Dr. Mongoose
@drmongoose.bsky.social
He/Him.
https://bsky.app/profile/danceswithdicecast.bsky.social
Dungeon Master
Not a Doctor, but I play one on the Internet
DnD podcast: http://danceswithdice.contactinbio.com
https://bsky.app/profile/danceswithdicecast.bsky.social
Dungeon Master
Not a Doctor, but I play one on the Internet
DnD podcast: http://danceswithdice.contactinbio.com
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if you dislike AI and like me you were about to buy the new ANNO, probably worth reading this
November 14, 2025 at 1:59 AM
if you dislike AI and like me you were about to buy the new ANNO, probably worth reading this
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Bob Iger says Disney+ will soon have AI-generated short form content from users.
This is the platform that wants you to pay $189.99 per year.
This is the platform that wants you to pay $189.99 per year.
November 13, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Bob Iger says Disney+ will soon have AI-generated short form content from users.
This is the platform that wants you to pay $189.99 per year.
This is the platform that wants you to pay $189.99 per year.
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And when actors went on strike over AI protections - literally fighting the bots - they wrote satirical dialogue to explain absences that was fully aligned with their own world-building, instead of replacing them with AI, or other actors.
Cognitive assonance, so cool, so classy, so appreciated 😭😭😭
Cognitive assonance, so cool, so classy, so appreciated 😭😭😭
The insight and emotion you can get from a real actor can't be replicated by ai. And that's without accounting for what an actor can provide via collaboration.
Like, Helldivers 2 is a great game. But it is ELEVATED by the scenery chewing VA they were able to invoke from their actors.
Like, Helldivers 2 is a great game. But it is ELEVATED by the scenery chewing VA they were able to invoke from their actors.
November 12, 2025 at 10:03 PM
And when actors went on strike over AI protections - literally fighting the bots - they wrote satirical dialogue to explain absences that was fully aligned with their own world-building, instead of replacing them with AI, or other actors.
Cognitive assonance, so cool, so classy, so appreciated 😭😭😭
Cognitive assonance, so cool, so classy, so appreciated 😭😭😭
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Mako voiced Iroh in Avatar The Last Airbender and Aku in Samurai Jack. He passed away in 2006 and Greg Bladwin took over those roles for ATLA's 3rd & final season, The Legend of Korra, and Samurai Jack's revival.
Fuck digital necromancy. Fuck AI replacing real talent. Fuck anyone who argues for it.
Fuck digital necromancy. Fuck AI replacing real talent. Fuck anyone who argues for it.
Saw someone arguing about the AI voices situation and their point in defense of using AI was “there’s a new Max Payne remake coming out, the main voice actor died, how else are they supposed to give him a voice?”
It is absurd to me that this is even considered a “good point” from either side.
It is absurd to me that this is even considered a “good point” from either side.
November 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Mako voiced Iroh in Avatar The Last Airbender and Aku in Samurai Jack. He passed away in 2006 and Greg Bladwin took over those roles for ATLA's 3rd & final season, The Legend of Korra, and Samurai Jack's revival.
Fuck digital necromancy. Fuck AI replacing real talent. Fuck anyone who argues for it.
Fuck digital necromancy. Fuck AI replacing real talent. Fuck anyone who argues for it.
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I saw someone during all the Bond talk do the "oh, he's a Time Lord" thing, the extra-nerdy cousin of the "oh, James Bond is just a codename" thing, and what that and the below have in common is -- can we as a culture just for once be NORMAL about the occasional need for recasting, for fuck's sake?
Saw someone arguing about the AI voices situation and their point in defense of using AI was “there’s a new Max Payne remake coming out, the main voice actor died, how else are they supposed to give him a voice?”
It is absurd to me that this is even considered a “good point” from either side.
It is absurd to me that this is even considered a “good point” from either side.
November 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I saw someone during all the Bond talk do the "oh, he's a Time Lord" thing, the extra-nerdy cousin of the "oh, James Bond is just a codename" thing, and what that and the below have in common is -- can we as a culture just for once be NORMAL about the occasional need for recasting, for fuck's sake?
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While prepping for my Obsidian interview, I listened to a 2019 interview with Fallout co-creator and Outer Worlds 2 creative director Leonard Boyarsky, who mused then about using AI to help write NPC dialogue.
When I checked if they'd used it for OW2, the answer: “We haven’t been using it AT ALL.”
