David Scherer
@dastardlydavid.bsky.social
Dog Dad, Aspiring Author, Professor of English Composition 🇵🇷🌰
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We spoke to a dozen professional concept artists who are currently or have previously worked in game development about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs any easier.
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
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Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
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Concept Artists Say Generative AI References Only Make Their Jobs Harder
“The ‘early ideation stages’, when worlds are being fleshed out by writers and artists, are literally crucial to the development of a game’s vision,” said one artist.
thisweekinvideogames.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
We spoke to a dozen professional concept artists who are currently or have previously worked in game development about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs any easier.
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
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I love him. “The first time I caught up to [ICE], I could tell that they already knew who I was. They had seen me before, so they thought they were just going to speed away. I was like, ‘Ha ha, bitches, I got a new scooter!’”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I love him. “The first time I caught up to [ICE], I could tell that they already knew who I was. They had seen me before, so they thought they were just going to speed away. I was like, ‘Ha ha, bitches, I got a new scooter!’”
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“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
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“We were effectively props”: young stars of game development feel let down by the ‘gaming Oscars’
Announced in 2020 by the Game Awards as an inclusive programme for the industry’s next generation, the Future Class initiative has now been discontinued. Inductees describe clashes with organisers and...
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November 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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I reached out to The White House and asked about its use of AI-generated Halo imagery. White House Deputy Press Secretary Kush Desai just responded to me, and it's insane.
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October 28, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I reached out to The White House and asked about its use of AI-generated Halo imagery. White House Deputy Press Secretary Kush Desai just responded to me, and it's insane.
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"It’s not too simplistic to say that the leadership that can’t unite behind Mamdani now is the leadership that made Mamdani possible—a cynical and bloodless and compromised liberalism that’s hovering tentatively by the focus groups while real popular movements takes shape on their own."
Democratic voters want their leaders to stop running from Zohran Mamdani
"It's so ugly, it's so cowardly, it's so stupid."
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September 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"It’s not too simplistic to say that the leadership that can’t unite behind Mamdani now is the leadership that made Mamdani possible—a cynical and bloodless and compromised liberalism that’s hovering tentatively by the focus groups while real popular movements takes shape on their own."
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Ziff Davis and IGN routinely decide that work done by our laid off colleagues is not important. But inevitably, that crucial work falls onto those who remain.
Not this time. Not anymore.
Not this time. Not anymore.
August 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Ziff Davis and IGN routinely decide that work done by our laid off colleagues is not important. But inevitably, that crucial work falls onto those who remain.
Not this time. Not anymore.
Not this time. Not anymore.
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The final statement by Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif, written months ago in anticipation of his likely death, posted on Twitter/X by a friend. Israel assassinated him tonight along with his reporting team in an airstrike in Gaza.
August 10, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The final statement by Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif, written months ago in anticipation of his likely death, posted on Twitter/X by a friend. Israel assassinated him tonight along with his reporting team in an airstrike in Gaza.
Who gives a shit, fuck the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
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May 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Who gives a shit, fuck the AI industry
While still great, S2 of #tLoU has some unforced errors. The 7 episode season felt rushed, too much tell and not enough show of just about everything, which ties into some complaints about clunky dialogue that was too on the nose. Still very good tv, but I’m cooler this season than I was on S1.
May 26, 2025 at 2:24 AM
While still great, S2 of #tLoU has some unforced errors. The 7 episode season felt rushed, too much tell and not enough show of just about everything, which ties into some complaints about clunky dialogue that was too on the nose. Still very good tv, but I’m cooler this season than I was on S1.
I put up one bird feeder and now my backyard is a goddamn aviary.
At one point there were 19+ birds all around our yard and I just had to stop counting.
Oh and two squirrels that keep climbing the feeder and falling. Here’s one sunbathing.
At one point there were 19+ birds all around our yard and I just had to stop counting.
Oh and two squirrels that keep climbing the feeder and falling. Here’s one sunbathing.
May 23, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I put up one bird feeder and now my backyard is a goddamn aviary.
At one point there were 19+ birds all around our yard and I just had to stop counting.
Oh and two squirrels that keep climbing the feeder and falling. Here’s one sunbathing.
At one point there were 19+ birds all around our yard and I just had to stop counting.
Oh and two squirrels that keep climbing the feeder and falling. Here’s one sunbathing.
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The pitch is never that AI will fold the laundry for us, it's always that AI will remove the good stuff from our lives. Picking a birthday present for my kid isn't a box I check, it's something I want to do, and six months later when that's the stuffy she sleeps with I get to feel good about that.
May 20, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The pitch is never that AI will fold the laundry for us, it's always that AI will remove the good stuff from our lives. Picking a birthday present for my kid isn't a box I check, it's something I want to do, and six months later when that's the stuffy she sleeps with I get to feel good about that.
