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it’s xeecee @xeecee.bsky.social · 5h

check this out lmao

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Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens @csmfht.bsky.social · 4h

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星空★lone @hoshizoralone.bsky.social · 2h

[xenoblade] seems like i haven’t uploaded the Ancient Texts here…

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 6h

👨‍🍳💋

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 3h

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 22h

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Kill James Bond! @killjamesbond.bsky.social · 6h

here’s the notes app speech we would have given ✊

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perfect knight @shiningknightx.bsky.social · 6h

"we cant uninvent ai" no we cant but we couldnt uninvent nfts either and nobody gives a fuck about them anymore

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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 12h

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 · 13h

“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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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 1d

It's an extremely good idea to follow NoClip2. It sends a strong message that there is value and an audience for weird little indie games to media and publishers alike.

dannyodwyer @dannyodwyer.bsky.social · 1d

We've added 14k YouTube subs to noclip_2 in the past month, pretty much exclusively covering underground and indie games like this. Please come be part of what we're building over there.

/noclip @noclipvideo.bsky.social · 1d

House of Necrosis by @warkus.bsky.social wears it's influences on it's sleeve. But it's roguelite loop and mystery dungeon gameplay presents a whole new challenge.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3Wb...

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Dari/scitydreamer @scitydreamer.bsky.social · 16h

Thanks for the kind words! But since you enjoyed the music, credit goes to @rrrrroseazerty.loyaltyfreakmusic.com for that!

Fetch @ameliafetch.bsky.social · 18h

Slimes by @scitydreamer.bsky.social
scitydreamer.itch.io/slimes
This is one of those video games that made me uncomfortable in a good way. It's all about hate: what causes it, how people deal with it, and how it can ruin peoples' lives or push people through a difficult situation.
#Horror
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Slimes by scitydreamer

an RPG about two guys that hate each other

scitydreamer.itch.io

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Dari/scitydreamer @scitydreamer.bsky.social · 19h

doing some editing. these are completely different meanings.

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Sarah 🖤❤️ @scaredbisexual.bsky.social · 1d

James Cameron 🤝 George Miller

Main message of their most popular films are that humans desecrate the earth for their own selfish purposes yet support ai that is so detrimental to the earth that ppl can’t even use water normally anymore

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 1d

‘AI is here to stay and change things’: Mad Max director George Miller on why he is taking part in an AI film festival

The director believes AI has made film-making ‘way more egalitarian’ – and is set to lead the judges at Omni AI film festival in Australia There’s no arguing the use of artificial intelligence in film-making is getting a bad rap. Last week’s unveiling of Hollywood’s first AI “actress”, Tilly Norwood, generated howls of protest from actors’ unions across the UK and US, where the industry is still reeling from last year’s 118-day strike over, among other issues, the threat of AI. And earlier this week, Australia’s Productivity Commission was pilloried by Liberals and Greens alike for failing to recognise the dire impact AI may have on the country’s creative industries. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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caffeine anxiety literal death @mxdshipwreck.bsky.social · 23h

You broke my fucking heart, George. Fuck off.

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 1d

‘AI is here to stay and change things’: Mad Max director George Miller on why he is taking part in an AI film festival

The director believes AI has made film-making ‘way more egalitarian’ – and is set to lead the judges at Omni AI film festival in Australia There’s no arguing the use of artificial intelligence in film-making is getting a bad rap. Last week’s unveiling of Hollywood’s first AI “actress”, Tilly Norwood, generated howls of protest from actors’ unions across the UK and US, where the industry is still reeling from last year’s 118-day strike over, among other issues, the threat of AI. And earlier this week, Australia’s Productivity Commission was pilloried by Liberals and Greens alike for failing to recognise the dire impact AI may have on the country’s creative industries. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Paperback Paradise @paperbackparadise.bsky.social · 1d

Photo of a vintage book cover featuring Dracula dropping gold coins onto his pile of gold coins, he’s smiling as he clearly is a greedy individual. A full skeleton lays on the pile of gold, perhaps it is one of his girlfriends. A naked woman looms in the background for some reason. Copy and title read:

HOW DID DRACULA GET RICH?

