AmoebaHewdraw
@amoebahewdraw.bsky.social
author, voice actor, third thing I can't quite describe accurately
voted "most likely to make up an award for an online bio" in high school
he/him
voted "most likely to make up an award for an online bio" in high school
he/him
Pinned
AmoebaHewdraw
@amoebahewdraw.bsky.social
· Jun 11
This is my periodic post to remind people that I am in fact a human person.
Reposted by AmoebaHewdraw
Reposted by AmoebaHewdraw
Reposted by AmoebaHewdraw
This is such a misunderstanding of why writers, artists, and designers do research to begin with, which is to find something unexpected, not capture the average or find reference for the default.
And, as always, the biggest misapprehension: We don’t want to NOT do this part. It’s fun to learn shit
And, as always, the biggest misapprehension: We don’t want to NOT do this part. It’s fun to learn shit
Anyone who supports this is an embarrassment. "Instead of typing it out they'll generate their idea"? Are you insane?
Call yourself whatever you want but you aren't creatives, that's for sure.
Call yourself whatever you want but you aren't creatives, that's for sure.
December 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This is such a misunderstanding of why writers, artists, and designers do research to begin with, which is to find something unexpected, not capture the average or find reference for the default.
And, as always, the biggest misapprehension: We don’t want to NOT do this part. It’s fun to learn shit
And, as always, the biggest misapprehension: We don’t want to NOT do this part. It’s fun to learn shit
Reposted by AmoebaHewdraw
Guy is actively complaining that the lead actor in his videogame recorded in the booth for 500 hours
Hey voice actors, how many of you would absolutely love an opportunity like that?
Hey voice actors, how many of you would absolutely love an opportunity like that?
the lead schmuck from warhorse studios (kingdom come deliverance) identifying a real issue (budgets and dev lengths are too high and long), misconstruing it’s nature (it’s “fact”??? that it has to be this way??), and coming to the conclusion that the dead brain plagiarism bot is our savior. fuck off
December 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Guy is actively complaining that the lead actor in his videogame recorded in the booth for 500 hours
Hey voice actors, how many of you would absolutely love an opportunity like that?
Hey voice actors, how many of you would absolutely love an opportunity like that?
Reposted by AmoebaHewdraw
Keep going. Be meaner. Aim whatever lizard-brain impulse you have towards cruelty and violence in this direction.
December 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Keep going. Be meaner. Aim whatever lizard-brain impulse you have towards cruelty and violence in this direction.
Reposted by AmoebaHewdraw
"All the studios do it quietly" and yet you can't shut the fuck up
December 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
"All the studios do it quietly" and yet you can't shut the fuck up
Reposted by AmoebaHewdraw
So look man if we're just gonna be online here watching all these big studios come out and lay down on the tracks about Gen AI going "I have to do this for some reason." then I think it's more important than ever to celebrate games from based devs who are out here openly posting "Nuh uh, fuck that."
December 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
So look man if we're just gonna be online here watching all these big studios come out and lay down on the tracks about Gen AI going "I have to do this for some reason." then I think it's more important than ever to celebrate games from based devs who are out here openly posting "Nuh uh, fuck that."
Reposted by AmoebaHewdraw
Reposted by AmoebaHewdraw
“The founder of the CIA wanted to force-fem Hitler” might be an all-time “none of these words are in the Bible”
December 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
“The founder of the CIA wanted to force-fem Hitler” might be an all-time “none of these words are in the Bible”
Reposted by AmoebaHewdraw
Reposted by AmoebaHewdraw
2026 about to become the Year of Corporate Bullying
Love a good backtrack 😂
"Intermarché is abandoning the idea of allowing you to pose with its new "mascot" in photo booths; the retailer wants to remain true to its position on not using AI."
"Intermarché is abandoning the idea of allowing you to pose with its new "mascot" in photo booths; the retailer wants to remain true to its position on not using AI."
December 17, 2025 at 7:23 PM
2026 about to become the Year of Corporate Bullying
Reposted by AmoebaHewdraw
Reposted by AmoebaHewdraw
Larian's horrible hirring process is an open secret in the industry – insane amounts of unpaid work in "writing tests", excessive numbers of interviews, months and months of back and forth, etc. Everyone in games narrative circles has heard the stories at this point, probably from multiple people.
I know this because they tried to recruit me and I strongly considered it but they’re also a “do an unpaid writing test where you have to also make it playable” company so that’s not something I vibe with
December 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Larian's horrible hirring process is an open secret in the industry – insane amounts of unpaid work in "writing tests", excessive numbers of interviews, months and months of back and forth, etc. Everyone in games narrative circles has heard the stories at this point, probably from multiple people.