Nintendo is embodying the sort of greed that inspired Greek tragedies. 👀
Absolutely insane costs for standard visual upgrades; no one I know who would normally want a switch 2 has plans to get one anytime soon.
Absolutely insane costs for standard visual upgrades; no one I know who would normally want a switch 2 has plans to get one anytime soon.
'The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild' Nintendo Switch 2 Edition wont come with the DLC content.
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April 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Nintendo is embodying the sort of greed that inspired Greek tragedies. 👀
Absolutely insane costs for standard visual upgrades; no one I know who would normally want a switch 2 has plans to get one anytime soon.
Absolutely insane costs for standard visual upgrades; no one I know who would normally want a switch 2 has plans to get one anytime soon.
Final #Switch2 predictions:
-It can make a mean chicken noodle soup
-Mouse stuff isn’t real, we just thought about it too hard
-Focus on long showcases of first-party games
- One Two Switch spiritual sequel
- Pikmin 5 tease with water sparkling and stuff, no year
- Spend way too long on BotW
- $399
-It can make a mean chicken noodle soup
-Mouse stuff isn’t real, we just thought about it too hard
-Focus on long showcases of first-party games
- One Two Switch spiritual sequel
- Pikmin 5 tease with water sparkling and stuff, no year
- Spend way too long on BotW
- $399
April 2, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Final #Switch2 predictions:
-It can make a mean chicken noodle soup
-Mouse stuff isn’t real, we just thought about it too hard
-Focus on long showcases of first-party games
- One Two Switch spiritual sequel
- Pikmin 5 tease with water sparkling and stuff, no year
- Spend way too long on BotW
- $399
-It can make a mean chicken noodle soup
-Mouse stuff isn’t real, we just thought about it too hard
-Focus on long showcases of first-party games
- One Two Switch spiritual sequel
- Pikmin 5 tease with water sparkling and stuff, no year
- Spend way too long on BotW
- $399
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Game Informer is back! The entire team is returning and we can't wait to reconnect. Come join us to celebrate the best in games, the people who make games, and the people who play games from all around the world.
www.gameinformer.com/letter-from-...
www.gameinformer.com/letter-from-...
March 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Game Informer is back! The entire team is returning and we can't wait to reconnect. Come join us to celebrate the best in games, the people who make games, and the people who play games from all around the world.
www.gameinformer.com/letter-from-...
www.gameinformer.com/letter-from-...
Cat Quest III unironically one of the best games I’ve played so far this year, wish I’d gotten to it sooner. Platinum trophy in one day, 7 hour experience; devs understand the genres they’re playing in incredibly well and have clearly worked hard at combat and world design. Just a ton of fun!
4.7/5
4.7/5
March 22, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Cat Quest III unironically one of the best games I’ve played so far this year, wish I’d gotten to it sooner. Platinum trophy in one day, 7 hour experience; devs understand the genres they’re playing in incredibly well and have clearly worked hard at combat and world design. Just a ton of fun!
4.7/5
4.7/5
MH: Wilds has been a treat so far. Here is a journal of my experience
March 15, 2025 at 8:14 PM
MH: Wilds has been a treat so far. Here is a journal of my experience
Hanging out solo in the simulation, because I’m just a chill guy who appreciates the beauty of simulated architecture as well as the horror of the Vex mind singularity. Really just don’t give a frick, ya know?
#destiny2 #Justachillguy
#destiny2 #Justachillguy
November 20, 2024 at 5:37 PM
Hanging out solo in the simulation, because I’m just a chill guy who appreciates the beauty of simulated architecture as well as the horror of the Vex mind singularity. Really just don’t give a frick, ya know?
#destiny2 #Justachillguy
#destiny2 #Justachillguy
Turns out my wife grew up in the town from Friday Night Lights.*
The stands are like an MGM app of middle aged dads and grandparents.
*my wife has made it clear she is not in fact from the town in Friday Night Lights. Agree to disagree.
The stands are like an MGM app of middle aged dads and grandparents.
*my wife has made it clear she is not in fact from the town in Friday Night Lights. Agree to disagree.
October 18, 2024 at 10:32 PM
Turns out my wife grew up in the town from Friday Night Lights.*
The stands are like an MGM app of middle aged dads and grandparents.
*my wife has made it clear she is not in fact from the town in Friday Night Lights. Agree to disagree.
The stands are like an MGM app of middle aged dads and grandparents.
*my wife has made it clear she is not in fact from the town in Friday Night Lights. Agree to disagree.
Dog farted so loud my wife scrambled to the opposite side of the couch.
I look in his direction and he just gives me this face:
I look in his direction and he just gives me this face:
October 18, 2024 at 1:04 AM
Dog farted so loud my wife scrambled to the opposite side of the couch.
I look in his direction and he just gives me this face:
I look in his direction and he just gives me this face: