Corina Boettger
@corinaboettger.bsky.social
An Ancient Eldritch God that likes to voice act and play video games... also help I'm stuck in a mortal body now....
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Dropping cosmetics prices and refunding players who already bought them is a fun distraction from all the negative talk about not using human voice actors for your NPCs
But it also follows that if you can afford to cut prices and do refunds, you could afford to pay human actors to voice your NPCs.
But it also follows that if you can afford to cut prices and do refunds, you could afford to pay human actors to voice your NPCs.
Arc Raiders Lowering Skin Prices & Issuing Refunds After Backlash
While Arc Raiders certainly isn’t alone in featuring paid cosmetics and, soon, battle passes, the game has come under fire from fans since launch for its pricey skins and concerns that some items in the upcoming premium battle…
While Arc Raiders certainly isn’t alone in featuring paid cosmetics and, soon, battle passes, the game has come under fire from fans since launch for its pricey skins and concerns that some items in the upcoming premium battle…
Arc Raiders Lowering Skin Prices & Issuing Refunds After Backlash
While Arc Raiders certainly isn’t alone in featuring paid cosmetics and, soon, battle passes, the game has come under fire from fans since launch for its pricey skins and concerns that some items in the upcoming premium battle passes will be “pay-to-win.” In a blog post outlining some pricing changes, however, developer Embark Studios is responding to player feedback and concern, lowering prices on existing cosmetics and clarifying what fans can expect when premium battle passes arrive.
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November 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Dropping cosmetics prices and refunding players who already bought them is a fun distraction from all the negative talk about not using human voice actors for your NPCs
But it also follows that if you can afford to cut prices and do refunds, you could afford to pay human actors to voice your NPCs.
But it also follows that if you can afford to cut prices and do refunds, you could afford to pay human actors to voice your NPCs.
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Got a real pancake/waffles situation happening here on bsky dot com.
November 12, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Got a real pancake/waffles situation happening here on bsky dot com.
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I'm 55 followers short from 200. Can I make it before new years?
November 12, 2025 at 7:50 AM
I'm 55 followers short from 200. Can I make it before new years?
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People are in denial about how quickly they could become disabled, unhoused or food insecure
It can happen to anyone & it can happen in an instant
Folks act like those receiving assistance have failed
That they should “try harder”
The system is rigged. It’s failed us, not the other way around
It can happen to anyone & it can happen in an instant
Folks act like those receiving assistance have failed
That they should “try harder”
The system is rigged. It’s failed us, not the other way around
November 12, 2025 at 8:12 AM
People are in denial about how quickly they could become disabled, unhoused or food insecure
It can happen to anyone & it can happen in an instant
Folks act like those receiving assistance have failed
That they should “try harder”
The system is rigged. It’s failed us, not the other way around
It can happen to anyone & it can happen in an instant
Folks act like those receiving assistance have failed
That they should “try harder”
The system is rigged. It’s failed us, not the other way around
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Even on projects that don’t feature AI, it’s often difficult to justify how little voice actors get paid for work on projects that sell in the millions
So it’s fascinating to see folks say “they were compensated fairly” repeatedly on this occasion where we don’t even have the voice actors credited.
So it’s fascinating to see folks say “they were compensated fairly” repeatedly on this occasion where we don’t even have the voice actors credited.
The argument I'm hearing about it is "the voice actors got paid for it so it's all good"
We don't know how much they got paid, or if they get royalties every time those lines get used.
It's a slippery slope being brushed off because "game good"
if Arc Raiders had plagiarized art, would it matter?
We don't know how much they got paid, or if they get royalties every time those lines get used.
It's a slippery slope being brushed off because "game good"
if Arc Raiders had plagiarized art, would it matter?
November 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Even on projects that don’t feature AI, it’s often difficult to justify how little voice actors get paid for work on projects that sell in the millions
So it’s fascinating to see folks say “they were compensated fairly” repeatedly on this occasion where we don’t even have the voice actors credited.
So it’s fascinating to see folks say “they were compensated fairly” repeatedly on this occasion where we don’t even have the voice actors credited.
