Caleb McCartney

Photojournalist | Nationally published | Web dev & Software Engineer | TerraNova contributor Use Code - McCal • All views expressed are personal

[Caleb McCartney @Mcc_Cal_]

@PlayWarframe Hi! I’m Caleb, a photographer attending #TennoCon 2026. I sent a press credential request via email

[Caleb McCartney @Mcc_Cal_]

It took Call of Duty this long to add Voice being muffled or reflected by occlusion and walls, only for a games in prerelease to have it built in.

I wonder if this is Call of Duty having to adapt to the increasing love for interaction in games (question is how much are they going to moderate it).

[DETONATED @DETONATEDcom]

Modern Warfare 4 'Proximity Chat' is now 'IN THE ENVIRONMENT' 👀

💥 Voice will be effected by reverb or a wall, which can echo the player voice or be muffled.

[Caleb McCartney @Mcc_Cal_]

I think the distinction matters, but I also think the broader concern is about what kind of community these terms create.

If a creator program has language that makes valid criticism risky, then the community slowly stops being a community in any meaningful sense. It becomes a support structure for the company. People are encouraged to praise, promote, and comply, while criticism becomes something you have to calculate around. At that point, it starts feeling less like support and more like managed loyalty.

That is my concern with overly broad creator terms. If the practical message is “you can be part of the program as long as you do not portray us negatively,” then creators are incentivized to self-censor, even when the criticism is fair, useful, or coming from people who genuinely care about the game.

The “reasonably be expected” language in Hytale’s terms seems important because it creates a higher standard. It is not just “you said something negative.” It suggests there has to be some reasonable basis for claiming harm, reputational damage, or something genuinely destructive. That still gives the company protection against bad-faith behavior, harassment, or content that could actually damage the project, but it does not automatically treat criticism as disloyalty.

And honestly, that is the kind of line I want to see. A healthy game community should be able to criticize, mod, experiment, and push the boundaries of what the game can become. Creativity gets weaker when the box is drawn too tightly before people even start building inside it.

That is part of why Hytale still interests me. It seems to invite not only players and content creators, but also people working on the backend, frontend, modding, tooling, servers, systems, and everything around the game. It is taking a long time, yes, but I would rather see that than watch another ecosystem slowly become locked down by corporate risk management, shareholder pressure, and terms that make creators afraid to speak honestly.

Support should not mean obedience. A community that actually cares has to be allowed to critique the thing it loves.

[Hytale @Hytale]

📢 Hytale’s Update 5 is now LIVE! 📢
Headlining the release is the new Trigger Volume Tool for scripting encounters in-game without code, alongside controller support, Server Discovery for browsing community servers, a new Social Sidebar with a friends list and Discord integration!

▶️ Read it here: https://t.co/PdBZINPaok

FEATURES & HEADLINE UPDATES
- Trigger Volume Tool
- Controller Support
- Social Sidebar & Discord Integration
- Server Discovery
- 1 hour of new music
- 9 New Emotes + Updated Emote Wheel
- Prefab 3D Previewer
- Simplified Chinese is now in-game
- Launcher now supports older versions of the game

Thank you for all your continued support and feedback! 💚 #Hytale

[Caleb McCartney @Mcc_Cal_]

@rebbford Hope it goes well, don't worry about it just feel better and take good care of yourself. Much love!

[Caleb McCartney @Mcc_Cal_]

@gitlawb Doesn't seem to allow login on mobile layout.

[Caleb McCartney @Mcc_Cal_]

@gitlawb @XiaomiMiMo Would love to pick your brain about this, testing it now with a gas price app, can we import projects?

[Caleb McCartney @Mcc_Cal_]

@Simon_Hypixel Are you releasing the music in record form from the latest patch? Sometimes we want to vibe to it when not in game! I need my work music playlist to be good!

[Caleb McCartney @Mcc_Cal_]

@sama Would love to be apart of this, been using open ai gpt since gpt 3 and when bing was apart of it, also never been to San Francisco either!

[Caleb McCartney @Mcc_Cal_]

@KokeriaDev wanted to reach out as I’m working on TerraNova and would love to chat!

[Caleb McCartney @Mcc_Cal_]

It’s time….

[‎Gabe Follower @gabefollower]

Facepunch published s release trailer for S&Box, a spiritual successor of Garry's Mod.

Play, create, and share games, explore community creations, and experience endless sandbox fun with powerful modern tools.

[Caleb McCartney @Mcc_Cal_]

@konekone2026 I would be happy to port it to firefox!

[Caleb McCartney @Mcc_Cal_]

@Kirschdieb Simon should consider giving you that biome to rehaul!

[Pittsburgh Scanner @pgh_scanner]

North Shore. A 279 on ramp. The asst chief said that he got a call that a large crowd of possibly lost tourists are trying to look for the draft stuff by walking up the closed highway ramp. They have it on camera at the command center and is asking for someone to intercept.

[jack troy @jacktroywrites]

Football fans are pouring off the T by the hundreds at Gateway Station in Downtown Pittsburgh. @TribLIVE

[Caleb McCartney @Mcc_Cal_]

@Simon_Hypixel Can not wait to see some of the friends I made get hired, so exciting!

[Caleb McCartney @Mcc_Cal_]

Honestly I’ve kind of given up on Minecraft. It feels like Microsoft cares more about shareholders than players, so nothing risky or actually game-changing ever gets added.

Everything has to stay in line with Minecraft Bedrock Edition since that’s the money maker, and it just holds the game back.

[Caleb McCartney @Mcc_Cal_]

@Prowl8413 Getting these working is quite difficult outside of optimizing a world with the proper mods and configs to share.

[Caleb McCartney @Mcc_Cal_]

Took us long enough, open source will be universal!

[Pirat_Nation 🔴 @Pirat_Nation]

Starting in 2027, smartphones sold in the European Union will be required to have user-replaceable batteries designed for greater durability and more charging cycles.

Manufacturers must also provide spare parts and repair manuals for at least 10 years after a model is released.

This is real pressure against planned obsolescence. It should mean phones that actually last longer, cheaper fixes, and a lot less electronic waste piling up. About time.

[Governor Josh Shapiro @GovernorShapiro]

Pennsylvanians who want to buy recreational marijuana are already driving across the border to one of our neighboring states who’ve legalized it.

That’s hundreds of millions in revenue going out of state instead of being spent here in Pennsylvania.

It’s time for us to finally catch up — and for the legislature to send a bill to my desk and get this done.