Skybrush Threepwood
@skybrush.bsky.social
I mostly ramble about trivial nerd stuff, but I'm also on a Bluesky list for "angry politics." My politics are that bigots should fall into a deep, empty well. He/Him.
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I still hang out with my literal first friend whom I met outside our house when I was four years old, and I'm 40 now.
watching John Green talk about his buddy from high school who is still his friend and I’m curious, is that common for people on here?
February 14, 2026 at 10:21 AM
I still hang out with my literal first friend whom I met outside our house when I was four years old, and I'm 40 now.
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It's funny, watching the all Mad Max movies - as much as George Miller talks about Max being more folk tale, mythology, whatever, rather than having a strict continuity, that's not really an apparent or necessary context in, at least, the first 3. They feel in very direct continuity.
February 13, 2026 at 4:06 PM
It's funny, watching the all Mad Max movies - as much as George Miller talks about Max being more folk tale, mythology, whatever, rather than having a strict continuity, that's not really an apparent or necessary context in, at least, the first 3. They feel in very direct continuity.
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State of Play reaction thread (you're thrilled, I'm sure):
I don't really need to see more from Control: Resonant, I'm in by default. Regardless of troubling news about Remedy lately, those seem more like concerns for games past Resonant.
I don't really need to see more from Control: Resonant, I'm in by default. Regardless of troubling news about Remedy lately, those seem more like concerns for games past Resonant.
February 13, 2026 at 7:18 AM
State of Play reaction thread (you're thrilled, I'm sure):
I don't really need to see more from Control: Resonant, I'm in by default. Regardless of troubling news about Remedy lately, those seem more like concerns for games past Resonant.
I don't really need to see more from Control: Resonant, I'm in by default. Regardless of troubling news about Remedy lately, those seem more like concerns for games past Resonant.
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Ended up having a chat with someone who knows their shit, and yeah, this is the same kind of automated upscaling, basically inferring data "between" the existing pixels, that's been used for a decade+.
I think it was a mistake to put it under "AI Generated Content Disclosure." It muddies things.
I think it was a mistake to put it under "AI Generated Content Disclosure." It muddies things.
So, this is from the Steam page for Legacy of Kain: Defiance Remastered. And obviously, the first reaction is "ew no" but then, what does "AI-assisted tools" even MEAN here? Is it actually generative AI, or some machine-learning tool that WASN'T trained on stolen data? The label is meaningless.
February 13, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Ended up having a chat with someone who knows their shit, and yeah, this is the same kind of automated upscaling, basically inferring data "between" the existing pixels, that's been used for a decade+.
I think it was a mistake to put it under "AI Generated Content Disclosure." It muddies things.
I think it was a mistake to put it under "AI Generated Content Disclosure." It muddies things.
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Oh yeah we used to play this back in Ambergris
February 13, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Oh yeah we used to play this back in Ambergris
Ended up having a chat with someone who knows their shit, and yeah, this is the same kind of automated upscaling, basically inferring data "between" the existing pixels, that's been used for a decade+.
I think it was a mistake to put it under "AI Generated Content Disclosure." It muddies things.
I think it was a mistake to put it under "AI Generated Content Disclosure." It muddies things.
So, this is from the Steam page for Legacy of Kain: Defiance Remastered. And obviously, the first reaction is "ew no" but then, what does "AI-assisted tools" even MEAN here? Is it actually generative AI, or some machine-learning tool that WASN'T trained on stolen data? The label is meaningless.
February 13, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Ended up having a chat with someone who knows their shit, and yeah, this is the same kind of automated upscaling, basically inferring data "between" the existing pixels, that's been used for a decade+.
I think it was a mistake to put it under "AI Generated Content Disclosure." It muddies things.
I think it was a mistake to put it under "AI Generated Content Disclosure." It muddies things.
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Yea, I get it. That’s why I find it important to combat when I see miss-use of AI to bash all forms of “AI”. It’s algorithmic, it’s
Just a line of code trying its best.
Upscaling cant replace anyone, atleast whose love is “upgrading 240x240” textures. Which hey, someone does I’m sure
Just a line of code trying its best.
