Sure.

Be careful with the new TikTok update. ⚠️ They can now track your sexual orientation, citizenship status, disabilities, etc. just based on the content you post. I’m unsure if I’ll be sticking around there due to this. 🫡

If you weren’t aware, there is a General Strike happening in Minnesota today. Major news networks are downplaying the shit out of this, so one thing YOU can do to support is ✨SPREAD THE WORD✨. Keep people informed. Know your rights and protect your community with group action.

In Paper Mario, Mario has 8 partners. However, there are enough unused and scrapped partners referenced in the game's files to make another full party. Here is a glimpse of an alternate reality with all of Mario's potential partners.

I unsubscribed and let him know why. This is such a huge disappointment, since I found the newsletter helpful, but ultimately AI is a hard line for me as a writer whose work was stolen to train AI. It should be for him, too.

I'm sure you've heard this before and I don't want to sound like a scratched record but if you're someplace that doesn't usually get storms and cold like this one, or you've only recently moved to someplace that does, treat this fucker with the respect you would give a kaiju.

ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission (PSVR1) is $9.99 on US PSN buff.ly/wrhaZVF

if you did He-Man WITHOUT pronouns it would just be "Man," which is kinda boring. meanwhile i can think of several notable films that are just pronouns, for example them (2021), them! (1954), us (2019), her (2013), you (2018), and it (1990 and 2017). the takeaway: stop being transphobic you fuck

May I remind everyone that there is currently NO cure for rabies. May I also remind everyone there is absolutely NO scientific proof connecting ANY vaccine that we produce today with autism. This is true regarding vaccination in both humans AND in dogs. Vaccinate your pets please.

we don't know if they're currently using it. what we do know definitively: - google cloud interview confirms all art assets are made without AI - all games currently revealed have been made without AI, as ideation occurred before january 2025 please read articles before you share them!

so this is stupid LMAO first article is a someone musing over a twitter thread of a fan account briefly summarizing an interview that obviously conflates generative AI with stuff like DLSS in a two sentence summary.

I'm not going to say give Capcom the benefit of the doubt but what I *will* say is this article is from January 2025, and Capcom has A. Disqualified submissions from a Street Fighter art contest after it was revealed to be AI, and B. Outright has no AI art as a requirement in their Megaman contest.

Speaking as someone who's worked with Capcom, stays in touch with its people, and has, shall we say, professional room to maneuver, I'll just say that contrary to what the technical director in the IGN article asserts, I know for a *fact* many Capcom employees are VEHEMENTLY against this direction.

“Look: Rome wasn’t burned in a day.”

anyways

thinking about the funniest joke ever put into a video game again

Ubisoft Executive Says Gamers Can Have Their Games on Weekends and After School If They’ve Been Good hard-drive.net/ubisoft-exec...

The machine learning part of AI has been used for years and is actually really really helpful. And now they've tainted it with all the LLM shit.

[AI bubble bursts] billionaire tech bro: the stupid consumer did not understand it

I'm torn because I think visually, Skeletor looks completely on point here, so kudos to the designers for that That being said, who is Leto bribing/sleeping with to keep putting him in films in spite of his reputation?

Did i ever share this one (made in like uhh when did pikmin4 come out) #pikmin #digitalart #digitalpaint #oatchi #silly #illustration

People in the quotes acting like Nintendo never gets shit for this when in reality they're the only ones who get trashed on for this behavior.

Ubisoft Stepping Away from Video Games to Focus On Laying Employees Off hard-drive.net/ubisoft-step...

Bubsy 4D Pawsome Edition (Switch/Switch 2) preorder is $39.99/$49.99 at Atari Store buff.ly/dOUMWwW Switch 2 game on cart

You can become disabled or homeless in an instant. Even if you’re young and healthy. Even if you have a “good job” and a back up plan. Even if you think you’re doing everything right. Disability and poverty are not moral failings. They can happen to anyone.

So this is the power of Quad A gaming...

sure they are

In the Nintendo Switch version of Super Mario Galaxy, the ending can now be seen in a higher resolution. This reveals that two Toads that appeared to be running joyfully around a statue before are actually gliding around the statue in T-poses.

i’m fascinated by this new strategy wjere multiple ai company CEOs have been going on tears tours this year so far complaining about how anti ai sentiment has hurt their businesses

In the Japanese version of Mario Kart World, the "SPECIAL test of skill" missions are named "Even the Mario Kart staff were surprised!", a reference to the name of the Way Cool course from the Special Zone in Super Mario World. This is why the SPECIAL is in all caps in English.

Greenland sharks as all of Europe’s navies gather in their waters and prepare for combat

It's #PenguinAwarenessDay! Today we consider the penguin, their excellent vibes, and the threats they face. We can also enjoy these illustrations by Vieillot and Oudart in 'La Galerie des Oiseaux' (1820) of a Gentoo and Crested penguin.

Pyramid scheme could collapse without more suckers, conman warns

The guy saying this has forced his intrusive and awful AI product into every nook and cranny of his company's mandatory-esque software lineup. And he's still worried about adoption of the tech! 🚨🚨🚨

This is such an obviously blatant grift that keeps going long past any usual grifts’ lifespan and its so obnoxious to understand and see this

i'm sure i locked it... right?

Terrific syllabus language about the dangers of Generative AI

“In other words, AI reduces productivity, not increases it.”

Apparently the AI bros are on another round of "Hatsune Miku is AI, checkmate luddites" so this is just a reminder that the singer behind Miku was paid and still earns royalties, and beyond that, Miku is nothing more than a MIDI soundboard with advanced pitch converter options, it is not genAI.

The AI bubble will finally pop

“One notable MIT study found that 95 percent of companies that integrated AI saw zero meaningful growth in revenue. For coding tasks, one of AI’s most widely hyped applications, another study showed that programmers who used AI coding tools actually became slower at their jobs.”