David Smith
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Christmas gift from @barmearme.bsky.social and @seamusbyrne.me: a clutch final two trades to knock over the current set. Thank you legends 👑👑
December 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Christmas gift from @barmearme.bsky.social and @seamusbyrne.me: a clutch final two trades to knock over the current set. Thank you legends 👑👑
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Tell your new year’s resolutions to the crashing waves and they may see fit to help you 😉🌊
December 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Tell your new year’s resolutions to the crashing waves and they may see fit to help you 😉🌊
I love that this has fallen into Lance’s hands. I remember getting the pitch email and feeling shocked at how completely Xbox had cut the local branch off. Xbox ANZ’s highest profile activations went from building huge, functioning gamer hotels in Hyde Park to this in the space of 10 years.
I unboxed this on stream the other day but I gotta show youse this hideous Xbox I bought off a friend that he won in a competition. He sold it to me super cheap cause he had no interest in it. Amazing. My first Xbox Series X console lol
December 24, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I love that this has fallen into Lance’s hands. I remember getting the pitch email and feeling shocked at how completely Xbox had cut the local branch off. Xbox ANZ’s highest profile activations went from building huge, functioning gamer hotels in Hyde Park to this in the space of 10 years.
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So very tired, but I couldn't let 2025 end without taking stock of Microsoft's embarrassing treatment of gaming, Windows, and indeed human beings while it chases the AI money train
Microsoft's year of shame
Can't make a few trillion dollars without ditching game developers, going googoo gaga for AI and supplying tech to the military, I suppose!
www.pcgamer.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:42 PM
So very tired, but I couldn't let 2025 end without taking stock of Microsoft's embarrassing treatment of gaming, Windows, and indeed human beings while it chases the AI money train
We’ve discovered you can play Katamari on the Apple TV. Have rarely seen @jesszam.bsky.social so delighted
December 23, 2025 at 5:47 AM
We’ve discovered you can play Katamari on the Apple TV. Have rarely seen @jesszam.bsky.social so delighted
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hey they wrote a book for you
December 23, 2025 at 3:12 AM
hey they wrote a book for you
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If you pay attention to any large industry long enough and follow it to its logical conclusion you eventually end up sounding like a communist even if you started off testing CPU case fans. youtu.be/cUrJVdF2me0?...
December 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If you pay attention to any large industry long enough and follow it to its logical conclusion you eventually end up sounding like a communist even if you started off testing CPU case fans. youtu.be/cUrJVdF2me0?...
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EA statement on Vince Zampella’s death:
December 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
EA statement on Vince Zampella’s death:
To lose Vince Zampella is such a tragedy and such a loss for the industry as a whole. To lose him under such tragic circumstances is just so heartbreaking. What a body of work, what a guy. Rest in peace.
December 22, 2025 at 11:06 PM
To lose Vince Zampella is such a tragedy and such a loss for the industry as a whole. To lose him under such tragic circumstances is just so heartbreaking. What a body of work, what a guy. Rest in peace.
So uh somebody ripped all of Spotify and pu it up as a bunch of torrents. 300TB, 86 million music files, all for preservation’s sake. annas-archive.org/blog/backing...
Backing up Spotify
We backed up Spotify (metadata and music files). It’s distributed in bulk torrents (~300TB). It’s the world’s first “preservation archive” for music which is fully open (meaning it can easily be mirro...
annas-archive.org
December 22, 2025 at 10:56 PM
So uh somebody ripped all of Spotify and pu it up as a bunch of torrents. 300TB, 86 million music files, all for preservation’s sake. annas-archive.org/blog/backing...
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2025 has been really hard! to end out the year, i chatted with six local game developers about their experiences this year, and their biggest hopes for 2026.
Australian game developers take a challenging 2025 in stride | ScreenHub: Film, TV, Streaming and Games
Australian game developers have taken 2025 in stride, taking away important learning lessons that will paint a brighter future for the coming years.
www.screenhub.com.au
December 22, 2025 at 12:14 AM
2025 has been really hard! to end out the year, i chatted with six local game developers about their experiences this year, and their biggest hopes for 2026.