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Ask literally any voice actor if they get royalties from the video games they worked on.
They will tell you no. They might even laugh.
Now imagine any developer actively trying to use AI VO to save money wanting to offer something like that.
They will tell you no. They might even laugh.
Now imagine any developer actively trying to use AI VO to save money wanting to offer something like that.
Also, re: "they get royalties", how much money is that? Does it make up for the lack of continued work?
Paying next to nothing is still "getting paid royalties" but is functionally nothing.
Paying next to nothing is still "getting paid royalties" but is functionally nothing.
November 11, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Ask literally any voice actor if they get royalties from the video games they worked on.
They will tell you no. They might even laugh.
Now imagine any developer actively trying to use AI VO to save money wanting to offer something like that.
They will tell you no. They might even laugh.
Now imagine any developer actively trying to use AI VO to save money wanting to offer something like that.
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Who else remembers a few years ago when the Jujutsu Kaisen movie made almost 200 million at the box office and the dub cast got like $300 tops
Ask literally any voice actor if they get royalties from the video games they worked on.
They will tell you no. They might even laugh.
Now imagine any developer actively trying to use AI VO to save money wanting to offer something like that.
They will tell you no. They might even laugh.
Now imagine any developer actively trying to use AI VO to save money wanting to offer something like that.
Also, re: "they get royalties", how much money is that? Does it make up for the lack of continued work?
Paying next to nothing is still "getting paid royalties" but is functionally nothing.
Paying next to nothing is still "getting paid royalties" but is functionally nothing.
November 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Who else remembers a few years ago when the Jujutsu Kaisen movie made almost 200 million at the box office and the dub cast got like $300 tops
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We’re in another healthy round of discourse on AI voicing in games, and I saw an argument made that’s worth spotlighting - the idea that a developer may have an extremely last-minute tweak and corralling a studio, engineer, director, and actor on short notice may be impossible. Let’s poke at that 🧵
November 12, 2025 at 12:12 AM
We’re in another healthy round of discourse on AI voicing in games, and I saw an argument made that’s worth spotlighting - the idea that a developer may have an extremely last-minute tweak and corralling a studio, engineer, director, and actor on short notice may be impossible. Let’s poke at that 🧵
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It’s a small thing, but when Dropout TV found out they’d accidentally misgendered me in a video clip, they went in and recut the whole clip to fix the mistake.
It took a day.
No AI; just hardworking folks putting in extra.
That’s what the industry is. AI is just lazy, destructive, and pathetic.
It took a day.
No AI; just hardworking folks putting in extra.
That’s what the industry is. AI is just lazy, destructive, and pathetic.
November 12, 2025 at 12:22 AM
It’s a small thing, but when Dropout TV found out they’d accidentally misgendered me in a video clip, they went in and recut the whole clip to fix the mistake.
It took a day.
No AI; just hardworking folks putting in extra.
That’s what the industry is. AI is just lazy, destructive, and pathetic.
It took a day.
No AI; just hardworking folks putting in extra.
That’s what the industry is. AI is just lazy, destructive, and pathetic.
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We don’t use generative AI at Strange Scaffold and I can confirm that a *lot* of other studios are not—whether indie or AAA.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm
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“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm - AUTOMATON WEST
In an interview following the launch of ARC Raiders, the CEO of Embark Studios' parent company Nexon shares his views on AI.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:25 AM
We don’t use generative AI at Strange Scaffold and I can confirm that a *lot* of other studios are not—whether indie or AAA.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
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If your game has voice acting, then working with the voice actors is half of your writing process. It's not complete until you've heard it interpreted and reimagined by a voice actor. And they always reimagine it in ways that elevate the writing, in ways you never would have imagined yourself.
November 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
If your game has voice acting, then working with the voice actors is half of your writing process. It's not complete until you've heard it interpreted and reimagined by a voice actor. And they always reimagine it in ways that elevate the writing, in ways you never would have imagined yourself.
