Shadow Hog
@shadowhog.bsky.social
Guy who likes games. Occasional contributor to the Hardcore Gaming 101 Top 47K Games podcast. Mostly repost things I find interesting. He/Him.
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Read this thread.
Everyone needs to understand the ongoing 'Problem' is not relegated to the game industry; it is a modular tumor in EVERY industry. Every sector, every field, every institution.
The C-Suite's entire job is to HURT you; to take everything, while giving nothing. They are The Enemy.
Everyone needs to understand the ongoing 'Problem' is not relegated to the game industry; it is a modular tumor in EVERY industry. Every sector, every field, every institution.
The C-Suite's entire job is to HURT you; to take everything, while giving nothing. They are The Enemy.
3 years ago today, Riot Games offered me a job making more money than I ever thought I’d make in my life. I had 19 interviews over 2.5 months to get it. Partner and I were moving to LA for it. I put in notice at my job and apartment.
2 weeks later they rescinded the offer due to “headcount issues”.
2 weeks later they rescinded the offer due to “headcount issues”.
November 15, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Read this thread.
Everyone needs to understand the ongoing 'Problem' is not relegated to the game industry; it is a modular tumor in EVERY industry. Every sector, every field, every institution.
The C-Suite's entire job is to HURT you; to take everything, while giving nothing. They are The Enemy.
Everyone needs to understand the ongoing 'Problem' is not relegated to the game industry; it is a modular tumor in EVERY industry. Every sector, every field, every institution.
The C-Suite's entire job is to HURT you; to take everything, while giving nothing. They are The Enemy.
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The same rich idiots that told me downloading a song on Napster was like stealing a car are trying to tell me that absorbing every movie ever made into *THE ROBOT* is fair use, actually, and a legion of dickriders coming to defend them because it's the future. Like fuck off.
This is the core of it. People think they're mad at the AI boogeyman but really they're mad about copyright law.
November 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The same rich idiots that told me downloading a song on Napster was like stealing a car are trying to tell me that absorbing every movie ever made into *THE ROBOT* is fair use, actually, and a legion of dickriders coming to defend them because it's the future. Like fuck off.
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New games weren't scarce in the 90s, but you could've easily played most of the hits. Now there's so many masterpieces that everyone has their personal endless backlog of amazing content.
AI slop shouldn't be able to thrive in a market bursting with so many human-made, genuine banger pieces of art.
AI slop shouldn't be able to thrive in a market bursting with so many human-made, genuine banger pieces of art.
November 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
New games weren't scarce in the 90s, but you could've easily played most of the hits. Now there's so many masterpieces that everyone has their personal endless backlog of amazing content.
AI slop shouldn't be able to thrive in a market bursting with so many human-made, genuine banger pieces of art.
AI slop shouldn't be able to thrive in a market bursting with so many human-made, genuine banger pieces of art.
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I was recently in a incident that caused me to lose control of my moped I was riding on to work, having me break my femur and getting surgery.
I need any type of help people can offer. As I’m out of work for 3 months and still need help financially.
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I need any type of help people can offer. As I’m out of work for 3 months and still need help financially.
ko-fi.com/aubby/goal?g=2
November 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I was recently in a incident that caused me to lose control of my moped I was riding on to work, having me break my femur and getting surgery.
I need any type of help people can offer. As I’m out of work for 3 months and still need help financially.
ko-fi.com/aubby/goal?g=2
I need any type of help people can offer. As I’m out of work for 3 months and still need help financially.
ko-fi.com/aubby/goal?g=2
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NORMY'S BEACH BABE-O-RAMA
November 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM
NORMY'S BEACH BABE-O-RAMA
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After skating around an abandoned warehouse, professional skateboarder Tony Hawk was surprised to realize that he had accidentally gained an extra life after collecting the wrong golden letters.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
After skating around an abandoned warehouse, professional skateboarder Tony Hawk was surprised to realize that he had accidentally gained an extra life after collecting the wrong golden letters.
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If I die, I am dead. Your job is not to 'ressurect me' in some imperfect, gholish imitation of me. An AI is not me. An idea of me is not me. I'm me. And when I'm gone, this is what you do.
Be a human, remember me and mourn. That's all you ever need to do and be. That's what love is.
Be a human, remember me and mourn. That's all you ever need to do and be. That's what love is.
November 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
If I die, I am dead. Your job is not to 'ressurect me' in some imperfect, gholish imitation of me. An AI is not me. An idea of me is not me. I'm me. And when I'm gone, this is what you do.
Be a human, remember me and mourn. That's all you ever need to do and be. That's what love is.
