Nevermind
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SJW libtard feminazi. Also game developer. CTO @ Owlcat Games. He/Him.
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Hey new MMO with gen AI powered NPC dialogue, how's that working out for you?
December 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Hey new MMO with gen AI powered NPC dialogue, how's that working out for you?
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Because you're an adult you fucking muppet. You gotta pay the magic forward.
December 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Because you're an adult you fucking muppet. You gotta pay the magic forward.
Sometimes I read things like this and wonder, are videogames to blame? Especially more casual and f2p ones? This is literally what many games teach: you don't have to read, you don't have to understand, push buttons, nice things happen. I've noticed this is how I approach many games too these days..
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
December 1, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Sometimes I read things like this and wonder, are videogames to blame? Especially more casual and f2p ones? This is literally what many games teach: you don't have to read, you don't have to understand, push buttons, nice things happen. I've noticed this is how I approach many games too these days..
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last week i remembered that macOS lets you set your own icons and that *I* have the power to delegitimize the professionalism of the software that runs on my machine, so here's a thread of the 16 new icons i've made so far
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
November 29, 2025 at 1:48 AM
last week i remembered that macOS lets you set your own icons and that *I* have the power to delegitimize the professionalism of the software that runs on my machine, so here's a thread of the 16 new icons i've made so far
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
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Let's talk about what "challenging art" means, because a lot of people seem to believe that the author fucked up somehow if it challenges the intended audience. The intended audience should be sitting there nodding, going, "So true. I hope this challenges the right people. I knew already."
November 27, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Let's talk about what "challenging art" means, because a lot of people seem to believe that the author fucked up somehow if it challenges the intended audience. The intended audience should be sitting there nodding, going, "So true. I hope this challenges the right people. I knew already."
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using AI for code is great to get you 50% of the way there, especially if you were 80% there already
November 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
using AI for code is great to get you 50% of the way there, especially if you were 80% there already
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Having worked on MMOs for much of my career — all of which by nature have heavily online and engaged fanbases — one of the biggest problems your design and community teams have to deal with is charismatic idiots.
One of the producers on Guilty Gear Strive said it was basically impossible to source player feedback on balance changes online because nobody had original opinions and would just parrot what the most popular content creators said and so they had to rely on data and I think about that every day.
November 24, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Having worked on MMOs for much of my career — all of which by nature have heavily online and engaged fanbases — one of the biggest problems your design and community teams have to deal with is charismatic idiots.
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Google has started automatically opting you in to let it read your stuff to train AI. You need to turn this off in SEVERAL places in your settings (not just for Gmail), if you want to maintain privacy and confidentiality.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Google has started automatically opting you in to let it read your stuff to train AI. You need to turn this off in SEVERAL places in your settings (not just for Gmail), if you want to maintain privacy and confidentiality.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
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Mamdani rolls for Persuasion: "Natural 20! ...My total is... 41. Let's goooooo!"
DM looking over the rims of their glasses, like their soul has left their body: "...Fucking Bards, I swear."
DM looking over the rims of their glasses, like their soul has left their body: "...Fucking Bards, I swear."
Reporter to Trump: Would you feel comfortable living in NYC under a Mamdani mayoralty?
Trump: "I would. I really would. Especially after the meeting, absolutely."
Trump: "I would. I really would. Especially after the meeting, absolutely."
November 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Mamdani rolls for Persuasion: "Natural 20! ...My total is... 41. Let's goooooo!"
DM looking over the rims of their glasses, like their soul has left their body: "...Fucking Bards, I swear."
DM looking over the rims of their glasses, like their soul has left their body: "...Fucking Bards, I swear."
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Recent discussion about the perils of doors in gamedev reminded me of a bug caused by a door in a game you may have heard of called "Half Life 2".
I wrote it up over on Mastodon (I find it's better at long threads):
mastodon.gamedev.place/@TomF/115589...
I wrote it up over on Mastodon (I find it's better at long threads):
mastodon.gamedev.place/@TomF/115589...
Tom Forsyth (@TomF@mastodon.gamedev.place)
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Recent discussion about the perils of doors in gamedev reminded me of a bug caused by a door in a game you may heard of called "Half Life 2". Are you sitting comfortably? Then I sha...
mastodon.gamedev.place
November 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Recent discussion about the perils of doors in gamedev reminded me of a bug caused by a door in a game you may have heard of called "Half Life 2".
I wrote it up over on Mastodon (I find it's better at long threads):
mastodon.gamedev.place/@TomF/115589...
I wrote it up over on Mastodon (I find it's better at long threads):
mastodon.gamedev.place/@TomF/115589...
