Felix
@ezombo.de
Writer and Composer, Half of @boyslaughplus.moe - Made //TODO: today, now working on Brassica - DE/EN/日本語もOK、たぶん - they/he 🌈✨
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In general, AI adoption levels are a measurement of to what extent a particular reward system (a corporation, a market, academia as a whole system) has ceased to distinguish between doing a thing and pretending to do a thing
One of many things the pro-AI crowd doesn't seem to understand is the very important distinction between academic scholarship and the production of papers. Of course they can be related but they're not necessarily the same thing
December 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
In general, AI adoption levels are a measurement of to what extent a particular reward system (a corporation, a market, academia as a whole system) has ceased to distinguish between doing a thing and pretending to do a thing
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A) expressing ideas is literally the fucking job
B) if you can’t communicate it with doodles, words, or messy photoshop, the idea isn’t fully baked and you need to explore it more, not use the plagiarizing lie machine that poisons neighborhoods to do the thinking for you.
B) if you can’t communicate it with doodles, words, or messy photoshop, the idea isn’t fully baked and you need to explore it more, not use the plagiarizing lie machine that poisons neighborhoods to do the thinking for you.
"they don't know how to express the idea" here's rian johnson's storyboard for knives out
pick up a pencil and a napkin
pick up a pencil and a napkin
December 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
A) expressing ideas is literally the fucking job
B) if you can’t communicate it with doodles, words, or messy photoshop, the idea isn’t fully baked and you need to explore it more, not use the plagiarizing lie machine that poisons neighborhoods to do the thinking for you.
B) if you can’t communicate it with doodles, words, or messy photoshop, the idea isn’t fully baked and you need to explore it more, not use the plagiarizing lie machine that poisons neighborhoods to do the thinking for you.
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Also, as someone who worked on HORSES and has also made porn games + comics: I really don't appreciate when people put down one thing I made to uplift the other! Especially considering no one at Santa Ragione *ever* framed it in these terms when we were discussing the Steam ban
I am a little disappointed when the conversation is focused around "it's art not porn!" because the adult games devs get very little support but have been dealing with this for far longer, and they've been sounding the alarm for that deplatforming coming for other games (such as LGBTQ+ content).
December 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Also, as someone who worked on HORSES and has also made porn games + comics: I really don't appreciate when people put down one thing I made to uplift the other! Especially considering no one at Santa Ragione *ever* framed it in these terms when we were discussing the Steam ban
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I have many thoughts about this, one is I can't help but think this is all just shining a light on how games are still being held to wildly different standards than other media like film. I've played very few games like HORSES but watched so many films like it (as a connoisseur of arthouse horror).
Humble's now banned it too, post-launch:
www.ign.com/articles/hor...
www.ign.com/articles/hor...
Horses, the Upsetting Horror Game Previously Banned on Steam, Gets Last Minute Ban From Epic Games Store Too - IGN
Last week, we reported that disturbing horror game Horses had been banned from Steam. Now, at the last possible minute before the game was set to release widely across other PC store fronts, Epic Game...
www.ign.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I have many thoughts about this, one is I can't help but think this is all just shining a light on how games are still being held to wildly different standards than other media like film. I've played very few games like HORSES but watched so many films like it (as a connoisseur of arthouse horror).
Big fan of the new Austra single and its, what I can only describe as, harmonic edging youtu.be/T5foC-AaDUk
Austra - Fallen Cloud (Official Video)
YouTube video by Austra
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Big fan of the new Austra single and its, what I can only describe as, harmonic edging youtu.be/T5foC-AaDUk
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No.
“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm
automaton-media.com/en/news/its-...
automaton-media.com/en/news/its-...
“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm - AUTOMATON WEST
In an interview following the launch of ARC Raiders, the CEO of Embark Studios' parent company Nexon shares his views on AI.
automaton-media.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:42 AM
No.
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Looks like a firmware update might have bricked my computer 🫠 it's been about a week of new, daily tech problems, so it'd be nice if something just worked for once
October 27, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Looks like a firmware update might have bricked my computer 🫠 it's been about a week of new, daily tech problems, so it'd be nice if something just worked for once
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the endpoint of chatgpt and other llm chatbot interfaces is a cohort of people who don't really live so much as they are on a sort of guided tour of their own lives, who have more or less totally abdicated agency and responsibility in favor of a step by step template of how to pretend to be a person
October 17, 2025 at 5:32 AM
the endpoint of chatgpt and other llm chatbot interfaces is a cohort of people who don't really live so much as they are on a sort of guided tour of their own lives, who have more or less totally abdicated agency and responsibility in favor of a step by step template of how to pretend to be a person
In unrelated news: continuing the mantra of "if i just chip away at enough things, i'll eventually finish one thing"
October 17, 2025 at 8:24 AM
In unrelated news: continuing the mantra of "if i just chip away at enough things, i'll eventually finish one thing"
About 6 years ago, I was outlining a novel about a far future where a religious cult worshipped technology they didn't build or understand, offloading all their thinking and decision-making to it.
It was about algorithms and software taking more and more control away from users
It was about algorithms and software taking more and more control away from users
October 17, 2025 at 8:13 AM
About 6 years ago, I was outlining a novel about a far future where a religious cult worshipped technology they didn't build or understand, offloading all their thinking and decision-making to it.
It was about algorithms and software taking more and more control away from users
It was about algorithms and software taking more and more control away from users
Sometimes I'm convinced creativity is something that possesses you. Like that time last year I wrote a full story concept in like 48 hours and proceeded to completely forget about it until today, only to look it over and go "no notes. why is this still just an outline"
October 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Sometimes I'm convinced creativity is something that possesses you. Like that time last year I wrote a full story concept in like 48 hours and proceeded to completely forget about it until today, only to look it over and go "no notes. why is this still just an outline"
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Star Sword Nemesis is now available! Read about the most fashionable girl in a utopian collective of Trans-Neptunian Objects falling in love with her fencing instructor, the deadliest turncoat milf in all of space, feat. art by @mightyatom.bsky.social! loveconquersallgames.itch.io/star-sword-n...
