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hi. come talk to me about ghost or megaten or yakuza/like a dragon or dune, or just vampires in general | 33 yrs old | agender (they/he/she)
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I think a Harry Potter adult might be the single most embarrassing thing you can possibly be. The dudes that write Nightmare Fuel pages for Nick Jr shows on TVTropes are cooler than you guys.
April 18, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I think a Harry Potter adult might be the single most embarrassing thing you can possibly be. The dudes that write Nightmare Fuel pages for Nick Jr shows on TVTropes are cooler than you guys.
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I was familiar with it before but actually sitting down to read Jojo's Bizarre Adventure is like discovering a new primary color. A bunch of Tom of Finland guys named, like, Grand Funk Railroad and Kiss Alive saying shit like "You actually thought decapitating me would slow me down? Foolish child."
December 16, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I was familiar with it before but actually sitting down to read Jojo's Bizarre Adventure is like discovering a new primary color. A bunch of Tom of Finland guys named, like, Grand Funk Railroad and Kiss Alive saying shit like "You actually thought decapitating me would slow me down? Foolish child."
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Using gen ai for text and asset placeholders is not solving a problem; games have been made for decades with regular placeholders. studios using AI this way are just testing the water to see what more they can get away with - which will inevitably mean laying off skilled workers, to make worse games
December 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Using gen ai for text and asset placeholders is not solving a problem; games have been made for decades with regular placeholders. studios using AI this way are just testing the water to see what more they can get away with - which will inevitably mean laying off skilled workers, to make worse games
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Friendly reminder to remove the ?si= from the URLs you share from platforms.
I joke about "I'm not clicking that video you shared and messing up my algorithm," but that little URL query string is designed to convey "who shared this" and it helps form a link between you.
Which advertisers love.
I joke about "I'm not clicking that video you shared and messing up my algorithm," but that little URL query string is designed to convey "who shared this" and it helps form a link between you.
Which advertisers love.
December 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Friendly reminder to remove the ?si= from the URLs you share from platforms.
I joke about "I'm not clicking that video you shared and messing up my algorithm," but that little URL query string is designed to convey "who shared this" and it helps form a link between you.
Which advertisers love.
I joke about "I'm not clicking that video you shared and messing up my algorithm," but that little URL query string is designed to convey "who shared this" and it helps form a link between you.
Which advertisers love.
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Gente..... tive um pacote dos meus vasos quebrados barrado na alfândega italiana porque eles acharam que é antiguidade kkkkk 😂😂
December 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Gente..... tive um pacote dos meus vasos quebrados barrado na alfândega italiana porque eles acharam que é antiguidade kkkkk 😂😂
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Using genAI for concept art is so fucking stupid because like... that's where you get the cool shit. Thats the blue sky phase where artists make pieces of art that will be seen by a teenager later and change their life forever. Why would you want to start from mediocre. Why would you do that.
December 16, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Using genAI for concept art is so fucking stupid because like... that's where you get the cool shit. Thats the blue sky phase where artists make pieces of art that will be seen by a teenager later and change their life forever. Why would you want to start from mediocre. Why would you do that.
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I've made it a personal goal to stop using the term "content" when referring to media made by artists. The word implies mass-produced filler and calling someone's hard work their "content" has started to feel kinda like an insult. Like human art made strictly for quick consumption
the enthusiasm for generative AI would not have been possible without prior decades of capitalist conditioning to view works of art as products, rather than acts of culture and shared human life
I think the fundamental gap here is that non-creative people think that creative people make things for the end product, when in fact it’s the act of creation and not the end point that makes it worthwhile.
December 16, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I've made it a personal goal to stop using the term "content" when referring to media made by artists. The word implies mass-produced filler and calling someone's hard work their "content" has started to feel kinda like an insult. Like human art made strictly for quick consumption
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powers of authority
December 15, 2025 at 10:53 PM
powers of authority
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Seeing people in the comments saying that To a T was unfun and essentially that he deserves this if he can't make a good game.
