Varren Kimbold
@varrenkimbold.bsky.social
30. He/him. Nerdy dude especially into Star Wars, Gaming, Horror movies and pro wrestling. Also can be 🔞
https://www.twitch.tv/varrenkimbold for my game Streams
https://www.twitch.tv/varrenkimbold for my game Streams
A reminder for everyone who frequents the streams, today and next Wednesday, there won't be a stream due to holiday stuff. The next wednesday stream will therefore be in the new year with a new game too. Hope you all have as lovely a time as possible. And even just being here is more than enough
a cartoon of a man in a santa hat standing next to a christmas tree with the words me and her above him
Alt: Doomslayer and a random anime girl celebrating Christmas
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December 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
A reminder for everyone who frequents the streams, today and next Wednesday, there won't be a stream due to holiday stuff. The next wednesday stream will therefore be in the new year with a new game too. Hope you all have as lovely a time as possible. And even just being here is more than enough
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yes, this is why when you see actual artist time lapses (not ones where someone just hides the AI image they're tracing) there is a ton of time spent just on figuring out the blocking and fixing problems on a structural level. Slop is slop because it is noise without problem solving
Just a thing about this: a common statement in writing is that you can fix crap, but you can't fix a blank page.
I have heard AI apologists claim that this is why it's fine to generate a first draft.
Now, to be clear, fuck this.
But also: an AI draft is a fucking blank page.
I have heard AI apologists claim that this is why it's fine to generate a first draft.
Now, to be clear, fuck this.
But also: an AI draft is a fucking blank page.
I know I don’t talk about writing much. It is because I am writing so slowly.
But I want you to know that I am taking a part of this story that absolutely sucked and took me months to produce four of the worst chapters I have ever written and in the edit I figured out how to fix it.
But I want you to know that I am taking a part of this story that absolutely sucked and took me months to produce four of the worst chapters I have ever written and in the edit I figured out how to fix it.
December 24, 2025 at 9:28 AM
yes, this is why when you see actual artist time lapses (not ones where someone just hides the AI image they're tracing) there is a ton of time spent just on figuring out the blocking and fixing problems on a structural level. Slop is slop because it is noise without problem solving
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Stardom's Christmas eve show is going to be aired live on their YT for free
December 23, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Stardom's Christmas eve show is going to be aired live on their YT for free
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'Tis the season for @hangmanpage.bsky.social Christmas Carols. 🎄
December 24, 2025 at 12:11 AM
'Tis the season for @hangmanpage.bsky.social Christmas Carols. 🎄
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Frickin' gold.
December 24, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Frickin' gold.
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The confusion and conflation of ‘generative ai that is built on stolen artwork’ and ‘machine learning, character behaviour modelling and proc gen’ is intentional on the part of the grifters peddling the former. They benefit from murkiness of classification, because the latter predates their bollocks
December 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The confusion and conflation of ‘generative ai that is built on stolen artwork’ and ‘machine learning, character behaviour modelling and proc gen’ is intentional on the part of the grifters peddling the former. They benefit from murkiness of classification, because the latter predates their bollocks
The next few parts of my Dragon Age: The Veilguard playthrough w/ @xeiren.bsky.social are now up. First up, let us finally try and help break the siege on Weisshaupt fotress!
youtu.be/XrsmOx0K-FY
youtu.be/XrsmOx0K-FY
Dragon Age The Veilguard playthrough part 41: the Siege of Weisshaupt
YouTube video by Varren Kimbold
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December 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The next few parts of my Dragon Age: The Veilguard playthrough w/ @xeiren.bsky.social are now up. First up, let us finally try and help break the siege on Weisshaupt fotress!
youtu.be/XrsmOx0K-FY
youtu.be/XrsmOx0K-FY
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Merry Christmas ya filthy animlas! Here’s a special card for ya! Thanks for an AMAZING 2025!
December 23, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Merry Christmas ya filthy animlas! Here’s a special card for ya! Thanks for an AMAZING 2025!
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Some absolutely top notch orange cattery here
October 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Some absolutely top notch orange cattery here
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I like to imagine that there is a rivalry between two top ham-sniffers: one, a meticulous keeper of precise traditions, the other a brash bad-boy with a colossal nose.
July 1, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I like to imagine that there is a rivalry between two top ham-sniffers: one, a meticulous keeper of precise traditions, the other a brash bad-boy with a colossal nose.