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I don't expect a writer to come up with dialogue for anything a user might ask. That's why user's shouldn't be able to ask NPCs literally anything. It defeats the purpose of storytelling. Either have 1 baked in line or 2-3 dialogue choices with 2-3 possible responses.
People defending the chatbot NPC situation in Petit Planet insist that you can't expect a writer to come up with appropriate responses to anything a player might ask
I'd argue the NPC chatbot doesn't seem to be able to do this either, contradicting itself and stating generic gibberish.
I'd argue the NPC chatbot doesn't seem to be able to do this either, contradicting itself and stating generic gibberish.
November 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I don't expect a writer to come up with dialogue for anything a user might ask. That's why user's shouldn't be able to ask NPCs literally anything. It defeats the purpose of storytelling. Either have 1 baked in line or 2-3 dialogue choices with 2-3 possible responses.
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Average healthcare costs in the US:
Giving birth? $18,000
Cancer treatment? $150,000
One month ICU stay? Between 30k and 150k.
That’s not including copays, deductibles, interest and all the other hoops you have to jump through.
Cost in Canada? $0.
Cost in the UK? $0.
Cost in Australia? $0.
Giving birth? $18,000
Cancer treatment? $150,000
One month ICU stay? Between 30k and 150k.
That’s not including copays, deductibles, interest and all the other hoops you have to jump through.
Cost in Canada? $0.
Cost in the UK? $0.
Cost in Australia? $0.
November 11, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Average healthcare costs in the US:
Giving birth? $18,000
Cancer treatment? $150,000
One month ICU stay? Between 30k and 150k.
That’s not including copays, deductibles, interest and all the other hoops you have to jump through.
Cost in Canada? $0.
Cost in the UK? $0.
Cost in Australia? $0.
Giving birth? $18,000
Cancer treatment? $150,000
One month ICU stay? Between 30k and 150k.
That’s not including copays, deductibles, interest and all the other hoops you have to jump through.
Cost in Canada? $0.
Cost in the UK? $0.
Cost in Australia? $0.
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Voters want a Democratic Party that fights back against the forces that have rigged the system and made their lives more difficult.
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
November 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Voters want a Democratic Party that fights back against the forces that have rigged the system and made their lives more difficult.
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
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Now more than ever we need to vote with our wallets and use our voices to protest against companies using AI. If you (like me) don't want companies to use AI art then stand by that. Don't buy their products or promote them on your YouTube channel. Demand they actually HIRE artists.
November 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Now more than ever we need to vote with our wallets and use our voices to protest against companies using AI. If you (like me) don't want companies to use AI art then stand by that. Don't buy their products or promote them on your YouTube channel. Demand they actually HIRE artists.
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Anyway I’m sure there’s absolutely nothing noteworthy about the fact that the consenting voice actors for Arc Raiders aren’t known or named and they aren’t talking at all about how proud they are to be involved with such a popular title.
November 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Anyway I’m sure there’s absolutely nothing noteworthy about the fact that the consenting voice actors for Arc Raiders aren’t known or named and they aren’t talking at all about how proud they are to be involved with such a popular title.
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People defending the chatbot NPC situation in Petit Planet insist that you can't expect a writer to come up with appropriate responses to anything a player might ask
I'd argue the NPC chatbot doesn't seem to be able to do this either, contradicting itself and stating generic gibberish.
I'd argue the NPC chatbot doesn't seem to be able to do this either, contradicting itself and stating generic gibberish.
November 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
People defending the chatbot NPC situation in Petit Planet insist that you can't expect a writer to come up with appropriate responses to anything a player might ask
I'd argue the NPC chatbot doesn't seem to be able to do this either, contradicting itself and stating generic gibberish.
I'd argue the NPC chatbot doesn't seem to be able to do this either, contradicting itself and stating generic gibberish.
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Can’t help but notice the general goalpost has shifted entirely from, “Stop smearing Hoyo with lies. They’d never stoop to using GenAI.” to “Genie is out of the bottle, get with the program, luddite.”
November 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Can’t help but notice the general goalpost has shifted entirely from, “Stop smearing Hoyo with lies. They’d never stoop to using GenAI.” to “Genie is out of the bottle, get with the program, luddite.”
