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I really recommend reading the whole thing, this is fantastic and covers a lot of ground
We spoke to a dozen professional concept artists who are currently or have previously worked in game development about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs any easier.
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
Concept Artists Say Generative AI References Only Make Their Jobs Harder
“The ‘early ideation stages’, when worlds are being fleshed out by writers and artists, are literally crucial to the development of a game’s vision,” said one artist.
thisweekinvideogames.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I really recommend reading the whole thing, this is fantastic and covers a lot of ground
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FF14 クルザス西部高地/リバーズミート
Coerthas Western Highlands/Riversmeet
Coerthas Western Highlands/Riversmeet
December 18, 2025 at 11:49 PM
FF14 クルザス西部高地/リバーズミート
Coerthas Western Highlands/Riversmeet
Coerthas Western Highlands/Riversmeet
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Hotfix tomorrow. That means today is probably the final day...
Remember. Remember that once lived.
Remember. Remember that once lived.
December 18, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Hotfix tomorrow. That means today is probably the final day...
Remember. Remember that once lived.
Remember. Remember that once lived.
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Again I say: how fucking interesting that remote work technology is bad and not worth adopting despite all research pointing to productivity gains, but genAI which offers NOTHING is so important to adopt and force on people who have no use for it despite all the horrible things genAI does
December 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Again I say: how fucking interesting that remote work technology is bad and not worth adopting despite all research pointing to productivity gains, but genAI which offers NOTHING is so important to adopt and force on people who have no use for it despite all the horrible things genAI does
the larian-ai thing is funny bc ive always been like 'i want to just be an idea man for something in games but it's not like they pay people to do that :/' but apparently ppl need it bad enough they use genai so maybe they do (this is a joke)
December 17, 2025 at 3:29 AM
the larian-ai thing is funny bc ive always been like 'i want to just be an idea man for something in games but it's not like they pay people to do that :/' but apparently ppl need it bad enough they use genai so maybe they do (this is a joke)
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We’re deeply honored that HADES II is in the running for Game of the Year and more at #TheGameAwards tonight, especially since we’re in the company of such an amazing group of wildly different and beautiful games.
Congratulations to all our fellow nominees — we salute you!! 🙏👏
Congratulations to all our fellow nominees — we salute you!! 🙏👏
December 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
We’re deeply honored that HADES II is in the running for Game of the Year and more at #TheGameAwards tonight, especially since we’re in the company of such an amazing group of wildly different and beautiful games.
Congratulations to all our fellow nominees — we salute you!! 🙏👏
Congratulations to all our fellow nominees — we salute you!! 🙏👏
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Anyway here's Mihoyo promoting AI assisted game production including:
"Efficiency in Image and Material Generation
With very few materials, they can generate character model sheets + 3D models, allowing for the testing of multiple designs and their artistic outcomes."
Something to keep an eye on.
"Efficiency in Image and Material Generation
With very few materials, they can generate character model sheets + 3D models, allowing for the testing of multiple designs and their artistic outcomes."
Something to keep an eye on.
October 20, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Anyway here's Mihoyo promoting AI assisted game production including:
"Efficiency in Image and Material Generation
With very few materials, they can generate character model sheets + 3D models, allowing for the testing of multiple designs and their artistic outcomes."
Something to keep an eye on.
"Efficiency in Image and Material Generation
With very few materials, they can generate character model sheets + 3D models, allowing for the testing of multiple designs and their artistic outcomes."
Something to keep an eye on.
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My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
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Something that has stuck with me for years now is that Ed Brubaker has made more in residuals for the 5 second cameo he had in Captain America: The Winter Soldier than he ever did at Marvel literally creating the comics it’s based on.
Miles Morales co-creator Sara Pichelli says she does not get any royalties from the ‘Spider-Verse’ films, Insomniac games, or merch
"I don’t get anything … that's the saddest part of my life"
(via SiteJamesons | TW)
"I don’t get anything … that's the saddest part of my life"
(via SiteJamesons | TW)
December 7, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Something that has stuck with me for years now is that Ed Brubaker has made more in residuals for the 5 second cameo he had in Captain America: The Winter Soldier than he ever did at Marvel literally creating the comics it’s based on.
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top 10 most insane interactions ive had in xiv
December 7, 2025 at 6:26 AM
top 10 most insane interactions ive had in xiv
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🎅X-MAS YCH! 🌟
SLOTS:
comic style page: 1-2 slots
the other two: 3-4
WILL BE DONE BY 21st DEC.
- no detailed and/or complex armor/clothing
- it will be a sketch
- OCs and fandom characters both welcome
- any gender/orientation welcome
SLOTS:
comic style page: 1-2 slots
the other two: 3-4
WILL BE DONE BY 21st DEC.
- no detailed and/or complex armor/clothing
- it will be a sketch
- OCs and fandom characters both welcome
- any gender/orientation welcome
December 6, 2025 at 5:52 PM
🎅X-MAS YCH! 🌟
SLOTS:
comic style page: 1-2 slots
the other two: 3-4
WILL BE DONE BY 21st DEC.
