Shadow Hog
@shadowhog.bsky.social
Guy who likes games. Occasional contributor to the Hardcore Gaming 101 Top 47K Games podcast. Mostly repost things I find interesting. He/Him.
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Half-Life 2 is 21 today!
The Citadel in City 17, art by the late Viktor Antonov (1972-2025):
The Citadel in City 17, art by the late Viktor Antonov (1972-2025):
November 16, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Half-Life 2 is 21 today!
The Citadel in City 17, art by the late Viktor Antonov (1972-2025):
The Citadel in City 17, art by the late Viktor Antonov (1972-2025):
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My industry has been pushing hard to Al-ify everything. It’s seen as a necessary evil to win budgets.
At a recent trade show my team was singled out as a shining example of improving workflows.
The catch?
We used 0 AI. Our whole product was deterministic matching rules with a very polished UX.
At a recent trade show my team was singled out as a shining example of improving workflows.
The catch?
We used 0 AI. Our whole product was deterministic matching rules with a very polished UX.
this goes right along with my theory that the AI obsession in *users* is often bc…
1. they were never educated (esp "ipad generation") & don't know how computers work
2. our tools and services are all SO AWFUL NOW, degraded at best, actively user-hostile at worst
1. they were never educated (esp "ipad generation") & don't know how computers work
2. our tools and services are all SO AWFUL NOW, degraded at best, actively user-hostile at worst
November 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
My industry has been pushing hard to Al-ify everything. It’s seen as a necessary evil to win budgets.
At a recent trade show my team was singled out as a shining example of improving workflows.
The catch?
We used 0 AI. Our whole product was deterministic matching rules with a very polished UX.
At a recent trade show my team was singled out as a shining example of improving workflows.
The catch?
We used 0 AI. Our whole product was deterministic matching rules with a very polished UX.
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People rushing to make fun of this one when its a reference to this banger from 2008.
November 14, 2025 at 8:43 PM
People rushing to make fun of this one when its a reference to this banger from 2008.
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Having only played the 3DS game, it’s genuinely shocking it was on a Nintendo system. Beyond super edgy violence and absurdly grime endings, there were a few eyebrow raising moments of “ok, didn’t… need… that.”
At any rate, I call bullshit on these “current platform guidelines”
At any rate, I call bullshit on these “current platform guidelines”
XSEED Games announced that Corpse Party Tetralogy Pack west physical is canceled as well as digital unreleased games featured in the pack, due to the contents of several games in the pack not complying with current platform guidelines
November 15, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Having only played the 3DS game, it’s genuinely shocking it was on a Nintendo system. Beyond super edgy violence and absurdly grime endings, there were a few eyebrow raising moments of “ok, didn’t… need… that.”
At any rate, I call bullshit on these “current platform guidelines”
At any rate, I call bullshit on these “current platform guidelines”
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I am actually completely cool with this interpretation I love the idea of samus as an altruist-- but as a no-nonsense altruist who is utterly convinced of her own competence (and she's correct!). She hears a distress beacon and *takes charge*.
The entire fandom’s (and Retro Studios) initial assumption: “Oh she hunts down the baddest monsters in the galaxy and gets paid for it, right?”
Nintendo: “What? No. She’s like humanity’s motherly guardian. What are you talking about.”
www.nintendolife.com/news/2022/04...
Nintendo: “What? No. She’s like humanity’s motherly guardian. What are you talking about.”
www.nintendolife.com/news/2022/04...
November 15, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I am actually completely cool with this interpretation I love the idea of samus as an altruist-- but as a no-nonsense altruist who is utterly convinced of her own competence (and she's correct!). She hears a distress beacon and *takes charge*.
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I did the difficult work so no one else had to:
"Anime" only shows up once in the Epstein emails, and it's only in a description of Edward Snowden.
"Anime" only shows up once in the Epstein emails, and it's only in a description of Edward Snowden.
November 16, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I did the difficult work so no one else had to:
"Anime" only shows up once in the Epstein emails, and it's only in a description of Edward Snowden.
"Anime" only shows up once in the Epstein emails, and it's only in a description of Edward Snowden.
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if I had any lingering doubts about who the target demographic for retro handhelds was this theme would have shattered them
November 15, 2025 at 10:25 PM
if I had any lingering doubts about who the target demographic for retro handhelds was this theme would have shattered them
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The guy from the "Hit it, Joe!" photoplayer meme is starting his own nonprofit to preserve silent cinema technology:
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
This instrument from the early cinema is disappearing. But not on Joe's watch
Joe Rinaudo is doing everything to ensure his passion for photoplayers, the self-playing pianos that scored silent movies, outlives him even as interest in the instrument has waned for a long time, wi...
www.latimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The guy from the "Hit it, Joe!" photoplayer meme is starting his own nonprofit to preserve silent cinema technology:
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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i've been playing Buggy Heat on dreamcast and this car is called Drank Schenker
November 16, 2025 at 12:58 AM
i've been playing Buggy Heat on dreamcast and this car is called Drank Schenker
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They're putting on an Ultraman stage show at the American Dream mall here in NJ. This is nuts, I have to go see this.
This thing is really cool, but it's also unbearably funny to see it flop around.
November 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
They're putting on an Ultraman stage show at the American Dream mall here in NJ. This is nuts, I have to go see this.
