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All children are born knowing how to do this. It is culture that deprives them of this knowledge.
"One present on Christmas eve" has turned into mayhem. My children are pelting me with candy canes and shouting "Excess is praxis!" They are quoting Georges Bataille. Please help me
December 25, 2025 at 4:35 AM
All children are born knowing how to do this. It is culture that deprives them of this knowledge.
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December 25, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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“Abolish ICE” should be the moderate position
“.. We need to get better at treating this like a business,” ICE acting director Todd M. Lyons said .. as efficiently as Amazon moves packages: “Like Prime, but with human beings.”
@washingtonpost.com
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@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
December 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
“Abolish ICE” should be the moderate position
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I love baseball, how the everliving **** did I not know that Paul Giamatti was his son
totally unsurprised that Paul Giamatti loves Deep Space Nine given that he watched Star Trek with his dad, the commissioner of Major League Baseball
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._Bart...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._Bart...
A. Bartlett Giamatti - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 21, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I love baseball, how the everliving **** did I not know that Paul Giamatti was his son
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The year is 2035. There are three game studios left. Each one produces a game every 10 years, killing 250+ developers in the process. They all accidentally make the same game because they used genAI in preproduction. They sell 500 million units each, missing quarterly targets. Everyone is laid off.
December 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The year is 2035. There are three game studios left. Each one produces a game every 10 years, killing 250+ developers in the process. They all accidentally make the same game because they used genAI in preproduction. They sell 500 million units each, missing quarterly targets. Everyone is laid off.
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Most of us did not choose to write or draw or design so that we could put products on the shelf. We chose to do it because it’s a set of skills we enjoy exercising, that give us fulfillment.
It’s like asking a pro pitcher to just let a machine pitch for them. Fuck off and give me the ball.
It’s like asking a pro pitcher to just let a machine pitch for them. Fuck off and give me the ball.
December 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Most of us did not choose to write or draw or design so that we could put products on the shelf. We chose to do it because it’s a set of skills we enjoy exercising, that give us fulfillment.
It’s like asking a pro pitcher to just let a machine pitch for them. Fuck off and give me the ball.
It’s like asking a pro pitcher to just let a machine pitch for them. Fuck off and give me the ball.
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This is such a misunderstanding of why writers, artists, and designers do research to begin with, which is to find something unexpected, not capture the average or find reference for the default.
And, as always, the biggest misapprehension: We don’t want to NOT do this part. It’s fun to learn shit
And, as always, the biggest misapprehension: We don’t want to NOT do this part. It’s fun to learn shit
Anyone who supports this is an embarrassment. "Instead of typing it out they'll generate their idea"? Are you insane?
Call yourself whatever you want but you aren't creatives, that's for sure.
Call yourself whatever you want but you aren't creatives, that's for sure.
December 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This is such a misunderstanding of why writers, artists, and designers do research to begin with, which is to find something unexpected, not capture the average or find reference for the default.
And, as always, the biggest misapprehension: We don’t want to NOT do this part. It’s fun to learn shit
And, as always, the biggest misapprehension: We don’t want to NOT do this part. It’s fun to learn shit
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can you imagine this guy stalking bill watterson before the last thing he remembers is taking a wood carving to the face
![What's the title or IP that you have yet to land but want?
Calvin and Hobbes. I've been chasing that for years and years, and I just have gotten nowhere with [creator| Bill Watterson. I began writing letters to him over 20 years ago. He lives in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, and I was actually contemplating just going out there and just staying at a local Best Western and seeing if he ever shows up at the [local] bookstore. All he does is these wood carvings for poetry readings, and every now and then he goes to the bookstore and does signings.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j7oungezftaoil3fnoprq6p6/bafkreia6vznxyszo2tnutlhpvonmcfannun4lifkmcrqeolrxzj7zqji4y@jpeg)
December 19, 2025 at 1:52 AM
can you imagine this guy stalking bill watterson before the last thing he remembers is taking a wood carving to the face
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autumn is one of the best to ever do it and, in a just world, would be a salaried and celebrated voice in this space.
fighting back tears reading this one.
fighting back tears reading this one.
