Aloof Wife Haden Plouffe
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Composer, pianist, musicologist, 4-time Terrifier 3 Attendee
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Pls commission me I write pretty music
Composer, pianist, musicologist, 4-time Terrifier 3 Attendee
https://www.youtube.com/@hadenplouffe3976
https://buttondown.com/HaydnPuff
Pls commission me I write pretty music
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The Gracious Gift of Tears
On the impossible Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is a 2019 character action game by developer FromSoftware, set in Sengoku-era Japan. You play as a recently one-...
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New blog new blog it's about how Sekiro made me transgender !!
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I know of at least one instance where the non-actor person on the team provided a performance that actually served as the guide for the actual actor who gave the shipped performance, so yes getting Robert from accounting IS useful in a way that AI generated VO would never be.
December 17, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I know of at least one instance where the non-actor person on the team provided a performance that actually served as the guide for the actual actor who gave the shipped performance, so yes getting Robert from accounting IS useful in a way that AI generated VO would never be.
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EVERYONE GET MORE PASSIONATE AND SELF INDULGENT ABOUT CREATIVITY AND BEING HUMAN NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
EVERYONE GET MORE PASSIONATE AND SELF INDULGENT ABOUT CREATIVITY AND BEING HUMAN NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Swen Vincke of Larian Studios responded to backlash for using AI with a promise to rewind time to before anyone knew about that.
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December 17, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Swen Vincke of Larian Studios responded to backlash for using AI with a promise to rewind time to before anyone knew about that.
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coming to terms with the fact that I peaked seven-plus years ago
December 17, 2025 at 1:01 AM
coming to terms with the fact that I peaked seven-plus years ago
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slide whistle sound of opinion lowering even further
December 17, 2025 at 12:14 AM
slide whistle sound of opinion lowering even further
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Ah yes the old "but guys we gotta use it. What if the lying, plagiarizing machine that isn't actually speeding up work and is the antithesis to creativity that everybody hates is good though?"
If I had known the two paragraphs about genAI in my article today would be so controversial, I would have expanded them a bit! Here's a rough transcript of the relevant portion of my interview with Swen Vincke, so everyone has all the context. (Full article here: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...)
December 17, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Ah yes the old "but guys we gotta use it. What if the lying, plagiarizing machine that isn't actually speeding up work and is the antithesis to creativity that everybody hates is good though?"
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December 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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"wow i didn't even know [game] came out" i mean. this is why devs always tell you to wishlist everything. if you hear about an upcoming game you're interested in, just wishlist it. then you'll know when it's out, instead of leaving it to chance whether or not you hear about it on social media
December 16, 2025 at 1:39 AM
"wow i didn't even know [game] came out" i mean. this is why devs always tell you to wishlist everything. if you hear about an upcoming game you're interested in, just wishlist it. then you'll know when it's out, instead of leaving it to chance whether or not you hear about it on social media
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FUCKING THANK U i am losing my fucking mind why would a placeholder asset need look shippable its literally not shipping
December 16, 2025 at 3:48 PM
FUCKING THANK U i am losing my fucking mind why would a placeholder asset need look shippable its literally not shipping
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I know many things are awful but here is one genuinely useful and helpful thing you can do. No matter their party, your representative needs to hear that trans people and our families are not alone and this bill is an unjustifiable and extreme threat to criminalize the health care we need to live.
Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that bans gender-affirming medical care for any transgender person under 18, and threatens any medical professional providing this care to youth with 10 years in prison.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Protect Trans Care Now
As wave after wave of extreme measures to criminalize and strip trans people of rights and safety continue, tell Congress to act.
action.aclu.org
December 16, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I know many things are awful but here is one genuinely useful and helpful thing you can do. No matter their party, your representative needs to hear that trans people and our families are not alone and this bill is an unjustifiable and extreme threat to criminalize the health care we need to live.
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this is what the first area on my game’s vertical slice looks like rn btw
December 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
this is what the first area on my game’s vertical slice looks like rn btw
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"It's just concept art, who cares if they use genAI and not actual artists?"
Look at this concept art for C-3P0 by Ralph McQuarrie.
It's the very thing that inspired Anthony Daniels to go for the role of Threepio and perform him as such.
It is the first heartbeat of the art that now exists.
Look at this concept art for C-3P0 by Ralph McQuarrie.
It's the very thing that inspired Anthony Daniels to go for the role of Threepio and perform him as such.
It is the first heartbeat of the art that now exists.
December 16, 2025 at 6:26 PM
"It's just concept art, who cares if they use genAI and not actual artists?"
Look at this concept art for C-3P0 by Ralph McQuarrie.
It's the very thing that inspired Anthony Daniels to go for the role of Threepio and perform him as such.
It is the first heartbeat of the art that now exists.
Look at this concept art for C-3P0 by Ralph McQuarrie.
It's the very thing that inspired Anthony Daniels to go for the role of Threepio and perform him as such.
It is the first heartbeat of the art that now exists.
