PoutineDragon
@poutinedragon.bsky.social
canuck, demi, getting hotter, sexier, and weirder every year || he/him || 🔞 may be nsfw at times, so minors DNI 🔞 || genAI is all shit || pfp by karrahe.bsky.social
merry el horsemas eve to all who observe youtu.be/TjX29vSxg-E
trans japanese horcheschata
YouTube video by el horso
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December 24, 2025 at 5:03 AM
merry el horsemas eve to all who observe youtu.be/TjX29vSxg-E
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tl;dr: GenAI and game design concepts traditionally referred to as "AI" (enemy behaviors, pathfinding, etc.) are not the same thing, and I'm on my knees begging people to learn the difference, lest we see more bullshit claims like what The Escapist put out re: Blue Prince.
Weird weekend, huh? Took a crack at breaking down the whole Clair Obscur genAI situation, and its bizarre fallout, as best as possible. My main takeaway right now is that people really need to figure out exactly what they're criticizing or it's going to get messy. www.polygon.com/clair-obscur...
The debate over gen AI in games is about to get a lot messier in 2026
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's GOTY retraction signals the start of something huge
www.polygon.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:17 PM
tl;dr: GenAI and game design concepts traditionally referred to as "AI" (enemy behaviors, pathfinding, etc.) are not the same thing, and I'm on my knees begging people to learn the difference, lest we see more bullshit claims like what The Escapist put out re: Blue Prince.
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"What if it happens again?"
"You won't face it alone."
"You won't face it alone."
December 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
"What if it happens again?"
"You won't face it alone."
"You won't face it alone."
tee hee we're disabling replies and quote reblogs tee hee no discussion for you
![Screenshot of a bluesky skeet by Jason Schreier, at jasonschreier.bsky.social. Block text reads: [ As the backlash to generative AI in video games continues to pick up steam heading into 2026, it'll be fascinating to see what is considered "made with generative AI." Can a dev team say they're not using AI if they're writing design docs with Copilot or using chatGPT to make schedules and budgets? ] Post made at 11:15 AM (EST) on December 21, 2025. The post mentions that replies are disabled.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ckoalxlhxxvv3gfg24hzgove/bafkreidvj2nbwvplgpf5bno72qkdop53flhygkmiolapprbcyhf33wvxwa@jpeg)
December 22, 2025 at 3:35 AM
tee hee we're disabling replies and quote reblogs tee hee no discussion for you
got a message from my favorite game that my current graphics card is old enough to potentially crash the game
shit sucks man, i can't afford an upgrade right now
shit sucks man, i can't afford an upgrade right now
December 21, 2025 at 7:07 PM
got a message from my favorite game that my current graphics card is old enough to potentially crash the game
shit sucks man, i can't afford an upgrade right now
shit sucks man, i can't afford an upgrade right now
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the 10-to-1 rule is that for every 1 harmful act, you need 10 healing acts to make up for it. Trust and goodwill cannot be rebuilt in a moment, just by reversing course.
Larian has burnt down the goodwill they've spent 10 years cultivating with BG3 and the Divinity trailer. 1/
Larian has burnt down the goodwill they've spent 10 years cultivating with BG3 and the Divinity trailer. 1/
December 17, 2025 at 12:17 AM
the 10-to-1 rule is that for every 1 harmful act, you need 10 healing acts to make up for it. Trust and goodwill cannot be rebuilt in a moment, just by reversing course.
Larian has burnt down the goodwill they've spent 10 years cultivating with BG3 and the Divinity trailer. 1/
Larian has burnt down the goodwill they've spent 10 years cultivating with BG3 and the Divinity trailer. 1/
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Idk who needs to hear this, but talking to blorbo on the plagerism machine is crossing the picket line.
December 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Idk who needs to hear this, but talking to blorbo on the plagerism machine is crossing the picket line.
marisha ray in the latest tomb raider??? DAYUM
December 14, 2025 at 4:02 AM
marisha ray in the latest tomb raider??? DAYUM
watching wake up dead man
so good
so extremely good
so good
so extremely good
December 14, 2025 at 1:56 AM
watching wake up dead man
so good
so extremely good
so good
so extremely good
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I went all in on the Eva inspiration here lol. Cyber Polaris's exoskeleton, with additional notes explaining her armament. I got so locked in working on this that I stayed up till 3 AM and you can tell in spots.
December 13, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I went all in on the Eva inspiration here lol. Cyber Polaris's exoskeleton, with additional notes explaining her armament. I got so locked in working on this that I stayed up till 3 AM and you can tell in spots.
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Sorry I think using AI for placeholders is also bad
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I know you only care about finished art but placeholder art also needs to be made by a human being who also needs to be paid for that
But placeholder midjourney slop cuts that artist out
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I know you only care about finished art but placeholder art also needs to be made by a human being who also needs to be paid for that
But placeholder midjourney slop cuts that artist out
December 12, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Sorry I think using AI for placeholders is also bad
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I know you only care about finished art but placeholder art also needs to be made by a human being who also needs to be paid for that
But placeholder midjourney slop cuts that artist out
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I know you only care about finished art but placeholder art also needs to be made by a human being who also needs to be paid for that
But placeholder midjourney slop cuts that artist out
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Fuck Fortnite, Fuck Epic, Fuck The Game Awards.
Posting this to their X but NOT their Bluesky just SHOWS they know they're doing some bigoted shit & just don't wanna get called out for it.
Imagine hurting your Transgender playerbase like this? And your Transgender viewers {In the case of TGA}?
Posting this to their X but NOT their Bluesky just SHOWS they know they're doing some bigoted shit & just don't wanna get called out for it.
