Akela Talamasca
@akelatalamasca.bsky.social
I am cringe, but I am free. When will you rage?
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@akelatalamasca.bsky.social this painting made me think of you.
November 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
@akelatalamasca.bsky.social this painting made me think of you.
Probably the best thing I took away from my time working at EA was learning how audience-facing messaging is crafted. Because it allows me now to read what these publishers put out with that filter. Now I can see all the things they're NOT saying.
November 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Probably the best thing I took away from my time working at EA was learning how audience-facing messaging is crafted. Because it allows me now to read what these publishers put out with that filter. Now I can see all the things they're NOT saying.
And this is what I'm talking about: rich White men live in a fucking completely different world, sheltered somehow from the slings and arrows that hoi polloi regularly loft their way.
They actually think they're great people. It's fucking incredible.
They actually think they're great people. It's fucking incredible.
November 21, 2025 at 6:26 PM
And this is what I'm talking about: rich White men live in a fucking completely different world, sheltered somehow from the slings and arrows that hoi polloi regularly loft their way.
They actually think they're great people. It's fucking incredible.
They actually think they're great people. It's fucking incredible.
The guy who can't fucking run the businesses he HAS already. THIS is the guy you want to start a video game business? In THIS social climate? Who's going to buy a game from ELON MUSK?
November 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The guy who can't fucking run the businesses he HAS already. THIS is the guy you want to start a video game business? In THIS social climate? Who's going to buy a game from ELON MUSK?
There's a bit in which Kotick says Musk would be the perfect person to start and run a video game company.
Right. The guy who pays other people to play video games for him to get achievements and "prove" he's legit on socials.
Right. The guy who pays other people to play video games for him to get achievements and "prove" he's legit on socials.
November 21, 2025 at 6:24 PM
There's a bit in which Kotick says Musk would be the perfect person to start and run a video game company.
Right. The guy who pays other people to play video games for him to get achievements and "prove" he's legit on socials.
Right. The guy who pays other people to play video games for him to get achievements and "prove" he's legit on socials.
Sorry. I'm reacting to an interview conducted by some White dude on a podcast I've never heard of. Featuring Elon Musk and Bobby Kotick, former CEO of ActivisionBlizzard. The topic was video games. Oh ho, here we fucking go
November 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Sorry. I'm reacting to an interview conducted by some White dude on a podcast I've never heard of. Featuring Elon Musk and Bobby Kotick, former CEO of ActivisionBlizzard. The topic was video games. Oh ho, here we fucking go
This really is a divided country. But the division isn't racial. It's financial. Whites and Blacks have more in common with each other than regular people and the wealthy.
November 21, 2025 at 6:21 PM
This really is a divided country. But the division isn't racial. It's financial. Whites and Blacks have more in common with each other than regular people and the wealthy.
Fucking LOOK at this. Are you REALLY telling me you don't use AI in your games? THE FUCK IS THIS, THEN?
November 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Fucking LOOK at this. Are you REALLY telling me you don't use AI in your games? THE FUCK IS THIS, THEN?
What's worse is a statement that one of these studios released saying that they HAVE AI tools but none of it goes into the game.
Except where you can CLEARLY SEE it. It's one of those fucking Studio Ghibli filters AI uses.
THEY MADE THEIR WARTIME SHOOTERS LOOK LIKE GHIBLI CHARACTERS
Except where you can CLEARLY SEE it. It's one of those fucking Studio Ghibli filters AI uses.
THEY MADE THEIR WARTIME SHOOTERS LOOK LIKE GHIBLI CHARACTERS
November 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
What's worse is a statement that one of these studios released saying that they HAVE AI tools but none of it goes into the game.
Except where you can CLEARLY SEE it. It's one of those fucking Studio Ghibli filters AI uses.
THEY MADE THEIR WARTIME SHOOTERS LOOK LIKE GHIBLI CHARACTERS
Except where you can CLEARLY SEE it. It's one of those fucking Studio Ghibli filters AI uses.
THEY MADE THEIR WARTIME SHOOTERS LOOK LIKE GHIBLI CHARACTERS
People are up in arms -- and rightly so -- about the use of generative AI in games. It warms my heart to see it being called out online when it happens. Because again:
THE ONLY REASON TO USE AI FOR ART IS TO FIRE THE ARTISTS YOU ALREADY HAD.
So call it out. Shame those involved.
THE ONLY REASON TO USE AI FOR ART IS TO FIRE THE ARTISTS YOU ALREADY HAD.
So call it out. Shame those involved.
November 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
People are up in arms -- and rightly so -- about the use of generative AI in games. It warms my heart to see it being called out online when it happens. Because again:
THE ONLY REASON TO USE AI FOR ART IS TO FIRE THE ARTISTS YOU ALREADY HAD.
So call it out. Shame those involved.
THE ONLY REASON TO USE AI FOR ART IS TO FIRE THE ARTISTS YOU ALREADY HAD.
So call it out. Shame those involved.
Today I start work on preliminary sketches for my son's Christmas gift. It's going to be a huge amount of work, especially as I'm going to be using watercolors for the first time. And it's 12 pages of artwork and hand-lettering. And I don't even know if it's a good gift. But it's all I can do.
