James B. Jones
@jamesbjones.com
Award-winning video game wordslinger | not-so-award-winning author | Oxford comma enthusiast | baseball nut | son of Detroit | DMs [regrettably] Open
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What if we threw every person involved in private equity into the ocean:
aftermath.site/splash-damage-...
aftermath.site/splash-damage-...
November 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
What if we threw every person involved in private equity into the ocean:
aftermath.site/splash-damage-...
aftermath.site/splash-damage-...
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this is pretty solid spiritual advice tbh
“Be prudent, be wise, be careful that your use of AI does not limit your true human growth. Use it in such a way that if it disappeared tomorrow, you would still know how to think, how to create, how to act on your own, how to form authentic friendships.”
“Be prudent, be wise, be careful that your use of AI does not limit your true human growth. Use it in such a way that if it disappeared tomorrow, you would still know how to think, how to create, how to act on your own, how to form authentic friendships.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
this is pretty solid spiritual advice tbh
“Be prudent, be wise, be careful that your use of AI does not limit your true human growth. Use it in such a way that if it disappeared tomorrow, you would still know how to think, how to create, how to act on your own, how to form authentic friendships.”
“Be prudent, be wise, be careful that your use of AI does not limit your true human growth. Use it in such a way that if it disappeared tomorrow, you would still know how to think, how to create, how to act on your own, how to form authentic friendships.”
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the requirement is, of course, “be white” amp.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
Trump says Haiti no longer meets requirements for TPS. Haitians have to leave
The Department of Homeland Security said TPS for Haiti ends Feb. 3, 2026, affecting over half a million people who may face return to gang-controlled Port-au-Prince.
amp.miamiherald.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:43 PM
the requirement is, of course, “be white” amp.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
Venture capitalists are evil; societal locusts that leave nothing but death and destruction in their wake.
Splash Damage places entire studio into consultation ahead of extensive layoffs: www.gamesindustry.biz/splash-damag...
Splash Damage places entire studio into consultation ahead of redundancies
Splash Damage has announced a consultation process affecting all staff at the Bromley-based studio, which will conclude…
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Venture capitalists are evil; societal locusts that leave nothing but death and destruction in their wake.
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anyway new website just dropped, hire me: emmkid.info
(the eagle eyed will notice i'm using screenshots from my tga video spot because lol)
(the eagle eyed will notice i'm using screenshots from my tga video spot because lol)
November 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
anyway new website just dropped, hire me: emmkid.info
(the eagle eyed will notice i'm using screenshots from my tga video spot because lol)
(the eagle eyed will notice i'm using screenshots from my tga video spot because lol)
It's easy to shit on Brian Cashman for how he's handled the Yankees in the 21st Century, but when you read about stuff like this it becomes pretty difficult to outright dislike the guy.
He's done this every November for the last 20 years, all to raise awareness (and money) to help homeless youths.
He's done this every November for the last 20 years, all to raise awareness (and money) to help homeless youths.
Yanks GM Cashman sleeps outside for annual charity event
NEW YORK -- The sidewalk has been cold, wet, and noisy -- sometimes all at the same time. But in his 14th year participating in the Covenant House’s annual Sleep Out initiative, Yankees general manage...
www.mlb.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
It's easy to shit on Brian Cashman for how he's handled the Yankees in the 21st Century, but when you read about stuff like this it becomes pretty difficult to outright dislike the guy.
He's done this every November for the last 20 years, all to raise awareness (and money) to help homeless youths.
He's done this every November for the last 20 years, all to raise awareness (and money) to help homeless youths.
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Really wild situation here: a celebrated and well-regarded indie dev and publisher is facing shutdown because Valve banned their game from Steam and won't talk to them about it, at all.
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
Unsettling Horror Game Horses Banned From Steam, Leaving Studio With 'High Risk' of Closure - IGN
Indie horror game Horses is preparing to launch on December 2, on the Epic Games Store, GOG, Itch.io, and the Humble Store. But one place it won't be is on Steam, because Steam has banned the game for...
www.ign.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Really wild situation here: a celebrated and well-regarded indie dev and publisher is facing shutdown because Valve banned their game from Steam and won't talk to them about it, at all.
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
This came up on my YouTube recommendations and… yeah. “I built this algorithm brick-by-brick” or whatever it is that the children say.
Could Bronny James Have Stopped the Mongolian Conquest of Baghdad?
YouTube video by DocuDubery
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
This came up on my YouTube recommendations and… yeah. “I built this algorithm brick-by-brick” or whatever it is that the children say.
Insomnia Thought #719: I wish SEGA would make another console.
November 25, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Insomnia Thought #719: I wish SEGA would make another console.
Ah, the holidays just wouldn’t be complete without the traditional family fight.
I’m impressed that we got it out of the way so early this year, tho. Well done, fam.
I’m impressed that we got it out of the way so early this year, tho. Well done, fam.
November 25, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Ah, the holidays just wouldn’t be complete without the traditional family fight.
I’m impressed that we got it out of the way so early this year, tho. Well done, fam.
I’m impressed that we got it out of the way so early this year, tho. Well done, fam.
There were more porn games released for the 3DO than games published by The 3DO Company.
i was going through my X archives and found this by @superpodsaga.com, which I qrt'd at some point years ago
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
November 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
There were more porn games released for the 3DO than games published by The 3DO Company.
It is once again time for me to contemplate switching back to Android.
I love my Mac. I love my iPad. I LOVE my Apple Watch. But the phone… I’m so over this device.
