Adam Hogseth
@adamblaine.bsky.social
Lead Character Artist @ ArenaNet
He/Him
Orange County, CA
He/Him
Orange County, CA
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sometimes you don’t realize how bad the consultant slop democrats use is until AOC speaks like a normal human and actually empathizes with us
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
January 13, 2026 at 1:43 AM
sometimes you don’t realize how bad the consultant slop democrats use is until AOC speaks like a normal human and actually empathizes with us
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Trump’s line is that disrespect to law enforcement is punishable by death. Impeach and remove. This is not tolerable.
Q: "Do you believe that deadly force was necessary?"
Trump: "It was highly disrespectful of law enforcement. The woman and her friend were highly disrespectful of law enforcement…Law enforcement should not be in a position where they have to put up with this stuff."
Trump: "It was highly disrespectful of law enforcement. The woman and her friend were highly disrespectful of law enforcement…Law enforcement should not be in a position where they have to put up with this stuff."
January 12, 2026 at 4:52 AM
Trump’s line is that disrespect to law enforcement is punishable by death. Impeach and remove. This is not tolerable.
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Let us all stand with Chairman Powell.
January 12, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Let us all stand with Chairman Powell.
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really feels like Becca Good saying “go get some lunch, big boy” is when he snapped. the kind of man who joins ICE is absolutely the kind of man who thinks women should die for saying things like that. they absolutely crash out when we aren’t cowering in fear and making them feel scary & powerful
To paraphrase Margaret Atwood…”men are afraid that women will laugh at them, women are afraid that men will kill them”
January 10, 2026 at 12:04 AM
really feels like Becca Good saying “go get some lunch, big boy” is when he snapped. the kind of man who joins ICE is absolutely the kind of man who thinks women should die for saying things like that. they absolutely crash out when we aren’t cowering in fear and making them feel scary & powerful
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I’ve seen a lot of exceptionally smart peers buy this idea without interrogating it. If these models could be trained solely on even medium sized data sets, the consumption race between the big players wouldn’t be happening.
There are 2-3 companies that own an amount of assets that even gets close
There are 2-3 companies that own an amount of assets that even gets close
I cannot stress this enough: this is not possible
in a literal technological sense: you cannot train an AI and expect even comprehensible results with under ~1 million pieces of data, nobody can supply all that with the variance needed. You can only achieve it through wanton scraping
in a literal technological sense: you cannot train an AI and expect even comprehensible results with under ~1 million pieces of data, nobody can supply all that with the variance needed. You can only achieve it through wanton scraping
Larian CEO says Divinity could have gen AI assets in it but only if the tools are trained on the studio's own data.
"If we use a GenAI model to create in-game assets, then it'll be trained on data we own."
https://kotaku.com/divinity-gen-ai-larian-bg3-reddit-ama-2000658429
"If we use a GenAI model to create in-game assets, then it'll be trained on data we own."
https://kotaku.com/divinity-gen-ai-larian-bg3-reddit-ama-2000658429
January 9, 2026 at 9:09 PM
I’ve seen a lot of exceptionally smart peers buy this idea without interrogating it. If these models could be trained solely on even medium sized data sets, the consumption race between the big players wouldn’t be happening.
There are 2-3 companies that own an amount of assets that even gets close
There are 2-3 companies that own an amount of assets that even gets close
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amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
January 5, 2026 at 6:50 AM
amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
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Watch this. Watch again.
"This incredible thing last night... We have to do it again [in other countries]. We can do it again, too. Nobody can stop us."
"This incredible thing last night... We have to do it again [in other countries]. We can do it again, too. Nobody can stop us."
January 4, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Watch this. Watch again.
"This incredible thing last night... We have to do it again [in other countries]. We can do it again, too. Nobody can stop us."
"This incredible thing last night... We have to do it again [in other countries]. We can do it again, too. Nobody can stop us."
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This is unconscionable!! Bombing a nation out of nowhere, a nation that isn’t a threat to us, just for oil?!
This is bloodthirsty and absurd!
Everyone in this administration must be impeached asap!
This is bloodthirsty and absurd!
Everyone in this administration must be impeached asap!
BREAKING: The United States appears to have begun bombing Venezuela. Massive airstrikes are underway. War is here.
January 3, 2026 at 8:08 AM
This is unconscionable!! Bombing a nation out of nowhere, a nation that isn’t a threat to us, just for oil?!
This is bloodthirsty and absurd!
Everyone in this administration must be impeached asap!
This is bloodthirsty and absurd!
Everyone in this administration must be impeached asap!
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Everybody hates it and any claims that “this happens with any disruptive tech” are obvious and pathetic cope. Shut down your AI depts and take the L large corporations. This is not it
Nobody wants AI. We want Mexican Coke and McDonald’s to bring back the dollar menu. That’s it, you fucking pigs. Easy.
It's truly wild to me that this just keeps happening. Coca-Cola runs an AI ad and people overwhelmingly react with disgust. They do it again, and people are disgusted again. Now McDonald's makes an AI ad that's so bad that so many people are furious about it they pull it down.
People hate AI slop!
People hate AI slop!
December 27, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Everybody hates it and any claims that “this happens with any disruptive tech” are obvious and pathetic cope. Shut down your AI depts and take the L large corporations. This is not it
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The 60 Minutes piece on the Trump Administration’s torture prison that Bari Weiss doesn’t want you to see has leaked.
December 22, 2025 at 10:09 PM
The 60 Minutes piece on the Trump Administration’s torture prison that Bari Weiss doesn’t want you to see has leaked.
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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...
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Been thinking on the use of GenAi for mood boards. Ethics and legal risks aside, I truly believe using GenAi as references deprives one of many pivotal things.
