Pete Davison
@moegamer.net
Manuals and digital stuff @evercade.co.uk.
Ex-GamePro, USgamer, Rice Digital.
Words on games: https://moegamer.net
Daily ramblings: https://imnotdoctorwho.moegamer.net
Videos: https://youtube.com/@ThisIsPete
I have played Atari today.
Ex-GamePro, USgamer, Rice Digital.
Words on games: https://moegamer.net
Daily ramblings: https://imnotdoctorwho.moegamer.net
Videos: https://youtube.com/@ThisIsPete
I have played Atari today.
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And to be clear, coming from me whose best code is *the absolute fucking pits*, if even *I* think code is dogshit it must really really stink.
November 12, 2025 at 11:39 AM
And to be clear, coming from me whose best code is *the absolute fucking pits*, if even *I* think code is dogshit it must really really stink.
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There is no AI in Earth Must Die.
FULL DISCLOSURE in desperation, in my darkest hour, I did use CoPilot to try and fix a bug, but the code it spewed out was such absolute dogshit I couldn't have implemented it if I wanted to.
FULL DISCLOSURE in desperation, in my darkest hour, I did use CoPilot to try and fix a bug, but the code it spewed out was such absolute dogshit I couldn't have implemented it if I wanted to.
We don’t use generative AI at Strange Scaffold and I can confirm that a *lot* of other studios are not—whether indie or AAA.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm
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November 12, 2025 at 11:22 AM
There is no AI in Earth Must Die.
FULL DISCLOSURE in desperation, in my darkest hour, I did use CoPilot to try and fix a bug, but the code it spewed out was such absolute dogshit I couldn't have implemented it if I wanted to.
FULL DISCLOSURE in desperation, in my darkest hour, I did use CoPilot to try and fix a bug, but the code it spewed out was such absolute dogshit I couldn't have implemented it if I wanted to.
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it’s not early days
this is the result of years of intensely financially motivated development being carried out in parallel by the worlds largest tech companies
this is what we’re getting and it’s shit
this is the result of years of intensely financially motivated development being carried out in parallel by the worlds largest tech companies
this is what we’re getting and it’s shit
November 12, 2025 at 3:59 AM
it’s not early days
this is the result of years of intensely financially motivated development being carried out in parallel by the worlds largest tech companies
this is what we’re getting and it’s shit
this is the result of years of intensely financially motivated development being carried out in parallel by the worlds largest tech companies
this is what we’re getting and it’s shit
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am I going to be left behind by those that “embrace” it?
oh no they’ll make mediocre shit faster than I make my stuff
while forgetting how to code/model/write/think when the bubble pops and the genAI tools get taken offline
oh no they’ll make mediocre shit faster than I make my stuff
while forgetting how to code/model/write/think when the bubble pops and the genAI tools get taken offline
November 12, 2025 at 3:59 AM
am I going to be left behind by those that “embrace” it?
oh no they’ll make mediocre shit faster than I make my stuff
while forgetting how to code/model/write/think when the bubble pops and the genAI tools get taken offline
oh no they’ll make mediocre shit faster than I make my stuff
while forgetting how to code/model/write/think when the bubble pops and the genAI tools get taken offline
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the idea that lots of gamedevs are secretly using ai is booster bullshit
what on earth would I use genAI tools for? Coming up with ideas? Writing? It’s shit at those
making 3D models? Coding stuff? It’s shit at that too
oh but it’s faster maybe? Did I mention it’s shit at things?
seems important
what on earth would I use genAI tools for? Coming up with ideas? Writing? It’s shit at those
making 3D models? Coding stuff? It’s shit at that too
oh but it’s faster maybe? Did I mention it’s shit at things?
seems important
November 12, 2025 at 3:59 AM
the idea that lots of gamedevs are secretly using ai is booster bullshit
what on earth would I use genAI tools for? Coming up with ideas? Writing? It’s shit at those
making 3D models? Coding stuff? It’s shit at that too
oh but it’s faster maybe? Did I mention it’s shit at things?
seems important
what on earth would I use genAI tools for? Coming up with ideas? Writing? It’s shit at those
making 3D models? Coding stuff? It’s shit at that too
oh but it’s faster maybe? Did I mention it’s shit at things?
seems important
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Zadie Smith telling it like it is.
November 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Zadie Smith telling it like it is.
This is a VERY GOOD VIDEO GAME
🎉 Lumines Arise Available Now for PS5 and Steam 🚀
Light, sound and haptics unite your senses. Feel the good vibes. Puzzle differently.
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2370000/Lumines_Arise
PS5: store.playstation.com/concept/10011885
lumines.game #LuminesArise
Light, sound and haptics unite your senses. Feel the good vibes. Puzzle differently.
