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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 2h

I am fascinated by how ubi has welded the aesthetics of politics in its games and marketing for decades, but always been profoundly cowardly about engaging with them. Political aspartame.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 5h

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 3h

Heroic

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 3h

I would very much like them to release a vinyl of the overwrought song covers used in traitors. Thank you for your time

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 14h

Love the clarity of this message

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Let's make hope normal again.

youtu.be/qxt4HCjd7VA?...

Let's Make Hope Normal Again - Green Party Political Broadcast

YouTube video by Green Party of England & Wales

youtu.be

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 1d

Almost

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 1d

Not a wrong take

trasgernder @gemma.transwrites.world · 1d

it turns out industry was the issue the whole time

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Jon Ingold @jon.inkle.co · 1d

The thing about this is, is this is how born-rich people *already* do it - whether it's making art, or starting a business, or whatever they successfully do. They already know it works.

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 1d

The games industry sucks, but it could be worse, we could be in the animation industry

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 3d

Shutting me up is more of a problem

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 3d

You’re an excellent host mate, thanks for the learning opportunity

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 3d

Guilty

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 3d

For sure. I think there’s room here for multiple true tragedies

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 3d

Watching corporations exploit human longing and use marketing to project hope that string generators are people is… well it’s not the worst crime but it’s top 10. Someone on here said to me that these things have ‘more emotional intelligence than the average human’ and it bummed me out for hours

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 3d

The two genres of AI enthusiast appear to be people who believe:

- other people are inanimate objects, NPCs, and therefore replaceable
- inanimate objects are capable of being people, and should be treated as such.

I have a bit more respect for the second group, but I wish both were less lonely.

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Quintessa Knight @quietblkgrl.bsky.social · 6d

You can’t find the right candidate cause the candidates are in a group chat talking about how it takes you 6+ months to hire. You can’t find the right candidate cause the person with the best resume/interview declined and went and told all their friends how shitty your process was

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 4d

C&C Red Alert, please

Patrick K Mills @pkernaghan.bsky.social · 4d

Since the new owners of ea will probably be butchering it for parts, might I suggest selling the Ultima ip to me? I can't pay much but I'm a cool dude 😎

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 4d

If you enjoy Size Five and want to see it survive what is a very iffy time for the Games Industry, please do three things with your Saturday:

✅ Wishlist EARTH MUST DIE
✅ Buy a game on sale
✅ Share these links where you can

store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...

store.steampowered.com/dev/sizefive

Earth Must Die on Steam

These moronic Terranoids think they can just roll in here and take over my beautiful Tyrythian kingdom? The kingdom that I built from the ground up with my bare hands, and only sort of inherited from ...

store.steampowered.com

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 5d

A day spent with a bunch of humans who make games. A good day.

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 5d

lol. Powerful stuff

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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · Aug 2

clippy saying “oops! it looks like you’re confusing the personal with the systemic. would you like help?”

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 6d

It’s very funny that I researched Wright a bunch going into John Wick Hex and never saw this

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 6d

Feels like a meta attempt to spook actors

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 6d

What you’re telling me is that two directors have asked Steve to stupidly use hex grids in rectilinear spaces. Poor guy.

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 6d

The AI actress story is just a PR thing to negotiate Scarlett down a mil on the next Jurassic Park movie or whatever, right?

The foreman’s always happy to tell you about cheaper labor

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