Pie Formation
@pieformation.bsky.social
she/they
beautiful older girl with encyclopedic knowledge
Arknights: Pie#8773 | FFXIV: Apostle Calilica (Ultros)
beautiful older girl with encyclopedic knowledge
Arknights: Pie#8773 | FFXIV: Apostle Calilica (Ultros)
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“Game design” as in “how can we psychologically manipulate the player into Maximum Retention EnterGagement over the course of a 3 month battle pass season” is satan
But “game design” as in “how many dudes can we put on the NG2 staircase without red ringing the player’s 360” is essential
But “game design” as in “how many dudes can we put on the NG2 staircase without red ringing the player’s 360” is essential
I feel like a little farmer at my little game potato farm sitting between the nations of Game Design and Anti Game Design, sweating constantly as I see both sides arm for war.
December 27, 2025 at 5:14 AM
“Game design” as in “how can we psychologically manipulate the player into Maximum Retention EnterGagement over the course of a 3 month battle pass season” is satan
But “game design” as in “how many dudes can we put on the NG2 staircase without red ringing the player’s 360” is essential
But “game design” as in “how many dudes can we put on the NG2 staircase without red ringing the player’s 360” is essential
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just gonna send this to publishers with nothing else attached from now on
December 26, 2025 at 10:53 PM
just gonna send this to publishers with nothing else attached from now on
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One good thing about me is that my brain works and I don't fall for Orwellian, propaganda nonsense like this.
The Israelis are breaking the ceasefire and NBC News is actively running interference to support the Israeli government (as are most other American corporate media outlets).
The Israelis are breaking the ceasefire and NBC News is actively running interference to support the Israeli government (as are most other American corporate media outlets).
December 27, 2025 at 12:44 AM
One good thing about me is that my brain works and I don't fall for Orwellian, propaganda nonsense like this.
The Israelis are breaking the ceasefire and NBC News is actively running interference to support the Israeli government (as are most other American corporate media outlets).
The Israelis are breaking the ceasefire and NBC News is actively running interference to support the Israeli government (as are most other American corporate media outlets).
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Just wow. @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy came out swinging in this article. He's right though and that's the coolest part.
December 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Just wow. @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy came out swinging in this article. He's right though and that's the coolest part.
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merry christmas everyone!! 😊
December 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
merry christmas everyone!! 😊
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merry christmas to women
December 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
merry christmas to women
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PRESENT DAY
PRESENT...TIME!
PRESENT...TIME!
December 25, 2025 at 1:48 AM
PRESENT DAY
PRESENT...TIME!
PRESENT...TIME!
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I just heard from a totally legitimate and reliable source that this is actually what happened while the servers were down.
December 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I just heard from a totally legitimate and reliable source that this is actually what happened while the servers were down.
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The people who profited most from the cancel culture/free speech panic were less interested in actual freedom of speech than establishing their own control over public discourse. You don't even have to take my word for it. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The people who profited most from the cancel culture/free speech panic were less interested in actual freedom of speech than establishing their own control over public discourse. You don't even have to take my word for it. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Essentially, I think that LLM-generated dialogue only makes sense if you believe that the product of writing is words.
But the product of writing isn't words, any more than the product of justice is prisoners, or the product of love is weddings. The product of writing is meaning.
But the product of writing isn't words, any more than the product of justice is prisoners, or the product of love is weddings. The product of writing is meaning.
I had five fascinating conversations for this RPS piece, gathering perspectives on genAI chatbots in games, as seen in Where Winds Meet. Thanks to @meghna.bsky.social, @pyrofoux.bsky.social, @maxkreminski.bsky.social, and @chrisgardiner.bsky.social www.rockpapershotgun.com/horrible-bor...
"Horrible", "boring", and "cheap": Experts pan new chatbot NPCs, but some leave room for optimism
We speak to a collection of developers and AI experts about the potential impact of LLM-powered NPCs in videogames.
www.rockpapershotgun.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Essentially, I think that LLM-generated dialogue only makes sense if you believe that the product of writing is words.