Upscaling cant replace anyone, atleast whose love is “upgrading 240x240” textures. Which hey, someone does I’m sure
February 13, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Yea, I get it. That’s why I find it important to combat when I see miss-use of AI to bash all forms of “AI”. It’s algorithmic, it’s
Just a line of code trying its best.
Upscaling cant replace anyone, atleast whose love is “upgrading 240x240” textures. Which hey, someone does I’m sure
Just a line of code trying its best.
Upscaling cant replace anyone, atleast whose love is “upgrading 240x240” textures. Which hey, someone does I’m sure
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*sign* ai-upscaling has been around for 15 years. This tech is not new, not generative, and yes does need artists to clean up cause yea, it produces mess results.
It was used evey single aspyr remaster and is a super easy way to get a texture up to a specific resolution and saves half the work.
It was used evey single aspyr remaster and is a super easy way to get a texture up to a specific resolution and saves half the work.
February 13, 2026 at 4:04 PM
*sign* ai-upscaling has been around for 15 years. This tech is not new, not generative, and yes does need artists to clean up cause yea, it produces mess results.
It was used evey single aspyr remaster and is a super easy way to get a texture up to a specific resolution and saves half the work.
It was used evey single aspyr remaster and is a super easy way to get a texture up to a specific resolution and saves half the work.
It's funny, watching the all Mad Max movies - as much as George Miller talks about Max being more folk tale, mythology, whatever, rather than having a strict continuity, that's not really an apparent or necessary context in, at least, the first 3. They feel in very direct continuity.
February 13, 2026 at 4:06 PM
It's funny, watching the all Mad Max movies - as much as George Miller talks about Max being more folk tale, mythology, whatever, rather than having a strict continuity, that's not really an apparent or necessary context in, at least, the first 3. They feel in very direct continuity.
So, this is from the Steam page for Legacy of Kain: Defiance Remastered. And obviously, the first reaction is "ew no" but then, what does "AI-assisted tools" even MEAN here? Is it actually generative AI, or some machine-learning tool that WASN'T trained on stolen data? The label is meaningless.
February 13, 2026 at 1:00 PM
So, this is from the Steam page for Legacy of Kain: Defiance Remastered. And obviously, the first reaction is "ew no" but then, what does "AI-assisted tools" even MEAN here? Is it actually generative AI, or some machine-learning tool that WASN'T trained on stolen data? The label is meaningless.
And right now, very publicly ceasing vaccine research - PHASE 3, which is damn near the finish line. Who needs grand conspiracies? They're not hiding the vaccine for Epstein-Barr, they're telling you it was almost ready but they just don't see enough money it in anymore.
As a chemical engineer working in pharma, it's so fucking frustrating to see all the bullshit "Big Pharma" conspiracy theories, from anti-vax to "they're hiding the cure for X" when the real crime is right in front of you: Making massive profits on life-saving meds while leaving poor people to die.
February 13, 2026 at 11:17 AM
And right now, very publicly ceasing vaccine research - PHASE 3, which is damn near the finish line. Who needs grand conspiracies? They're not hiding the vaccine for Epstein-Barr, they're telling you it was almost ready but they just don't see enough money it in anymore.
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As a chemical engineer working in pharma, it's so fucking frustrating to see all the bullshit "Big Pharma" conspiracy theories, from anti-vax to "they're hiding the cure for X" when the real crime is right in front of you: Making massive profits on life-saving meds while leaving poor people to die.
August 21, 2023 at 10:10 AM
As a chemical engineer working in pharma, it's so fucking frustrating to see all the bullshit "Big Pharma" conspiracy theories, from anti-vax to "they're hiding the cure for X" when the real crime is right in front of you: Making massive profits on life-saving meds while leaving poor people to die.
Capitalism and medicine are an abominable combination.
Talking about ROI for fucking vaccines is monstrous. I genuinely wish ill on every pharmaceutical C-suite.
And let's be clear: these companies aren't starving. They make plenty of money.
Talking about ROI for fucking vaccines is monstrous. I genuinely wish ill on every pharmaceutical C-suite.
