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Bungie is back with a bold reboot of Marathon—but this time, it's a PvPvE extraction shooter with a neon-soaked sci-fi twist.In this video, I share my thoughts as a game dev and longtime Marathon fan:Is this a true rebirth of the classic Mac shooter?What makes the new Marathon visually stunning and unique?Why themes like AI, consciousness, and identity could make this more than “just another shooter”And my honest take on the challenges Bungie faces in the crowded extraction genre

Nintendo Talks about Variable Pricing $90 games. Did they just throw away their Good Hype? What does this mean for gamers and Nintendo?Kit & Krystal    • What Nintendo ACTUALLY Just Told Us A...  Nintendo is all about the Fun:    • Nintendo Direct is all about Fun Swit...  

BossKey 40 Recap:

Warner Bros has IP movie potential for games and streaming. I feel its a miss opportunity with the games.

Bosskey 38 Warner Bros Shutdown Various Game StudiosCancelled Wonder Woman Game, Studio Closure Player First Games, Monolith Software & WD San Diego

Listen to the Full Episode on BossKeyPodcast : https://open.spotify.com/episode/0fFcUYLfJF8ghwReclGXmf?si=OmwvDr5NSnOQ-dOAutt7gAYT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd_D7ZqXCbQhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd_D7ZqXCbQ

NetEase layoff Marvel Rivals Western team Microsoft looking for the AI Muse and Meta Horizon is a thing for creators?

In this short update I share about some thoughts and refelections on the New Year and the Game Project I am working on.------FollowCG BOSS LinksFollow my⁠Personal links⁠

Scooter Tidwell, Storyboard Director of Ben 10, teaches how to draw Ben himself! A teaser for the movie Secret of the Omnitrix is at the end of this video.This was "Cartoon Network Podcast 40" on the CN site back in 2007. Uploaded for offline viewing

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Uploading to watch offline: What's the story with Ben 10 and Man of Action? D.C. Network YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrxUwSzQkoA

Uploading to watch offline from Jar Toon YT: https://youtu.be/1w3XhM5e5p4

I am thinking of Moving to godot engine for my Indie Game Dev Project. Godot https://godotengine.org | Follow Newsletter https://cgboss.substack.com | All my Links https://beacons.ai/cgboss --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cgboss/message

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xemoWWwgu50 Many game ads, like Age of Origns, feature simple yet engaging mechanics that can be replicated in popular game engines like Unity or Unreal Engine. By dissecting and recreating these mechanics, we can gain valuable insights into game development.

I recently found out that health is important for creativity and making games. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cgboss/message

Riverside Workflow Test --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cgboss/message

Not really into personal branding, we should put our heads down and just work. Blog Post: https://ariabento.wordpress.com/2024/01/06/personal-branding-sucks-do-this-instead/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cgboss/message

Reflections on this year and thinking about goals and changes for CG BOSS. The thoughts on AI, getting into web dev and AI Dev. I want to venture to use AI to make my games and shows someday. Creators can use AI to make Shows for Netflix? Movies Mentioned The Creator, Godzilla Minus One. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cgboss/message

Layoffs in the games industry and animations it's part of a larger trend in the Tech Industry. Maybe it might be better to keep a day job and make games on the side. Blog Post: https://cgboss.digitalpress.blog/layoffs-gaming/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cgboss/message

I talk about the 12 Week Year and my post course review and thoughts about my 6 Week Concept Art I took at Mages. - CG BOSS Links: beacons.ai/cgboss Follow Me on Artstation: https://www.artstation.com/weiqing All My Social Links: https://beacons.ai/weiqing - Notes: 12 Week Year --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cgboss/message

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I share about my recent start at Mages Design School to learn Character Concept Art. Find out more about their courses here: https://mages.edu.sg/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cgboss/message

CG BOSS Plays Twitch Gaming Death Stranding --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cgboss/message

Watched the Prologue online and gave a short review about it. A fantastic introduction to the world and characters. // Watch the Episode >> https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5YGW2JRxWUU / - Link: - https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2022/08/18/mobile-suit-gundam-the-witch-from-mercury-prologue-to-stream-in-english-on-september-1 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cgboss/message