Selling Frankenstein’s Feet Pix Online
By Herman Baldsack

Dracula made a fortune off of Frankenstein's feet without his permission and he is a disgusting piece of garbage for that

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Craig M. Ranapia @craigmranapia.bsky.social · 1d

I'm as sick of saying it as you probably are of saying it but IF YOU'RE NOT A PROFESSIONAL THIEF, ANY INDUSTRY THAT CAN'T SURVIVE WITHOUT STEALING OTHER PEOPLE'S GOODS AND SERVICES DESERVES TO DIE.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

if every democrat doesn’t use the “we took freedom of speech away” on every messaging apparatus they have every single day for the next 4 years assume they want to lose

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Skeletal Minion @skeletalminion.bsky.social · 9d

"Parryslop" discourse? No thanks, as an intellectual I've already moved on to evolved discussions about platformers having "Jumpslop," music games having "Rhythmslop," and fighting games having "Attackslop"

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Ashley Cooper @ashleycooper.bsky.social · 1d

If you think a game about going after the KKK would be controversial due to the current political climate, it's a good sign you should make a game about going after the KKK.

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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JuniperTheory @bimbo.city · 7d

the two types of northernlion viewers

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Stereoboard @stereoboard.com · 1d

@themountaingoats.bsky.social have rolled out a pair of singles from their upcoming album 'Through This Fire Across From Peter Balkan'.

Listen to Cold At Night and Rocks In My Pockets 🎧 tinyurl.com/2p9rudhn

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meat-shaped stone (🇵🇸👍🏽 • 🇺🇸👎🏽) @jikukeiseki.bsky.social · 2d

note to the reader: Bitmap Books have not addressed the fact that said author has gone full tilt and has been running a "victim of cancel culture" campaign. They have also not addressed the fact that said book is hot garbage which, for example, cites fandom wiki as its main image source

Bitmap Books @bitmapbooks.com · 3d

Monday 6th October 2025

Dear supporters of Bitmap Books,

Although I stand by the fact that Moses’ comments were ill-advised and insensitive, the whole thing blew up and was made much bigger than it needed to be. Moses has publicly apologised for any offence caused, as has the original poster of the comments who did not intend to cause this much trouble. I do not feel that this warrants an author losing his livelihood and ruining years of hard work to produce the book.

Despite multiple accusations to the contrary, Moses freely agreed to donate his royalties to charity. There was no coercion from me, however we both recognise that due to an increasingly stressful situation that decisions were rushed on both sides. I’m pleased to say that Moses and I have spoken again today, we stand together, and have agreed that he will receive 100% of his royalties.

Maybe I was hasty in my response, and I’m happy to admit to that. At the time I sincerely thought I was doing the right thing to diffuse an increasingly difficult situation. I will commit to donating all company profits from this first print run to the charity, Special Effect.

The bottom line is that is that Moses has apologised for his original comments, and will now be paid the royalties that are rightfully his.

Moses and myself have received a large amount of personal abuse and threats over the past few days. We hope that this statement will bring some closure to what has happened.

Sam Dyer, founder of Bitmap Books

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Joce^^;🍥 @joceua.bsky.social · 3d

Nvm i found it

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Erica Friedman @okazu.yuricon.com · 2d

Bookshop is having an Anti-Amazon sale, with cheap e-books and free shipping for print today and tomorrow:

bookshop.org/lists/ebook-...

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lerris.bsky.social @lerris.bsky.social · 2d

This is sort of why I think we almost need a way not to elect anyone over about 60 as president. Put simply, I want presidents to have something to lose after their presidency, and if they are right at the end of their life spans, they don't have a lot to lose...

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