There were many disrespectful hammers today, but this one was the jammiest #Splatoon3

Just some #FFXIV moments from tonight. Thank you for making the last stream before Xmas a fun one! ✨

Last stream before Xmas (I don't know what I'm doing) ⚡ twitch.tv/shazshanghari

Look, there's point where it's very clear that partaking in playing certain things will inevitably cause harm to the trans community due to the residuals *she* gets, and still, people will jump through some serious hoops to justify playing them. Let's just call it addiction at this point.

Sorry to be firing on all ten cylinders this Christmas week, but it absolutely does my fucking head in hearing corpos and companies everywhere telling me how GenAI is "inevitable," and "the future," when it can't handle simple tasks and it's already using as much water as a large city.

Na, there's no good use case for GenAI ever. Reporting, pitching and presentations are part of the job in *every single vertical,* whether you're AAA or Indie. Disengaging from this process is not a good idea because you're no longer tuned into your project.

The GenAI in games story reminds me of the QA Automation story. Almost play-by-play, in fact. A CEO gets the idea that things will get done faster. Finds out that it'll take years AND resources to implement fully, and then needs to be maintained. By a human. The ones they're trying to avoid paying.

I'll make this easy for everyone: 99% of AAA studios are using GenAI in some way shape or form in their development pipelines - whether they're going to admit it or not. And I'm not saying that to defend them, I'm saying that when they mention it, you should bully them too.

Hey loves, we're not streaming today. The reschedule is tomorrow. I'm going to attempt to club together stream dates for the next two weeks today, so please bear with me.

The Epstein Files took forever to release? Now it's riddled with redactions?? And falsely implied "evidence?!" Oh my God. That's so *weird!* How weird is that?!?! Never saw that coming.

Logan Paul getting his jaw rocked Andrew Tate getting his jaw rocked Maybe 2025 isn't ending so badly lmaooooo

Hi loves! Slight change of plans as I'm not feeling so hot. Running a little Final Fantasy XIV stream today, and I'll reschedule everything else over the holiday period. Come on through! ⚡ twitch.tv/shazshanghari

On this day, 15 years ago. I started my first real job in the Games Industry. It's taken me to some incredibly interesting places, do some really great things, and meet some lovely people. Next year I will be stepping back in again, entirely on my own terms.

We are tired. So tired.

I know my feed has been #FFXIV heavy lately, but I haven't posted my Starlight Festival Glamour for 2026 yet, so like, here.

Just patch 7.4 goth things feat. @ebunnybee.bsky.social ✨ #FFXIV

I... Have to move again. I haven't been feeling well all day and it only seems to be getting worse. Resting for now, but I'll keep you posted about tomorrow.

I just want to say that the people responsible for DDOS'ing FFXIV are absolute twats, please and thank you.

I saw this amazing singer’s rendition of Good Riddance from Hades on TikTok. As he was singing Orpheus, it felt right to join as Eurydice. 🎶❤️

THATS MY BABY GIRL* *Joy goes by they/them please be nice

Now the glamour restrictions have been lifted, those Shadow the Hedgehog gathering boots were the first port of call, the second was realising regular posing wouldn't cut showing them off. #SorryNotSorry #FFXIV

Yay: NHS want to refer me to a private outlet for an ADHD an Autism Assessment Nay: I already paid to have both of those things done (I have both,) so now we're about to waste somebody else's time

Oh sheesh. Loves, due to a number of factors today, I will be running the stream tomorrow instead from 13:00. The upside to this is that I will be contacted this evening to get my ADHD medication potentially sorted, so there's one silver lining to all this!

Feels good to be creating again, I'm not gonna lie. Not as good as I would like to be, but that is going to take work, and time. And for ONCE, I am in the space to do both. 💛

Got a stonking four commissions done for Games Done Quick / Black in a Flash for their Kwanzaa merch, featuring their mascot, Joy! Thank you so much for trusting me with these 💛 🎨 CLIP Studio Paint Pro v2 #shazshanghariart

Quick Commission Info: ⚡ I have two more commissions in the backlog, working on closing those out ASAP; ⚡ I have ONE more slot for a commission of any class; ⚡ Once that slot is taken, commissions are ✨closed✨until 19/01/2026 ⚡ Commission management will be moved to Notion

Aaaaa I'm happy with how these turned out, honestly! 💛 (Also my first foray back into a finished piece of Sonic-adjacent work in like what, ten years?)

