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Warlockracy

@warlockracy.bsky.social

BALDUR'S GATE 2: Fuck my shitty bhaalcel life. Woke up as a test subject in an evil wizards lab again.

Video link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1end...

December 27, 2025 at 9:20 PM

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Josh Foreman

@josh-foreman.bsky.social

Tumblr user nocryptographer:
I talked with someone who works in book publishing, and they mentioned they get a lot of AI slop these days. I asked how they know what's human-written, and they said that there's one thing that will reveal AI slop without error, and that's the author not knowing their own creation.
A real author can talk about their story for hours. They love to elaborate every character, every twist, every detail. Because those existed in their head long before they ever made it to the paper. They were loved before they were written.
AI slop wasn't. It was just vomited into existence.
Someone who generates their story with AI will never bond with their story the way real writers do. That's why they may not know what to say when they're asked why did the character do this, or even remember the scene in the first place. It's something they read, not something they wrote. And to a writer, those are not the same.
There's a unique bond between the creator and the creation. If your writing doesn't come of you, you'll always lack that.
I keep hearing soon we won't be able to tell. And perhaps, in a superficial sense, that's true. But there is a difference. It's not em dashes or repeated words. It's whether the story was made by someone who loves it and cares about it.
If the writer's eyes light up when asked why did the character do that? and they start their very own Ted Talk about that specific scene...
then it's real.

December 3, 2025 at 5:37 AM

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Aleema

@aleema.bsky.social

❄️🎅 Mahou Shoujo Santa Claus 🤶❄️

Now out on itchio!

tenshistudios.itch.io/mahou-shoujo...

GxB - 2 Love interests:
❄️Rudy (Rudolph) - Friends to Lovers
❄️Nez (Ebeneezer Scrooge) - Enemies to Lovers

32k Words (1 hour per route)

#CozyChristmasRomanceJam #MahouShoujoSantaClaus

December 22, 2025 at 3:19 AM

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SnowyAria (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧🏳️‍⚧️

@snowyaria.goodorevengreat.games

The most highly anticipated Saturn translation has arrived! Yes, Airs Adventure is out in English, just in time to liven the holidays!!

Credits:
@hitomi2500.bsky.social - Hacking
@snowyaria.goodorevengreat.games - Translation
@nichetopic.bsky.social - Graphics
@blueskyrunner.bsky.social - QA

December 19, 2025 at 8:19 PM

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Knoebel

@knoebel.bsky.social

Keita Takahashi said 'To a T' didn't sell well enough. He moved back to Japan with his family, unsure if he will stay in the industry.

store.steampowered.com/app/1875320/...

www.gamesradar.com/games/advent...

December 14, 2025 at 8:54 AM

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The Indie Game Art Gallery

@indiegameart.bsky.social

Heaven's Vault (inkle Ltd, 2019)

November 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM

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The Other Happy Place

@theotherhappyplace.bsky.social

Ah the foxes are screaming in the night

December 1, 2025 at 11:18 PM

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Victor Von Doomscroll

@redderbeanpaste.bsky.social

People like romance because romance requires craft like every other form of writing

December 1, 2025 at 1:38 PM

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Alice Camp

@acampwriting.com

everyone should have the freedom to write dumb bullshit that kojima has

December 4, 2025 at 4:01 AM

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Bex, if you can keep it

@bextraordinary.bsky.social

♥️

To my friends from LiveJournal

I still think about you Wonder if you finally quit, Do you still speak to your mom?

I remember when you went to Japan How you swore you'd never forgive him.

I can't remember to take my meds but I remember you wanted to live on a houseboat. It's a strange intimacy, all of us unspooling across decades of internet space Like balls of yarn leaving a trail behind us of everywhere and everyone we've ever been

I hope you got your houseboat.

I hope you got everything.

-Hayley DeRoche

December 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM

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Matthew Dow Smith

@matthewdowsmith.bsky.social

Just a reminder --

December 9, 2025 at 12:41 PM

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Abra / Jessica Conwell, The Everwife 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼👻

@pairofclaws.bsky.social

The horrors persist but so do I but so do the horrors

January 31, 2025 at 12:12 AM

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Rowan MacColl

@skulkingfoxes.bsky.social

"I don't know you anymore"

September 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM

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Hanako Games

@hanakogames.bsky.social

A bit of a postmortem - the worst roadblocks we ran into over a long development cycle, what drove us to the insanity of releasing a niche narrative indie game over Thanksgiving, how the first month on Steam shook out, and hopes for the future!
#indie #gamedev

old.reddit.com/r/gamedev/co...

Steam launch month - 4000 copies sold

Hello! I'm Georgina, also known as Hanako, and I've been a full-time indie for about twenty years now. Thought people might be interested to hear...

old.reddit.com

December 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM

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gg

@ggdg.bsky.social

read my jrpg fantasy visual novel about kindness in the face of despair, religion as a tool of oppression, and the power of hot, evil women. (also there's a free demo 😊) gigidigi.itch.io/soulsov

December 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM

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❄️NicocoCreates❄️

@nicococreates.is.eepy.now

Good morning 🐀🌲

A picture of a pet rat in a Santa outfit

December 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM

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Abigail Larson

@abigaillarson.com

Gruß vom Krampus 🖤👹
#krampus #krampusnacht

illustration of Krampus in a red cape carrying a bundle of sticks and a basket.

December 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM

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Jean Wei....

@weisanboo.bsky.social

it's december !! 🙀 good excuse to post these guys again ...!

December 2, 2025 at 6:05 PM

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Chess.com

@chess.com

Realistic vs. Chess 🐴

December 3, 2025 at 12:01 AM

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Canna Beth, The Herb Catte🌳VTUBER

@cannabethvt.bsky.social

I need ecoterrorists to start targeting A.I. data centers. They’re legit one of the biggest polluters and detriments to our environment right now.

Where’s Barret when you need him?