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The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 28, 2025 at 11:21 PM
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
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And of course Yuri in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2.
November 24, 2025 at 12:45 AM
And of course Yuri in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2.
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RIP Udo Kier (1944-2025), a German character actor with a prolific and eclectic career (My Own Private Idaho, Blade, Ace Ventura, Dancer in the Dark, Grindhouse, Suspiria, Dogville...)
In sci-fi: Johnny Mnemonic, Melancholia, Armageddon, Dracula 3000, Metropia, Iron Sky, Downsizing, Seaquest DSV...
In sci-fi: Johnny Mnemonic, Melancholia, Armageddon, Dracula 3000, Metropia, Iron Sky, Downsizing, Seaquest DSV...
November 24, 2025 at 12:45 AM
RIP Udo Kier (1944-2025), a German character actor with a prolific and eclectic career (My Own Private Idaho, Blade, Ace Ventura, Dancer in the Dark, Grindhouse, Suspiria, Dogville...)
In sci-fi: Johnny Mnemonic, Melancholia, Armageddon, Dracula 3000, Metropia, Iron Sky, Downsizing, Seaquest DSV...
In sci-fi: Johnny Mnemonic, Melancholia, Armageddon, Dracula 3000, Metropia, Iron Sky, Downsizing, Seaquest DSV...
Extraction shooters really feel like someone wanted to bottle up the experience of playing an online shooter all night and wondering what you’re doing with your life, then put it into a PVE game.
November 24, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Extraction shooters really feel like someone wanted to bottle up the experience of playing an online shooter all night and wondering what you’re doing with your life, then put it into a PVE game.
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On Saints Row we had a debug npc named Skinballs (lol) that was literally just four spheres wrapped in different shades of skin texture so we could test lighting for different skin tones during development. But teams need to plan for that kind of testing with intentionality, and not enough do.
October 31, 2025 at 3:23 PM
On Saints Row we had a debug npc named Skinballs (lol) that was literally just four spheres wrapped in different shades of skin texture so we could test lighting for different skin tones during development. But teams need to plan for that kind of testing with intentionality, and not enough do.
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TRICK OR TREAT! 👻
We're giving away a little 'Boo Box' bundle... Steam keys for Blue Prince, The Séance of Blake Manor, Post Trauma and Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer!
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Giveaway ends on the 3rd of November at 1PM GMT. Make sure DM's are open! Happy Halloween!☠️
We're giving away a little 'Boo Box' bundle... Steam keys for Blue Prince, The Séance of Blake Manor, Post Trauma and Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer!
How to enter:
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Giveaway ends on the 3rd of November at 1PM GMT. Make sure DM's are open! Happy Halloween!☠️
October 31, 2025 at 3:52 PM
TRICK OR TREAT! 👻
We're giving away a little 'Boo Box' bundle... Steam keys for Blue Prince, The Séance of Blake Manor, Post Trauma and Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer!
How to enter:
🎃Repost!
🎃Reply with 'TREAT'!
Giveaway ends on the 3rd of November at 1PM GMT. Make sure DM's are open! Happy Halloween!☠️
We're giving away a little 'Boo Box' bundle... Steam keys for Blue Prince, The Séance of Blake Manor, Post Trauma and Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer!
How to enter:
🎃Repost!
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Giveaway ends on the 3rd of November at 1PM GMT. Make sure DM's are open! Happy Halloween!☠️
I love that Animal Crossing is getting an update, but I’m not sure I can revisit it when the memories are so rooted in the pandemic.
October 30, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I love that Animal Crossing is getting an update, but I’m not sure I can revisit it when the memories are so rooted in the pandemic.
@folly.studio Who composed the dog pile soundtrack? It’s so lovely! I hope it gets a release.
October 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
@folly.studio Who composed the dog pile soundtrack? It’s so lovely! I hope it gets a release.
First episode of The Chair Company did not disappoint. Tim Robinson firing on all cylinders & I was physically crumpling at the level of cringe.