Gamers, I don't know how else to say this, artists are not supposed to be punished with financial ruin for making imperfect art. That's such a fucked up idea you have
Gamers, I don't know how else to say this, artists are not supposed to be punished with financial ruin for making imperfect art. That's such a fucked up idea you have
Keita Takahashi (Katamari, Wattam, Noby Noby Boy) has moved back to Japan, and says he may be forced to quit the games industry due to To a T underperforming.
He also says he'd love to work on Katamari again, and for someone to invest in his studio.
(Read more at GamesRadar)
He also says he'd love to work on Katamari again, and for someone to invest in his studio.
(Read more at GamesRadar)
December 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Seeing people in the comments saying that To a T was unfun and essentially that he deserves this if he can't make a good game.
Gamers, I don't know how else to say this, artists are not supposed to be punished with financial ruin for making imperfect art. That's such a fucked up idea you have
Gamers, I don't know how else to say this, artists are not supposed to be punished with financial ruin for making imperfect art. That's such a fucked up idea you have
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nothing can put a bigger smile on my face than reading that Microsoft has to scale back its AI ambitions because NOBODY uses copilot.
December 15, 2025 at 10:40 AM
nothing can put a bigger smile on my face than reading that Microsoft has to scale back its AI ambitions because NOBODY uses copilot.
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Monster Mash
Monster Mash
Monster Mash rock
From his slab rise
And to my surprise
He's mashing
And smashing
Up graveyards of fun
Now the Monster Mash has begun
Monster Mash
Monster Mash rock
From his slab rise
And to my surprise
He's mashing
And smashing
Up graveyards of fun
Now the Monster Mash has begun
December 9, 2024 at 12:03 AM
Monster Mash
Monster Mash
Monster Mash rock
From his slab rise
And to my surprise
He's mashing
And smashing
Up graveyards of fun
Now the Monster Mash has begun
Monster Mash
Monster Mash rock
From his slab rise
And to my surprise
He's mashing
And smashing
Up graveyards of fun
Now the Monster Mash has begun
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December 15, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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I think the fundamental gap here is that non-creative people think that creative people make things for the end product, when in fact it’s the act of creation and not the end point that makes it worthwhile.
I have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury
December 15, 2025 at 6:26 AM
I think the fundamental gap here is that non-creative people think that creative people make things for the end product, when in fact it’s the act of creation and not the end point that makes it worthwhile.
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stalker. oil painting on linen, 2017
December 14, 2025 at 7:33 PM
stalker. oil painting on linen, 2017
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No AI here
Only browser-based dress-up dolls
The way God intended
Only browser-based dress-up dolls
The way God intended
December 14, 2025 at 2:17 PM
No AI here
Only browser-based dress-up dolls
The way God intended
Only browser-based dress-up dolls
The way God intended
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heartbreaking: GACKT just made a good point
From the Stopped Clock Department: Japanese singer/probable vampire GACKT has come out against over-reliance on generative AI after Google's AI falsely reported a tsunami warning had ended. "Are there really idiots who rely on AI during a disaster?"
December 14, 2025 at 6:05 AM
heartbreaking: GACKT just made a good point
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already putting together my christmas day watchlist
December 14, 2025 at 2:26 AM
already putting together my christmas day watchlist
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Yusuke, from YuYu Hakusho
👉 💥
👉 💥
December 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Yusuke, from YuYu Hakusho
👉 💥
👉 💥
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To accept and use this AI tech is to say I myself am so deeply incompetent and mediocre that a useless machine which cannot actually do the required work is still better than any effort I can make.
Seriously. Just stop.
Seriously. Just stop.
December 12, 2025 at 6:50 PM
To accept and use this AI tech is to say I myself am so deeply incompetent and mediocre that a useless machine which cannot actually do the required work is still better than any effort I can make.
Seriously. Just stop.
Seriously. Just stop.
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