I love my Mac. I love my iPad. I LOVE my Apple Watch. But the phone… I’m so over this device.
November 24, 2025 at 7:32 AM
It is once again time for me to contemplate switching back to Android.
I love my Mac. I love my iPad. I LOVE my Apple Watch. But the phone… I’m so over this device.
I love my Mac. I love my iPad. I LOVE my Apple Watch. But the phone… I’m so over this device.
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Literally EVERY parent should ban Roblox
Every parent whose career has to do with online safety also bans Roblox.
Every game designer parent I know bans Roblox for their kids
November 22, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Literally EVERY parent should ban Roblox
Whoever is in charge of Beelink's customer support should be launched out of a trebuchet.
This is incompetence rising to the level of possible scam.
This is incompetence rising to the level of possible scam.
November 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Whoever is in charge of Beelink's customer support should be launched out of a trebuchet.
This is incompetence rising to the level of possible scam.
This is incompetence rising to the level of possible scam.
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me waking up and opening this app
November 22, 2025 at 12:02 PM
me waking up and opening this app
Me: ::sees folks horrified by Ryan Lizza::
Me, an idiot: ::investigates::
Two minutes later…
Ryan Lizza, quoting texts from RFK Jr. to Olivia Nuzzi: “Yr open mouth awaiting my harvest […] Drink from me Love.”
Me, a damned idiot: ::ties lead around his throat and walks into the goddamned sea::
Me, an idiot: ::investigates::
Two minutes later…
Ryan Lizza, quoting texts from RFK Jr. to Olivia Nuzzi: “Yr open mouth awaiting my harvest […] Drink from me Love.”
Me, a damned idiot: ::ties lead around his throat and walks into the goddamned sea::
November 22, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Me: ::sees folks horrified by Ryan Lizza::
Me, an idiot: ::investigates::
Two minutes later…
Ryan Lizza, quoting texts from RFK Jr. to Olivia Nuzzi: “Yr open mouth awaiting my harvest […] Drink from me Love.”
Me, a damned idiot: ::ties lead around his throat and walks into the goddamned sea::
Me, an idiot: ::investigates::
Two minutes later…
Ryan Lizza, quoting texts from RFK Jr. to Olivia Nuzzi: “Yr open mouth awaiting my harvest […] Drink from me Love.”
Me, a damned idiot: ::ties lead around his throat and walks into the goddamned sea::
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While on tour promoting 'Wake Up Dead Man', Rian Johnson goes off on AI for “making everything worse in every single way.” bit.ly/47UBPfH
November 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM
While on tour promoting 'Wake Up Dead Man', Rian Johnson goes off on AI for “making everything worse in every single way.” bit.ly/47UBPfH
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you do have to do it in a couple of places but this tutorial makes it easy to go uncheck the boxes that otherwise lets Google's AI read all your shit. or move everything over to protonmail but moving everything over is a giant thing I know.
Google has started automatically opting you in to let it read your stuff to train AI. You need to turn this off in SEVERAL places in your settings (not just for Gmail), if you want to maintain privacy and confidentiality.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:08 AM
you do have to do it in a couple of places but this tutorial makes it easy to go uncheck the boxes that otherwise lets Google's AI read all your shit. or move everything over to protonmail but moving everything over is a giant thing I know.
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Shadow Moses vibes in Montreal
November 2, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Shadow Moses vibes in Montreal
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The Anno AI thing gives a glimpse of how they use AI - it's interesting that they think that the final image, which is fundamentally the same as the AI generated figure, is totally fine now it's had a bit of a paintover.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ubisoft...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ubisoft...
November 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The Anno AI thing gives a glimpse of how they use AI - it's interesting that they think that the final image, which is fundamentally the same as the AI generated figure, is totally fine now it's had a bit of a paintover.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ubisoft...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ubisoft...
About to kick off six hours of meetings on a Friday. I’m running on zero sleep. My stomach is a mess. My personal PC is on the fritz. I have to give a presentation. And I’m finishing up a short essay about my philosophical approach to game writing and narrative design.
Let’s. Fuckin’. GOOOOOOOOO. ☕️
Let’s. Fuckin’. GOOOOOOOOO. ☕️
November 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
About to kick off six hours of meetings on a Friday. I’m running on zero sleep. My stomach is a mess. My personal PC is on the fritz. I have to give a presentation. And I’m finishing up a short essay about my philosophical approach to game writing and narrative design.
Let’s. Fuckin’. GOOOOOOOOO. ☕️
Let’s. Fuckin’. GOOOOOOOOO. ☕️
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and if you don't know now you can now lizengland.com/blog/the-doo...
“The Door Problem” – Liz England
lizengland.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
and if you don't know now you can now lizengland.com/blog/the-doo...
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This post is incredible in that IYKYK kind of way
So in Arc Raiders there is a door glitch. You don't need to know what it is, just that the gamers are brainstorming all the "easy" ways to "fix" the doors and it's simultaneously hilarious and horrifying. My two favorite solutions are "add a kill volume" and "put a second door behind the door".
November 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This post is incredible in that IYKYK kind of way
It's 5:30am on a Friday and I couldn't sleep a wink last night so naturally I'm copying sensitive files over to external hard drives so I can reinstall Windows (it's not even my primary OS anymore).
November 21, 2025 at 12:36 PM
It's 5:30am on a Friday and I couldn't sleep a wink last night so naturally I'm copying sensitive files over to external hard drives so I can reinstall Windows (it's not even my primary OS anymore).