Cook Maarten
@maartenbrands.bsky.social
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Founder Cook and Becker. Games, Art, Literature, Film, Politics, Memes.
I can't imagine people at Nintendo not being angry at the shit reviews for the new Mario films. Their own Mario is usually very high quality and carefully curated. This sullies the brand.
about 10 hours ago
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"We didn't invest enough in good things and now we regret it" is 50% of all news headlines and being human.
about 17 hours ago
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Whenever I try Gemini, I find it dog shit. It can't even do the most basic things like checking a Google sheet for errors or setting a meeting? In Google's own Gsuite environment of all things. I also hate the Search summary that rare time I still have to use Google search.
1 day ago
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Whenever I try Gemini, I find it absolute dog shit. It's forced upon users, but can't do the most basic things like checking a Google sheet or setting a meeting. In Google's own Gsuite environment. I hate the Search summary etc.
1 day ago
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Like a toddler, he just lost interest and goes to kick something else over. Thinking of the 168 school girls who died.
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Trump Tells Aides He’s Willing to End War Without Reopening Hormuz
Administration officials assess that forcing the waterway back open would mean extending the military mission
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/trump-iran-war-strait-of-hormuz-ee950ad4?mod=WSJ_home_mediumtopper_pos_1
3 days ago
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Machines are killing thousands of humans every day now. We've automated killing.
3 days ago
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"In 5 years, A.I. will destroy humanity." Also, after nearly two decades, autocorrect from the richest company in the world still doesn't work well. This doesn't even factor in dual-language users which is inconceivable to Apple.
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Everyone Hates iPhone Autocorrect. An Update Fixes One of the Biggest Problems.
Here’s what iOS 26.4 does to improve your typing, plus some tips to help you reclaim your keyboard.
https://www.wsj.com/tech/apple-iphone-autocorrect-update-7659d618
4 days ago
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Can this guy just score every video game character select screen please?
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Instagram
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5 days ago
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Absolum looks absolutely sick, and is exactly the type of evolution the side-scrolling beat'em up needed. Might be the best in the genre ever made. It's on GamePass.
5 days ago
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Most video game publishers must be hoping for another virus escaping from a lab somewhere, because otherwise they are screwed.
6 days ago
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Only people of taste play Marathon. I would like to keep it that way. I champion art direction as a gate-keeping tool! 🤠
7 days ago
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Guys? Is it a good negotiating strategy to signal to everyone that you desperately want out?
#Trump
8 days ago
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I thank the universe that I was born too young for Star Wars, too old for Harry Potter, but just the right age for Akira. A narrow escape!
8 days ago
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Imagine how unbelievably bad the state of the AAA games industry is if Epic has to lay off 1/5th of their workforce. Epic! From Fortnite! A 1,000 people!
8 days ago
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This is awesome. An escape room that helps you learn about quantum computing. (the Next Nature museum in Eindhoven. Photos Gaf van Baalen).
8 days ago
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Cook and Becker
9 days ago
Prep work for new art prints!
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Browsed a non-Dutch clothing website and filled in my measurements to filter: 0 results.
9 days ago
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Oh, and Open A.I. is going to zero.
9 days ago
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The mid-term effect of liquidity drying up because of the US bombing Iran has already set in motion the start of a new financial crisis. Investors shore up long-term bets. This will pop the A.I. funding bubble (Open A.I. already can't support Sora), causing markets to panic further etc.
9 days ago
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Those brilliant MTV days when you could flip on the TV in the middle of night and get this banger.
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Bobby Conn- Never get Ahead
YouTube video by pubgoblin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm9dzLxLvxc&list=RDEMcNWWdx02bqKELXVvhJvCTw&start_radio=1
10 days ago
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Square Enix determined to continue their streak of ill-conceived forays: NFTs, blockchain, now A.I... Anything but making an turn-based RPG that can rival Clair Obscur.
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10 days ago
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Can something be dead when it was never alive?
www.theblock.co/post/394531/...
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Solana Foundation president says crypto gaming is dead
While blockchain gaming has yet to live up to its promise, some companies, and top brands, have not given up.
https://www.theblock.co/post/394531/solana-foundation-president-says-crypto-gaming-is-dead
11 days ago
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I cannot believe Meta actually lost $80 billion on their metaverse. They might have earmarked that budget for it, but no way they burned through it. Is that on record somewhere?
11 days ago
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You go in thinking "Surely it can't be that bad"
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13 days ago
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Dit minderheidskabinet gaat echt geen ruzie overleven over het weer oppompen van Gronings gas. Dit gaat 100% gebeuren nu we langdurig in een energiecrisis zijn geraakt. Dit land heeft niet meer de samenstelling voor brede consensus of (onnodige) opofferingsbereidheid.
