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Lately I've been feeling so deeply exhausted about how every single creative person is wasting so much time thinking about and arguing about how this useless dogshit doesn't work and can never work; so I gotta say, seeing players overwhelmingly understand that too makes me SO happy and encouraged
everyone dislikes genai in games, but kids and story-focused players the most.
sounds like we'll be ok. just have to stay the course here and the "inevitable" new technology nobody likes will die. again.
quanticfoundry.com/2025/12/18/g...
sounds like we'll be ok. just have to stay the course here and the "inevitable" new technology nobody likes will die. again.
quanticfoundry.com/2025/12/18/g...
Gamers Are Overwhelmingly Negative About Gen AI in Video Games, but Attitudes Vary by Gender, Age, and Gaming Motivations.
Learn about how gender, age, and gaming motivations shape the perception of Gen AI in video games.
quanticfoundry.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Lately I've been feeling so deeply exhausted about how every single creative person is wasting so much time thinking about and arguing about how this useless dogshit doesn't work and can never work; so I gotta say, seeing players overwhelmingly understand that too makes me SO happy and encouraged
as someone who genuinely likes playing fortnite...i need some suggestions for what to replace it with
Drop Fortnite
"Rowling will undoubtedly receive substantial royalties from the Fortnite skins… That money will likely be funneled into her hate campaign against trans people.
"… over a third of… funding for the [U.K.] case came directly from Rowling…"
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/12/fort...
"… over a third of… funding for the [U.K.] case came directly from Rowling…"
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/12/fort...
December 19, 2025 at 11:23 PM
as someone who genuinely likes playing fortnite...i need some suggestions for what to replace it with
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It's amazing that there are people who don't think we're in a bubble.
December 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
It's amazing that there are people who don't think we're in a bubble.
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This will backfire horrifically and every decision-maker involved will deserve it.
Disney is making a $1 billion investment in OpenAI and will let the AI platform use its characters to make social-media videos.
Disney to Invest $1 Billion in OpenAI, License Characters for Use in ChatGPT, Sora
The three-year licensing deal will let users generate videos of more than 200 Disney, Marvel, Star Wars and Pixar characters.
on.wsj.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This will backfire horrifically and every decision-maker involved will deserve it.
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Valve: The company that takes 30% of your revenue in order to let their customers say horribly racist things about your game
Valve has now rejected my complaint, confirming that "I don't like muslims" is a valid reason to leave a negative review on a game on Steam
This is where we're at now.
This is where we're at now.
December 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Valve: The company that takes 30% of your revenue in order to let their customers say horribly racist things about your game
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so insanely fucking real for this
December 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
so insanely fucking real for this
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Part of the 30% cut that Valve takes is the implicit agreement that they'll protect developers from the hassle of dealing with individual payment providers, and if they're not actually willing to go to bat for us, why are we paying them so much again
Saw someone cite the Collective Shout thing and payment processors in regards to the Horse situation and say "Valve can't fight them by itself", and I think we maybe shouldn't be defending multi-billion dollar companies for arbitrary takedowns of artistic works and acting like they're the little guy
November 27, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Part of the 30% cut that Valve takes is the implicit agreement that they'll protect developers from the hassle of dealing with individual payment providers, and if they're not actually willing to go to bat for us, why are we paying them so much again
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"people im about to fire and then rehire at lower rates are jumping to extreme takes!!" evergreen c-suite take
November 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
"people im about to fire and then rehire at lower rates are jumping to extreme takes!!" evergreen c-suite take
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i promise that most people who know about and work in tech, art, and other impacted industries BADLY want to be effing normal about genAI but that ship sailed away on a catastrophic bubble like 11 billionaires ago
November 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
i promise that most people who know about and work in tech, art, and other impacted industries BADLY want to be effing normal about genAI but that ship sailed away on a catastrophic bubble like 11 billionaires ago
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love the implication here that this middle ground was taken away by spicy online anti-genAI hot takes, as opposed to the trillion dollar investment bubble, omnipresent industrial takeover, operating system undermining, mass layoffs, leveraged data center construction, + ensuing environmental impacts
"Surely there's a middle ground here?" The CEO of Helldivers 2 studio Arrowhead says people "jump to extreme takes" when debating generative AI, and that there needs to be more nuance in the discussion.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/surely-...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/surely-...
‘Surely there’s a middle ground here?’ Helldivers studio CEO says people ‘jump to extreme takes’ when debating GenAI | VGC
“This is such a trigger point for big parts of the games industry today”…
www.videogameschronicle.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
love the implication here that this middle ground was taken away by spicy online anti-genAI hot takes, as opposed to the trillion dollar investment bubble, omnipresent industrial takeover, operating system undermining, mass layoffs, leveraged data center construction, + ensuing environmental impacts
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technology that makes people more productive is inherently used to perpetuate capitalism, that’s why I make videogames, technology that makes people less productive
November 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
technology that makes people more productive is inherently used to perpetuate capitalism, that’s why I make videogames, technology that makes people less productive
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The guy who ran on this ad just spanked the pants off an Establishment Dem
This is what the base will turn out for
youtu.be/bEvVSpN0BXg?...
This is what the base will turn out for
youtu.be/bEvVSpN0BXg?...
November 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The guy who ran on this ad just spanked the pants off an Establishment Dem
This is what the base will turn out for
youtu.be/bEvVSpN0BXg?...
This is what the base will turn out for
youtu.be/bEvVSpN0BXg?...
