Rayus

Gamer | Sleeper | Did I say gamer?

[Cadaea @sophiekeen]

I made a video about PlayStation dropping PHSYINT and someone commented "they saw 'phys' in the name and got scared" 😭😭

[Rayus @_Rayus]

@lulacelestial Not sure if anyone has said this, but we still have 3 challenges that we will get at the end so you should still get the title

[🩸Manda 🩸 @Manda_AMSBT]

yaayyy the genji cover i illustrated is finally out~

[Dexerto @Dexerto]

Content creator Blurbs has developed a Skyrim mod where you can only defeat dragons by debating them on the geopolitics of Tamriel

[Dexerto @Dexerto]

Jeff Kaplan says his new game will focus on allowing players to unlock items through gameplay rather than microtransactions

"It's like this crazy idea that hasn't been seen in the past ten years, maybe I could play the game to get s**t"

[Rayus @_Rayus]

@OverwatchNaeri Take a guess…

[Lex Fridman @lexfridman]

Here's my conversation with Jeff Kaplan, a legendary Blizzard game designer of World of Warcraft and Overwatch, which are two of the biggest, most influential games ever made. Jeff is one of the most genuine & awesome human beings I've ever met: kind, thoughtful, hilarious, and still & forever a gamer through and through.

This was a truly fun & inspiring conversation. We talk about it all: the lows, the highs, the memes, the details of the game design process, and the new game he's been secretely working on: The Legend of California. I got a chance to play the game with Jeff, and it's incredibly beautiful (and fun). You can wishlist it on Steam now. I can't wait to play it with all of you!

Conversation is here on X in full and is up everywhere else (see comment).

Timestamps:
0:00 - Episode highlight
1:27 - Introduction
4:07 - Early games: Pac-Man, Zork, Doom, Quake
18:33 - Writing career - 170 rejection letters
34:06 - EverQuest obsession
47:04 - Getting hired at Blizzard
1:02:32 - Lowest point in Jeff's life
1:08:37 - One of Us
1:12:54 - Early Blizzard culture
1:32:36 - Building World of Warcraft
1:50:20 - How WoW changed video games
2:07:42 - Single-player vs Multi-player
2:28:35 - How Blizzard made great video games
2:54:25 - Online toxicity
3:01:59 - Why Titan failed
3:19:09 - Overwatch in six weeks
3:46:07 - Best Overwatch heroes
3:54:37 - The challenge of matchmaking
3:58:01 - Rust
4:08:22 - Why Jeff left Blizzard
4:30:35 - Diablo IV
4:32:03 - Getting back to making video games
4:40:59 - The Legend of California
4:54:44 - Greatest video game of all time
5:02:51 - AI and future of video games

[Rayus @_Rayus]

@eboymaker About to get one and map the ‘I need healing’ key to it 😎

[Rayus @_Rayus]

@OWeslut Winton not being here is a FeelsBadMan 🥲

[Nomada Studio - NEVA & GRIS @nomadastudiobcn]

We once thought GRIS would be our one and only small video game, and yet here we are. It’s been six years since its release, and now we’ve just launched our second game, NEVA.
We’re very proud of what we’ve accomplished and so grateful to all the players who made this possible🤍

[Nomada Studio - NEVA & GRIS @nomadastudiobcn]

Tap to reveal 🐺❄️

[Rayus @_Rayus]

@PlayOverwatch No hiding from me, Sombra

[XBOX @XBOX]

What does it mean to be a Hero? | #XboxShowcase

[Nomada Studio - NEVA & GRIS @nomadastudiobcn]

We're thrilled to announce Neva, our next game. Check out the announcement trailer!
Stay tunned for news and thank you all for your support ❤️

[Rayus @_Rayus]

@dafran Truly inspirational, wow!

[Rayus @_Rayus]

@OverwatchNaeri They could utilise Echo's duplicate ability and give her a Goku skin - her abilities are similar to DragonBall kii blasts and such anyway.

[GamersNexus @GamersNexus]

And if you don't check anything else out in the video, definitely at least watch the repair center at 18:25 or so til 27:00. That place is super cool. You'll get to see GPUs harvested from PCBs: https://t.co/teBkLnZLzv

[Kryptonite @KryptonianMedia]

@GamersNexus Yeah, my entire feed is more or less the same