Blender is struggling. it's the best piece of 3d software on the market, and it's free. I'm not going back to autodesk. please donate if you can! fund.blender.org

When you use an artifically generated image to promote your work, or as part of your work, you come across as artificial yourself. We all know how the sausage is made. Using those tools is choice, no matter how desperate you are, your budget limitations, or time. It’s a choice that reflects on you.

the idea that lots of gamedevs are secretly using ai is booster bullshit what on earth would I use genAI tools for? Coming up with ideas? Writing? It’s shit at those making 3D models? Coding stuff? It’s shit at that too oh but it’s faster maybe? Did I mention it’s shit at things? seems important

The long-awaited follow-up to my article "How The Games Industry Hurts People". A tale of trauma, healing, and finding your way back. If you've ever been burned out, crunched, mistreated, mismanaged, or generally ground to a crisp, this one is for you.

The 12th annual international Gender Census 2025 is now open until at least 30th August 2025! survey.gendercensus.com It's for anyone whose gender (or lack thereof) isn't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and results are useful in academia, business and self-advocacy.

Nikkei Asia is conducting a survey to see what foreign residents of Japan think about the rise of the anti-immigration party Sanseito. If you live in Japan, please consider filling it out if you have an opinion on this matter: s.nikkei.com/3UnwBBl

After years away from game dev, I couldn’t stay silent about my people’s dehumanization. I made Dreams on a Pillow 🍉a game inspired by a famous Palestinian folktale about the 1948 Nakba. I’m crowdfunding it now—please back & share! 🔗 launchgood.com/1948

Perpetual mood

So, I just went down a Lance Eliot rabbit hole. HES NOT REAL. It's an AI. No one of that name exists in real life. There are Reddit threads dedicated to deep dives on him that show he is an AI. Someone needs to expose @forbes.com for this total scam. Pre 2018, Lance Eliot does not exist.

every AI guy suggesting that you use AI constantly for everything

>game of the year nominations >look inside >dlc

Turgle should actually be in every Star Wars game now btw. the Agent Coulson of Star Wars Games

Quick social media headsup from the olden days: do not subscribe to any blocklists of which you do not -absolutely- know and trust the creator. A lot of trolls will make genuine looking blocklists, and then slowly start adding good people to them. Always verify account names & handles!

Helpful tips for trans folks living in the US: 1) Ask your healthcare provider if you can discreetly have your diagnosis/justification for gender dysphoria changed to 'hormonal disorder not otherwise specified', since odds are good the FDA is going to ban gender-affirming care even for adults

Ten days to go! If you're in Tokyo, join us at the Tokyo Trans March on Sunday, Nov 17 1pm, at Shinjuku Central Park Water Square maps.app.goo.gl/tnHf5xFudjTe... There's also an after party planned! #TokyoTransMarch2024

#東京トランスマーチ2024 【日時】2024年11月17日(日)13:00集合 【場所】 新宿中央公園水の広場 開催まであと《10日》です #TokyoTransMarch2024 #WonderfulWeAre

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Despite everything, a better world remains possible.

Okay let's do this - For the next 24 hours (until 7PM Sunday, Spain time), every donation $10 or more gets a free uncolored sketch from me!! Fanart, your OC, whatever you want (humans preferred but I'll try my best with animals, etc). Just reply here or DM after with what you want 💕

scrolling thru bluesky without a single doomscrolling or ragebait post in plain sight

@ozone.birb.house hi, I'm a game designer and producer! Could I get the game dev label?

just saw a post with 26k likes that was 10 hours old.. I don't think you have to worry about being clout poisoned at 1k followers anymore folks, the metrics are *at scale* again

The engagement system on this platform feels like old Twitter. My timeline is nothing but positive messages, games, animals, and creative works. All of my posts are exploding with positive replies. Not going back. This rocks.

Okay after spending time on bluesky all day, then going back to that other site for just ten minutes and getting smacked in the face with transphobia, gamergate/antiwoke grift, zionists, and racists I just realized why I've been so mentally drained lately

People from Twitter are complaining that the environment here is full of too many mentally healthy people and not only is that not true that is a self own if I’ve ever seen one

Went through my likes to find all the starter packs I've interacted with to have them in one place. List in the comments, mostly game dev and art packs. No particular order. Please comment if you have any other good ones.

JP ARTISTS ARE SWITCHING TO BLUESKY GUYS WE’RE SO BACK

Hello, I have heard bsky has “starter packs” with cool people in a list to help make sure your feed has stuff in it. But how do I find them?? Perhaps reply with your favorite starter packs??

Dungeon Meshi #lowpoly #dungeonmeshi #pixelart

Keeper of the Immaculate Vibes.

Hey new Bluesky users: this website has no centralized algorithm. If you think it seems dead in here, it's absolutely not. However, you are going to have to follow more people than you did on Twitter to see a lot of action in your Home feed.

I have returned to Bluesky to find it significantly hornier than how I left it.

the cool thing about bluesky now compared to a year and a half ago when it launched is there’s people on here now

it’s so funny that bluesky has free advertising every time Twitter fucks up

btw, a lot of video game sites don’t post to bluesky that often. understandable; it’s a relatively small basket to put a lot of eggs in. but @aftermath.site does! so if you want video game news/commentary on here, we’re a decent follow if I do say so myself. and I do (I wrote this)

Just a heads up that I and many other people are much more block happy on here than I was on twitter. It's something that developed early in the culture of this app. I feel no need to justify it. If you're being weird, creeping me out, I don't like the vibe, you're rude, speaking in bad faith, BLOCK

Guess I'm back here again

Okay. We are #1 in _ALL APPS_ in Japan and Korea, #2 in Taiwan.

Bluesky is funny because I can’t recall any other platform where its growth is explicitly tied to the collective hate for one person.

One of the best parts of the WGA deal: AI has now hit a brick wall in Hollywood, *and that includes adaptations.* Based on the deal, AI can't be source material. So if you're a publisher, AI novels or graphic novels or whatever just became that much less appealing because *they can't be optioned.*

I'm at TGS, come say hi!