Ton
@niltonpascal.bsky.social
Trying to survive | Gaymer 🏳️🌈 | Pathfinder | Dragon Age | WOW | lvl 32 | Depressive Designer | He/him | 🔞
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Again, I truly *loved* this week’s episode of Heated Rivalry, but IT IS A WISH FULFILLMENT ROMANCE. The success of a gay hockey romance TV show, largely watched by people who are neither hockey players nor hockey fans, is not “proof that the world is ready and all we would do is love you”
December 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Again, I truly *loved* this week’s episode of Heated Rivalry, but IT IS A WISH FULFILLMENT ROMANCE. The success of a gay hockey romance TV show, largely watched by people who are neither hockey players nor hockey fans, is not “proof that the world is ready and all we would do is love you”
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Also, one more time, because why not?
I wrote this so I wouldn’t have to keep writing it.
I wrote this so I wouldn’t have to keep writing it.
The Shoulder Check Problem
Like a lot of my blog posts here, this one was sparked at a specific time over a specific conversation, but over the years I’ve seen this particular topic come up again and again like waves on a sh…
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December 22, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Also, one more time, because why not?
I wrote this so I wouldn’t have to keep writing it.
I wrote this so I wouldn’t have to keep writing it.
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Been thinking on the use of GenAi for mood boards. Ethics and legal risks aside, I truly believe using GenAi as references deprives one of many pivotal things.
Here’s a blurb on what I mean:
Here’s a blurb on what I mean:
December 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Been thinking on the use of GenAi for mood boards. Ethics and legal risks aside, I truly believe using GenAi as references deprives one of many pivotal things.
Here’s a blurb on what I mean:
Here’s a blurb on what I mean:
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The thing thats so insidious about using AI this way is that one of the main ways artists get hired are studios looking for art references and they find us and reach out.
This is removing a major avenue to get work if they can just generate nameless derivations of our ideas.
This is removing a major avenue to get work if they can just generate nameless derivations of our ideas.
December 17, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The thing thats so insidious about using AI this way is that one of the main ways artists get hired are studios looking for art references and they find us and reach out.
This is removing a major avenue to get work if they can just generate nameless derivations of our ideas.
This is removing a major avenue to get work if they can just generate nameless derivations of our ideas.
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December 16, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Liking concept art lately has been something else 🫠
December 16, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Liking concept art lately has been something else 🫠
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"I didn’t say we use it to develop concept art" just to make reference, get ideas from and outline composition lmao
just 90% of what concept is🤣
just 90% of what concept is🤣
December 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
"I didn’t say we use it to develop concept art" just to make reference, get ideas from and outline composition lmao
just 90% of what concept is🤣
just 90% of what concept is🤣
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Using gen ai for text and asset placeholders is not solving a problem; games have been made for decades with regular placeholders. studios using AI this way are just testing the water to see what more they can get away with - which will inevitably mean laying off skilled workers, to make worse games
December 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Using gen ai for text and asset placeholders is not solving a problem; games have been made for decades with regular placeholders. studios using AI this way are just testing the water to see what more they can get away with - which will inevitably mean laying off skilled workers, to make worse games
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consider my feedback: i loved working at @larianstudios.com until AI. reconsider and change your direction, like, yesterday. show your employees some respect. they are world-class & do not need AI assistance to come up with amazing ideas.
December 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
consider my feedback: i loved working at @larianstudios.com until AI. reconsider and change your direction, like, yesterday. show your employees some respect. they are world-class & do not need AI assistance to come up with amazing ideas.
