The Murder Cake Mystery
<p>Now that I am <a href="https://x.com/galyonkin/status/1708836762716398033?s=20" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">no longer at Epic Games</a>, I can finally go back to writing my opinions about things other than camera gear. I have a backlog of topics I would love to talk about, from free-to-play monetization to data interpretation to the infamous metaverse race.</p>
<p>But first, I’d love to start with something less serious to see if this account still works. You might have seen this story already on my <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/galyonkin.com" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">BlueSky</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/galyonkin" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>. so — my apologies.</p>
<h1>The Murder Cake Mystery</h1>
<p>It was an average Friday, the 13th. The Epic Games Store team was busy shipping Borderlands 3, which turned out to be one of the year’s biggest games, amidst very vocal criticism and even threats from concerned gamers.</p>
<p>Right around lunch, a person from the reception desk delivered a gift for the store team that became suspicious the more we looked at it — a cake.</p>
<p>It had no card. It wasn’t addressed to anyone, not even the store team — just to Epic. It was anonymous. It had the text “Congrats on the Boarderlands 3 Release!”. That’s right, “Boarderlands”, in a font clearly not approved by anyone even remotely related to Borderlands 3. Also, “Congrats”.</p>
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