Kohaku Shida (Haruka Kito/Onisister) is replacing Maya Imamori as Sumino Ichikawa/Gozyu Unicorn. This is insane stuff. Emergency lever pulled.

it's certainly been frustrating to see devs say more and more "sorry guys but we need to make our games shout out every thing and handhold every last point so that someone who doesn't give a fuck about it can sleepwalk through it" like why pander to people who, essentially, do not like your work?

It doesn't pay to grind down any sense of drama, milieu, atmosphere, or character under the weight of trying to widen the channel of the game's information economy.

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

I wish we could go back to Gen AI not existing because I have fantasized about what video games entering public domain could mean since I was a kid and those dreams are just not possible in the world anymore and I hate that.

So are rating boards just effectively totally useless now? Do "platform guidelines" just really get the final say?

on that note please put Disgaea 3 on Steam NISA

Admittedly I haven’t played them past 4 so I am talking ignorantly here but I feel like half the fun of Disgaea’s numbers getting obscenely big is that for the entire main campaign the numbers were small and like a normal JRPG. If they’re huge form the start (as in 6+?) that misses the fun!

Because what i didnt realize until now is that what makes metroid feel so immersive and atmospheric is Samus is completely *alone* in an alien world and able to explore at her own pace and direction.

‘The Owl House’ creator Dana Terrace responds to Disney+ funding AI-generated short form content in new tweet: “Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI.”

Genuinely this reads like a shitpost. What HAPPENED?

It was an absolute pleasure meeting them in Japan. Started out as business, and then meeting up with them during a visit in Tokyo. Seriously, this game is awesome, check it out!! ^_^

slot machines disguised as phone games control far too much of the beautiful animated women industry

I dont use generative Ai in my games because if I dont personally lick every part of my game how will people know its mine

Genuinely, now is the time to flood your representatives with not just emails but direct phone calls. The numbers for that can all be found here: fightchatcontrol.eu Make them understand how wildly unpopular and dangerous #ChatControl is for Europe. This must be stopped, and you must do your part.

F-ZERO GX is one of the greatest games because it has 40 playable characters that aside from around 5 or 6 of them nobody has ever really thought that much about, and gives all of them voice acted interviews and their own theme song and short film. this game Loves guys like "Octo Man" and "Billy"

“Dislikes: loudmouths and jokesters”

the two types of toshiki inoue characters agito: gets beat up and falls in the lake momoi taro: is born from a peach and arrives in the lake

As a direct result of voice actors being treated like a sideshow for decades, it became more important to book conventions than it did to book acting roles. Voice actors are always insisting they are ACTORS first and foremost. Now acting has to share space with “sales person” and “influencer.”

We're so thrilled to be able to announce that Cassette Beasts has sold over *1.1 MILLION units*! We started out as a tiny team hoping we might be lucky enough to sell even a fraction of that - for every share, review, or positive comment, we really can't thank all of you enough. 💜

It's never about protecting the kids, it is about control. It's never about protecting the kids, it is about control. It's never about protecting the kids, it is about control. It's never about protecting the kids, it is about control. Contact your MP and push back on shit like this while we can.

i still needed a whole show of yanma and jeramie going around being silly and pranking people together. how did they bring out so much silliness from each other

The State of Play was a rousing success as it forced an absurd amount of AAA gamers to have to see a video game trailer featuring Kamen Rider W

whether games are action or turn based; developed in america, japan or china; whether they're on steam or console or gacha games you play on your phone; have an audience of millions or an audience of double digits; what's important is that games are about choosing one from a list of three things

Counterpoint: no it’s not, that’s a stupid thing to say

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Feels like some leftists took away a mistaken idea from the Gamergate kerfuffle and thought cracking down on sexual content was woke, which it isn't

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Please don’t forget this, ICE detained a VTuber

This is your reminder that any and every GOTY conversation that does not include The Hundred Line Last Defense Academy is a conversation you can ignore.

The ability to be purchased at any time and if it goes longer than one console generation it becomes public domain.

Ask literally any voice actor if they get royalties from the video games they worked on. They will tell you no. They might even laugh. Now imagine any developer actively trying to use AI VO to save money wanting to offer something like that.

Shadow the Hedgehog voice “Trans Rights”

In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write to a famous author & ask for advice. KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond. His reply was a doozy.

god I’m just so tired man

let your soul shine 🌟 #rkggk

The same people demanding to know why the use of AI voices in Arc Raiders would cause a review score to drop so low fail to understand that now it’s actually being widely discussed, as opposed to swept under the rug.

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Pocky pocky ~💖 #グラブル #ドラスツ

the fact that arc raiders thing is probably going to get multiple GOTY moms while everyone has forgotten Hundred Line really grinds my geears

This is the literal test case for "what anti-consumer, anti-worker bs will gamers ignore if game is good". You made the right choice but I fear a large segment of players will handwave the justifiable criticism and ignore AI use and anti-worker practices in this industry if the game is good.

For Arc Raiders to ride the wave of human sociability all the way to the bank, while also being so contemptuous of the thing that makes us social animals in its own workflow demonstrates a lack of artistic integrity that I find impossible to ignore. Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01

The whole of the internet is now run on the things that would have not made it past your email junk filter 20 years ago.

YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT! I HAVE WRITTEN A NEW ARTICLE! this one's a bit weird; rather than doing my usual "trying to organize my thoughts and building a winding case that builds on itself," I decided to show you what my EARLY article creation process looks like: docseuss.medium.com/some-loosely...

Legends ZA should not have released at all. Also not a SINGLE regional variant or convergent species? 🤮

democracy is when a foreign interest group can cause more immediate, noticeable change in your laws and policies by complaining to payment processors than citizens can by voting or participating in politics