Tom Kenny 🍵

I’m now being more active on the service we’re no longer allowed to mention here.

I was thinking of getting back into tweeting again and then that guy bought Twitter, so I went to set up a Mastodon account just in case, only to discover I already created one a few years ago: @tkenny" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">mastodon.social/@tkenny

I see all those garbage 'Design Trends for 2023' clickbait articles are starting to come out again, so it's time to trot out this 4 year old strip to show that nothing ever changes (except maybe the bit about Dropbox).

The new Pokémon game looks good

Been playing Marvel Snap and ’m really enjoying it even though I can’t stand Marvel. It’s really well designed. Bizarrely, I’m quite good at it too and win the vast majority of my games. I’m usually absolutely terrible at multiplayer games, especially card games like this.

Morioka, Japan in Autumn 🍂 (spot the kitty 👀🐾)

I understand it would be difficult to make the game more open as that would take much more time to do, so not complaining. It’s just the nature of linear story driven games. Maybe I just prefer the freedom of open world games these days. Ragnarök is still an incredible game!

Really enjoying God of War Ragnarök but, much like the first game, certain parts are too linear and feel too restrictive. Many paths feel like corridors as invisible walls block seemingly accessible routes. There aren’t many things I would change but that’s top of my list.

Instead of telling kids not to play video games, adults should play too. Compared to kids who don’t play, those who play 3 hrs/day have better working memory & impulse control. Experiments show cognitive benefits for adults too. Video games are a form of exercise for the brain.

朝焼けの東寺がとても綺麗で。

Steam's UI physically hurts me.

2 hours later and I’m hooked

Tunic is one of those games that probably isn’t really for me but too many people are saying great and intriguing things about it that I think I’m going to have to give it a go.

iOS 16’s new lock screen customisation feature is great but there definitely are some annoying UX design issues. This article explains them well: mjtsai.com/blog/2022/09/2…

@LKaile April for us. If your trip extends into April, we’ll have to see if we’re close enough to meet up!

@tkenny We were thinking March time. Yourself? We’ve been waiting to go since September 2020 when we had to refund the entire trip!

Japan have *finally* announced they’re fully opening up for tourists again, so we immediately booked our flights to Japan for next year. It still doesn’t feel real!

@LKaile 🎉 When are you thinking of going?

@tkenny We are planning on doing the same!

If you haven’t made a meme about Adobe buying Figma, are you really a designer?

This is absolutely incredible

In all seriousness, I've designed interfaces in Director, Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks, Sketch, Figma and many others. Figma is just another tool. There will be another. And then another. And another after that. General message: Chill out and stop fetishising tools.