Turfster
@turfster.bsky.social
Coder, pun perpetrator
Grumpiness elemental
Hyperbole abuser
Don't put words in my mouth
It's not my fault you can't perceive tone and context
(TurfsterNTE off The Bird Site)
Grumpiness elemental
Hyperbole abuser
Don't put words in my mouth
It's not my fault you can't perceive tone and context
(TurfsterNTE off The Bird Site)
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Turfster
@turfster.bsky.social
· Oct 18
I guess I'm on here now as well, if only just to stake my claim.
Will I use this for actual posting?
Probably not, if I'm honest.
Still.
I'm here now too.
For given values of "here".
Will I use this for actual posting?
Probably not, if I'm honest.
Still.
I'm here now too.
For given values of "here".
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Interviewed an audio director recently who told me how an *iconic* character catchphrase came from the voice actor improvising in the booth.
Using AI voices robs you of the chance for spontaneous, funny, ad-libbed performances that could help define your game.
Using AI voices robs you of the chance for spontaneous, funny, ad-libbed performances that could help define your game.
If your game has voice acting, then working with the voice actors is half of your writing process. It's not complete until you've heard it interpreted and reimagined by a voice actor. And they always reimagine it in ways that elevate the writing, in ways you never would have imagined yourself.
November 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Interviewed an audio director recently who told me how an *iconic* character catchphrase came from the voice actor improvising in the booth.
Using AI voices robs you of the chance for spontaneous, funny, ad-libbed performances that could help define your game.
Using AI voices robs you of the chance for spontaneous, funny, ad-libbed performances that could help define your game.
Did the news sites announce too early?
Did they already take down their supposed first bundle?
Half the site seems to still be under construction, which is a... Not Great first impression.
(Not even a placeholder "this is who we are/our mission" blog post? really?)
Ok, I'll stop being "mean" now.
Did they already take down their supposed first bundle?
Half the site seems to still be under construction, which is a... Not Great first impression.
(Not even a placeholder "this is who we are/our mission" blog post? really?)
Ok, I'll stop being "mean" now.
Digiphile launching today from former Humble Bundle veterans - a new discovery platform offering curated premium, game and book bundles that benefit users, creators, publishers, and charities
www.gamedeveloper.com/business/dig...
www.digiphile.co
www.gamedeveloper.com/business/dig...
www.digiphile.co
November 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Did the news sites announce too early?
Did they already take down their supposed first bundle?
Half the site seems to still be under construction, which is a... Not Great first impression.
(Not even a placeholder "this is who we are/our mission" blog post? really?)
Ok, I'll stop being "mean" now.
Did they already take down their supposed first bundle?
Half the site seems to still be under construction, which is a... Not Great first impression.
(Not even a placeholder "this is who we are/our mission" blog post? really?)
Ok, I'll stop being "mean" now.
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I'm here to tell you that voice actors (even very very good ones) are not expensive, more than make up for their cost in the value they bring to your game, and if Baldur's Gate can record real actors for every line of dialogue in the game, so can you for your 100 generic barks or even specific ones.
November 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I'm here to tell you that voice actors (even very very good ones) are not expensive, more than make up for their cost in the value they bring to your game, and if Baldur's Gate can record real actors for every line of dialogue in the game, so can you for your 100 generic barks or even specific ones.
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If your game has voice acting, then working with the voice actors is half of your writing process. It's not complete until you've heard it interpreted and reimagined by a voice actor. And they always reimagine it in ways that elevate the writing, in ways you never would have imagined yourself.
November 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
If your game has voice acting, then working with the voice actors is half of your writing process. It's not complete until you've heard it interpreted and reimagined by a voice actor. And they always reimagine it in ways that elevate the writing, in ways you never would have imagined yourself.
Anyway, the solution to the James Bond "problem" is blindingly obvious.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_P...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_P...
James Pond: Underwater Agent - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Anyway, the solution to the James Bond "problem" is blindingly obvious.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_P...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_P...
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There's a Sacred 2 remaster out today, and trailers look incredibly bland and generic, especially compared to promotional material at the time, when they got BLIND GUARDIAN to do a song for the game, and they were NPCs in the game who you had to do a quest for to retrieve their lost instruments.
