Joe Blackburn

@joegoroth

Game Director || Raiding Enthusiast || Surrounded by humans smarter than me.


  1. #1

    I'm going to die here.

  2. #2

    The family playing big walk is the first step into getting my children raiding.

  3. #3

    ever worry that submitting your editor crash is just creating a permanent record of your crimes?

  4. #4

    new grindset productivity hack

  5. #5

    Hard Game Design Lesson. If you find yourself having a series of long 1on1 conversations explaining why your design is good, remember that you don't get to ship yourself going doo…

  6. #6

    TheOdyssey is great. I watched it in one of those seats with a rumblepack under it, just like Homer intended.

  7. #7

    A guy dressed as Spider-Man said he liked my shirt, that’s where I’m at fashion wise

  8. #8

    Happy Birthday to the eternal apple of my eye, the bewilderingly beautiful, the forever fantastical, the moderately mercurial Rachel Blackburn.

  9. #9

    whenever I'm sad I didn't get to live my dream of being a fight pilot, I just open the editor on my laptop and listen to the sounds of a F-35 taking off in my office

  10. #10

    My wife is obsessed with looking cooler than me anytime we do anything

  11. #11

    Photo posted by Joe Blackburn (@joegoroth)

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    Photo posted by Joe Blackburn (@joegoroth)

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    Photo posted by Joe Blackburn (@joegoroth)

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    Photo posted by Joe Blackburn (@joegoroth)

  15. #15

    My daughter helped my wife make a truly great Father’s Day card

  16. #16

    On Friday morning, my hardcore wow character died, then I lost 2 games of ranked League, then I got 6th in a ranked TFT. I’ve connected with Guinness to see if it’s the longest re…

  17. #17

    Less than 50 minutes until it’s time to present? I’m sure if I add animations to these slides they won’t fuck up and embarrass me in front of the whole team

  18. #18

    As someone who has had the pleasure of living in both New Mexico and South Carolina, it’s so embarrassing to now live somewhere with such a bad state flag.

  19. #19

    “eat healthy before summer vacation” is more of an aspiration than a set of hard and fast rules

  20. #20

    Reminding myself that watching HAIM's Gasoline live parking lot performance 10 times in a row is not a valid reason to not be ready for my first meeting of the day.

  21. #21

    There are lots of gamedev mysteries, including that no one truly understands how miro board sticky notes layer with other objects. Sometimes, in their infinite wisdom, they will d…

  22. #22

    Happy to get to spend the long weekend with my family in one of my favorite places. Ridiculous blessed to love what I do in and out of work.

  23. #23

    Back in that tanque verde life for the weekend

  24. #24

    Destiny made a mark on me as a player first. Getting a chance to work in that world is an honor I'll never fully be able to repay. Both in and out of game, Destiny 2 forged the co…

  25. #25

    Approach the day with the unearned confidence of a 9lb dog.

  26. #26

    its not important that your raid strat makes the most sense, its important that you said it first and bullied everyone into following it

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    Third time is going to be the charm with formatting and this post. This interview rules. You do not often see leaders talk about themselves in such a candid and vulnerable way.

  28. #28

    Wife is out of town, time to spend all our money at the trampoline park

  29. #29

    There's going to be so many cool cars for sale once Disney realizes that Jamiroquai says "use the force" a thousands times in a song he wrote in 1996.

  30. #30

    My wife and kids leave town for just 48 hours and I end up playing hardcore wow again.