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Sometimes you can’t think of anything good to write, and that’s a perfectly normal thing a lot of writers struggle with. It just means you committed a great sin and displeased The Lord. It means He has punished you by cutting you off from The Source

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What AI Evangelists always miss is that we've had this model for over a century. People will ALWAYS value the handmade work of an artisan significantly more than a mass produced knock off industrialists insist is "of similar quality." We don't pay artisan prices for mass produced things...like AI.

"all writers are using AI and lying about it" is up there with "all writers are millionaires"

You don't need to watch this. The trailer, the show, none of it. You are not a child anymore. There are other stories. Potter may have once been a well of inspiration or joy, but that well is poisoned by the venom of its creator who sees every engagement as endorsement of her war on trans people.

Time to bring out the image again

As the length of video game productions has swelled to 6+ years, many people are trying to figure out how to reverse that trend. Here's some food for thought from the always-insightful Josh Sawyer, director of Fallout: New Vegas and Pentiment. This week's column: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

"DLSS5 fuses controllability of everything about the game with [dogshit]," Huang continued. "Developers can still fine-tune the generative [dogshit]" to make it match their style, as DLSS 5 adds [dogshit] capability to the existing geometry of the game." www.tomshardware.com/pc-component...

That Dune trailer was great. Can't wait to see how Messiah is adapted. That book is a ride.

I don't care if you're in AAA or a solo indie dev, we're all just trying to make a living doing what we love. I hope AAA finds its way again and becomes a place devs can feel secure. I hope AA and indie continues to flourish and pushes the bounds of creativity. There's no place for "us vs them".

BREAKING: Xbox boss Phil Spencer is stepping down, will be replaced by Microsoft AI platform president Asha Sharma. Sarah Bond is also leaving. Matt Booty staying. Seismic news for the video-game industry.

This is a great thread. AAA has changed dramatically since I joined the industry in 2010. Mike sums up a lot of why that is the case.

Game exec walks into a curry house. “Make me a pizza?”

In more positive news, I am incredibly excited to play this! Slay the Spire has been a game I constantly go back to & this looks like a delightful follow up. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PW22...

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If you're wondering why the game developers in your life are ageing at 10x the normal rate, this pretty much sums up the industry for the past... while.

Reporter: Do aliens exist? Obama: *chuckles* Technically no, a time ghoul is from Earth. Just not today’s Earth

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I think its accurate to say the live-service 'boom' might go down in our industry's history as the most destructive, chaotic, and short-sighted mismanagement of any of the many corporate executive trend chasing mistakes.

look at my country man, we’re getting out-No Kings’d by the fuckin’ british

AI is the “asbestos of the internet”

Catherine O’Hara has been one of my favourite actors since I was old enough to know what an actor was. The Nightmare Before Christmas. Home Alone. Beetlejuice. Later Frankenweenie, Schitt’s Creek. And so many more. Her death is a profound loss. For Canada. For comedy. For anyone who likes to laugh.

Why would I stare into eyes that no human is staring back from or that no human drew? Why would I invest my heart into images that no person invested their heart into? Why would I read words no human wrote?

Renee Macklin Good's wife, Becca Good, released a statement and it moved me to sobbing tears: archive.is/ur35j

Absolutely horrific details about an ICE shooting in Minneapolis. A witness says a woman was trying to drive away from an ICE operation and the ICE agent "reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times." Bovino was there. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

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It's October, which means you know what time it is: ASHLEY IS RAISING MONEY FOR SICKKIDS! Gaming for 24 hours. Live stream. Prizes. Special guests. Shenanigans. This is my 10TH YEAR fundraising for SickKids so let's make it the best year yet! www.extra-life.org/participants...

To everyone impacted by today's layoffs, I am so sorry. This industry has failed you & you deserved so much better. The reality is the state of the industry right now is terrible & this is not your fault. People are not disposable assets, they are why the games exist to begin with.

With how many layoffs we’ve had over the past several years, remote work should be the default. Requiring relocation at this point is unreasonable for the risk that we’re just going to get laid off two months, six months, a year in.

This looks very exciting! Have a lot of faith in Gunn & his team so optimistic about this one.

"I can't start a business without robbing a bank for seed money so robbing banks should be legal"

Get this game on your wish lists, it's going to be an amazing title. I'm confident it'll be one of the year defining releases of 2025.

A great thread! Game writing is not just writing cinematics. It's collaboration with every other department to convey story in all aspects of an experience.

#Okami2 director Hideki Kamiya was asked by a fan if the announcement trailer was made with AI "Don’t ask such pointless questions, you idiot… Go away"

sesame street isn't supposed to make money. the post office isn't supposed to make money. not everything is supposed to MAKE MONEY

The 40k Secret Level episode was great! Blur are masters of their craft. Excited to see what more this partnership yields.

This response from @sbearbergman.bsky.social to @hildur.bsky.social’s post has changed my week— it is so wholesome, and human, and so the energy we all need right now. And Kerstin Langenberger, the naturalist who posted “I am on my way with the necessary equipment”? This woman is the hero we need.

suspected killer: here's a manifesto where i explain my motives. health insurance companies' modus operandi mutilates and kills people media: the killer was radicalised through assassin sim among us and a firaxis internship where he was trained to kill 'bugs'

What a trailer! Cannot wait.

Path of Exile 2 is very good! Had a blast tonight. Definitely feel the souls like comparisons. Bosses are not push overs & packs of enemies will kill you if they can corner you. Loving the mercenary class & the game is gorgeous. Oozes atmosphere.

Oh, hell yes! Cannot wait for this.

If you're looking for fellow Narrative folks in game dev, Z has created some great starter packs in multiple volumes.

Annual reminder that It's a Wonderful Life received mixed to middling reviews on its initial release, losing its studio half a million dollars, in case you've gotten "doesn't suit our needs at this time" lately.

Happy Path of Exile 2 day to all who celebrate! Congrats to the team on reaching this point & best of luck with the rollout. Can’t wait to play! Now to figure out what class I’m going to do first…

Oh no! I can already hear my wallet screaming. This is a very exciting reveal.