The fact that gamers on the balance are against gen AI in games is not a surprise, but the degree to which this is skewed negative honestly shocked me. Quantic Foundry is legit, and is an important and influential data source within the industry. This sort of data could actually have an impact.

just saw the worst gaming ad ive ever seen

please look forward to chapter 3 of soul of sovereignty on november 21st. #soulsov

To compete with Steam you must first: - Make something as good as Half-Life 1 then 2 - Find a new method of distribution that nobody else has done, at the same time that the old one is dying - Fail for 5 years with zero competition - Release killer apps as good as Portal and Team Fortress 2

if i thought i could sell a story on it anywhere in 2025 when no one is thinking about venture bros, i would be writing a full interpretation of how the show's representation of queerness changes over time from edgelord to "the characters are actually now truly exploring their queer identities"

literally if ai worked at all companies would keep it secret and use it to make a lot of money like they wouldnt advertise to you

Oh my god I just saw a couple get separated by the closing doors of a Yamanote train. They were holding hands and it closed *on their clasped hands.* He let go and stepped back onto the platform leaving her hand poked out through the doors for a moment before she pulled it inside. 💔😭

its truly remarkable, you have to really take the measure of it and it's almost hard to comprehend it, but the president of the united states is having texas invade illinois and oregon just to make twitter content

we need a word for a type of person who spends all their time working to live in a city so they can be near cool things, but they don't actually like going out

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

I'm continuously baffled how flagrantly anti-DEI people insist anyone not a straight christian white man must have gotten their job not based on merit, then they fire people with exceptional qualifications doing the job successfully and replace them with a wildly unqualified buddy from the golf club

Discovering computer as an adult makes you go crazy. Discovering computer as a baby makes you go crazy. In all of human history, there will only ever be one generation to discover computer at the correct age: 13

incredibly normal gamer stuff

I wrote about what I think is a genuinely revealing document of elite depravity and impunity. It is shocking and sickening. But it's also a crucial moment. We're about to see what happens when conspiracy theorists actually get what they asked for but it turns out not to be what they want.

The first boss that took me more than a couple attempts was shortly after getting the dash/sprint ability, and the run back was so clearly designed to as a playground for that newly acquired move set and get you comfortable with its quirks and nuance. Absolutely brilliant, and certainly intentional.

Yo come over! We got some of the master's tools and we're gonna wreck his shitty house hahaa

I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.

I know that seems random, but I was just thinking about what's happening in Texas and California. And the whole point of this illegal redistricting is the fact that too many Black humans have a voice and America wasn't built for that

The #HugoAward for Best Game or Interactive Work goes to Caves of Qud.

when you're new to making games, it's easy to think it's about making art and making the right decisions and having the best taste. but actually making games is about dancing really good when the old west bandit shoots bullets at your toes

i asked it to take my job again and folks we are not in danger. its so so so so funny that they are spending like 10% of gdp on this garbage like. it is a cute toy but it is never going to do anything but regurgiate average shit, man

And Caves of Qud coming this winter? Fuck yeah.

Yes I will buy UFO 50 again on Switch thank you.

Nintendo released a video with the "lyrics" to the Kong Bananza song in the Nintendo Today app and it seems pretty clear they had the Splatoon team's help on this.

Incredible. Mathematically, any optimiser will always revert to local maxima, either valid or imaginary; and the thing about names - like many creative decisions - is there are reasons for one choice being better than another but they are very subtle. Sadly “being used a lot” doesn’t capture it

That last sentence sounds like an instruction

So Elon Musk's AI is just a full blown nazi now

i am once again asking you to play perfect tides do it so you can play perfect tides: station to station on launch day when it releases next year very few endings have hit me as hard as the true ending in perfect tides. the sort of end where you put the controller down and sit in total silence.

Same energy.

secrets of game UI designers they DON'T want you to know

Right. I don't say "echo chamber," I say "curated experience." Also, the sort of person who wring their hands about Bluesky being an "echo chamber" works from the incorrect/intentionally deceptive idea we all don't live in the actual world. We're allowed to have spaces we design for ourselves.

thank you capcom!!!!!

Family Mart doing their “we’re not saying it’s pride or anything but have some rainbow stuff for a month” thing again this year?

Happy *quiet, chill* Pride.

Happy pride month ❤️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

I am utterly delighted by the Elden Ring Nightreign x The Rehearsal situation. youtu.be/Ot6j_qqYQaM?...

Thirty-three days ago, we released Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Since then, we’ve sold 3.3 million copies. Seriously. As of today. We couldn’t make that up. Another entry on the long list of surreal moments that your support has made real. Thank you ALL.

Whoever came up with this deserves to be publicly shamed

If anyone wants to be a volunteer interpreter at BitSummit this year (July 18th-20th, but can be for any day) let me know and I'll send you a link to the signup sheet. No interpreting experience needed, but need to be able to communicate in at least two languages.

This is like the most ominous wording you could have for this announcement.

Just sent out the May newsletter. I wrote about the surprisingly useful word 五月雨式, which has a very cool history. howtojapanese.substack.com/p/samidaresh...

60% of Americans have a chronic condition. Among people over 65, it's 95%. Saying most of our health care spending goes to chronic conditions is just another way of saying it goes to health care.

applying for jobs again

Impossible to communicate to people that once you decide that a group more vulnerable than you can be sacrificed in the name of your own safety or interests that you have already entered into an tacit agreement that you can also be sacrificed in the interests of a group less vulnerable than you.

Hello! Have you heard of In Stars and Time? It's a time loop turn-based RPG. Create a better future for you and your friends. Find hope where there is none left. Pray to the stars and free yourself from time. Play it here: store.steampowered.com/app/1677310/... #IndieDevHour

I have so much I want to say about Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's storytelling and worldbuilding but I can't/won't due to spoilers. I need all my friends to play this game so I can geek out with them about this stuff in DMs or over dinner. Aaahhhh!!

As always, the propagators are doing this intentionally in the hopes that their audience picks it up and runs with it in ignorance. This is one of the core tactics of the reactionary right since at least the 1990s.

i also hear way more about toxic masculinity from the fascists than anyone else, they like the term because they like being able to do this. they will keep doing this even if we stop using the term entirely

it's weird how deliberately misunderstanding the parts of speech that make up the nuts and bolts of language is like. a key strategy for fascists