Be a human, remember me and mourn. That's all you ever need to do and be. That's what love is.
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This used to be called "corruption" and "bribery", maybe even "extortion".
"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This used to be called "corruption" and "bribery", maybe even "extortion".
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gonna be goin' live with a stream raising money for a food bank in NW North Carolina with @tietuesday.bsky.social @authorblu.es @skybilz.bsky.social and @smight.bsky.social over here! sword.zone
November 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
gonna be goin' live with a stream raising money for a food bank in NW North Carolina with @tietuesday.bsky.social @authorblu.es @skybilz.bsky.social and @smight.bsky.social over here! sword.zone
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This is important context from Julie K. Brown.
With alt text.
With alt text.
November 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This is important context from Julie K. Brown.
With alt text.
With alt text.
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steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
Insulting to the players, insulting to the IP, insulting to the medium, the developers. And the craft itself. Fuck you executives who pushed this garbage.
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI art slop, because your $70 means nothing anymore
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI generated artwork which makes the $70 feel like a complete rip-off.
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November 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
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A lot of people that don’t pay attention to hardware news are gonna get to learn about another thing data centers have been fucking up on top of water, employment, literacy, human creativity, and electricity prices: RAM basically doubled in price.
November 15, 2025 at 1:50 AM
A lot of people that don’t pay attention to hardware news are gonna get to learn about another thing data centers have been fucking up on top of water, employment, literacy, human creativity, and electricity prices: RAM basically doubled in price.
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America throwing away its' position as global leader because a bunch of senile geriatrics somehow thought we were getting screwed by, uh, controlling the entire world, is truly something
The International Criminal Court is ditching Microsoft Office, saying it’s too dependent on US tech, in favor of Open Desk, a German open source alternative.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative | Euractiv
The court will move its internal work environment to Open Desk, a German-developed open source software
www.euractiv.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
America throwing away its' position as global leader because a bunch of senile geriatrics somehow thought we were getting screwed by, uh, controlling the entire world, is truly something
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Tomorrow (starting 11a eastern), some of the Pit Crew (me, @skybilz.bsky.social, @tietuesday.bsky.social, @sword.zone, @smight.bsky.social) will be doing an Archipelago raising money for our local food banks. Sky and I will be raising money for Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC specifically.
November 14, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Tomorrow (starting 11a eastern), some of the Pit Crew (me, @skybilz.bsky.social, @tietuesday.bsky.social, @sword.zone, @smight.bsky.social) will be doing an Archipelago raising money for our local food banks. Sky and I will be raising money for Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC specifically.
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extremely delightful to be retroactively validated in all my most self-indulgent mid-20s narcissicisms. "you know who I bet is reading my posts? extremely cool hot girls. I bet they're reading them to each other out loud and talking about how funny I am"
November 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
extremely delightful to be retroactively validated in all my most self-indulgent mid-20s narcissicisms. "you know who I bet is reading my posts? extremely cool hot girls. I bet they're reading them to each other out loud and talking about how funny I am"
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Random person who plays indie games, you are the most important cog in an indie game's success.
Most gamers don't know or care that indies exist.... unless a friend tells them.
Our games succeed because you tell other people you liked our game. Word of mouth is the best marketing there is.
Most gamers don't know or care that indies exist.... unless a friend tells them.
Our games succeed because you tell other people you liked our game. Word of mouth is the best marketing there is.
November 14, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Random person who plays indie games, you are the most important cog in an indie game's success.
Most gamers don't know or care that indies exist.... unless a friend tells them.
Our games succeed because you tell other people you liked our game. Word of mouth is the best marketing there is.
Most gamers don't know or care that indies exist.... unless a friend tells them.
Our games succeed because you tell other people you liked our game. Word of mouth is the best marketing there is.
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PORN IS ART, PORN IS GOOD, PEOPLE MAKING PORN IS A SIGN OF A HEALTHY SOCIETY
There has been a noticeable reticence in left and liberal circles to voice full-throated support for pornography, even as it's become increasingly clear what the open end goals of the censorship movement are
In a lot of ways other leftists chose this path folks. They shrugged and didn’t care when Patreon banned a ton of hypnosis and TF creators, or when YouTube started their ASMR crackdown. Now it’s coming for queer porn creators, more and more. Who will stand up?
November 13, 2025 at 11:59 PM
PORN IS ART, PORN IS GOOD, PEOPLE MAKING PORN IS A SIGN OF A HEALTHY SOCIETY
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SaMOUSE Aran! 🐭 ☄️
October 29, 2025 at 9:36 PM
SaMOUSE Aran! 🐭 ☄️