David Smith
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In the video game galaxy, as expected
February 9, 2026 at 9:07 AM
In the video game galaxy, as expected
Have hit a rich TikTok vein of younger players who’ve discovered Fight Night Rnd 2. Wild to look back and see how rich and full that game was. So many interesting systems and fun fight mechanics, none of the modern cruft.
February 9, 2026 at 9:04 AM
Have hit a rich TikTok vein of younger players who’ve discovered Fight Night Rnd 2. Wild to look back and see how rich and full that game was. So many interesting systems and fun fight mechanics, none of the modern cruft.
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FRIENDS! I’m hoping to make 2026 the year I find a long term or permanent team! If you’re after
💌 An art lead with management and admin XP
🎨An artist who has done everything from UI to art direction to graphic design
🔥An Artist who is un-afraid to get her hands dirty in engine
Plz reach out💖
💌 An art lead with management and admin XP
🎨An artist who has done everything from UI to art direction to graphic design
🔥An Artist who is un-afraid to get her hands dirty in engine
Plz reach out💖
I’m Lucy a short, fast and loud artist and game developer based in Naarm/Melbourne!✨
I’ve been making games for around a decade and have been drawing my entire life! You might have seen my work in Kinder World, 420BLAZEIT:2, and Frosty Games Fest💚
💻lucymutimer.com
💌[email protected]
I’ve been making games for around a decade and have been drawing my entire life! You might have seen my work in Kinder World, 420BLAZEIT:2, and Frosty Games Fest💚
💻lucymutimer.com
💌[email protected]
February 9, 2026 at 12:33 AM
FRIENDS! I’m hoping to make 2026 the year I find a long term or permanent team! If you’re after
💌 An art lead with management and admin XP
🎨An artist who has done everything from UI to art direction to graphic design
🔥An Artist who is un-afraid to get her hands dirty in engine
Plz reach out💖
💌 An art lead with management and admin XP
🎨An artist who has done everything from UI to art direction to graphic design
🔥An Artist who is un-afraid to get her hands dirty in engine
Plz reach out💖
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Applications are now open Screen NSW's Digital Games Seed Development Program, offering grants of up to $30,000 to help bring new games to life.
This funding can support early development activities. Learn more here:
www.screen.nsw.gov.au/funding-supp...
This funding can support early development activities. Learn more here:
www.screen.nsw.gov.au/funding-supp...
Screen NSW - Digital Games Seed Development Program
www.screen.nsw.gov.au
February 9, 2026 at 6:29 AM
Applications are now open Screen NSW's Digital Games Seed Development Program, offering grants of up to $30,000 to help bring new games to life.
This funding can support early development activities. Learn more here:
www.screen.nsw.gov.au/funding-supp...
This funding can support early development activities. Learn more here:
www.screen.nsw.gov.au/funding-supp...
Every week the Animal Crossing turnip predictor tells me it’s my week, big windfalls coming, and then each day the Nook boys laugh in my face
February 9, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Every week the Animal Crossing turnip predictor tells me it’s my week, big windfalls coming, and then each day the Nook boys laugh in my face
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Yeesh. The Oz justifying it's anti-trans coverage. Kinda don't think it's speaking truth to power to try to roll back access to trans healthcare and rights personally.
February 7, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Yeesh. The Oz justifying it's anti-trans coverage. Kinda don't think it's speaking truth to power to try to roll back access to trans healthcare and rights personally.
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How many of these Big Ant jobs do we think are straight out of uni/course/degree jobs in a market that is, let's be honest, full of experienced people also looking for jobs.
February 7, 2026 at 12:33 AM
How many of these Big Ant jobs do we think are straight out of uni/course/degree jobs in a market that is, let's be honest, full of experienced people also looking for jobs.
I read yarns like this and remember this is the same company that created Splinter Cell multiplayer, some of the greatest and most ahead-of-its-time gear I’ve ever seen.
Ubisoft cancelled a cooperative multiplayer Assassin’s Creed game, according to a new report from French outlet @origami.ng
Codenamed “AC League,” the title was planned as DLC for Assassin's Creed Shadows before being scaled down to a “small” standalone title.
Codenamed “AC League,” the title was planned as DLC for Assassin's Creed Shadows before being scaled down to a “small” standalone title.
Ubisoft Reportedly Cancelled A Co-op Multiplayer Assassin's Creed Title
The DLC reportedly would have allowed four assassins to team up on a series of scripted missions in feudal era Japan.
thisweekinvideogames.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:32 AM
I read yarns like this and remember this is the same company that created Splinter Cell multiplayer, some of the greatest and most ahead-of-its-time gear I’ve ever seen.
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This is setting up folks to fail.
We know different because we talk to actual people looking for jobs.
We know different because we talk to actual people looking for jobs.
February 7, 2026 at 12:25 AM
This is setting up folks to fail.
We know different because we talk to actual people looking for jobs.
We know different because we talk to actual people looking for jobs.
Are the games industry jobs in the room with us now Mark
At SAGE this morning, Big Ant Studios COO Mark Bracken suggests you can go and get a games degree and walk into a video game job.
"Now is the easiest time to get into the industry" he says.
"Now is the easiest time to get into the industry" he says.
