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Just a reminder that Clair Obscur was caught doing almost exactly the same thing FIRST (launching with some AI 'placeholder' textures that got patched) and yet somehow caught like a tenth of the flak.
Making an example of one while smiling and shrugging for the critical darling sits wrong with me.
Making an example of one while smiling and shrugging for the critical darling sits wrong with me.
"The more we let companies use GenAI in development, the more we all stand to lose."
As scope increases and budgets shrink, The Alters is a cautionary tale of gaps plugged up by AI, and the backlash that follows.
@riorobayo.bsky.social examines #GenAI in games: www.qualbert.com/ai-use-in-th...
As scope increases and budgets shrink, The Alters is a cautionary tale of gaps plugged up by AI, and the backlash that follows.
@riorobayo.bsky.social examines #GenAI in games: www.qualbert.com/ai-use-in-th...
I’m Still Not Done Talking About AI Use in The Alters | Qualbert
The more we let companies use GenAI in development, the more we all stand to lose. We examine the ripple effects of AI use in games, beginning with The Alters.
www.qualbert.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Just a reminder that Clair Obscur was caught doing almost exactly the same thing FIRST (launching with some AI 'placeholder' textures that got patched) and yet somehow caught like a tenth of the flak.
Making an example of one while smiling and shrugging for the critical darling sits wrong with me.
Making an example of one while smiling and shrugging for the critical darling sits wrong with me.
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they invented a technology that makes you worse at your job while convincing you you’re better at it. also your boss has to believe you’re better at it or else the entire economy explodes. they made the sophon from three body problem in real life
"But when the team looked at the employees’ actual work output, they found that the developers had completed tasks 20% slower when using AI than when working without it. Researchers were stunned. “No one expected that outcome. We didn’t even really consider a slowdown as a possibility.”
🎁link
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October 20, 2025 at 1:47 AM
they invented a technology that makes you worse at your job while convincing you you’re better at it. also your boss has to believe you’re better at it or else the entire economy explodes. they made the sophon from three body problem in real life
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if you care about trans people, do not watch the new jk rowling show. don’t even hate watch it or you will be funding this new intentionally transphobic organization. we cannot allow hateful people take away more of our rights
June 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
if you care about trans people, do not watch the new jk rowling show. don’t even hate watch it or you will be funding this new intentionally transphobic organization. we cannot allow hateful people take away more of our rights
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This is a real Me thing to get hung up on but I saw someone 'answering' "What if Studio Ghibli directed Lord of the Rings?" by putting The Ghibli Filter on a trailer of Jackson's Fellowship of the Ring. That is the most "i don't understand anything about making stuff" maneuver you could ever make.
March 28, 2025 at 2:51 AM
This is a real Me thing to get hung up on but I saw someone 'answering' "What if Studio Ghibli directed Lord of the Rings?" by putting The Ghibli Filter on a trailer of Jackson's Fellowship of the Ring. That is the most "i don't understand anything about making stuff" maneuver you could ever make.
1. I think some version of Drakar & Demoner, was so long ago.
2. Stars Without Number
3. DnD 5e
4. DnD 5e
5. Blades in the Dark
6. Daggerheart Playtest
7. Blades in the Dark
2. Stars Without Number
3. DnD 5e
4. DnD 5e
5. Blades in the Dark
6. Daggerheart Playtest
7. Blades in the Dark
1. First #ttrpg you ever played?
2. First you ever ran?
3. Played the most?
4. Run the most?
5. Favorite?
6. Most recently played?
7. Most recently run?
2. First you ever ran?
3. Played the most?
4. Run the most?
5. Favorite?
6. Most recently played?
7. Most recently run?
March 24, 2025 at 10:13 AM
1. I think some version of Drakar & Demoner, was so long ago.
2. Stars Without Number
3. DnD 5e
4. DnD 5e
5. Blades in the Dark
6. Daggerheart Playtest
7. Blades in the Dark
2. Stars Without Number
3. DnD 5e
4. DnD 5e
5. Blades in the Dark
6. Daggerheart Playtest
7. Blades in the Dark
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Do you want some good Steam curators to follow?
I think more than ever we need to highlight the good ones. I'll get my own plug out of the way quickly, I think it's a fantastic resource to have a big list of all the games I recommend, so consider a follow:
store.steampowered.com/curator/2834...
I think more than ever we need to highlight the good ones. I'll get my own plug out of the way quickly, I think it's a fantastic resource to have a big list of all the games I recommend, so consider a follow:
store.steampowered.com/curator/2834...
Steam Curator: Casey Explosion
Focusing primarily on indie and mid-tier games, I present a list of games I find exceptional, underappreciated, or have something interesting and unique about them.
store.steampowered.com
February 20, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Do you want some good Steam curators to follow?
