Ryan McCarthy
@lastzimonearth.bsky.social
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They/Them
Writes for @rpgamer.com
Now has a blog called The Launching Pad
Video games, does some reading, and some other stuff here and there
They/Them
Writes for @rpgamer.com
Now has a blog called The Launching Pad
Video games, does some reading, and some other stuff here and there
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This is DEFCON 1 priority, y'all. Call your senators, reps, call your friends and tell them to call their senators and reps about this. Call your grandma and tell her to call her senators and reps about this.
What we have here will be *gone* if these bills pass.
What we have here will be *gone* if these bills pass.
Congress is attempting to fast track KOSA and more than a dozen bills that would restrict internet access, censor speech and increase surveillance under the guise of protecting children.
Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
Lawmakers to consider 19 bills for childproofing the internet
KOSA is back, along with more than a dozen other bills that will erode free speech and privacy in the name of protecting kids.
reason.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:38 AM
This is DEFCON 1 priority, y'all. Call your senators, reps, call your friends and tell them to call their senators and reps about this. Call your grandma and tell her to call her senators and reps about this.
What we have here will be *gone* if these bills pass.
What we have here will be *gone* if these bills pass.
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if you do not have a discord checkpoint, congrats! you are doing online privacy safety correctly
December 4, 2025 at 11:28 PM
if you do not have a discord checkpoint, congrats! you are doing online privacy safety correctly
“Can games tell stories as well as movies or books?” Is just a fucking dumb question because it’s not really a question of if there’s potential for storytelling in games but if we’re finding ways to effectively use the medium to take advantage of that potential
December 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
“Can games tell stories as well as movies or books?” Is just a fucking dumb question because it’s not really a question of if there’s potential for storytelling in games but if we’re finding ways to effectively use the medium to take advantage of that potential
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"You need to watch bad movies" is often taken as creating a wider scale in your mind, but it's more ethereal
Bad games make you see basic failings in functionality and coalescence. Through that you can start to see how many games make similar mistakes, but smooth it over with general competence
Bad games make you see basic failings in functionality and coalescence. Through that you can start to see how many games make similar mistakes, but smooth it over with general competence
December 5, 2025 at 9:29 AM
"You need to watch bad movies" is often taken as creating a wider scale in your mind, but it's more ethereal
Bad games make you see basic failings in functionality and coalescence. Through that you can start to see how many games make similar mistakes, but smooth it over with general competence
Bad games make you see basic failings in functionality and coalescence. Through that you can start to see how many games make similar mistakes, but smooth it over with general competence
All of these end of the year wrapped stuff is really starting to feel like an extension of media “consumption” becoming a pointless competition
December 4, 2025 at 11:26 PM
All of these end of the year wrapped stuff is really starting to feel like an extension of media “consumption” becoming a pointless competition
Thankfully I already had these settings turned off
Most likely for a good reason
Most likely for a good reason
Guys, do not use the Discord Checkpoint thing (Discord's attempt at Spotify Wrapped).
It requires enabling them access to scrape your data, and has an alarming amount of private data being used for it.
Make sure you have these disabled.
It requires enabling them access to scrape your data, and has an alarming amount of private data being used for it.
Make sure you have these disabled.
December 4, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Thankfully I already had these settings turned off
Most likely for a good reason
Most likely for a good reason
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I shouldn't have to write a lengthy critique of the use of genAI while discussing a series that, historically, has celebrated art & music. Do not buy Let It Die: Inferno, or realistically, any game that uses generative AI. Our review: www.rpgsite.net/review/19037...
December 4, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I shouldn't have to write a lengthy critique of the use of genAI while discussing a series that, historically, has celebrated art & music. Do not buy Let It Die: Inferno, or realistically, any game that uses generative AI. Our review: www.rpgsite.net/review/19037...
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Hey remember when people would go to jail or fined for so much as downloading music and videos illegally and now there's just a whole industry based on mass-plagiarism of the arts and somehow none of the people who create or rely on the plagiarism-machines spend even a single day in prison?
Another quote from Coca-Cola's Head of Generative-AI:
“The haters on the Internet are the loudest. A lot of the people complaining last year were from the creative industry who were just afraid"
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
“The haters on the Internet are the loudest. A lot of the people complaining last year were from the creative industry who were just afraid"
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
December 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Hey remember when people would go to jail or fined for so much as downloading music and videos illegally and now there's just a whole industry based on mass-plagiarism of the arts and somehow none of the people who create or rely on the plagiarism-machines spend even a single day in prison?
LRT if I ever make something and people label it as “respectable queer art” i swear to god I will fucking launch myself into the sun
December 4, 2025 at 7:57 AM
LRT if I ever make something and people label it as “respectable queer art” i swear to god I will fucking launch myself into the sun
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It drives me nuts when people label my work as the "respectable" kind of queer art just because it's basically PG-13.
Bitch don't pull that nonsense, we stand up for porn in this house. Always defend the weird, ugly, uncomfortable, and cringe, because if we don't push boundaries we don't exist.
Bitch don't pull that nonsense, we stand up for porn in this house. Always defend the weird, ugly, uncomfortable, and cringe, because if we don't push boundaries we don't exist.
The fascists are counting on you finding erotica and porn too distasteful to support. Because they always start here. And even if they ended here, sexuality and erotism are integral components of queer expression. You can't support queer creators without supporting 'nsfw' content.
December 4, 2025 at 6:36 AM
It drives me nuts when people label my work as the "respectable" kind of queer art just because it's basically PG-13.
Bitch don't pull that nonsense, we stand up for porn in this house. Always defend the weird, ugly, uncomfortable, and cringe, because if we don't push boundaries we don't exist.
Bitch don't pull that nonsense, we stand up for porn in this house. Always defend the weird, ugly, uncomfortable, and cringe, because if we don't push boundaries we don't exist.
I wonder if the people running Steam, Humble, etc. realize the irony of them banning HORSES is the big reason that it is getting attention it has now because it sure put it on my radar xD
December 4, 2025 at 6:09 AM
I wonder if the people running Steam, Humble, etc. realize the irony of them banning HORSES is the big reason that it is getting attention it has now because it sure put it on my radar xD
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It's not about if Horses is good or if you like it, it's about the world we're in where a few companies have control over who gets to make money and which artists get to continue working.
Stores can stock whatever they want, but if you don't understand the broader picture you shouldn't speak.
Stores can stock whatever they want, but if you don't understand the broader picture you shouldn't speak.
December 4, 2025 at 4:38 AM
It's not about if Horses is good or if you like it, it's about the world we're in where a few companies have control over who gets to make money and which artists get to continue working.
Stores can stock whatever they want, but if you don't understand the broader picture you shouldn't speak.
Stores can stock whatever they want, but if you don't understand the broader picture you shouldn't speak.
Just thinking about how I’m glad that the 1966 animated special is the only adaptation of The Grinch ever made. We as a culture collectively agreed it was perfect and no other adaptations were ever made
December 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Just thinking about how I’m glad that the 1966 animated special is the only adaptation of The Grinch ever made. We as a culture collectively agreed it was perfect and no other adaptations were ever made
god now I kinda wanna pick Octopath 2 back up xD
December 3, 2025 at 11:13 AM
god now I kinda wanna pick Octopath 2 back up xD
I looked at my youtube recap thing and made the decision to not show it or reveal what's in it publicly because no one needs to see it
December 3, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I looked at my youtube recap thing and made the decision to not show it or reveal what's in it publicly because no one needs to see it
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Indie animation and game development is here to stay because it MUST be. Otherwise soon enough there won’t exist a sector of the industry willing to tell or support the stories already starting to be snuffed out.
Not great that a foreign state that regularly executes queer folks is now going to own the major AAA publisher that most consistently supported queer stories and characters.
Saudi Fund [PIF] will own almost all of EA (93.4%) after buyout according to filing
➡️ www.wsj.com/business/dea...
➡️ www.wsj.com/business/dea...
December 2, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Indie animation and game development is here to stay because it MUST be. Otherwise soon enough there won’t exist a sector of the industry willing to tell or support the stories already starting to be snuffed out.
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How about we worry less, as a society, about whether individuals might be cheating to get a disability accommodation or some help buying food, and more about whether extremely wealthy people and corporations are paying their fair share of taxes?
December 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
How about we worry less, as a society, about whether individuals might be cheating to get a disability accommodation or some help buying food, and more about whether extremely wealthy people and corporations are paying their fair share of taxes?
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It is always ethical to bully Amazon.
BANANA FISH no longer has an English dub on Amazon
December 1, 2025 at 11:20 PM
It is always ethical to bully Amazon.
@profanity.accountant how many swears?
November 30, 2025 at 10:13 PM
@profanity.accountant how many swears?
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The only immediate and TANGIBLE way of pushing back against this is to *cancel subscriptions*.
If they have 90 shows and push out 10 AI dubs, they can start marketing “we have over 100+ shows!”
It’s not about quality, but the scope of offering. *Your* subscription money is used in part to fund it.
If they have 90 shows and push out 10 AI dubs, they can start marketing “we have over 100+ shows!”
It’s not about quality, but the scope of offering. *Your* subscription money is used in part to fund it.
Welp, a second AI dub on Amazon has apparently been found, and it's a show that already had a perfectly normal (albeit non-union) dub: No Game No Life.
November 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The only immediate and TANGIBLE way of pushing back against this is to *cancel subscriptions*.
If they have 90 shows and push out 10 AI dubs, they can start marketing “we have over 100+ shows!”
It’s not about quality, but the scope of offering. *Your* subscription money is used in part to fund it.
If they have 90 shows and push out 10 AI dubs, they can start marketing “we have over 100+ shows!”
It’s not about quality, but the scope of offering. *Your* subscription money is used in part to fund it.
it’s morally right to jump ship from Amazon as much as you can
Hey just so you know Amazon decided to give us an AI ENGLISH DUB of Banana Fish instead of actually hiring real voice actors
it is fucking hot garbage
#bananafish #anime
it is fucking hot garbage
#bananafish #anime
November 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM
it’s morally right to jump ship from Amazon as much as you can
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Reminder to add TOKYO GODFATHERS to your Christmas movie watchlist this season! Grateful to have given (English, dubbed) voice to the trans anime icon, our beloved Hana, in this Satoshi Kon holiday classic from @gkids.com! Watch it for free on Tubi or rent it on AppleTV!
November 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Reminder to add TOKYO GODFATHERS to your Christmas movie watchlist this season! Grateful to have given (English, dubbed) voice to the trans anime icon, our beloved Hana, in this Satoshi Kon holiday classic from @gkids.com! Watch it for free on Tubi or rent it on AppleTV!
Finally watched the cutscenes they added to Yakuza Zero Director’s Cut on YouTube out of curiosity and just…what were they even going for?
November 27, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Finally watched the cutscenes they added to Yakuza Zero Director’s Cut on YouTube out of curiosity and just…what were they even going for?
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Here it is! New on the Ponett Gazette: I've returned to Hazbin Hotel for a followup review! Season 2 is a marked improvement in many ways, but is it enough to outweigh the show's continued issues with its tone, themes, and politics? (Plus: I also discuss Helluva Boss) ponett.dog/blog/hazbin-...
Is redemption possible for Hazbin Hotel? Season 2 (and Helluva Boss) review
To put it mildly, I did not like the first season of Hazbin Hotel. Almost two years ago now I wrote a scathing 13,000 word review on the many issues I had with it—not just the surface level stuff peop...
ponett.dog
November 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Here it is! New on the Ponett Gazette: I've returned to Hazbin Hotel for a followup review! Season 2 is a marked improvement in many ways, but is it enough to outweigh the show's continued issues with its tone, themes, and politics? (Plus: I also discuss Helluva Boss) ponett.dog/blog/hazbin-...