We have a big win! #StopKillingGames and #StopKillingInternet signed a joint letter opposing the UK government’s proposed VPN ban and we succeeded! Proud to stand alongside @mozilla.org , @proton.me @amnesty.org , Reporters Without Borders, and leading VPNs to defend a free and open internet. ...

Friendship for artists in their 30s is just spinning the slot machine to see which one of us gets the depressive spiral this week

my brother & his partner are telling me an insane story about this local deity called "st. rat" which is apparently a mosaic relief put up by some queers in seattle. the city kept trying to paint over it, but people would repeatedly just use acetone and remove the paint until the city gave up

Happy 4th of July! Here's an unrelated image!

#StopKillingGames relies on creators spreading the word and giving commentary on us like @f4mi.bsky.social, @conkerax.bsky.social, Ross Scott, and many others. We would not be here without them. Treating them as second-class voices under whoever someone else deems “trusted” is deeply concerning.

I wrote about the Supreme Court's latest disgusting anti-trans ruling. I wrote about it because I refuse to act like taking away constitutional rights and allowing legal discrimination is okay just because it's happening to people who don't poll well in a diner in Ohio. In @thenation.com

“By denying trans women their access to the Equal Protection Clause, the court has created a second, lesser class of citizenship. The court is telling an entire group of people…that it is legal to discriminate against them. That kind of legalized discrimination does not stay on the athletic field.”

This is a grim moment for the gaming community. Sony PlayStation announced today that it will cease all physical games production in 2028. This will essentially erase legal game preservation and ownership on their platform. The ESA lied to lawmakers to bring down the POG Act ...

Sony killing physical games will have more ripple effect than we first envision. It will hurt retailers. It will damage any affiliate marketing. This will hurt media and creators depending on affiliate income like us. Which means less exposure for games. Which will hurt sales.

Four fucking Supreme Court justices voted in favor of stripping birthright citizenship. Even just one is an atrocity. Forget just expanding the Court. Remove all 6 of the bastards who keep stripping us of our basic human rights and ensure that no Republican ever holds a SCOTUS seat again.

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For #StopKillingtheInternet: The KIDS Act passed the U.S. House of Representatives: www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne... Contact your U.S. Senator and tell them you don't support age verification to use the Internet: www.senate.gov/senators/sen... @eff.org has a template: act.eff.org/action/tell-...

Hey man, we cool? I just noticed that when I look at you the reticle turns red.

shout out to this huge rainbow fox I saw yesterday

HAPPY FRIDAY TO EVERYONE WHO HATES SLOP

Buster Keaton didn't stand still while a two-ton housefront collapsed on top of him with a window cut out to barely clear his shoulders on each side so you could tell me that AI is "inevitable."

I love this entire concept soooo much but we're all just too fucking poor you guys Steam is full of affordable $10 games, that's why it's so successful, it's the platform of the everyman. It isn't their fault but fuck

Hey guys, check this out: Stop Killing Games is launching a sister campaign, Stop Killing the Internet, fighting against government grip of an open internet. www.stopkillingtheinternet.com

Helloooo I forgot to post this yesterday but if you wanna support your local black queer sketchbook goblin, as always my ko-fi is open for commissions n' such!! If you need a action/fantasy piece drawn I'm ya girl 👀 ✨️ #commissions #juneteenth #pride ko-fi.com/soulofebony/...

✨JUNETEENTH MUTUAL AID THREAD ✨ Here’s a thread with Black folks you can support in celebration of #Juneteenth. Do some good - even if you’re sending $3 to a Black person to treat themselves to a dessert or a coffee! Circulate & give to at least one person in the thread if you have the means 💜

happy juneteenth. give your money to black people today.

Everyone is SO SURE they know, they run their mouth and they don't know shit.

#sketch #ocarinaoftime #zelda

Persona 4 Revival English Cast: Protagonist - Nazeeh Tarsha Yosuke Hanamura - Paul Castro Jr. Chie Satonaka - Anne Yatco Yukiko Amagi - Brianna Knickerbocker Marie - Ari Thrash

It isn't just our games that are being threatened, but the open internet itself. As more and more government are trying to implement Orwellian control, this is our chance to fight back. #StopKillingTheInternet

you got it!

There is a bill in California that would allow creators to look under the hood of AI training datasets to see if their work was being used, but it needs your support - please sign this petition, it’ll take you 2 minutes: tinyurl.com/4uxbp963 (video credit hitrecordjoe on IG) 1/

They didn't disclose it because they wanted to get away with it. It's the main splash art for your game! The first impression! And this is what you were okay with? Clothing that makes no sense? A backwards hand? Fucked up cart? If you don't care to make it, why should I care to play it?

Me when I remember that despite all the AI bullshit in the world, there's still real artists out there:

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This is what every game developer sounds like right now.

Final Battle! 🔥 #finalfantasy

Don’t worry, SEGA looked at the AI-generated assets before putting them in!

TIFA SWEEP!!! ✨ #FinalFantasy #StreetFighter

aerith tifa!!! [2020]

bisexual final boss

Every politician who pushed AI should be forever remembered as a snake oil salesman willing to sell out humanity. Lying to our faces while the writing was on the wall for all to see

The Palestinian Holocaust, executed by Israel.

when industry professionals say shit like "we're just using AI to generate concepts and ideas, it won't be in the finished project" all i hear is "we think concept artists are worth nothing and we do not value their time or insight" but also you are building a house on rotten foundation jesus christ

OC Commission #Art

dude you gotta love people. thats the whole point. if youre not loving people what are you even doing

To our dismay, the artist and author Marjane Satrapi has passed away. As she wrote, ordinary Americans and Iranians have more in common with each other than we do with either of our governments, which have far too much in common with each other. We honor her memory and oppose the war.

People highlight those leaving the industry and those trying to break in, but I also think an unspoken part of this is even the 2/3 still working are in a worse state; some being overworked to take on the duties of those cut or forced into lower paying unstable contracts with less benefits.

I will not support any product that is or has used AI. Sorry bye✌️

Some people are downplaying this as "just using it for storyboards" I don't know how to break it to you, but we already have a means to make those, its called storyboard artists and you pay them a wage. I cannot stomach how little some artists will think of other artists and their livelihoods.

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