George Orton
@georgeorton.bsky.social
Senior Designer @RareLtd creating pirate adventures for @SeaOfThieves. Ambassador for @SpecialEffect. He/Him.
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While on tour promoting 'Wake Up Dead Man', Rian Johnson goes off on AI for “making everything worse in every single way.” bit.ly/47UBPfH
November 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM
While on tour promoting 'Wake Up Dead Man', Rian Johnson goes off on AI for “making everything worse in every single way.” bit.ly/47UBPfH
Impossible to listen to Shuhei without falling in love with videogames anew. What a bloke.
Our next guest is one of the most beloved figures in the video games industry. Please welcome, @yosp-jp.bsky.social .
The Former President of Sony Interactive's Worldwide Studios helped oversee the development of landmark titles across generations.
Don’t miss this exciting episode: bit.ly/43RMgx9
The Former President of Sony Interactive's Worldwide Studios helped oversee the development of landmark titles across generations.
Don’t miss this exciting episode: bit.ly/43RMgx9
November 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Impossible to listen to Shuhei without falling in love with videogames anew. What a bloke.
The horrific thing about exercise is that it works.
October 23, 2025 at 12:11 PM
The horrific thing about exercise is that it works.
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The only safe place to use LLMs is in a field where you are already skilled enough to know you would never trust AI. So you might as well not.
We’ve got to start insisting on this Catch 22 being understood in all workplaces: AI only replaces workers too incompetent to notice it doesn’t work.
We’ve got to start insisting on this Catch 22 being understood in all workplaces: AI only replaces workers too incompetent to notice it doesn’t work.
October 17, 2025 at 9:35 AM
The only safe place to use LLMs is in a field where you are already skilled enough to know you would never trust AI. So you might as well not.
We’ve got to start insisting on this Catch 22 being understood in all workplaces: AI only replaces workers too incompetent to notice it doesn’t work.
We’ve got to start insisting on this Catch 22 being understood in all workplaces: AI only replaces workers too incompetent to notice it doesn’t work.
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The veneration of Books As Objects misses the point entirely. If you're reading a book, turn the corners down, break the spine, spill soup on it. It's your book, go nuts. A pristine, unread book is a tragedy in a way that a beloved, much-read book that looks like the dog's been at it could never be.
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The veneration of Books As Objects misses the point entirely. If you're reading a book, turn the corners down, break the spine, spill soup on it. It's your book, go nuts. A pristine, unread book is a tragedy in a way that a beloved, much-read book that looks like the dog's been at it could never be.
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Wow, what a fantastic #OneSpecialWalk! Thanks so much to everyone for braving the rain and (literally) going the extra mile for us, you're all stars! Keep an eye out for an update on how much you've raised, and the date for next year's event 🧡💙
October 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Wow, what a fantastic #OneSpecialWalk! Thanks so much to everyone for braving the rain and (literally) going the extra mile for us, you're all stars! Keep an eye out for an update on how much you've raised, and the date for next year's event 🧡💙
This is important and good. Brilliant work.
It’s time to wake up — if you aren’t using ChatGPT to optimize your work (and your life!) you’re getting left behind. Watch this for 5 simple, lesser-known ChatGPT prompts that geniuses use!
youtu.be/IS65dBNlng8
youtu.be/IS65dBNlng8
5 Secret Ways to Use ChatGPT Like an AI Pro (2025 easy prompt guide!)
YouTube video by Charalanahzard
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September 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
This is important and good. Brilliant work.
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![Typewriter Monke
@tpwrtrmnky.bsky.social
"why not use [language model] for this" well you see I take some amount of pride in having stuff to say that can't be predicted by a statistical estimate
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"Personality, knowledge, and emotion are the three things that need to exist [in art] — and I'm sorry, they don't come from a fucking app." Del Toro sums it up 🫡
July 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
"Personality, knowledge, and emotion are the three things that need to exist [in art] — and I'm sorry, they don't come from a fucking app." Del Toro sums it up 🫡
Football is life and those lasses do it better than anyone. Unreal.
