Map of Bionic Commando's (NES) overworld. I was playing Tears of the Kingdom when I drew this, so the look of the topography was heavily inspired by it.

Home Safety Hotline was made under very dire circumstances, and features more voice acting than any game we’ve done before. How? Because the cast consists of us, our friends, and first-time VOs from anime conventions looking for a credit in a shipped game! And once we HAD money, we paid them.

Funnily enough, Nazis are pissed off about this one already.

I really like the look of those inks over Starlin. It's a very nice combination.

Today I learned that translators aren't people, so it's fine if you've replaced them.

Placeholders and early reference material can be any of the following: -paragraphs explaining the design -moodboards -stock images -mockups (digital, traditional, 3D models posed) -not well drawn mockups (but gets the point across) -annotations -photobashes They should not be: -AI Generated.

The Ratline is out now! Hunt Nazis across the globe to the soundtrack of moody jazz and a snoring dog! store.steampowered.com/app/3756940/...

If you're making a game and your first idea is to use AI Placeholders, please reconsider: We would rather take a smiley face, large-breasted women, purple-and-black textures, or random jarbled and jumbled words on a background than something produced by AI.

I used to joke that I refused to refer to our current timeline as being 'cyberpunk' until an aging rock star proposed marriage to Hatsune Miku. Yes, this was an Idoru reference. I didn't expect reality to continuously make things more cyberpunk-dystopian until I gave in...

I've already had this discussion regarding names in stories. You either name the character [Placeholder], or you pick a 'temporary' name that you'll end up sticking with because you won't come up with anything better. (That's how Liam got his name in that superhero story I keep forgetting to write.)

Using AI for early production does not make it ethical. Using AI for temp assets invalidates the entire point of temp assets. If no one had noticed they would have never made this statement or replaced the AI content. What they're actually saying is, "Oops! We tried to cut corners but got caught."

Recording and scheduling for Poetry Month is done, which seems like an excellent time to remind everyone that we're still looking for Pride Month submissions. #FurryLit #Pride

Taking the Inner Sphere by storm in 1999: MechWarrior 3.

The Superman: The Animated Series pilot's account of Krypton's destruction being attributable to a society offloading all their critical thinking to an artificial intelligence program has aged like wine

I fear we’re gonna get a lot of mileage out of this Barret meme.

Let's face it, the whole resulting discussion here definitely touches on things I tend to grouse about.

*Court of the Crimson King intensifies*

Is this anything?

Fuck it, we meme

I was in multiple rooms at GDC where management of games studios let their hair down and said "everyone's using it, gamers hate it so we just have to hide it now", but none were actually able to explain if and how AI were making games faster to develop or better at all

I always smile when I remember this 900 year old Sam & Max fanart, carved into some old twelfth century church in england

Did you know every vtuber on earth was apparently born today?! Happy birthday to @cevian.bsky.social @potatevt.bsky.social and @sironahirudo.bsky.social !

store.steampowered.com/app/2996040/... SPLINTERED FATE FOR 90% OFF IS OUTRAGEOUS WANNA PLAY FOUR PLAYER COOP HADES OF COURSE YOU DO

To be clear, they are this bold because we (collectively) gave a pass to E33 etc. We haven't pushed back NEARLY as hard against this garbage as we need to be.

I made fanart for @oceonax.bsky.social ! :D Please go check her out! She makes great art and content! Good vibes too #vtuberfanart #digitalart

huh. #time_flies ⌛

this is like the third time a studio has pulled this excuse when including genAI and it's the third time i've had to say that this issue of genAI placeholder assets is redundant because game devs had a more intuitive solution 30 years ago

Hey remember that time Square Enix sold both Tomb Raider and Hitman so they could spend money on fucking NFTs?

You have until my pizza things are cooked to plead your case and I'll pick someone to draw in it

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I met @koboldfactory.bsky.social mega kobadnik !

GLORY TO THE AUTUMNAN EMPIRE

if wrestling is fake explain this

Square Enix announcing their shift into GenAI, 2027, colorized

Go give Rizzo your votes!

Every time I’m in Union Square I think about how Tammany Hall, the seat of power for New York for decades, is now a Petco

If you're feeling weird or uneasy today don't worry it's just an echo of the worldwide uptick in mental disturbance triggered by Cthulhu's momentary awakening 101 years ago on March 22, 1925

While I put a lot of AI gen garbage on blast I wanna also try spread more positivity too so check out this cool game It's a survivors-esque game about delivering pizza in the apocalypse, Greb streamed it & it took a bit to get going but was hella nuts once it got there & the music is top tier

I would make a meme of this, but I'm not sure which meme would highlight just how utterly pathetic this is.

"We're sorry we got caught." Fuck Crimson Desert. More slop to the pile.

Concept art for the Demon Tides Intro #gamedev #conceptart #digitalart

What if I had a giant arm cannon. Then what Yeah that's what I thought

Apparently, the first Hellboy comic was released 32 years ago today. Neat Even if my information's incorrect, I'll take any excuse to remind people that the Hellboy comics are pretty awesome.

Happy 30th anniversary, Resident Evil! Capcom's terror-fest could have been very different if it followed through as a remake of Sweet Home, a horror RPG they released in 1989 that inspired it! But a few bits crept their way into RE's mansion like its penchant for puzzles and those spooky doors...

Hey boneheads, if you haven't already, please follow my bestie @bappleseed.bsky.social. She's so close to 2k and really deserves it.

IT’S CALLED HENTAI, COOP. NICHE PORNOGRAPHY FROM THE LAND OF THE RISING SUN. REAL WACKYLAND STUFF LIKE TENTACLES. HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE GETTING A PROSTATE MASSAGE FROM AN OCTOPUS? ME TOO.

There is already more art that has been made, across all forms of media, than any one person could experience in their lifetime, and people are still creating more Even if we get to the unlikely point of all new things being AI derivatives, we do not need it, we can simply enjoy what already exists