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This was Acti’s excuse for the Zombies calling card and then they next game they published they egregiously used AI for multiple calling cards so
Ubisoft admits AI-generated loading screen "slipped through" into final build of Anno 117: Pax Romana
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November 16, 2025 at 8:36 PM
This was Acti’s excuse for the Zombies calling card and then they next game they published they egregiously used AI for multiple calling cards so
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November 15, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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they also made Captain Falcon a bounty hunter and he doesn't do much of that either
someone at Nintendo definitely heard "kids in America love Boba Fett, the bounty hunter from Star Wars" back in the late '80s/early '90s and then got the impression that "bounty hunter" basically meant "space hero"
someone at Nintendo definitely heard "kids in America love Boba Fett, the bounty hunter from Star Wars" back in the late '80s/early '90s and then got the impression that "bounty hunter" basically meant "space hero"
By far our funniest Metroid revelation was learning that Nintendo always meant something completely different when they called Samus a bounty hunter
November 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
they also made Captain Falcon a bounty hunter and he doesn't do much of that either
someone at Nintendo definitely heard "kids in America love Boba Fett, the bounty hunter from Star Wars" back in the late '80s/early '90s and then got the impression that "bounty hunter" basically meant "space hero"
someone at Nintendo definitely heard "kids in America love Boba Fett, the bounty hunter from Star Wars" back in the late '80s/early '90s and then got the impression that "bounty hunter" basically meant "space hero"
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They're de-banking people for kink content online now
They'll come for you and your interests next - there's already been movement against vtubers in general, and games like Corpse Party are having their western releases canned over concerns about this stuff
Get loud before it's too late
They'll come for you and your interests next - there's already been movement against vtubers in general, and games like Corpse Party are having their western releases canned over concerns about this stuff
Get loud before it's too late
Friend tried to donate to my Throne, flagged by fraud detection at Bank of America — bank identified the transaction as specially for “giantess voretuber Ana Valens”
I suspect I faced those Patreon / Ko-fi dings b/c financial institutions have me, specifically, on record as a high risk recipient!
I suspect I faced those Patreon / Ko-fi dings b/c financial institutions have me, specifically, on record as a high risk recipient!
November 16, 2025 at 5:29 AM
They're de-banking people for kink content online now
They'll come for you and your interests next - there's already been movement against vtubers in general, and games like Corpse Party are having their western releases canned over concerns about this stuff
Get loud before it's too late
They'll come for you and your interests next - there's already been movement against vtubers in general, and games like Corpse Party are having their western releases canned over concerns about this stuff
Get loud before it's too late
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This is powerfully embarrassing
November 16, 2025 at 9:22 AM
This is powerfully embarrassing
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"If you hate GenAI you're going to have to stop playing new games when they all start using it"
My brother in Christ, my backlog is literally thousands of games long. I have lifetimes worth of earlier titles to play, & I will gladly do that instead of boiling the oceans for a new CoD or whatever
My brother in Christ, my backlog is literally thousands of games long. I have lifetimes worth of earlier titles to play, & I will gladly do that instead of boiling the oceans for a new CoD or whatever
June 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
"If you hate GenAI you're going to have to stop playing new games when they all start using it"
My brother in Christ, my backlog is literally thousands of games long. I have lifetimes worth of earlier titles to play, & I will gladly do that instead of boiling the oceans for a new CoD or whatever
My brother in Christ, my backlog is literally thousands of games long. I have lifetimes worth of earlier titles to play, & I will gladly do that instead of boiling the oceans for a new CoD or whatever
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I feel we just should just not have any sort of conversation about possible ethical ways to use GenAI while the ongoing corpo push to use it in the most anti-artist, anti-human way is still a thing.
There should be a unified push to reject the entire thing whole until it's dead.
There should be a unified push to reject the entire thing whole until it's dead.
November 16, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I feel we just should just not have any sort of conversation about possible ethical ways to use GenAI while the ongoing corpo push to use it in the most anti-artist, anti-human way is still a thing.
There should be a unified push to reject the entire thing whole until it's dead.
There should be a unified push to reject the entire thing whole until it's dead.
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It is very funny that this Pope is just going to get jerseys from now on. Everyone decided that's what this Pope likes and that is it. It's like if your grandmother got you a puzzle for Christmas one year and you said you liked it so your entire extended family is like "oh that's the puzzle kid"
Spike Lee just blessed Pope Leo with a custom Knicks jersey during his visit to the Vatican, just one week after the Pope was gifted a custom Chicago Bulls one.
Spike Lee Blesses Pope Leo with Knicks Jersey
Spike Lee just blessed Pope Leo with a custom Knicks jersey during his visit to the Vatican, just one week after the Pope was gifted a custom Chicago Bulls one.
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November 16, 2025 at 3:07 AM
It is very funny that this Pope is just going to get jerseys from now on. Everyone decided that's what this Pope likes and that is it. It's like if your grandmother got you a puzzle for Christmas one year and you said you liked it so your entire extended family is like "oh that's the puzzle kid"
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In Super Mario 64, parts of Lethal Lava Land are actually made out of leather, which simply appears to be stone due to the low resolution of the textures.