July 27, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Football is life and those lasses do it better than anyone. Unreal.
This is awesome and important. So proud of our game and our people.
❤️
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The Pirate Code | Article 1
- The Sea Calls To Us All -
Everyone is welcome on the Sea of Thieves regardless of age, gender, race, sexuality, nationality or creed.
The Progress Pride Flag is now available from Larinna for 1969 gold in participating territories 🏳️🌈
- The Sea Calls To Us All -
Everyone is welcome on the Sea of Thieves regardless of age, gender, race, sexuality, nationality or creed.
The Progress Pride Flag is now available from Larinna for 1969 gold in participating territories 🏳️🌈
June 3, 2025 at 8:36 AM
This is awesome and important. So proud of our game and our people.
❤️
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Sunderland A.F.C.
♥️🤍♥️🤍
♥️🤍♥️🤍
May 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Sunderland A.F.C.
♥️🤍♥️🤍
♥️🤍♥️🤍
Today marks ten years to the day since I bought a PS4 to play Witcher 3 on release.
Geralt's stories, through the craft poured into them by CDPR, ignited the spark of realisation that creating games is a worthwhile thing that real people actually do.
I will forever owe them a debt of thanks. 🐺
Geralt's stories, through the craft poured into them by CDPR, ignited the spark of realisation that creating games is a worthwhile thing that real people actually do.
I will forever owe them a debt of thanks. 🐺
a man riding a horse in a video game
Alt: A short clip of gameplay from the Witcher 3. Geralt rides his horse across a rugged landscape kissed by light from the setting sun.
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May 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Today marks ten years to the day since I bought a PS4 to play Witcher 3 on release.
Geralt's stories, through the craft poured into them by CDPR, ignited the spark of realisation that creating games is a worthwhile thing that real people actually do.
I will forever owe them a debt of thanks. 🐺
Geralt's stories, through the craft poured into them by CDPR, ignited the spark of realisation that creating games is a worthwhile thing that real people actually do.
I will forever owe them a debt of thanks. 🐺
DOOM: Dark Ages is joyous. A beautifully focussed heavy metal spectacle. Beaming grin through every level.
Those folks at id really know what they're doing 🔥💥💪
Those folks at id really know what they're doing 🔥💥💪
May 16, 2025 at 10:59 AM
DOOM: Dark Ages is joyous. A beautifully focussed heavy metal spectacle. Beaming grin through every level.
Those folks at id really know what they're doing 🔥💥💪
Those folks at id really know what they're doing 🔥💥💪
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you work at ILM! ralph macquarrie and joe johnston worked on star wars with just their brains and their hands and created some of the most beloved/fucked up creatures you've ever seen! and you're getting up on stage to show a fucking possum owl? made by computer? get in the bin you ghouls
May 15, 2025 at 9:11 AM
you work at ILM! ralph macquarrie and joe johnston worked on star wars with just their brains and their hands and created some of the most beloved/fucked up creatures you've ever seen! and you're getting up on stage to show a fucking possum owl? made by computer? get in the bin you ghouls
Trans people are incredible. They deserve to be joyful, safe and seen in every aspect of their lives. No questions.
Today's ruling and the transphobes that enabled it are shithouses. They can get in the bin.
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Today's ruling and the transphobes that enabled it are shithouses. They can get in the bin.
🏳️⚧️
April 16, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Trans people are incredible. They deserve to be joyful, safe and seen in every aspect of their lives. No questions.
Today's ruling and the transphobes that enabled it are shithouses. They can get in the bin.
🏳️⚧️
Today's ruling and the transphobes that enabled it are shithouses. They can get in the bin.
🏳️⚧️
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“Injustice makes the rules, and courage breaks them.”
