Smartalek
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Epic Games:
Laid off 850 people last year
Sells off Bandcamp after they unionize, briefly leaving them in jeopardy
Allows Crypto/NFT games
Still pushing into the Metaverse years too late
Promotes GenAI content in Fortnite and their engine as the future of game development
Tim Sweeney is an idiot
Laid off 850 people last year
Sells off Bandcamp after they unionize, briefly leaving them in jeopardy
Allows Crypto/NFT games
Still pushing into the Metaverse years too late
Promotes GenAI content in Fortnite and their engine as the future of game development
Tim Sweeney is an idiot
i really don't understand why gamers don't support the epic store more.
they beat apple in court, take less than half the cut steam does, and now this? hell yeah, my indie dev friends.
they beat apple in court, take less than half the cut steam does, and now this? hell yeah, my indie dev friends.
Epic Games Store Updates Revenue Share: Keep 100% of the First $1M Per Product, Per Year
store.epicgames.com
June 4, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Epic Games:
Laid off 850 people last year
Sells off Bandcamp after they unionize, briefly leaving them in jeopardy
Allows Crypto/NFT games
Still pushing into the Metaverse years too late
Promotes GenAI content in Fortnite and their engine as the future of game development
Tim Sweeney is an idiot
Laid off 850 people last year
Sells off Bandcamp after they unionize, briefly leaving them in jeopardy
Allows Crypto/NFT games
Still pushing into the Metaverse years too late
Promotes GenAI content in Fortnite and their engine as the future of game development
Tim Sweeney is an idiot
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GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
Exotic Animal Photo Reference Repository
www.animal-photo-references.com
January 27, 2025 at 9:45 AM
GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
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Animated some zombieeeesh (2022)
December 4, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Animated some zombieeeesh (2022)
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|still trapped inside your own walls|
December 16, 2024 at 12:57 AM
|still trapped inside your own walls|
Please buy skyrim again or i'll keep getting shorter
December 13, 2024 at 1:06 AM
Please buy skyrim again or i'll keep getting shorter
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November 27, 2024 at 9:26 PM
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Dad brought home an old Gaming magazine from work. They need to bring these back. They have so much charm to them!
November 26, 2024 at 6:43 AM
Dad brought home an old Gaming magazine from work. They need to bring these back. They have so much charm to them!
Arcane season 2 has Viktor as psuedojesus
November 23, 2024 at 10:19 PM
Arcane season 2 has Viktor as psuedojesus
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Super Mario 64 speedrunning is "dead" after one runner claims all 5 major categories before smothering Mario to death with a pillow in what's being dubbed "the most fucked up speedrunning event of all time". He is currently in police custody.
November 19, 2024 at 2:38 AM
Super Mario 64 speedrunning is "dead" after one runner claims all 5 major categories before smothering Mario to death with a pillow in what's being dubbed "the most fucked up speedrunning event of all time". He is currently in police custody.
Anyone who believed Mike Tyson had a chance has an issue with nostalgia, "Iron Mike" has been gone for 20 years
November 16, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Anyone who believed Mike Tyson had a chance has an issue with nostalgia, "Iron Mike" has been gone for 20 years
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Everyone trying to work out why video games aren’t selling anymore — “Too many games? Prices are too low? Marketing is hard?” — when the answer this time around is actually simple:
The world got *fucked* and no-one has any money
People are struggling to pay bills and rent, let alone buy your game
The world got *fucked* and no-one has any money
People are struggling to pay bills and rent, let alone buy your game
November 13, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Everyone trying to work out why video games aren’t selling anymore — “Too many games? Prices are too low? Marketing is hard?” — when the answer this time around is actually simple:
The world got *fucked* and no-one has any money
People are struggling to pay bills and rent, let alone buy your game
The world got *fucked* and no-one has any money
People are struggling to pay bills and rent, let alone buy your game