And let's be clear: these companies aren't starving. They make plenty of money.
In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
February 13, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Capitalism and medicine are an abominable combination.
Talking about ROI for fucking vaccines is monstrous. I genuinely wish ill on every pharmaceutical C-suite.
And let's be clear: these companies aren't starving. They make plenty of money.
Talking about ROI for fucking vaccines is monstrous. I genuinely wish ill on every pharmaceutical C-suite.
And let's be clear: these companies aren't starving. They make plenty of money.
Obviously, getting original VO cast for Ascendance is a good start - we were all there 80 % for the story and acting, anyway. The question is - CAN they nail the dialogue? Because as Blood Omen 2 shows, it's not a universal writing skill.
As you might be able to tell from how much time I'm giving Defiance vs. the other games, I'm still not over this series, despite my significant issues with the remake of the first two games.
LoK: Ascendance, though... Same reservations as with Sons of Sparta. We'll see.
LoK: Ascendance, though... Same reservations as with Sons of Sparta. We'll see.
February 13, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Obviously, getting original VO cast for Ascendance is a good start - we were all there 80 % for the story and acting, anyway. The question is - CAN they nail the dialogue? Because as Blood Omen 2 shows, it's not a universal writing skill.
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I think one of the biggest mistakes we ever made was allowing the idea that the internet isn't Real perpetuate. Because that's what allows all this AI shit to thrive. "It's the internet, what do you expect?" The left being full of the "terminally online" while things like Pepe the Frog exist.
February 13, 2026 at 2:41 AM
I think one of the biggest mistakes we ever made was allowing the idea that the internet isn't Real perpetuate. Because that's what allows all this AI shit to thrive. "It's the internet, what do you expect?" The left being full of the "terminally online" while things like Pepe the Frog exist.
State of Play reaction thread (you're thrilled, I'm sure):
I don't really need to see more from Control: Resonant, I'm in by default. Regardless of troubling news about Remedy lately, those seem more like concerns for games past Resonant.
I don't really need to see more from Control: Resonant, I'm in by default. Regardless of troubling news about Remedy lately, those seem more like concerns for games past Resonant.
February 13, 2026 at 7:18 AM
State of Play reaction thread (you're thrilled, I'm sure):
I don't really need to see more from Control: Resonant, I'm in by default. Regardless of troubling news about Remedy lately, those seem more like concerns for games past Resonant.
I don't really need to see more from Control: Resonant, I'm in by default. Regardless of troubling news about Remedy lately, those seem more like concerns for games past Resonant.
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Edmund's dismissal of this is galling but not surprising. When people get lots of money, they tend to go a bit... off.
In this age, being "centrist" is basically tacitly endorsing the far-right (and ignoring the valid concerns of the left).
www.rockpapershotgun.com/edmund-mcmil...
In this age, being "centrist" is basically tacitly endorsing the far-right (and ignoring the valid concerns of the left).
www.rockpapershotgun.com/edmund-mcmil...
Edmund McMillen on assembling Mewgenics' meow cameo list: "the inclusion of people with clashing ideologies felt appropriate"
We spoke to Mewgenics co-developer Edmund McMillen about putting together the game's list of internet celebrity meow cameos.
www.rockpapershotgun.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Edmund's dismissal of this is galling but not surprising. When people get lots of money, they tend to go a bit... off.
In this age, being "centrist" is basically tacitly endorsing the far-right (and ignoring the valid concerns of the left).
www.rockpapershotgun.com/edmund-mcmil...
In this age, being "centrist" is basically tacitly endorsing the far-right (and ignoring the valid concerns of the left).
www.rockpapershotgun.com/edmund-mcmil...
I just threw on The Madness of Max DVD that was part of the box set. I figured, oh, it has its own disc, I guess it's like a hour or something?
It's two hours and 30 minutes, holy shit.
It's two hours and 30 minutes, holy shit.
February 12, 2026 at 1:09 PM
I just threw on The Madness of Max DVD that was part of the box set. I figured, oh, it has its own disc, I guess it's like a hour or something?
It's two hours and 30 minutes, holy shit.