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2370000/Lumines_Arise
PS5: store.playstation.com/concept/10011885
lumines.game #LuminesArise
November 11, 2025 at 11:46 PM
This is a VERY GOOD VIDEO GAME
Wanna grab Lumines Arise, so thought I'd buy it on the PlayStation app and set it downloading while I make and have dinner.
Opened it up and it had logged me out.
Logged in and it wanted 2FA despite previously telling it to "Trust this device"
Gave 2FA and THEN app said it needed an update.
FFS
Opened it up and it had logged me out.
Logged in and it wanted 2FA despite previously telling it to "Trust this device"
Gave 2FA and THEN app said it needed an update.
FFS
November 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Wanna grab Lumines Arise, so thought I'd buy it on the PlayStation app and set it downloading while I make and have dinner.
Opened it up and it had logged me out.
Logged in and it wanted 2FA despite previously telling it to "Trust this device"
Gave 2FA and THEN app said it needed an update.
FFS
Opened it up and it had logged me out.
Logged in and it wanted 2FA despite previously telling it to "Trust this device"
Gave 2FA and THEN app said it needed an update.
FFS
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Lumines Arise is an incredible culmination of much of Mizuguchi and Enhance's legacy, and the result is something that Lex needed now more than ever.
www.rewinder.co.uk/lumines-aris...
www.rewinder.co.uk/lumines-aris...
Lumines Arise Review: A Miraculous Follow-Up To The Perfect Game That I Needed Right Now
Lumines Arise is an incredible culmination of much of Mizuguchi and Enhance's legacy, and the result is something that Lex needed now more than ever.
www.rewinder.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Lumines Arise is an incredible culmination of much of Mizuguchi and Enhance's legacy, and the result is something that Lex needed now more than ever.
www.rewinder.co.uk/lumines-aris...
www.rewinder.co.uk/lumines-aris...
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Let's kick off a new adventure... in SPACE! I've been meaning to give Space Rogue from Origin a proper go for ages, so I decided to... do that. This is the ST version, supported with music from the FM Towns CD-ROM version. www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-m-...
A new space adventure begins! | SPACE ROGUE #1
YouTube video by ThisIsPete
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Let's kick off a new adventure... in SPACE! I've been meaning to give Space Rogue from Origin a proper go for ages, so I decided to... do that. This is the ST version, supported with music from the FM Towns CD-ROM version. www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-m-...
two questions continually rattle around my head:
1) why is everything so shit?
2) why is everyone seemingly sort of all right with everything being so shit?
1) why is everything so shit?
2) why is everyone seemingly sort of all right with everything being so shit?
November 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
two questions continually rattle around my head:
1) why is everything so shit?
2) why is everyone seemingly sort of all right with everything being so shit?
1) why is everything so shit?
2) why is everyone seemingly sort of all right with everything being so shit?
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Except with piracy - if at all - you will not be able to access these games on their intended hardware in 20 years time. At all. Gone.
I can (and do) go on eBay and pick up PS1 games I'd never heard of before still today.
Understand those complaining about Game-Key Cards aren't just whining.
I can (and do) go on eBay and pick up PS1 games I'd never heard of before still today.
Understand those complaining about Game-Key Cards aren't just whining.
November 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Except with piracy - if at all - you will not be able to access these games on their intended hardware in 20 years time. At all. Gone.
I can (and do) go on eBay and pick up PS1 games I'd never heard of before still today.
Understand those complaining about Game-Key Cards aren't just whining.
I can (and do) go on eBay and pick up PS1 games I'd never heard of before still today.
Understand those complaining about Game-Key Cards aren't just whining.
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It really is incredible how the Switch is perhaps the greatest video game console for its huge physical collection, and immediately followed that up by one of the worst with the Switch 2.
None of us working in the physical game space anticipated this.
None of us working in the physical game space anticipated this.
Serebii Update: First look at the box art for Pokémon Pokopia for Nintendo Switch 2.
It will be released as a Game Key Card and require 10GB of space to install
www.serebii.net
It will be released as a Game Key Card and require 10GB of space to install
www.serebii.net
November 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
It really is incredible how the Switch is perhaps the greatest video game console for its huge physical collection, and immediately followed that up by one of the worst with the Switch 2.
None of us working in the physical game space anticipated this.
None of us working in the physical game space anticipated this.
Chatbot glazers will always try and make out that the Holy Grail for gaming is an NPC you can "talk to about anything", and this is baffling to me.
When I engage with a character in a story, I want to discover the character a writer crafted and breathed life into, and how they fit into the setting.
When I engage with a character in a story, I want to discover the character a writer crafted and breathed life into, and how they fit into the setting.
People defending the chatbot NPC situation in Petit Planet insist that you can't expect a writer to come up with appropriate responses to anything a player might ask
I'd argue the NPC chatbot doesn't seem to be able to do this either, contradicting itself and stating generic gibberish.
I'd argue the NPC chatbot doesn't seem to be able to do this either, contradicting itself and stating generic gibberish.
