great reporting here. basically yes DLSS 5 is running a gen AI model on the 2D output and nothing more. it doesn’t know anything about the 3D scene, textures / models / lighting / PBR other than what the model infers by looking at a frame. TL:DR, they sped up slop. youtu.be/D0EM1vKt36s?...

Ain’t no way dude #tadc

Can we give a massive applause to @alexrochonva.bsky.social for his performance in Ep 8! He really puts his all into Caine and his song was amazing! #TADC #TheAmazingDigitalCircus

THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS! AAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

And this is coming in the Fall.

Unstuck her!

I just let out the most horrid guffaw.

Sermon on the Mount as a QTE.

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...

there's something really wild about how we do full on investigative reports filled with high quality journalistic research just to come to the exact same conclusion we did in high school- some dudes are miserable losers who are also enjoy wallowing in being miserable losers more than anything else

The worst thing about Chuck Norris dying is that it's brought back the jokes.

Because there is no genre in SFF that is more awesome than fantasy mystery / magic noir, I'm going to do a thread of all the books in the current, incredibly-good-value StoryBundle that's on sale right now. storybundle.com/magic 1/

Also worth noting, as we do in the post, that we're running a 50% off sale to celebrate our two-year anniversary. Every dollar helps us claw back the cultural perch that was stolen from literary criticism. www.typebarmagazine.com#/portal/sign...

THIS GAME DOES (NOT) EXIST 💾 In this month's newsletter, I discuss digital horror, fake video games, art as a mode of participation, and finding new ways to show up for yourself through the art you make.

Made a video discussing the anniversary and the house situation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLd4...

My kingdom for literally any era of Power Rangers other than MMPR to get some nostalgia pandering. We've been stuck on MMPR Millennial nostalgia pandering since *checks when PR Samurai came out* 2011!?

Please acknowledge another season of this franchise! Any of them! This is getting ridiculous, even by this franchise’s standards!

🎉QUEER JOY FOR YOUR TIMELINE!🎉 Not only are we proud to announce Spirit Swap is nominated in TWO Gayming Award categories -- Best LGBTQ+ Character (Samar) and Best LGBTQ+ Indie Game... We’re also proud to share that Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 To is coming to Nintendo Switch! 💕

It’s the most wonderful time of the year~

Stranger Things is getting g a physical release from Arrow Video!?

*vince getting excited meme* You find a movie on Tubi It has this cover It stars John Saxon HE NARRATES HIMSELF IN NOIR STYLE

New commission! The first of five bronze-age weapons for a set of fantastical armor. The prompt was a double bitted axe that transforms from a shovel. I took the form of the epsilon axe, made it double bladed, and gave it a shovel-esque form. The shaft is made from the bone of a goddess.

Darkwood co-creator announces psychological horror game HOARDER for PS5, Xbox Series, and PC Publisher Awaken Realms and developer Byzel, an "indie team" within Awaken Realms Digital led by Darkwood co-creator Gustaw Stachaszewski, have announced psychological horror game HOARDER for PlayStation…

Everyone, recommend a game for me to get please.

This is no joke. Helium is only made slowly via radioactive decay and we use it far faster than it's produced in unusable quantities. It's critical for physics and astronomy tech as well. But kids love balloons, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Daring today, aren’t we? m.youtube.com/watch?v=YShj...

Today in ‘things that are funnier than they should be…’

Adios is 45% off on Steam! That's the lowest it's ever going to go!!! If you a game about a pig farmer choosing to give up disposing of bodies for the mob, check it out! If you love it, please leave a review! We're 1% away from Overwhelmingly Positive. store.steampowered.com/app/1271400/...

Was trying to think of the name of a Brazilian horror game on stream last night, where you have a dog companion, but it completely slipped my mind. It was Enigma of Fear!

Just finished watching The National Theatre's production of The Importance of Being Earnest, my first time with the play, and gosh if that wasn't a swell time. Ncuti Gatwa is criminally charming, but the whole cast was a blast.

A new short animated horror film that I quite enjoyed. Disclaimer: I'm extremely down on "childhood property turns out to be creppy and spoopy" due to its ubiquity, but this is genuinely uneasy and doesn't pull its punches in terms of the tangible horror it presents

Link here! (And there’s audio described and signed versions) TODAY IS YOUR LAST DAY TO WATCH GUYS, DO IT FOR OSCAR

Been feeling a bit overwhelmed lately, so it feels like a good time to share my painting "Steady".

Markiplier and Ethan did Unus Annus and it completely broke reality.

It actually doesn't matter that his estate and his children support this. It doesn't matter that he "wanted to do this." He didn't do it. He passed away. We will all eventually pass away. Losing our ability to accept our mortality may be the worst thing to ever happen to us.

THIS. Give me more gaming stories like this. :D

I don’t mean to alarm anyone, but President Donald Trump, the guy who catapulted America into a war of choice with Iran, doesn't seem like he’s doing well in the think-y/speak-y cognitive department. My roundup of his recent troubling babble: www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

#PrideBookFair Itchio Bundles are returning this year! If you're a participating author with works published on Itchio, consider submitting your book(s) to our bundles! Submissions are open NOW through May 4th. 🌈📚 #QueerWriters Details and submission form: pridebookfair.carrd.co#itchio

I have many favorite moments from The Lord of the Rings. This is one of them - and for whatever it's worth, it was one of Tolkien's too.

I don't follow sports and I'm getting the feeling the American team somewhere behaved very badly.

The nationwide book ban bill is now entering the House of Representatives for consideration. Here's everything you need to know about HR 7661, including next steps to take in helping defeat this anti-LGBTQ, anti-intellectual, pro-voucher bill before it goes any farther: bookriot.com/hr7661-advan...

Finished playing Beacon Pines, and that was a swell time. Charming and bittersweet, with a neat way of telling its story. Would recommend.

These are REALLY cool photos, y'all.

For no reason at all, here's a lil Dune painting I did a few years ago

Instead of AI for covers, use: -premades (most are under $100) -use royalty free pictures/art. There are TONS, especially within museum databases that you can use. -Get a shitty cover and upgrade when you have money AI will poison your career forever. Don't do it.

Gosh, I need to reread Bone. It’s been… gosh, almost a decade.

This is classic abuser speak. This is quintessential sadistic personality disorder speak. This is archetypal rapist speak.

why the hell would i use DLSS5 when i could literally just do this instead