When I checked if they'd used it for OW2, the answer: “We haven’t been using it AT ALL.”
November 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
While prepping for my Obsidian interview, I listened to a 2019 interview with Fallout co-creator and Outer Worlds 2 creative director Leonard Boyarsky, who mused then about using AI to help write NPC dialogue.
When I checked if they'd used it for OW2, the answer: “We haven’t been using it AT ALL.”
When I checked if they'd used it for OW2, the answer: “We haven’t been using it AT ALL.”
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As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.
November 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.
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Dropping cosmetics prices and refunding players who already bought them is a fun distraction from all the negative talk about not using human voice actors for your NPCs
But it also follows that if you can afford to cut prices and do refunds, you could afford to pay human actors to voice your NPCs.
But it also follows that if you can afford to cut prices and do refunds, you could afford to pay human actors to voice your NPCs.
Arc Raiders Lowering Skin Prices & Issuing Refunds After Backlash
While Arc Raiders certainly isn’t alone in featuring paid cosmetics and, soon, battle passes, the game has come under fire from fans since launch for its pricey skins and concerns that some items in the upcoming premium battle…
While Arc Raiders certainly isn’t alone in featuring paid cosmetics and, soon, battle passes, the game has come under fire from fans since launch for its pricey skins and concerns that some items in the upcoming premium battle…
Arc Raiders Lowering Skin Prices & Issuing Refunds After Backlash
While Arc Raiders certainly isn’t alone in featuring paid cosmetics and, soon, battle passes, the game has come under fire from fans since launch for its pricey skins and concerns that some items in the upcoming premium battle passes will be “pay-to-win.” In a blog post outlining some pricing changes, however, developer Embark Studios is responding to player feedback and concern, lowering prices on existing cosmetics and clarifying what fans can expect when premium battle passes arrive.
toolcome.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Dropping cosmetics prices and refunding players who already bought them is a fun distraction from all the negative talk about not using human voice actors for your NPCs
But it also follows that if you can afford to cut prices and do refunds, you could afford to pay human actors to voice your NPCs.
But it also follows that if you can afford to cut prices and do refunds, you could afford to pay human actors to voice your NPCs.
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Repeating this insight.
November 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Repeating this insight.
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We don’t use generative AI at Strange Scaffold and I can confirm that a *lot* of other studios are not—whether indie or AAA.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm
automaton-media.com/en/news/its-...
automaton-media.com/en/news/its-...
“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm - AUTOMATON WEST
In an interview following the launch of ARC Raiders, the CEO of Embark Studios' parent company Nexon shares his views on AI.
automaton-media.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:25 AM
We don’t use generative AI at Strange Scaffold and I can confirm that a *lot* of other studios are not—whether indie or AAA.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
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Since apparently there is James Bond discourse, here’s the simplest way to get out this self-imposed “how do we unkill Bond” mess.
YOU DON’T *NEED* CONTINUITY, FFS
Keep the same actors for M, Moneypenny, Q, Leiter, and Lashana Lynch as 008 or whatever number.
New Bond.
Set it in the 60s.
EASY.
YOU DON’T *NEED* CONTINUITY, FFS
Keep the same actors for M, Moneypenny, Q, Leiter, and Lashana Lynch as 008 or whatever number.
New Bond.
Set it in the 60s.
EASY.
November 11, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Since apparently there is James Bond discourse, here’s the simplest way to get out this self-imposed “how do we unkill Bond” mess.
YOU DON’T *NEED* CONTINUITY, FFS
Keep the same actors for M, Moneypenny, Q, Leiter, and Lashana Lynch as 008 or whatever number.
New Bond.
Set it in the 60s.
EASY.
YOU DON’T *NEED* CONTINUITY, FFS
Keep the same actors for M, Moneypenny, Q, Leiter, and Lashana Lynch as 008 or whatever number.
New Bond.
Set it in the 60s.
EASY.
An off week doesn't mean you need to take any time off from the #DWDCast! Campaigns 1 & 2 at the link in our bio, fresh episodes every other Tuesday!
#dnd #dnd5e #dungeonsanddragons #dndpodcast #dungeonsanddragonspodcast
#dnd #dnd5e #dungeonsanddragons #dndpodcast #dungeonsanddragonspodcast
November 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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US senators will say anything. "Standing up to donald trump gave him more power." No it didn't. That isn't true.
This is what bullies want you to think, and it's why they get stronger
November 11, 2025 at 8:09 PM
US senators will say anything. "Standing up to donald trump gave him more power." No it didn't. That isn't true.
