Thundal Archsys
@thundalarchsys.bsky.social
He/Him | Enby (Fluid) 🏳️⚧️ | Poly/RA | Omni | ND | 36yo
My spaces are 18+ assumed, safe spaces.
Worldbuilding, gaming lineage/BTS/context, transhumanist with particular interest in morphological freedom.
My spaces are 18+ assumed, safe spaces.
Worldbuilding, gaming lineage/BTS/context, transhumanist with particular interest in morphological freedom.
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Welcome, traveler!
Your host is an aspiring author, with passions for GSRM activism (specializing in Poly and GNC advocacy), gaming, and philosophy.
My intention for the account is to discuss my book more casually, as well as commentary on current events; I'll have a secondary once I re-pub.
Your host is an aspiring author, with passions for GSRM activism (specializing in Poly and GNC advocacy), gaming, and philosophy.
My intention for the account is to discuss my book more casually, as well as commentary on current events; I'll have a secondary once I re-pub.
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Y'all gonna start acknowledging the parallels yet?
Y'all gonna start defending art, intimacy, and sex as basic human expressions?
Y'all gonna start realizing that these deranged puritans don't have an ounce of goodwill in their bodies and literally just want to control every aspect of our lives?
Y'all gonna start defending art, intimacy, and sex as basic human expressions?
Y'all gonna start realizing that these deranged puritans don't have an ounce of goodwill in their bodies and literally just want to control every aspect of our lives?
![A screenshot of the first three paragraphs from Wikipedia's article on "Degenerate art" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degenerate_art).
It reads:
Degenerate art (German: Entartete Kunst) was a term adopted in the 1920s by the Nazi Party in Germany to describe modern art. During the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler, German modernist art, including many works of internationally renowned artists, was removed from state-owned museums and banned in Nazi Germany on the grounds that such art was an "insult to German feeling", un-German, Freemasonic, Jewish, or Communist in nature. Those identified as degenerate artists were subjected to sanctions that included dismissal from teaching positions, being forbidden to exhibit or to sell their art, and in some cases being forbidden to produce art.
Degenerate Art also was the title of a 1937 exhibition held by the Nazis in Munich, consisting of 650 modernist artworks that the Nazis had taken from museums, that were poorly hung alongside graffiti and text labels mocking the art and the artists.[1] Designed to inflame public opinion against modernism, the exhibition subsequently traveled to several other cities in Germany and Austria.
While modern styles of art were prohibited, the Nazis promoted paintings and sculptures that were traditional in manner and that exalted the "blood and soil" values of racial purity, militarism, and obedience. Similar restrictions were placed upon music, which was expected to be tonal and free of any jazz influences; disapproved music was termed degenerate music. Films and plays were also censored.[2]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fjyar4qi72ca4d54262prmt5/bafkreidrunh4pl7wusvh4btcxrswf4cfgzxdbvqhb2le7so5zntcboo5ja@jpeg)
December 17, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Y'all gonna start acknowledging the parallels yet?
Y'all gonna start defending art, intimacy, and sex as basic human expressions?
Y'all gonna start realizing that these deranged puritans don't have an ounce of goodwill in their bodies and literally just want to control every aspect of our lives?
Y'all gonna start defending art, intimacy, and sex as basic human expressions?
Y'all gonna start realizing that these deranged puritans don't have an ounce of goodwill in their bodies and literally just want to control every aspect of our lives?
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"you're a man"
ad hominem
"you were born a boy"
sunk cost fallacy
"you're amab"
false dichotomy
"you have xy chromosomes"
false equivalence
"trans people are mentally ill"
non sequitur
"changing your sex isn't possible"
skill issue
ad hominem
"you were born a boy"
sunk cost fallacy
"you're amab"
false dichotomy
"you have xy chromosomes"
false equivalence
"trans people are mentally ill"
non sequitur
"changing your sex isn't possible"
skill issue
December 18, 2025 at 9:36 PM
"you're a man"
ad hominem
"you were born a boy"
sunk cost fallacy
"you're amab"
false dichotomy
"you have xy chromosomes"
false equivalence
"trans people are mentally ill"
non sequitur
"changing your sex isn't possible"
skill issue
ad hominem
"you were born a boy"
sunk cost fallacy
"you're amab"
false dichotomy
"you have xy chromosomes"
false equivalence
"trans people are mentally ill"
non sequitur
"changing your sex isn't possible"
skill issue
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I spoke to a dozen professional concept artists working in games about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs easier, even if it's just used in "very early ideation stages."
