Sorry I'm not more open-minded about LLMs, it's just some fucking maniacs shoveled out a bunch of useless bloatware featuring that technology, did not give me any chance to opt out, reorganized the entire economy around it, zeroed out gains made by green energy, and made it impossible to buy RAM

From myself and the whole team at @eurogamer.bsky.social, a very fond farewell and huge thank you to our friends and colleagues (thread).💙

"If I was to use ChatGPT for my designs rather than our designer Sean, that's taking money out of the local area into the hands of a multibillionaire ... removing value from the local community and local artists [and] into the hands of some of the richest people in the world." #AIslop #refuseresist

@chrisgpackham.bsky.social This fella dropped by to give an early warning for last orders.

With Octopath Traveler 0 in the rear view mirror, I've gone back to Dead Cells. I previously played up to 2BC on GamePass but now I'm starting from scratch on the PS5 with the complete Return to Castlevania edition. Just cleared the first run and unlocked 1BC. Game is a masterpiece.

Tapping the sign again: Israel ≠ Jewish people. It IS NOT anti-Semitic to criticize Israel. It IS anti-Semitic to use the two interchangeably. Jews have no obligation to support Israel’s genocide. Aligning the two robs Jews of autonomy and makes our religion a tool for your political agenda.

things every single republican president of your lifetime has done - started a war in the middle east - completely destroyed the economy

scrawny 18-year-old about to fall out of an army helicopter over tehran: this is so epic. this is totally sigma, right babe? AI e-girl operated by a balding intelligence officer in virginia: that's right baby, Iran is totally cringe

The world could be such a nice place if we allowed it. It's all so goddamn unnecessary. There's no need for any of it. It's so beautiful here. It should be so cool to be alive

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ @kneecapceol.bsky.social @heavenlyrecordings.bsky.social @irishtimes.com www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...

Totally this. The rightwing hate “journalists” are spinning Muslims voting for a woman in a party led by a gay Jewish man as Islamist sectarianism.

Now that MAGA vampires are scooping up the US's cinematic legacy, it's a good time to start stocking up on physical media. Warner Archives puts out some of the most pristine prints of its library on Blu-Ray. Who knows if the greatest villains in US history will allow this to continue. 💿📀💿📀💿📀💿📀💿📀💿📀

it's all just art. "porn" is just art that makes you horny, in precisely the way that "horror" is art that makes you scared and "metroidvania" is art that makes you write video essays

Quote with your current game rotation

Nintendo: Please buy the Switch 2 🥺 Sony: The PS6 is coming, yeah, but why rush? Xbox: FEMALES AREN'T FERTILE ENOUGH WE NEED CHATGPT TO IMPREGNATE THEM

Independent bookshops in England are facing business rates increases of up to 100% under the government’s new reforms, research commissioned by the Booksellers Association has found 👇 #BookSky

The NY Times dutifully reporting that the Supreme Court sided with Trump only 42% of the time and with Biden 54% of the time sort of leaves out the necessary context that Biden was doing normal, completely legal presidential stuff, and Trump was doing insane crimes

When I left Substack in Jan 2024 it was partly the Nazis but it was mostly because their response to the Nazis convinced me there was going to be no end to this sort of shit.

You can completely uninstall/disable copilot on Windows. Your system and local search will run faster afterward. www.howtogeek.com/how-to-rip-o...

Love that AI, a thing we hate and don’t want, steals everything, ruins everything, shittifies everything. Drinks our water, plagiarizes our art, pisses all over our information fidelity, drives kids to suicide, serves the right-wing, and fucks up our devices and services. Good job, techbros!

I work from 9 to 6 and then spend the rest of the time with my family. I do whatever I want at weekends. I read lots of books and haven't switched netflix for claude. I don't lie in bed worrying about my agents. I have no agents. I don't care and these people are chasing ghosts

Well I'm keen for Castlevania. Also Saros because I'll play anything from Housemarque, and marvel tokon still looks great. On the fence about Dead or Alive "we saw this worked for Virtua Fighter" Edition.

if IBM is resorting to hiring entry level employees, we might actually have hit a wall on ai’s ability to generate profits, and cut costs

Unreal Tournament 2004 is now available for free. ...well, I mean, you probably could've grabbed a GOG offline installer out the back of a truck earlier, but NOW it's Official/Legally Free and has the in-development community patch packed in for ongoing support. www.oldunreal.com/downloads/ut...

Elon, at a white board, writing meaningless 1s and 0s. Ten terrified employees applauding rapturously and high fiving.

I'll catch up on the state of play tomorrow. Hope they announce some third person action games.

One of my fave community notes to date…

Currently: Watching: Starfleet Academy Reading: Between the Stops Playing: Static Dread: The Lighthouse Listening to: Lloyd Banks

If I see another of those 'Chat GPT' work caricatures, I will scream. The shit-eating, self-fellatio is unbearably cringe and it just shows an unwillingness amongst people to critically evaluate what they are doing. This Reddit post sums it up.

Welp, discord was fun for a while. *Fires up an IRC client and rides off into the sunset*

This is a great time to get off Substack. Beehive and Ghost are good alternatives. As an added benefit, your blog won't be driving traffic to Nazis and their sycophants.

The water companies couldn't operate businesses with utterly predictable numbers of customers without getting greedy and overloading them with debt to pay excessive salaries and dividends. They are still trying to cheat to pay themselves too much. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

British values

New blog post: January Games

Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly

BTW the EASIEST way to convince a pet-owner the NHS shouldn't be privatised is to ask them how much their last vet bill cost.

RE that RT.. it’s wild how steam reviews are still so damn important to getting visibility. If you play and like indie games, the most generous and helpful thing you can do is spend an hour popping positive reviews onto anything you like with <500 or so reviews.

It’s pretty fucking wild that the DOJ is releasing files that include accusations that the President of the United States raped underage girls, to distract from the fact that the DOJ is covering up murders of US citizens by their own government.

Awesome, pre-ordered the vinyl via bandcamp so I'll get the digital for my 2026 MP3 player too.

Well this looks up my street.

For Jim Moir/Vic Reeves' birthday, a reminder it's thirty years this year since this advert.

Every so often I like to remind people how much money a billion dollars is Using time as a way to comprehend One million seconds is 11 and a half days One billion seconds is over 31 years

Power Drifting is back with Super Woden Rally Edge! Check it here. creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...

All the abuse by cis men in the world and somehow people have become obsessed with dehumanising the trans community instead - have seen anti trans activists celebrate Trump too, a convicted sexual abuser and Epstein island loyalty card holder

Artists as the world crumbles around us

I have just presented Celtic's 1967 European trophy to Stenhousemuir. Thank you for your attention to this utter bullshit. 💚