Derek Carroll

I make totally sweet games like MechAssault, Shadowrun, Halo: Reach, and Destiny. Currently working on secret stuff for Destiny 2.

Find me on Masto.

[Derek Carroll @_mantis_]

Howdy, #MeetTheDev! I'm a designer who has been making totally sweet multiplayer games for over 20 years. 'Mechs! Metahumans!
Spartans! Guardians!

[Derek Carroll @_mantis_]

Is there a standard bookend to "hello, world" for leaving a service?
Anyway, find me on Masto if you want to keep up with stuff I think is cool. (As always, I don't really talk about what I'm doing.)

[Derek Carroll @_mantis_]

Are they actively trying to kill Twitter? This seems like a good way to do it.

[Developers @XDevelopers]

Starting February 9, we will no longer support free access to the Twitter API, both v2 and v1.1. A paid basic tier will be available instead 🧵

[National Park Service @NatlParkService]

Did you know if you hold an ermine up to your ear, you can hear what it’s like to be attacked by an ermine?

[Derek Carroll @_mantis_]

no edit button, so I can't say "2015" instead.

[Derek Carroll @_mantis_]

Apparently, 2016 was my peak on Twitter. Pretty sure I'm going to wind down my presence on this site, and move to the mammoth-themed one, if at all.

[PastThroughPictures @PastThroughPics]

Muhammad Ali knocks out Cleveland Williams, 1966

[regular steve albini @electricalWSOP]

An unaccountable institution that murders people should be disbanded. This should not be controversial. If instead you give that institution more money, resources and status, as we have seen, it will murder more people.

[Derek Carroll @_mantis_]

@crypticsea Major flashback to ACTION BIKER (C64). (This is high praise.)

[regular steve albini @electricalWSOP]

More bad PR for #TSLA

[David Szymanski @DUSKdev]

I don't have any fun knowledge to share, but I just wanted to say this one tweet has been the source of like a dozen super interesting facts on my timeline.

More of this less of "WhAt iS yOuR hOtTeST GaMiNg TaKe"

[dasharez0ne.bsky.social @dasharez0ne]

PROBLY FINE - https://t.co/GfqwqHWv7Y ADMIN

[Derek Carroll @_mantis_]

lofi films to study/relax to

[Dr. Pepper Malpractice @Durbikins]

Criterion Collection has announced they will be launching a channel on TikTok to reach a new audience with their preservation of classic films. Launching today, Criterion has posted My Dinner with André (1981) as it’s first upload.

[Lospec @LospecOfficial]

ITS HAPPENING 🤩🙌😃

https://t.co/HdkBtm6RSu

[Derek Carroll @_mantis_]

Just a terrible day for a lot of people. Sorry to hear about the tech/game industry layoffs.

[Peter Sarrett @psarrett]

As it shuts down today pour one out for Stadia, which enabled us to ship three years of Destiny content from our homes. It would have been a much different road without it. 🍻

[ivy sly @ivy_sly_]

dark souls would be better if it didn't have stats or weapon upgrade system

[Washington State Dept. of Natural Resources @waDNR]

We're hiring influencers and by that I mean firefighters who influence the forest to no longer be on fire.