13 days ago
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Twee van die ijsbergtrends die enorme schade gaan veroorzaken: - De totale loskoppeling van de beurzen met de realiteit - Specifiek voor Nederland: de collectieve drugsverslaving.
14 days ago
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Glenn Fiedler
15 days ago
"I never asked for this"
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"He’s also been high-handed with Europe over Greenland". You mean, threatened militarily.
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Opinion | The Allies Take a Pass on Iran
Europe in particular may regret its short-term Schadenfreude.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/iran-oil-strait-of-hormuz-donald-trump-european-allies-f557e5da
16 days ago
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3 maart hebben ze ook gestaakt. Is totaal geruisloos verlopen...
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16 days ago
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Dan Dan
17 days ago
Esse é o futuro dos videogames com o DLSS 5
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I expect those A.I. filters in games are going to be very popular because most video game executives and most of the general public think they look great unfortunately.
17 days ago
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Steven T. Dennis
17 days ago
What is the point of copyrights if the most powerful companies on earth can ignore them?
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"My punishment is more than I can bear" (Genesis 4:13). Cain (of Cain and Abel). 6.000 B.C. give or take.
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17 days ago
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Can't the eagles just fly the oil to Europe?
17 days ago
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Crypto, Polymarket, sports betting, insider trading... Gambling is bad and leads to evil. Our "stupid" forefathers figured that out already, but sure, let's reinvent the wheel one more time.
17 days ago
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Marathon is a fun game enjoyed by good people, and One Battle wins a lot of deserved Oscars. When the universe vindicates my taste!
18 days ago
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I'd say most(?) in the current US administration cannot concede power anymore, as that would mean they'll be prosecuted. People will do almost anything from that happening.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/15/u...
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How Trump’s Homeland Security Pick, a Prolific Investor, Got a Lot Wealthier in Congress
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/15/us/politics/trump-markwayne-mullin-homeland-security-stocks.html?unlocked_article_code=1.TlA.e4yb.Jl9iKrrS8Ipf&smid=url-share
18 days ago
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Mujtaba Rahman
18 days ago
Incredible scenes from today's pro-Magyar, anti-Orban rally in Budapest. Only 4 weeks left until the most consequential election in the EU this year 🇪🇺🇭🇺
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If the Ukrainians can build the world's leading drone industry WHILE AT WAR and under immense pressure from traitorous allies, what is our excuse to keep fiddling around with whatever Mickey Mouse bullshit is keeping us back?
18 days ago
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At a certain point, when companies grow, trust is replaced by control systems and risk management. Lack of trust is still the number one reason creativity and innovation dies in a company.
19 days ago
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I had no interest in the HUB content of Arc because of the soulless A.I. voices. Made the whole thing feel flat and dead. Contrast that with Marathon. Bungie even has me reading fucking lore! /insert "inconceivable" Princess Bride gif.
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19 days ago
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"My name is Maarten, and I support this discussion about video game art, graphic design and art direction." Not a single frame rate was mentioned.❤️
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20 days ago
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UNITED24
20 days ago
68 missiles, 430 drones — in 1 night. Kyiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, and Mykolaiv oblasts were hit. People were killed and wounded. Civilian and energy infrastructure — damaged. All because of terrorist russia. Help stop this;
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Marathon has managed the unthinkable. I'm reading lore. That Traxxus intro cinematic 🔥Cyber lion? Sure, why not.
21 days ago
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Why would you still use Google? I find it unusable. If I want a quick answer I use Mistral/LeChat or for search I use Ecosia (plant a tree for every 50 searches) or Qwant. Less SEO junk links. Is Google much more advanced in other territories?
21 days ago
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Cook and Becker
21 days ago
For a platform hero, limbs are optional. Shoes are not. Only one week(!) left to secure your copy of the Collector's Edition of Into the Glade of Dreams: The Art & Design of Rayman, complete with Rayman shoe bookstand!
#Rayman
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Mike Rose
22 days ago
I try not to do ranty threads anymore, but man, this Valve GDC graph has just rubbed me up unbelievably badly This was presented as a good thing - "more games are finding success!" -- when actually the data has just been presented in a tricksy way to make it look like everything is fine
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European car manufacturers must be suffering from whiplash by now, because you better believe demand for EVs will be surging again.
22 days ago
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Remembering how fun Indiana Jones and The Great Circle was.
22 days ago
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Some of the most punch-able people are those miserable creatures incessantly rooting for games to fail.
23 days ago
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