Ripperley
@ripperley.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 Ripley | 🏳️⚧️ She/Her | 💀 31
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Born in Yorkshire, England 🌹
Based in Aberdeen, Scotland 🏴
My brain is completely poisoned by too much internet and too many bad video games.
linktr.ee/Ripperley
Born in Yorkshire, England 🌹
Based in Aberdeen, Scotland 🏴
My brain is completely poisoned by too much internet and too many bad video games.
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Ripperley
@ripperley.bsky.social
· Oct 20
If, for some reason or another, you want to hear more of what I think about various different video games, I write little reviews up for just about everything I play these days over on Backloggd:
www.backloggd.com/u/Ripperley/...
Fair warning that I have very questionable taste and opinions.
www.backloggd.com/u/Ripperley/...
Fair warning that I have very questionable taste and opinions.
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Google removed "don't be evil" from their vocabulary years ago, but now I know they meant it.
December 16, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Google removed "don't be evil" from their vocabulary years ago, but now I know they meant it.
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You see, when things were simple, available, affordable and convenient, pirating went down.
But now things are complicated, not available, pricy and super confusing so pirating is on the rise again.
Even show creators say "just pirate my series" because either it's the ONLY option or they're pissed.
But now things are complicated, not available, pricy and super confusing so pirating is on the rise again.
Even show creators say "just pirate my series" because either it's the ONLY option or they're pissed.
Pirating media isn't cool. It's theft. If you want more of what you consume...pay for it. If you don't want to pay online providers, buy physical media or go to a library.
not to come off as all "i'm cool cuz i steal" but this is actually a good encapsulation of why i pirate so much media. do i want to pay for something and still get spam and ads? or do i want to connect my computer to some guy in brazil's computer so i can get the movie i want for free no catch
December 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
You see, when things were simple, available, affordable and convenient, pirating went down.
But now things are complicated, not available, pricy and super confusing so pirating is on the rise again.
Even show creators say "just pirate my series" because either it's the ONLY option or they're pissed.
But now things are complicated, not available, pricy and super confusing so pirating is on the rise again.
Even show creators say "just pirate my series" because either it's the ONLY option or they're pissed.
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That's the really fucked up part: OpenAI is really obviously a company whose entire future is a big fat "How soon and how bad does it fall?" but in the mean time they're doing their level best to absolutely fuck anyone with a more stable business.
December 15, 2025 at 11:34 PM
That's the really fucked up part: OpenAI is really obviously a company whose entire future is a big fat "How soon and how bad does it fall?" but in the mean time they're doing their level best to absolutely fuck anyone with a more stable business.
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Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
December 15, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
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From the frontlines of the ongoing strike at Vue Cinema in Glasgow city centre.
@unitetheunion.bsky.social
@unitetheunion.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM
From the frontlines of the ongoing strike at Vue Cinema in Glasgow city centre.
@unitetheunion.bsky.social
@unitetheunion.bsky.social
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Early Access and the way they managed their community across all their updates helped humanize that team in ways that only helped Baldur’s Gate 3, weird for the studio to be so willing to throw all that goodwill away.
I think it's nice when concept art shows the evolution of people's creative processes instead of a prompt, but what do I know
December 16, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Early Access and the way they managed their community across all their updates helped humanize that team in ways that only helped Baldur’s Gate 3, weird for the studio to be so willing to throw all that goodwill away.
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Using gen ai for text and asset placeholders is not solving a problem; games have been made for decades with regular placeholders. studios using AI this way are just testing the water to see what more they can get away with - which will inevitably mean laying off skilled workers, to make worse games
December 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Using gen ai for text and asset placeholders is not solving a problem; games have been made for decades with regular placeholders. studios using AI this way are just testing the water to see what more they can get away with - which will inevitably mean laying off skilled workers, to make worse games
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making this a quote post for the clout
December 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
making this a quote post for the clout
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Larian's horrible hirring process is an open secret in the industry – insane amounts of unpaid work in "writing tests", excessive numbers of interviews, months and months of back and forth, etc. Everyone in games narrative circles has heard the stories at this point, probably from multiple people.
I know this because they tried to recruit me and I strongly considered it but they’re also a “do an unpaid writing test where you have to also make it playable” company so that’s not something I vibe with
December 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Larian's horrible hirring process is an open secret in the industry – insane amounts of unpaid work in "writing tests", excessive numbers of interviews, months and months of back and forth, etc. Everyone in games narrative circles has heard the stories at this point, probably from multiple people.
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Again I say: how fucking interesting that remote work technology is bad and not worth adopting despite all research pointing to productivity gains, but genAI which offers NOTHING is so important to adopt and force on people who have no use for it despite all the horrible things genAI does
December 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Again I say: how fucking interesting that remote work technology is bad and not worth adopting despite all research pointing to productivity gains, but genAI which offers NOTHING is so important to adopt and force on people who have no use for it despite all the horrible things genAI does
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Everyone is more or less okay with it” dude you make people emigrate to work there because you don’t do remote work, they risk having to change countries if they disagree with it
sigh
December 16, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Everyone is more or less okay with it” dude you make people emigrate to work there because you don’t do remote work, they risk having to change countries if they disagree with it
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There's the "I want shorter games worse graphics not kidding etc etc" phrase, how about "I want artists to be able to make mistakes and make weird unappealing shit sometimes and not starve"
December 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
There's the "I want shorter games worse graphics not kidding etc etc" phrase, how about "I want artists to be able to make mistakes and make weird unappealing shit sometimes and not starve"
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Seeing people in the comments saying that To a T was unfun and essentially that he deserves this if he can't make a good game.
