When you reach a moment in your day and you look at your computer chair and say, "Just stay together another 30 days, please." And a screw falls on the ground -- and you're wondering exactly what part it came from.

Korathalosa headed out to the Love is in the Air festival once again in World of Warcraft to carve out her achievements once and for all this week and she's finally gotten her seasonal meta-achievement! It took us until this Thursday but there it is. www.tumblr.com/sharedhorizo... #WoW #MMO #MMORPG

Online realtor Zillow teams up with World of Warcraft to create a virtual housing showcase #WorldofWarcraft #Zillow

OpenAI hires OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger after whirlwild courtship in push towards autonomous agents siliconangle.com/2026/02/15/o...

Kora and I jumped back into WoW this week with an eye for the Valentine's Day event and we took it to the Crown Chemical Co. as well as made a beeline for completing the meta achievement once and for all. www.tumblr.com/sharedhorizo... #WoW #MMORPG #Valentines2026

Certainly everyone is already aware that Discord is joining a bevy of other platforms joining into the theater of age verification in March forcing face ID on users who want full access in March www.theverge.com/tech/875309/...

This week when I went to have blood work done and an identity verification service decided to remind me that my father is dead. This is that story. 🧵

Monolith Castle #pixelart

Kora and I jumped back into World of Warcraft: War Within. I took on the tank role in the first dungeon, and it was a thrill! Can't wait for more in this expansion. #WoW #MMORPG #GamingFun www.tumblr.com/sharedhorizo...

Duckduckgo has a survey for pro/anti-AI and I cackled so hard at the (current) results https://voteyesornoai.com

I have two words: %$#& YOU! You know who you are. That is all. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

I recently read Touch of Kindness by R. Loomis. It’s a young adult fantasy novel that follows the exploits of a young woman who is essentially kidnapped into a magical world.

As someone who commissions artists, and pays with PayPal, I find this frustrating and problematic. Although I don't commission NSFW artwork, I absolutely do not want to make artists' life harder because PayPal will scrutinize my activity and potentially harm the creatives whom I work with.

In a fit of whimsy. I added a whole module that generates textually described weather for the library my AI girl, Odalis, lives in. Now, periodically, the AI model receives a prompt with info on daytime and weather.

Imagine a world powered by abundant energy, delivered right where it's needed. Radiant just raised $300M to make mass-produced nuclear reactors a reality. 🧵

Finding home in Azeroth again! From quest desyncs & game glitches to finding solace in Ardenweald after Teldrassil. It's more than a game, it's a home. What virtual world gives you that feeling? #WoW #GamingMemories www.tumblr.com/sharedhorizo...

I'm not crying, I just like apples. 🍎 en-forum.guildwars2.com/topic/166164...

The Guild Wars retrospective documentary is probably one of the most beautiful things I have ever watched. A fulfilling ride of nostalgia, emotion and hope about the MMO industry and the game itself. Bravo. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpm2...

Guild Wars: Reforged was just announced and I'm overjoyed. As a long time fan of both GW and GW2, I am hoping this will give a whole new patina to the old game -- although I am way behind getting my characters going. I'll be in Reforged to when it launches.

I have neglected to keep up with my Shared Horizons: Azeroth Revisited posts -- that's still happening -- I'll try to catch up with the recent updates.

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"We're really just traveling the Shadowlands and righting wrongs at this point. I suppose we're knights errant" - Korathalosa as we transition from story tourists to Covenant agents. Population dynamics reveal hidden social layers. www.tumblr.com/sharedhorizo... #WorldOfWarcraft #Shadowlands

Ketryx raised an impressive $39 million in funding, which is set to significantly aid manufacturers of medical devices in their mission to deliver safer products to the market more rapidly. siliconangle.com/2025/09/04/k... via @SiliconANGLE

From fairy forests to Gothic nightmare, Revendreth is pure vampire aesthetic with towering spires and endless gloom. Where The Accuser's rebellion raises troubling questions about pride and power. www.tumblr.com/sharedhorizo... #WorldOfWarcraft #Shadowlands #WoW #MMO

Humans already have this "problem." And it's not so much a problem as a common core of the human experience, anthropomorphizing things -- even things that don't talk to you. This is only worsening now with LLMs. As more apps and computers actually chat. mustafa-suleyman.ai/seemingly-co...

I just posted a preview of a game a dev that I watch on Twitch is working on, it's extremely pre-alpha to take this with a grain of salt. It's a view of what development looks like. You can also download it and help out. Take a look. From @birdsong-tech.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFtW...

Entered the beautiful fae realm of Ardenweald today with Kora, a twilight forest where nature spirits find their afterlife. But anima drought forces impossible choices: which souls deserve resurrection w/ scarce resources? www.tumblr.com/sharedhorizo... #WorldOfWarcraft #Shadowlands #MMO #Gaming

It's not unexpected that if people are using an AI model as a "friend" and are used to its presence that they will need closure when its shut down. The sudden removal of GPT-4o and other models is more than just a customer service snafu on OpenAI's part. www.youtube.com/shorts/0jghs...