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"Hey ChatGPT, how many people can I lay off and still make this game from start to finish in 18 months?"
"First off, I just wanna say how remarkable your question skills are. I can see why you would be the one in charge. From what I can tell, several well performing games were made with one person"
"First off, I just wanna say how remarkable your question skills are. I can see why you would be the one in charge. From what I can tell, several well performing games were made with one person"
December 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
"Hey ChatGPT, how many people can I lay off and still make this game from start to finish in 18 months?"
"First off, I just wanna say how remarkable your question skills are. I can see why you would be the one in charge. From what I can tell, several well performing games were made with one person"
"First off, I just wanna say how remarkable your question skills are. I can see why you would be the one in charge. From what I can tell, several well performing games were made with one person"
Interesting that this story only seems to be getting around now when it broke months ago. Always trying to remember that few are as plugged in as those us who keep extensive rss feeds for a living.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 developer Sandfall Interactive is finding itself in hot water over its use of AI generated assets in developing the game.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 loses a GOTY award over use of gen AI
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 developer Sandfall Interactive is finding itself in hot water over its use of AI generated assets in developing the game.
www.polygon.com
December 21, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Interesting that this story only seems to be getting around now when it broke months ago. Always trying to remember that few are as plugged in as those us who keep extensive rss feeds for a living.
Drove around for ages looking at Christmas lights! It ruled! No pic
December 21, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Drove around for ages looking at Christmas lights! It ruled! No pic
Poms set to achieve whinge singularity
December 21, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Poms set to achieve whinge singularity
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We will never be free as long as Microsoft Teams exists
December 19, 2025 at 8:44 AM
We will never be free as long as Microsoft Teams exists
Hey! The final batch of Good Game Spawn Squad episodes for the year dropped on ABC iview today! 20 whole eps! I helped make some of em!
December 19, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Hey! The final batch of Good Game Spawn Squad episodes for the year dropped on ABC iview today! 20 whole eps! I helped make some of em!
It’s storming
a man is dancing in a club with a gif run.com watermark
ALT: a man is dancing in a club with a gif run.com watermark
media.tenor.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:15 AM
It’s storming
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The year is 2035. There are three game studios left. Each one produces a game every 10 years, killing 250+ developers in the process. They all accidentally make the same game because they used genAI in preproduction. They sell 500 million units each, missing quarterly targets. Everyone is laid off.
December 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The year is 2035. There are three game studios left. Each one produces a game every 10 years, killing 250+ developers in the process. They all accidentally make the same game because they used genAI in preproduction. They sell 500 million units each, missing quarterly targets. Everyone is laid off.
Have now wired all the major devices in the apartment into the apartment network pls clap
December 19, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Have now wired all the major devices in the apartment into the apartment network pls clap
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The Xbox Boycott (Still) Matters
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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This mfer would have driven a truck-bomb into the OpenAi offices and tossed Sam Altman into the flames.
December 19, 2025 at 12:17 AM
This mfer would have driven a truck-bomb into the OpenAi offices and tossed Sam Altman into the flames.
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Why not share the gift of the coolest ANZ-made games with your friends and fam this holiday season by introducing them to the Frosty Mini showcase 😎 youtu.be/Ji17SMaOtvg
While you're there, Frosty's asked for 500 subscribers for Christmas, and we're so close! 🍦
While you're there, Frosty's asked for 500 subscribers for Christmas, and we're so close! 🍦
December 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Why not share the gift of the coolest ANZ-made games with your friends and fam this holiday season by introducing them to the Frosty Mini showcase 😎 youtu.be/Ji17SMaOtvg
While you're there, Frosty's asked for 500 subscribers for Christmas, and we're so close! 🍦
While you're there, Frosty's asked for 500 subscribers for Christmas, and we're so close! 🍦
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game studio ceos be like: we can either crunch, use genAI, or kill ourselves. those are our only options
December 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
game studio ceos be like: we can either crunch, use genAI, or kill ourselves. those are our only options
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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 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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...