I remember two whole presidents ago when they gave up on regime change in Afghanistan If only some of those guys were still around

What if none of these things is a distraction from the other things and instead they're all just horrible things

*looks up from reading about Banana Republics*

you simply do not have to preface your statements about this with “but Maduro sucks” whether or not Maduro sucks is entirely beside the point - we invaded another country and grabbed their leader with no justification other than “we wanted to” don’t give them cover on it

It's a big day for those fluent in the good grammar of civility looking to deploy decorum to mask agendas of cruelty

It’s too late to call for restraint. Restraint is out the window and has been ever since fishing boats were double-tapped to eliminate witnesses. What a pathetically pointless response. One Russia will use as precedence when they do the same to a Balkan president any day now. Great work folks. 🤦🏽‍♂️

I have 3 axioms that help me decide when to talk to people I disagree with: 1. To debate a subject is to concede that the subject is debatable. 2. To reason with a person is to concede that the person is reasonable. 3. To ask for evidence of a claim is to concede that the claim might be true.

Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy

SO, you want to network but don't know where to begin. 1. DON'T. Make friends instead 2. It's not about what they can do for you 3. Famous people are just people first 4. If you do have to gush, don't just say 'i love your work' , pick one thing and say why. Open ended compliments are awkward

The confusion and conflation of ‘generative ai that is built on stolen artwork’ and ‘machine learning, character behaviour modelling and proc gen’ is intentional on the part of the grifters peddling the former. They benefit from murkiness of classification, because the latter predates their bollocks

Say it with me now- placeholder assets are supposed to be bright and obvious so you DON’T ship with them. Also it doesn’t matter if no ai-generated assets are in the final executable?? The rising sea levels aren’t gonna be like “oh well no one saw that so the climate change doesn’t count”

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‘everyone in gamedev is using AI’ the business dumdums are using it to generate decks and write bad copy. They think it’s good because they think their basic lore ideas make a good game. that’s it that’s who is using AI

This is a pretty clear cut no, in my books. Using AI to make assets, generate code or documents, or parse data which will be used in decision making and budgeting all end up affecting the product. It's still replacing work that can and is being done, better, by humans.

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"they don't know how to express the idea" here's rian johnson's storyboard for knives out pick up a pencil and a napkin

I've been seeing people call basic automations (Like MS Power Automate, for example) "AI" and now when I'm asked about AI I really have to take the conversation back to first principles. "Okay when you say 'AI' what exactly are you referring to? what are we talking about specifically?"

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As a bunch of anti-trans bills come up in Congress, maybe Dems can remember that HARMING OTHER PEOPLE'S HUMAN AND CIVIL RIGHTS IS NEVER EVER A GOOD LOOK and history knows how you're gonna look so just be right the first time around?

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Art is as much the process as it is the result. When you poison the former, you poison the latter. Reference isn't just "look at a similar thing." It's resonance, emotion, and inspiration. You will never get that from the Slop Machine.

if you see narrative people being meaner about larian than it sounds like they deserve, trust me, we've been waiting for this one

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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.

Games should not be made for everyone but they should be playable by anyone.

“if you accumulate enough Satisfaction Points through external achievements you will be reincarnated as a lotus flower” - the Sims 4, basically

The only way to cure the male loneliness epidemic is to get more men to accept Kirby into their lives

We've got the look for GDCheese now!

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From the Larchives. Happy Hogswatch!

To be honest given that The Game Awards completely axed and abandoned the whole Future Class program when the alumni organized to demand the show acknowledge Palestinian genocide, it's IMMENSELY embarassing how many people in our industry still support it, attend it, or even give it the time of day.

If you advertise your new game then afterwards tell me to expect it in five years, I'm actively less likely to buy it when it eventually comes out. Jesus people. Just wait a while. We don't need five year marketing cycles. Fuck that shit.

I didn't have $520,000 for a #GameAwards Trailer so I'm posting my cute Timed Hit RPG where you brutally murder all the Zodiac signs here instead for free. #gamedev 🎮 #pixelart #indiegame

Valve has now rejected my complaint, confirming that "I don't like muslims" is a valid reason to leave a negative review on a game on Steam This is where we're at now.

@steampowered.com if you're gonna call yourself "Steam, The Ultimate Online Game Platform", you can do better than this You generated $16B+ in revenue last year and you can't even implement basic ass moderation? Yikes

"recap your 2025 media consumption" brand-engagement moments feel wholesome to me in the same way a veggie-flavored chip tastes more wholesome than bbq chips which is to say, not at all. we talk about ultra-processed foods, but can we talk about ultra-processed memories? ultra-processed identity?

I suggest that, from now on, when talking about fiction, we stop saying "non-canon" and instead say apocryphal

I really do hate one thing about this time of year, more than any other It's cold enough that I have to wear socks

My TTRPG group has found itself to the inevitable and unenviable point of explaining "fantasy tax code".

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To be honest, this isn't just a tech-bro thing. I've seen this dynamic in Los Angeles, in Austin, at conventions, etc: folks who aren't looking to meet people or make friends but trying to network based on "who here will benefit me the most." This just adds a tech-based layer to it.