It's two hours and 30 minutes, holy shit.
I know Netflix is shit, but I didn't realize they've *never* done a physical release of Glass Onion. I shouldn't be surprised; I guess I just didn't classify it as a "Netflix Original Movie" in my head, even though it obviously is. Wouldn't want to cut into those streams. No hope for WUDM, then.
February 12, 2026 at 11:45 AM
I know Netflix is shit, but I didn't realize they've *never* done a physical release of Glass Onion. I shouldn't be surprised; I guess I just didn't classify it as a "Netflix Original Movie" in my head, even though it obviously is. Wouldn't want to cut into those streams. No hope for WUDM, then.
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"Wow, this really blew up!"
- Me, on a skeet that got 9 likes and 2 reskeets
- Me, on a skeet that got 9 likes and 2 reskeets
August 25, 2023 at 9:11 AM
"Wow, this really blew up!"
- Me, on a skeet that got 9 likes and 2 reskeets
- Me, on a skeet that got 9 likes and 2 reskeets
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I will pimp The Gene Machine until I die; IMO it belongs in the all-time point and click adventure canon, but I rarely see even genre-nerds mention it.
And you can get it free, because no one sells it. Link nested two quote-skeets deep.
And you can get it free, because no one sells it. Link nested two quote-skeets deep.
One example of a forgotten gem if you're into adventure games: The Gene Machine.
They write pretty lengthy descriptions/reviews on the site, so I'll just give the elevator pitch: H.G. Wells/Jules Verne pastiche with great dialog and acting, and some really solid puzzles!
They write pretty lengthy descriptions/reviews on the site, so I'll just give the elevator pitch: H.G. Wells/Jules Verne pastiche with great dialog and acting, and some really solid puzzles!
February 11, 2026 at 11:56 PM
I will pimp The Gene Machine until I die; IMO it belongs in the all-time point and click adventure canon, but I rarely see even genre-nerds mention it.
And you can get it free, because no one sells it. Link nested two quote-skeets deep.
And you can get it free, because no one sells it. Link nested two quote-skeets deep.
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As I was saying
Ack, apparently it removed the link card when I added the picture. Link below.
Maybe trying for a quote skeet, image and link card in one skeet was expecting a bit much.
Maybe trying for a quote skeet, image and link card in one skeet was expecting a bit much.
THE GENE MACHINE
The Gene Machine is a point-and-click adventure from 1996 that deserves a lot more attention than it unfortunately received. It somehow s...
collectionchamber.blogspot.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:58 PM
As I was saying
I will pimp The Gene Machine until I die; IMO it belongs in the all-time point and click adventure canon, but I rarely see even genre-nerds mention it.
And you can get it free, because no one sells it. Link nested two quote-skeets deep.
And you can get it free, because no one sells it. Link nested two quote-skeets deep.
One example of a forgotten gem if you're into adventure games: The Gene Machine.
They write pretty lengthy descriptions/reviews on the site, so I'll just give the elevator pitch: H.G. Wells/Jules Verne pastiche with great dialog and acting, and some really solid puzzles!
They write pretty lengthy descriptions/reviews on the site, so I'll just give the elevator pitch: H.G. Wells/Jules Verne pastiche with great dialog and acting, and some really solid puzzles!
February 11, 2026 at 11:56 PM
I will pimp The Gene Machine until I die; IMO it belongs in the all-time point and click adventure canon, but I rarely see even genre-nerds mention it.
And you can get it free, because no one sells it. Link nested two quote-skeets deep.
And you can get it free, because no one sells it. Link nested two quote-skeets deep.
I marvel at someone in the movie business looking at this uninspired piece of moving pixel collage and despairing because they managed to convincingly stuff a couple famous faces in it.
‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ writer Rhett Reese reacts to viral AI video of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt fighting:
“I hate to say it. It’s likely over for us.”
“I hate to say it. It’s likely over for us.”
February 11, 2026 at 11:48 PM
I marvel at someone in the movie business looking at this uninspired piece of moving pixel collage and despairing because they managed to convincingly stuff a couple famous faces in it.