Zero said "yes." Most said it made their job harder.
I learnt a lot about concept artists. You should too!
Zero said "yes." Most said it made their job harder.
I learnt a lot about concept artists. You should too!
We spoke to a dozen professional concept artists who are currently or have previously worked in game development about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs any easier.
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
Concept Artists Say Generative AI References Only Make Their Jobs Harder
“The ‘early ideation stages’, when worlds are being fleshed out by writers and artists, are literally crucial to the development of a game’s vision,” said one artist.
thisweekinvideogames.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I spoke to a dozen professional concept artists working in games about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs easier, even if it's just used in "very early ideation stages."
Zero said "yes." Most said it made their job harder.
I learnt a lot about concept artists. You should too!
Zero said "yes." Most said it made their job harder.
I learnt a lot about concept artists. You should too!
Happy to share one of these myself:
Graphic art isn't my bag. The few things I have an idea for are largely just silhouettes. Relative sizes. Major features.
This is the picture of the main cast first draft I handed off to my artist.
He was thrilled with both how much and how little detail.
Graphic art isn't my bag. The few things I have an idea for are largely just silhouettes. Relative sizes. Major features.
This is the picture of the main cast first draft I handed off to my artist.
He was thrilled with both how much and how little detail.
December 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Happy to share one of these myself:
Graphic art isn't my bag. The few things I have an idea for are largely just silhouettes. Relative sizes. Major features.
This is the picture of the main cast first draft I handed off to my artist.
He was thrilled with both how much and how little detail.
Graphic art isn't my bag. The few things I have an idea for are largely just silhouettes. Relative sizes. Major features.
This is the picture of the main cast first draft I handed off to my artist.
He was thrilled with both how much and how little detail.
This. It's really pretty simple:
"If I wanted it my way, I'd do it. If I want you to do it, I want you to do it *your* way."
This is how you work with any and all creatives. It's really just basic care, at this point. And the results are *always* superior.
"If I wanted it my way, I'd do it. If I want you to do it, I want you to do it *your* way."
This is how you work with any and all creatives. It's really just basic care, at this point. And the results are *always* superior.
Thank you! And yeah, both in sketches and script, I try to leave artists room to make things better. I find the more controlling writers are, the less room they leave for artists to contribute something rad.
December 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
This. It's really pretty simple:
"If I wanted it my way, I'd do it. If I want you to do it, I want you to do it *your* way."
This is how you work with any and all creatives. It's really just basic care, at this point. And the results are *always* superior.
"If I wanted it my way, I'd do it. If I want you to do it, I want you to do it *your* way."
This is how you work with any and all creatives. It's really just basic care, at this point. And the results are *always* superior.
This just boils my blood.
It is even worse that I know so many people who won't care or who will cheer this.
It is even worse that I know so many people who won't care or who will cheer this.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has reportedly been given quotas to meet on stripping citizenship from naturalized citizens in 2026.
www.jezebel.com/citizenship-...
www.jezebel.com/citizenship-...
Now They're Coming for Your Citizenship
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has reportedly been given quotas to meet in denaturalizing citizens in 2026.
www.jezebel.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
This just boils my blood.
It is even worse that I know so many people who won't care or who will cheer this.
It is even worse that I know so many people who won't care or who will cheer this.
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Perfect headline, 10/10, no notes
December 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Perfect headline, 10/10, no notes
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We are facing it and we're thanking them for letting us know not to buy their products. If they want to put generative AI in their process that's their choice. We're making ours to not condone that practice and put them on the naughty list.