- no detailed and/or complex armor/clothing
- it will be a sketch
- OCs and fandom characters both welcome
- any gender/orientation welcome
SLOTS:
comic style page: 1-2 slots
the other two: 3-4
WILL BE DONE BY 21st DEC.
- no detailed and/or complex armor/clothing
- it will be a sketch
- OCs and fandom characters both welcome
- any gender/orientation welcome
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From the newspaper owned by Jeff Bezos.
December 1, 2025 at 4:35 PM
From the newspaper owned by Jeff Bezos.
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www.nexusmods.com/morrowind/mo...
I made a mod that replaces cliffracers with Thomas the Tank Engine. I am incapable of learning lessons whenever it involves corporations, because I fundamentally do not view toy company CEOs or media CEOs as people.
#morrowind #thomasthetankengine
I made a mod that replaces cliffracers with Thomas the Tank Engine. I am incapable of learning lessons whenever it involves corporations, because I fundamentally do not view toy company CEOs or media CEOs as people.
#morrowind #thomasthetankengine
November 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
www.nexusmods.com/morrowind/mo...
I made a mod that replaces cliffracers with Thomas the Tank Engine. I am incapable of learning lessons whenever it involves corporations, because I fundamentally do not view toy company CEOs or media CEOs as people.
#morrowind #thomasthetankengine
I made a mod that replaces cliffracers with Thomas the Tank Engine. I am incapable of learning lessons whenever it involves corporations, because I fundamentally do not view toy company CEOs or media CEOs as people.
#morrowind #thomasthetankengine
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WOKE IS BACK!!!!!!!
BREAKING: Starbucks workers have just authorized a massive strike.
Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.
Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.
Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
November 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM
WOKE IS BACK!!!!!!!
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this looks like a trick daffy duck would put up to get bugs bunny into "the oval office"
November 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
this looks like a trick daffy duck would put up to get bugs bunny into "the oval office"
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I talk to the press professionally, I'm really, really, really good at it.
So please, please believe me when say you cannot turn this interview request into anything good, it will do only harm. Harm to you, harm to your child, harm to other children.
So please, please believe me when say you cannot turn this interview request into anything good, it will do only harm. Harm to you, harm to your child, harm to other children.
heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
November 6, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I talk to the press professionally, I'm really, really, really good at it.
So please, please believe me when say you cannot turn this interview request into anything good, it will do only harm. Harm to you, harm to your child, harm to other children.
So please, please believe me when say you cannot turn this interview request into anything good, it will do only harm. Harm to you, harm to your child, harm to other children.
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6 Nov 2025 -- Lost in the news last night, a small PA town elects state's first transgender mayor. Eria Deuso of Downington (30 miles west of Philly) won 64% to 35% over her Rep. rival. Can the statehouse be far away? @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
This small Pennsylvania town just elected the state's first-ever out transgender mayor
Eria Deuso has become the first out transgender mayor in Pennsylvania.
www.yahoo.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:44 AM
6 Nov 2025 -- Lost in the news last night, a small PA town elects state's first transgender mayor. Eria Deuso of Downington (30 miles west of Philly) won 64% to 35% over her Rep. rival. Can the statehouse be far away? @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
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That he won while completely rejecting the narrative that you can only win by ditching trans people is making me feel SO MANY THINGS
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
November 5, 2025 at 5:04 AM
That he won while completely rejecting the narrative that you can only win by ditching trans people is making me feel SO MANY THINGS
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NEW: ICE is planning to build a shadow deportation network in Texas. A proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine.
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
October 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
NEW: ICE is planning to build a shadow deportation network in Texas. A proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine.
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
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everyone should read this 👁️👁️
"You can give someone who relies on SNAP a store-specific gift card...that can only be used to make purchases at Kroger...at Walmart...at Albertson’s — and it will not be counted against them by the SNAP program."
"You can give someone who relies on SNAP a store-specific gift card...that can only be used to make purchases at Kroger...at Walmart...at Albertson’s — and it will not be counted against them by the SNAP program."
I firmly believe, with every single atom of my being, that instead of amplifying unreliable information that discourages helping, our focus as 42 million Americans face hunger must be on providing factual information that enables people to help.
www.patreon.com/posts/142285...
www.patreon.com/posts/142285...
How To Help People Who Rely On SNAP While Minimizing Risk To Their Benefits | Matthew Cortland
Get more from Matthew Cortland on Patreon
www.patreon.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:54 AM
everyone should read this 👁️👁️
"You can give someone who relies on SNAP a store-specific gift card...that can only be used to make purchases at Kroger...at Walmart...at Albertson’s — and it will not be counted against them by the SNAP program."
"You can give someone who relies on SNAP a store-specific gift card...that can only be used to make purchases at Kroger...at Walmart...at Albertson’s — and it will not be counted against them by the SNAP program."
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Saw this audio on tiktok and I had to 🙂↕️
August 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Saw this audio on tiktok and I had to 🙂↕️