October 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Star Sword Nemesis is now available! Read about the most fashionable girl in a utopian collective of Trans-Neptunian Objects falling in love with her fencing instructor, the deadliest turncoat milf in all of space, feat. art by @mightyatom.bsky.social! loveconquersallgames.itch.io/star-sword-n...
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In 3 days nearly the entire Bluesky team doubled, tripled, quadrupled down on the "WAFFLES" thing in response to upset users, and now Jesse Singal etc are using it as a slur against trans people
It would have been so easy to just *not* do this. There was no reason to escalate for days. :\
It would have been so easy to just *not* do this. There was no reason to escalate for days. :\
October 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
In 3 days nearly the entire Bluesky team doubled, tripled, quadrupled down on the "WAFFLES" thing in response to upset users, and now Jesse Singal etc are using it as a slur against trans people
It would have been so easy to just *not* do this. There was no reason to escalate for days. :\
It would have been so easy to just *not* do this. There was no reason to escalate for days. :\
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Ultimately, when people with power say "violence is unacceptable" - they mean "violence against us is unacceptable", nothing more, nothing less. It foregoes that violence for those with power tends to come from greed, and violence against them tends to come from need.
September 11, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Ultimately, when people with power say "violence is unacceptable" - they mean "violence against us is unacceptable", nothing more, nothing less. It foregoes that violence for those with power tends to come from greed, and violence against them tends to come from need.
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A new Patreon post is online! ✍️
We're making steady progress. Let's keep it going!
We're making steady progress. Let's keep it going!
July + August - Baroque Paintings and Writing Progress | Boys Laugh +
Get more from Boys Laugh + on Patreon
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September 1, 2025 at 11:38 AM
A new Patreon post is online! ✍️
We're making steady progress. Let's keep it going!
We're making steady progress. Let's keep it going!
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Been holding off on releasing the EGOLOGIC soundtrack because I wanted to add more songs and convinced myself that the mixes aren't good enough. Randomly listened to it again and I think I might be over my perfectionism lol
August 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Been holding off on releasing the EGOLOGIC soundtrack because I wanted to add more songs and convinced myself that the mixes aren't good enough. Randomly listened to it again and I think I might be over my perfectionism lol
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Bluesky moderation suspending trans people for wishing ill on the members of a hate group who are actively working to eradicate us shows us what a morally bankrupt crock of shit civility is and how it only serves to punish victims and protect victimizers. Bluesky should be ashamed of themselves.
August 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Bluesky moderation suspending trans people for wishing ill on the members of a hate group who are actively working to eradicate us shows us what a morally bankrupt crock of shit civility is and how it only serves to punish victims and protect victimizers. Bluesky should be ashamed of themselves.
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itch.io has been nothing but supportive of LGBTQ+ work since the beginning. it pains me to see the community turn on them like this and so gleefully spread misinformation about them without even giving them a shred of benefit of the doubt.
journalists too...
journalists too...
August 13, 2025 at 7:24 AM
itch.io has been nothing but supportive of LGBTQ+ work since the beginning. it pains me to see the community turn on them like this and so gleefully spread misinformation about them without even giving them a shred of benefit of the doubt.
journalists too...
journalists too...
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The bit some people need to get through their skulls, if only so I can look at this damn social media site without wanting to instantly fall asleep:
August 15, 2025 at 7:06 AM
The bit some people need to get through their skulls, if only so I can look at this damn social media site without wanting to instantly fall asleep:
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Writers should internalize Lao Tzu's lesson about how the emptiness at the center of a wheel is what makes it useful, and how a pot is valuable because of where the clay *isn't*. Corporate geek culture has warped us into thinking that negative spaces are flaws that need to be fixed.
Can't stress this enough: nobody fucking cares what he was up to
August 8, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Writers should internalize Lao Tzu's lesson about how the emptiness at the center of a wheel is what makes it useful, and how a pot is valuable because of where the clay *isn't*. Corporate geek culture has warped us into thinking that negative spaces are flaws that need to be fixed.
Wanted to test something and scared myself into thinking that the Linux version of //TODO: today has been unplayable for years, but builds were probably safe from the issue :')
August 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Wanted to test something and scared myself into thinking that the Linux version of //TODO: today has been unplayable for years, but builds were probably safe from the issue :')
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Before another person tries to side eye this and says something "smart", Queer Games Bundle has been running since 2021 and was founded and is ran by creators, not itchio staff.
Also, Queer Games Bundle and many other bundles require months of organization and prep. Please do your research.
Also, Queer Games Bundle and many other bundles require months of organization and prep. Please do your research.
A bundle of over 600 games, software, and zines from 271 queer artists across itch.io.
itch.io/b/3062/queer...
itch.io/b/3062/queer...
August 1, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Before another person tries to side eye this and says something "smart", Queer Games Bundle has been running since 2021 and was founded and is ran by creators, not itchio staff.
Also, Queer Games Bundle and many other bundles require months of organization and prep. Please do your research.
Also, Queer Games Bundle and many other bundles require months of organization and prep. Please do your research.
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Damn you mean itch didn’t actually just abandon these creators but has been working hard with its limited resources to figure out how to continue supporting them? How surprising
July 29, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Damn you mean itch didn’t actually just abandon these creators but has been working hard with its limited resources to figure out how to continue supporting them? How surprising