Here’s a blurb on what I mean:
Here’s a blurb on what I mean:
December 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Been thinking on the use of GenAi for mood boards. Ethics and legal risks aside, I truly believe using GenAi as references deprives one of many pivotal things.
Here’s a blurb on what I mean:
Here’s a blurb on what I mean:
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consider my feedback: i loved working at @larianstudios.com until AI. reconsider and change your direction, like, yesterday. show your employees some respect. they are world-class & do not need AI assistance to come up with amazing ideas.
December 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
consider my feedback: i loved working at @larianstudios.com until AI. reconsider and change your direction, like, yesterday. show your employees some respect. they are world-class & do not need AI assistance to come up with amazing ideas.
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This straight up sucks to learn. Damn...
sigh
December 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
This straight up sucks to learn. Damn...
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there must be a name for using early investors' money to pay off newer investors
Ribbon Finance suffers $2.7 million exploit, plans to use "dormant" users' funds to repay active users
December 12, 2025
https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=ribbon-finance-exploit
December 12, 2025
https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=ribbon-finance-exploit
December 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
there must be a name for using early investors' money to pay off newer investors
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Sora is trained the same way as other models Disney is currently in court for, for what Disney claimed were a “bottomless pit of plagiarism”.
By Disney’s own legal logic, is Disney now liable for Open Ai’s own “bottomless pit of plagiarism”? Deeply stupid move. Hope lawyers are paying attention 🤷🏻♀️
By Disney’s own legal logic, is Disney now liable for Open Ai’s own “bottomless pit of plagiarism”? Deeply stupid move. Hope lawyers are paying attention 🤷🏻♀️
BREAKING: Disney is making a $1 billion investment in OpenAI, and will allow its iconic characters to be on the company's Sora AI video generator.
December 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Sora is trained the same way as other models Disney is currently in court for, for what Disney claimed were a “bottomless pit of plagiarism”.
By Disney’s own legal logic, is Disney now liable for Open Ai’s own “bottomless pit of plagiarism”? Deeply stupid move. Hope lawyers are paying attention 🤷🏻♀️
By Disney’s own legal logic, is Disney now liable for Open Ai’s own “bottomless pit of plagiarism”? Deeply stupid move. Hope lawyers are paying attention 🤷🏻♀️
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Fucking incredible dystopian shit, comparing super rich people risking millions if not billions of lives just to make more money to people that risked their life actually building incredible things that would then make millions of dollars for super rich people.
December 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Fucking incredible dystopian shit, comparing super rich people risking millions if not billions of lives just to make more money to people that risked their life actually building incredible things that would then make millions of dollars for super rich people.
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fuck off please
Saudi Arabia's latest overture to the games industry is a new conference, produced by GDC parent Informa, taking place in December 2026
www.gamesindustry.biz/saudi-arabia...
www.gamesindustry.biz/saudi-arabia...
Saudi Arabia to host Kingdom of Gaming conference in 2026
Organisers hope for 20,000 attendees, 500 studios and 200 investors to be in attendance next December
www.gamesindustry.biz
December 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
fuck off please
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🧭 Adventurers, gather ‘round! Our next quest: the premiere of Celebrating 25 Years: The Making of Guild Wars. Tune in to YouTube at 7 PM PT! Grab you snacks and hang with fellow heroes now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpm2...
December 11, 2025 at 2:02 AM
🧭 Adventurers, gather ‘round! Our next quest: the premiere of Celebrating 25 Years: The Making of Guild Wars. Tune in to YouTube at 7 PM PT! Grab you snacks and hang with fellow heroes now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpm2...
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This has been a big year for us, and for me. (Hit my 20th anniversary at the studio this month.)
We're celebrating with a little documentary reflecting on the past 25 years. Consider joining us this Wednesday.
We're celebrating with a little documentary reflecting on the past 25 years. Consider joining us this Wednesday.
🎬 Premiering Wed at 7 PM PT: The Making of Guild Wars: Celebrating 25 Years of ArenaNet! Go behind the scenes of the franchise, the people who built it, & the community that calls Tyria home. Register to get notified when it goes live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpm2...
The Making of Guild Wars: Celebrating 25 Years of ArenaNet
YouTube video by Guild Wars 2
www.youtube.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This has been a big year for us, and for me. (Hit my 20th anniversary at the studio this month.)
We're celebrating with a little documentary reflecting on the past 25 years. Consider joining us this Wednesday.
We're celebrating with a little documentary reflecting on the past 25 years. Consider joining us this Wednesday.
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Nobody has learned a single thing. Two 26-year-old paragraphs, both using the logic that’s still used to justify OpenAI, while also describing the way in which GPUs decay the value of big tech firms by destroying the previously capex-light margins of software sales.
December 8, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Nobody has learned a single thing. Two 26-year-old paragraphs, both using the logic that’s still used to justify OpenAI, while also describing the way in which GPUs decay the value of big tech firms by destroying the previously capex-light margins of software sales.
"cost savings" (layoffs) :(
“The Company also expects to realize at least $2-3 billion of cost savings per year by the third year “
about.netflix.com/news/netflix...
about.netflix.com/news/netflix...
Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros. Following the Separation of Discovery Global for a Total Enterprise Value of $82.7 Billion (Equity Value of $72.0 Billion) - About Netflix
Combination Will Offer More Choice and Greater Value for Consumers, Create More Opportunities for the Creative Community and Generate Shareholder Value
about.netflix.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"cost savings" (layoffs) :(
Ugh, not another megacorp buyout...
Wild news with some massive implications for the video-game industry www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Netflix to Buy Warner Bros. in $72 Billion Cash, Stock Deal
Netflix Inc. agreed to buy Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. in a historic combination, joining the world’s dominant paid streaming service with one of Hollywood’s oldest and most revered studios.
www.bloomberg.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Ugh, not another megacorp buyout...
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