>a game that is a walking simulator heavily based on teenage 80s/90s nostalgia is getting massive backlash because games journalists are praising it >people are claiming that those journalists are paid off >people are mad at Anita Sarkeesian close enough, welcome back 2014

I got into an argument with a Redditor about GenAI and they dropped the "well it's the same as a human taking inspiration" defense and I went on a bit of a rant and I think there's value in me sharing that here too. (1/about 4? 5? I didn't plan this)

The bluesky team handing unrestricted moderation powers to some guy who throws a fit when anyone talks bad about ai might be one of the funnier things this site has ever done

“Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial. Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later.” This is why we should fund science. 🧪

I like bluesky because it feels so much like tumblr 1. barely works 2. userbase is annoying (affectionate)(not that affectionate) 3. being queer on here feels like I’m actively participating in ruining some tech company’s investment

lmao this explains why it breaks so often

*going through miles and miles of printed circuits in wafer thin layers* what the fuck who engraved the word hate on each nanoangstrom of these

Oh so now copyright matters.

Dear Britain. We need to have a talk, buddy.

Unless there is an exceptionally good reason for not doing it, art placeholders should always look like placeholders. The goofier, the better. 😁 #Blasphemous

Here's a Follie for the new Warframe update

back in remission. thank you so much to everyone who helped make this possible.

death of the author is intended as a framework for literary analysis that entails disregarding paratext and the intentions of the creator in order to create an "objective" analysis of a text. it's not intended as a way to absolve yourself of guilt for financially contributing to a creator who sucks

As you use AI to simplify easy yet mundane tasks, like writing emails, you get increasingly dependent on it. You get lazy, less skilled, use your brain less, and (you may not want to hear this) get stupider as a result. Don’t let them take away your ability to think. Stop using it. Now.

So much online conservatism these days is just "I miss being a kid"

remember, anyone could be a stand user.

I can't believe that I'm saying this. But I think we actually have a game that successfully carried the Disco Elysium torch. And it's not any of the ZA/UM splinters. It's "Esoteric Ebb" by @chrisbodegard.bsky.social Chris. If you see this. To quote... you... I can't wait to see what you do next

AAA dev flowchart Make game > did it outperform fortnite in one week? > give up

Okay shoutouts to Phantom Brigade I like a lot of these types of turn based strategy games but the timeline based turn system makes the full replays look *way* more fluid than I find they do in something like Fights in Tight Spaces

We are Minmo We carry the flame

THIS IS WHAT SAM ALTMAN WANTS TO TAKE FROM YOU

Hakita what the fuck www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgNY... This is some peak fuckin trailer right here

You had them for 5 years… and your best idea was to put them to make… live service slop…

Holy shit Sony might be one of the dumbest fucking companies to ever exist

The Epstein Files tell a horrific and heavy story of abuse and corruption. But power protects itself through the expectation that we will feel paralysed by the sense of powerlessness. Their release is a seminal moment. That's why our new Byline Times print edition delves into the deeper story 👇

Imagine working on a game for a decade and getting laid off three weeks after launch What the fuck man I wish I was more surprised to hear that

Lmao the fuck you mean my dental hygienist can tell I'm stressed by my fucking gums what black magic shit is that

Let's Go, Justin!

エアリス #ドット絵

I'm so proud of today's practice piece, feels like I've had a real breakthrough lately

Well this was an entire evening, but a good excuse to practice the style I've been fully honing in on lately - this semi-GBA style that lands somewhere between One Step From Eden, the proportions of my old YOMI Hustle Modding and an outlining epiphany courtesy of GBA-era Fire Emblem Games

I'm so Smart

rare to get such a clear glimpse into the mind of someone whose response to problems in his personal life was to blame black people

Shoutouts to the Yasuo I just played against who beat me in the first round, started teabagging behind his wind wall in the second, landed an anti-air and disconnected mid combo Truly incomprehensible playerbase that character has I was playing Cait/Teemo tho so deserved

Today's art practice is another new OC, Ernest the Witch. This one came out of two ideas: I wanted to make a spellcaster who's ultimate ability is throwing hands, and I wanted to make a transmasc witch as a fuck you to a certain fantasy author.

Solid #2xko_caitlyn route made not to be the best, but to practice a bunch of different Cait combo theory fundaments. We've got a rejump j.4S2, we've got a j.2H xx 2S2, we've got a 4H into part charge shot. Works from lights and works anywhere. Being >500 with super helps

Bro 2XKO's game feel is fucking illegal

I don't particularly mind if this kinda thing isn't very good I think it's sick

Bro anatomy is fuckin hard

Yo this thread I didn't know Ken Jennings was this fucking based

This kind of thing does point out a real ethical dilemma: block or mute?

THERE This one (and probably my next few) largely exist as FX practice. It's always been my single biggest weak point.

Today's practice

Feeling really good about this one, been a while since I tried some animation with more than a stickman.

amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders

call me crazy but it really feels like “World’s Richest Man Creates AI Chatbot That Generates Child Porn” would’ve been a huge international outrage requiring a governmental crackdown not even 24 months ago