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@SandyofCthulhu Please we want a book with your stories and anecdotes

Age of Empires showed what a passionate small team could do. Our team of a couple dozen guys made one of the most influential game series ever. Heck, I thought we had a "big" team, because before Ensemble Studios, I was at id Software, with maybe half that many devs. Before then I was at MicroProse which had lots of personnel, but each individual team was only 3-6 people. You can still do it today. Look at Stardew Valley. ConcernedApe did almost everything himself. He now has a small support team, but more power to him. You don't NEED a giant team. Concord had 150 devs and took 8 years to complete and was a flop of mythic proportions. There's no excuse for that - and I absolutely do not blame the devs. Their managers however ... Thanks for reading - please leave thoughts and praise (and criticisms) below. What should I deep-dive next? (I do one each morning at 9 mountain time.) 10/10

In the late 1990s I worked at Ensemble Studios on the original Age of Empires line. What I learned constructing that game has lasted the rest of my life. Some of it seems to have been forgotten by modern game companies. Let's discuss game design lessons from a small team that shipped a classic. 1/10

@SkarredGhost lol waiting when the AI bubble explodes...

I got the news that Lenovo laid off its XR business unit in the US. The company confirmed to me that it is now transitioning from a focus on XR to a focus on AI and wearables. Read the post for further details. skarredghost.com/2026/07/13/len… #VirtualReality #Lenovo #smartglasses #AI

@Vrified_Games go man!!!!

Almost at 5k my guys

@TeamBeefVR @DayniqSteel new turok game suppose to be Unreal engine

@DayniqSteel Funny thing, we want those guys to do it too!

I want these guys to make Turok VR so bad...

@ViJuDaGD Automodellista, is this you?

The Super Woden GP3 store page has been submitted for approval today. I hope it will be available soon so you can add it to your wishlist! As a side note, designing and creating the track environments is undoubtedly the most tedious part of the entire development process. But once you overcome that initial reluctance and see the results, it's incredibly satisfying! Have a great weekend! ♥

@djlufz Please any change to mod the Ego Engine from Codemasters? So many good racing games to play in vr.

VRMod UPDATE V1.2.0-beta - Forza Horizon 5: FH5 is supported, add ForzaHorizon5.exe, Install VR Mod, start the game, then Play in VR. - Games library: Add multiple games, pick which one to launch, and Play in VR either starts the game or enables VR if it is already running. - Shaders: Retro, Realism, Cinematic, Contrast, and Cel. Realism and Cinematic keep the game look while brightening the headset image. #ForzaHorizon5 #VR

@NimaZeighami @asha_shar I'm sure she don't have a clue who carmack is.

How much do you want to bet that @asha_shar was briefed on who John Carmack was today?

@SandyofCthulhu Congrats 👏👏👏

A love story. I've known Wendy since we were each 11 years old. It took us almost a decade to figure out each other. Here's how a childhood acquaintance turned into 47 years of happy marriage (so far). 1/8

@TeravisionGames Nice ❤️❤️

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@bmfshow If it was going to be just another terrible Meta Quest port with awful performance, graphics, and world complexity we're glad it got canceled. We don't need poor, empty ports made just to cash in on a brand name.

So apparently vertigo Amsterdam was working on a tomb raider VR game that got canceled 😭

this is a statement <3 @TeamBeefVR @grantjbagwell

love it!

waiting when this will be real <3 <3 @TeamBeefVR

@ID_AA_Carmack @TeamBeefVR <3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3 still waiting for that day! <3 <3 <3

BTW, if the XBOX division is scrounging for loose change under the sofa cushions, I’m still willing to put up a $1M guarantee to allow @TeamBeefVR to commercialize the legacy open source games on VR.

I have been trying to find something meaningful to say about the Id Software layoffs. My “Microsoft will probably be a good steward of the brand” statement isn’t aging well, and this is certainly going to dampen the mood of the founder reunion at QuakeCon next month. I’m saddened, but I can’t muster anger or outrage over it. I don’t have access to the books, but I suspect that Id Software was a marginal business from Microsoft’s perspective. I believe the reports that Minecraft revenues have been carrying several other studios. To continue being produced long term, games need to succeed, not just be beloved. Games are competing with every other option for spending your leisure time and money, and the competition is brutal. You can’t rule out the possibility that executives are idiots, but that shouldn’t be your default belief. I don’t think there is any obvious path that would have doubled the revenue from Id games. Could they have gotten more with a different pricing strategy? Could they have created more things for fans to buy? Could they have cost effectively marketed in a way that reached more players that would have loved and bought the games? Could they have changed the game designs and broadened the appeal to more players without alienating existing ones? Could they have produced the games at a lower cost, faster or cheaper? I really don’t know. The game isn’t over yet, and I hope the studio rallies through.

@ID_AA_Carmack I think that sometimes it’s not even a matter of sales. Even if it had sold 20 million copies, when MS loses interest in a business, they just don't nurture it, regardless of its success. I think even Age of Empires wasn't doing badly when Microsoft mistreated it.

@PinballFX Thanks everything is perfext in this game.

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@TeamAsobi Bring Rescue Mission to psvr2 please

🎉 The Bots are partying on the mothership. Wait, where's Astro hiding? 🤔 #ASTROBOT #WheresAstro

@RubenRetro_PC Here mine

Finally found a big box copy of Heroes of Might and Magic III! 📦🎉 Since I was already paying for shipping, Might and Magic VII came home too. 😄 What's the one game you've always wanted in your collection? #Heroes3 #MightAndMagic #RetroGaming #BigBoxPC #PCGaming

@RtoVR Was so difficult to make the gallery 3 in 10 ten years? Unbelievable

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@moza_racing when your motogp rig will be available?

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