Aron Durkin
@arondurkin.bsky.social
Co-Founder Super Spline Studios https://bsky.app/profile/supersplinestudios.com UK - The People First 4 Day Week Game Animation Specialists! - 18 years a 3D Animator / Tech Animator | BAFTA Member https://supersplinestudios.com/
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psst, no one is struggling with this - we are trying to create singular things that resonate with a huge audience or resonate hugely with a specific audience. We "struggle" with how tech and VC funding has broken almost every creative economy we have. So thanks but no thanks
November 19, 2025 at 11:54 PM
psst, no one is struggling with this - we are trying to create singular things that resonate with a huge audience or resonate hugely with a specific audience. We "struggle" with how tech and VC funding has broken almost every creative economy we have. So thanks but no thanks
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Dispatch developer AdHoc has no interest in using AI to replace voice actors or game development. https://bit.ly/4oNA3mq
November 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Dispatch developer AdHoc has no interest in using AI to replace voice actors or game development. https://bit.ly/4oNA3mq
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November 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Odd to see Split Fiction for Family Game in @thegameawards.com. Great game, but it's PEGI 16 for "realistic-looking violence towards human characters... being impaled on a large axe, with blood spraying on the impact, as the character is heard grunting in pain." "the word 'f*ck' is heard censored."
November 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Odd to see Split Fiction for Family Game in @thegameawards.com. Great game, but it's PEGI 16 for "realistic-looking violence towards human characters... being impaled on a large axe, with blood spraying on the impact, as the character is heard grunting in pain." "the word 'f*ck' is heard censored."
DVD extras / behind the scenes stuff inspired a whole generation of folk to make stuff, myself included.
A shame we’ve lost some of that inspiration in the streaming era.
A shame we’ve lost some of that inspiration in the streaming era.
November 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
DVD extras / behind the scenes stuff inspired a whole generation of folk to make stuff, myself included.
A shame we’ve lost some of that inspiration in the streaming era.
A shame we’ve lost some of that inspiration in the streaming era.
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Hope remains!
Come on authors, we're all rooting for you!
Come on authors, we're all rooting for you!
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Hope remains!
Come on authors, we're all rooting for you!
Come on authors, we're all rooting for you!
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#Dispatch devs have no interest in using AI for game development 🎮
"AI feels like a production solution, not a creative one. Maybe it's a creative one if you aren't creative"
"Whatever we're building, it has to connect. It's got to be made by people. It's got to connect to people"
(via GIBiz)
"AI feels like a production solution, not a creative one. Maybe it's a creative one if you aren't creative"
"Whatever we're building, it has to connect. It's got to be made by people. It's got to connect to people"
(via GIBiz)
November 18, 2025 at 12:37 AM
#Dispatch devs have no interest in using AI for game development 🎮
"AI feels like a production solution, not a creative one. Maybe it's a creative one if you aren't creative"
"Whatever we're building, it has to connect. It's got to be made by people. It's got to connect to people"
(via GIBiz)
"AI feels like a production solution, not a creative one. Maybe it's a creative one if you aren't creative"
"Whatever we're building, it has to connect. It's got to be made by people. It's got to connect to people"
(via GIBiz)
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Is there any more condescending award than "Games for Impact?" Reminds me when they paraded me on stage at high school graduation and gave me an "overcoming the odds" award. Consolation prize-ass. I'm in a wheelchair and was trying to get laid in high school I wasn't trying to be valedictorian.
November 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Is there any more condescending award than "Games for Impact?" Reminds me when they paraded me on stage at high school graduation and gave me an "overcoming the odds" award. Consolation prize-ass. I'm in a wheelchair and was trying to get laid in high school I wasn't trying to be valedictorian.
Two Point Museum! Nice one @twopointstudios.bsky.social
Here is the full list of nominees for The Game Awards 2025. gameinformer.com/2025/11/17/h...
