@phobosmiller.bsky.social
Writing, game design, and other general nerdery (He/Him)
"We only use AI in a way that makes it more likely to slip into our release version than the non AI way of doing things"
Very weird defence tbh (and not the first ones to make it). And it's not like a publisher is forcing AI on them in some way and concepting was the compromise, this is all Larian.
Very weird defence tbh (and not the first ones to make it). And it's not like a publisher is forcing AI on them in some way and concepting was the compromise, this is all Larian.
December 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
"We only use AI in a way that makes it more likely to slip into our release version than the non AI way of doing things"
Very weird defence tbh (and not the first ones to make it). And it's not like a publisher is forcing AI on them in some way and concepting was the compromise, this is all Larian.
Very weird defence tbh (and not the first ones to make it). And it's not like a publisher is forcing AI on them in some way and concepting was the compromise, this is all Larian.
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Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
December 15, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
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Reminder: women's hockey ☺️
December 12, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Reminder: women's hockey ☺️
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Every facet of generative AI has made my professional life worse, without question, but THIS specific aspect has been driving me NUTS.
Clients, who have made me toil for weeks over indescribably small details, are now approving & producing in-house commercial artwork that looks like a fever dream.
Clients, who have made me toil for weeks over indescribably small details, are now approving & producing in-house commercial artwork that looks like a fever dream.
I feel the clients now using GenAI to do stuff and going "good enough" when they used to nitpick at every last detail is due to them finding out all those nit picky changes take time and work they cant be bothered to put in.
December 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Every facet of generative AI has made my professional life worse, without question, but THIS specific aspect has been driving me NUTS.
Clients, who have made me toil for weeks over indescribably small details, are now approving & producing in-house commercial artwork that looks like a fever dream.
Clients, who have made me toil for weeks over indescribably small details, are now approving & producing in-house commercial artwork that looks like a fever dream.
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also always deeply funny that every sci-fi video game from 1999-2014 was trying to be Aliens, and copied everything except the...working class woman protagonist
Everyone imitates Tolkien all the time except when it comes to the one way it would really matter: making the protagonist of your novel for children a short, fat, 50-year-old man who doesn't want to do anything.
December 9, 2025 at 3:02 AM
also always deeply funny that every sci-fi video game from 1999-2014 was trying to be Aliens, and copied everything except the...working class woman protagonist
Christmas Inn Maine is so good 😁
-Christmas Inn Maine (snowed in at your work enemy’s family inn)
They’re all festive and frisky!
linktr.ee/chelccam?utm...
They’re all festive and frisky!
linktr.ee/chelccam?utm...
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December 8, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Christmas Inn Maine is so good 😁
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I heard you were looking for sapphic holiday romances, and you’re in luck!
I have three:
-Merrily You (clueless bisexual bffs fake date at their family Christmas parties)
-Snowed Inn with Madelyn (ending up at your first crush’s inn for Christmas with your family)
I have three:
-Merrily You (clueless bisexual bffs fake date at their family Christmas parties)
-Snowed Inn with Madelyn (ending up at your first crush’s inn for Christmas with your family)
December 8, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I heard you were looking for sapphic holiday romances, and you’re in luck!
I have three:
-Merrily You (clueless bisexual bffs fake date at their family Christmas parties)
-Snowed Inn with Madelyn (ending up at your first crush’s inn for Christmas with your family)
I have three:
-Merrily You (clueless bisexual bffs fake date at their family Christmas parties)
-Snowed Inn with Madelyn (ending up at your first crush’s inn for Christmas with your family)
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One of the best-sketched characters in an incredibly character-rich show: a fascist whose (potentially real!) redeeming qualities are continually undercut by his monumental pride, bigotry, entitlement and pettiness
The most realistic scene in DS9 is when Gul Dukat whined about how the Bajorans never erected a statue in his honor. A prophetic text.