February 7, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Are the games industry jobs in the room with us now Mark
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In the DOJ's Epstein documents, Lawrence Krauss, facing a complaint of sexual misconduct, noted Australia's plaintiff friendly defamation laws: "We may need to initiate a lawsuit (and against Gizmodo in Australia, where basically anyone can sue and win)"
February 6, 2026 at 6:17 AM
In the DOJ's Epstein documents, Lawrence Krauss, facing a complaint of sexual misconduct, noted Australia's plaintiff friendly defamation laws: "We may need to initiate a lawsuit (and against Gizmodo in Australia, where basically anyone can sue and win)"
Oh my god they sent the rejection letter in error. We’ve never been more back and also I’m dead
Didn’t get a pretty big job I was after. Fairly gutted, and not really sure what to do now.
February 6, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Oh my god they sent the rejection letter in error. We’ve never been more back and also I’m dead
Didn’t get a pretty big job I was after. Fairly gutted, and not really sure what to do now.
February 6, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Didn’t get a pretty big job I was after. Fairly gutted, and not really sure what to do now.
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the second Jennifer English's voice doesn't come out of Shadowheart's mouth on the BG3 TV show craig mazin will be the first person in hollywood history to be psionically flayed alive by a fanbase
February 6, 2026 at 12:43 AM
the second Jennifer English's voice doesn't come out of Shadowheart's mouth on the BG3 TV show craig mazin will be the first person in hollywood history to be psionically flayed alive by a fanbase
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You had me until I saw Mazin’s name attached
February 6, 2026 at 12:06 AM
You had me until I saw Mazin’s name attached
Just reading “bonko” started a loud ringing in my ears
i like to think I’m continually growing and can put up with the english more and more but one of them just said “that’s completely bonko” and it broke something in my tiny little pea sized brain
February 5, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Just reading “bonko” started a loud ringing in my ears
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seems fine
GOG has said it is "not planning on making absolute statements" about genAI, after it was criticised for using AI art in a store banner.
Users also accused GOG of “avoiding the question” regarding the employment status of a worker who confirmed the use of gen AI, who "vanished" from the community.
Users also accused GOG of “avoiding the question” regarding the employment status of a worker who confirmed the use of gen AI, who "vanished" from the community.
GOG "Not Planning on Making Absolute Statements" About Generative AI Use
Managing Director Maciej Gołębiewski wouldn't confirm if the employee who publicly confirmed the use of AI-generated art at GOG was still employed there.
thisweekinvideogames.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:09 PM
seems fine
I think I’d have preferred Sony commission a Horizon movie or series with that art style than waste it on a multiplayer cash grab
February 5, 2026 at 11:17 PM
I think I’d have preferred Sony commission a Horizon movie or series with that art style than waste it on a multiplayer cash grab
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While reporting this, I had something happen that's never happened. A comms rep for one of the co's disputed my reporting and said what I was telling them was untrue because it was not in Grok, xAI's chatbot.
I was looking directly at the files. And this person was using AI to challenge the truth.
I was looking directly at the files. And this person was using AI to challenge the truth.
Epstein had many known connections to Silicon Valley CEOs, but less known was how he made money from those relationships.
We did a deep dive into how he got dealflow in Silicon Valley, giving him shots to invest in Coinbase, Palantir, SpaceX and other companies.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...
We did a deep dive into how he got dealflow in Silicon Valley, giving him shots to invest in Coinbase, Palantir, SpaceX and other companies.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...
Jeffrey Epstein’s Money Mingled With Silicon Valley Start-Ups
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:38 PM
While reporting this, I had something happen that's never happened. A comms rep for one of the co's disputed my reporting and said what I was telling them was untrue because it was not in Grok, xAI's chatbot.
I was looking directly at the files. And this person was using AI to challenge the truth.
I was looking directly at the files. And this person was using AI to challenge the truth.
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This is the golden era to just be a normal dude because dweebs and twerps are exposing themselves at an alarming rate. We have never seen or heard from this many dweebs and twerps at any point in history before this. The dweebs and twerps are here and they're curing droughts with their tears.
📢 “A huge amount of men between the age of 15 and 50 will not pass on their genes. They will effectively die out of the gene pool ... Should society intervene?” Steven Bartlett asked last year.
Two top podcasters have identified a global decline. The problem, they say, is women
www.smh.com.au
February 3, 2026 at 3:14 PM
This is the golden era to just be a normal dude because dweebs and twerps are exposing themselves at an alarming rate. We have never seen or heard from this many dweebs and twerps at any point in history before this. The dweebs and twerps are here and they're curing droughts with their tears.
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Grim
Could AI make it harder for women to get a loan?
Women already face discrimination when securing finance – AI banking tools are expected to make this worse.
My latest investigation for CHOICE.
www.choice.com.au/money/bankin...
Women already face discrimination when securing finance – AI banking tools are expected to make this worse.
My latest investigation for CHOICE.
www.choice.com.au/money/bankin...
February 4, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Grim
Me: bro you'll never get me back to overwatch, be serious
Blizzard: we had a hot greek woman kill doomfist
Me: ok i'm listening
Blizzard: we had a hot greek woman kill doomfist
Me: ok i'm listening
February 5, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Me: bro you'll never get me back to overwatch, be serious
Blizzard: we had a hot greek woman kill doomfist
Me: ok i'm listening
Blizzard: we had a hot greek woman kill doomfist
Me: ok i'm listening