Craig Bamford
@spacetalk.bsky.social
I write about space, in several places. Used to write about other stuff? But now pretty much it's space. I also talk about gaming here, though. Also politics, sadly and mostly unwillingly, but I do try to damp it down a bit
Notably, this is one of the current GOG freebies if you have a Prime subscription. (Or at least was until very recently, they've been doing a ton of the old AD&D games)
Shadow Sorcerer (1991) | RPG | PC platforms | U.S. Gold
This isometric RPG was partly based on a 1984 adventure module for TSR's Dragonlance as the famed Heroes of the Lance bravely lead freed slaves through the wilderness to escape the clutches of evil! And from becoming dragon snacks.
This isometric RPG was partly based on a 1984 adventure module for TSR's Dragonlance as the famed Heroes of the Lance bravely lead freed slaves through the wilderness to escape the clutches of evil! And from becoming dragon snacks.
December 1, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Notably, this is one of the current GOG freebies if you have a Prime subscription. (Or at least was until very recently, they've been doing a ton of the old AD&D games)
I feel like this isn't just related to covid or AI or any of that, but that it's reminiscent of the "lay flat" movement that the Chinese government is trying and failing to suppress right now.
Young people don't feel like there's much hope for improvement of their lives. So no reason to bother.
Young people don't feel like there's much hope for improvement of their lives. So no reason to bother.
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
December 1, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I feel like this isn't just related to covid or AI or any of that, but that it's reminiscent of the "lay flat" movement that the Chinese government is trying and failing to suppress right now.
Young people don't feel like there's much hope for improvement of their lives. So no reason to bother.
Young people don't feel like there's much hope for improvement of their lives. So no reason to bother.
The really funny part is that these are the numbers despite a public that largely has no clue about genAI hallucinations, they very much do not know that's a thing
If the public ever DOES find out, through some viral news story or popular movie plot or tiktok meme or whatever, it'll be gruesome
If the public ever DOES find out, through some viral news story or popular movie plot or tiktok meme or whatever, it'll be gruesome
The numbers in here are hilarious.
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: 87%
Managers: 57%
Workers: 27%
Planned investment by 2030: $5T
"Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B
Current annual revenue: $50B
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: 87%
Managers: 57%
Workers: 27%
Planned investment by 2030: $5T
"Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B
Current annual revenue: $50B
Three years into the generative-AI wave, demand for the technology seems surprisingly flimsy
December 1, 2025 at 9:32 AM
The really funny part is that these are the numbers despite a public that largely has no clue about genAI hallucinations, they very much do not know that's a thing
If the public ever DOES find out, through some viral news story or popular movie plot or tiktok meme or whatever, it'll be gruesome
If the public ever DOES find out, through some viral news story or popular movie plot or tiktok meme or whatever, it'll be gruesome
Playing Hundred Line, and it's WEIRD playing one of these when it isn't a mystery/detective thing of some kind
OTOH, the SRPG elements are kinda compelling, and I generally don't like SRPGs these days so hey
OTOH, the SRPG elements are kinda compelling, and I generally don't like SRPGs these days so hey
December 1, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Playing Hundred Line, and it's WEIRD playing one of these when it isn't a mystery/detective thing of some kind
OTOH, the SRPG elements are kinda compelling, and I generally don't like SRPGs these days so hey
OTOH, the SRPG elements are kinda compelling, and I generally don't like SRPGs these days so hey
Some aspects of TVs are better, OLEDs are much better now, and GPUs have obviously advanced, also color e-ink, Steam Deck is neat obviously
But mobile is kind of a wash in many respects, and the actual apps/software are miserable dogshit now in pretty much every respect
But mobile is kind of a wash in many respects, and the actual apps/software are miserable dogshit now in pretty much every respect
it’s so weird to look around and realize like, tech and media are materially worse than a decade ago
November 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Some aspects of TVs are better, OLEDs are much better now, and GPUs have obviously advanced, also color e-ink, Steam Deck is neat obviously
But mobile is kind of a wash in many respects, and the actual apps/software are miserable dogshit now in pretty much every respect
But mobile is kind of a wash in many respects, and the actual apps/software are miserable dogshit now in pretty much every respect
Incredibly funny that people are getting Extremely Not Mad about the covid angle, as if it didn't take a mountain of effort to figure out Oh Shit Lead Is Bad Actually, and an even more heroic effort to convince people exactly like them
And yes they are ALL Bidenomics dudes
And yes they are ALL Bidenomics dudes
And I don't know if the answer is: everyone is too traumatized to do work and we need to reinvent society. Or if it's more like: generations are losing their cognitive abilities and willpower due to destructive technologies. Or: we all have post-viral brain damage. Or: all of the above.
