- Reposted by Rik Godwinunbelievably grim to see Valve announce a delightful and exciting compact Linux box approximately 15 seconds before RAM became the more expensive material in the known universe.
- Valve’s Steam Machine has been delayed, and the RAM crisis will impact pricing. Valve is now aiming to launch its Steam Machine in the first half of 2026, rather than early 2026. How much will it cost, though? www.theverge.com/games/874196...
- Reposted by Rik GodwinDumpster diving into ancient folders. Here are some O'briens from I wanna say 2016. #art
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- I am very angry again folks. All of us are led by imbeciles.
- Watching Frasier from the start and fucking hell he's supposed to be 41. Even worse, Kelsey Grammar was 38 during the first season.
- oh wow
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- Reposted by Rik GodwinNeil Gaiman is crawling out of his bog two years after sexual assault allegations to play the sweet old fantasy uncle again -- complete with name-dropping that book you like & his twee "make good art" catchphrase -- all in order to (of course) sell you his upcoming book. Don't you dare fall for it.
- *30 years ago
- Reposted by Rik GodwinHarvard professor Robert Trivers tried to get Jeffrey Epstein in touch with Norman Finkelstein. Instead of accepting, Norman sent a reply calling Alan Dershowitz a pedophile rapist and saying Trivers should be ashamed for defending them, and both should be strangled instead
- Reposted by Rik GodwinIt’s so funny that this guy’s entire thing is “Oh are you triggered by what I have to say about marginalized people” but he loses it when someone more well-liked than he will ever be talks about an actual injustice
- Rewatching the first season of The Pitt and I think it's now cemented as one of my favourite series of television... ever? I can't put my finger on exactly why it hits so hard for me but I watched a few episodes yesterday and could *not* stop thinking about getting back to it.
- Jury's still out on marathon but they finally released an official version of this banger and yes it fucking rips.
- Reposted by Rik GodwinDo you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"? Well, it happens they were doing exactly that. www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
- Reposted by Rik GodwinJK Rowling's team invited Jeffery Epstein to the deathly hallows play and to a Harry potter dinner. www.justice.gov/epstein/file... www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
- I don't remember enough about The Medium to dig into whether or not that retrospective is valid but I sure did come away from that game thinking it pulled a both-sides-actually on sexual abuse.
- Reposted by Rik Godwin“Yes, obviously” Two words to shut down the question and still communicate to everyone watching “what a stupid thing to ask”.
- #bbclaurak tries to get a gotcha. Zack, you refuse to fly. How can you be a candidate for high office if you'd refuse to ever get on a plane? Well Laura, in that situation I'd get on a plane.
- Until fairly recently I was loathe to use the word "evil"when describing real world events or people. It's so cartoonishly hyperbolic it never seemed appropriate. But these times really do call for it, eh?
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- Reposted by Rik GodwinYou can test new tech ideas using the Seinfeld Test Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs) Good tech. Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales) Bad tech.
- Oh *man* Catherine O'Hara fuck
- fuckin' preach
- More like Darren AraNOfsky am I right?
- Rewatching Curb but man it's tough being exposed to that much Cheryl Hines.
- Listening to Beyond Light era Destiny music and getting all teary eyed. Good times, my dudes. Good times.
- Lunchtime thought: the Joey Loves Rachel arc on Friends is just the fucking worst, man.
- Reposted by Rik GodwinGraham Linehan proves the point that trans liberationists have been saying from the start: If you'll permit dehumanising and stripping the rights of trans people, you will dehumanise and strip the rights of anyone on a long enough timeline.
- This is exactly the same playbook Graham Linehan uses against trans people, where defending trans rights is cast as defending "rape" and "paedophilia." He uses "rape" and "paedophilia" as punchlines, and, therefore, all of his hate speech and advocation for violence against his enemies is justified.
- The world is awful but my media server now has every episode of the X Files, Buffy and Farscape.
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- FYI the Guardian front-page currently has the latest ICE murder video on autoplay. Be careful.
- Reposted by Rik GodwinAnyone who is part of the federal government who is not doing everything in their power to stop this administration, regardless of the assumed cost to normalcy or career, is a coward and a collaborator.
- Ho-lee shit I just got pihole set up on my NAS and it's fucking *magic*. Not a single ad. Anywhere. On any of the device connected to my network. And it may just be bias but I swear pages are loading quicker too. A revelation.
- Spore the Hedgehog
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- Watching Around the World in 80 Days with Michael Palin and wow *there's* some words I've not heard in a long time!
- "Remote work, by and large *works* and after years of doing so effectively and adjusting their lives accordingly, being ordered back to the office on a full-time basis is incredibly disruptive for employees."
- The problem with binge watching the old British TV shows I grew up on is you can be done in a single sitting.
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- Reposted by Rik GodwinIn the 2010s, the Icelandic tv station Channel 2 accidentally added subtitles from a gritty crime drama to an episode of Teletubbies. I have translated some of the highlights
- Reposted by Rik Godwin“And Jared Leto as Skeletor”
- Reposted by Rik Godwin“Cant sleep… i’ll just have a quick look at my phone”
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- Posted without comment
- Feeling particularly uninspired this morning. Odd, that.
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- Reposted by Rik GodwinNous relayons l'appel à la grève de nos camarades de Solidaires Informatique, et annonçons que la section Ubisoft Paris du STJV s'y joint.
- Reposted by Rik GodwinUBISOFT - Appel à la grève Jeudi 22 Janvier - Matin Suites aux annonces catastrophiques venant de M. Yves Guillemot (plan de réductions des coûts, projets tués, arrêt du télétravail, etc.), la section Solidaires Informatique appelle à un débrayage ce Jeudi 22 Janvier matin.
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- Reposted by Rik GodwinThis is them doing a stealth layoff, since they won't have to report the people who quit as a layoff event (and they have studios in countries where a layoff could fuck them over a bit), and naturally anyone who stays will then have crunch inflicted. It's a lot harder to effectively crunch remote.
- Ubisoft to ask all staff to return to office five days a week to "boost collective performance for AAAs" www.gamesindustry.biz/ubisoft-aski...
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- I am incandescently angry
- Reposted by Rik GodwinBREAKING: Ubisoft is canceling the Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake and 5 other games (4 unannounced, 1 mobile). The company says it is also delaying 7 games (including an unannounced project believed to be a Black Flag remake) as part of a larger restructuring.
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- "I guess life really is strange, huh?"