Gamers, I don't know how else to say this, artists are not supposed to be punished with financial ruin for making imperfect art. That's such a fucked up idea you have
Gamers, I don't know how else to say this, artists are not supposed to be punished with financial ruin for making imperfect art. That's such a fucked up idea you have
Keita Takahashi (Katamari, Wattam, Noby Noby Boy) has moved back to Japan, and says he may be forced to quit the games industry due to To a T underperforming.
He also says he'd love to work on Katamari again, and for someone to invest in his studio.
(Read more at GamesRadar)
He also says he'd love to work on Katamari again, and for someone to invest in his studio.
(Read more at GamesRadar)
December 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Seeing people in the comments saying that To a T was unfun and essentially that he deserves this if he can't make a good game.
Gamers, I don't know how else to say this, artists are not supposed to be punished with financial ruin for making imperfect art. That's such a fucked up idea you have
Gamers, I don't know how else to say this, artists are not supposed to be punished with financial ruin for making imperfect art. That's such a fucked up idea you have
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Grrrr... PEOPLE AREN'T RUNNING OUT OF IDEAS, WEALTH INEQUALITY IS PREVENTING CREATIVE PEOPLE FROM REALISING THEIR IDEAS, GOODNIGHT!
December 16, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Grrrr... PEOPLE AREN'T RUNNING OUT OF IDEAS, WEALTH INEQUALITY IS PREVENTING CREATIVE PEOPLE FROM REALISING THEIR IDEAS, GOODNIGHT!
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"What was your biggest impact on the internet?" Oh. You know. Stuff.
December 16, 2025 at 11:36 AM
"What was your biggest impact on the internet?" Oh. You know. Stuff.
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Say what you will about Charlie Kirk, but he hasn't said anything racist in 3 months.
December 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Say what you will about Charlie Kirk, but he hasn't said anything racist in 3 months.
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Update: YouTube straight up removed another video about loot boxes. They’re just hitting anything that mentions gambling regardless of context.
What a ridiculous platform.
What a ridiculous platform.
YouTube restricted an old video about loot boxes being restricted by gambling laws under the “sale of regulated goods policy.”
Yes YouTube, my vids famously “depict or promote” gambling. Those years of anti-loot box videos were secretly pro-loot box the entire time, you ridiculous dumbfuck site 😂.
Yes YouTube, my vids famously “depict or promote” gambling. Those years of anti-loot box videos were secretly pro-loot box the entire time, you ridiculous dumbfuck site 😂.
December 15, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Update: YouTube straight up removed another video about loot boxes. They’re just hitting anything that mentions gambling regardless of context.
What a ridiculous platform.
What a ridiculous platform.
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Now that Disney is out of the #DoctorWho game, the budget for the new BBC series is not looking good...
December 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Now that Disney is out of the #DoctorWho game, the budget for the new BBC series is not looking good...
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this is the sum of what you are accomplishing every time you screenshot some clown car from X née Twitter, The Website For Nazis Owned By Nazis Populated By Nazis With Rules And Moderation That Cater To Nazis, just to dunk on it.
This is what you are doing not only for yourself but your followers.
This is what you are doing not only for yourself but your followers.
December 15, 2025 at 3:10 PM
this is the sum of what you are accomplishing every time you screenshot some clown car from X née Twitter, The Website For Nazis Owned By Nazis Populated By Nazis With Rules And Moderation That Cater To Nazis, just to dunk on it.
This is what you are doing not only for yourself but your followers.
This is what you are doing not only for yourself but your followers.
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I often get this with women's history. Marital rape and abuse was normal. Literally abolished within living memory. They don't want to believe their parents and grandparents lived, and participated, in societies of extreme cruelty.
But they just did. It's childish to ignore that fact.
But they just did. It's childish to ignore that fact.
December 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I often get this with women's history. Marital rape and abuse was normal. Literally abolished within living memory. They don't want to believe their parents and grandparents lived, and participated, in societies of extreme cruelty.
But they just did. It's childish to ignore that fact.
But they just did. It's childish to ignore that fact.
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Like it's much easier to believe that it's the TikToks making the kids think they have autism, than it is to accept that for the entirety of human history we treated neurodivergent people with unimaginable cruelty
I get why they resist, but it's a massive barrier to any kind of progress
I get why they resist, but it's a massive barrier to any kind of progress
December 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Like it's much easier to believe that it's the TikToks making the kids think they have autism, than it is to accept that for the entirety of human history we treated neurodivergent people with unimaginable cruelty
I get why they resist, but it's a massive barrier to any kind of progress
I get why they resist, but it's a massive barrier to any kind of progress
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The same way they'd like to imagine the children who make their phone were paid a decent wage, or their burger didn't suffer *that* much, they think society can't really have been as awful as it was
Because the alternative is rewiring your entire outlook on the world
Because the alternative is rewiring your entire outlook on the world
December 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The same way they'd like to imagine the children who make their phone were paid a decent wage, or their burger didn't suffer *that* much, they think society can't really have been as awful as it was
Because the alternative is rewiring your entire outlook on the world
Because the alternative is rewiring your entire outlook on the world
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I always wondered why political normies/centrists/whatever, hate being told the systemic/historical reasons for social issues. Like they react *super* negatively
I think they see it the same way they see PETA animal cruelty videos. As if informing them was the violent act in all this
I think they see it the same way they see PETA animal cruelty videos. As if informing them was the violent act in all this
December 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I always wondered why political normies/centrists/whatever, hate being told the systemic/historical reasons for social issues. Like they react *super* negatively
I think they see it the same way they see PETA animal cruelty videos. As if informing them was the violent act in all this
I think they see it the same way they see PETA animal cruelty videos. As if informing them was the violent act in all this
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I love a good pizza but I don't hate a bad pizza
December 14, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I love a good pizza but I don't hate a bad pizza
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