Purtle
@purtle.bsky.social
Games are cool. Game preservation is important!
I stream on twitch and put things on youtube
http://purtle.stream http://twitch.tv/purtle
I stream on twitch and put things on youtube
http://purtle.stream http://twitch.tv/purtle
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If we’re going to get really no quarter about genAI usage, I’m going to need people to learn the difference between AI and genAI real fast.
December 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
If we’re going to get really no quarter about genAI usage, I’m going to need people to learn the difference between AI and genAI real fast.
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In May, Twitch deleted 100K speedruns among millions of other videos. With the help of ArchiveTeam and @archive.org we saved these speedruns and 500K+ other popular Twitch videos. My search tool for viewing these archives is now live! archive.speedrun.club
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December 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
In May, Twitch deleted 100K speedruns among millions of other videos. With the help of ArchiveTeam and @archive.org we saved these speedruns and 500K+ other popular Twitch videos. My search tool for viewing these archives is now live! archive.speedrun.club
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Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
December 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
November 2025 Streams Summary: Finished story on Advance Wars & conquered solo PEAK. Some random games, demos, game jams, & indie itch games. All the other usual suspects. Got the Wood carving back going. A little late since I'm working on a holiday decoration. #StreamsSummary
December 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
November 2025 Streams Summary: Finished story on Advance Wars & conquered solo PEAK. Some random games, demos, game jams, & indie itch games. All the other usual suspects. Got the Wood carving back going. A little late since I'm working on a holiday decoration. #StreamsSummary
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Dude nobody talks about how hard it is to lose love for your comfort hobby/ OC like it’s so fucking devastating its like losing a limb, a part of yourself that you were able to explore in a safe environment when real life couldn’t give you that.
November 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Dude nobody talks about how hard it is to lose love for your comfort hobby/ OC like it’s so fucking devastating its like losing a limb, a part of yourself that you were able to explore in a safe environment when real life couldn’t give you that.
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
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"it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed"
This.
This right here.
I'm so, SO tired of having to scrutinize any piece of art that even remotely resembles genAI slop just to determine whether or not it's worth a second thought or any admiration.
This.
This right here.
I'm so, SO tired of having to scrutinize any piece of art that even remotely resembles genAI slop just to determine whether or not it's worth a second thought or any admiration.
Why am I so against generative AI in games?
Because I simply do not want my initial reaction to art to be one of suspicion and scrutiny, AI slop is fundamentally damaging my relationship to art and artistry, and I am deeply resentful that it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed.
Because I simply do not want my initial reaction to art to be one of suspicion and scrutiny, AI slop is fundamentally damaging my relationship to art and artistry, and I am deeply resentful that it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed.
November 17, 2025 at 10:10 PM
"it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed"
This.
This right here.
I'm so, SO tired of having to scrutinize any piece of art that even remotely resembles genAI slop just to determine whether or not it's worth a second thought or any admiration.
This.
This right here.
I'm so, SO tired of having to scrutinize any piece of art that even remotely resembles genAI slop just to determine whether or not it's worth a second thought or any admiration.
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"Not even in my wildest dreams did I imagine that one day I would paint a picture of hot Bowser for official material, announced by Miyamoto himself. 😭 I laughed so hard in disbelief while painting, you have no idea lol"
November 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"Not even in my wildest dreams did I imagine that one day I would paint a picture of hot Bowser for official material, announced by Miyamoto himself. 😭 I laughed so hard in disbelief while painting, you have no idea lol"
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this sort of learned helplessness is going to be extremely dangerous as it permeates adulthood - why bother to learn to drive if the car does it for you, why bother to learn medication interactions, why bother why bother why bother
I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened.
November 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
this sort of learned helplessness is going to be extremely dangerous as it permeates adulthood - why bother to learn to drive if the car does it for you, why bother to learn medication interactions, why bother why bother why bother
October 2025 Streams Summary: Had to skip a week for the first time in years. Continued on Advance Wars & solo PEAK. Some SNF demos & games. CiniCross is my most anticipated game now. Finished insane difficulty Kirby Star Stacker #StreamsSummary
November 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
October 2025 Streams Summary: Had to skip a week for the first time in years. Continued on Advance Wars & solo PEAK. Some SNF demos & games. CiniCross is my most anticipated game now. Finished insane difficulty Kirby Star Stacker #StreamsSummary
September 2025 Streams Summary: Churning away at Advance Wars and my first solo PEAK. A few small demos & games. Neal's new game, and more. Nearly finished Kirby Star Stacker #StreamsSummary
October 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
September 2025 Streams Summary: Churning away at Advance Wars and my first solo PEAK. A few small demos & games. Neal's new game, and more. Nearly finished Kirby Star Stacker #StreamsSummary
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very direct evidence that video game piracy is important in the preservation of video games
September 1, 2025 at 5:49 PM
very direct evidence that video game piracy is important in the preservation of video games
August 2025 Streams Summary: Finished Piczle Cross Adventure! Various demos & games. Cheese Rolling is great. Got to insane difficulty in Kirby. Tetris & EO:L Events. The beginning of War time Wednesdays with Advance Wars. Tried PEAK for the first time #StreamsSummary
September 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
August 2025 Streams Summary: Finished Piczle Cross Adventure! Various demos & games. Cheese Rolling is great. Got to insane difficulty in Kirby. Tetris & EO:L Events. The beginning of War time Wednesdays with Advance Wars. Tried PEAK for the first time #StreamsSummary
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The way this guy says "Chibi Anime" has completely destroyed my vocabulary.
