An Alex
@salusasuckondeez.bsky.social
26, Nerdy goth thing 🔞 mdni
Queer weirdo.
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This is such a misunderstanding of why writers, artists, and designers do research to begin with, which is to find something unexpected, not capture the average or find reference for the default.
And, as always, the biggest misapprehension: We don’t want to NOT do this part. It’s fun to learn shit
And, as always, the biggest misapprehension: We don’t want to NOT do this part. It’s fun to learn shit
Anyone who supports this is an embarrassment. "Instead of typing it out they'll generate their idea"? Are you insane?
Call yourself whatever you want but you aren't creatives, that's for sure.
Call yourself whatever you want but you aren't creatives, that's for sure.
December 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This is such a misunderstanding of why writers, artists, and designers do research to begin with, which is to find something unexpected, not capture the average or find reference for the default.
And, as always, the biggest misapprehension: We don’t want to NOT do this part. It’s fun to learn shit
And, as always, the biggest misapprehension: We don’t want to NOT do this part. It’s fun to learn shit
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Most of us did not choose to write or draw or design so that we could put products on the shelf. We chose to do it because it’s a set of skills we enjoy exercising, that give us fulfillment.
It’s like asking a pro pitcher to just let a machine pitch for them. Fuck off and give me the ball.
It’s like asking a pro pitcher to just let a machine pitch for them. Fuck off and give me the ball.
December 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Most of us did not choose to write or draw or design so that we could put products on the shelf. We chose to do it because it’s a set of skills we enjoy exercising, that give us fulfillment.
It’s like asking a pro pitcher to just let a machine pitch for them. Fuck off and give me the ball.
It’s like asking a pro pitcher to just let a machine pitch for them. Fuck off and give me the ball.
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The year is 2035. There are three game studios left. Each one produces a game every 10 years, killing 250+ developers in the process. They all accidentally make the same game because they used genAI in preproduction. They sell 500 million units each, missing quarterly targets. Everyone is laid off.
December 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The year is 2035. There are three game studios left. Each one produces a game every 10 years, killing 250+ developers in the process. They all accidentally make the same game because they used genAI in preproduction. They sell 500 million units each, missing quarterly targets. Everyone is laid off.
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It is so shocking to find out how many people do not believe that they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult.
December 19, 2025 at 6:45 AM
It is so shocking to find out how many people do not believe that they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult.
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NEW from me on @gamedeveloper.bsky.social: I wasn’t going to write about the Larian AI backlash. Then I woke up at 5:30 this morning with a whole dang blog in my head.
How can you know if your workers are “okay” with using genAI tools if you have so much power over them should they push back?
How can you know if your workers are “okay” with using genAI tools if you have so much power over them should they push back?
December 18, 2025 at 8:13 PM
NEW from me on @gamedeveloper.bsky.social: I wasn’t going to write about the Larian AI backlash. Then I woke up at 5:30 this morning with a whole dang blog in my head.
How can you know if your workers are “okay” with using genAI tools if you have so much power over them should they push back?
How can you know if your workers are “okay” with using genAI tools if you have so much power over them should they push back?
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excited to read a longform article about the collapse of this project (est: 1-3 deaths) in eighteen months or so.
Belgian crypto billionaire Olivier Janssens is planning to establish a "libertarian community" with its own legal system in Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Belgian crypto-billionaire wants to build the ‘Dubai of the Caribbean’
Belgian crypto-billionaire wants to build the 'Dubai of the Caribbean'
www.brusselstimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:14 AM
excited to read a longform article about the collapse of this project (est: 1-3 deaths) in eighteen months or so.
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there needs to be a dating app but for matching programmers and artists to make games and stuff
December 19, 2025 at 1:01 AM
there needs to be a dating app but for matching programmers and artists to make games and stuff
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so what you're saying is, while none of this was impossible outside of a well planned and directed live action shoot with real actors, locations, props and vfx, it probably saved you some money, yet put people through crunch anyway, except those crunching weren't actual artists? cool cool
McDonald's has released an AI-generated Christmas ad
The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
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The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
Comments have been turned off on YouTube
December 8, 2025 at 11:54 PM
so what you're saying is, while none of this was impossible outside of a well planned and directed live action shoot with real actors, locations, props and vfx, it probably saved you some money, yet put people through crunch anyway, except those crunching weren't actual artists? cool cool
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guy with a skull icon: OH FUCK, A SKELETON"
i love that a significant portion of the population of the world believes in demons and the devil and satan. they just think this stuff is real and it genuinely scares them
December 9, 2025 at 3:04 AM
guy with a skull icon: OH FUCK, A SKELETON"
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kohutti and varina spar sometimes on the shores of carana #bionicle #toa #blender3d #3drender #selfmoc
December 4, 2025 at 4:04 AM
kohutti and varina spar sometimes on the shores of carana #bionicle #toa #blender3d #3drender #selfmoc
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Imagine being this contemptuous of the idea of art.
Like to hold this view you need to be cowardly, intellectually incurious, and dismissive of the idea of art in the abstract.
Or just some asshole desperate for attention posting contrarian bullshit knowing the dunks will raise your profile.