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Rob Fahey explores how discussions over where "the line" lies for using AI assets often ignore a universal truth of consumer behaviour
www.gamesindustry.biz/ai-assets-ar...
www.gamesindustry.biz/ai-assets-ar...
AI assets are an unconscionable risk for premium-priced games | Opinion
Discussions over where "the line" lies for using AI assets often ignore a universal truth of consumer behaviour – we pay a premium for authenticity and realness
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Rob Fahey explores how discussions over where "the line" lies for using AI assets often ignore a universal truth of consumer behaviour
www.gamesindustry.biz/ai-assets-ar...
www.gamesindustry.biz/ai-assets-ar...
The Expanse: Osiris Reborn
equel: a piece of media that's neither sequel nor prequel, taking place around the same time as the events of the previous release
November 22, 2025 at 6:59 AM
The Expanse: Osiris Reborn
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said this as a joke but honestly,,
August 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
said this as a joke but honestly,,
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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look I do think that the world of cyberpunk poetry wars would suck but it would be cooler than this
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 20, 2025 at 9:43 PM
look I do think that the world of cyberpunk poetry wars would suck but it would be cooler than this
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Thread. “AI is patching up the holes in conspiracy theories and so making them seem more reasonable, making them easier to spread and more resilient to collapse” was not on my bingo card.
AI relieves the pressure of cognitive dissonance. That’s … not great.
AI relieves the pressure of cognitive dissonance. That’s … not great.
Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
November 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Thread. “AI is patching up the holes in conspiracy theories and so making them seem more reasonable, making them easier to spread and more resilient to collapse” was not on my bingo card.
AI relieves the pressure of cognitive dissonance. That’s … not great.
AI relieves the pressure of cognitive dissonance. That’s … not great.
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according to the elias sports bureau, bill clinton is the first person to get the most famous blowjob of two different centuries
November 15, 2025 at 5:48 AM
according to the elias sports bureau, bill clinton is the first person to get the most famous blowjob of two different centuries
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toy company CEOs: "at long last, we have created the Sinister Talking Doll Factory from the acclaimed movie 'Don't Create the Sinister Talking Doll Factory'"
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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AI-Powered Toys Caught Telling 5-Year-Olds How to Find Knives and Start Fires With Matches
AI-powered toys are flying off the shelves -- but they're engaging in horrifically inappropriate conversations with children.
futurism.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
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"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
November 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
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how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
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a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
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not nearly enough people want to kill god though and frankly some of you need to step up your game here
November 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM
not nearly enough people want to kill god though and frankly some of you need to step up your game here
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A really great thread of unusual 2025 releases. It's sort of terrifying that despite talking to people and reading about games every day, and most of these games being the exact kind of thing I look for/share/discuss, I have heard of maybe four of the games in this thread. Game discovery, man.
There's a round of GOTY discussion going around, and I realized that a lot of my favourite games this year have been absolute Sicko Picks.
So here's a few games I've loved so far in 2025, starting with a mild one: Babushka's Glitch Dungeon. A scrunkly lil' puzzle-metroidvania with so many fun verbs
So here's a few games I've loved so far in 2025, starting with a mild one: Babushka's Glitch Dungeon. A scrunkly lil' puzzle-metroidvania with so many fun verbs
Save 50% on Babushka's Glitch Dungeon on Steam
Oh hello dearie.. Babushka needs to clean up her big magical cellar. Use hag magic, or just hit stuff with your broom.
store.steampowered.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:59 AM
A really great thread of unusual 2025 releases. It's sort of terrifying that despite talking to people and reading about games every day, and most of these games being the exact kind of thing I look for/share/discuss, I have heard of maybe four of the games in this thread. Game discovery, man.
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Today we present you the Main Theme of The Expanse: Osiris Reborn, composed by Paweł Perepelica. Become a captain of your own life, gather a team of loyal companions to explore the Solar System and challenge a powerful enemy together.
#TheExpanse
#OsirisReborn
youtu.be/9PqNeoff3NI
#TheExpanse
#OsirisReborn
youtu.be/9PqNeoff3NI
The Expanse: Osiris Reborn — Main Theme
YouTube video by Owlcat Games
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November 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Today we present you the Main Theme of The Expanse: Osiris Reborn, composed by Paweł Perepelica. Become a captain of your own life, gather a team of loyal companions to explore the Solar System and challenge a powerful enemy together.
#TheExpanse
#OsirisReborn
youtu.be/9PqNeoff3NI
#TheExpanse
#OsirisReborn
youtu.be/9PqNeoff3NI