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"look we're not using AI in the final product we're just using it to speed up the conceptual stage" is what a lot of dopes affecting an enlightened middle position keep saying. I truly do not get that one. You hate imagining stuff? You don't like thinking and conceptualizing? Get a grip
December 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
"look we're not using AI in the final product we're just using it to speed up the conceptual stage" is what a lot of dopes affecting an enlightened middle position keep saying. I truly do not get that one. You hate imagining stuff? You don't like thinking and conceptualizing? Get a grip
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guy who just learned it's not polite to call an artist's work "content": hey man it's cool to meet you i'm a huge fan of your slop
December 16, 2025 at 1:46 PM
guy who just learned it's not polite to call an artist's work "content": hey man it's cool to meet you i'm a huge fan of your slop
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My genuine hope was that Larian would reply with something resembling care and understanding but yeah immediately posting “holy fuck guys” sure is a look.
December 16, 2025 at 9:08 PM
My genuine hope was that Larian would reply with something resembling care and understanding but yeah immediately posting “holy fuck guys” sure is a look.
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Every time a new studio disappoints me by pushing genAI I am going to post one of my baby mode ms paint concept art images for the game I'm making with the homies because even the worst art can still get a concept and vibes across
December 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Every time a new studio disappoints me by pushing genAI I am going to post one of my baby mode ms paint concept art images for the game I'm making with the homies because even the worst art can still get a concept and vibes across
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Also fuck it here's the main theme of the game (the color coding is messy but it's representative of the core motifs the main theme is divided into)
Yes it is a deliberate Zelda reference at the start
Yes it is a deliberate Zelda reference at the start
December 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Also fuck it here's the main theme of the game (the color coding is messy but it's representative of the core motifs the main theme is divided into)
Yes it is a deliberate Zelda reference at the start
Yes it is a deliberate Zelda reference at the start
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Wait so Disney buys stock from OpenAI and OpenAI pays Disney in stock to license its characters? Amazing
Sources: Disney's Sora deal is entirely in OpenAI stock rather than a cash licensing fee; Disney has the option to buy additional stock beyond the $1B stake (Bloomberg)
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Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
December 16, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Wait so Disney buys stock from OpenAI and OpenAI pays Disney in stock to license its characters? Amazing
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Cmon man maybe you should double check your posts before towing the company line.
December 16, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Cmon man maybe you should double check your posts before towing the company line.
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Minneapolis has FIFTY YEARS of inclusive laws protecting trans people, allowing them to self-identify, and ZERO cases of trans people attacking women in the bathroom. ZERO. Over FIFTY YEARS.
The narrative is that trans people will harm and harass people in the bathroom, but it almost always is actually like this case where the aggressor is the transphobe confronting the trans person. It's ridiculous. They want to kick "undesirables" out from public life entirely, if they could.
December 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Minneapolis has FIFTY YEARS of inclusive laws protecting trans people, allowing them to self-identify, and ZERO cases of trans people attacking women in the bathroom. ZERO. Over FIFTY YEARS.
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also the fabelmans in particular is, to my mind, the best autobiographical movie any director has ever put out and maybe one of the best movies of the century overall
December 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
also the fabelmans in particular is, to my mind, the best autobiographical movie any director has ever put out and maybe one of the best movies of the century overall
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It’s a really dated opinion to write off Spielberg, without question one of the best to ever do it, as a hack. If you put a Top Ten list of his work you’d leave 5 bangers off of it
always funny to me when Spielberg talk gets going again, and those people come out of the woodwork to be like, "wah wah, he's not much of an artist and he is too commercial and he's directly responsible for the downfall of mainstream American art cinema"
boooooooooooooooooooooooring
boooooooooooooooooooooooring
December 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
It’s a really dated opinion to write off Spielberg, without question one of the best to ever do it, as a hack. If you put a Top Ten list of his work you’d leave 5 bangers off of it
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Been sitting with this one and honestly: I was really impressed with the characters here, who are largely not cutouts or walking jokes but fleshed-out and quite sad! Everyone is miserable with their lot and/or the world and turning to anger over it. Even Jud’s pure faith is never the butt of a joke!
Watched and enjoyed WAKE UP DEAD MAN, a well-made and surprisingly straightforward take on the locked-room murder mystery anchored by some excellent performances and great monologues. There should be a new one of these every Christmas. Just let the men cook
December 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Been sitting with this one and honestly: I was really impressed with the characters here, who are largely not cutouts or walking jokes but fleshed-out and quite sad! Everyone is miserable with their lot and/or the world and turning to anger over it. Even Jud’s pure faith is never the butt of a joke!
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“we only used ai for coming up with ideas and concept design and early placeholder writing” so it sucks, is what you’re saying. rotten fruit from a shitty tree.
December 16, 2025 at 6:52 PM
“we only used ai for coming up with ideas and concept design and early placeholder writing” so it sucks, is what you’re saying. rotten fruit from a shitty tree.
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one of Eric Fenstermaker's greatest works imho
Tagging @jesawyer.bsky.social for this shoutout to Obsidian's greatest punchline.
December 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
one of Eric Fenstermaker's greatest works imho