November 30, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Incredibly funny that people are getting Extremely Not Mad about the covid angle, as if it didn't take a mountain of effort to figure out Oh Shit Lead Is Bad Actually, and an even more heroic effort to convince people exactly like them
And yes they are ALL Bidenomics dudes
And yes they are ALL Bidenomics dudes
Universal ironclad law: they will NEVER "double check".
They'll say that they do, including right here on Bluesky, but they never do. Either they're a psychotic cultist who thinks "LLM hallucinations" are fake news, or they're too lazy and they're going to keep being too lazy.
They'll say that they do, including right here on Bluesky, but they never do. Either they're a psychotic cultist who thinks "LLM hallucinations" are fake news, or they're too lazy and they're going to keep being too lazy.
November 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Universal ironclad law: they will NEVER "double check".
They'll say that they do, including right here on Bluesky, but they never do. Either they're a psychotic cultist who thinks "LLM hallucinations" are fake news, or they're too lazy and they're going to keep being too lazy.
They'll say that they do, including right here on Bluesky, but they never do. Either they're a psychotic cultist who thinks "LLM hallucinations" are fake news, or they're too lazy and they're going to keep being too lazy.
Reminder of that bit in Discworld where Vimes thinks about how the public can NEVER be allowed to remember that the guardsmen are enormously outnumbered at all times and are far from omnipotent
Normally not a problem, but piss the people off enough and the whole magic trick can fall apart
Normally not a problem, but piss the people off enough and the whole magic trick can fall apart
I saw someone somehow manage to get pulled away from a swarm of cops trying to grab and piled on top of them, pulled away and disappeared into the crowd so quickly that the cop in charge said, baffled to another cop, “How’d he get away??”
November 30, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Reminder of that bit in Discworld where Vimes thinks about how the public can NEVER be allowed to remember that the guardsmen are enormously outnumbered at all times and are far from omnipotent
Normally not a problem, but piss the people off enough and the whole magic trick can fall apart
Normally not a problem, but piss the people off enough and the whole magic trick can fall apart
Reposted by Craig Bamford
Not the main problem, but increasingly thinking we need a moratorium on the term "Artificial Intelligence" (both in full and as "AI") because it's clear it means at least three seriously different things and equivocation between those helps to enable this nonsense.
November 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Not the main problem, but increasingly thinking we need a moratorium on the term "Artificial Intelligence" (both in full and as "AI") because it's clear it means at least three seriously different things and equivocation between those helps to enable this nonsense.
I know that The Disease is a taboo topic to talk about now, but end of the day Prasad will have likely caught more bodies than Hegseth
One of the biggest covid deniers on the planet and, yeah, those fuckers are absolutely the reason measles is back and polio might be next
One of the biggest covid deniers on the planet and, yeah, those fuckers are absolutely the reason measles is back and polio might be next
In a new leaked memo, the FDA outlined plans to make it much harder to get new vaccines approved, claiming, without sharing evidence, that the COVID vaccines have killed at least 10 children.
This is so reckless. The science shows us that COVID vaccines have saved millions of lives.
This is so reckless. The science shows us that COVID vaccines have saved millions of lives.
November 30, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I know that The Disease is a taboo topic to talk about now, but end of the day Prasad will have likely caught more bodies than Hegseth
One of the biggest covid deniers on the planet and, yeah, those fuckers are absolutely the reason measles is back and polio might be next
One of the biggest covid deniers on the planet and, yeah, those fuckers are absolutely the reason measles is back and polio might be next
Reposted by Craig Bamford
I cannot even begin to express my rage at this lie
reading this through me back into my pandemic EMT life, attempting to resuscitate a child experiencing a cardiac arrest secondary to COVID while a father says “we heard that the vaccine was riskier than COVID for kids” and a mother wails in agony
reading this through me back into my pandemic EMT life, attempting to resuscitate a child experiencing a cardiac arrest secondary to COVID while a father says “we heard that the vaccine was riskier than COVID for kids” and a mother wails in agony
NEW: The F.D.A. announced in an internal memo that 10 children died "because of" the Covid shot. Other experts want to see proof.
“This is a profound revelation,” Dr. Prasad's memo said. “For the first time, the U.S. F.D.A. will acknowledge that Covid-19 vaccines have killed American children.”
“This is a profound revelation,” Dr. Prasad's memo said. “For the first time, the U.S. F.D.A. will acknowledge that Covid-19 vaccines have killed American children.”