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people think being a videogame producer is about making schedules and checking in, but it's actually about getting on your hands and knees to beg the trans witches who code your games to use their mental illnesses for good and to get on a call with each other instead of 100+ slack msg threads
November 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
people think being a videogame producer is about making schedules and checking in, but it's actually about getting on your hands and knees to beg the trans witches who code your games to use their mental illnesses for good and to get on a call with each other instead of 100+ slack msg threads
this fuckin rocks
November 4, 2025 at 3:49 PM
this fuckin rocks
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I think any story about Trump's autocracy should be mostly about the people and institutions who failed to stop it. This guy isn't a political genius, everything else just happens to be rotten. 'Toddler Consolidates Power In Household' is a story about incompetent parents, not shrewd maneuvering
October 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I think any story about Trump's autocracy should be mostly about the people and institutions who failed to stop it. This guy isn't a political genius, everything else just happens to be rotten. 'Toddler Consolidates Power In Household' is a story about incompetent parents, not shrewd maneuvering
sex and drugs are cool or whatever but have you ever won a game of magic the gathering the turn after your opponent resolves an emrakul
October 28, 2025 at 3:14 AM
sex and drugs are cool or whatever but have you ever won a game of magic the gathering the turn after your opponent resolves an emrakul
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fuck doug ford
This is what the Ford government believes is the problem with Ontario
At a press conference this afternoon, Attorney General Doug Downey said they want to move away from requiring "evergreen leases, that just go on with no end in sight":
October 23, 2025 at 11:06 PM
fuck doug ford
play stupid games (putting a heater under your bed and then connecting it to the internet) win stupid prizes (getting burned alive in the night by your bed)
who's gonna be the hero to sell these to fascists so we can hack their beds to eat them alive like nightmare on elm street
who's gonna be the hero to sell these to fascists so we can hack their beds to eat them alive like nightmare on elm street
Eight Sleep smartbeds users had a bad night on Monday when a major outage of Amazon Web Services (AWS) caused their beds to malfunction. Some were left with the bed’s heat blasting. One woman said her bed went haywire and she had to unplug it from the wall.
🔗 www.404media.co/the-aws-outa...
🔗 www.404media.co/the-aws-outa...
The AWS Outage Bricked People’s $2,700 Smartbeds
When Amazon Web Services went offline, people lost control of their cloud-connected smart beds, getting stuck in reclined positions or roasting with the heat turned all the way up.
www.404media.co
October 22, 2025 at 2:39 PM
play stupid games (putting a heater under your bed and then connecting it to the internet) win stupid prizes (getting burned alive in the night by your bed)
who's gonna be the hero to sell these to fascists so we can hack their beds to eat them alive like nightmare on elm street
who's gonna be the hero to sell these to fascists so we can hack their beds to eat them alive like nightmare on elm street
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Gushing reviews rolling in for Absolum. Not surprising - that demo (still available) was really damn good, and pretty replayable to boot.
For those unaware: Roguelite (Hades-esque) side-scrolling brawler from the gameplay team behind Streets Of Rage 4, paired with French animation studio Supamonks.
For those unaware: Roguelite (Hades-esque) side-scrolling brawler from the gameplay team behind Streets Of Rage 4, paired with French animation studio Supamonks.
Save 10% on Absolum on Steam
Fight as the outcast heroes of Talamh in a fierce battle to retake magic from Sun King Azra’s grasp in Absolum, an original roguelite beat ‘em up by Dotemu.
store.steampowered.com
October 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Gushing reviews rolling in for Absolum. Not surprising - that demo (still available) was really damn good, and pretty replayable to boot.
For those unaware: Roguelite (Hades-esque) side-scrolling brawler from the gameplay team behind Streets Of Rage 4, paired with French animation studio Supamonks.
For those unaware: Roguelite (Hades-esque) side-scrolling brawler from the gameplay team behind Streets Of Rage 4, paired with French animation studio Supamonks.
omg i just saw this on itch and i'm so hyped! god this pixelart style is incredible. can't wait to play!!!
My new open world precision "batformer" Vampire's Best Friend is out now on Steam and itch with a 10% launch discount!
Vampire hunters are after a mischievous vampire girl, and it's up to her pet bat to save the day!
Vampire hunters are after a mischievous vampire girl, and it's up to her pet bat to save the day!
October 7, 2025 at 10:12 PM
omg i just saw this on itch and i'm so hyped! god this pixelart style is incredible. can't wait to play!!!
made this for a friend's zine, thought i'd share cuz im pretty proud of it
September 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM
made this for a friend's zine, thought i'd share cuz im pretty proud of it
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Let's respond to hate with love.
Let's respond to love with big love.
To those who are anti-transgender, Chiitan isn't asking you to understand transgender people.
I ask that you quietly watch over us.
Transgender people just want to be happy with the people they love🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Let's respond to love with big love.
To those who are anti-transgender, Chiitan isn't asking you to understand transgender people.
I ask that you quietly watch over us.
Transgender people just want to be happy with the people they love🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
September 19, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Let's respond to hate with love.
Let's respond to love with big love.
To those who are anti-transgender, Chiitan isn't asking you to understand transgender people.
I ask that you quietly watch over us.
Transgender people just want to be happy with the people they love🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Let's respond to love with big love.
To those who are anti-transgender, Chiitan isn't asking you to understand transgender people.
I ask that you quietly watch over us.
Transgender people just want to be happy with the people they love🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
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i absolutely love this clip
just imagine a world without microsoft excel. make it happen at herdling.game
August 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
i absolutely love this clip