Brawlatron
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“average gamedev makes $142,000 a year" factoid actualy just statistical error. average gamedev makes $0 per year. Executives Georg, who lives in cave & makes over $10,000 each day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted
The average salary for games industry professionals based in the United States was $142,000 in 2025, according to a new report from GDC Festival of Gaming.
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GDC Survey: Average salary for US games professionals was $142,000 in 2025
Findings reveal 33% of workers feel employers are "working to close existing pay gaps," while one-tenth report no efforts are being made
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 14, 2025 at 10:26 PM
“average gamedev makes $142,000 a year" factoid actualy just statistical error. average gamedev makes $0 per year. Executives Georg, who lives in cave & makes over $10,000 each day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted
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So, those Prime 4 previews...
an elderly man is sitting in a dark room and says sometimes dead is better .
Alt: an elderly man is sitting in a dark room and says sometimes dead is better .
media.tenor.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:08 AM
So, those Prime 4 previews...
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So, those Prime 4 previews...
an elderly man is sitting in a dark room and says sometimes dead is better .
Alt: an elderly man is sitting in a dark room and says sometimes dead is better .
media.tenor.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:08 AM
So, those Prime 4 previews...
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It cannot be remembered enough that these were the same people who got worked up about drag brunches
November 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
It cannot be remembered enough that these were the same people who got worked up about drag brunches
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“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
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zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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love that hundreds of billions has been invested/wasted on AI development and yet we still cannot just sign/edit a fucking PDF without needing to perform a blood ritual
November 14, 2025 at 1:13 AM
love that hundreds of billions has been invested/wasted on AI development and yet we still cannot just sign/edit a fucking PDF without needing to perform a blood ritual
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My favorite development of this is the excuse that if the board of ethics WERE to follow their current rules, there would be too MANY companies they'd have to divest from.
Capital will stop at nothing to gain more capital. They've spent decades spending the lives of others. Soon it will be yours.
Capital will stop at nothing to gain more capital. They've spent decades spending the lives of others. Soon it will be yours.
Gotta love my Norwegian government voting against Elon's 1 trillion dollar payout since our sovereign wealth fund is invested in Tesla. Gonna keep our stocks tho, also, let's pass legislation to make it harder for the board of ethics to manage that fund when it comes to companies aiding genocides.
November 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
My favorite development of this is the excuse that if the board of ethics WERE to follow their current rules, there would be too MANY companies they'd have to divest from.
Capital will stop at nothing to gain more capital. They've spent decades spending the lives of others. Soon it will be yours.
Capital will stop at nothing to gain more capital. They've spent decades spending the lives of others. Soon it will be yours.
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The Republican president is a pedophile who has doubled my healthcare costs and let scores of violent criminals out of jail. But a Democratic mayor-elect wants to make busses free in a city I don't live in. I have never felt more politically homeless.
November 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The Republican president is a pedophile who has doubled my healthcare costs and let scores of violent criminals out of jail. But a Democratic mayor-elect wants to make busses free in a city I don't live in. I have never felt more politically homeless.
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Friendly reminder to leave reviews on the indie games you play🫡 in the past two weeks, we saw the releases of The Skeletons Are Fighting, Parable Academy and Heatwave. With less than 10 reviews, they are kept out of the Steam discovery queue. If you enjoyed them, leave a mark!
November 13, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Friendly reminder to leave reviews on the indie games you play🫡 in the past two weeks, we saw the releases of The Skeletons Are Fighting, Parable Academy and Heatwave. With less than 10 reviews, they are kept out of the Steam discovery queue. If you enjoyed them, leave a mark!
Y'know... Maybe America will actually start taking this seriously since we got their most important sticking point: Corruption via Emails
November 13, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Y'know... Maybe America will actually start taking this seriously since we got their most important sticking point: Corruption via Emails
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Fuck it, do your worst
November 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Fuck it, do your worst
Fuck it, do your worst
November 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Fuck it, do your worst
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They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
November 12, 2025 at 1:09 AM
They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
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Ask literally any voice actor if they get royalties from the video games they worked on.
They will tell you no. They might even laugh.
Now imagine any developer actively trying to use AI VO to save money wanting to offer something like that.
They will tell you no. They might even laugh.