LinkedIn Year in Review? You've got to be kidding me lmaooo

CEOs shoehorning AI into the development pipeline so that it looks like they're doing something innovative and cool isn't entirely new. If there's a tech fad, chances are they will grab it with both grimy hands for the sake of looking like there's progress. I'm just glad it's being called out.

#AD- contains gifted content | Hey loves! Thanks to NintendoUK, I'll be giving Metroid Prime 4 a bit of spin today! (They gave us a few other goodies too, but we'll get into that later on in the week.) Come on through! ⚡ twitch.tv/shazshanghari

Everyone with Monster Hunter Wilds Omega Savage gear realising that they need to get back on that farm game to upgrade the pieces again this week #MonsterHunterWilds

Every interaction I’ve had with humans lately has had “use AI” dropped in somewhere and it’s everything I can do to stop myself from screaming. Why are we using AI to do things we need personal touches for? Yes, INCLUDING BUSINESS.

Kurt Vonnegut’s definition of what makes something “art” is one of my favorites I’ve seen - from a letter to his brother in 1995.

Shaz is in their business era! ...Though this does mean attending seminars this week. Should be interesting!

“YoU ShOUld tAkE dOWn thE gO LiVe mEsSaGEs wHeN yOu’RE fInIShEd, iT dEciEvEs pEoPle” Let’s dissect this shall we? ✨ It took 10 seconds to check ✨ You weren’t doing anything anyway ✨ I look cute in the photo

Andrew Schulz is in it? BROTHER EWWWWWW

This week on Twitch: AD | contains gifted content ⚡ 16.12 - gifted | We dive into Metroid Prime 4! ⚡ 18.12 - Art Stream - Samus Fanart Session 1; ⚡ 20.12 - gifted | Starting our Hades II Playthrough on Nintendo Switch 2; ⚡ 21.12 - Art Stream - Samus Fanart Session 2 ⚡ twitch.tv/shashanghari

For those of you who don’t know, the 11th was the 2nd anniversary of my grandmother’s passing. Yes, I loved her. But she was very much a polarising figure in my life. I wasn’t able to visit her last year because I was going through *it,* but I’m glad I visited her.

I’ve changed my mind. Still very much exhausted, so I’m gonna make a fresh week of it as of tomorrow. I’ll put up a schedule in the next few hours. Love and miss you all 💛

So many streaming peripheral companies seem to be offering more colour options whilst simulatenously staying away from yellow, and I just want you to know that you're all cowards 💛

Why would you give me a Monster Hunter Wilds and Final Fantasy XIV patch in the same week...

Okay so I think I might actually be able to stream this evening. Stay tuned... (Sorry, it's just been an incredibly busy week. I might have to write off the 11th December and the days around it off permanently in future)

Did they just record him saying "alright" once and just repeat the line as and when needed?

Oh. Great. Actually not being paranoid, this is actually *the* worst timeline.

I don’t want to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but completely changing the premise of one of the most important pieces of literature in a time where the world feels very much like the original book, doesn’t feel like an accident to me.

I really want a new rule in the games industry. If your game: - Only consists of the logo or project title; - Only has one piece of concept art - Is being made by a studio that was only founded this year ...We don't need you to announce your game. Please hold it. It's not a game yet.

also harry potter getting added to fortnite is put up or shut up time for a lot of my peers and ngl not holding my breath, a bunch of them looked at dbd giving scott cawthon money and went "i can live with this"

I'm just going to say it: If you're enticed by playing this game because it's free now, you've got bigger questions to raise (to yourself) about why you still quietly enjoy Harry Potter whilst its creator does everything in her power to remove rights from trans people with her profits.

Just had a quick look at everything announced at The Game Awards, and it's fairly telling that the only thing I liked was Bradley the Badger.

Okay so, was initially excited about this, but I now see that it's being released by Paramount pictures, and so - just like Sonic 3 - I won't be seeing it. Annoying.