I may take this account private soon to protect myself from some folks I've previously blocked due to abusive behavior, which y'all would be grandfathered in, but just in case you want to lurk with a burner:
🔵☁️
📸
@ScottGustin
Y'all, my 4-year-old just turned to me (after having been trapped in this ride for the last almost hour) and said the 4 words I wanted to hear the least:
"I need to poop."
@Winter
I saw someone say something to the effect of, "these people don't actually want a new, equal playing field, they want to make a new system exactly like the one we already have except they are on top" and WHEW that really nailed it for me.
Unless the plot is Bugs teaming up with Keanu Reeves to break into the WB lot and steal the shelved Wile E Coyote movie (which would play in a surprise double feature immediately following the Bugs movie), NOT INTERESTED
There are entire Twitter accounts dedicated to sharing epic clips of comedians being about half as funny as the guy you chill with at the bar after work while Conan continues to be one of the funniest guys in show business doing the silliest shit.
Just in case you were wondering, yes that *is* me (along with some of the best minds in consulting) in the credits of
#AlanWake2
Baby's first game credit, all because Hit Detection took a chance on me 🥹
COVID Update: One too many smart people has told me or said on TV this week that the pandemic is over.
I offer this thread as a single, uniform response to everyone. 1/
Some advice for industry pals:
Be happy for your friends without making it about you. Celebrate them without asking them for something. Share their work with no expectations of reciprocity. Be a fan of their successes; no need to envious or compare to your own timeline/career.
I mean, there's one obvious VP pick I think we are all forgetting about, and that's a Pulitzer Prize winning artist from South Central who knows how to bury his opponent
Where are the ABK esports league owners demanding his resignation? Where are industry leaders demanding it? Cowardly behavior from the people who could ACTUALLY incite change.
NEW: Employees across Activision, Blizzard, and King tell Bloomberg they were underwhelmed by a series of meetings held today to address the ongoing crisis. Executives repeated talking points and defended Bobby Kotick as calls for his ousting grow louder.
@ScottGustin
@TMZ
Haha since a lot of folks sympathized/asked about my kid needing to poop:
Held it like an absolute champ! I bought him a lollipop for his trouble (*after* we rushed him to the bathroom so he could go).
My grandpa still makes handmade tamales every year for the family (he's 82) and every Christmas, I take a bite and immediately feel so incredibly grateful for them and the tradition 🥹🥹🥹
Phantom braking (sudden and fast slowdown by Autopilot) almost got me rear ended today. Went from 70 to 40 WAY too fast, for no reason at all. No overpasses, no shadows, no cars in front of me for at least 20 car lengths. Driver behind me was, rightfully, pissed.
This is a part of the pandemic we NEED to talk about. Corporations should supply high quality masks to anyone they require on-site, and the government should be regularly sending masks to every household making under 100K, now that we don't have a shortage of N95s.
@ScottGustin
@TMZ
I answered some questions on Reddit! We were inside when it happened and my SIL was waiting for us outside and snapped the streaker photo while we were trying to figure out what happened!
Oh, and just so this is CRYSTAL CLEAR:
ANY tweets that are in favor stripping trans people of their rights or dehumanizing them in any fashion will result in an immediate block.
The right to exist as a trans person is non-negotiable in my timeline.
Justin Timberlake was reportedly planning a big comeback which is now "ruined" after being exposed by Britney Spears in her memoir, according to The Sun.
This is the thing— such a huge portion of ppl who are super into crypto/NFTs preach about decentralization and how Web3 will democratize the internet but they don’t actually want that, they just want to be at the top of a virtually identical system to the one that already exists.
Some American men just catcalled me in the middle of a huge shopping center and the looks on their faces when I replied "you would *never* survive me" was so, so funny~
Speaking of style...can you believe how ridiculously cool
@BlessingJr
is?? Like he just puts on a Street Fighter shirt and becomes the most powerful man alive???
@blackheartJV
@JakeyimDb
I just like that shows get to breathe a bit and get found - so many full seasons of shows are out of the conversation after 72 hours - unless they're a huge hit instantly or end up being lightning in a bottle, they're lost in the algorithm.
I was so excited when one Labyrinth attendee stopped me and said, "It reminds me of Diablo, do you play it?"
My entire costume was inspired by my
@Diablo
necromancer! I was *delighted* someone clocked my inspo 🥹
Studios, please hire professional hosts and not influencers with zero experience, I assure you there will be much more interesting/viral clips when you have people like
@maudegarrett
and
@AshCrossan
talking to your stars
This thread right here is why we have kept a very low profile and mostly stayed home for the last 2 years. Even "mild" COVID has made some of my friends' lives a living hell, even 6+ months after "recovering."
There has been a flurry of reporting about "irrational" vaccinated 18-34 year olds who still worry about catching COVID.
But journalists are making huge assumptions and missing the story. Using myself as an example, let me break down how they misunderstand my COVID caution.
I think all I need to say is this:
Microsoft wants to be the Netflix of games before NETFLIX can become the Netflix of games.
There we go. I did it. No thread required.
I got some AMAZING new
@headshots
today from
@ericblackmon
! These are 6 of my favorites (nothing professionally retouched, but I did a little cleanup/brightening) - cannot thank him enough for capturing who I am and making me look so good~
Hair/Makeup b…
With trick arrows, Yelena Belova, and Kingpin,
#Hawkeye
is the gift that keeps on giving!
Watch our spoiler-filled breakdown with
@AshleyEsqueda
for all the
#HawkeyeFinale
easter eggs you might have missed:
It has been WAY too long since I've enjoyed the company of these two (Game Awards 2019!!) ♥️
@AnnaBarlog
@corybarlog
, you're both absolutely aces and the kid is such a smart and kind delight!! What a lovely way to start the week~
Anyway I'm tired and I think I'm muting this thread because I sense a plague of Musketeers heading for this thread.
I like my car - a lot, actually! But I don't like when it does dumb things that put me in danger, and I'm not giving Tesla a pass on it.
We are listening and taking action. Our ambition is to make Activision Blizzard the most welcoming and inclusive workplace in our industry – with a strict zero-tolerance policy for harassment and discrimination of any kind.
@nathanwpyle
We used to play this more when ours was smaller, but we love playing "IS IT A HAT" where we put literally anything we can on ours' head and yell "IS IT A HAAAAAAT?"
Now he participates too and it's so cute 🥰