December 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
autumn is one of the best to ever do it and, in a just world, would be a salaried and celebrated voice in this space.
fighting back tears reading this one.
fighting back tears reading this one.
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Honestly while I'm not about to get complacent, their polling numbers with independents are basically apocalyptic.
I'm actually starting to focus more on how we keep wishy-washy democrats from hugging and doing "all's forgiven" when this is over.
All is not forgiven. Primary anyone who disagrees.
I'm actually starting to focus more on how we keep wishy-washy democrats from hugging and doing "all's forgiven" when this is over.
All is not forgiven. Primary anyone who disagrees.
December 18, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Honestly while I'm not about to get complacent, their polling numbers with independents are basically apocalyptic.
I'm actually starting to focus more on how we keep wishy-washy democrats from hugging and doing "all's forgiven" when this is over.
All is not forgiven. Primary anyone who disagrees.
I'm actually starting to focus more on how we keep wishy-washy democrats from hugging and doing "all's forgiven" when this is over.
All is not forgiven. Primary anyone who disagrees.
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Very weird feeling waiting for the president to announce an illegal war based on total bullshit that they made up right in front of our faces on TV, almost like I've lived through this moment before
December 18, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Very weird feeling waiting for the president to announce an illegal war based on total bullshit that they made up right in front of our faces on TV, almost like I've lived through this moment before
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We got all the hits:
- purchased by private equity firm
- hid a bunch of layoffs
- invested a bunch of money in AI
- tried to make that money back by ruining the best product it now owned
- purchased by private equity firm
- hid a bunch of layoffs
- invested a bunch of money in AI
- tried to make that money back by ruining the best product it now owned
“They burned millions but got nothing.” Major Japanese game font provider’s aggressive price hike could be result of parent company’s alleged AI failure and financial struggle
automaton-media.com/en/news/japa...
automaton-media.com/en/news/japa...
“They burned millions but got nothing.” Japanese game font provider’s aggressive price hike could be result of parent company’s alleged AI failure and financial struggle - AUTOMATON WEST
After it replaced a domestic $380 annual license plan for game fonts with a $20,500 plan, Monotype has come under scrutiny.
automaton-media.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:11 AM
We got all the hits:
- purchased by private equity firm
- hid a bunch of layoffs
- invested a bunch of money in AI
- tried to make that money back by ruining the best product it now owned
- purchased by private equity firm
- hid a bunch of layoffs
- invested a bunch of money in AI
- tried to make that money back by ruining the best product it now owned
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even in this toxic hellscape of a year, we can still enjoy the original Christmas Nights website
nights.sega.jp/nights1/cont...
nights.sega.jp/nights1/cont...
December 18, 2025 at 12:42 AM
even in this toxic hellscape of a year, we can still enjoy the original Christmas Nights website
nights.sega.jp/nights1/cont...
nights.sega.jp/nights1/cont...
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"look we're not using AI in the final product we're just using it to speed up the conceptual stage" is what a lot of dopes affecting an enlightened middle position keep saying. I truly do not get that one. You hate imagining stuff? You don't like thinking and conceptualizing? Get a grip
December 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
"look we're not using AI in the final product we're just using it to speed up the conceptual stage" is what a lot of dopes affecting an enlightened middle position keep saying. I truly do not get that one. You hate imagining stuff? You don't like thinking and conceptualizing? Get a grip
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The way to restart the idea machine is PAY CREATIVES FOR THEIR WORK
America, you have spoken loud and clear: You do not like AI. But what if AI is the way to restart the world’s idea machine?
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:34 AM
The way to restart the idea machine is PAY CREATIVES FOR THEIR WORK
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consider my feedback: i loved working at @larianstudios.com until AI. reconsider and change your direction, like, yesterday. show your employees some respect. they are world-class & do not need AI assistance to come up with amazing ideas.