F.D.A. Attributes 10 Children’s Deaths to Covid Vaccines
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I cannot even begin to express my rage at this lie
reading this through me back into my pandemic EMT life, attempting to resuscitate a child experiencing a cardiac arrest secondary to COVID while a father says “we heard that the vaccine was riskier than COVID for kids” and a mother wails in agony
reading this through me back into my pandemic EMT life, attempting to resuscitate a child experiencing a cardiac arrest secondary to COVID while a father says “we heard that the vaccine was riskier than COVID for kids” and a mother wails in agony
It remains incredibly weird that the Venn diagram of "COVID was/is a cold lol" guys, "Bidenomics saved the world" guys, and "GenAI is inevitable and Awesome Actually" guys on here is a tight circle
But yeah it absolutely is
Points to the one Bidenomics guy who forgot brexit happened
But yeah it absolutely is
Points to the one Bidenomics guy who forgot brexit happened
November 30, 2025 at 4:16 AM
It remains incredibly weird that the Venn diagram of "COVID was/is a cold lol" guys, "Bidenomics saved the world" guys, and "GenAI is inevitable and Awesome Actually" guys on here is a tight circle
But yeah it absolutely is
Points to the one Bidenomics guy who forgot brexit happened
But yeah it absolutely is
Points to the one Bidenomics guy who forgot brexit happened
Good news about zoomers
I regret every joke I’ve made about how our elected officials were so old they didn’t know how to use a computer. I would give anything for another administration that doesn’t know how to use a computer
November 30, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Good news about zoomers
...guessing the latest ZZZ update got a VERY hurried rewrite considering every dub language besides Chinese is missing big chunks of dialogue
...so I'm playing it in Chinese, which is very different than what I'm used to but, hey, I'll give it a shot
...so I'm playing it in Chinese, which is very different than what I'm used to but, hey, I'll give it a shot
November 30, 2025 at 2:44 AM
...guessing the latest ZZZ update got a VERY hurried rewrite considering every dub language besides Chinese is missing big chunks of dialogue
...so I'm playing it in Chinese, which is very different than what I'm used to but, hey, I'll give it a shot
...so I'm playing it in Chinese, which is very different than what I'm used to but, hey, I'll give it a shot
Yeah again this is exactly why I'm always surprised when people can't tell, there's this oily look to almost all genAI imagery that always creeps me right the fuck out
Like it is physically gross to look at, and I've generally got a pretty high tolerance for that kind of thing
Like it is physically gross to look at, and I've generally got a pretty high tolerance for that kind of thing
Even when there are no obvious artifacts, the generated images often have a weird uncanny sheen to them that I personally find vaguely revolting. I can’t really turn that reaction off.
November 30, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Yeah again this is exactly why I'm always surprised when people can't tell, there's this oily look to almost all genAI imagery that always creeps me right the fuck out
Like it is physically gross to look at, and I've generally got a pretty high tolerance for that kind of thing
Like it is physically gross to look at, and I've generally got a pretty high tolerance for that kind of thing
Yeeeaaahhh I absolutely am done giving any slack to the "oh but poor wee valve is at the mercy of the paypros" dipshits.
The paypros deserve the pressure, **but so does Valve**, because their Review Commissars need to get reined the fuck in by actual human beings with actual thought processes.
The paypros deserve the pressure, **but so does Valve**, because their Review Commissars need to get reined the fuck in by actual human beings with actual thought processes.
November 30, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Yeeeaaahhh I absolutely am done giving any slack to the "oh but poor wee valve is at the mercy of the paypros" dipshits.
The paypros deserve the pressure, **but so does Valve**, because their Review Commissars need to get reined the fuck in by actual human beings with actual thought processes.
The paypros deserve the pressure, **but so does Valve**, because their Review Commissars need to get reined the fuck in by actual human beings with actual thought processes.
Anyway Cyrene does take an age to spin up, the struggle is real, but that thing where she puts Phainon into perma-angry mode is just hilarious
Just whispering in his ear "that guy said you're just some dork named kevin, you ain't gonna take that, sure you ain't go kick his ass"
Just whispering in his ear "that guy said you're just some dork named kevin, you ain't gonna take that, sure you ain't go kick his ass"
November 29, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Anyway Cyrene does take an age to spin up, the struggle is real, but that thing where she puts Phainon into perma-angry mode is just hilarious
Just whispering in his ear "that guy said you're just some dork named kevin, you ain't gonna take that, sure you ain't go kick his ass"
Just whispering in his ear "that guy said you're just some dork named kevin, you ain't gonna take that, sure you ain't go kick his ass"
...and this is why Carney’s quest to win over Albertan truck guys is cooked from the start
Ain't happening, sorry
Ain't happening, sorry
Danielle Smith tried to sell her federal-Alberta energy deal to the UCP convention crowd: tepid applause.