"It’s time to face reality, AI is here to stay" - Kingdom Come: Deliverance head Daniel Vávra says Larian got a "crazy shitstorm" for doing what "absolutely everyone else is doing", and that while he's "no fan of AI generated art" it's going nowhere.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/its-tim...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/its-tim...
‘It’s time to face reality, AI is here to stay’: Kingdom Come Deliverance studio head responds to Larian backlash | VGC
Daniel Vávra says AI is a frightening prospect but has its uses, and that “absolutely everyone else” is using it…
www.videogameschronicle.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
We are facing it and we're thanking them for letting us know not to buy their products. If they want to put generative AI in their process that's their choice. We're making ours to not condone that practice and put them on the naughty list.
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Been thinking on the use of GenAi for mood boards. Ethics and legal risks aside, I truly believe using GenAi as references deprives one of many pivotal things.
Here’s a blurb on what I mean:
Here’s a blurb on what I mean:
December 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Been thinking on the use of GenAi for mood boards. Ethics and legal risks aside, I truly believe using GenAi as references deprives one of many pivotal things.
Here’s a blurb on what I mean:
Here’s a blurb on what I mean:
Kojima's a crazy person.
He's also excellent and correct in (too?) many cases.
I do not enjoy his works, but this man is a master artist and I respect him for everything he's done.
I endeavor to be half as crazy as he.
(I'd like to be a mix of him and Matsuno, I think. Maybe Funky Uncle, too)
He's also excellent and correct in (too?) many cases.
I do not enjoy his works, but this man is a master artist and I respect him for everything he's done.
I endeavor to be half as crazy as he.
(I'd like to be a mix of him and Matsuno, I think. Maybe Funky Uncle, too)
Keep thinking about this term "pre-digested" that Kojima used to describe art that's instantly gratifying. And how it's better when people grow to love something instead.
I've gravitated, as player and designer, toward the latter, but that term "pre-digested" is new and feels very strong.
I've gravitated, as player and designer, toward the latter, but that term "pre-digested" is new and feels very strong.
December 18, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Kojima's a crazy person.
He's also excellent and correct in (too?) many cases.
I do not enjoy his works, but this man is a master artist and I respect him for everything he's done.
I endeavor to be half as crazy as he.
(I'd like to be a mix of him and Matsuno, I think. Maybe Funky Uncle, too)
He's also excellent and correct in (too?) many cases.
I do not enjoy his works, but this man is a master artist and I respect him for everything he's done.
I endeavor to be half as crazy as he.
(I'd like to be a mix of him and Matsuno, I think. Maybe Funky Uncle, too)
I'm hoping our Anti-AI push *also* scoops these fascy fucks out of the digital gene pool, as it were.
Let's go, gang!
Let's go, gang!
December 17, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I'm hoping our Anti-AI push *also* scoops these fascy fucks out of the digital gene pool, as it were.
Let's go, gang!
Let's go, gang!
This is actually something addressed by a lot of writers.
One of my favorite recent quotes about writing:
"Most of my time writing is spent in Minecraft. Most of the rest is spent on walks with my dog and wife. A bit of it is typing, but really that's just busywork."
One of my favorite recent quotes about writing:
"Most of my time writing is spent in Minecraft. Most of the rest is spent on walks with my dog and wife. A bit of it is typing, but really that's just busywork."
Its so funny seeing companies go "oh we use GenAI for ideas when we're stumped!"
You know what I do for inspiration? Read a manga, play a game, watch a movie, go outside and peoplewatch, etc
There's so many things I CAN do for inspiration instead of asking ChudGPT to generate ideas for me
You know what I do for inspiration? Read a manga, play a game, watch a movie, go outside and peoplewatch, etc
There's so many things I CAN do for inspiration instead of asking ChudGPT to generate ideas for me
December 17, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This is actually something addressed by a lot of writers.
One of my favorite recent quotes about writing:
"Most of my time writing is spent in Minecraft. Most of the rest is spent on walks with my dog and wife. A bit of it is typing, but really that's just busywork."