Sharing about new goals for this year. Resetting goals. Making my Game, And updates to this podcast. Thoughts turning 4-0. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cgboss/message

I Give a short take on Microsoft buying Activision Blizzard as a Designer. Links : Coindesk Microsoft Bets on Metaverse : https://www.coindesk.com/podcasts/the-breakdown-with-nlw/microsoft-bets-on-metaverse-with-69b-acquisition-of-activision-blizzard/ MBG a Playstation Influencer on the MS Acquisition (3HR Stream) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=be6MLFFsLL4 MBG on Sony Response on MS Buying Activision https://youtu.be/GA2gFvNY0u0 MBG Xbox Drops a BOMBSHELL & It's Good News For Sony https://youtu.be/t6ZT0s_KQDM PS5 Central on MS buying Activision https://open.spotify.com/episode/1zYelmkJxGYTLjyo6bKxnP?si=O0fZ0uqNT-Sd2MCcgoCe0A --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cgboss/message

Sharing a Podcast from my New Channel Gundam Battle Log, on how I got into Gundam after many years surrounded by fans of this series.  Follow the Gundam Battle Log Channel here: https://linktr.ee/gundambattle --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cgboss/message

I Continue with part 2 of my thoughts on Going back to social Media. I also ran some small experiments with ads on Facebook and discuss the results. I think going forward will podcast more on these social media marketing experiments. It may be a good way to build brand awareness for new product ideas to test. - Follow Me Links Bio: https://beacons.ai/cgboss - - George Tao Don't Quit Social Media: Spotify / YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKEAoeAkda4 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cgboss/message

I talk about the new LIGHTYEAR Movie from Pixar and discuss how maybe Fan Art could have influenced it to be made. Maybe making Fan Art is not so bad. - Follow Links Bio: https://beacons.ai/cgboss - Original Fan Art of a Realistic Buzz Light Year: https://laughingsquid.com/to-infinity-and-beyond-a-realistic-illustration-toy-storys-buzz-lightyear-by-dan-luvisi/ Samurai Star Wars : --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cgboss/message

Giving a short take on this and how Facebook Meta can benefit or not for the future creator. I created a blog post with links to the videos and analysis Follow Links on Koji: https://withkoji.com/@cgboss - Links: Coin Desk Breakdown : https://www.coindesk.com/podcasts/the-breakdown-with-nlw/everything-you-need-to-know-about-facebooks-meta-metaverse-play/ Stratechery: https://stratechery.com/2021/meta/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cgboss/message

Blogging is dead for me a creator if you want to get attention. Time to move on. I give a short thought snippet why I think Blogging an old technology is out and what I am trying out instead. I do still think you need a website. I am thinking go going into the JAM Stack Gatsby or VUE to connect to content sources like GHOST after I build up contents on YouTube or other CMS platforms. Links Mentioned: Tech Lead Video: on Dont Quit Social Media and Blogs not Cool Ghost CMS: https://ghost.org/ Follow Links on Koji: https://withkoji.com/@cgboss --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cgboss/message

Squid Game idea of a Story World. - *Minor spoilers*. This episode I discuss about a what if squid game had various trans media exploring the history and other stories of its characters. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cgboss/message

(Thoughts Cast) While the internet has removed the gatekeepers there are more phantom gatekeepers as the old gate keepers have move upstream --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cgboss/message

(ShareCast) DayOne journal app gets acquired by Wordpress Company Automattic. I have used this app since 2016 and hope more good things come from this acquisition. [Link] DayOne Blog Post on Acquisition: https://dayoneapp.com/blog/day-one-at-automattic --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cgboss/message

Are you living above or below the API/APP? Like any digital platform there are some who work and earn Above or Below the App Line. In this mono Audio log I think about which side of the API I want to be on. Link to Wordpress Post: https://wp.me/pjAJM-1Lh Gary Tan Youtube Episode on Wealth: https://youtu.be/7Hdu4DlnLIk --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cgboss/message

