Naomi Clark (@metasynthie) 暗悪直美
@halfrobot.com
Game Designer (Consentacle +37 others)
Chair / Director, NYU Game Center ( https://gamecenter.nyu.edu/ )
Founding Collective, Sylvia Rivera Law Project
Formerly: Gamelab, LEGO, strap-on.org etc.
https://metasynthie.itch.io/
Opinions are only my own!
Chair / Director, NYU Game Center ( https://gamecenter.nyu.edu/ )
Founding Collective, Sylvia Rivera Law Project
Formerly: Gamelab, LEGO, strap-on.org etc.
https://metasynthie.itch.io/
Opinions are only my own!
I know everyone’s posting their solutions for this Deep Narrative Problem, from the prosaic “just reboot it” to things like “vampire queen M” and so forth.
However, it’s clear to me that the correct answer is “legally distinct Lazarus Pit.”
However, it’s clear to me that the correct answer is “legally distinct Lazarus Pit.”
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I know everyone’s posting their solutions for this Deep Narrative Problem, from the prosaic “just reboot it” to things like “vampire queen M” and so forth.
However, it’s clear to me that the correct answer is “legally distinct Lazarus Pit.”
However, it’s clear to me that the correct answer is “legally distinct Lazarus Pit.”
Re: last repost
About 25 years ago, I noticed the same funny thing about games framed as brutal competition but where cooperative play IS possible. It also happened in the first multiplayer online game I designed: co-op peer pressure vs "bad form" PVP! Ever since I've been more interested in co-op.
About 25 years ago, I noticed the same funny thing about games framed as brutal competition but where cooperative play IS possible. It also happened in the first multiplayer online game I designed: co-op peer pressure vs "bad form" PVP! Ever since I've been more interested in co-op.
November 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Re: last repost
About 25 years ago, I noticed the same funny thing about games framed as brutal competition but where cooperative play IS possible. It also happened in the first multiplayer online game I designed: co-op peer pressure vs "bad form" PVP! Ever since I've been more interested in co-op.
About 25 years ago, I noticed the same funny thing about games framed as brutal competition but where cooperative play IS possible. It also happened in the first multiplayer online game I designed: co-op peer pressure vs "bad form" PVP! Ever since I've been more interested in co-op.
Reposted by Naomi Clark (@metasynthie) 暗悪直美
For Arc Raiders to ride the wave of human sociability all the way to the bank, while also being so contemptuous of the thing that makes us social animals in its own workflow demonstrates a lack of artistic integrity that I find impossible to ignore.
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
For Arc Raiders to ride the wave of human sociability all the way to the bank, while also being so contemptuous of the thing that makes us social animals in its own workflow demonstrates a lack of artistic integrity that I find impossible to ignore.
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
I mut go on record: Musk DOES occasionally post about games, including analog ("chess? it has no fog of war!") But it's been clear to me for years--even before the "pays other people to play" semi-scandal--that he has almost no taste in games either, only failed bids for clout or relevancy.
November 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I mut go on record: Musk DOES occasionally post about games, including analog ("chess? it has no fog of war!") But it's been clear to me for years--even before the "pays other people to play" semi-scandal--that he has almost no taste in games either, only failed bids for clout or relevancy.
This AI system, deployed live as a medical "note-taker," is supposed to have a safeguard in that a human doctor reviews and approves the notes and decisions.
BUT WAIT: multiple studies have now noted that humans w/ AI "assistance" tend towards rubber-stamping AI decisions as a time-saver. OOPSIE.
BUT WAIT: multiple studies have now noted that humans w/ AI "assistance" tend towards rubber-stamping AI decisions as a time-saver. OOPSIE.
a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
November 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
This AI system, deployed live as a medical "note-taker," is supposed to have a safeguard in that a human doctor reviews and approves the notes and decisions.
BUT WAIT: multiple studies have now noted that humans w/ AI "assistance" tend towards rubber-stamping AI decisions as a time-saver. OOPSIE.
BUT WAIT: multiple studies have now noted that humans w/ AI "assistance" tend towards rubber-stamping AI decisions as a time-saver. OOPSIE.
Reposted by Naomi Clark (@metasynthie) 暗悪直美
okay, seriously: if we were to corral this, would anyone be interested in contributing? Here is the google form:
forms.gle/m2V4j4cDvwNu...
forms.gle/m2V4j4cDvwNu...
November 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
okay, seriously: if we were to corral this, would anyone be interested in contributing? Here is the google form:
forms.gle/m2V4j4cDvwNu...
forms.gle/m2V4j4cDvwNu...
Reposted by Naomi Clark (@metasynthie) 暗悪直美
Some of the most powerful and well-paid people in the world don't understand a lesson that every schoolchild knows: if you surrender to bullies, they will only bully you more
November 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Some of the most powerful and well-paid people in the world don't understand a lesson that every schoolchild knows: if you surrender to bullies, they will only bully you more
Can't believe you have to listen to another Baby Steps improv session after you beat Q-UP, what did players do to deserve this. there's no skip button this time
November 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Can't believe you have to listen to another Baby Steps improv session after you beat Q-UP, what did players do to deserve this. there's no skip button this time
Reposted by Naomi Clark (@metasynthie) 暗悪直美
Tonight was a very bad night.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Tonight was a very bad night.
Reposted by Naomi Clark (@metasynthie) 暗悪直美
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
Sorry to moderate/right politicians, but “affordability” is now a hard-left socialist term. To include affordability in your platform you must now answer questions like “so, you agree with the democratic socialist emphasis on affordability, that government needs new, decisive action in this area?”
November 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Sorry to moderate/right politicians, but “affordability” is now a hard-left socialist term. To include affordability in your platform you must now answer questions like “so, you agree with the democratic socialist emphasis on affordability, that government needs new, decisive action in this area?”
Reposted by Naomi Clark (@metasynthie) 暗悪直美
new pod and it's a special one! we talk to @qdork.bsky.social and @apthomson.bsky.social about CONSUME ME, the multi-award-winning overachievement simulator that took me personally on a real ride through my own history with academics, pressure, and food. incredible game eggplant.show/149-making-a...
Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games: 149: Making A Meal Of It with Jenny Jiao Hsia and AP Thomson (Consume Me)
Rob, Sarah, and Doug chat with Jenny Jiao Hsia and AP Thomson about Consume Me, an award-winning autobiographical resource-management RPG about the pressure cooker of young adulthood. We discuss the g...
eggplant.show
November 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
new pod and it's a special one! we talk to @qdork.bsky.social and @apthomson.bsky.social about CONSUME ME, the multi-award-winning overachievement simulator that took me personally on a real ride through my own history with academics, pressure, and food. incredible game eggplant.show/149-making-a...
Real bellyflop from this human face stretched over a cyberframe. Even I can answer Joe Rogan: Mamdani went ON RECORD (New York magazine, 11/2002) as wanting Sim City 3000 for the holidays. He would’ve known from PC Gamer that Sim City 4 was out IN JANUARY and he could whine to an upgrade! SWINDLER.
November 8, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Real bellyflop from this human face stretched over a cyberframe. Even I can answer Joe Rogan: Mamdani went ON RECORD (New York magazine, 11/2002) as wanting Sim City 3000 for the holidays. He would’ve known from PC Gamer that Sim City 4 was out IN JANUARY and he could whine to an upgrade! SWINDLER.
GONE GONE THE AGE OF SKILL
The biggest day in esports has arrived. Q-UP is out. store.steampowered.com/app/3730790/...
Save 10% on Q-UP on Steam
Sick of long queues, unfair matchups, and arbitrary reflex tests? Try Q-UP, the coin flipping eSport. It's one part clicker, one part multiplayer strategy game, one part demented capitalism simulator,...
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November 7, 2025 at 9:40 PM
GONE GONE THE AGE OF SKILL
Reposted by Naomi Clark (@metasynthie) 暗悪直美
despelote by julian cordero + sebastian valbuena takes home Excellence in Narrative prize from DevGAMM Awards 2025! 📚
November 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
despelote by julian cordero + sebastian valbuena takes home Excellence in Narrative prize from DevGAMM Awards 2025! 📚
All but the most stable traditional media institutions had difficulty with shifts in online audience and venture inroads, so right-wing funding swooped in at various angles, in newer & older media. The question now is how center & left institutions, hammered by the result, will recognize & respond?
This is ALSO a media story.
Non-white, young, and low-income voters were misled about what Trump would do. Now they’re learning, and they hate it.
Non-white, young, and low-income voters were misled about what Trump would do. Now they’re learning, and they hate it.
Dem gains in this week's elections erased the inroads Trump made with non-white, young, and low-income voters in 2024. In fact, the R-to-D shift from 24 to 25 is double Trump's gains from 20-24. Claims of a GOP political realignment have been highly exaggerated
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-win...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-win...
November 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
All but the most stable traditional media institutions had difficulty with shifts in online audience and venture inroads, so right-wing funding swooped in at various angles, in newer & older media. The question now is how center & left institutions, hammered by the result, will recognize & respond?
An amazing chart-crime from researchers at the Dallas Fed to illustrate “Gosh people sure say a lot of things about AI singularities but most of it is kind of unhinged speculation! So let’s assume things will keep being normal! Some of the economists did a conservative projection that says that…”
November 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
An amazing chart-crime from researchers at the Dallas Fed to illustrate “Gosh people sure say a lot of things about AI singularities but most of it is kind of unhinged speculation! So let’s assume things will keep being normal! Some of the economists did a conservative projection that says that…”
Any sci-fi fans who still can’t wrap their heads around how a system like a LLM can appear to be intelligent without ever being conscious or having any conscious intents, goals or opinions would do well to read Peter Watts’ Blindsight, a prescient narrative explanation
November 7, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Any sci-fi fans who still can’t wrap their heads around how a system like a LLM can appear to be intelligent without ever being conscious or having any conscious intents, goals or opinions would do well to read Peter Watts’ Blindsight, a prescient narrative explanation
NYC alt-ctrl fans! Did you miss your chance tonight to register a team for the OCTOPAD OPEN, for a chance to secure New York City its very own OCTOPAD?! Tomorrow & Saturday night the OCTOPADNESS continues at Boshi’s and Wonderville, see details below! Final tournament Nov 22 at the NYU Game Center!
Excited to be working w/ @tigershungry.co.uk & the NYU crew to make an intramural, bsports tournament for NO QUARTER 2025!
To recruit teams @chouxsalad.bsky.social & I will show the HEXADECIPAD, a 16-player NES controller, at
@nyugamecenter.bsky.social 11/6
@boshis.place 11/7
@wonderville.nyc 11/8
To recruit teams @chouxsalad.bsky.social & I will show the HEXADECIPAD, a 16-player NES controller, at
@nyugamecenter.bsky.social 11/6
@boshis.place 11/7
@wonderville.nyc 11/8
November 7, 2025 at 2:57 AM
NYC alt-ctrl fans! Did you miss your chance tonight to register a team for the OCTOPAD OPEN, for a chance to secure New York City its very own OCTOPAD?! Tomorrow & Saturday night the OCTOPADNESS continues at Boshi’s and Wonderville, see details below! Final tournament Nov 22 at the NYU Game Center!
HEY NYC -- we're celebrating a lot this month!
So come join us as we kick off a solid ten days of free game events for the public, starting with a panel featuring the creators of Consume Me, despelote, and Baby Steps! HOME-GROWN NYC GAMES (play them if you haven't)
gamecenter.nyu.edu/event/nyu-ga...
So come join us as we kick off a solid ten days of free game events for the public, starting with a panel featuring the creators of Consume Me, despelote, and Baby Steps! HOME-GROWN NYC GAMES (play them if you haven't)
gamecenter.nyu.edu/event/nyu-ga...
NYU Game Center Lecture Series Presents: Alumni Developers Panel - NYU | Game Center
See our busy schedule of free, public lectures, workshops, exhibitions, tournaments, playtests, and many more game design and development events.
gamecenter.nyu.edu
November 5, 2025 at 9:24 PM
HEY NYC -- we're celebrating a lot this month!
So come join us as we kick off a solid ten days of free game events for the public, starting with a panel featuring the creators of Consume Me, despelote, and Baby Steps! HOME-GROWN NYC GAMES (play them if you haven't)
gamecenter.nyu.edu/event/nyu-ga...
So come join us as we kick off a solid ten days of free game events for the public, starting with a panel featuring the creators of Consume Me, despelote, and Baby Steps! HOME-GROWN NYC GAMES (play them if you haven't)
gamecenter.nyu.edu/event/nyu-ga...
Walked a “new” NYC this morning. No burqa on the Statue of Liberty. Saw two tourists being stabbed by pigeons (probably immigrants) while getting my kid to 1st grade gender-ideology class. Black bulletproof humvee of Repubs fleeing towards Verrazano, only a LITTLE bit on fire. Same old NYC… so far!
November 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Walked a “new” NYC this morning. No burqa on the Statue of Liberty. Saw two tourists being stabbed by pigeons (probably immigrants) while getting my kid to 1st grade gender-ideology class. Black bulletproof humvee of Repubs fleeing towards Verrazano, only a LITTLE bit on fire. Same old NYC… so far!
Here are some simple instructions on how to help that even hedge fund guys can follow.
Standard Deduction for—
• Single or Married filing separately, $15,750
• Married filing jointly or Qualifying surviving spouse, $31,500
• Head of household, $23,625
Standard Deduction for—
• Single or Married filing separately, $15,750
• Married filing jointly or Qualifying surviving spouse, $31,500
• Head of household, $23,625
November 5, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Here are some simple instructions on how to help that even hedge fund guys can follow.
Standard Deduction for—
• Single or Married filing separately, $15,750
• Married filing jointly or Qualifying surviving spouse, $31,500
• Head of household, $23,625
Standard Deduction for—
• Single or Married filing separately, $15,750
• Married filing jointly or Qualifying surviving spouse, $31,500
• Head of household, $23,625
Reposted by Naomi Clark (@metasynthie) 暗悪直美
just want to remind everyone again that zohran is the one cis candidate i am aware of that had his platform on trans rights written by trans people. i think that matters
Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
November 5, 2025 at 3:41 AM
just want to remind everyone again that zohran is the one cis candidate i am aware of that had his platform on trans rights written by trans people. i think that matters
Welcome folks! We say "folks" a lot here in the trans capital. Have you picked up your free trans? It's trans for everybody
Congratulations to NYC on becoming the Trans Capital of the World!
November 5, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Welcome folks! We say "folks" a lot here in the trans capital. Have you picked up your free trans? It's trans for everybody
LOL I have just been informed that I'm in a "anime pfp" blocklist, so for the record: my pic is from a portrait of me painted by Endless Fluff art director Caro Moya
November 5, 2025 at 3:07 AM
LOL I have just been informed that I'm in a "anime pfp" blocklist, so for the record: my pic is from a portrait of me painted by Endless Fluff art director Caro Moya