But the product of writing isn't words, any more than the product of justice is prisoners, or the product of love is weddings. The product of writing is meaning.
But the product of writing isn't words, any more than the product of justice is prisoners, or the product of love is weddings. The product of writing is meaning.
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guys it's almost christmas. have you read mahoyo yet. have you at least bought it. it's on sale you can buy it and read it on your personal computer. do it for them. do it for her.
December 23, 2025 at 11:57 PM
guys it's almost christmas. have you read mahoyo yet. have you at least bought it. it's on sale you can buy it and read it on your personal computer. do it for them. do it for her.
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um, sorry, but this is incredibly unrealistic and not like a AAA game at all, because with that font size i can easily read the subtitles
December 23, 2025 at 12:59 PM
um, sorry, but this is incredibly unrealistic and not like a AAA game at all, because with that font size i can easily read the subtitles
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Just passing through the Pennines (namely Royston Vasey) as I head back to Manchester. The shops offer some rather questionable Christmas card options.
December 22, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Just passing through the Pennines (namely Royston Vasey) as I head back to Manchester. The shops offer some rather questionable Christmas card options.
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iCloud, Mega, and as a torrent. Archivists have uploaded the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss spiked.
Archivists Posted the 60 Minutes CECOT Segment Bari Weiss Killed
iCloud, Mega, and as a torrent. Archivists have uploaded the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss spiked.
www.404media.co
December 23, 2025 at 12:15 AM
iCloud, Mega, and as a torrent. Archivists have uploaded the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss spiked.
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This is also why Tech Guys fall for so it so easily, because a lot of them just need to pretend to do something long enough for their startup to get bought out
December 22, 2025 at 12:09 AM
This is also why Tech Guys fall for so it so easily, because a lot of them just need to pretend to do something long enough for their startup to get bought out
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In general, AI adoption levels are a measurement of to what extent a particular reward system (a corporation, a market, academia as a whole system) has ceased to distinguish between doing a thing and pretending to do a thing
One of many things the pro-AI crowd doesn't seem to understand is the very important distinction between academic scholarship and the production of papers. Of course they can be related but they're not necessarily the same thing
December 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
In general, AI adoption levels are a measurement of to what extent a particular reward system (a corporation, a market, academia as a whole system) has ceased to distinguish between doing a thing and pretending to do a thing
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We need Very Precise Time for a number of critical software tasks. I'm not an expert but in my understanding, the good news: there are other atomic clocks. The bad news: someone somewhere will today be discovering they were specifically querying these clocks
The atomic ensemble time scale at the NIST Boulder campus has failed.
December 20, 2025 at 11:37 PM
We need Very Precise Time for a number of critical software tasks. I'm not an expert but in my understanding, the good news: there are other atomic clocks. The bad news: someone somewhere will today be discovering they were specifically querying these clocks
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Say it with me now- placeholder assets are supposed to be bright and obvious so you DON’T ship with them.
Also it doesn’t matter if no ai-generated assets are in the final executable?? The rising sea levels aren’t gonna be like “oh well no one saw that so the climate change doesn’t count”
Also it doesn’t matter if no ai-generated assets are in the final executable?? The rising sea levels aren’t gonna be like “oh well no one saw that so the climate change doesn’t count”
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 developer Sandfall Interactive is finding itself in hot water over its use of AI generated assets in developing the game.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 loses a GOTY award over use of gen AI
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 developer Sandfall Interactive is finding itself in hot water over its use of AI generated assets in developing the game.
www.polygon.com
December 20, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Say it with me now- placeholder assets are supposed to be bright and obvious so you DON’T ship with them.
Also it doesn’t matter if no ai-generated assets are in the final executable?? The rising sea levels aren’t gonna be like “oh well no one saw that so the climate change doesn’t count”
Also it doesn’t matter if no ai-generated assets are in the final executable?? The rising sea levels aren’t gonna be like “oh well no one saw that so the climate change doesn’t count”
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