December 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
One of the best-sketched characters in an incredibly character-rich show: a fascist whose (potentially real!) redeeming qualities are continually undercut by his monumental pride, bigotry, entitlement and pettiness
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Thinking a lot about this as I play Astro Bot, the true heir to the genre of entertainment generally targeted at kids that ppl of all ages love that was created purely to do marketing but was so incredibly well made that nobody cares
in a time where corporations trying to milk everything for cash is ruining everything, we still somehow have to explain to future generations how all the best English language cartoons of the 80s existed because Mattel wanted to sell toy figurines
December 7, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Thinking a lot about this as I play Astro Bot, the true heir to the genre of entertainment generally targeted at kids that ppl of all ages love that was created purely to do marketing but was so incredibly well made that nobody cares
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A lot of indie authors are (justifiably) raising their prices due to increased fees, but I actually just DROPPED the price of Forget Me Knot for (*mumble mumble reasons*)
The paperback is just $11.99 now! If you like mythology-inspired queer fantasy romance rife with pining, humor, & healing👇🏽🌈📚
The paperback is just $11.99 now! If you like mythology-inspired queer fantasy romance rife with pining, humor, & healing👇🏽🌈📚
Forget Me Knot (Paperback) - Emery Lee's Ko-fi Shop
To make amends for his soulmate’s downfall, Toa is cursed to an immortal life spent unknotting strangers’ Red String of Fate, helping them connect wit...
ko-fi.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
A lot of indie authors are (justifiably) raising their prices due to increased fees, but I actually just DROPPED the price of Forget Me Knot for (*mumble mumble reasons*)
The paperback is just $11.99 now! If you like mythology-inspired queer fantasy romance rife with pining, humor, & healing👇🏽🌈📚
The paperback is just $11.99 now! If you like mythology-inspired queer fantasy romance rife with pining, humor, & healing👇🏽🌈📚
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There's a couple reasons so many IWW songs are set to the tunes of hymns and one is that the Salvation Army Band would show up and try to stop workers organizing by playing hymns to drown out speeches, so the Wobblies came up with words so they could sing along. SA has been trash all along.
It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
December 3, 2025 at 2:09 AM
There's a couple reasons so many IWW songs are set to the tunes of hymns and one is that the Salvation Army Band would show up and try to stop workers organizing by playing hymns to drown out speeches, so the Wobblies came up with words so they could sing along. SA has been trash all along.
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Conrad tested this and I think Where Winds Meet is the worst game in the world.
December 3, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Conrad tested this and I think Where Winds Meet is the worst game in the world.
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One of my biggest regrets of being offline for so long is that I read Hello Sunshine in that time and could not scream about it.
Not only is it probably the best book I read this hear, one of the best YA I've read ever, but it also healed something in me I thought publishing had irreparably broken.
Not only is it probably the best book I read this hear, one of the best YA I've read ever, but it also healed something in me I thought publishing had irreparably broken.
Hello Sunshine is a horror mystery GN about a boy who comes back from bible camp to find out that his secret boyfriend, Alex, is missing after a very public mental breakdown. #comics
Available now!! www.thenovl.com/titles/keezy...
Available now!! www.thenovl.com/titles/keezy...
December 2, 2025 at 12:30 AM
One of my biggest regrets of being offline for so long is that I read Hello Sunshine in that time and could not scream about it.
Not only is it probably the best book I read this hear, one of the best YA I've read ever, but it also healed something in me I thought publishing had irreparably broken.
Not only is it probably the best book I read this hear, one of the best YA I've read ever, but it also healed something in me I thought publishing had irreparably broken.
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I’m so proud of the anime community for bullying Amazon into taking down their ai generated English dub. God job weebs
BANANA FISH no longer has an English dub on Amazon
December 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I’m so proud of the anime community for bullying Amazon into taking down their ai generated English dub. God job weebs
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It's Cyber Monday and I have ANOTHER SALE!
In addition to being able to get all of my queer ebooks 10% off, you can now also get those same books in paperback for 20% off!
Only at my direct store! You might even get some extra goodies!
shop.foxglovefiction.com/collection/p...
In addition to being able to get all of my queer ebooks 10% off, you can now also get those same books in paperback for 20% off!
Only at my direct store! You might even get some extra goodies!
shop.foxglovefiction.com/collection/p...
December 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
It's Cyber Monday and I have ANOTHER SALE!
In addition to being able to get all of my queer ebooks 10% off, you can now also get those same books in paperback for 20% off!
Only at my direct store! You might even get some extra goodies!
shop.foxglovefiction.com/collection/p...