My short learnings into Unity 3D, Trying out clubhouse. Time Stamps: [00:00] Ufo Unity [2:10] Clubhouse - Links: Clubhouse Post https://wp.me/pjAJM-1vw --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cgboss/message

I discussing and wondering whether I can make a lot of game project of the limited time I have on earth. I used to want to work in AAA but it seems that these Big Budget AAA Games are taking too long. Links Mentioned : - https://howtomarketagame.com/2018/01/23/what-we-can-learn-from-indie-fiction-authors/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cgboss/message

Sharing a Post Mortem on my Unreal Engine Endless short game series. What are some things that went right and the next steps. I started learning Unreal in Nov 2020 and made a small game for itch.io https://cgboss.itch.io/endless-runner-template Post Mortem Article here: https://ariabento.wordpress.com/2021/01/04/endless-runner-unreal-engine-dev-log-3/ Short Link: https://wp.me/pjAJM-1kc --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cgboss/message

A dev Log on my journey back into Animation and Game Development. I am doing my own small learnings in Unreal Engine with a clone of Endless Runner. - Show Time Stamps: -[01:34] Animating in Maya for games -[02:30] tried to make a fighting game -[02:35] PB Game Jam 5 Unreal Engine learning notes - Links -https://itch.io/jam/pb-game-jam-5 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cgboss/message

I start again my dev journey. I share thoughts on making an indie AAA games and starting to relearn unreal and animating in Maya. - Links mentioned: - Deep Work https://medium.com/@nina.semczuk/5-practices-from-deep-work-by-cal-newport-thatll-change-your-life-303847ec5f3c - Ultralearning https://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/ultralearning/- Bright Memory https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-9pvAEi4qwI - Lost souls Aside https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z5El-yYNUwU --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cgboss/message

DC Fandome, WuKong. Recently DC Fan Dome (Part 1 as of this recording)came and went and there were exciting announcement from Batman Universe and Justice League. But with the COVID-19 still on this may be how future events be conducted.  https://www.dcfandome.com/thanksagain A little game from a bunch of exMobile dev create a trailer Black Myth WuKong in China for their new Company Game Science to bring more AAA locla games to the market.  Twitter Fan Site https://twitter.com/wukongnews?s=21 Offcial Trailer https://www.ign.com/videos/black-myth-wukong-official-13-minutes-gameplay-trailer Game Science Offcial Site FAQ https://www.heishenhua.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cgboss/message

Why Super story (Transmedia) is the future for independent creators. In today’s fragmented media landscape there are so many distractions and opportunities to reach an audience. I discovered this term and new way of creating stories during my Circuit Breaker period. Watch more on Howard Houston Here https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLez8jOvskc-P2JPcWM4c135X3nvvsykRN and his company One 3 Creative. https://www.superstory.works/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cgboss/message

Mixer is now closing down and what are the alternatives. I also talk briefly about why its good to build your own platform for yourself and see platforms as a distribution channel. Links to Articles https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/22/21299032/microsoft-mixer-closing-facebook-gaming-partnership-xcloud-features https://www.theverge.com/21300136/microsoft-mixer-closure-streamers-partners-move-twitch-facebook-gaming

End of an Era Wordpress sites Rise of Static. I Talk about some reasons not to start a Wordpress Website in 2020 if you are starting out online and wanting to monetize it, And the rise of Static Site Generators. https://ariabento.wordpress.com/2020/05/14/no-website-in-2020/ ---- Links I used for my thoughts on Static Sites: https://www.gatsbyjs.org/features/cms/gatsby-vs-wordpress https://www.taniarascia.com/migrating-from-wordpress-to-gatsby/ https://donovannagel.com/niches/ Platforms for Portfolio: - https://www.artstation.com/ - https://www.behance.net/ - https://dribbble.com/ - https://wordpress.com/

Some thoughts about staying positive and what we can do in times of quarantine. As Long as you have a phone and an internet connection.

A long tough year ahead and thoughts about this year. Working from Home, stuff happening during Circut Breaker (Lockdown), Life and career during this Covid19 Season. Stay Home Stay Safe, take care of yourself.