Now imagine any developer actively trying to use AI VO to save money wanting to offer something like that.
Also, re: "they get royalties", how much money is that? Does it make up for the lack of continued work?
Paying next to nothing is still "getting paid royalties" but is functionally nothing.
Paying next to nothing is still "getting paid royalties" but is functionally nothing.
November 11, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Ask literally any voice actor if they get royalties from the video games they worked on.
They will tell you no. They might even laugh.
Now imagine any developer actively trying to use AI VO to save money wanting to offer something like that.
They will tell you no. They might even laugh.
Now imagine any developer actively trying to use AI VO to save money wanting to offer something like that.
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a year later a giant part of the US economy is built on this notion most people don't care to know how to do basic things, want to be lazy, unprepared and incapable, phoning it all in. part of my doubt about a future for mainstream AI is I reject that premise. most people really are better than that
Apple's brand marketing history, Our Users Are
-Revolutionary visionaries (80s)
-Like Picasso, Einstein "think different" (late 90s)
-Cool creatives (iMac/iPod)
-Successful, high status (iPhone to iWatch)
-Unprepared bad workers, office loser, can't read/write one line emails (Apple Intelligence/AI)
-Revolutionary visionaries (80s)
-Like Picasso, Einstein "think different" (late 90s)
-Cool creatives (iMac/iPod)
-Successful, high status (iPhone to iWatch)
-Unprepared bad workers, office loser, can't read/write one line emails (Apple Intelligence/AI)
November 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
a year later a giant part of the US economy is built on this notion most people don't care to know how to do basic things, want to be lazy, unprepared and incapable, phoning it all in. part of my doubt about a future for mainstream AI is I reject that premise. most people really are better than that
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The only way to win is to do what keeps losing, because what just won can't win.
At a certain point it stops being gaslight and starts being deadlight.
At a certain point it stops being gaslight and starts being deadlight.
November 11, 2025 at 11:43 PM
The only way to win is to do what keeps losing, because what just won can't win.
At a certain point it stops being gaslight and starts being deadlight.
At a certain point it stops being gaslight and starts being deadlight.
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spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
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"This use of GenAI is fine because VAs signed contracts to relinquish their rights".
Well yeah, have you seen what happens to those who don't want to sign off on this? Can you really call that consent when the alternative is losing (or never getting) a job?
Well yeah, have you seen what happens to those who don't want to sign off on this? Can you really call that consent when the alternative is losing (or never getting) a job?
November 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
"This use of GenAI is fine because VAs signed contracts to relinquish their rights".
Well yeah, have you seen what happens to those who don't want to sign off on this? Can you really call that consent when the alternative is losing (or never getting) a job?
Well yeah, have you seen what happens to those who don't want to sign off on this? Can you really call that consent when the alternative is losing (or never getting) a job?
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Michael Shannon cooking with gas here:
November 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Michael Shannon cooking with gas here:
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Heads up for folx playing Arc Raiders: Embark has openly stated (in an interview with GamesRadar+), that the game uses the same AI voice tech as The Finals, and the CEO has talked about using AI to generate 3D models from YouTube rips.
If you're anti-AI you should not be playing Arc Raiders!
If you're anti-AI you should not be playing Arc Raiders!
Not to be the fun police but I do hope people know that Arc Raiders does use generative AI for voice acting, and by supporting the game you're letting higher-ups know that this is an okay practice.
They try to downplay this on the Steam store page by describing the AI usage as vaguely as possible.
They try to downplay this on the Steam store page by describing the AI usage as vaguely as possible.
November 9, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Heads up for folx playing Arc Raiders: Embark has openly stated (in an interview with GamesRadar+), that the game uses the same AI voice tech as The Finals, and the CEO has talked about using AI to generate 3D models from YouTube rips.
If you're anti-AI you should not be playing Arc Raiders!
If you're anti-AI you should not be playing Arc Raiders!
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Neurodivergence is being mocked your whole life for being "weird" because you're different, then after years of social trauma finally learning to embrace your differences only to be told "everyone is like that, you're not special" 😒🤦♀️
November 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Neurodivergence is being mocked your whole life for being "weird" because you're different, then after years of social trauma finally learning to embrace your differences only to be told "everyone is like that, you're not special" 😒🤦♀️