Matt Bishop

Dev at ̵ ̵A̵c̵t̵i̵v̵i̵s̵i̵o̵n̵ ̵ Blizzard, Leicester City unsufferer.

[Noah @NoahKingJr]

"We used to review every line of code before it went into production"

[I Am Devloper @iamdevloper]

Black Mirror S8E1: In 2027, developers are allocated a daily Claude token allowance by the government. A junior dev burns through his entire month's supply trying to centre a div. His family starve. He is forced to write the code himself. He can't. Society collapses.

[WG RumblePants @WG_RumblePants]

How on earth did I miss this before the Ashes?

This is total GENIUS by @DenisCarnahan

I’m going to be singing this all evening now!
😂😂😂 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[Matt Bishop @MCSBadger]

@AstrosFansUK Must admit, being a true neutral for the first time in years has been fun. Can go into every playoff game and just enjoy the ride. And it’s always feel good time when I hear big Papi go “Daaaa Jankees lose!”

[Robert Peston @Peston]

We just learned that the world’s most powerful person, Donald Trump, has a boss: the bond market.

He may not have acknowledged this to himself, yet, but the global financial tumult he caused - and has temporarily eased - has locked him in a fiscal prison.

Because, as I have been saying for 24 hours, he came perilously close yesterday to having caused such an extreme fall in the price of US government debt that it would have become prohibitively expensive for his administration to fund a large deficit - more than 6% of GDP - and also to refinance the almost $8 trillion of government debt that matures in the coming year (almost a third of America’s sovereign debt).

The point is he is totally in hock to the good will of bonds investors.

And when he announced his reckless roster of massive tariffs eight days ago he alienated them, because they feared he would tank the economy such that tax revenues would plummet and the deficit would balloon.

So they sold US government bonds, Treasuries, and the yield on the bonds - the de facto interest rate - soared.

Which is why Trump blinked, and put on hold the more extreme tariffs, except for the 140% on China, for 90 days.

You might think the worst part of this is the uncertainty he has created for businesses and investors for the next 90 days. Since no one in their right minds would make a major US investment till the final tariff determinations are made.

But the cancerous uncertainty is not the worst of it.

The worst of it is he has shredded any respect that overseas governments and investors might have had for America’s economic and fiscal competence.

Shades - you might say - of how Truss and Kwarteng’s unwise unfunded tax cuts undermined the perceived fiscal competence of the UK.

But unlike Truss and Kwarteng, there is pretty much no mechanism for removing Trump.

All of which means that bond and stock markets will remain fragile and volatile - fearful that Trump will regain his mojo and engage in some other fiscal extravagance.

He has also handed a loaded gun to his perceived enemy, China, and his supposed ally Japan.

This matters in both cases, because he is engaged in the mother of all trade wars with China - and Japan wants a trade deal with him that would see it escape mega tariffs.

The loaded guns they have are their massive loans to the US government. Japan owns more than a trillion dollars of US Treasuries and China not much less.

If they were to sell those bonds, or even if they chose not to refinance maturing bonds, that could be a disaster for Trump. Because it could cause another potentially crippling spike in bond yields.

Here is the measure of Trump’s debacle.

He may well have trashed America’s single most important financial competitive advantage, namely that investors have traditionally bought the dollar and US Treasuries at a time of economic and political uncertainty.

No more - because he personally has become the world’s source of economic uncertainty snd anxiety.

So, as I say he, is now in a fiscal prison. And if bond investors, including Japan and China, see him imposing tariffs or cutting taxes in ways they don’t like, they learned yesterday they have the means and power to stop him.

[Matt Bishop @MCSBadger]

@oldyzach I boot the game up from time to time just to do this bit. I sometimes stupidly put this tune on in the car..

[Matt Bishop @MCSBadger]

One of the great 90s game albums. Transcended the game. Listened to it for years and years. Bon Voyage Stephane!

[PeteZach @oldyzach]

Farewell, Stéphane Picq 🫡😢

Thank You for all Your work and the joy Your music gives me ...

Dune, PC

[GamesIndustry @GIBiz]

The games industry pays tribute to Team17 co-founder Martyn Brown following his death aged 57

https://t.co/LIrtYTI9n4

[Matt Bishop @MCSBadger]

This was me for 80% of my cricket matches

[Shepmates @shepmates]

Shepmates ft. Cados38 - ‘Fine leg’ Official Parody Music Video

[Matt Bishop @MCSBadger]

@Ender83 It is not a Christmas film. It’s not even December. Bar humbug!

[Matt Bishop @MCSBadger]

@noellemazurek Like bowling! <heartemoji>

[Matt Bishop @MCSBadger]

We did a thing!

[Shinobi602 @shinobi602]

Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred | Reviews

9 - CGM
9 - PC Gamer
9 - PSX Brasil
9 - TechRaptor
9 - PCGamesN
9 - Destructoid
9 - GameReactor UK
8.5 - Forbes
8.5 - Press Start
8 - IGN
8 - Siliconera
8 - Gamespot
7 - GRYOnline
7 - Screen Rant
4/5 - Dexerto
4/5 - GamesRadar

MC: 86

OC: 85

[Matt Bishop @MCSBadger]

@Ender83 It must be awful for you

[Matt Bishop @MCSBadger]

@object01 Remember, even in the future nothing works

[Matt Bishop @MCSBadger]

@object01 This was a constant battle with Clive.

[Matt Bishop @MCSBadger]

@bag_of_hats Dang it! I just saw this and missed. Will there be opportunities to get this again? ie. the super box floppy disk version?

[Matt Bishop @MCSBadger]

Everybody buy this!

[Jaz Rignall @JazRignall]

I've written a book!

It covers a lifetime of memorable gaming experiences from Pong to the modern age and features tons of anecdotes, behind-the-scenes tales, and historical insights. It’s pretty funny too, even if I say so myself.

Bitmap Books. Early 2025. More details soon!

[GUNSHIP @GUNSHIPMUSIC]

⚔️NEW MUSIC VIDEO OUT NOW! ⚔️

🕹️ “DooM Dance”🕹️ Feat. @carpenterbrut & @gavinrossdale

https://t.co/86Me02LAP7

[PC Gamer @pcgamer]

Diablo 4 is finally the phenomenal action RPG I wanted it to be. https://t.co/vfUN17C8u4

[Matt Bishop @MCSBadger]

@modorchaidhe @Jrawry @LilNasX but next year?