I think more than ever we need to highlight the good ones. I'll get my own plug out of the way quickly, I think it's a fantastic resource to have a big list of all the games I recommend, so consider a follow:
store.steampowered.com/curator/2834...
I think more than ever we need to highlight the good ones. I'll get my own plug out of the way quickly, I think it's a fantastic resource to have a big list of all the games I recommend, so consider a follow:
store.steampowered.com/curator/2834...
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Boy howdy, do I, a trans woman, have some thoughts about how the gender revolution put a lot more emphasis on letting girls do boy stuff, and almost none on letting boys do girl stuff, which if anything reinforced the idea that girl stuff is inferior if not shameful.
I think it's one of the strongest examples of how our gender revolution to this point has been incomplete, mostly a half-effort of increasing tolerance for women doing "masculine" tasks without actually degendering most tasks, while it remains taboo for men to indulge anything seen as feminine.
February 16, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Boy howdy, do I, a trans woman, have some thoughts about how the gender revolution put a lot more emphasis on letting girls do boy stuff, and almost none on letting boys do girl stuff, which if anything reinforced the idea that girl stuff is inferior if not shameful.
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Seriously great article, and it points out some VERY KEY details, like how despite EA considering it a 'failure' (and thus putting blood in the water for the bigot brigade), it sold more than many of the year's other high-proflile, award-winning and equally 'woke' RPGs.
www.polygon.com/analysis/520...
Maddy Myers does the legwork of comparing Veilguard numbers to other comparables from the same year. Spoilers: If EA thought they were going to sell 3 million copies they were just stupid.
Maddy Myers does the legwork of comparing Veilguard numbers to other comparables from the same year. Spoilers: If EA thought they were going to sell 3 million copies they were just stupid.
Did Dragon Age: The Veilguard undersell or face unrealistic expectations?
Not every AAA game is going to be a blockbuster
www.polygon.com
February 9, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Seriously great article, and it points out some VERY KEY details, like how despite EA considering it a 'failure' (and thus putting blood in the water for the bigot brigade), it sold more than many of the year's other high-proflile, award-winning and equally 'woke' RPGs.
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watching the industries like 3rd or 4th narrative single player games dont make money because executive decisions drove them to fail so the indusry collapses until someone makes one in a few years with sane executive choices and it makes a shitload of money. people never learn.
January 31, 2025 at 4:34 AM
watching the industries like 3rd or 4th narrative single player games dont make money because executive decisions drove them to fail so the indusry collapses until someone makes one in a few years with sane executive choices and it makes a shitload of money. people never learn.
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An Ashcan release of Realis, the TTRPG that I've been working on (and off and on) for the last four years is now available for preorder! thecalcutec.itch.io/realis
Realis (Ashcan Edition) by Austin Walker
A TTRPG of moon-hopping adventure, arcane discovery, fatal conflict, & meditations on the changing nature of the self.
thecalcutec.itch.io
January 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
An Ashcan release of Realis, the TTRPG that I've been working on (and off and on) for the last four years is now available for preorder! thecalcutec.itch.io/realis
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I wish that more adult nerds and fans could realize that shows made for kids based on their favourite IP weren't made for them. Especially Star Wars fans. I watched some Skeleton Crew. Guess what? Not for me, the 40+ year old fan. I don't like it. Do I review bomb it? Attack it on social media? 1/3
January 12, 2025 at 9:07 AM
I wish that more adult nerds and fans could realize that shows made for kids based on their favourite IP weren't made for them. Especially Star Wars fans. I watched some Skeleton Crew. Guess what? Not for me, the 40+ year old fan. I don't like it. Do I review bomb it? Attack it on social media? 1/3
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I'm involved in tech hiring. I've interviewed thousands of engineers. And I'd like to tell you about a disturbing trend I've seen in tech in the last 10 years 🧵
great article about the devaluation of absolutely anything where women achieve 50%. which is a thing.
January 2, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I'm involved in tech hiring. I've interviewed thousands of engineers. And I'd like to tell you about a disturbing trend I've seen in tech in the last 10 years 🧵
Without downloading any new pics, what's your energy going into 2025:
January 1, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Without downloading any new pics, what's your energy going into 2025:
Just finished Neva. Gorgeus art direction and wonderful music. The story didnt stick the landing for me. The overall theme of the game felt disconnected, it lacked a "voice".
Still a great game in a year with a lot great games.
Still a great game in a year with a lot great games.
December 25, 2024 at 11:04 PM
Just finished Neva. Gorgeus art direction and wonderful music. The story didnt stick the landing for me. The overall theme of the game felt disconnected, it lacked a "voice".
Still a great game in a year with a lot great games.
Still a great game in a year with a lot great games.