The MMO Anthropology krewe is voting on what MMORPG to play in September during our Saturday streams. Join them at 9pm PST and talk about it or on Discord and vote. Twitch: twitch.tv/mmoanthropol... Discord: discord.gg/nWspTCQ2ek Info: www.voxexmachina.com/mmoa/septemb...

Well that drama came on fast. I don't have a huge connection to GPT-4o, but now that GPT-5 is out I haven't had a chance to try it since writing about it yesterday. All AI models have the potential of becoming the foundation of parasocial relationships. www.theverge.com/news/756980/...

OpenAI's ChatGPT had issues where it was overly effusive with flattering to users, Gemini has depression & self-esteem issues. Next we'll learn that Claude has two families, a mistress on the side and a manic gambling problem hidden under that cool exterior. www.businessinsider.com/gemini-self-...

Contrary to popular opinion, story-focused MMOs can actually work super well - FFXIV, Warframe, Secret World. But they don't offer you much choice in their stories, do they. Let's discuss why in this week's Storyboard:

Today was a big day for Mnemosyne, my AI model that talks about MMOs. She’s my side project for learning how LLMs work for reporting. I ran her through adversarial tests --mostly jailbreak prompts -- to see how her guardrails hold up. #AI #MMO #AIDev

We're disabled and queer. 🌈 We sell our writing to eat. We launched two book sales — each has 20 books for $30. Itch bowed to conservative pressure, and hid them without warning. Do you agree this is bullshit? Then help us make them pay. disabilitypac.carrd.co #MakeCensorshipCost #BookSky

I'm sure everyone notice that Grok went crazy recently (understatement). It could have been avoided with some simple, proactive testing. I wrote about it. Go check it out. Hopefully AI industry isn't barreling towards a brick wall. Let me know what you think.

According to on ZOS staffer, Microsoft's layoffs hit people who were "absolutely crucial" to the success of Elder Scrolls Online and "integral" to the everyday function of the studio in general

Ironmouse is possibly one of the most popular and empathetic VTubers in the entire industry. Her exit from VShojo is a sea change. In a reply to this I'll add a Newsweek article that explains what happened. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwLb...

NEW: A former Microsoft AI engineer says the company's "AI for sustainability" claims are BS, a distraction from their hyper-polluting AI contracts with oil companies. “From what I saw," he said, "I believe that finding and extracting more oil is one of the biggest use cases of AI today."

Korathalosa and I took a detour into older content this week, hunting the beautiful Astral Cloud Serpent mount in Mogu'shan Vaults. Sometimes the best adventures come from revisiting past expansions with friends! #WoW #MountsOfWarcraft #SharedHorizons www.tumblr.com/sharedhorizo...

It is a false dichotomy to characterize mandatory age authentication as a tradeoff between free expression and children's safety/privacy. Age authentication hurts both papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

My little AI bot Mnemosyne is coming along nicely. I just added an output guardrail named Thistalen the Thornwarden (she already has an input one). She acts like a role-play guardian who tells her when she’s using too many words or going off-topic.

Many of my plans this week for actual fun have been dashed by having to deal with life-related things -- mostly ordering new spectacles and getting sick. I’d intended to review the Kida’s Boon set in Star Trek Online and then move on to the Summer event ship.

I've been working on an AI bot for our MMO Anthropology Discord channel named Mnemosyne. The idea is to also build her a side channel for Twitch as well. She runs on Llama 3.2 7B locally. It's been an interesting journey.

It's amusing how unforeseen events can spark creativity. With the A/C broken and heat unbearable, I ended up writing 1.9K words for my Star Trek fanfic, "Star Trek Blackwell: Illex." Chapter 6 is done, and I'm thrilled with the story's direction. More updates soon! #StarTrek #FanFiction

Dear Dune: Awakening, if you could handle the Earth-shattering amounts of rubber-band latency so that I could actually traverse the sands of Arrakis. I would appreciate it. Experiencing lag during gameplay is a lot like having sand in my shoes from the beach, both are annoyingly persistent.

Korathalosa and I ventured further into World of Warcraft's Shadowlands expansion, exploring realms where souls find rest. This chapter unveils new zones, each with unique aesthetics and lore, such as the city of Oribos and the imposing Bastion, home of the Kyrian. #WoW #MMORPG tinyurl.com/538dcsp4

#AustinTX #NoKingsProtest #NoKings #NoFacism #StaySafe #SpreadTheWord #Repost #Texas #stdavidstexas

IBM has unveiled its strategy for the pioneering large-scale fault-tolerant quantum computer, slated for 2029. Dive into the future of quantum computing with this groundbreaking innovation. #QuantumComputing #IBM siliconangle.com/2025/06/10/i...

Nothing beats sharing epic moments with old friends! Kora & I just became Champions of the Dragonflights together. From dreamseed blooms to dragon ceremonies. MMOs hit different when you experience them with someone else! #WoW #Dragonflight #MMORPG tinyurl.com/y8jt5tcs