pau 💤
@cosmopaulitan.bsky.social
she/her. 30s. local point'n'click amateur and syberia "enthusiast". (far-off) future beepbox grand master and backlog procrastinator extraordinaire.
with so many studios openly admitting to use slop instead of their creatives' brains in their processes, maybe now i'll have time to go through my backlog since i do not want that shit in my games
December 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
with so many studios openly admitting to use slop instead of their creatives' brains in their processes, maybe now i'll have time to go through my backlog since i do not want that shit in my games
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they didn't need AI to make Silksong, it just needed some deeply insane guys to have a blank check for living expenses until their next thing was done, I think we should try doing more of that instead
December 22, 2025 at 12:29 AM
they didn't need AI to make Silksong, it just needed some deeply insane guys to have a blank check for living expenses until their next thing was done, I think we should try doing more of that instead
gonna start saying "a monarch's job is never done" whenever an email is hitting my mailbox at work
December 23, 2025 at 8:59 AM
gonna start saying "a monarch's job is never done" whenever an email is hitting my mailbox at work
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wait there were multiple actually this is where the quote was from
December 22, 2025 at 10:39 PM
wait there were multiple actually this is where the quote was from
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The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go.
December 23, 2025 at 6:36 AM
The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go.
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I feel like I'm going to get a lot of use out of this Pluribus screencap
December 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I feel like I'm going to get a lot of use out of this Pluribus screencap
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"slay the princess is a love story" "slay the princess is a horror game" you fools. it's both
December 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
"slay the princess is a love story" "slay the princess is a horror game" you fools. it's both
Spent the morning cleaning the apartment and preparing it for my return in 2 weeks BECAUSE IT IS HOLIDAYS VACATION YAY
December 20, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Spent the morning cleaning the apartment and preparing it for my return in 2 weeks BECAUSE IT IS HOLIDAYS VACATION YAY
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Our first Game of the Year... 😲
Thank you so much @theguardian.com. 💙 We are beyond honoured (And thrilled to see @blakemanorgame.bsky.social in the top 5 too!)
Thank you so much @theguardian.com. 💙 We are beyond honoured (And thrilled to see @blakemanorgame.bsky.social in the top 5 too!)
December 19, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Our first Game of the Year... 😲
Thank you so much @theguardian.com. 💙 We are beyond honoured (And thrilled to see @blakemanorgame.bsky.social in the top 5 too!)
Thank you so much @theguardian.com. 💙 We are beyond honoured (And thrilled to see @blakemanorgame.bsky.social in the top 5 too!)
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"we USE ai, but our game wont CONTAIN it" is a clarification that no one has ever cared about & now CEOs are using it as a wedge to get their foot in the door as a part of a long term plan into normalizing AI, just like how 'it's just placeholder' was used with E33. dont cede even an inch of ground
December 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
"we USE ai, but our game wont CONTAIN it" is a clarification that no one has ever cared about & now CEOs are using it as a wedge to get their foot in the door as a part of a long term plan into normalizing AI, just like how 'it's just placeholder' was used with E33. dont cede even an inch of ground
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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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You really can't minimize the use of genAI without shitting on the labor you are replacing with it.
"We only use it to ideate and explore references! Unimportant things that don't matter! Nobody cares about those things, right? We all agree this is unimportant garbage work, right???"
"We only use it to ideate and explore references! Unimportant things that don't matter! Nobody cares about those things, right? We all agree this is unimportant garbage work, right???"
"I didn’t say we use it to develop concept art" just to make reference, get ideas from and outline composition lmao
just 90% of what concept is🤣
just 90% of what concept is🤣
December 16, 2025 at 8:19 PM
You really can't minimize the use of genAI without shitting on the labor you are replacing with it.
"We only use it to ideate and explore references! Unimportant things that don't matter! Nobody cares about those things, right? We all agree this is unimportant garbage work, right???"
"We only use it to ideate and explore references! Unimportant things that don't matter! Nobody cares about those things, right? We all agree this is unimportant garbage work, right???"
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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.
Buh-bye ✌️
Larian is using generative AI but promises no slop in finished games https://kotaku.com/larian-studios-gen-ai-divinity-bg3-2000653850
Divinity Maker Is Uses Gen AI But Promises No Slop In Final Game
The RPG powerhouse promises no finished gen AI in the finished game
kotaku.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Buh-bye ✌️
Discovering Annahstasia's album 6 months too late... I'm floored.
December 15, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Discovering Annahstasia's album 6 months too late... I'm floored.
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Avec ma femme, on gère depuis 19 ans une petite boutique en ligne de cadeaux, Bird on the wire 🩵
Ce Noël est, pour la première fois, très compliqué pour nous...
On aurait vraiment besoin de soutien, ne serait-ce qu'un petit partage pour nous faire découvrir.
Merci pour votre aide !
botw.fr/shop/fr/
Ce Noël est, pour la première fois, très compliqué pour nous...
On aurait vraiment besoin de soutien, ne serait-ce qu'un petit partage pour nous faire découvrir.
Merci pour votre aide !
botw.fr/shop/fr/
December 14, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Avec ma femme, on gère depuis 19 ans une petite boutique en ligne de cadeaux, Bird on the wire 🩵
Ce Noël est, pour la première fois, très compliqué pour nous...
On aurait vraiment besoin de soutien, ne serait-ce qu'un petit partage pour nous faire découvrir.
Merci pour votre aide !
botw.fr/shop/fr/
Ce Noël est, pour la première fois, très compliqué pour nous...
On aurait vraiment besoin de soutien, ne serait-ce qu'un petit partage pour nous faire découvrir.
Merci pour votre aide !
botw.fr/shop/fr/
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Syberia II (2004)
Developed by MC2-Microïds.
Developed by MC2-Microïds.
December 12, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Syberia II (2004)
Developed by MC2-Microïds.
Developed by MC2-Microïds.
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Again, apologizing to all videogame environment artists who knocked up satirical posters for their games, I should not have rolled my eyes, yes, even you Cyberpunk billboard team, I am sorry
jesus christ
December 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Again, apologizing to all videogame environment artists who knocked up satirical posters for their games, I should not have rolled my eyes, yes, even you Cyberpunk billboard team, I am sorry
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Most people resort to therapy.
But you chose the brave option.
🔨 Virtue and a Sledgehammer 🔨
WISHLIST NOW!
But you chose the brave option.
🔨 Virtue and a Sledgehammer 🔨
WISHLIST NOW!
December 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Most people resort to therapy.
But you chose the brave option.
🔨 Virtue and a Sledgehammer 🔨
WISHLIST NOW!
But you chose the brave option.
🔨 Virtue and a Sledgehammer 🔨
WISHLIST NOW!
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Valve has now rejected my complaint, confirming that "I don't like muslims" is a valid reason to leave a negative review on a game on Steam
This is where we're at now.
This is where we're at now.
December 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Valve has now rejected my complaint, confirming that "I don't like muslims" is a valid reason to leave a negative review on a game on Steam
This is where we're at now.
This is where we're at now.
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Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
How to quit Spotify
This Black Friday, here's a guide to finding the best Spotify alternative
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
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top 10 most insane interactions ive had in xiv
December 7, 2025 at 6:26 AM
top 10 most insane interactions ive had in xiv
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