June 2, 2025 at 12:17 AM
The way this guy says "Chibi Anime" has completely destroyed my vocabulary.
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there's an episode of The Simpsons where Marge tries to get a violent cartoon pulled from the airwaves, only to discover that the people backing her aren't going to stop at just the art that *she* doesn't like, and that supporting artistic freedom means accepting discomfort.
It aired in 1990.
It aired in 1990.
August 6, 2025 at 1:38 PM
there's an episode of The Simpsons where Marge tries to get a violent cartoon pulled from the airwaves, only to discover that the people backing her aren't going to stop at just the art that *she* doesn't like, and that supporting artistic freedom means accepting discomfort.
It aired in 1990.
It aired in 1990.
July 2025 Streams Summary: A healthy variety of demos. Monument Valley, Sling-A-Thing, Hot Sylvie Summer, a bit of puzzle gaming. Continuing on in Piczle Cross Adventure as well as the usual stream staples. #StreamsSummary
August 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
July 2025 Streams Summary: A healthy variety of demos. Monument Valley, Sling-A-Thing, Hot Sylvie Summer, a bit of puzzle gaming. Continuing on in Piczle Cross Adventure as well as the usual stream staples. #StreamsSummary
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Newgrounds' approach to verifying age is interesting and transparent.
July 30, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Newgrounds' approach to verifying age is interesting and transparent.
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To reach the highest stratum of video game nerd you have to become the strongest soldier for at least one game that sucks total ass, I speak from experience.
July 28, 2025 at 6:45 AM
To reach the highest stratum of video game nerd you have to become the strongest soldier for at least one game that sucks total ass, I speak from experience.
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reading a thread on X where someone says "no actually 3d games in the psx/2 era weren't really important evolutions of games because everything had to start from scratch!!"
and then constantly digging a hole like "and THATS why Halo was the first FPS to feel good!" oh my god our history is doomed
and then constantly digging a hole like "and THATS why Halo was the first FPS to feel good!" oh my god our history is doomed
July 11, 2025 at 11:26 AM
reading a thread on X where someone says "no actually 3d games in the psx/2 era weren't really important evolutions of games because everything had to start from scratch!!"
and then constantly digging a hole like "and THATS why Halo was the first FPS to feel good!" oh my god our history is doomed
and then constantly digging a hole like "and THATS why Halo was the first FPS to feel good!" oh my god our history is doomed
June 2025 Streams Summary: Steam Next Fest demos galore. Rare reacting to game announcements. Lego Island Adventure browser port, Smash Remix 2.0. Continuing on in Piczle Cross Adventure as well as the usual stream staples. #StreamsSummary
July 4, 2025 at 11:32 AM
June 2025 Streams Summary: Steam Next Fest demos galore. Rare reacting to game announcements. Lego Island Adventure browser port, Smash Remix 2.0. Continuing on in Piczle Cross Adventure as well as the usual stream staples. #StreamsSummary
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So am I reading this court decision correctly? We now have 50 micronations with their own laws interpreting the U.S. Constitution wholly separate from one another? But there's one guy with private law enforcement who is immune from all punishment who can do whatever he wants in those 50 states?
June 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
So am I reading this court decision correctly? We now have 50 micronations with their own laws interpreting the U.S. Constitution wholly separate from one another? But there's one guy with private law enforcement who is immune from all punishment who can do whatever he wants in those 50 states?
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"digital asbestos" is fantastic framing.
I'm going to be honest here, I think AI is going to do so much damage to the usable internet that even after it's inevitably crashes out, it's going to take years to disentangle from every space it's polluted, like digital asbestos it's gonna be time consuming effort and likely expensive venture.
I think AI is going to eventually tank in the longterm, but...
the only real way to combat this is single-interest communities. Forums, user comms, etc, with a barrier to entry. They become trustable knowledgebases. It's really the only way forward is to return to what worked best the first time
the only real way to combat this is single-interest communities. Forums, user comms, etc, with a barrier to entry. They become trustable knowledgebases. It's really the only way forward is to return to what worked best the first time
June 25, 2025 at 2:08 AM
"digital asbestos" is fantastic framing.
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another hidden/externalized cost and form of theft in AI is the bots for Meta etc are blowing up site hosting charges of pages they're looting for information to take credit for. profits go to meta and others, made possible by costs spread to all the operators of sites they're crawling to steal from
Last month AI crawlers generated 90% of my site's traffic, forcing me to pay penalties
Problem solved after moving nameservers to Cloudflare+turning on AI crawler blocking.
Site monthly outbound data back to ~40GB per month, down from 800GB (!!) No impact on human visitors
Problem solved after moving nameservers to Cloudflare+turning on AI crawler blocking.
Site monthly outbound data back to ~40GB per month, down from 800GB (!!) No impact on human visitors
June 6, 2025 at 6:57 AM
another hidden/externalized cost and form of theft in AI is the bots for Meta etc are blowing up site hosting charges of pages they're looting for information to take credit for. profits go to meta and others, made possible by costs spread to all the operators of sites they're crawling to steal from