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the good thing about video games having existed for 40+ years is that, even if new aaa games want to be problems when it comes to monetization or ai or whatever, I can always just not buy those and instead play something older that I missed out on

Hey folks a bunch of stuff crashed on my PC so I'm restarting it and then hopefully I'll be able to start the stream.

For anyone curious, so far the Royal Knights quests have taken me a good 5 1/2 hours, and there's still more to go. Wish me luck, y'all 🫡 #VTuber #ENVtuber #MagicalGirlVtuber #GoingLive #Digimon #DigimonTimeStranger twitch.tv/shizucheese www.youtube.com/@shizucheese...

Hey Snacks! November is my birthday month and this Wednesday (11/5) is Luca's last chemo treatment, so I've made the executive decision do one last big push and then stop taking donations for his vet bills at the end of this month. Any help would be greatly appreciated. ko-fi.com/shizucheese/...

I'll admit I'd never heard of SAMMI before this, but that's probably because I stopped researching bots once I found and fell in love with StreamerBot. It's got a bit of a learning curve, but it's super worth it and is what I use to run everything on my streams. 10/10 do recommend.

If you use or were considering using SAMMI, switch to a different program. The new sole developer is extremely pro-AI, has already started using it in the code, and is in support of its use for genAI images as well. Everyone who protested this was told to leave the server and stop using SAMMI.

(Just realized this also means that part 19 will be on 11/19 lmao)

Putting together this week's thumbnails and I realized that I'm doing my 18th Time Stranger stream on 11/18 which I think is fun!

Hey Snacks! Here's this week's schedule! There was a moment last week when I thought we'd be finishing Time Stranger, and CHAT JUST LET ME, but I'm like 99% sure we'll be finishing it this week for realsies. #VTuber #ENVtuber #MagicalGirlVtuber #StreamSchedule

Welp thats crazy, we smashed the 4000 Hours required for Ad Revenue for the Vod/Highlight channel. So now all thats left is 149 more subs. Spread the word if we can break that number, you guys get more vids as I can pay editors to get goofy ass highlights out. www.youtube.com/@ZitoisNeato

I don't believe in a middle ground when you have chatbots encouraging people to kill themselves. The only ground I'm willing to stand on is the ground where you've buried this shit forever.

Considering AI voices in games was the example used in article, here’s some nuance: Voice actors are increasingly pressured into giving up their voice prints in perpetuity for some of these games. Some for cheap; others are finding these terms snuck into contracts. Not an “extreme”, but reality.

I was warned that some of the side quests at the end of Time Stranger were pretty long; I hope the 6 hours I stream on Sundays will be enough! #VTuber #ENVtuber #MagicalGirlVtuber #GoingLive #Digimon #DigimonTimeStranger twitch.tv/shizucheese www.youtube.com/@shizucheese...

Hello fellow nerds! I've got a hypothesis about the intersectionality of gamers and disabilities I'm trying to test. Even if you're not a gamer or disabled, please take 10 minutes and fill this out! Thanks so much, and feel free to ask me any questions. forms.gle/S7F7iSGMAMd7...

Uh this is enormous

I say this with empathy toward every struggling actor who is just trying to make due: Providing your voice for A.I. undermines everyone in the industry. It is a net negative, that will only make it harder for you and everyone else down the line. It. Is. Wrong.

steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back

‘The Owl House’ creator Dana Terrace responds to Disney+ looking to add AI-generated short form content “Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI"

Also wanna say: Fanfest is fun, but it's not $1,000-$4,000 fun. I've been to the last two physical fanfests, and they didn't have enough chairs for everyone, which meant that unless you were in line really, really early, you were more than likely either sitting on the floor or standing in the back.

And so it begins *sigh*

How is it basically halfway through November already?!

So last night, right when I thought I was about to finish the game, like 5 bajillion side quests opened up. Time to do all of them! #VTuber #ENVtuber #MagicalGirlVtuber #GoingLive #Digimon #DigimonTimeStranger twitch.tv/shizucheese www.youtube.com/@shizucheese...

How is it basically halfway through November already?!

Shit really hit the fan on Sunday and I uh...I have a theory. Be sure to tune in for the stream if you wanna know what it is. I'll scream if I'm right... #VTuber #ENVtuber #MagicalGirlVtuber #GoingLive #Digimon #DigimonTimeStranger twitch.tv/shizucheese www.youtube.com/@shizucheese...

Hey Snacks, here's this week's schedule, a day late but not a dollar short! The schedule will continue to say Time Stranger until we finish it, at which point we'll be returning to FFXIV. #VTuber #ENVtuber #MagicalGirlVtuber #StreamSchedule

Heads up for folx playing Arc Raiders: Embark has openly stated (in an interview with GamesRadar+), that the game uses the same AI voice tech as The Finals, and the CEO has talked about using AI to generate 3D models from YouTube rips. If you're anti-AI you should not be playing Arc Raiders!