December 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
consider my feedback: i loved working at @larianstudios.com until AI. reconsider and change your direction, like, yesterday. show your employees some respect. they are world-class & do not need AI assistance to come up with amazing ideas.
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Early Access and the way they managed their community across all their updates helped humanize that team in ways that only helped Baldur’s Gate 3, weird for the studio to be so willing to throw all that goodwill away.
I think it's nice when concept art shows the evolution of people's creative processes instead of a prompt, but what do I know
December 16, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Early Access and the way they managed their community across all their updates helped humanize that team in ways that only helped Baldur’s Gate 3, weird for the studio to be so willing to throw all that goodwill away.
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Similarly to "Why would you use the slop robots for concept art or placeholder text when silly stuff does the job even better (and doesn't kill the planet/poison marginalized communities/put people out of work/etc)…"
This is my favorite placeholder from 2.0 of "Undergrowth!" 😂
This is my favorite placeholder from 2.0 of "Undergrowth!" 😂
December 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Similarly to "Why would you use the slop robots for concept art or placeholder text when silly stuff does the job even better (and doesn't kill the planet/poison marginalized communities/put people out of work/etc)…"
This is my favorite placeholder from 2.0 of "Undergrowth!" 😂
This is my favorite placeholder from 2.0 of "Undergrowth!" 😂
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[extremely boss voice] everyone at the company is more or less ok with this
sigh
December 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
[extremely boss voice] everyone at the company is more or less ok with this
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instead of reposting that horrible screenshot of that horrible man's post, consider sharing the incredible stories about what sweet, thoughtful man Rob Reiner was and flooding the feed with them
When Rob Reiner was on his all-time epic run at the start of his career, he had an opportunity to read a script that was looking for a production partner, and he lost his mind for it. He decided Castle Rock had to have it, no matter what.
December 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
instead of reposting that horrible screenshot of that horrible man's post, consider sharing the incredible stories about what sweet, thoughtful man Rob Reiner was and flooding the feed with them
WOOOOOOOO JACKSON LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOO
The #NewYorkGameAwards nominees for Best Games Journalism are:
🔵 Duncan Fyfe
🔵 Felipe Pepe
🔵 Jackson Tyler
🔵 Joseph Earl Thomas
🔵 Lewis Gordon
🔵 Nicanor Gordon
🔵 People Make Games
🔵 Duncan Fyfe
🔵 Felipe Pepe
🔵 Jackson Tyler
🔵 Joseph Earl Thomas
🔵 Lewis Gordon
🔵 Nicanor Gordon
🔵 People Make Games
December 15, 2025 at 7:35 PM
WOOOOOOOO JACKSON LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOO
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I played Horses this weekend and I wrote down some messy thoughts not only on the game but especially on the specter of formalism that emerged to haunt us all for a moment.
transgamerthoughts.com/post/8023277...
transgamerthoughts.com/post/8023277...
I Hope You Get To Live Your Entire Life As A Human
I thought this was going to be a review of my time with Santa Ragione's Horses, the controversial art game recently banned from Steam and the Epic Store. To some extent, this will be that but after...
transgamerthoughts.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I played Horses this weekend and I wrote down some messy thoughts not only on the game but especially on the specter of formalism that emerged to haunt us all for a moment.
transgamerthoughts.com/post/8023277...
transgamerthoughts.com/post/8023277...
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the true believers around nixon genuinely saw him as some kind of embodiment of the people and thought that congressional attempts to corral his authority were illegitimate on that basis. straight line from them to the executive power fetishists on the supreme court.
it is incredible that legalizing watergate has been the overriding ideological project of the american right for fifty years
December 8, 2025 at 9:27 PM
the true believers around nixon genuinely saw him as some kind of embodiment of the people and thought that congressional attempts to corral his authority were illegitimate on that basis. straight line from them to the executive power fetishists on the supreme court.