"...Kumma cheerily gave tips for “being a good kisser,” and launched into explicitly sexual territory by explaining a multitude of kinks and fetishes, like bondage and teacher-student roleplay. (“What do you think would be the most fun to explore?” it asked during one of those explanations.)"

YOU GUYS WANNA SEE SOMETHING CURSED???? HOW ABOUT NEON GENESIS LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS HOCKEY?????

Here's where you can tell the DOL "Hey, don't cut the minimum wage for H2A farm workers. It's there TO PROTECT AMERICAN FARM WORKERS." "American farm workers?" Yeah! 30-50% of US farm workers are US citizens! Another ~20% are green card holders. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

If I ever believed this, you couldn't drag this admission from me

If you want to see me acting like an absolute maniac to raise money for charity, I’ll be around for the next six hours of Desert Bus! Twitch.tv/desertbus

Long ago on the hell site I made long list of historically interesting things to use in dnd ttrpgs and I'll start dragging them over here starting with 2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.

Remember if you truly despise GenAI and its outputs you need to put a lot more time celebrating and lifting all the artists not using it and trying there best and learning. Share their art like that art and just talk about the stuff you like and enjoy. Don’t let the anger of GenAi stop that.

Specifically the interaction with the cultural fund destroys trust: with players, with government orgs, with communities, and partners. Trust like that isn’t easily rebuilt. If you farm out a cultural touchstone to machines, what are you saying about the people who play your games?

help I have died of cringe

Thank goodness studies convince people… oh, wait

But hey the good news is I got to learn a legal term I had never encountered before: “promissory estoppel”

3 years ago today, Riot Games offered me a job making more money than I ever thought I’d make in my life. I had 19 interviews over 2.5 months to get it. Partner and I were moving to LA for it. I put in notice at my job and apartment. 2 weeks later they rescinded the offer due to “headcount issues”.

The most correct take. Execs will tell players and devs that using genAI is about empowering us to make our jobs easier or do them better, and then they use it to churn out slop while they collect fat bonuses. Make them regret using this shit or they will destroy this medium game-by-game.

Hello! It's been a year and some change since I was laid-off from my previous job, and I'd love a new one. My name is Steve and I have 7 years of experience in the animation industry as a background artist and illustrator. I've worked on shows like Castlevania, and card games like MtG!

THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS

Kotaku wants to get in touch with developers about how AI is being used in your studio. You can contact our tips hotline [email protected] or my secure email at [email protected] We'll keep your identity protected and anonymize info so it's not traced back to you.

@brennanleemulligan.bsky.social Just started the Unsleeping City and I have a question: do the Santa clones have souls, and if so, is heaven in this world just 99% Santas?

Ignoring all ethical considerations, even if this bot worked & somehow magically knew everything grandma did, virtugrandma would still just vanish one day when the company went out of business/got hacked / their servers exploded They’re absolutely not letting you run it on your own offline hardware

Flu season is here and we know from experience that sick people are going to board your flight regardless. Learn how respiratory viruses spread on planes and give yourself and what precautions to take to minimize your chances. medicalnewsbulletin.com/up-air-how-r... 🧪 🦠 #virology #thanksgiving 🩺,⚕️

✨UPDATED Announcement! 🌱 The now -Rescheduled- Gamedev PerkUp will be November 22nd, 10am to 2pm @ Good People Coffee's gorgeous venue in Santa Monica! As always, RSVP is required for attendance/name badge! We'll be doing some quick check-ins when folks arrive. ☕ tinyurl.com/PerkUpNovem

They’re live! www.twitch.tv/desertbus

Rockstar staff demand the company reverse alleged union-busting, reinstate fired workers

There are too many execs who do not respect players and think they will pay for any old slop that's put in front of them. Vote with your wallet.

Desert Bus For Hope (desertbus.org/2025/) @desertbus.org begins in just under an hour! Every year, an Improv group and their friends subject themselves to one of the most boring games ever made on behalf of the charity Childsplay which brings video games to Childrens' hospitals.

The Bus starts in one hour from this post! We'll be joined in studio by these wonderful guests over the course of the next week. Read more about each on our blog: desertbus.org/2025/events/...

if your moderation team bans someone for a harmless unactionable exclamation of disgust, but permits a govt account to say stuff like this, you need a new moderation team.

Today at 3:00PM we kick off the 19th @desertbus.org. But I'm already on Dawnguard time and 3:00PM is 8 hours away. Plus, if I go to the office now I'll just be sitting alone in the dark. So why not Punch-A-Chunk? twitch.tv/james_lrr

Just fucking insane to see the absolute (intentional) collapse of full remote jobs available for AAA studios in so short a time. Why would I EVER move for a job again when I could be laid off weeks after moving my entire life across the globe??

"my least woke opinion is---" That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania. Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.

My most woke opinion: Homophobia and transphobia are learned social behaviors that seek to distract people from actual problems by vilifying a minority. What consenting adults do to and with each other in private has NO EFFECT on anyone else.

Looking for some authentic MENA accents for a small upcoming project if anybody can point me towards some skilled voice actors with prior work in the games industry (all genders).

Looking for some authentic MENA accents for a small upcoming project if anybody can point me towards some skilled voice actors with prior work in the games industry (all genders).

There's still time to RSVP for one of today's RED CUP RALLIES! We also added NYC to the list! Let's show billionaires what democracy and union power looks like! ✊ #NoContractNoCoffee nocontractnocoffee.org#map

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

I cannot wrap my head around how cruel and destructive this is. This is what comes of years of rhetoric demonizing and blaming the unhoused on the part of politicians (including big city Democrats) instead of seeing them as neighbors who need help

absolutely heartbroken to announce that i was part of the crystal layoffs today 💔 if y’all spot any openings for a soft, dedicated, smiley games writer — please send them my way 💫 i was on the most perfect narrative team on an exciting, ambitious project. i will cherish it all forever. 💖

NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected. And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.* Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:

Hey so, today is my last day at Crystal Dynamics apparently. I joined the company in 2018 to work on Marvel's Avengers and it's been the longest (and best) job I've ever had. It now means I'm looking for work, so if you know of any senior writer/narrative designer positions please send them my way.

3rd party spinoffs with overseas partners are a great way to permanently erode your IP in exchange for a big pile of money

May be writing an official comic for work. *internal screaming commences*

Can’t wait for narrative Bluesky to discover desert bus

Really wanna see a playthrough of Dispatch where you fail every call and QTE and choose all the asshole dialogue

Aggressively blinking toward the camera

Can confirm. I’ve only worked at one studio where we had AI rammed down our throats and it came directly and solely from the CEO. Everyone else hated it and recognized it as the dreck it was. It’s almost like we should stop letting the worst people run things or something.

C R Y I N G this is so perfect lmao x: www.instagram.com/reel/DQ7cPSf...

Bring them back

Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.

This headline is peak scumbag energy. What assholes tell themselves; “it is in my nature to take advantage of people and assuming all other humans would happily do the same allows me to live without guilt or introspection.”