Father of a conqueror. Coder of games for over 30 years. Holder of a national championship title in 9-ball. Magician.
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Paul Nettle ⌨️🎱🧙♂️ retweeted
You may already know our Borderlands Science project has become one of the most successful citizen science projects of all time. To drive our future of using our platform for other public-good initiatives, today we announce our new charitable foundation, Gearbox Gives. apnews.com/press-release/pr-…
Paul Nettle ⌨️🎱🧙♂️ retweeted
released a new demo this weekend after 5 years out of the demomaking business. mechasm by fairlight came 1st in the PC demo competition at @revision_party 2023 (competition with 41 entries.. damn! that was long).
music by @gloom303, logo by @m4de.
video:
youtube.com/watch?v=qJcRHrp6…
Paul Nettle ⌨️🎱🧙♂️ retweeted
I wanna share some neat numbers I use all the time and what I use them for.
Starting with sqrt(0.5), 0.7071...
The point on a circle at 45 degrees is at (r*hr, r*hr) where r=radius and hr=sqrt(0.5).
To rotate 45 degrees, you can use this 2x2 matrix: mat2(hr, -hr, hr, hr)
Paul Nettle ⌨️🎱🧙♂️ retweeted
You’re not the boss of me! But you could be! Come be my boss! I’m a menace! I’ve shaved years off so many people’s lives with my shenanigans! It’s untenable! Apply now! gearboxsoftware.bamboohr.com…
Paul Nettle ⌨️🎱🧙♂️ retweeted
A ridiculous number of years later, here's a third part to this series of articles on the making of a 64kB intro.
This time: procedural mesh generation.
ctrl-alt-test.fr/2023/proced…
Paul Nettle ⌨️🎱🧙♂️ retweeted
The first 6 stages of debugging:
1. That can’t happen
2. That doesn’t happen on my machine
3. That shouldn’t happen
4. Why does that happen?
5. Oh I see
6. How did that ever work?
Paul Nettle ⌨️🎱🧙♂️ retweeted
According to Lakota social etiquette, simply listening (and not interrupting) is the greatest form of respect — that we can ever hope to bestow. – at Redondo Beach, CA
Paul Nettle ⌨️🎱🧙♂️ retweeted
since taking on my new role at work, folks outside of my team will ask "so does the lead designer do all the design on the game?" i think it's easy to assume the person with "lead X" in their title gets to do/own all of X. that's pretty far from the case. (cont'd)
Paul Nettle ⌨️🎱🧙♂️ retweeted
Here’s the Chest X-Ray of a young boy with a condition that is now the leading cause of death in children and adolescents in the U.S.
What’s the diagnosis?
Paul Nettle ⌨️🎱🧙♂️ retweeted
Wow. The Borderlands Science Arcade Cabinet arrived today. Big thanks to all of you @GearboxOfficial Wonderful to play a game and at the same time help science.
Paul Nettle ⌨️🎱🧙♂️ retweeted
wow, i just learned that the farthest oort cloud objects are about 100k astronomical units out. alpha centauri is about 300k. i had no idea oort cloud objects went such an appreciable fraction of the distance to neighboring solar systems.
Paul Nettle ⌨️🎱🧙♂️ retweeted
The MAGA right talks about Black Lives Matter as if it’s some sort of equivalency for 1/6.
These talking points have a way of spreading. Let’s correct them every single time.
📚Researchers at Harvard gathered statistics from 7,305 BLM events.
Here’s what they found:
Paul Nettle ⌨️🎱🧙♂️ retweeted
10 years ago today, Borderlands 2 launched. Every single person on that team was amazing. We were lucky to all be together in those circumstances to both have fun and make something fun. I still look back on that time with fondness, and I think that feeling will only grow.