at what point do game devs just start holding nearly-completed games hostage because they've been shown that as soon as they release a wildly successful game they'll all be fired

It's called a union

Don't buy the remake to Assassin's Creed: Black Flag. The game just came out and how does the team get rewarded? With layoffs. Why should we reward Ubisoft with our hard earned money?? Boycott this shit! insider-gaming.com/assassins-cr...

i dreamed you couldn’t post memes unless they had a wizard in them so i took a short break from work to doodle the one i kept posting on here in the dream

yeah man the generative ai thing is going great

absolutely insane story, and yeah, just looking at this chart... with the exception of maybe two people, this entire class was cheating like motherfuckers

What the absolute FUCK!? Why can't we just *not* have to worry about this? Why do we have to OPT OUT of our shit being stolen/used by people who aren't us? This shit is so being crammed down our throats its ridiculous. I feel like there's going to be nowhere left on the internet to go.

Do we have an Instagram replacement yet?

A little twirl in the grass! - Cosplay: Percy De Rolo from Critical Role Place: Field Shoot - 📝 #CriticalRole #criticalrolecosplay #legendofvoxmachina #percyderolo

Control is the right word. I won't go near the PS6 now. I'll keep my PS5 until it dies. Because otherwise I'd have to buy a 4K player as well as a £1000+ console. And games will be more expensive than ever. There will be zero benefit for gamers. Zero. www.eurogamer.net/playstation-...

asha sharma going "we want 1 billion players a day" a nice reminder that these execs are fundamentally incapable of understanding that their customers do not have infinite money or even just that time is finite. they just think you haven't been fed the right marketing yet to get you on board

Fuck ai. Fuck ai so fucking much FUCK AI

A Long Road Home - Page 149 southerngothiccomic.com [ #criticalrole #criticalrolefanart #imodna #webcomic ]

well that's fucking amazing. good lord, lmao, thank god this comedian pulled it out of the fire.

You don't even have to get mad, just don't ever buy or cover Playstation anything again~

Factory Planner and First Sparks Lebleby Games. NO disclosure for placeholder images, says they removed them but as of Jan 26/28th they confirm "its only 3% or below." Using AI for adding new languages. -y steamcommunity.com/app/3873220/... steamcommunity.com/app/3679930/...

Trees. Trees. Trees. They matter. Plant them. Protect them.

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

Today is Dependence Day in the Kingdom of Loathing, an annual holiday that celebrates how we are dependent upon you to spread the word about our goofy games so that we can make more of them. Later tonight we'll set off a lot of fireworks to celebrate what a good job you did telling your friends!

obligatory for the 4th

Be careful, the stand user could be anyone. The stand user:

heard a firework at 4:43am

Take me instead... Mix media image. Base was done as A3 with biro & watercolours then finalised digitally to add in the florescent details and background. Idk the impulse to just draw this was STRONG 🤣 #criticalrolefanart #MatronOfRavens #Vax'ildan #Vex'alia #voxmachina #Vex #Vax #voxmachinafanart

Priscilla

They also use the word “taste” like the worst guys online use the word “females”

Hope Taliesin feels better soon ❤️

Forgot to share this the other day, but took a second stab at the rupee design stained glass, but STUNNINGLY, when I have the right solder, it comes out much, much better! Still need to get the black patina, but that’ll wait until I can afford it. Still!

Zenless Zone Zero / COGNOSPHERE PTE Undisclosed gen-ai used in the game "program-wise" to "better smoothen the game progress." -y www.eurogamer.net/zenless-zone... www.ign.com/articles/how...

Ministry of Order VoltekPlay. NO disclosure for development support tasks like programming assistance, marketing texts, and content generation. Support use of gen-ai. -y steamcommunity.com/app/3572310/...

Everybody in the "climate space" (which means everyone on earth...) needs to understand these mind-blowing figures. Google's "total electricity consumption jumped from 31 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2024 to 43 TWh in 2025." In ONE year. The AI corporate arms race is eating the world.

And then we go around saying we shouldn't use AC because of the power costs Looks like we should start by cutting out ChatGPT (as a reminder ac prevents people from *dying*. Don't think LLMs can make that point)

InZOI by inZOI Studio / Published by Krafton Most Notably : “Players can generate unique textures for character outfits and various items based on text input.” Source : Steam Disclosure -V

Sims 4 / EA Sims 4 announced The Hub gen-ai features last year. Simmers & community have been signing petitions and posting feedback hoping they won't put gen-ai into the game Sources: simscommunity.info/2024/09/18/t... youtu.be/xNo7YXykbDA

There's so many gen-ai bands now! Here's a list for easy searching and blocking. They might be on other platforms aside from spotify, like youtube too -y youtube.com/shorts/trgHD...

Duolingo Notorious for its gen-ai usage nowadays, use something else! -y blog.duolingo.com/large-langua... duolingoguides.com/duolingo-ai/

Escape from Tarkov Battlestate Games. No disclosure for recent updates containing gen-ai art, as well as possibly music and voicelines. Looking into this -y Another source: www.forbes.com/sites/mikest...

Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar Marvelous Inc. (Story of Seasons and Rune factory devs), Steam disclosure -y

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 / Warhorse Studios Daniel Vavra is pro-ai, and Warhorse replaced translators for gen-ai for forward updates. Defended Larian's use of gen-ai. -y Sources: www.pcgamesn.com/kingdom-come... kotaku.com/kingdom-come...

Stellar Blade SHIFT UP Corp. No disclosure, devs on team use/support gen-ai and now players are finding slop art posters in-game -y

Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library ArtRising. Steam disclosure -y

Infinity Nikki Infold Games. Undisclosed gen-ai translations, in-game surveys had players reporting gen-ai images. Hoping InFold responds. -y roonby.com/2025/07/21/i... www.reddit.com/r/InfinityNi... www.reddit.com/r/InfinityNi... www.reddit.com/r/InfinityNi...

Sharing this reminder that Librarian is a genAI game. I occasionally see a friend playing it and have to give them the heads up. This one is slipping under a lot of radars, and I think part of it is people are just trusting those they saw playing it to have checked.

Reposting because of the sony news