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A non-LOTR character who could resist the One Ring
December 23, 2024 at 6:08 PM
A non-LOTR character who could resist the One Ring
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I agree with @localthunk.bsky.social. Rating Balatro as an 18+ game is as unserious as it is hypocritical, and how we use ratings and regulations to safeguard children often makes no sense. My latest at @crossplayblog.bsky.social: patrickklepek.substack.com/p/is-balatro...
Balatro’s 18+ Rating Underscores Gaming’s Hypocritical “Protecting” Children Rhetoric
Loot boxes pass through regulatory and rating scrutiny without batting an eye, but a card game? My word!
patrickklepek.substack.com
December 18, 2024 at 8:05 PM
I agree with @localthunk.bsky.social. Rating Balatro as an 18+ game is as unserious as it is hypocritical, and how we use ratings and regulations to safeguard children often makes no sense. My latest at @crossplayblog.bsky.social: patrickklepek.substack.com/p/is-balatro...
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hate to be that person who makes everything about games but i DEFINITELY see this trend in games as well. so many people incapable of even considering the possibility that maybe part of the reason the games of their youth seem so magical and superior to everything since is BECAUSE THEY WERE YOUNG!
Great data journalism: people report “best times” is when they were 10-15 yo
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
December 18, 2024 at 12:31 AM
hate to be that person who makes everything about games but i DEFINITELY see this trend in games as well. so many people incapable of even considering the possibility that maybe part of the reason the games of their youth seem so magical and superior to everything since is BECAUSE THEY WERE YOUNG!
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It hurts my brain that right-wing gamer conspiracy types have decided that 'modern audiences' is a code-phrase for 'purge straight white manly men from media'.
No. It just means 'people who exist now'. It always has. It has been a term used since the concept of modernity existed. And audiences.
No. It just means 'people who exist now'. It always has. It has been a term used since the concept of modernity existed. And audiences.
December 1, 2024 at 8:50 AM
It hurts my brain that right-wing gamer conspiracy types have decided that 'modern audiences' is a code-phrase for 'purge straight white manly men from media'.
No. It just means 'people who exist now'. It always has. It has been a term used since the concept of modernity existed. And audiences.
No. It just means 'people who exist now'. It always has. It has been a term used since the concept of modernity existed. And audiences.
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Food: Carnitas or Gyoza
Season: Winter
Drink: Tea, Trocazero or Rum
Colour: Green
Anime: Mushishi, Cowboy Bebop, Monster, FMA: BH, Darker Than Black
Food: Carnitas or Gyoza
Season: Winter
Drink: Tea, Trocazero or Rum
Colour: Green
Anime: Mushishi, Cowboy Bebop, Monster, FMA: BH, Darker Than Black
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Food: Tacos
Season: Spring 🌱
Drink: Cola Zero
Colour: White and green
Anime: Arcane, Haikyuu, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Castlevania, Blue Eye Samurai
@satchmo.bsky.social
@andersmeklof.bsky.social
@seppala13.bsky.social
@skrivfel.bsky.social
@combatglue.bsky.social
Food: Tacos
Season: Spring 🌱
Drink: Cola Zero
Colour: White and green
Anime: Arcane, Haikyuu, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Castlevania, Blue Eye Samurai
@satchmo.bsky.social
@andersmeklof.bsky.social
@seppala13.bsky.social
@skrivfel.bsky.social
@combatglue.bsky.social
I’ll hijack this!
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Food: Smash Burger!
Season: Summer!
Drink: Piña Colada
Colour: Black & Red
Anime: anime? Will prob be The War of the Rohirrim when it launches!
@voicesofgee.com
@malekawt.bsky.social
@ohmymithrandir.bsky.social
@annaceras.bsky.social
@intomyopenheart.bsky.social
5 favs 5 tags
Food: Smash Burger!
Season: Summer!
Drink: Piña Colada
Colour: Black & Red
Anime: anime? Will prob be The War of the Rohirrim when it launches!
@voicesofgee.com
@malekawt.bsky.social
@ohmymithrandir.bsky.social
@annaceras.bsky.social
@intomyopenheart.bsky.social
November 28, 2024 at 11:47 PM
5 favs 5 tags
Food: Carnitas or Gyoza
Season: Winter
Drink: Tea, Trocazero or Rum
Colour: Green
Anime: Mushishi, Cowboy Bebop, Monster, FMA: BH, Darker Than Black
Food: Carnitas or Gyoza
Season: Winter
Drink: Tea, Trocazero or Rum
Colour: Green
Anime: Mushishi, Cowboy Bebop, Monster, FMA: BH, Darker Than Black
Better late than never I guess. Most of the people in the "communities" I follow are migrating here so I might as well too.
November 8, 2024 at 9:13 PM
Better late than never I guess. Most of the people in the "communities" I follow are migrating here so I might as well too.