A new /now page has been published for October 2026. 13 days in is better late than never, at least. Read it here: https://mudry.me/now
Things are a doozy lately. I really want to find some time to write up my thoughts on AI and the video games industry. All the latest news around Epic’s latest internal mandates, what Xbox is doing with its new “Labs” announcement, and just the general state of things leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I have a lot of thoughts and just need to get them out of my head at some point I think my brain might boil over if I do not do so soon.
Made enough updates to the /now page that I figure it warrants a quick status update on the blog. Head on over and give it a read here: https://mudry.me/now
Using Linux as my daily desktop OS is fun and all until you accidentally CTRL+C during a very important part of a system update and spend ~2+ hours figuring out how to repair some kernel level thing you absolutely broke. Oops.
Today I learned that my contract is finally coming to an end at my job. After a little over two and a half years, I’ll be unemployed going into the holidays and new year. While I am sad, I am also remaining hopeful and optimistic about the future and opportunities that lay ahead. To a degree, I am also grateful that this wasn’t a surprise; I knew it was coming and have been planning for it for quite some time. For now though, just going to focus on the immediate present and take it one day, one week, and one month at a time until I’m ready to focus on what’s next.
One of the things that truly scratches an itch in my brain is keeping up with activity trackers for the media I consume. Movies, games, TV, you name it and I try to keep a log of it all. I just went through and made some updates to my Backloggd for all my recent game playing. If anyone else is on there and wants to follow along, here’s my page: https://backloggd.com/u/nickmudry/
Another NFL Sunday, but this time the Patriots played and destroyed the Steelers. You love to see it! Plus, at least as of right now my fantasy team is winning and that just feels serendipitous.
Although my blog is coming together, it’s still quite a mess. The past few days have been constant in-the-moment observations of “oh, gotta fix this!” and “how did I miss that?”. Generally, all very scatterbrained.
I think this weekend’s goal needs to be: make a list of everything, prioritize it, and set aside some dedicated time to just jam on it all.
Slowly but surely…
My “Watch Later” list on YouTube grows by 4-8+ hours of videos per day and even when I open YouTube when I do have a moment to watch I end up just watching one of the top 5 or so recommended videos (which luckily usually pull from that Watch Later list). Maybe it’s time for a purge (or maybe a very long binge watch session to clear it out)…
Nick Mudry @nickmudry.com (bsky)
A video game producer and marketer who's worked on VALORANT, World of Warcraft, Rock Band 4, and many more great games.