Like to hold this view you need to be cowardly, intellectually incurious, and dismissive of the idea of art in the abstract.
Or just some asshole desperate for attention posting contrarian bullshit knowing the dunks will raise your profile.
Horses shows "abuse, gory imagery (mutilation, blood), depictions of slavery, physical and psychological torture, domestic abuse, sexual assault, suicide"
It also implies someone is r*ped until they die. It's implied someone comitts necrophillia on the corpse.
Why are we mad about this ban?
It also implies someone is r*ped until they die. It's implied someone comitts necrophillia on the corpse.
Why are we mad about this ban?
December 4, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Imagine being this contemptuous of the idea of art.
Like to hold this view you need to be cowardly, intellectually incurious, and dismissive of the idea of art in the abstract.
Or just some asshole desperate for attention posting contrarian bullshit knowing the dunks will raise your profile.
Like to hold this view you need to be cowardly, intellectually incurious, and dismissive of the idea of art in the abstract.
Or just some asshole desperate for attention posting contrarian bullshit knowing the dunks will raise your profile.
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YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT! I HAVE WRITTEN A NEW ARTICLE!
this one's a bit weird; rather than doing my usual "trying to organize my thoughts and building a winding case that builds on itself," I decided to show you what my EARLY article creation process looks like:
docseuss.medium.com/some-loosely...
this one's a bit weird; rather than doing my usual "trying to organize my thoughts and building a winding case that builds on itself," I decided to show you what my EARLY article creation process looks like:
docseuss.medium.com/some-loosely...
some loosely organized thoughts about dialogue sysin games
think of this as me trying to find out what parts of dialogue choices are load bearing game design and what else can be done with dialogue.
docseuss.medium.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:04 AM
YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT! I HAVE WRITTEN A NEW ARTICLE!
this one's a bit weird; rather than doing my usual "trying to organize my thoughts and building a winding case that builds on itself," I decided to show you what my EARLY article creation process looks like:
docseuss.medium.com/some-loosely...
this one's a bit weird; rather than doing my usual "trying to organize my thoughts and building a winding case that builds on itself," I decided to show you what my EARLY article creation process looks like:
docseuss.medium.com/some-loosely...
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when it's planet earth and david attenborough starts talking about some damn bugs and then it cuts to the bugs and they're rolling down a hill like idiots. that's what it's all about
December 3, 2025 at 12:51 AM
when it's planet earth and david attenborough starts talking about some damn bugs and then it cuts to the bugs and they're rolling down a hill like idiots. that's what it's all about
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"on a good day, I barely contain my rage and total hatred of all of humanity. Most days I just wander about, growling. It makes people avoid me which I like but it infuriates me when they won't speak their mind to me. I pray for the hellfire to take us all so I can finally ship a game again"
December 3, 2025 at 1:23 PM
"on a good day, I barely contain my rage and total hatred of all of humanity. Most days I just wander about, growling. It makes people avoid me which I like but it infuriates me when they won't speak their mind to me. I pray for the hellfire to take us all so I can finally ship a game again"
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There's something so beautifully poetic about this pompous fucking dickhead telling the world "I fucking hate interacting with people and can only stomach it if I need something from them" and then the statement is signed off by him and his role as creative and business leader.
December 3, 2025 at 1:34 PM
There's something so beautifully poetic about this pompous fucking dickhead telling the world "I fucking hate interacting with people and can only stomach it if I need something from them" and then the statement is signed off by him and his role as creative and business leader.
So when you go to an asian restaurant and they have one of those big signs that says some gringo bullshit like "we don't use any MSG on the premises", is there some kinda codeword you can sneak into your order to let them know "hey, I'm cool, I'm not a cop. Or worse, a wellness blogger"
December 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
So when you go to an asian restaurant and they have one of those big signs that says some gringo bullshit like "we don't use any MSG on the premises", is there some kinda codeword you can sneak into your order to let them know "hey, I'm cool, I'm not a cop. Or worse, a wellness blogger"
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when i say a post came to me in a dream this is what im talking about
no I'm not "posting through it." it's posting through me
November 28, 2025 at 5:47 AM
when i say a post came to me in a dream this is what im talking about
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November 27, 2025 at 10:49 PM
It was a weird experience of getting into DnD lore shortly after having done a deep dive into celtic mythology.
"Wait, why are fir bolg cow-men? I thought they were supposed to just be Greek?"
"Wait, why are fir bolg cow-men? I thought they were supposed to just be Greek?"
November 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
It was a weird experience of getting into DnD lore shortly after having done a deep dive into celtic mythology.
"Wait, why are fir bolg cow-men? I thought they were supposed to just be Greek?"
"Wait, why are fir bolg cow-men? I thought they were supposed to just be Greek?"
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There are Ian Miles Cheongs everywhere for those with the eyes to see
Twitter had to turn off its location feature within hours because thousands of prominent and "verified" MAGA accounts turned out to be foreign and I think it's hilarious that Elon was the one who exposed them all
November 23, 2025 at 10:20 AM
There are Ian Miles Cheongs everywhere for those with the eyes to see
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whats up my fellow gamers
November 18, 2025 at 5:22 AM
whats up my fellow gamers