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“Who get royalties from the game”
Oh we’re all just telling fairy tales now?
They also got a horse drawn carriage!
Oh we’re all just telling fairy tales now?
They also got a horse drawn carriage!
November 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
“Who get royalties from the game”
Oh we’re all just telling fairy tales now?
They also got a horse drawn carriage!
Oh we’re all just telling fairy tales now?
They also got a horse drawn carriage!
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An off week doesn't mean you need to take any time off from the #DWDCast! Campaigns 1 & 2 at the link in our bio, fresh episodes every other Tuesday!
#dnd #dnd5e #dungeonsanddragons #dndpodcast #dungeonsanddragonspodcast
#dnd #dnd5e #dungeonsanddragons #dndpodcast #dungeonsanddragonspodcast
November 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
An off week doesn't mean you need to take any time off from the #DWDCast! Campaigns 1 & 2 at the link in our bio, fresh episodes every other Tuesday!
#dnd #dnd5e #dungeonsanddragons #dndpodcast #dungeonsanddragonspodcast
#dnd #dnd5e #dungeonsanddragons #dndpodcast #dungeonsanddragonspodcast
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this is so silly. people know the deal with bond. the writers should just embrace the metatextual aspects of the franchise
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
this is so silly. people know the deal with bond. the writers should just embrace the metatextual aspects of the franchise
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the reactionary centrists with cushy opinion gigs couldn't make it through a 15 minute live discussion with a randomly selected progressive operative, political scientist or Resistance-era precinct captain
No, false.
This wasn’t about a mere “policy agenda”—pre-Trump shutdowns were, which is also why they were much shorter—it was about egregious lawbreaking.
No one explained how it could’ve gone any other way? I did.
Just put on the red hat and say you like the serially lying authoritarian, Josh.
This wasn’t about a mere “policy agenda”—pre-Trump shutdowns were, which is also why they were much shorter—it was about egregious lawbreaking.
No one explained how it could’ve gone any other way? I did.
Just put on the red hat and say you like the serially lying authoritarian, Josh.
November 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
the reactionary centrists with cushy opinion gigs couldn't make it through a 15 minute live discussion with a randomly selected progressive operative, political scientist or Resistance-era precinct captain
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Thinking about how Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me had to be exclusively marketed as just “Austin Powers 2” during its UK release
First look at ‘EVERYBODY WANTS TO FUCK ME’, starring Taron Egerton and Jessica Henwick.
The film is described as a comedy thriller set in the world of modern dating.
The film is described as a comedy thriller set in the world of modern dating.
November 10, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Thinking about how Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me had to be exclusively marketed as just “Austin Powers 2” during its UK release
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Whatever production time and cost was "saved" by using AI for one of the most human-dependent disciplines in game making was actively obliterated by the act itself, overshadowing the hard work of every single other developer on the project and making this situation impossible to right. WHO KNEW.
For Arc Raiders to ride the wave of human sociability all the way to the bank, while also being so contemptuous of the thing that makes us social animals in its own workflow demonstrates a lack of artistic integrity that I find impossible to ignore.
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
November 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Whatever production time and cost was "saved" by using AI for one of the most human-dependent disciplines in game making was actively obliterated by the act itself, overshadowing the hard work of every single other developer on the project and making this situation impossible to right. WHO KNEW.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
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Some folks feel really validated by having keys jingled at them and are just excited to have a machine that can jingle an infinite variety of keys in an unlimited number of patterns
People defending the chatbot NPC situation in Petit Planet insist that you can't expect a writer to come up with appropriate responses to anything a player might ask
I'd argue the NPC chatbot doesn't seem to be able to do this either, contradicting itself and stating generic gibberish.
I'd argue the NPC chatbot doesn't seem to be able to do this either, contradicting itself and stating generic gibberish.
November 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Some folks feel really validated by having keys jingled at them and are just excited to have a machine that can jingle an infinite variety of keys in an unlimited number of patterns
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sort of incredible to read a review that doesn't just made a vague nod at AI being bad, but actively reckons with the ways in which falling obsessively to AI usage actively obliterates the artistic intent and integrity of the work you've made.
November 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
sort of incredible to read a review that doesn't just made a vague nod at AI being bad, but actively reckons with the ways in which falling obsessively to AI usage actively obliterates the artistic intent and integrity of the work you've made.
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...