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“But it’s not voiceover, it’s just text.”
Yes and writers shouldn’t be getting replaced by this sort of thing.
“They couldn’t generate responses to every possible thing asked”
Yeah and expecting any NPC to be able to has clear downsides and trying to will result in bland, unimpressive dialogue.
Yes and writers shouldn’t be getting replaced by this sort of thing.
“They couldn’t generate responses to every possible thing asked”
Yeah and expecting any NPC to be able to has clear downsides and trying to will result in bland, unimpressive dialogue.
November 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
“But it’s not voiceover, it’s just text.”
Yes and writers shouldn’t be getting replaced by this sort of thing.
“They couldn’t generate responses to every possible thing asked”
Yeah and expecting any NPC to be able to has clear downsides and trying to will result in bland, unimpressive dialogue.
Yes and writers shouldn’t be getting replaced by this sort of thing.
“They couldn’t generate responses to every possible thing asked”
Yeah and expecting any NPC to be able to has clear downsides and trying to will result in bland, unimpressive dialogue.
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Players of the beta for upcoming Hoyo title Petit Planet have noticed there’s an AI chatbot featured and at least one barista NPC whose dialogue is generated by AI
Fans of their titles are defending it saying “this is a good use of AI” and “you can’t stop AI at this point.”
This is from the TOS:
Fans of their titles are defending it saying “this is a good use of AI” and “you can’t stop AI at this point.”
This is from the TOS:
November 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Players of the beta for upcoming Hoyo title Petit Planet have noticed there’s an AI chatbot featured and at least one barista NPC whose dialogue is generated by AI
Fans of their titles are defending it saying “this is a good use of AI” and “you can’t stop AI at this point.”
This is from the TOS:
Fans of their titles are defending it saying “this is a good use of AI” and “you can’t stop AI at this point.”
This is from the TOS:
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Priorities. [Cartoon by Michael de Adder]
November 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Priorities. [Cartoon by Michael de Adder]
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Trump is appealing the judicial order to pay full SNAP benefits by tomorrow.
He’s spending tax payer dollars going back to court to try and avoid giving folks money they are legally owed.
He’s starving 42 million people because to him they are leverage.
It’s enraging.
He’s spending tax payer dollars going back to court to try and avoid giving folks money they are legally owed.
He’s starving 42 million people because to him they are leverage.
It’s enraging.
November 7, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Trump is appealing the judicial order to pay full SNAP benefits by tomorrow.
He’s spending tax payer dollars going back to court to try and avoid giving folks money they are legally owed.
He’s starving 42 million people because to him they are leverage.
It’s enraging.
He’s spending tax payer dollars going back to court to try and avoid giving folks money they are legally owed.
He’s starving 42 million people because to him they are leverage.
It’s enraging.
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This is disability visibility.
Mamdani listened. He didn’t pander or talk over the disabled journalist.
He acknowledged his concerns and gave real responses about how he plans to fix them.
1 in 4 Americans has a disability, it’s a huge number of voters.
Don’t ignore us!
Mamdani listened. He didn’t pander or talk over the disabled journalist.
He acknowledged his concerns and gave real responses about how he plans to fix them.
1 in 4 Americans has a disability, it’s a huge number of voters.
Don’t ignore us!
November 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This is disability visibility.
Mamdani listened. He didn’t pander or talk over the disabled journalist.
He acknowledged his concerns and gave real responses about how he plans to fix them.
1 in 4 Americans has a disability, it’s a huge number of voters.
Don’t ignore us!
Mamdani listened. He didn’t pander or talk over the disabled journalist.
He acknowledged his concerns and gave real responses about how he plans to fix them.
1 in 4 Americans has a disability, it’s a huge number of voters.
Don’t ignore us!
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Look can A.I. really be a bubble if all it requires is 2 trillion dollars and all the planet's drinkable water to make money? I think not.
November 6, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Look can A.I. really be a bubble if all it requires is 2 trillion dollars and all the planet's drinkable water to make money? I think not.