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it's all bad but it's disgusting to imply that using genAI for concept art is comparable to placeholder text
sigh
December 16, 2025 at 3:38 PM
it's all bad but it's disgusting to imply that using genAI for concept art is comparable to placeholder text
People everywhere need to relearn to not feed trolls, just block and move on
December 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
People everywhere need to relearn to not feed trolls, just block and move on
Oh well happy Monday I guess
December 15, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Oh well happy Monday I guess
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convenientemente se "esquece" que a pauta trabalhista mais popular no brasil no momento (fim da escala 6x1) está sendo liderada por um homem gay e uma mulher trans mas e enquanto isso a linguagem neutra vai matar todos nós
December 15, 2025 at 12:41 PM
convenientemente se "esquece" que a pauta trabalhista mais popular no brasil no momento (fim da escala 6x1) está sendo liderada por um homem gay e uma mulher trans mas e enquanto isso a linguagem neutra vai matar todos nós
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And in his love I want to lose myself
December 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
And in his love I want to lose myself
What a day
a close up of a black dog 's face looking at the camera
Alt: a close up of a black dog 's face looking at the camera
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December 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
What a day
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Caralho não faz sentido nenhum
Pqp
Pqp
They could’ve bankrupted OpenAI in lawsuits. Instead, they’re adopting OpenAI APIs and giving them a billion dollars.
December 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Caralho não faz sentido nenhum
Pqp
Pqp
This is so cool 🥹
We’re deeply honored that HADES II is in the running for Game of the Year and more at #TheGameAwards tonight, especially since we’re in the company of such an amazing group of wildly different and beautiful games.
Congratulations to all our fellow nominees — we salute you!! 🙏👏
Congratulations to all our fellow nominees — we salute you!! 🙏👏
December 11, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This is so cool 🥹
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There are a lot of factors contributing to disillusionment among creators, but one big element is that you can work and strive and dedicate years to honing your craft and building an audience and still be fighting for pennies, while the money people will gladly throw billions at the new slop fad.
December 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
There are a lot of factors contributing to disillusionment among creators, but one big element is that you can work and strive and dedicate years to honing your craft and building an audience and still be fighting for pennies, while the money people will gladly throw billions at the new slop fad.
I really liked exploring some places in Dawntrail. It was fun seeing different cultures and all, like actually adventuring; but when the solution 9 plot came and everything with the other reflection, I got so tired of it all, Tural deserved so much better
#ffxivspoilers #Dawntrail
#ffxivspoilers #Dawntrail
December 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I really liked exploring some places in Dawntrail. It was fun seeing different cultures and all, like actually adventuring; but when the solution 9 plot came and everything with the other reflection, I got so tired of it all, Tural deserved so much better
#ffxivspoilers #Dawntrail
#ffxivspoilers #Dawntrail
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LRP but man people do not understand that my beef with Dawntrail is not Wuk Lamat. As a native american, having the majority of that area and the story taken over with Solition 9 was a slap in the face.
December 7, 2025 at 5:46 PM
LRP but man people do not understand that my beef with Dawntrail is not Wuk Lamat. As a native american, having the majority of that area and the story taken over with Solition 9 was a slap in the face.
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Wiccan!
Using a free moment to sketch the awesome new costume designed by Lucas Werneck for Wiccan: Witches Road
Using a free moment to sketch the awesome new costume designed by Lucas Werneck for Wiccan: Witches Road
December 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Wiccan!
Using a free moment to sketch the awesome new costume designed by Lucas Werneck for Wiccan: Witches Road
Using a free moment to sketch the awesome new costume designed by Lucas Werneck for Wiccan: Witches Road
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Please stop making all of the cool Alliance shit neutral.
Eitrigg got some new poke lines, reflecting his place in the Sons of Lothar
December 9, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Please stop making all of the cool Alliance shit neutral.
I'm really tired of AI everywhere
December 9, 2025 at 5:12 AM
I'm really tired of AI everywhere
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By the way I am going to say the same thing about WoW Housing as what I said about Animal Crossing: Do not fall victim to the Instagram era trappings of decorating. What I mean is, if you made something and are proud of it, that is fantastic. DO NOT compare your build to others and.....
December 8, 2025 at 7:16 AM
By the way I am going to say the same thing about WoW Housing as what I said about Animal Crossing: Do not fall victim to the Instagram era trappings of decorating. What I mean is, if you made something and are proud of it, that is fantastic. DO NOT compare your build to others and.....