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P.A. Bat-stein @pabastien.bsky.social · 9h

Man, these later generation Digimon really forgot the design ethos of the original series.

P.A. Bat-stein @pabastien.bsky.social · 9h

Rewatching Digimon. Man I remember it being waaay better than this...

Two Digimon. I don't know what they are.

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P.A. Bat-stein @pabastien.bsky.social · 9h

Its trying to contort several story structures into a 1 narrative guide that doesnt work cause there's no thought regarding it. It makes no sense because its attempting to force a 3 act structure on everything.
So you get this mess attempting to encapsulate all stories, and understands none of them

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P.A. Bat-stein @pabastien.bsky.social · 10h

The worst story structure thing ever made

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P.A. Bat-stein @pabastien.bsky.social · 10h

Where have I seen this before...
oh right,
Either way this story sucks and is gonna end badly.

The Story diamond, the stupidest story analysis structure ever

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P.A. Bat-stein @pabastien.bsky.social · 14h

Yes, but also it has the worst parts of foss design. Its interface and methods of dealing with interaction are obtuse and poorly thought out. And its power users can best be described as "linux users but worse"

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P.A. Bat-stein @pabastien.bsky.social · 21h

Huh

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Anthony Oliveira @meakoopa.bsky.social · 1d

these pieces of shit stole my life’s work for their robots and want to MAYBE give me 3000 retroactive dollars for their theft. get absolutely fucked

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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P.A. Bat-stein @pabastien.bsky.social · 3d

Send @docseuss.bsky.social a DM if you want to help bring our motley crew of misfits to life.

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doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 4d

Alright, we got the NDA, which means if you want to work with @pabastien.bsky.social and me on a first person halo-style game demo, and you've got game design skills and want to help on the demo in the hopes we can get funding and pay you to come work on it full time, my DMs are open

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doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · Jul 18

I am currently working up a document of everyone who has reached out so far.

Here's some early teaser images by @pabastien.bsky.social who's been doing a bunch of vis-dev and worldbuilding.

The plan is just to make one very fun level and combat sandbox together, see where it goes after.

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P.A. Bat-stein @pabastien.bsky.social · Jul 20

So when Doc posed a question to me, and we started slinging the idea back and forth, I've had the freedom to go hog wild on a very specific subgenre of space opera and I fucking love it.
bsky.app/profile/docs...

doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · Jul 18

I am currently working up a document of everyone who has reached out so far.

Here's some early teaser images by @pabastien.bsky.social who's been doing a bunch of vis-dev and worldbuilding.

The plan is just to make one very fun level and combat sandbox together, see where it goes after.

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P.A. Bat-stein @pabastien.bsky.social · Jul 20

Few things get my blood pumping than Science Fiction.
I am genuinely obsessed with it as a mode of narrative, the expansive range of its designs, its history in literary fiction, comics and film. I have spent years studying it and how it works.

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P.A. Bat-stein @pabastien.bsky.social · 1d

youtu.be/8Tp4DMF7otw The Track in question

Nightcore - Deep Forest - Forest Hymn

YouTube video by Lord Raven

youtu.be

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P.A. Bat-stein @pabastien.bsky.social · 1d

I just introduced @docseuss.bsky.social to a nightcore'd World Music Track so bad I can only describe as "What if Animal Crossing's Isabelle did way too much peyote"

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P.A. Bat-stein @pabastien.bsky.social · 1d

youtu.be/8Tp4DMF7otw The Track in question

Nightcore - Deep Forest - Forest Hymn

YouTube video by Lord Raven

youtu.be

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P.A. Bat-stein @pabastien.bsky.social · 1d

I just introduced @docseuss.bsky.social to a nightcore'd World Music Track so bad I can only describe as "What if Animal Crossing's Isabelle did way too much peyote"

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P.A. Bat-stein @pabastien.bsky.social · 1d

Ah cool
I was worried I missed something in ontario due to the Canada Post disruption

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P.A. Bat-stein @pabastien.bsky.social · 1d

What vote is happening?

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io9 @io9dotcom.bsky.social · 1d

'The Toxic Avenger' Has Helped Eliminate Over $15 Million in Medical Debt

The ooey-gooey, proudly raunchy horror comedy launched a fundraiser ahead of its theatrical release—and it's still going along with its arrival at home.

gizmodo.com

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Spooky Tim Wilsie 🎃👻 @timwilsie.bsky.social · 1d

Big thanks to @pixelcherryninja.bsky.social for helping to spread the word about this scam. We appreciate your continued support of the project 🙂

youtu.be/yGdnAvWI6F0?...

Someone’s Impersonating Zaparoo to Scam You! (Crypto Warning)

YouTube video by Pixel Cherry Ninja

youtu.be

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Kevin Fox @michigrim.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve always preferred multiplayer game modes with hard objectives and a sense of progression rather than just moving all over the map shooting people.

doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 2d

and then @michigrim.bsky.social said "Assault" because we were talking about UT2K4 AND LET ME TELL YOU: favorite mode. ever. in any video game

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P.A. Bat-stein @pabastien.bsky.social · 2d

People have been posting videos of Mario leading the police on highway chases.
Nintendo is going to hunt them down.
They are literally lobbying the japanese government to ban or severely curtail AI video. You don't think they wont fucking take Open AI out?

bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 3d

OpenAI backtracked on their opt-out policy and now they say they’re gonna work it all out with “revenue sharing” with copyright holders. how much for a license from Disney to relinquish any control over its intellectual property

Sora, Not Sorry: OpenAI Backtracks on Opt-Out Copyright Policy

OpenAI, facing backlash, will now let rightsholders decide whether their characters appear in Sora 2, with revenue sharing for those who opt in.

copyrightlately.com

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P.A. Bat-stein @pabastien.bsky.social · 2d

This feels it would double bill well with "In the Skin of a Lion" By Michael Ondaatje

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david goldfarb @locust9.bsky.social · 3d

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

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