He continues along the theme: references are useful because you can intentionally diverge from them, building something new on our cultural accretion.
“Your inspiration isn't bad, different choices just mean you can accomplish things it never could.”
“When people called us a "lost Remedy game" instead of a Max Payne clone, I knew we were successful.”
After showing a stream of “El Paso, Elsewhere”’s references ranging from Die Hard (PS1) to Constantine to Sum 41, Xalavier Nelson drops this reminder that should come at the end of every creative direction meeting.
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Today's the day! Catch Morgan Baker, Tara Voelker and my talk "Building Cognitive Accessibility Into Your Games" at 5 pm in 215, South Hall!
Also, hi! I'm Jay Justice. Accessibility, community and consulting are my jam as well as solo dev tings 
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Regular updates give streamers a reason to keep playing & streaming, and thus keeps your community going.
Great talk!
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Mocking up interfaces to send fake Twitch input to the game and show a fake game to Twitch accelerates development and testing immensely.
However big an issue you think scaling will be, it’s bigger than that. The stuff that breaks at 10,000 is different from what breaks at 1,000. My take: industry needs some way to simulate testing massive scale.
Some notes from #CultOfTheLamb’s talk on Twitch integration for +engagement on a -budget :
1. Extend existing content rather than creating entirely new stuff
2. Features shouldn’t unbalance the game (makes it look bad)
3. Don’t piss off non-streamers with eg skins they can’t get
This morning Unity approved one of my assets, "Blackboxing for Prefabs", just in time for day one of GDC! 
https://youtu.be/xv2GMUSP9u4?si=ZccGQkx5n4TyNLtm
I hope you'll find it useful! The Asset Store link is here: https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/utilities/black-box-prefab-encapsulation-control-overrides-274430
Bosher/Menzel: what actors need in the booth when recording is trust.
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Bosher/Menzel: tips for directing: listen (develop taste, don’t watch actors in the booth.) consistency is key, reassure actors is good, referential direction is bad (because involves personal experiences that should be different).
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Bosher/Menzel: technique for scratch vo. Look at the line, remember it and say it without reading.
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Bosher/Menzel: budget time for casting or you will not get something new and exciting (or they will reuse something that they already used before)
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Bosher/Menzel: casting, recording and localization. Engage localization early bexause they also need to do casting and go through the whole process
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