November 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Today I start work on preliminary sketches for my son's Christmas gift. It's going to be a huge amount of work, especially as I'm going to be using watercolors for the first time. And it's 12 pages of artwork and hand-lettering. And I don't even know if it's a good gift. But it's all I can do.
good morning bluesky
good morning bluefriends
good morning gibbons
good morning burkina faso
good morning slight headache, loss of appetite
good morning good morning
good morning bluefriends
good morning gibbons
good morning burkina faso
good morning slight headache, loss of appetite
good morning good morning
November 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
good morning bluesky
good morning bluefriends
good morning gibbons
good morning burkina faso
good morning slight headache, loss of appetite
good morning good morning
good morning bluefriends
good morning gibbons
good morning burkina faso
good morning slight headache, loss of appetite
good morning good morning
Just a quick reminder that the narrator of The Shoop Shoop Song has to be schizophrenic. She asks herself questions that then she answers.
There's even a bit where she says to herself "You're not listening to all that I say"
There's even a bit where she says to herself "You're not listening to all that I say"
November 21, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Just a quick reminder that the narrator of The Shoop Shoop Song has to be schizophrenic. She asks herself questions that then she answers.
There's even a bit where she says to herself "You're not listening to all that I say"
There's even a bit where she says to herself "You're not listening to all that I say"
You Won't Believe What This School Did For Lucas!
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November 21, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Hey! I made a new friend in Rocket League! We got twinned up in a random 2v2 that we won, he suggested we party up, and we won the next 3 games before he had to leave. Nice!
November 21, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Hey! I made a new friend in Rocket League! We got twinned up in a random 2v2 that we won, he suggested we party up, and we won the next 3 games before he had to leave. Nice!
Fuck, you know what would make me so happy? To have enough money to fund the personal projects of artists I admire.
I don't know what millionaires who DON'T do this are like. What are their souls? Are they just sieves that let weighty thoughts slip through in favor of surface pleasures?
I don't know what millionaires who DON'T do this are like. What are their souls? Are they just sieves that let weighty thoughts slip through in favor of surface pleasures?
November 20, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Fuck, you know what would make me so happy? To have enough money to fund the personal projects of artists I admire.
I don't know what millionaires who DON'T do this are like. What are their souls? Are they just sieves that let weighty thoughts slip through in favor of surface pleasures?
I don't know what millionaires who DON'T do this are like. What are their souls? Are they just sieves that let weighty thoughts slip through in favor of surface pleasures?
I saw a cow on a sea of grass/Like a ship upon the ocean/Like a cow/Upon a sea of grass
November 20, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I saw a cow on a sea of grass/Like a ship upon the ocean/Like a cow/Upon a sea of grass
It's very simple, proles:
Act like a human. A human with compassion and interests in things other than making money. Turns out humans like to support other humans when they prove to be good people.
Act like a human. A human with compassion and interests in things other than making money. Turns out humans like to support other humans when they prove to be good people.
November 20, 2025 at 10:34 PM
It's very simple, proles:
Act like a human. A human with compassion and interests in things other than making money. Turns out humans like to support other humans when they prove to be good people.
Act like a human. A human with compassion and interests in things other than making money. Turns out humans like to support other humans when they prove to be good people.
Part of the strategy was to go on socials and talk about non-EA games. Prove to the public that hey, EA is made of people who like to play games too! We're not just corporate shills!
And it actually worked for a while. Our approval rating went up. For a short time. Then my contract was up.
And it actually worked for a while. Our approval rating went up. For a short time. Then my contract was up.
November 20, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Part of the strategy was to go on socials and talk about non-EA games. Prove to the public that hey, EA is made of people who like to play games too! We're not just corporate shills!
And it actually worked for a while. Our approval rating went up. For a short time. Then my contract was up.
And it actually worked for a while. Our approval rating went up. For a short time. Then my contract was up.
You know what's funny? The idea that I was hired on at EA years ago to help with reversing their image problem. People voted EA "Worst Company of the Year" two years in a row. I was part of the team that tried to change the public conception of them as a monolithinc corporation that didn't care.
November 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
You know what's funny? The idea that I was hired on at EA years ago to help with reversing their image problem. People voted EA "Worst Company of the Year" two years in a row. I was part of the team that tried to change the public conception of them as a monolithinc corporation that didn't care.
Also, holy shit, look at this. THIS is integrity
For those who don't know, Megabonk is a game made by ONE GUY and it was a HUGE success. Indie games, proles, you have to fucking love it. YOU MUST LOVE IT BY LAW
For those who don't know, Megabonk is a game made by ONE GUY and it was a HUGE success. Indie games, proles, you have to fucking love it. YOU MUST LOVE IT BY LAW
November 20, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Also, holy shit, look at this. THIS is integrity
For those who don't know, Megabonk is a game made by ONE GUY and it was a HUGE success. Indie games, proles, you have to fucking love it. YOU MUST LOVE IT BY LAW
For those who don't know, Megabonk is a game made by ONE GUY and it was a HUGE success. Indie games, proles, you have to fucking love it. YOU MUST LOVE IT BY LAW
I'm alone in the house right now but I imagine you can all hear me chortling, regardless of where in the world you actually are
November 20, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I'm alone in the house right now but I imagine you can all hear me chortling, regardless of where in the world you actually are
The day is rapidly approaching when these top-heavy companies will all sit around the conference room table realizing with sinking feelings that they don't actually know how to MAKE anything and that they laid off all the people who actually do.
November 20, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The day is rapidly approaching when these top-heavy companies will all sit around the conference room table realizing with sinking feelings that they don't actually know how to MAKE anything and that they laid off all the people who actually do.
BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY HEALTH INSURANCE FOR A CONTRACTOR
November 20, 2025 at 10:16 PM
BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY HEALTH INSURANCE FOR A CONTRACTOR