November 17, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Two Point Museum! Nice one @twopointstudios.bsky.social
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Krafton's CEO allegedly used ChatGPT to tell him out to get out of paying Unknown World's cofounders
November 17, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Krafton's CEO allegedly used ChatGPT to tell him out to get out of paying Unknown World's cofounders
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The right wing approach now is to put me in a box with an incredibly successful politician who just won a stunning victory.
This is Pure Cope Exhibit A
Join.greenparty.org.uk
This is Pure Cope Exhibit A
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The right wing approach now is to put me in a box with an incredibly successful politician who just won a stunning victory.
This is Pure Cope Exhibit A
Join.greenparty.org.uk
This is Pure Cope Exhibit A
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Demonstrations against Rockstar and Take-Two will continue tomorrow, when game workers and supporters intend to gather outside Rockstar North's office in Edinburgh at 5pm (GMT) before marching to Holyrood (Scottish Parliament headquarters).
'Our solidarity will always emerge stronger:' Protests against Rockstar continue in London, Edinburgh, and Paris
'Our solidarity will always emerge stronger:' Protests against Rockstar continue in London, Edinburgh, and Paris
'Unions have always faced repression, the last resort of the weak to try to delay what is bound to happen.'
www.gamedeveloper.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Demonstrations against Rockstar and Take-Two will continue tomorrow, when game workers and supporters intend to gather outside Rockstar North's office in Edinburgh at 5pm (GMT) before marching to Holyrood (Scottish Parliament headquarters).
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Clanker race is even more stupid than I realised. They can’t even turn them on for years!
www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
Silicon Valley data centers totalling nearly 100MW could 'sit empty for years' due to lack of power — huge installations are idle because Santa Clara can't cope with surging electricity demands
Two major facilities built for AI-era workloads remain unpowered while the city races to expand its electricity supply.
www.tomshardware.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Clanker race is even more stupid than I realised. They can’t even turn them on for years!
www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
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Xbox made the certification documents public (this is it takes to ship/pass the checklist/QA to launch a game on Xbox) for everyone; and Nintendo/PS should consider the same. There are a lot of things that if were common knowledge would save hours/money to everyone. developer.microsoft.... #gamedev
Unlocking Access to Game Publishing Documentation for All Developers
We’re removing barriers to learning and making it easier for teams of all sizes to understand what it takes to ship a game on Xbox.
developer.microsoft.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Xbox made the certification documents public (this is it takes to ship/pass the checklist/QA to launch a game on Xbox) for everyone; and Nintendo/PS should consider the same. There are a lot of things that if were common knowledge would save hours/money to everyone. developer.microsoft.... #gamedev
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Tommy Robinson openly celebrating Labour's new asylum seekers policy should tell everyone exactly how far right Labour are now.
Labour, Reform and Tories are all the same. Right wing parties only interested in making money for their donors.
Do not vote Labour.
Labour, Reform and Tories are all the same. Right wing parties only interested in making money for their donors.
Do not vote Labour.
The Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right.
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
November 16, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Tommy Robinson openly celebrating Labour's new asylum seekers policy should tell everyone exactly how far right Labour are now.
Labour, Reform and Tories are all the same. Right wing parties only interested in making money for their donors.
Do not vote Labour.
Labour, Reform and Tories are all the same. Right wing parties only interested in making money for their donors.
Do not vote Labour.
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Conflating machine learning tools with GenAI and LLMs are such a favorite of these bad faith arguments, too. Like, machines studying X-rays to better understand cancer is not the same thing as Open AI swallowing all my books via piracy to regurgitate sentences that sound similar. It's just not.
November 15, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Conflating machine learning tools with GenAI and LLMs are such a favorite of these bad faith arguments, too. Like, machines studying X-rays to better understand cancer is not the same thing as Open AI swallowing all my books via piracy to regurgitate sentences that sound similar. It's just not.
Yeh one episode in I can tell this is gonna be a banger
November 15, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Yeh one episode in I can tell this is gonna be a banger
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3 years ago today, Riot Games offered me a job making more money than I ever thought I’d make in my life. I had 19 interviews over 2.5 months to get it. Partner and I were moving to LA for it. I put in notice at my job and apartment.