One of my favorite recent quotes about writing:
"Most of my time writing is spent in Minecraft. Most of the rest is spent on walks with my dog and wife. A bit of it is typing, but really that's just busywork."
I grew up with gaming; my only real outlet.
In tabletop, I loved giving space for people to build their interactions. I loved building worlds for people to delve into and play around with. I loved surprising people with the reactions to them.
Now I'm a writer and an aspiring game designer.
In tabletop, I loved giving space for people to build their interactions. I loved building worlds for people to delve into and play around with. I loved surprising people with the reactions to them.
Now I'm a writer and an aspiring game designer.
With all this awful news going on i wanna ask this question once again to fellow artists and general creatives. What got YOU into art? what sparked that motivation to start writing? what made you wanna pick up a camera and start taking pics? Like share with us your reasons.
December 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I grew up with gaming; my only real outlet.
In tabletop, I loved giving space for people to build their interactions. I loved building worlds for people to delve into and play around with. I loved surprising people with the reactions to them.
Now I'm a writer and an aspiring game designer.
In tabletop, I loved giving space for people to build their interactions. I loved building worlds for people to delve into and play around with. I loved surprising people with the reactions to them.
Now I'm a writer and an aspiring game designer.
As a reminder: we can win, so long as we give a shit.
just a collection of "inevitable" multi-billion dollar tech that was going to be the future of everything until everyone in the audience who was supposed to just get on board said "lol no"
December 17, 2025 at 11:48 AM
As a reminder: we can win, so long as we give a shit.
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The thing thats so insidious about using AI this way is that one of the main ways artists get hired are studios looking for art references and they find us and reach out.
This is removing a major avenue to get work if they can just generate nameless derivations of our ideas.
This is removing a major avenue to get work if they can just generate nameless derivations of our ideas.
December 17, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The thing thats so insidious about using AI this way is that one of the main ways artists get hired are studios looking for art references and they find us and reach out.
This is removing a major avenue to get work if they can just generate nameless derivations of our ideas.
This is removing a major avenue to get work if they can just generate nameless derivations of our ideas.
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if you’re not an artist with experience in studio environments it might be hard to appreciate just how much genAI feels like a conman claiming to have made a gun that kills artists and every ceo lunging for it and pulling the trigger a few times
learning the gun doesn’t really work isn’t a comfort
learning the gun doesn’t really work isn’t a comfort
December 17, 2025 at 12:55 AM
if you’re not an artist with experience in studio environments it might be hard to appreciate just how much genAI feels like a conman claiming to have made a gun that kills artists and every ceo lunging for it and pulling the trigger a few times
learning the gun doesn’t really work isn’t a comfort
learning the gun doesn’t really work isn’t a comfort
Guess I'm finally going to try Zen out. The statement from them gives me hope.
I've been using FF since around 2005, when I jumped from IE. I've seen a bunch of slide from them but they bought a lot of goodwill over the years...
Still: It's been a great ride, right up until now
I've been using FF since around 2005, when I jumped from IE. I've seen a bunch of slide from them but they bought a lot of goodwill over the years...
Still: It's been a great ride, right up until now
December 17, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Guess I'm finally going to try Zen out. The statement from them gives me hope.
I've been using FF since around 2005, when I jumped from IE. I've seen a bunch of slide from them but they bought a lot of goodwill over the years...
Still: It's been a great ride, right up until now
I've been using FF since around 2005, when I jumped from IE. I've seen a bunch of slide from them but they bought a lot of goodwill over the years...
Still: It's been a great ride, right up until now
So much this. There's a reason I'm documenting all the steps, thoughts, and lore. There's a reason gaming history of development is so fascinating.
It's so fucking cool to see the original idea before it had to be reduced to feasible and shipped! Especially in the rare cases that can be fixed!
It's so fucking cool to see the original idea before it had to be reduced to feasible and shipped! Especially in the rare cases that can be fixed!
