Sean Buckley 🍹
@seaniccus.com
Man who made far too many YouTube videos about DuckTales.
(@seaniccus on most platforms, bylines @ Engadget, Gizmodo, CNET -- Simon & Schuster's left coast comic guy)
(@seaniccus on most platforms, bylines @ Engadget, Gizmodo, CNET -- Simon & Schuster's left coast comic guy)
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Tim Sweeny's defenses of AI in games development seems like a lot of words to say "What if video games in the future were terrible and bland?
Really BIG terrible and bland games with LOTS OF CHARACTERS, Sweeny says as if a lot of a bad thing is better than a little of a good thing, but alas
Really BIG terrible and bland games with LOTS OF CHARACTERS, Sweeny says as if a lot of a bad thing is better than a little of a good thing, but alas
November 13, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Tim Sweeny's defenses of AI in games development seems like a lot of words to say "What if video games in the future were terrible and bland?
Really BIG terrible and bland games with LOTS OF CHARACTERS, Sweeny says as if a lot of a bad thing is better than a little of a good thing, but alas
Really BIG terrible and bland games with LOTS OF CHARACTERS, Sweeny says as if a lot of a bad thing is better than a little of a good thing, but alas
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Reposted by Sean Buckley 🍹
glad to see pushback
learning and skill growth happen when what we knew going into a problem weren't enough to answer and move on. AI flatters you to feel you know enough to get an answer out (often not right, but even if it were!), user doesn't have to become more capable, becomes dependent on it.
learning and skill growth happen when what we knew going into a problem weren't enough to answer and move on. AI flatters you to feel you know enough to get an answer out (often not right, but even if it were!), user doesn't have to become more capable, becomes dependent on it.
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University
Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...
www.ru.nl
November 9, 2025 at 9:31 AM
glad to see pushback
learning and skill growth happen when what we knew going into a problem weren't enough to answer and move on. AI flatters you to feel you know enough to get an answer out (often not right, but even if it were!), user doesn't have to become more capable, becomes dependent on it.
learning and skill growth happen when what we knew going into a problem weren't enough to answer and move on. AI flatters you to feel you know enough to get an answer out (often not right, but even if it were!), user doesn't have to become more capable, becomes dependent on it.
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This is an entirely uncontroversial view in international law and usually taught in 101.
November 9, 2025 at 7:42 AM
This is an entirely uncontroversial view in international law and usually taught in 101.
November 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Here's a fresh piece for everyone on the best licensed game ever made:
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2025/11/07/g...
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2025/11/07/g...
November 7, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Here's a fresh piece for everyone on the best licensed game ever made:
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2025/11/07/g...
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2025/11/07/g...
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note the legals: LRG's using Japan's arbitration system for orphaned games to reissue Little Samson—if you can demonstrate that you've made a genuine effort to contact/identify a potential rights owner to no avail, you can legally commercialise an old game by paying royalties to the JP govt, which…
October 30, 2025 at 2:30 AM
note the legals: LRG's using Japan's arbitration system for orphaned games to reissue Little Samson—if you can demonstrate that you've made a genuine effort to contact/identify a potential rights owner to no avail, you can legally commercialise an old game by paying royalties to the JP govt, which…
this was much funnier to me than i think the game intended
October 30, 2025 at 6:15 AM
this was much funnier to me than i think the game intended
Can any car people explain to me why my 4-cylinder two-seater pickup truck from 1996 has a speedometer that goes up to 120. When even when it was new it struggled to get to 85?
Even the higher to your packages of this truck probably could never get to 100. Why not make the speedometer match?
Even the higher to your packages of this truck probably could never get to 100. Why not make the speedometer match?
October 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Can any car people explain to me why my 4-cylinder two-seater pickup truck from 1996 has a speedometer that goes up to 120. When even when it was new it struggled to get to 85?
Even the higher to your packages of this truck probably could never get to 100. Why not make the speedometer match?
Even the higher to your packages of this truck probably could never get to 100. Why not make the speedometer match?
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The Not Really Ghostbusters prepare for Halloween
October 20, 2025 at 2:11 AM
The Not Really Ghostbusters prepare for Halloween
Musk has his little fantasy about an "everything app," but that already existed.
It was a web browser. Social media, bank, video, music, games, news, shopping. Everything in one place.
Now my phone has 30-50 single-use web browsers.