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I keep hearing that folk who don't use AI will be at a competitive disadvantage compared to those who do
I wonder how long before that flips completely, and there's a big market for people who still have basic creative and research skills
I wonder how long before that flips completely, and there's a big market for people who still have basic creative and research skills
December 22, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I keep hearing that folk who don't use AI will be at a competitive disadvantage compared to those who do
I wonder how long before that flips completely, and there's a big market for people who still have basic creative and research skills
I wonder how long before that flips completely, and there's a big market for people who still have basic creative and research skills
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[first day as a shepherd]
boss: where are you going?
me: [pointing] star
boss: what? why
me: [shrugging] baby
boss: where are you going?
me: [pointing] star
boss: what? why
me: [shrugging] baby
December 23, 2025 at 1:24 AM
[first day as a shepherd]
boss: where are you going?
me: [pointing] star
boss: what? why
me: [shrugging] baby
boss: where are you going?
me: [pointing] star
boss: what? why
me: [shrugging] baby
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This weekend, I officially wrapped up my part-time gig & I’m doing my best to not let this ruin my holidays (I can just start really freaking out on January 2nd lol). But subs — both free & paid — help me keep going with my writing so any shares/subs are greatly appreciated. Thank you! 🖤🖤🖤
Also, I know there are more important things going on, but I just wanted to mention my site since it's been a while. My new goal is to hit 375 subscribers before the end of the year & I'm 6 away from that. Eek! Free & paid subs are available: from-the-desk-of-the-horror-chick.ghost.io
From the Desk of The Horror Chick
Heather Wixson explores horror, film, and pop culture, all while celebrating the creators, history, and artistry that keep the genre alive.
from-the-desk-of-the-horror-chick.ghost.io
December 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
This weekend, I officially wrapped up my part-time gig & I’m doing my best to not let this ruin my holidays (I can just start really freaking out on January 2nd lol). But subs — both free & paid — help me keep going with my writing so any shares/subs are greatly appreciated. Thank you! 🖤🖤🖤
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Had a chat with Genndy Tartakovsky about how his idea to make Primal's third season about zombies came to be, his grassroots effort to get Black Knight greenlit, and why he wants the future of the animation industry to be driven by bold original works instead of legacy sequels, franchises, and AI.
![Tartakovsky says it's especially complicated for bigwig business execs to greenlight original animated features, in part because studios are making fewer and fewer movies theatrically. In an era defined by legacy sequels and franchise building, Tartakovsky hopes the animation industry shifts to allow bold, original concepts to spearhead the media's direction in the next decade.
“I don’t want the world to be IP-driven with just twos and threes,” Tartakovsky said. “Before Zootopia 2, there was Zootopia. Before Toy Story one through five, there was one Toy Story. Despicable Me: all these things were original and inspired giant, multi-billion-dollar franchises. So why have we given up on those [originals]?”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vy6xpujujv3lmlrwuhplzq2q/bafkreigxna7zaldbtiv4qnzc75lusfnpe5dz5qpnkpkxu4brz2go3mfd5e@jpeg)
December 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Had a chat with Genndy Tartakovsky about how his idea to make Primal's third season about zombies came to be, his grassroots effort to get Black Knight greenlit, and why he wants the future of the animation industry to be driven by bold original works instead of legacy sequels, franchises, and AI.
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Devastated. Outside of consistently hearing him be very pro-player and anti-shitty corporate practices I can’t speak to Vince professionally, but personally he was such a down to earth, funny, warm person. The industry already feels far less bright without him.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Vince Zampella, co-creator of Call of Duty video game series, dies aged 55
Game developer, who was also involved in Medal of Honor and Titanfall, was killed in a car crash
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Devastated. Outside of consistently hearing him be very pro-player and anti-shitty corporate practices I can’t speak to Vince professionally, but personally he was such a down to earth, funny, warm person. The industry already feels far less bright without him.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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It's very easy:
Just don't. The idea that Copilot or ChatGPT are suddenly essential tools is just buying into the corporate ad blitz.
Games were made just fine (well, relatively) up through...what, 2023? 2024? They didn't suddenly become VITAL for budgets or design docs in the last 2-3 years.
Just don't. The idea that Copilot or ChatGPT are suddenly essential tools is just buying into the corporate ad blitz.
Games were made just fine (well, relatively) up through...what, 2023? 2024? They didn't suddenly become VITAL for budgets or design docs in the last 2-3 years.
December 22, 2025 at 9:49 PM
It's very easy:
Just don't. The idea that Copilot or ChatGPT are suddenly essential tools is just buying into the corporate ad blitz.
Games were made just fine (well, relatively) up through...what, 2023? 2024? They didn't suddenly become VITAL for budgets or design docs in the last 2-3 years.
Just don't. The idea that Copilot or ChatGPT are suddenly essential tools is just buying into the corporate ad blitz.
Games were made just fine (well, relatively) up through...what, 2023? 2024? They didn't suddenly become VITAL for budgets or design docs in the last 2-3 years.
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it would actually cost SO MUCH LESS to just do this instead of throwing trillions of dollars at technofascists too, who would've thought
they didn't need AI to make Silksong, it just needed some deeply insane guys to have a blank check for living expenses until their next thing was done, I think we should try doing more of that instead
December 23, 2025 at 1:29 AM
it would actually cost SO MUCH LESS to just do this instead of throwing trillions of dollars at technofascists too, who would've thought
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by far the funniest use case for AI is “I use it for powerpoints because I hate making them and nobody looks at them” because it kinda sounds like the real workflow savings would be to stop making powerpoints
December 23, 2025 at 2:10 AM
by far the funniest use case for AI is “I use it for powerpoints because I hate making them and nobody looks at them” because it kinda sounds like the real workflow savings would be to stop making powerpoints