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Erik Odeldahl

@erikodeldahl.bsky.social

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Game designer, writer, mediocre musician. Chief Creative Officer at @fasttravelgames.bsky.social. Be nice.

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Aunt Mrgladys @mrgan.com · 12h

Doing some long-overdue cleanup on the English language this morning… "Carcinogenic" is now "cancerogenic." "Floor" is now "foor," the opposite of "roof." Complementary colors rhyme (red/gred, orange/blorange)

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Citizen Screen @citizenscreen.bsky.social · 1d

Boris Karloff on set of Freund’s THE MUMMY (1932)

Erik Odeldahl @erikodeldahl.bsky.social · 1d

The Beths, Slaktkyrkan, Oct 7. Great gig!

Erik Odeldahl @erikodeldahl.bsky.social · 1d

_This_ is a review.

Walter Chaw @mangiotto.bsky.social · 1d

Heard @realgdt.bsky.social's FRANKENSTEIN sneaked at BeyondFest. Here's my review of it from Telluride: filmfreakcentral.net/2025/09/tell...

Telluride '25: Frankenstein - FILM FREAK CENTRAL

****/****starring Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, Christoph Waltzscreenplay by Guillermo del Toro, based on the book Frankenstein; or: The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelleydirected by Guillermo d...

filmfreakcentral.net

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 2d

The Sora AI disinfo nightmare is here

For more like this:
tiktok.com/@drewharwell
instagram.com/bydrewharwell

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david goldfarb @locust9.bsky.social · 2d

the outsiders game studio is closing after 10 years because of funcom layoffs

Erik Odeldahl @erikodeldahl.bsky.social · 4d

Top contender for game of the year. Brilliance.

Erik Odeldahl @erikodeldahl.bsky.social · 4d

This is a very good speech.

Defend Democracy @defenddemocracy.bsky.social · 4d

President Macron: “Europeans, let's wake up!

We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”

defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...

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MiMi Aye @meemalee.bsky.social · 4d

Author and filmmaker Justine Bateman on generative AI

"They're trying to convince people they can't do the things they've been doing easily for years - to write emails, to write a presentation. Your daughter wants you to make up a bedtime story about puppies - to write that for you." We will get to the point, she says with a grim laugh, "that you will essentially become just a skin bag of organs and bones, nothing else. You won't know anything and you will be told repeatedly that you can't do it, which is the opposite of what life has to offer. Capitulating all kinds of decisions like where to go on vacation, what to wear today, who to date, what to eat.
People are already doing this. You won't have to process grief, because you'll have uploaded photos and voice messages from your mother who just died, and then she can talk to you via AI video call every day. One of the ways it's going to destroy humans, long before there's a nuclear disaster, is going to be the emotional hollowing-out of people." - author and filmmaker Justine Bateman from a piece by Emine Saner for the Guardian

Erik Odeldahl @erikodeldahl.bsky.social · 4d

I’m so sorry :( Not sure I can help with anything, but please reach out if you want to!

Erik Odeldahl @erikodeldahl.bsky.social · 5d

Started my horror October with two classics. Will follow up mainly with films from the 60s & 70s but also some newer stuff. #lastfourwatched

Erik Odeldahl @erikodeldahl.bsky.social · 5d

www.marketwatch.com/story/the-ai...

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Josh Scare @joshscherr.bsky.social · 6d

maybe it’s time to bring webrings back

Erik Odeldahl @erikodeldahl.bsky.social · 5d

Every night (almost).

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Rob McCallum @robmccallum.bsky.social · 6d

Would someone PLEASE tell these people making videos for the internet what IS up? They won’t stop asking

Erik Odeldahl @erikodeldahl.bsky.social · 6d

This was much better than I expected!

Erik Odeldahl @erikodeldahl.bsky.social · 6d

First rewatch in uhm thirtyfive-ish years. This will be interesting.

Erik Odeldahl @erikodeldahl.bsky.social · 6d

First rewatch in uhm thirtyfive-ish years. This will be interesting.

Erik Odeldahl @erikodeldahl.bsky.social · 6d

I just bought the suit, and was browsing forums to learn stuff :/

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Damion Schubert @zenofdesign.com · 7d

Trying to think of a professional who uses Excel for anything substantial that would be okay with it being wrong half the time.

Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 7d

Microsoft says its Agent Mode in Excel has an accuracy rate of 57.2 percent in SpreadsheetBench, a benchmark for evaluating an Al model's ability to edit real world spreadsheets. This result

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Jeff Gerstmann @jeffgerstmann.com · 7d

Xbox 360 Dollars Per Year

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Jennifer Lee Noonan @nnnnoonan.bsky.social · 8d

However bad you expect this to be, I promise it is a thousand times worse

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

How to Pronounce Joaquin Phoenix

YouTube video by PronunciationManual

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Erik Odeldahl @erikodeldahl.bsky.social · 10d

I have it on order. Supposed to be shipped tomorrow. Fingers crossed!

Erik Odeldahl @erikodeldahl.bsky.social · 11d

I’m sure working for the orange man’s pet is going to be 100% fun all the time :(

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Mike Futter @futterish.fsquared.biz · 12d

This season of Succession isn’t even believable.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12d

Jared Kushner’s private equity firm is said to be partnering with the Saudi sovereign wealth fund to buy out Electronic Arts.

Jared Kushner’s Firm Is Said to Be Part of $50 Billion Buyout of Electronic Arts

Mr. Kushner’s private equity firm, Affinity Partners, is said to be in talks with the Saudi sovereign wealth fund and Silver Lake to buy out the video game giant.

Erik Odeldahl @erikodeldahl.bsky.social · 12d

@rossignol.bsky.social Just read the kickstarter update. I hope you’re feeling better!