November 15, 2025 at 6:37 PM
In Super Mario 64, parts of Lethal Lava Land are actually made out of leather, which simply appears to be stone due to the low resolution of the textures.
can now add ">looks like an atmosphereless dumbed down MCU quipfest" to the chain of takes, i guess
Prime 4 Trailer Discourse makes me feel like i'm going insane cuz it's been "looks too much like Halo>looks too much like more Prime>looks like they made it open world" as if each new trailer erases all prior context from peoples' minds
whereas my reaction every time has been "game looks f-ing rad"
whereas my reaction every time has been "game looks f-ing rad"
Every time's there's a Metroid Prime 4 trailer I think it looks awesome and then I look online and see a sizeable "that looked bad" contingency and I feel like a crazy person.
November 14, 2025 at 11:03 PM
can now add ">looks like an atmosphereless dumbed down MCU quipfest" to the chain of takes, i guess
re: Metroid previews
we all know those troopers people are complaining about are fucking doomed, right? Like, that overview trailer could not be more "I'm one day from retirement, sure hope nobody shoots me"
they're gonna die horribly and making them very annoying makes it very funny
we all know those troopers people are complaining about are fucking doomed, right? Like, that overview trailer could not be more "I'm one day from retirement, sure hope nobody shoots me"
they're gonna die horribly and making them very annoying makes it very funny
November 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
re: Metroid previews
we all know those troopers people are complaining about are fucking doomed, right? Like, that overview trailer could not be more "I'm one day from retirement, sure hope nobody shoots me"
they're gonna die horribly and making them very annoying makes it very funny
we all know those troopers people are complaining about are fucking doomed, right? Like, that overview trailer could not be more "I'm one day from retirement, sure hope nobody shoots me"
they're gonna die horribly and making them very annoying makes it very funny
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the discourse leading up to Metroid Prime 4's release is going to be miserable, but I was excited about what Bakalar showed me: youtu.be/jLWvZ1KnzpI
We Played Metroid Prime 4: Beyond | Quick Look EX
YouTube video by Giant Bomb
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November 14, 2025 at 2:04 PM
the discourse leading up to Metroid Prime 4's release is going to be miserable, but I was excited about what Bakalar showed me: youtu.be/jLWvZ1KnzpI
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Yakuza 0 (2015)
November 14, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Yakuza 0 (2015)
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Every office has an executive tier whose emails are like:
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Every office has an executive tier whose emails are like:
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
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The Hard Drive Game Awards will return December 12th from 7-10PM EST on twitch.tv/harddrivemag!
Fabulous guests, prestigious awards, virtue signaling! The Hard Drive Game Awards will have it all!
Most importantly, we are fundraising for The Palestine Children's Relief Fund! tilt.fyi/qKf4ZQh2b0
Fabulous guests, prestigious awards, virtue signaling! The Hard Drive Game Awards will have it all!
Most importantly, we are fundraising for The Palestine Children's Relief Fund! tilt.fyi/qKf4ZQh2b0
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November 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The Hard Drive Game Awards will return December 12th from 7-10PM EST on twitch.tv/harddrivemag!
Fabulous guests, prestigious awards, virtue signaling! The Hard Drive Game Awards will have it all!
Most importantly, we are fundraising for The Palestine Children's Relief Fund! tilt.fyi/qKf4ZQh2b0
Fabulous guests, prestigious awards, virtue signaling! The Hard Drive Game Awards will have it all!
Most importantly, we are fundraising for The Palestine Children's Relief Fund! tilt.fyi/qKf4ZQh2b0
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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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Backyard Basketball '01 is out on Steam (free) buff.ly/rJh7KON
Backyard Hockey '02 also free buff.ly/0c7gUwW
Backyard Hockey '02 also free buff.ly/0c7gUwW
November 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Backyard Basketball '01 is out on Steam (free) buff.ly/rJh7KON
Backyard Hockey '02 also free buff.ly/0c7gUwW
Backyard Hockey '02 also free buff.ly/0c7gUwW
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November 13, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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we gotta get like three VPNs deep with signal chats set to a disappearing turnaround of minutes to be able to use adult words instead of "unalive" or "grape" meanwhile our political elite are apparently just emailing each other plaintext "up for sex crimes tonight ?"
November 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
we gotta get like three VPNs deep with signal chats set to a disappearing turnaround of minutes to be able to use adult words instead of "unalive" or "grape" meanwhile our political elite are apparently just emailing each other plaintext "up for sex crimes tonight ?"
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Been saying Geoff is a piece of shit for years, but no one listened to me.
"you just don't like him"
Yeah, there's fucking reasons for that.
"you just don't like him"
Yeah, there's fucking reasons for that.
November 12, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Been saying Geoff is a piece of shit for years, but no one listened to me.
"you just don't like him"
Yeah, there's fucking reasons for that.
"you just don't like him"
Yeah, there's fucking reasons for that.
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Also it sure feels like Valve is priming themselves to take MS's spot in the console space lmao.
November 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Also it sure feels like Valve is priming themselves to take MS's spot in the console space lmao.
ngl I have next-to-zero interest in VR but I am weirdly interested in the steamcube
November 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM
ngl I have next-to-zero interest in VR but I am weirdly interested in the steamcube