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Perspective is everything
November 15, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Perspective is everything
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Never forget how in 2004 to promote their "Shrek 2" kids meals, Burger King equipped the roofs of their restaurants with 12 foot tall, 40 pound, inflatable Shreks
May 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Never forget how in 2004 to promote their "Shrek 2" kids meals, Burger King equipped the roofs of their restaurants with 12 foot tall, 40 pound, inflatable Shreks
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Rebecca Heineman @burgerbecky.bsky.social needs to be transfered by helicopter to a medical center where they can better treat her cancer, which means her gofundme needs $20k more. please give to support this trans game dev elder if you can!
Donate to Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, organized by Rebecca Heineman
I’m Rebecca Ann Heineman. The very first video game champion, creat… Rebecca Heineman needs your support for Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer
www.gofundme.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Rebecca Heineman @burgerbecky.bsky.social needs to be transfered by helicopter to a medical center where they can better treat her cancer, which means her gofundme needs $20k more. please give to support this trans game dev elder if you can!
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death generator(?) spotted in the wild
November 16, 2025 at 2:19 AM
death generator(?) spotted in the wild
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I think medieval beekeeper outfits could be the strongest look in the entire history of fashion.
November 15, 2025 at 7:20 AM
I think medieval beekeeper outfits could be the strongest look in the entire history of fashion.
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THE PROPHECY HAS BEEN FULFILLED
November 16, 2025 at 2:38 AM
THE PROPHECY HAS BEEN FULFILLED
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The one good use for blinds.
November 16, 2025 at 4:13 AM
The one good use for blinds.
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Foundational figure in PC games. One of those load-bearing creatives where things would look very different for entire genres if she wasn’t around. Please help her out
I’ve started a GoFundMe to help with my cancer battle gofund.me/6850175a3
Donate to Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, organized by Rebecca Heineman
I’m Rebecca Ann Heineman. The very first video game champion, creat… Rebecca Heineman needs your support for Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer
gofund.me
November 16, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Foundational figure in PC games. One of those load-bearing creatives where things would look very different for entire genres if she wasn’t around. Please help her out
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Read this thread.
Everyone needs to understand the ongoing 'Problem' is not relegated to the game industry; it is a modular tumor in EVERY industry. Every sector, every field, every institution.
The C-Suite's entire job is to HURT you; to take everything, while giving nothing. They are The Enemy.
Everyone needs to understand the ongoing 'Problem' is not relegated to the game industry; it is a modular tumor in EVERY industry. Every sector, every field, every institution.
The C-Suite's entire job is to HURT you; to take everything, while giving nothing. They are The Enemy.
3 years ago today, Riot Games offered me a job making more money than I ever thought I’d make in my life. I had 19 interviews over 2.5 months to get it. Partner and I were moving to LA for it. I put in notice at my job and apartment.
2 weeks later they rescinded the offer due to “headcount issues”.
2 weeks later they rescinded the offer due to “headcount issues”.
November 15, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Read this thread.
Everyone needs to understand the ongoing 'Problem' is not relegated to the game industry; it is a modular tumor in EVERY industry. Every sector, every field, every institution.
The C-Suite's entire job is to HURT you; to take everything, while giving nothing. They are The Enemy.
Everyone needs to understand the ongoing 'Problem' is not relegated to the game industry; it is a modular tumor in EVERY industry. Every sector, every field, every institution.
The C-Suite's entire job is to HURT you; to take everything, while giving nothing. They are The Enemy.
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The same rich idiots that told me downloading a song on Napster was like stealing a car are trying to tell me that absorbing every movie ever made into *THE ROBOT* is fair use, actually, and a legion of dickriders coming to defend them because it's the future. Like fuck off.
This is the core of it. People think they're mad at the AI boogeyman but really they're mad about copyright law.
November 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The same rich idiots that told me downloading a song on Napster was like stealing a car are trying to tell me that absorbing every movie ever made into *THE ROBOT* is fair use, actually, and a legion of dickriders coming to defend them because it's the future. Like fuck off.
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New games weren't scarce in the 90s, but you could've easily played most of the hits. Now there's so many masterpieces that everyone has their personal endless backlog of amazing content.
AI slop shouldn't be able to thrive in a market bursting with so many human-made, genuine banger pieces of art.
AI slop shouldn't be able to thrive in a market bursting with so many human-made, genuine banger pieces of art.
November 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
New games weren't scarce in the 90s, but you could've easily played most of the hits. Now there's so many masterpieces that everyone has their personal endless backlog of amazing content.
AI slop shouldn't be able to thrive in a market bursting with so many human-made, genuine banger pieces of art.
AI slop shouldn't be able to thrive in a market bursting with so many human-made, genuine banger pieces of art.
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I was recently in a incident that caused me to lose control of my moped I was riding on to work, having me break my femur and getting surgery.
I need any type of help people can offer. As I’m out of work for 3 months and still need help financially.
ko-fi.com/aubby/goal?g=2
I need any type of help people can offer. As I’m out of work for 3 months and still need help financially.
ko-fi.com/aubby/goal?g=2
November 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I was recently in a incident that caused me to lose control of my moped I was riding on to work, having me break my femur and getting surgery.
I need any type of help people can offer. As I’m out of work for 3 months and still need help financially.
ko-fi.com/aubby/goal?g=2
I need any type of help people can offer. As I’m out of work for 3 months and still need help financially.
ko-fi.com/aubby/goal?g=2