Audun Rodem
arodem.bsky.social
Audun Rodem
@arodem.bsky.social
Rådgiver dataspillkultur for Norsk filminstitutt.
En ny Steam Machine! Laget av Valve denne gangen. Må få plass til en fjerde konsoll under TV-en, da.
new Steam Hardware coming in 2026 store.steampowered.com/sale/hardware

-Steam Controller
-Steam Machine
-Steam Frame
November 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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aside from the newsom and collargate stuff, good reminder that even game recommendations on reddit are thoroughly compromised
November 10, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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going back to the 90s/00s it's basically impossible to overstate alexander o. smith's role in shoring up square's global dominance post ff7. absolutely insane localisation resume
November 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Kun 14 % av spillene Square Enix solgte i første halvdel av finansåret 2026 var fysiske spill. I "Asia, etc." var bare 5,6 % fysiske spill. Dette inkluderer så vidt jeg kan se ikke mobilspill/gacha.

Andelen er litt opp fra samme periode i fjor. Da var det 12 %.
November 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
GQ er på ballen(!) med en herlig artikkel om Football Manager og en av nøkkelpersonene i kulissene. Serien har alltid vært en fascinerende del av spillverdenen, og det er alltid interessant å høre om hvor integrert spillet er i fotballkulturen.

www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/foot...
The man who cancelled Football Manager: ‘I needed a hug, not a kicking’
Miles Jacobson has World Cup winners on WhatsApp, dozens of football clubs who pay for his scouting network and 20 million players who all swear by Football Manager. Until last year, when the series' ...
www.gq-magazine.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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'Dragon Quest' creator Yuji Horii is the first game developer which got awarded by the Japanese government with the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette, for his work on the iconic role-playing game series.

www.videogameschronicle.com/news/dragon-...
November 3, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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ladies and gentlemen...we got him
October 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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hate to say this to the french guys that are about to win every single goty award under the sun but you guys got absolutely nomura mogged sorry
New artwork revealed for Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade & Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 from E33 Art Director Nicholas Maxson-Francombe & FF7R Creative Director Tetsuya Nomura
October 30, 2025 at 9:03 PM
– Et vanlig menneske vil ikke klare å høre forskjell på en sang som er laget av et KI-verktøy som for eksempel Suno, og det som er produsert av mennesker, sier Lars Løberg Monstad.
...

Inntil videre er ikke det vanskelig, vel? Den karakteristiske støyen som ligger bak vokal i Suno er lett å høre.
Spar penger på russelåten – KI-musikk som alternativ
For mange russegrupper er det status å bla opp store summer for den råeste russelåten. Helt unødvendig, mener de som lagde sin egen sang gratis.
www.nrk.no
October 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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New: Internet celebrities like Jake Paul and MrBeast are paying armies of "clippers" to saturate social media with clips of their videos.

This is the story of Anthony Fujiwara, 23 -- the secretive mastermind behind celebrities' clipping campaigns. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Paid Armies of 'Clippers' Boost Internet Stars Like MrBeast
Anthony Fujiwara, 23, created Clipping to turn online stars’ content into viral videos
www.bloomberg.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Ingen nybrottskommentar dette, men media må nesten begynne å ta høyde for at en betydelig andel kun leser overskrift. Det er et reelt problem at man kan sitte igjen med en i beste fall misvisende forståelse av hendelser. Daglig vises det på Bsky til artikler der overskrift mangler viktig kontekst.
October 27, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).

It’s also concerning. 1/
PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Ser på insta-reels-feeden at KI-videoer har inntatt kattesegmentet. Ca. 40 % av kattevideoene virker å være Sora, uten merking, og med relativt realistiske situasjoner. Med tanke på hvor toneangivende kattefeltet har vært for internett blir dette kanskje lakmustesten for hva folk går med på?
October 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Well played, Estetikeren. Well played.
Skal en idrettsstjerne kalles designer? Estetikeren svarer flau leser
Estetikeren svarer flau leser
www.aftenposten.no
October 25, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Husker dere da alle redaksjoner hastet med å satse beinhardt på video (pivot to video), og la om hele businessstrategier, samt sparket tekstjournalister – bl.a. fordi Facebook rapporterte om massive visningstall, som viste seg å være MEGAfeil? Vel …

www.thegamer.com/ea-generativ...
EA's AI Game Development Tools Are Apparently So Bad That It's Costing More Money To Fix Their Mistakes
A new report suggests that EA's pivot to AI is just causing costly mistakes, and the developers hate it.
www.thegamer.com
October 25, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Det er nok remakes nå. Stopp.
Halo: Campaign Evolved screenshots
October 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Watching the entire CS economy implode is… kinda funny

Good lesson - Don’t invest in wildly speculative assets that have no inherent value past finding a bigger sucker to sell it to.
October 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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AI political videos tell us too much about the people behind them
aftermath.site/ai-trump-cuomo
October 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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SCOOP: For the last two years, Microsoft has pushed Xbox to hit profit margins of 30%, an ambitious target that's far higher than the industry average.

This chase for profit has led Xbox to raise prices, cut thousands of jobs, and rethink everything.

Story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Microsoft Pushes Xbox Division to Hit Higher Profit Margins
Management’s goal of 30% profit margins for gaming has led to job losses, canceled projects
www.bloomberg.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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I made 27 gifs (from scratch!) of video game characters dying like Mario does to discuss the origin of this peculiar bit of pixel animation. Enjoy!
The Origin of Mario’s Trademark Death Animation — Thrilling Tales of Old Video Games
Super Mario Bros. taught side-scrolling heroes how to kick the bucket… even if Mario stole those moves.
www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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No ser det mørkt ut for BI-studentane
October 21, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Finnes det tall på hvor mange frilansere i redaktørstyrte medier som ikke er organisert i NJ? For denne rapporten tar kun for seg NJ-medlemmer.

www.journalisten.no/sa-stor-ande...
Så stor andel av norske medier er laget av frilansere
Ny rapport gir for første gang konkrete tall på andelen frilansbidrag.
www.journalisten.no
October 19, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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ASCII art + permadeath: The history of roguelike games -- a perfect Saturday read from 2020.

➡️ arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/...
October 18, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Itagaki 😔
October 16, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Bra at barne- og ungdomspsykiatrien har fått kuttkrav på 19 millioner, da. Det hjelper sikkert.
October 14, 2025 at 3:55 PM