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Ian

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Producer of things you've maybe watched & played Mostly here to post model kits Content Strategist & Producer Biz Dev: Palette Swap Prev: producer of video games, wrasslin, etc Grapple stuff: Kaiju Big Battel, XSW, Chikara


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Hot Take but maybe a near decades worth of "Just Vibes" personality hires in key marketing and business development roles who had zero experience in project management, strategy, & brand management has contributed to some of the bust of the indie boom of the 2010s

www.wired.com/story/death-...

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i honestly think his intentions aren't malicious but also i worked in political comms prior to games through the 2010s and this arrangement should be upfront and transparent

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this piece made zero waves when it ran a month ago wonder why

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Mr Beast is trending on Twitter due to some well-intentioned egalitarian centrist statements, so i'd like to remind everyone he's back rolled by Koch-linked organizations www.fastcompany.com/91135719/mrb...

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Here's a deep cut: Yoshi Tatsu's Chikara theme me and Harlan made that maybe 40 people could hear clearly on that tiny PA system during KoT 2014 - it's inspired by his WWECW theme as well as Kat & Ana's from Wario Ware

youtu.be/6AaWeBrby9M?...

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this is a great song for when you want to evangelize the unlimited potential of timeshare opportunities or unveil the exciting, industry-forward line of next year's color copy-fax printers for enterprises

youtu.be/OlaVJcsjuEw?...

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this is one of my all time favorite games

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if my 48 year old father of a 8 year old friend whose dubious free time allows him maybe 4 hours of gaming a week can body Rellana in an afternoon, surely an extremely online Vitamin D starved reaction-tuber can too

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the deluge of psychological meltdowns over Elden Ring's DLC in contrast to my personal experiences compounded with conversations across various forums has led me to conclude that the only people who are bad at this game are histrionic attention-starved validation seekers in monetized bubbles

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