November 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Chatbot glazers will always try and make out that the Holy Grail for gaming is an NPC you can "talk to about anything", and this is baffling to me.
When I engage with a character in a story, I want to discover the character a writer crafted and breathed life into, and how they fit into the setting.
When I engage with a character in a story, I want to discover the character a writer crafted and breathed life into, and how they fit into the setting.
Frickin' bravo to Rick and Eurogamer for this, though I suspect this review is going to get blasted by Gamers™ because Video Game Good.
Generative AI used so prominently is an immediate, non-negotiable nope for me, regardless of how "good" it supposedly is. Plenty of other stuff to play.
Generative AI used so prominently is an immediate, non-negotiable nope for me, regardless of how "good" it supposedly is. Plenty of other stuff to play.
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 5:20 PM
Frickin' bravo to Rick and Eurogamer for this, though I suspect this review is going to get blasted by Gamers™ because Video Game Good.
Generative AI used so prominently is an immediate, non-negotiable nope for me, regardless of how "good" it supposedly is. Plenty of other stuff to play.
Generative AI used so prominently is an immediate, non-negotiable nope for me, regardless of how "good" it supposedly is. Plenty of other stuff to play.
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Let's kick off a new adventure... in SPACE! I've been meaning to give Space Rogue from Origin a proper go for ages, so I decided to... do that. This is the ST version, supported with music from the FM Towns CD-ROM version. www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-m-...
A new space adventure begins! | SPACE ROGUE #1
YouTube video by ThisIsPete
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Let's kick off a new adventure... in SPACE! I've been meaning to give Space Rogue from Origin a proper go for ages, so I decided to... do that. This is the ST version, supported with music from the FM Towns CD-ROM version. www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-m-...
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New video up! Just finished the massive project of restoring/rebuilding @lgr-yt.bsky.social’s destroyed Chaplet Halikan LA-30A. This was a big one 😅. Enjoy!
youtu.be/BilLgXkR_Kw
youtu.be/BilLgXkR_Kw
Restoration or Resurrection? Re-creating a rare 80's laptop from the ground up
YouTube video by polymatt
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 6:16 AM
New video up! Just finished the massive project of restoring/rebuilding @lgr-yt.bsky.social’s destroyed Chaplet Halikan LA-30A. This was a big one 😅. Enjoy!
youtu.be/BilLgXkR_Kw
youtu.be/BilLgXkR_Kw
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Based on analysis of years of revenues, losses and funding, since 2023, OpenAI has taken in $28.6bn in cash and had $13.7bn in losses.
However, reports say OpenAI ended 1H 2025 with $9.6bn in cash - suggesting OpenAI's losses are billions higher than reported.
www.wheresyoured.at/where-is-ope...
However, reports say OpenAI ended 1H 2025 with $9.6bn in cash - suggesting OpenAI's losses are billions higher than reported.
www.wheresyoured.at/where-is-ope...
Where Is OpenAI's Money Going?
Soundtrack: Queens of the Stone Age - Song For The Dead
Editor's Note: The original piece had a mathematical error around burnrate, it's been fixed.
A few days ago, Sam Altman said that OpenAI’s rev...
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November 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Based on analysis of years of revenues, losses and funding, since 2023, OpenAI has taken in $28.6bn in cash and had $13.7bn in losses.
However, reports say OpenAI ended 1H 2025 with $9.6bn in cash - suggesting OpenAI's losses are billions higher than reported.
www.wheresyoured.at/where-is-ope...
However, reports say OpenAI ended 1H 2025 with $9.6bn in cash - suggesting OpenAI's losses are billions higher than reported.
www.wheresyoured.at/where-is-ope...
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“0% woke shit”
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
“0% woke shit”
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
Time for another episode of The Granstream Saga for PS1! Today we wrap up the continent of Volcos with a rather strange dungeon... www.youtube.com/watch?v=YutH...
Sideways castle and fleshy sphincter | THE GRANSTREAM SAGA #7
YouTube video by ThisIsPete
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November 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Time for another episode of The Granstream Saga for PS1! Today we wrap up the continent of Volcos with a rather strange dungeon... www.youtube.com/watch?v=YutH...
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For some reason the media is not mentioning that the reason GTA6 is being delayed is they fired 40 staff over threats of unionization and now the rest of their staff are revolting
November 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
For some reason the media is not mentioning that the reason GTA6 is being delayed is they fired 40 staff over threats of unionization and now the rest of their staff are revolting
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hey y'all! my questionnaire on player experience in historical videogames is now LIVE! if you play videogames about the past, we want to hear from you! edu.nl/7w3yn
November 6, 2025 at 10:35 AM
hey y'all! my questionnaire on player experience in historical videogames is now LIVE! if you play videogames about the past, we want to hear from you! edu.nl/7w3yn
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If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
November 5, 2025 at 7:10 AM
If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.