Movie: Pokémon the Movie 2000 Language: English Country: United States

Posted in October - "Discord says hackers stole government IDs of 70,000 users" arstechnica.com/security/202...

Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month - all accounts set to "teen-appropriate experience" by default www.theverge.com/tech/875309/... discord.com/press-releas...

FREDDY FAZBEAR JUMPSCARE IN THE LAST PLACE POSSIBLE #fnaf #xbox #green #paris #rant for real though ultron’s coming

Posting feels pointless. Escapism is not far enough removed from reality. Everything fucking sucks and what little good I see never outweighs what atrocities I see in the moments between. Support the people who need it most now.

I think it’s lost on a lot of people that the previous Democratic administration openly backed and funded an apartheid regime that is doing what Stephen Miller wants and wishes he could do with unlimited power. Not to mention the admin increased funding for ICE. Perhaps there is a lesson here.

we schmovin' area visuals are WIP (so much so that I forgot to turn off the sun inside the cave, oops) game: ABYSS X ZERO 👇 #gamedev #indiegame #lowpoly #axz

I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports. And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.” Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.

There is precedent for this; Swedish and Norwegian naval ships have QR codes so that when they return to port they can scan da navy in.

"I went on Twitter and I saw all these terrible posts" Oh fuck man really? Did you also go to the dump and find a bunch of rotting food? Why are you making it my problem now.

gotchu

Indie publisher Hooded Horses has a new clause in its contracts which says: " no fucking AI assets" CEO Tim Bender said generative AI has made his life more difficult "It is now written into our contracts if we’re publishing the game, no fucking AI assets" www.gamedeveloper.com/business/-it...

Bullying corporations works!

This video is a phenomenal glimpse at something I feel like we all collectively forgot somehow. What a treat! Shadow of the Colossus is a gift that keeps on giving. Jenna earns your view with this spectacular video.

I don't think I'll be able to handle it if Waldo Wawa passes this year too.

I went through this thread and left with 4 games in my cart. Dominic just don't miss.

The horrors endure but so do I but I wish I didn't have to endure quite so many horrors like c'mon already

Anti-war march in NYC, organized overnight. Happening right now, 8th Ave. People care.

The themes are always the same. The dictators they oppose either nationalized industry, did land reform, increased labor rights, or were not militarily / geopolitically aligned with the US. The dictators they support do the opposite and support US oriented governance models.

In 1953 the US and UK overthrew the democratically elected president of Iran to install a monarchy that more than 25 years. In South America, the US has done similar actions in Guatemala with Jacobo Árbenz and in Brazil with João Goulart. I could post an entire thread on this if I wanted to.

One thing people forget is that the US supports plenty of dictators right now, it has supported dictators in the past, and it has installed its own dictators in other countries through regime change operations. The US doesn't care that Maduro was a dictator or bad, they care he opposed them.

If I were to start an "insufferable douche" blocklist I'd start looking through the replies and quote posts. People get so angry over a dumb little popularity contest. Get over yourselves.

On the final day of 2025, I declare the actual game of the year is Look Outside. I will not be fielding any questions.

Reading any top X games of 2025 list and scroll down to the comment to read shit like "Have you ever considered this list is wrong cus it looks different than mine?!? Pfft. Clearly not real gam*rs"

We Wish You Baby, A Merry It's Cold Christmas Outside 🤝 not going until you get some

Damn, they're gonna PAY me to take drugs? Best career advancement yet.

Expedition 33 is the new Homestuck

If I can't trust all future games to not use AI in their development then fine. I've got too big a backlog to care about new stuff all the time anyway.

Irony was murdered by a coup of conspirators who then went to its grave, dug it up to resurrect it, just to then murder it again.

Ending 2025 with Jake Paul having a broken jaw isn't the worst compromise

Expedition 33 community is crashing out hard right now. Chill y'all. It got enough recognition.

John Deere got this video taken off our YouTube for two weeks. It took our lawyers reaching out to YouTube to get it back up. The video lays out how a handful of corporations took control of the agriculture industry, bankrupting farmers and screwing us all over. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl02...

I say this with zero irony: if you are even tangentially a part of a retro video game community, it is your civic duty to push back against this company and shun anyone who doesn't. This is fascism tapping gently at the door and as soon as you let it in, it's going to invite its friends.

Today, on the birthday of the 7th Star wars movie, I'm reminded of a quote I recently heard. "Star Wars' greatest atrocity is existing after I turned 11." That's how I think of how the internet engaged with it. It's children's media. I'm tired of hearing people angry about it.

Our Discorders answered the question, 'what if the games of 2025 were Simpsons stills?' Judge the results for yourself.

If I had known the two paragraphs about genAI in my article today would be so controversial, I would have expanded them a bit! Here's a rough transcript of the relevant portion of my interview with Swen Vincke, so everyone has all the context. (Full article here: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...)

Game company: so we started using AI Fans: wtf you suck Game company: no, no, not like that, we use it for dumb stuff Fans: so why use it at all? Game company: because it saves time Fans: but it's a plagiarism machine Game company: we don't use it to generate ideas, just references for ideas

I'm gonna spell it out- Larian, the reason people are mad about your AI nonsense is that it appears either 1- some shareholder insists on it 2- it implies your artists have no idea what they want to make and if they have to use gen AI to get inspiration why make anything at all?

It must be embarrassing to be a ride or die for a videogame company.

I've watched the good will winds change many times over for many studios. Blizzard, then CDPR and now Larian. I'm always disappointed to see it but never surprised.

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