She told them that this proved Canada can work well for Alberta’s interests: loud boos.
This ain’t a base that wants Smith to work with a Liberal PM on a better industrial carbon tax.
She told them that this proved Canada can work well for Alberta’s interests: loud boos.
This ain’t a base that wants Smith to work with a Liberal PM on a better industrial carbon tax.
November 29, 2025 at 8:14 AM
...and this is why Carney’s quest to win over Albertan truck guys is cooked from the start
Ain't happening, sorry
Ain't happening, sorry
I've been grouching about Star Rail for ages and rightly so, but credit where it's due, the QOL improvements have been genuinely impressive
They've clearly sunk a lot of work into making it pretty clean to skill up and level up a character, taking away the friction that feels left over from Genshin
They've clearly sunk a lot of work into making it pretty clean to skill up and level up a character, taking away the friction that feels left over from Genshin
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 AM
I've been grouching about Star Rail for ages and rightly so, but credit where it's due, the QOL improvements have been genuinely impressive
They've clearly sunk a lot of work into making it pretty clean to skill up and level up a character, taking away the friction that feels left over from Genshin
They've clearly sunk a lot of work into making it pretty clean to skill up and level up a character, taking away the friction that feels left over from Genshin
This site is NEVER beating the "thinks it's 2015" allegations, but no more so than the game designers that think "I can't believe y'all think games should have friction" is still a defensible take
We saw the world you made and it's Atreus never shutting up and it sucked, the debate is long over
We saw the world you made and it's Atreus never shutting up and it sucked, the debate is long over
November 29, 2025 at 5:21 AM
This site is NEVER beating the "thinks it's 2015" allegations, but no more so than the game designers that think "I can't believe y'all think games should have friction" is still a defensible take
We saw the world you made and it's Atreus never shutting up and it sucked, the debate is long over
We saw the world you made and it's Atreus never shutting up and it sucked, the debate is long over
Reposted by Craig Bamford
What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline
Carney is absolutely going to rip the Libs apart in his desperate and pathetic attempts to win the votes of Albertan truck guys
Next up is probably getting rid of childhood vaccinations, why the fuck not it's not like Mark Carney cares if your children live as long as the Production Units endure
Next up is probably getting rid of childhood vaccinations, why the fuck not it's not like Mark Carney cares if your children live as long as the Production Units endure
November 27, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Carney is absolutely going to rip the Libs apart in his desperate and pathetic attempts to win the votes of Albertan truck guys
Next up is probably getting rid of childhood vaccinations, why the fuck not it's not like Mark Carney cares if your children live as long as the Production Units endure
Next up is probably getting rid of childhood vaccinations, why the fuck not it's not like Mark Carney cares if your children live as long as the Production Units endure
Star Rail has never come across as more desperate for money than right now, when they've paired a double banner of seven(!) characters (three per banner with one patch-long character" with the biggest drought of free events I've ever seen
November 27, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Star Rail has never come across as more desperate for money than right now, when they've paired a double banner of seven(!) characters (three per banner with one patch-long character" with the biggest drought of free events I've ever seen
So that new Wuthering Waves character is pretty much just Cyberpunk Marin, huh
...I mean no complaints I just love how these companies unapologetically wear their influences on their sleeves
...I mean no complaints I just love how these companies unapologetically wear their influences on their sleeves
November 27, 2025 at 7:27 AM
So that new Wuthering Waves character is pretty much just Cyberpunk Marin, huh
...I mean no complaints I just love how these companies unapologetically wear their influences on their sleeves
...I mean no complaints I just love how these companies unapologetically wear their influences on their sleeves
Goddamn Iraq War didn't have as much consent manufacturing as this genAI slop does
Opposing Steam’s AI Disclosures, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney Says Game Stores Should Drop "the AI tag" Because "it makes no sense" When "AI will be involved in nearly all future production"
www.gamesradar.com/games/opposi...
#ai #gamedev #steam #epicgames #videogames #gaming
www.gamesradar.com/games/opposi...
#ai #gamedev #steam #epicgames #videogames #gaming
Opposing Steam's AI disclosures, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says game stores should drop "the AI tag" because "it makes no sense" when "AI will be involved in nearly all future production"
Steam has actually made AI disclosures even more prominent
www.gamesradar.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Goddamn Iraq War didn't have as much consent manufacturing as this genAI slop does