In addition to being able to get all of my queer ebooks 10% off, you can now also get those same books in paperback for 20% off!
Only at my direct store! You might even get some extra goodies!
shop.foxglovefiction.com/collection/p...
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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What are abstract ideas like “being happy” and “having fulfillment” compared to real world achievements like “working full time for a company and still needing food stamps”
While work-life balance may give you a sense of happiness and fulfillment, it isn’t always realistic, says Walmart executive vice president and chief people officer Donna Morris.
Walmart exec: ‘I’ve never believed in the term work-life balance’—this is the mantra that made her highly successful instead
Many professionals see work-life balance as a non-negotiable. Walmart CPO Donna Morris says people should practice work-life integration instead. Here's why.
cnb.cx
November 27, 2025 at 7:39 PM
What are abstract ideas like “being happy” and “having fulfillment” compared to real world achievements like “working full time for a company and still needing food stamps”
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i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
People complain a lot about AAA games not respecting players time. But this is literally putting in an entirely pointless timesink into a game for the sole purpose of tricking players into wasting their time interacting with NPCs for no payoff.
AAA games don't disrespect the players as much as this
AAA games don't disrespect the players as much as this
Buy a solo indie dev's game because I want to support them.
Find out it uses OpenAI to write "non-important NPC dialogue".
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Find out it uses OpenAI to write "non-important NPC dialogue".
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November 27, 2025 at 1:41 AM
People complain a lot about AAA games not respecting players time. But this is literally putting in an entirely pointless timesink into a game for the sole purpose of tricking players into wasting their time interacting with NPCs for no payoff.
AAA games don't disrespect the players as much as this
AAA games don't disrespect the players as much as this
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i take frenzy damage every time i see someone go "well i just use it for the boring stuff". what are you TALKING about? if it's boring or unimportant, why are you putting it in? NPC dialogue is fertile ground for worldbuilding, creating verisimilitude, conveying important information, and hijinks!!
Buy a solo indie dev's game because I want to support them.
Find out it uses OpenAI to write "non-important NPC dialogue".
🫠
Find out it uses OpenAI to write "non-important NPC dialogue".
🫠
November 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
i take frenzy damage every time i see someone go "well i just use it for the boring stuff". what are you TALKING about? if it's boring or unimportant, why are you putting it in? NPC dialogue is fertile ground for worldbuilding, creating verisimilitude, conveying important information, and hijinks!!
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We should use this number as valuation for the open lawsuits against them.
Exclusive: OpenAI has projected 220 million people will be paying for a basic ChatGPT subscription by 2030 as it follows Slack’s and Spotify’s business playbook.
Read more from Sri Muppidi 👇
https://thein.fo/4insfpg
Read more from Sri Muppidi 👇
https://thein.fo/4insfpg
OpenAI Projected at Least 220 Million People Will Pay for ChatGPT by 2030
To boost ChatGPT revenue, OpenAI is following a playbook enterprise apps Zoom and Slack have used to increase paid users. It’s hooking up most of its users—which now number more than 800 million—with ...
thein.fo
November 26, 2025 at 12:24 PM
We should use this number as valuation for the open lawsuits against them.
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Those are some big dumplings :D
(i feel like this is in a continuum with the whole hotdog/sandwich thing)
(i feel like this is in a continuum with the whole hotdog/sandwich thing)
My hot take is that pies with meat in them are just dumplings.
What about pies with meat in them
November 26, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Those are some big dumplings :D
(i feel like this is in a continuum with the whole hotdog/sandwich thing)
(i feel like this is in a continuum with the whole hotdog/sandwich thing)
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SO excited about COMMON BONDS 2 y'all! We have so many amazing aromantic SFF stories and poems I can't wait for you to see!!!
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The time has come! Today is our Table of Content announcement for COMMON BONDS 2!
You can get all details directly on our Kickstarter Update: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cla...
But I'll also thread them below!
You can get all details directly on our Kickstarter Update: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cla...
But I'll also thread them below!
November 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
SO excited about COMMON BONDS 2 y'all! We have so many amazing aromantic SFF stories and poems I can't wait for you to see!!!
💚🖤💚🖤💚🖤
💚🖤💚🖤💚🖤