Reposted by AmoebaHewdraw
Similar to how voice AI use has been suggested; for 'scratch'
or reference.
I know many actors, myself among them, who got jobs from the scratch work.
Every example of AI being used I've seen is cutting away a job that someone coming up would take or get on their journey.
Maybe that's the point.
or reference.
I know many actors, myself among them, who got jobs from the scratch work.
Every example of AI being used I've seen is cutting away a job that someone coming up would take or get on their journey.
Maybe that's the point.
The thing thats so insidious about using AI this way is that one of the main ways artists get hired are studios looking for art references and they find us and reach out.
This is removing a major avenue to get work if they can just generate nameless derivations of our ideas.
This is removing a major avenue to get work if they can just generate nameless derivations of our ideas.
December 17, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Similar to how voice AI use has been suggested; for 'scratch'
or reference.
I know many actors, myself among them, who got jobs from the scratch work.
Every example of AI being used I've seen is cutting away a job that someone coming up would take or get on their journey.
Maybe that's the point.
or reference.
I know many actors, myself among them, who got jobs from the scratch work.
Every example of AI being used I've seen is cutting away a job that someone coming up would take or get on their journey.
Maybe that's the point.
Reposted by AmoebaHewdraw
Swen Vincke of Larian Studios responded to backlash for using AI with a promise to rewind time to before anyone knew about that.
paletteswap.site/dif...
paletteswap.site/dif...
December 17, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Swen Vincke of Larian Studios responded to backlash for using AI with a promise to rewind time to before anyone knew about that.
paletteswap.site/dif...
paletteswap.site/dif...
Reposted by AmoebaHewdraw
can someone just make a "does the dog die" but for "did this movie/series/videogame/book use gen AI" so i can avoid them
October 9, 2025 at 7:27 AM
can someone just make a "does the dog die" but for "did this movie/series/videogame/book use gen AI" so i can avoid them
Reposted by AmoebaHewdraw
Reposted by AmoebaHewdraw
Watching someone toss away S Tier good-will for the sake of…AI is…kinda hard to watch.
Hope companies start to figure out the toxicity of AI, because their employees and consumers do.
Hope companies start to figure out the toxicity of AI, because their employees and consumers do.
NEW: I spoke to Larian boss Swen Vincke about their ambitions for their new RPG Divinity, cutting down development time, pressures from Baldur's Gate 3, why BG3 wouldn't have happened without Tencent, how Larian uses generative AI, and much more www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Maker Promises ‘Divinity’ Will Be ‘Next Level’
‘I think this one is going to be way better’ than ‘Baldur’s Gate 3,’ Larian CEO Vincke says
www.bloomberg.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Watching someone toss away S Tier good-will for the sake of…AI is…kinda hard to watch.
Hope companies start to figure out the toxicity of AI, because their employees and consumers do.
Hope companies start to figure out the toxicity of AI, because their employees and consumers do.
Reposted by AmoebaHewdraw
Reposted by AmoebaHewdraw
I said ages ago it’s gonna get much worse before it gets better…and unfortunately i think we’re entering the much worse stage.
Important to note to, public outrage is exactly the thing that keeps everyone afloat. And that in mid to late 2026-2027 a lot of the legal cases will conclude-
Important to note to, public outrage is exactly the thing that keeps everyone afloat. And that in mid to late 2026-2027 a lot of the legal cases will conclude-
December 16, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I said ages ago it’s gonna get much worse before it gets better…and unfortunately i think we’re entering the much worse stage.
Important to note to, public outrage is exactly the thing that keeps everyone afloat. And that in mid to late 2026-2027 a lot of the legal cases will conclude-
Important to note to, public outrage is exactly the thing that keeps everyone afloat. And that in mid to late 2026-2027 a lot of the legal cases will conclude-
Reposted by AmoebaHewdraw
larian studios and firefox today
December 16, 2025 at 10:34 PM
larian studios and firefox today
Reposted by AmoebaHewdraw
Begging all of you to listen to the creatives and the artists who worked for the company before you go quoting the CEO to insist none of the creatives or artists are being mistreated or shortchanged
if you see narrative people being meaner about larian than it sounds like they deserve, trust me, we've been waiting for this one
December 16, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Begging all of you to listen to the creatives and the artists who worked for the company before you go quoting the CEO to insist none of the creatives or artists are being mistreated or shortchanged
Reposted by AmoebaHewdraw
if you see narrative people being meaner about larian than it sounds like they deserve, trust me, we've been waiting for this one
December 16, 2025 at 7:51 PM
if you see narrative people being meaner about larian than it sounds like they deserve, trust me, we've been waiting for this one
Reposted by AmoebaHewdraw