I didn’t expect to be so called out as his character obsessively tried to get in contact with a real human in customer service.
youtu.be/b0lDMHAGDnU
I didn’t expect to be so called out as his character obsessively tried to get in contact with a real human in customer service.
youtu.be/b0lDMHAGDnU
The Chair Company | Official Trailer | HBO Max
YouTube video by HBO Max
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October 17, 2025 at 11:36 PM
First episode of The Chair Company did not disappoint. Tim Robinson firing on all cylinders & I was physically crumpling at the level of cringe.
I didn’t expect to be so called out as his character obsessively tried to get in contact with a real human in customer service.
youtu.be/b0lDMHAGDnU
I didn’t expect to be so called out as his character obsessively tried to get in contact with a real human in customer service.
youtu.be/b0lDMHAGDnU
It’s good to see Bluesky is speedrunning the twitter experience and we’re up to ‘crappy algorithm pushing things you never want to see into your discover feed’.
October 16, 2025 at 12:28 PM
It’s good to see Bluesky is speedrunning the twitter experience and we’re up to ‘crappy algorithm pushing things you never want to see into your discover feed’.
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kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school
October 15, 2025 at 7:45 AM
kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school
It’s time for the yearly tradition of bringing spooky season in with my favourite music video featuring dancing skeletons and knife-wielding machine gun bats.
October 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
It’s time for the yearly tradition of bringing spooky season in with my favourite music video featuring dancing skeletons and knife-wielding machine gun bats.
I’m delving back into the DS library and Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood, the BioWare(!) RPG, has been my first port of call.
It’s a rough start, with mushy pixel art and a bland world, laborious tutorialising and an awkward turn-based battle system with stylus QTEs.
It’s a rough start, with mushy pixel art and a bland world, laborious tutorialising and an awkward turn-based battle system with stylus QTEs.
October 6, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I’m delving back into the DS library and Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood, the BioWare(!) RPG, has been my first port of call.
It’s a rough start, with mushy pixel art and a bland world, laborious tutorialising and an awkward turn-based battle system with stylus QTEs.
It’s a rough start, with mushy pixel art and a bland world, laborious tutorialising and an awkward turn-based battle system with stylus QTEs.
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wizard frog is insane
October 4, 2025 at 10:24 PM
wizard frog is insane
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I can answer this!
EARTH MUST DIE is about a dumbass authoritarian dictator, and the whole game is deeply, unashamedly anti-fascist in nature.
The GOOD news is, if you're a fascist, most of the jokes will go over your head and you can just look at the pretty colours? 👍
EARTH MUST DIE is about a dumbass authoritarian dictator, and the whole game is deeply, unashamedly anti-fascist in nature.
The GOOD news is, if you're a fascist, most of the jokes will go over your head and you can just look at the pretty colours? 👍
October 2, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I can answer this!
EARTH MUST DIE is about a dumbass authoritarian dictator, and the whole game is deeply, unashamedly anti-fascist in nature.
The GOOD news is, if you're a fascist, most of the jokes will go over your head and you can just look at the pretty colours? 👍
EARTH MUST DIE is about a dumbass authoritarian dictator, and the whole game is deeply, unashamedly anti-fascist in nature.
The GOOD news is, if you're a fascist, most of the jokes will go over your head and you can just look at the pretty colours? 👍
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EARTH MUST DIE
Featuring a load of my favourite comedians - too many even to fit on the trailer! Joel Fry! Martha Howe-Douglas! @alexhorne.bsky.social! Tamsin Grieg! @5teviem.bsky.social @mrholness.bsky.social! @misterabk.bsky.social! @rosieisaholt.bsky.social! MORE
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Featuring a load of my favourite comedians - too many even to fit on the trailer! Joel Fry! Martha Howe-Douglas! @alexhorne.bsky.social! Tamsin Grieg! @5teviem.bsky.social @mrholness.bsky.social! @misterabk.bsky.social! @rosieisaholt.bsky.social! MORE
Please RETWEET and WISHLIST
September 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
EARTH MUST DIE
Featuring a load of my favourite comedians - too many even to fit on the trailer! Joel Fry! Martha Howe-Douglas! @alexhorne.bsky.social! Tamsin Grieg! @5teviem.bsky.social @mrholness.bsky.social! @misterabk.bsky.social! @rosieisaholt.bsky.social! MORE
Please RETWEET and WISHLIST
Featuring a load of my favourite comedians - too many even to fit on the trailer! Joel Fry! Martha Howe-Douglas! @alexhorne.bsky.social! Tamsin Grieg! @5teviem.bsky.social @mrholness.bsky.social! @misterabk.bsky.social! @rosieisaholt.bsky.social! MORE
Please RETWEET and WISHLIST
With the ongoing trend of game genres and eras being resurrected by nostalgia, I’m here asking when we’re going to get around to making Splinter Cell-likes
October 2, 2025 at 4:31 AM
With the ongoing trend of game genres and eras being resurrected by nostalgia, I’m here asking when we’re going to get around to making Splinter Cell-likes
I saw Aziz Ansari at a tiny warm-up gig last week and it was surreal watching him rationalise performing at the Riyadh comedy festival before any of it was in the news. I didn’t have a clue what was going on but looking back it seems like a guilty conscience.
