A short, more personal essay I wrote about building the Lego Game Boy set buttondown.com/neglecufulmu...

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...

Just a general reminder in the event you find out after getting a game that they used genAI to make it

Just a general reminder in the event you find out after getting a game that they used genAI to make it

The cool thing about Andy Serkis’ Animal Farm is it is really going to show the depths of how far media literacy has fallen. People are already showing their whole ass with some of these takes and hoo boy.

NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month. This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory! Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...

Mad Men 4K

Happy #MST3K Turkey Day Marathon to all who celebrate

This, really, is the bottom line on why using generative AI to produce images or writing will never bring the respect AI boosters desire. There is nothing to speak to, and nothing to admire buttondown.com/neglecufulmu...

A reminder that I’ve archived every public-facing web page from the CDC website prior to the Trump Regime purging data back in late January: acasignups.net/cdc-website

The original animated Moana isn’t even a decade old. The sequel just came out last year. The flood of these live action remakes has long been a sign of creative bankruptcy, but this feels like a whole new level of desperation and shamelessness

Heartbreaking: bus stop has been vandalized by what seems to be graffiti from a girl on DeviantArt in 2009

I finished the entire BLOPS 7 campaign, asked for a refund and Valve granted it to me. I wrote: "The game constantly utilized AI generated options that were not present in the marketing for the game as well as videos and screenshots of the material." Shocked they did TBH

steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back

They paywalled the devil

This is bad and dumb and scary, but I also think it’s important to understand it in the context of Disney’s revenue falling below expectations last quarter. “Talking” is doing a lot of heavy lifting here, feels like a way to try and save face with investors more than anything

It’s as if it’s Disney’s goal to degrade its own brand. American capitalism is just lopping off its own limbs for the bbq

It’s more than just being incapable of media literacy. There has been a concerted push against media literacy in no small part because those with power find it troublesome to their interests buttondown.com/neglecufulmu...

Reading @markzdanielewski.bsky.social’s Tom’s Crossing. I feel a lot’s been made about there not being a “gimmick” like his other books but that isn’t right. The ways he utilized fonts and page layouts were never gimmicks IMO, but intentional ways to pull readers into a particular frame of mind

Countless people lose healthcare vs my 300th flight this year doesn't leave on time

Stop sharing AI slop. It's one thing if you don't know or just made a mistake. No need to breathe down someones neck b/c its harder to tell nowadays. But if you do know (ESPECIALLY IF YOU DO KNOW) even if you're posting it to make fun of it or sharing it unironically... consider not doing that.

Also, this is NOT the essay I have been promising, just something small to help tide over while I continue to work on the Big One

One day I will have my shit together and have seasonal essay ready to go for holidays. That day is not today. Regardless, hope you all have a Happy Halloween! 🎃

Also, this is NOT the essay I have been promising, just something small to help tide over while I continue to work on the Big One

A short, more personal essay I wrote about building the Lego Game Boy set buttondown.com/neglecufulmu...

They are also intentionally conflating machine-learning and generative AI slop to confuse and try to make GenAI seem necessary. Google Maps traffic stuff is machine learning, not GenAI, for example. Auto-correct is too. Don't let them make you lose the thread. GenAI slop is slop.

Also.

The next newsletter is way behind schedule. A combination of life getting in the way and also just trying figure out the best way to convey what I am trying to get across. But it is coming! I appreciate the patience!

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

My latest newsletter. As AI continues to be pushed into our lives, it is important to remember how much of the human experience AI deprives us of buttondown.com/neglecufulmu...

Now Watching #filmsky #horrorsky

I have a mostly functional outline for the next newsletter. Taking a bit longer than I hoped but it will be worth it. Subscribe to make sure you don’t miss it! It’s free! buttondown.com/neglecufulmuse

Also, a quick word on boycotts. I think a lot of people get intimidated because even if they agree with the boycott they feel they can’t commit to giving __ up entirely. But that’s fine. In my view any amount of pulling back in what you would normally spend on __ is important

I’m not sure Disney realizes just how much it fucked up that its own stars, stars of their big tentpoles, are telling fans to boycott the company. Like what’s Disney going to do? Threaten to fire Pedro Pascal and recast The Mandalorian and everything MCU he was set up to be in? Have fun, PR team

This, really, is the bottom line on why using generative AI to produce images or writing will never bring the respect AI boosters desire. There is nothing to speak to, and nothing to admire buttondown.com/neglecufulmu...

this from my piece on charlie kirk is probably the most important takeaway if you want to know why bad faith, right-wing voices in media are treated as just another set of peers

Every artist I’ve ever known has this itch to create that won’t go away until they create. They have to do it. It’s why I know the “finally, someone like me can make art” AI users are full of shit. What they really mean is “finally, a way to get social media likes without hard work”.

Yeah sure, let’s all listen to the guy who just a couple years ago said the same thing about the metaverse and how if you didn’t engage solely with legless, dead-eyed avatars you would be living in the past without hope

THIS ANIMATION IS SO INSANE

A dream of the Abyss

Add in the fact they are bringing back Kong Studio and I am excited for new Gorillaz in a way I haven’t been in some time

Boo! Hiss!

The eye exam is the perfect game design. That big E is a great tutorial that teaches you the basic mechanic. But it doesn't baby you and quickly gets hard as they introduce the small and blurry enemies.

Honestly I don’t think this actually happens. This is to juice another press cycle and nothing more. “Goal” is doing a lot of heavy lifting

*THIS* is what Michael Cain comes out of retirement for???

Words included in my Nuremberg script: kill, murder, suicide, hanged, genocide, Nazi, holocaust, Hitler. The video is still monetized. Using bullshit algo-compliant words like unalive, sewerslide, mustache man, etc. is not just embarrassing - its NOT EFFECTIVE.

Somewhat hilariously, YouTube's restricted mode hides my most recent video on reading game guides, but DOESN'T hide my video on the Nuremberg Trials. My major takeaway is DON'T SELF-CENSOR YOUR OWN WRITING. You don't know what will or will not be restricted!! Do not comply in advance!!!

More reasons to be anti-AI

It’s more than just being incapable of media literacy. There has been a concerted push against media literacy in no small part because those with power find it troublesome to their interests buttondown.com/neglecufulmu...