It's been a few weeks, but Friday Night Writes is finally back! Let's see if I can remember how to write dialog... #VTuber #ENVtuber #MagicalGirlVtuber #GoingLive #IndieAuthor #WritingStream #SpiritCityLoFiSessions twitch.tv/shizucheese www.youtube.com/@shizucheese...

Players of the beta for upcoming Hoyo title Petit Planet have noticed there’s an AI chatbot featured and at least one barista NPC whose dialogue is generated by AI Fans of their titles are defending it saying “this is a good use of AI” and “you can’t stop AI at this point.” This is from the TOS:

Game company sows misinformation to cover up union busting, fans fall for it, actual employee posts explaining the employees were fired to prevent the studio unionizing This is *unacceptable*

Ok who was fishing in Outer La Noscea? Can't a girl put stuff up for sale on her retainers in peace?

I can't wait to see all of my mutuals that play Fortnite regularly to not touch the game for the entirety of the season in solidarity of all of their trans homies! It's so nice knowing so many people that aren't just allies when it's convenient for them! 🙂💖 Hint. Fucking. Hint.

Last chemo treatment is officially done! If you wanna see videos of this boy high on catnip be sure to donate and/ or spread the word!

Hey Snacks, I've had a really long day and I'm not feeling well so I'm gonna go ahead and cancel tonight's stream so I can try to recover. See you all on Friday for Friday Night Writes and on Sunday for more Time Stranger!

Time Stranger really called one of its quests "There's no cure for stupidity." I wonder what that's all about... #VTuber #ENVtuber #MagicalGirlVtuber #GoingLive #Digimon #DigimonTimeStranger twitch.tv/shizucheese www.youtube.com/@shizucheese...

Hey Snacks! November is my birthday month and this Wednesday (11/5) is Luca's last chemo treatment, so I've made the executive decision do one last big push and then stop taking donations for his vet bills at the end of this month. Any help would be greatly appreciated. ko-fi.com/shizucheese/...

Happy November, Snacks! Here's this week's schedule! #VTuber #ENVtuber #MagicalGirlVtuber #StreamSchedule

There's something very funny about streaming Time Stranger the day we change our clocks for daylight savings... #VTuber #ENVtuber #MagicalGirlVtuber #GoingLive #Digimon #DigimonTimeStranger twitch.tv/shizucheese www.youtube.com/@shizucheese...

Y’all there’s SO MANY struggling artists right now. Please please help if you are in the position to do so. Do some early holiday shopping. Treat yourself to something special. Donate just to keep seeing people create. And don’t forget sharing always helps so much. We are just trying to survive.

Very important factor to this

Shout out to the Fortnite leaks server for not being evil about this like I suspect many other leakers and people who believe the game can do no wrong will be

Short version because people aren't reading the blog - "dislikes", essentially just a "not interested" button, private, doesn't effect anyone but yourself - "Social proximity", puts people you know at the top of comments - "Reply context", shows people full thread before they reply

Hey everyone, here's a real simple way to disable "Super Resolution" on your channels: • YouTube Studio • Settings • Channel • Advanced settings • Uncheck "Let YouTube enhance visual quality" • Uncheck "Let YouTube enhance audio quality"

The Continental Circus is back in town so tonight we're returning to FFXIV for a night of devilry and revelry in the All Saints' Wake 2025 event! #VTuber #ENVtuber #MagicalGirlVtuber #GoingLive #FFXIV twitch.tv/shizucheese www.youtube.com/@shizucheese...

Hey Snacks! Sorry for getting this out a day late, but here's this week's schedule! Tomorrow we're doing a FFXIV stream for All Saints' Wake 2025, and Friday we're doing a Halloween party, but other than that we're continuing with TIme Stranger! #VTuber #ENVtuber #MagicalGirlVtuber #StreamSchedule

A picture is still worth a thousand words, but due to AI slop, those words are all melting, illegible gibberish.

The name of the quest we're starting tonight's stream on has me very concerned but I'm sure everything is fine and that "too late" just means too late for tea and cookies or something. #VTuber #ENVtuber #MagicalGirlVtuber #GoingLive #FFXIV twitch.tv/shizucheese www.youtube.com/@shizucheese...

Reposted with alt text (With the added note that teachers should ALWAYS follow this advice. We are in a powerful position of teaching behaviour as well as our subjects. Sarcasm in a time of fragility is counterproductive.)

Can I be honest I think Guillermo del Toro is a far better human being than he is a director Not to say he’s a bad director, but he impresses me more with his heart and his words than he does with his films And he makes pretty good films!

The main argument Genshin fans are making to defend against Hoyo using AI voice-over for their official Miliastra Wonderland videos is: "It's commonly used text-to-speech software, everyone uses it, it's not genAI" I made a video to illustrate the very specific ways this AI VO differs from TTS.