BLIND GUARDIAN - Sacred Worlds (Sacred 2 - In-Game Concert) (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
YouTube video by Blind Guardian
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
There's a Sacred 2 remaster out today, and trailers look incredibly bland and generic, especially compared to promotional material at the time, when they got BLIND GUARDIAN to do a song for the game, and they were NPCs in the game who you had to do a quest for to retrieve their lost instruments.
that sounds... like a bad move?
like, we all know how this has gone in the past, right?
so... what, pure arrested_development_but_it_might_work_for_us.gif?
because all the moneyghouls that make decisions like this do all day is huff their own farts and smell the possibility of more money?
like, we all know how this has gone in the past, right?
so... what, pure arrested_development_but_it_might_work_for_us.gif?
because all the moneyghouls that make decisions like this do all day is huff their own farts and smell the possibility of more money?
"fortnite is adding gambling" sure man of course they are. of course they are. no law.
November 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
that sounds... like a bad move?
like, we all know how this has gone in the past, right?
so... what, pure arrested_development_but_it_might_work_for_us.gif?
because all the moneyghouls that make decisions like this do all day is huff their own farts and smell the possibility of more money?
like, we all know how this has gone in the past, right?
so... what, pure arrested_development_but_it_might_work_for_us.gif?
because all the moneyghouls that make decisions like this do all day is huff their own farts and smell the possibility of more money?
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It's purely managers wanting to live in a world where ideas guys write a prompt and a fully-formed game comes out of the machine (and people buy that slop because their ideas are soooo goooood of course). I don't ascribe it serious motives. It's coming from a place of hating creatives, period.
November 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
It's purely managers wanting to live in a world where ideas guys write a prompt and a fully-formed game comes out of the machine (and people buy that slop because their ideas are soooo goooood of course). I don't ascribe it serious motives. It's coming from a place of hating creatives, period.
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The thing that strikes me about replacing voice actors with AI slop is that, in the scope of a big AA/AAA production it barely saves money? These people aren't even full time. It's immizerating people because immizerating people is your goal, nothing more.
November 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The thing that strikes me about replacing voice actors with AI slop is that, in the scope of a big AA/AAA production it barely saves money? These people aren't even full time. It's immizerating people because immizerating people is your goal, nothing more.
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Love little insights like this because you work your ass off wondering if your lack of success means a lack of talent and then someone really successful bravely speaks out to confirm, no, they are getting the biggest paychecks for the biggest projects but are in fact the dumbest bastards alive
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Love little insights like this because you work your ass off wondering if your lack of success means a lack of talent and then someone really successful bravely speaks out to confirm, no, they are getting the biggest paychecks for the biggest projects but are in fact the dumbest bastards alive
Lest we forget, especially fucking now
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLfH...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLfH...
Belgium - 100th Anniversary Armistice Day - Menin Gate - Ypres - Belgium - 11-11-2018
YouTube video by Aussie European Tour
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Lest we forget, especially fucking now
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLfH...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLfH...
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rebindable controls
November 11, 2025 at 10:27 AM
rebindable controls
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You know we're in bad shape when people turn Joyce Carol Oates into a hero
November 11, 2025 at 10:46 AM
You know we're in bad shape when people turn Joyce Carol Oates into a hero
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two evils of the world:
the 30 second tiktok that explains too much to the point of overwhelming you
vs
the 4 hour video essay that says fucking nothing
the 30 second tiktok that explains too much to the point of overwhelming you
vs
the 4 hour video essay that says fucking nothing
November 11, 2025 at 11:55 AM
two evils of the world:
the 30 second tiktok that explains too much to the point of overwhelming you
vs
the 4 hour video essay that says fucking nothing
the 30 second tiktok that explains too much to the point of overwhelming you
vs
the 4 hour video essay that says fucking nothing
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I love this advice from Vince Gilligan, which stemmed from wisdom he received from Michael Mann
November 10, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I love this advice from Vince Gilligan, which stemmed from wisdom he received from Michael Mann
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Cool video on Baldur's Gate II: youtu.be/_yLQ56tGDqE?...