What hath man wrought
It was a web browser. Social media, bank, video, music, games, news, shopping. Everything in one place.
Now my phone has 30-50 single-use web browsers.
What hath man wrought
October 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Musk has his little fantasy about an "everything app," but that already existed.
It was a web browser. Social media, bank, video, music, games, news, shopping. Everything in one place.
Now my phone has 30-50 single-use web browsers.
What hath man wrought
It was a web browser. Social media, bank, video, music, games, news, shopping. Everything in one place.
Now my phone has 30-50 single-use web browsers.
What hath man wrought
Unexpected and very good read.
I made 27 gifs (from scratch!) of video game characters dying like Mario does to discuss the origin of this peculiar bit of pixel animation. Enjoy!
The Origin of Mario’s Trademark Death Animation — Thrilling Tales of Old Video Games
Super Mario Bros. taught side-scrolling heroes how to kick the bucket… even if Mario stole those moves.
www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Unexpected and very good read.
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As a Windows device, none of this is a huge ask of the user, but imagine that someone who really liked the Switch and heard this newfangled Xbox was even more powerful picked this up and _this_ was what they had to contend with.
October 19, 2025 at 2:54 AM
As a Windows device, none of this is a huge ask of the user, but imagine that someone who really liked the Switch and heard this newfangled Xbox was even more powerful picked this up and _this_ was what they had to contend with.
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Extremely rare b-roll footage of an Electronics Boutique in late 1994 or early 1995. Enjoy it!
I found this among 40TB of files from Digital Pictures' archive.
I found this among 40TB of files from Digital Pictures' archive.
October 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Extremely rare b-roll footage of an Electronics Boutique in late 1994 or early 1995. Enjoy it!
I found this among 40TB of files from Digital Pictures' archive.
I found this among 40TB of files from Digital Pictures' archive.
Reposted by Sean Buckley 🍹
Legendary Final Fantasy Composer Nobuo Uematsu says he’s never used generative AI, and never will.
"I think it still feels more rewarding to go through the hardships of creating something myself."
automaton-media.com/en/news/fina...
"I think it still feels more rewarding to go through the hardships of creating something myself."
automaton-media.com/en/news/fina...
October 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Legendary Final Fantasy Composer Nobuo Uematsu says he’s never used generative AI, and never will.
"I think it still feels more rewarding to go through the hardships of creating something myself."
automaton-media.com/en/news/fina...
"I think it still feels more rewarding to go through the hardships of creating something myself."
automaton-media.com/en/news/fina...
SOON.
(why did the library app lose the cover thumbnail lol)
(why did the library app lose the cover thumbnail lol)
October 15, 2025 at 6:40 PM
SOON.
(why did the library app lose the cover thumbnail lol)
(why did the library app lose the cover thumbnail lol)
I bought RDR2 years ago and played it for two hours and hated it. I even tried to get PlayStation to refund me and they gave me a hard no.
Finally giving it another chance.
Primary because of Jack Black, honestly
Finally giving it another chance.
Primary because of Jack Black, honestly
a cartoon character is riding on the back of a cartoon horse
ALT: a cartoon character is riding on the back of a cartoon horse
media.tenor.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:03 AM
I bought RDR2 years ago and played it for two hours and hated it. I even tried to get PlayStation to refund me and they gave me a hard no.
Finally giving it another chance.
Primary because of Jack Black, honestly
Finally giving it another chance.
Primary because of Jack Black, honestly
I still can't believe I played through the entire game like this.
Chrono Translation!
Here's a better look at how I've been playing this game all week. What you see here is my "second screen" -- I play most of the game on my TV, and when I need to read Japanese I glance at my laptop, which is piping the game through Google Translate
Here's a better look at how I've been playing this game all week. What you see here is my "second screen" -- I play most of the game on my TV, and when I need to read Japanese I glance at my laptop, which is piping the game through Google Translate
October 13, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I still can't believe I played through the entire game like this.
Every time I am baited into using some AI feature, it winds up making me legitimately frustrated and kind of angry, because it usually doesn't actually give a response. It repeats my question back at me like some sort of sycophantic Yes Man.
October 12, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Every time I am baited into using some AI feature, it winds up making me legitimately frustrated and kind of angry, because it usually doesn't actually give a response. It repeats my question back at me like some sort of sycophantic Yes Man.