September 30, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I saw Aziz Ansari at a tiny warm-up gig last week and it was surreal watching him rationalise performing at the Riyadh comedy festival before any of it was in the news. I didn’t have a clue what was going on but looking back it seems like a guilty conscience.
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Newsletter: This is The Case Against Generative AI, a comprehensive analysis of a financial collapse built on myths I’ll dispel, the markets’ unhealthy obsession with NVIDIA's growth, and the fact that there is not enough money in the world to fund OpenAI.
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www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...
The Case Against Generative AI
Soundtrack: Queens of the Stone Age - First It Giveth
Before we go any further: This is, for the third time this year, the longest newsletter I've ever written, weighing in somewhere around 18,500 wo...
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September 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Newsletter: This is The Case Against Generative AI, a comprehensive analysis of a financial collapse built on myths I’ll dispel, the markets’ unhealthy obsession with NVIDIA's growth, and the fact that there is not enough money in the world to fund OpenAI.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...
www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...
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"There is a cult of ignorance in the US, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”
Asimov
Asimov
The Department of Energy has added these terms to its growing “list of words to avoid” because words are dangerous:
climate change
green
decarbonization
emissions
energy transition
sustainability
sustainable
clean energy
dirty energy
carbon footprint
CO₂ footprint
tax breaks
tax credits
subsidies
climate change
green
decarbonization
emissions
energy transition
sustainability
sustainable
clean energy
dirty energy
carbon footprint
CO₂ footprint
tax breaks
tax credits
subsidies
Energy Dept. adds ‘climate change’ and ‘emissions’ to banned words list
It is the latest in a series of Trump administration efforts to dispute, silence or downplay climate change.
www.politico.com
September 29, 2025 at 4:50 PM
"There is a cult of ignorance in the US, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”
Asimov
Asimov
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Premium newsletter: Based on my estimates and analysis, OpenAI needs one trillion dollars in the next four years to build 17GW of data centers and other commitments, with at least $500 billion needed for company operations. There is not enough capital to do this.
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www.wheresyoured.at/openai-onetr...
OpenAI Needs A Trillion Dollars In The Next Four Years
Shortly before publishing this newsletter, I spoke with analyst Gil Luria, Managing Director and Analyst at D.A. Davidson, and asked him whether the capital was there to build the 17 Gigawatts of capa...
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September 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Premium newsletter: Based on my estimates and analysis, OpenAI needs one trillion dollars in the next four years to build 17GW of data centers and other commitments, with at least $500 billion needed for company operations. There is not enough capital to do this.
www.wheresyoured.at/openai-onetr...
www.wheresyoured.at/openai-onetr...
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amtrak’s marketing team gets it
June 21, 2025 at 12:21 PM
amtrak’s marketing team gets it
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When a chatbot gets something wrong, it’s not because it made an error. It’s because on that roll of the dice, it happened to string together a group of words that, when read by a human, represents something false. But it was working entirely as designed. It was supposed to make a sentence & it did.
June 19, 2025 at 11:28 AM
When a chatbot gets something wrong, it’s not because it made an error. It’s because on that roll of the dice, it happened to string together a group of words that, when read by a human, represents something false. But it was working entirely as designed. It was supposed to make a sentence & it did.
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.