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Kate Gray @hownottodraw.bsky.social · 8h

I'm pretty sure this is an AI-generated logo. If you look at the other versions of it on their website, every single bird is slightly different (the feet, the head, the bag).

I mean, this sucks, no?

A screenshot of the Sackbird website that says "seek the sack" (horrible) followed by four images of a black bird with a bindle and a human arm. there are minor variations in the art - some birds have bigger heads, or more fingers, or flatter feet.

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Mando @mrmandolino.itch.io · 10h

let's GO this looks great and the people who insists to do things different ways need joy in their hearts

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🦎galileo🍉 @galileogb.bsky.social · 10h

a single plane with a depth fade material w opacity multiplied by a custom clouds texture w some bump offset for depth. cheapest ground fog known to man, or anyone else for that matter.

looking a the ground in a cave, there is a subtle amount of fog across the ground.

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Mando @mrmandolino.itch.io · 10h

oh so that's why the UK government has such a massive stiffy for AI

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 10h

Rishi Sunak takes advisory roles with Microsoft and AI firm Anthropic

Former UK prime minister told post-ministerial jobs watchdog roles would not involve lobbying or UK policy influence Rishi Sunak has been appointed as a senior adviser by the US technology companies Microsoft and Anthropic. The former British prime minister’s pair of new jobs emerged on Thursday in letters published by Westminster’s office of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (Acoba). They add to his roles as a senior adviser to Goldman Sachs International, the investment bank, and speechmaker to investment firms including Bain Capital and Makena Capital in the US, which have netted him over £150,000 a talk. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Mando @mrmandolino.itch.io · 10h

i have plenty of criticisms of Kingdom Hearts 3 but

the Demon Tide is one of those names i WISH i could come up with

it's so good. it's both super descriptive of what it is (a literal wave of Heartless slamming against you and everything around you as it attacks) and amazingly evocative

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Mando @mrmandolino.itch.io · 11h

NICE

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🦎galileo🍉 @galileogb.bsky.social · 11h

i did

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Mando @mrmandolino.itch.io · 12h

oh dang, Red Bard's in this? nice

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🦎galileo🍉 @galileogb.bsky.social · 16h

found an addon some time back for region based color correction and this is the sorta stuff i would like to see expanded on in game engines. if i could isolate certain lights to only affect bounds like these it would be a raytracing-free interior lighting game changer for mee

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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 13h

The dominant conversation surrounding the release of Late Night With the Devil wasn't the movie's creative successes but the dipshit decision to use AI on a few titlecards lots of artists would have been ecstatic to draw, but sure, audiences don't care, Jason.

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 1d

Jason Blum says Hollywood should 'embrace AI' and viewers 'don't care if what they’re looking at is AI"

"it’s here to stay. It’s very important to use it ethically and legally, and for studios and guilds to protect the copyright of the artists"

(via Variety)

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Mando @mrmandolino.itch.io · 13h

the first one is a big one

used to be that websites could have the pull and interest in going "hey this looks neat, let's do an interview or some writing on it"

but (the majority of) modern influencer-only gaming media chases things that are already massive and searched or recommended online

Jennifer/Aster Unkle 🏳️‍⚧️ 🔪 @spookycutewitch.bsky.social · 14h

“Why isn’t anyone covering our indie games?”

1. The gaming press has been decimated by business suits, and the whims of an uncaring search engine behemoth
2. Doing the job means you get death threats and harassment
3. There are more games released in 1 week than there were in entire months in 2015

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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 13h

As well as this, I feel quite strongly that the increased prominence in recent years of social media influencers who engage in nothing but ragebait content and harassment has proverbially sucked all the air out of the room, content mills producing bullshit at speed who dominate gaming conversations.

Jennifer/Aster Unkle 🏳️‍⚧️ 🔪 @spookycutewitch.bsky.social · 14h

“Why isn’t anyone covering our indie games?”

1. The gaming press has been decimated by business suits, and the whims of an uncaring search engine behemoth
2. Doing the job means you get death threats and harassment
3. There are more games released in 1 week than there were in entire months in 2015

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Haitch Kay 🏳️‍🌈 @haitchkay.bsky.social · 1d

There's fucking yaoi art on a train by my house I'm fucking losing my mind, this rules so much

Anime styled graffiti art on a train car depicting a male demon looking seductively at another man while saying "That's a good boy", with the phrase "kiss yr homies goodnight" in the bottom left corner.
Artist seems to be "Akira BPD"

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Mando @mrmandolino.itch.io · 14h

Naaaah I just have a big soft spot for physical puzzles and not a lot of disposable income

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Mando @mrmandolino.itch.io · 14h

www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2nD...

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Errol 🦇 🏳️‍🌈 @eerieseymour.bsky.social · 17h

The Orphan Crusher is here to stay. If we don’t feed more Orphans to the Crusher the Orphan Crushing industry will die. It’s time to wake up to the reality of the Orphan Crusher. The Orphan Crusher is worth billions. We need to teach people to use the Orphan Crusher. It’s here to stay.

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Mando @mrmandolino.itch.io · 14h

note to self, finally get around to buying Lok when you get spending money at the end of the month

Blaž Urban Gracar (Letibus Design) @letibus.bsky.social · 15h

So yeah, I'm really sorry about the situation, sadly it's out of my hands :/ Hope things will become stable(r) in 2026! Wish you all the best, Blaž
The online shop:
letibus.bigcartel.com

Letibus Design

letibus.bigcartel.com

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Mando @mrmandolino.itch.io · 14h

omg tiny level

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zaratustra @zaratustra.bsky.social · 1d

Behind this mask is an idea. And ideas are bulletproof.

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Mando @mrmandolino.itch.io · 1d

as one of the tens of thousands of devs that got caught up in the apocalyptic layoffs of the past few years, this makes me feel like shit

thanks

Game Developers Conference @officialgdc.bsky.social · 1d

A New Era Awaits!

bit.ly/3KKYUIq

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Joseph Knoop @josephknoop.bsky.social · 1d

Extra funny when you think about how Sinners, which features Michael B. Jordan gunning down Klansmen in broad daylight in slow-mo, is the 10th highest-grossing R-rated film of all time - higher than The Hangover, 300, Logan, John Wick 4, etc....

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Mando @mrmandolino.itch.io · 1d

that's the other thing i keep thinking about

"well even if the bubble pops we still have to deal with a normal amount of AI, whatever that means"

okay but AI requires massive infrastructural and energy consumption investments. can it even be sustained "normally" outside of a bubble economy?

Loui Stonehill @louistonehill.bsky.social · 1d

So it baffles the mind that industry pros keep saying "Oh well, there'll always be a little left in the fringes that the odd person will use"
From where I sit that is a physical and financial impossibility

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Liz Alfos @touloutoumou.bsky.social · 1d

Detective Daydream is coming really soon

Get in - Get out - Don't get seen

But what it was all just a dream?

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Mando @mrmandolino.itch.io · 1d

it's worth remembering that these people are acting. they aren't firebrand conservatives who are just too enraged for keeping things PC, they write down their insults and meltdowns. it's theater, it's a performance, it's a constructed reality

it's an influencerocracy

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 1d

Close-up photos have revealed the prepared list of put-downs that Pam Bondi brought to use against senators during her Epstein hearing.

Bondi Accidentally Reveals Her Burn Book for Fiery Epstein Hearing

The attorney general chose to lash out rather than answer questions from lawmakers about the late pedophile.

trib.al

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 2d

Every zine fest is a miracle and a labour of love, but here are some things that I have experienced that make for a zine fair that is especially nice to table at:
sheerspite.ca/five-things-...

Five things zine fairs do that I love - sheer spite press

Hello! I’ve been thinking about zine fairs (and book fairs, small press fairs, and other places where people stand behind a table and sell you little booklets). I’ve tabled...

sheerspite.ca

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