Imagine hurting your Transgender playerbase like this? And your Transgender viewers {In the case of TGA}?
December 12, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Fuck Fortnite, Fuck Epic, Fuck The Game Awards.
Posting this to their X but NOT their Bluesky just SHOWS they know they're doing some bigoted shit & just don't wanna get called out for it.
Imagine hurting your Transgender playerbase like this? And your Transgender viewers {In the case of TGA}?
Posting this to their X but NOT their Bluesky just SHOWS they know they're doing some bigoted shit & just don't wanna get called out for it.
Imagine hurting your Transgender playerbase like this? And your Transgender viewers {In the case of TGA}?
TADC ep7: love the chinese room allegory lampshading. fantastic, no notes.
December 12, 2025 at 11:42 PM
TADC ep7: love the chinese room allegory lampshading. fantastic, no notes.
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Here's JRR Tolkien on today's Time Magazine People of the Year and Disney's deal with OpenAI
![from a letter by JRR Tolkien to his son Michael:
[here is] the tragedy and despair of all machinery laid bare. Unlike art which is content to create a new secondary world in the mind, it attempts to actualize desire, and so to create power in this World; and that cannot really be done with any real satisfaction. Labour-saving machinery only creates endless and worse labour. And in addition to this fundamental disability of a creature, is added the Fall, which makes our devices not only fail of their desire but turn to new and horrible evil. So we come inevitably from Daedalus and Icarus to the Giant Bomber. It is not an advance in wisdom! This terrible truth, glimpsed long ago by Sam Butler, sticks out so plainly and is so horrifyingly exhibited in our time, with its even worse menace for the future, that it seems almost a world wide mental disease that only a tiny minority perceive it. Even if people have ever heard the legends (which is getting rarer) they have no inkling of their portent. How could a maker of motorbikes name his product Ixion cycles! Ixion, who was bound for ever in hell on a perpetually revolving wheel! Well, I have got over 2 thousand words onto this little flimsy airletter; and I will forgive the Mordor-gadgets some of their sins, if they will bring it quickly to you](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eawrzkefxggvqbrmagkhsmcc/bafkreiehclqi7gi5ioox33zjtsvsk3aid326opn3ix6a2cadj3morubefq@jpeg)
December 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Here's JRR Tolkien on today's Time Magazine People of the Year and Disney's deal with OpenAI
congrats to clair obscur: expedition 33's developer* Sandfall for winning game of the year
*generative AI was used during the production of and included upon release of this game
*generative AI was used during the production of and included upon release of this game
December 12, 2025 at 4:06 AM
congrats to clair obscur: expedition 33's developer* Sandfall for winning game of the year
*generative AI was used during the production of and included upon release of this game
*generative AI was used during the production of and included upon release of this game
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I know I’m beating the same old drum.
But it cannot be stressed enough that this shit is the start of the slow asphyxiation of human talent existing in these spaces at all.
And it gets to do it while dressed in a suit and holding a trophy.
But it cannot be stressed enough that this shit is the start of the slow asphyxiation of human talent existing in these spaces at all.
And it gets to do it while dressed in a suit and holding a trophy.
December 12, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I know I’m beating the same old drum.
But it cannot be stressed enough that this shit is the start of the slow asphyxiation of human talent existing in these spaces at all.
And it gets to do it while dressed in a suit and holding a trophy.
But it cannot be stressed enough that this shit is the start of the slow asphyxiation of human talent existing in these spaces at all.
And it gets to do it while dressed in a suit and holding a trophy.
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Game Awards last year took place during a videogame strike against AI
The strike wasn’t mentioned or acknowledged despite many VO performers working on the games that are heralded every year and even appearing on stage
This year a game that features AI voiceover gets a podium to accept an award.
The strike wasn’t mentioned or acknowledged despite many VO performers working on the games that are heralded every year and even appearing on stage
This year a game that features AI voiceover gets a podium to accept an award.
studios using AI for voice acting sucks
December 12, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Game Awards last year took place during a videogame strike against AI
The strike wasn’t mentioned or acknowledged despite many VO performers working on the games that are heralded every year and even appearing on stage
This year a game that features AI voiceover gets a podium to accept an award.
The strike wasn’t mentioned or acknowledged despite many VO performers working on the games that are heralded every year and even appearing on stage
This year a game that features AI voiceover gets a podium to accept an award.
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"We'd like to thank generative AI, without which our placeholder textures just wouldn't have been possible."
December 12, 2025 at 3:05 AM
"We'd like to thank generative AI, without which our placeholder textures just wouldn't have been possible."
if clair obscur didn't put genAI in their game and then immediately hide that they did it, I'd be more inclined to be okay with all the awards they're winning
but uh
yeah they did that, so, i guess it's big hater hours?
but uh
yeah they did that, so, i guess it's big hater hours?
December 12, 2025 at 3:10 AM
if clair obscur didn't put genAI in their game and then immediately hide that they did it, I'd be more inclined to be okay with all the awards they're winning
but uh
yeah they did that, so, i guess it's big hater hours?
but uh
yeah they did that, so, i guess it's big hater hours?
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AI automation =/= AI generation. the scripts to automatically transcribe voice to text or whether your party character prioritizes Attack or Defense isn't the same as algorithms generating randomized results out of an amalgamation of existing data. conflating them is intentionally misleading.
December 9, 2025 at 12:16 AM
AI automation =/= AI generation. the scripts to automatically transcribe voice to text or whether your party character prioritizes Attack or Defense isn't the same as algorithms generating randomized results out of an amalgamation of existing data. conflating them is intentionally misleading.