A highlight is how the focus on character interaction & romances was inspired by Final Fantasy 7. This after BG1 took tons of inspiration from RTSes & Jagged Alliance 1.
Influences are far more complex than silly flowcharts can ever sum up.
A highlight is how the focus on character interaction & romances was inspired by Final Fantasy 7. This after BG1 took tons of inspiration from RTSes & Jagged Alliance 1.
Influences are far more complex than silly flowcharts can ever sum up.
Celebrating 25 Years Of Baldur's Gate 2: Part 1 w/ @edgreenwoodofficial, David Gaider & Trent Oster
YouTube video by Slandered Gaming
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Cool video on Baldur's Gate II: youtu.be/_yLQ56tGDqE?...
A highlight is how the focus on character interaction & romances was inspired by Final Fantasy 7. This after BG1 took tons of inspiration from RTSes & Jagged Alliance 1.
Influences are far more complex than silly flowcharts can ever sum up.
A highlight is how the focus on character interaction & romances was inspired by Final Fantasy 7. This after BG1 took tons of inspiration from RTSes & Jagged Alliance 1.
Influences are far more complex than silly flowcharts can ever sum up.
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@adamatomic.bsky.social has created a *lot* of small games, and we were delighted for him to join us at ThinkyCon 2025 to share how he approaches it.
My approach to making small games - Adam Saltsman (ThinkyCon 2025)
Adam Saltsman joins us at ThinkyCon 2025 to present the talk: "CorgiSpace, or, short legs on purpose, or, my approach to making small games"
Talk description: I've made and released 14 games in the last 12 months, all in my very limited free time, and had a super fun time doing it, even though I al
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
@adamatomic.bsky.social has created a *lot* of small games, and we were delighted for him to join us at ThinkyCon 2025 to share how he approaches it.
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blog post boiling within me titled "indie publishers, you need to get your shit together" based on this year of indie pubs submitting games to IGF w/ a demo and then when asked for a dev build so anyone can actually judge it, either ghost or go "we will provide you with a build on the release date"
November 11, 2025 at 5:22 AM
blog post boiling within me titled "indie publishers, you need to get your shit together" based on this year of indie pubs submitting games to IGF w/ a demo and then when asked for a dev build so anyone can actually judge it, either ghost or go "we will provide you with a build on the release date"
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Phew, new Urban Decay update, finally. These broken windows took a lot of work, but I think they were worth it. There's now 940 bloody textures in this thing, so close to the big 1000.
strideh.itch.io/stridehs-urb...
strideh.itch.io/stridehs-urb...
1.4 'The Windows Update'
No, not one of those windows updates. Here are 120 new textures, mostly focused around expanding the selection of windows available. There are new factory and residential windows, a handful of window....
strideh.itch.io
November 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Phew, new Urban Decay update, finally. These broken windows took a lot of work, but I think they were worth it. There's now 940 bloody textures in this thing, so close to the big 1000.
strideh.itch.io/stridehs-urb...
strideh.itch.io/stridehs-urb...
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we’re about to start seeing a lot of “here’s a cost effective meal your grandparents made during the great depression”
Japanese giant SoftBank said Tuesday it has sold its entire stake in tech giant Nvidia for $5.83 billion.
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
November 11, 2025 at 7:39 AM
we’re about to start seeing a lot of “here’s a cost effective meal your grandparents made during the great depression”
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This is exactly how I hopes Outer Worlds 2 reviews would go too. Having a satire of evil corporations in a capitalist hellscape seemed like an insane game for an evil corporation in a capitalist hellscape to put out, and so few reviews seemed to engage with that fact. It was fuckin crazy to see!
November 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
This is exactly how I hopes Outer Worlds 2 reviews would go too. Having a satire of evil corporations in a capitalist hellscape seemed like an insane game for an evil corporation in a capitalist hellscape to put out, and so few reviews seemed to engage with that fact. It was fuckin crazy to see!
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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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Yes, this is correct. And the reason is because our capitalist classes have decided that it is not sufficiently profitable, so they're not going to do it.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
November 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Yes, this is correct. And the reason is because our capitalist classes have decided that it is not sufficiently profitable, so they're not going to do it.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.