2 weeks later they rescinded the offer due to “headcount issues”.
2 weeks later they rescinded the offer due to “headcount issues”.
November 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
3 years ago today, Riot Games offered me a job making more money than I ever thought I’d make in my life. I had 19 interviews over 2.5 months to get it. Partner and I were moving to LA for it. I put in notice at my job and apartment.
2 weeks later they rescinded the offer due to “headcount issues”.
2 weeks later they rescinded the offer due to “headcount issues”.
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what is most hard is that running a successful games business is diametrically opposed to making a good game and almost every dev is trying to walk a fine line between certain economic collapse and total player delight
November 15, 2025 at 9:52 AM
what is most hard is that running a successful games business is diametrically opposed to making a good game and almost every dev is trying to walk a fine line between certain economic collapse and total player delight
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Ubisoft and Treyarch resorting to regurgitative AI in their big $70 “AAA” games is simply pathetic.
The lack of integrity, the lack of dignity, the lack of pride. Sure, it’s all expected, but nonetheless miserably *pathetic* to witness.
Have some fucking self respect for once.
The lack of integrity, the lack of dignity, the lack of pride. Sure, it’s all expected, but nonetheless miserably *pathetic* to witness.
Have some fucking self respect for once.
November 15, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Ubisoft and Treyarch resorting to regurgitative AI in their big $70 “AAA” games is simply pathetic.
The lack of integrity, the lack of dignity, the lack of pride. Sure, it’s all expected, but nonetheless miserably *pathetic* to witness.
Have some fucking self respect for once.
The lack of integrity, the lack of dignity, the lack of pride. Sure, it’s all expected, but nonetheless miserably *pathetic* to witness.
Have some fucking self respect for once.
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Call of Duty Black Ops 7 has been added to the Game UI Database!... but with no UI. Instead, the page redirects to an article about the game's use of AI-generated icons and banners.
Much respect to the UI team, you don't deserve to be associated with this. Shame on Activision.
www.gameuidatabase.com
Much respect to the UI team, you don't deserve to be associated with this. Shame on Activision.
www.gameuidatabase.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Call of Duty Black Ops 7 has been added to the Game UI Database!... but with no UI. Instead, the page redirects to an article about the game's use of AI-generated icons and banners.
Much respect to the UI team, you don't deserve to be associated with this. Shame on Activision.
www.gameuidatabase.com
Much respect to the UI team, you don't deserve to be associated with this. Shame on Activision.
www.gameuidatabase.com
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It's fine, it's just placeholder
It's only a couple background things
Nobody reads those anyway
Don't worry, it reflects the creative intent of the team
You see, they're just a little guy
Wow, I had no idea
I mean you can barely tell
Well, all my friends bought it
It's only a couple background things
Nobody reads those anyway
Don't worry, it reflects the creative intent of the team
You see, they're just a little guy
Wow, I had no idea
I mean you can barely tell
Well, all my friends bought it
Call of Duty isn't even hiding the fact that loads of its calling cards and other unlockables are AI generated this year.
For one of the biggest video game franchises in the world this is pretty disgusting...
For one of the biggest video game franchises in the world this is pretty disgusting...
November 15, 2025 at 12:08 AM
It's fine, it's just placeholder
It's only a couple background things
Nobody reads those anyway
Don't worry, it reflects the creative intent of the team
You see, they're just a little guy
Wow, I had no idea
I mean you can barely tell
Well, all my friends bought it
It's only a couple background things
Nobody reads those anyway
Don't worry, it reflects the creative intent of the team
You see, they're just a little guy
Wow, I had no idea
I mean you can barely tell
Well, all my friends bought it
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$35 billion dollar franchise too cheap to pay for art…
Call of Duty isn't even hiding the fact that loads of its calling cards and other unlockables are AI generated this year.
For one of the biggest video game franchises in the world this is pretty disgusting...
For one of the biggest video game franchises in the world this is pretty disgusting...
November 14, 2025 at 10:04 PM
$35 billion dollar franchise too cheap to pay for art…