– Ursula K. Le Guin
– Ursula K. Le Guin
April 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
“Injustice makes the rules, and courage breaks them.”
– Ursula K. Le Guin
– Ursula K. Le Guin
You can play one videogame one last time then, when you are finished, you can never play another game again for the rest of your life.
Which game are you picking?
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Which game are you picking?
🎮❤️
April 7, 2025 at 9:17 AM
You can play one videogame one last time then, when you are finished, you can never play another game again for the rest of your life.
Which game are you picking?
🎮❤️
Which game are you picking?
🎮❤️
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Zelda Williams (the daughter of the great Robin Williams) sure had a lot to say about the “Studio Ghibli style” AI images that have been trending recently.
I think those people should read these posts and really think about what they’re doing.
I think those people should read these posts and really think about what they’re doing.
March 28, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Zelda Williams (the daughter of the great Robin Williams) sure had a lot to say about the “Studio Ghibli style” AI images that have been trending recently.
I think those people should read these posts and really think about what they’re doing.
I think those people should read these posts and really think about what they’re doing.
I bloody love this game, this team, and the community that pours so much love into oour pirate world. Truly life changing.
It has been one hell of an adventure so far, here's to many many more!
💙🏴☠️💛
It has been one hell of an adventure so far, here's to many many more!
💙🏴☠️💛
Don't look back into the sun, look to all the adventures and loot awaiting you on the Sea of Thieves! Enjoy this energetic montage of how our pirate paradise has grown in seven years, and think of all the stories you could write if you just set sail... What are you waiting for? youtu.be/4ZrQWJaQV1I
Official Sea of Thieves 2025 Edition Launch Trailer
YouTube video by Sea of Thieves
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March 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I bloody love this game, this team, and the community that pours so much love into oour pirate world. Truly life changing.
It has been one hell of an adventure so far, here's to many many more!
💙🏴☠️💛
It has been one hell of an adventure so far, here's to many many more!
💙🏴☠️💛
Bloody brilliant work ♥️
We’re on a mission to make gaming more accessible to all 💚
The configurable, wired Xbox Adaptive Joystick is available now: xbx.lv/4hrPPPG
The configurable, wired Xbox Adaptive Joystick is available now: xbx.lv/4hrPPPG
March 18, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Bloody brilliant work ♥️
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Idk... if a developer doesn't care enough to pay actual human storytellers to create a game I sure as hell won't care enough to play it.
March 11, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Idk... if a developer doesn't care enough to pay actual human storytellers to create a game I sure as hell won't care enough to play it.
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I am maybe too morbid a man, but I have a limited time working on this earth and I’d rather not spend any of it doing anything other than writing my own messages in the sand. I don’t really see any role for randomised, anonymised plagiarism in that process.
March 10, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I am maybe too morbid a man, but I have a limited time working on this earth and I’d rather not spend any of it doing anything other than writing my own messages in the sand. I don’t really see any role for randomised, anonymised plagiarism in that process.
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For reference:
Procedural generation is shuffling a deck and dealing from it.
genAI is feeding every card deck you can find, including ones not for the game, into a wood chipper, slapping a handful of the bits on some glue, and pretending its a playable hand.
Procedural generation is shuffling a deck and dealing from it.
genAI is feeding every card deck you can find, including ones not for the game, into a wood chipper, slapping a handful of the bits on some glue, and pretending its a playable hand.
I need game devs and gamers alike to understand that procedural generation is not genAI.
February 16, 2025 at 10:38 AM
For reference:
Procedural generation is shuffling a deck and dealing from it.
genAI is feeding every card deck you can find, including ones not for the game, into a wood chipper, slapping a handful of the bits on some glue, and pretending its a playable hand.
Procedural generation is shuffling a deck and dealing from it.
genAI is feeding every card deck you can find, including ones not for the game, into a wood chipper, slapping a handful of the bits on some glue, and pretending its a playable hand.