Personally, for me, concept art / cutting room floor stuff is almost *better* than what we end up with. And revisiting concepts to make new better shit along with the stuff you originally went with is *chef's kiss*
Old bean yells at cloud, etc
Old bean yells at cloud, etc
December 16, 2025 at 8:59 PM
So much this. There's a reason I'm documenting all the steps, thoughts, and lore. There's a reason gaming history of development is so fascinating.
It's so fucking cool to see the original idea before it had to be reduced to feasible and shipped! Especially in the rare cases that can be fixed!
It's so fucking cool to see the original idea before it had to be reduced to feasible and shipped! Especially in the rare cases that can be fixed!
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“We don’t use AI to make Concept Art, we just use it to make Art Concepts. See? Totally different.”
~Some dipshit CEO.
~Some dipshit CEO.
December 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
“We don’t use AI to make Concept Art, we just use it to make Art Concepts. See? Totally different.”
~Some dipshit CEO.
~Some dipshit CEO.
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"More or less okay with the way we're using it" is just manufactured consent from the guy who has the power to fire all these people in the worst games industry job market that has ever existed
sigh
December 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"More or less okay with the way we're using it" is just manufactured consent from the guy who has the power to fire all these people in the worst games industry job market that has ever existed
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You should make you new years resolution to stop using X / Twitter.
You really don't need it. It's a nazi bar full of bots that's not good for traffic.
Even better, drop it now.
You really don't need it. It's a nazi bar full of bots that's not good for traffic.
Even better, drop it now.
December 16, 2025 at 2:15 PM
You should make you new years resolution to stop using X / Twitter.
You really don't need it. It's a nazi bar full of bots that's not good for traffic.
Even better, drop it now.
You really don't need it. It's a nazi bar full of bots that's not good for traffic.
Even better, drop it now.
If you ever think you're bad at your job, it's always helpful to remember that there are people with less skill and qualifications who are getting paid purely for their arrogance and audacity.
I'm reasonably sure my cat could provide more valuable feedback.
I'm reasonably sure my cat could provide more valuable feedback.
And let us never forget one of the worst game-reviews ever commited to paper. This was in ASM issue 3/91 and ooooh boy... I´ve made a quick translation for those not fluent in what the author here passes off as "german". Enjoy!
December 16, 2025 at 1:27 PM
If you ever think you're bad at your job, it's always helpful to remember that there are people with less skill and qualifications who are getting paid purely for their arrogance and audacity.
I'm reasonably sure my cat could provide more valuable feedback.
I'm reasonably sure my cat could provide more valuable feedback.
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I really want to emphasize that this is a winnable fight, but everyone has to chip in in order to do so! Please dont sit it out expecting others to stand in your place!
And dont ignore local/state level stuff! As these state laws get overturned, the narrative behind the Fed ones lose steam!
And dont ignore local/state level stuff! As these state laws get overturned, the narrative behind the Fed ones lose steam!
#SaveSpeech
Netchoice won their legal battle against Age verification in louisiana! This follows similar rulings in AK and OH!
This is huge!
These laws can be stopped, they can be overturned. Do not give in to dooming! Keep calling your reps and support orgs that fight these laws in court!
Netchoice won their legal battle against Age verification in louisiana! This follows similar rulings in AK and OH!
This is huge!
These laws can be stopped, they can be overturned. Do not give in to dooming! Keep calling your reps and support orgs that fight these laws in court!
NetChoice Wins Permanent Block of Louisiana Age Verification Law, Protecting Free Speech and Parental Rights - NetChoice
BATON ROUGE, La.—Today, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana granted NetChoice’s motion for summary judgment in NetChoice v. Murrill, striking down Louisiana’s Act 456. The cou...
netchoice.org
December 16, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I really want to emphasize that this is a winnable fight, but everyone has to chip in in order to do so! Please dont sit it out expecting others to stand in your place!
And dont ignore local/state level stuff! As these state laws get overturned, the narrative behind the Fed ones lose steam!
And dont ignore local/state level stuff! As these state laws get overturned, the narrative behind the Fed ones lose steam!
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If you see this, we IMPLORE YOU to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation.
December 15, 2025 at 12:09 PM
If you see this, we IMPLORE YOU to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation.