Matt Redmond
@madalaski.bsky.social
Senior Game Developer for Magnopus
Works on YouTube and side projects
He/Him
Works on YouTube and side projects
He/Him
Last month, I had to get in touch with the "hospitality" arm of a Theatre because I needed to ask an incredibly basic question that required response in less than 3-5 days and that didn't even break my Top 10 annoying interactions with businesses for the month.
My big "old man" thing is going to be telling my grandkids that I remember when if a product or service didn't work you could contact someone who works there and they would help you fix it
January 14, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Last month, I had to get in touch with the "hospitality" arm of a Theatre because I needed to ask an incredibly basic question that required response in less than 3-5 days and that didn't even break my Top 10 annoying interactions with businesses for the month.
I hate it when Devs leave placeholder art in the game, it totally breaks immersion.
January 12, 2026 at 10:17 PM
I hate it when Devs leave placeholder art in the game, it totally breaks immersion.
Yeah once again this is a classic (intentional or not) mix-up between "generative AI" and "machine learning".
You can make really helpful ML tools using sparse, locally-sourced datasets, like with the line art placement work they did on the Spider-verse movies.
But that isn't "generative".
You can make really helpful ML tools using sparse, locally-sourced datasets, like with the line art placement work they did on the Spider-verse movies.
But that isn't "generative".
This is simply not technically possible. You cannot generate enough writing in-house to train an LLM. You cannot generate enough art in-house to train a GAN. People who think they have a model "trained on our own material" are using a base model of mass-scraped data, unknowingly or disingenuously.
Larian CEO says Divinity could have gen AI assets in it but only if the tools are trained on the studio's own data.
"If we use a GenAI model to create in-game assets, then it'll be trained on data we own."
https://kotaku.com/divinity-gen-ai-larian-bg3-reddit-ama-2000658429
"If we use a GenAI model to create in-game assets, then it'll be trained on data we own."
https://kotaku.com/divinity-gen-ai-larian-bg3-reddit-ama-2000658429
January 9, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Yeah once again this is a classic (intentional or not) mix-up between "generative AI" and "machine learning".
You can make really helpful ML tools using sparse, locally-sourced datasets, like with the line art placement work they did on the Spider-verse movies.
But that isn't "generative".
You can make really helpful ML tools using sparse, locally-sourced datasets, like with the line art placement work they did on the Spider-verse movies.
But that isn't "generative".
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Remember:
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
i don’t see how any of the benefits of chatgpt and other consumer-facing LLMs can possibly outweigh their incredible ability to induce suicides
Adam Raine’s life hurtled toward tragedy soon after he began talking with ChatGPT about homework. Analysis of his ChatGPT account shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
December 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Remember:
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
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The confusion and conflation of ‘generative ai that is built on stolen artwork’ and ‘machine learning, character behaviour modelling and proc gen’ is intentional on the part of the grifters peddling the former. They benefit from murkiness of classification, because the latter predates their bollocks
December 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The confusion and conflation of ‘generative ai that is built on stolen artwork’ and ‘machine learning, character behaviour modelling and proc gen’ is intentional on the part of the grifters peddling the former. They benefit from murkiness of classification, because the latter predates their bollocks
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When 97% is 'no clear consensus', and 52% is 'the will of the people', it's time to face facts that Governments do what Governments want to do regardless of what their people actually want.
December 16, 2025 at 9:30 AM
When 97% is 'no clear consensus', and 52% is 'the will of the people', it's time to face facts that Governments do what Governments want to do regardless of what their people actually want.
The industry's highest honour is getting a laugh out of a "ship it" joke and We All Know It.
I think some people think The Game Awards are more important than they are because they called it “The Game Awards”
it’s just called that
it’s a sponsored award show started by a journalist/presenter in 2014, it’s not the industries highest honour
it’s just called that
it’s a sponsored award show started by a journalist/presenter in 2014, it’s not the industries highest honour
December 12, 2025 at 12:26 AM
The industry's highest honour is getting a laugh out of a "ship it" joke and We All Know It.
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The pacing of modern television is so cooked, it takes 4 hour-long episodes to cover what would be 45 minutes of The Vampire Diaries.
December 2, 2025 at 11:04 PM
The pacing of modern television is so cooked, it takes 4 hour-long episodes to cover what would be 45 minutes of The Vampire Diaries.
My wife walks in on me watching this, overhearing intense biblical analysis and asks what I'm listening to.
I say "New Jacob Geller video" and she rolls her eyes as she hears the words "Hollow Knight: Silksong".
I say "New Jacob Geller video" and she rolls her eyes as she hears the words "Hollow Knight: Silksong".
My new essay, on Silksong, faith, and the Book of Revelation, is now available on Nebula: nebula.tv/videos/jacob...
November 19, 2025 at 12:21 AM
My wife walks in on me watching this, overhearing intense biblical analysis and asks what I'm listening to.
I say "New Jacob Geller video" and she rolls her eyes as she hears the words "Hollow Knight: Silksong".
I say "New Jacob Geller video" and she rolls her eyes as she hears the words "Hollow Knight: Silksong".
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sort of incredible to read a review that doesn't just made a vague nod at AI being bad, but actively reckons with the ways in which falling obsessively to AI usage actively obliterates the artistic intent and integrity of the work you've made.
November 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
sort of incredible to read a review that doesn't just made a vague nod at AI being bad, but actively reckons with the ways in which falling obsessively to AI usage actively obliterates the artistic intent and integrity of the work you've made.
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Fucking around with composite recording atm and doing some tests, that Cowboy Bebop game recreating the opening with in game models and shit is so fucking sick
October 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Fucking around with composite recording atm and doing some tests, that Cowboy Bebop game recreating the opening with in game models and shit is so fucking sick
This is by far one of the funniest interviews I've ever read, good for them.
"Yeah we don't like large teams, time management software or spending any money at all really and that let us enjoy making a video game for 7 years"
"Yeah we don't like large teams, time management software or spending any money at all really and that let us enjoy making a video game for 7 years"
BREAKING: Silksong will be out on September 4. Two weeks from today. Really.
Often, games that take 7+ years to make are plagued by mismanagement and painful burnout. But for Silksong? Team Cherry was having a blast. They still are.
This is their story: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Often, games that take 7+ years to make are plagued by mismanagement and painful burnout. But for Silksong? Team Cherry was having a blast. They still are.
This is their story: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Why ‘Silksong’ Took Seven Years to Make
The highly anticipated indie game has been in production for so long that it’s become an internet meme
www.bloomberg.com
August 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
This is by far one of the funniest interviews I've ever read, good for them.
"Yeah we don't like large teams, time management software or spending any money at all really and that let us enjoy making a video game for 7 years"
"Yeah we don't like large teams, time management software or spending any money at all really and that let us enjoy making a video game for 7 years"
Every Gen Z reviewing 28 Years Later:
June 24, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Every Gen Z reviewing 28 Years Later:
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(this blog about an industry still pretending it was 2013 includes people watching sgf live, its 2025, you are free from this!)
June 6, 2025 at 10:35 PM
(this blog about an industry still pretending it was 2013 includes people watching sgf live, its 2025, you are free from this!)
I love doing stuff like this, because I'll solve like 200 and I suddenly start dreaming in Picross.
Someone made a website where we all collectively solve every possible 5x5 Nonogram (aka Picross) 😅
11,263 down, 24,965,248 to go! Let's do it, folks!
pixelogic.app/every-...
11,263 down, 24,965,248 to go! Let's do it, folks!
pixelogic.app/every-...
June 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I love doing stuff like this, because I'll solve like 200 and I suddenly start dreaming in Picross.
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Game funding is in a drought, yes, but not because good games aren’t out there.
It’s that no one with money wants to fund something that isn’t already a success in disguise.
That’s not investment, or partnership- it’s financialization of art.
It’s that no one with money wants to fund something that isn’t already a success in disguise.
That’s not investment, or partnership- it’s financialization of art.
Hey,
To my game dev peeps out there,
what is your number one challenge related to obtaining funding for the game you’re trying to develop? 💜
To my game dev peeps out there,
what is your number one challenge related to obtaining funding for the game you’re trying to develop? 💜
May 31, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Game funding is in a drought, yes, but not because good games aren’t out there.
It’s that no one with money wants to fund something that isn’t already a success in disguise.
That’s not investment, or partnership- it’s financialization of art.
It’s that no one with money wants to fund something that isn’t already a success in disguise.
That’s not investment, or partnership- it’s financialization of art.
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If you load this page it contacts 82 IP addresses executing 256 separate HTTP transactions to download 18MB of data writing 64 cookies to your device to tell you “no”
May 24, 2025 at 10:37 AM
If you load this page it contacts 82 IP addresses executing 256 separate HTTP transactions to download 18MB of data writing 64 cookies to your device to tell you “no”
Listen I'm not saying I'm not honoured, okay? Especially if we're talking early seasons for these characters... But... How did I get an 83% match with a Robot that can only speak in referential media- oh...
May 18, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Listen I'm not saying I'm not honoured, okay? Especially if we're talking early seasons for these characters... But... How did I get an 83% match with a Robot that can only speak in referential media- oh...
Genuine did a double take on what I think is the first Owl City reference I've seen in a decade...
April 28, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Genuine did a double take on what I think is the first Owl City reference I've seen in a decade...
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I don't want an AI that renders images that vaguely resemble Ghibli films. I want an AI - or just a regular I - that informs everyone the man's name was Yoshifumi Kondo, he's the guy who designed the characters you think of when you think of "Ghibli", and he died in 1998 at age 47 from overwork
March 27, 2025 at 7:10 AM
I don't want an AI that renders images that vaguely resemble Ghibli films. I want an AI - or just a regular I - that informs everyone the man's name was Yoshifumi Kondo, he's the guy who designed the characters you think of when you think of "Ghibli", and he died in 1998 at age 47 from overwork
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One of the best video essays I've seen in a long time - and the very first upload from this creator too! It's about the pain felt by artists who lose access to tools they spent years learning. Just love it. Creator: @endvertex.bsky.social
youtu.be/I4mdMMu-3fc?...
youtu.be/I4mdMMu-3fc?...
For-Profit (Creative) Software
YouTube video by EndVertex
youtu.be
March 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
One of the best video essays I've seen in a long time - and the very first upload from this creator too! It's about the pain felt by artists who lose access to tools they spent years learning. Just love it. Creator: @endvertex.bsky.social
youtu.be/I4mdMMu-3fc?...
youtu.be/I4mdMMu-3fc?...
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loved this video essay by @endvertex.bsky.social, it's super well made <3
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4md...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4md...
For-Profit (Creative) Software
YouTube video by EndVertex
www.youtube.com
March 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
loved this video essay by @endvertex.bsky.social, it's super well made <3
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4md...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4md...
So did really well, probably my best performing video of all time, which is a big surprise since I didn't use most of my usual tricks.
But I wanted to share something really interesting about this one, from a "YouTuber" perspective.
But I wanted to share something really interesting about this one, from a "YouTuber" perspective.
Been a while since my last tutorial, but messing around with the relatively new #Godot Compute Shaders gave me inspiration! youtu.be/QjrAJwaUy64
The Secret Behind THICK Outlines | Jump Flooding
YouTube video by Madalaski
youtu.be
March 12, 2025 at 6:47 PM
So did really well, probably my best performing video of all time, which is a big surprise since I didn't use most of my usual tricks.
But I wanted to share something really interesting about this one, from a "YouTuber" perspective.
But I wanted to share something really interesting about this one, from a "YouTuber" perspective.