SpeckObst
@speckobst.bsky.social
(ENG/GER) Some kind of video game critic (he/him)ㅣbusiness email: bjoern.balg@speckobst.de
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"This use of GenAI is fine because VAs signed contracts to relinquish their rights".
Well yeah, have you seen what happens to those who don't want to sign off on this? Can you really call that consent when the alternative is losing (or never getting) a job?
Well yeah, have you seen what happens to those who don't want to sign off on this? Can you really call that consent when the alternative is losing (or never getting) a job?
November 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
"This use of GenAI is fine because VAs signed contracts to relinquish their rights".
Well yeah, have you seen what happens to those who don't want to sign off on this? Can you really call that consent when the alternative is losing (or never getting) a job?
Well yeah, have you seen what happens to those who don't want to sign off on this? Can you really call that consent when the alternative is losing (or never getting) a job?
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Woke and DEI
November 11, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Woke and DEI
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credits that include the names of everyone who worked on the game at any point
November 11, 2025 at 4:32 AM
credits that include the names of everyone who worked on the game at any point
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“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
“We were effectively props”: young stars of game development feel let down by the ‘gaming Oscars’
Announced in 2020 by the Game Awards as an inclusive programme for the industry’s next generation, the Future Class initiative has now been discontinued. Inductees describe clashes with organisers and...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
Warum gegen autoritäre Politik sein, wenn man ihr auch einfach zuspielen kann? Hätte nicht gedacht, dass Leute der Grünen noch peinlicher werden können. Gratulation.
Stattdessen braucht es europäische Alternativen zu #Palantir.
November 11, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Warum gegen autoritäre Politik sein, wenn man ihr auch einfach zuspielen kann? Hätte nicht gedacht, dass Leute der Grünen noch peinlicher werden können. Gratulation.
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this is literally never not accurate
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
this is literally never not accurate
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>Check entire thread.
Sometimes you gotta do things yourself.
Sometimes you gotta do things yourself.
November 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
>Check entire thread.
Sometimes you gotta do things yourself.
Sometimes you gotta do things yourself.
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They used to wiretap your phones to collect this kind of information from you but now you pay for a Bluecheck and post it yourself
November 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
They used to wiretap your phones to collect this kind of information from you but now you pay for a Bluecheck and post it yourself
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Really nice test of a low poly Ridge Racer running in full 3D on the GBA. From Gustavo Valiente's RR project: gvaliente.itch.io/rr-project
November 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Really nice test of a low poly Ridge Racer running in full 3D on the GBA. From Gustavo Valiente's RR project: gvaliente.itch.io/rr-project
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history will ultimately decide this but i think joyce carol oates might have just landed the most devastating burn in human history. like the death star trench run of posting
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
history will ultimately decide this but i think joyce carol oates might have just landed the most devastating burn in human history. like the death star trench run of posting
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it is my birthday next week and this has sadly been the worst year of my life due to ongoing tragic family circumstances, so i made a birthday gift list; i'm getting back into physical books and if you'd like to help me fill out my shelves you can: www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/...
Check out my list on Amazon
www.amazon.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
it is my birthday next week and this has sadly been the worst year of my life due to ongoing tragic family circumstances, so i made a birthday gift list; i'm getting back into physical books and if you'd like to help me fill out my shelves you can: www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/...
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I mean, who else would write a guide for Illbleed?
This 2003 Gamefaqs guide for Illbleed has A Lot going on
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I mean, who else would write a guide for Illbleed?
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thank god woke is coming back
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
thank god woke is coming back
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the way Fujimoto keeps writing compelling trans characters... (/j)
a man in a black shirt with a badge on his arm
ALT: a man in a black shirt with a badge on his arm
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November 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM
the way Fujimoto keeps writing compelling trans characters... (/j)
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Our launch discount ends today. So it might be a good time to grab it if you were thinking about it!
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Save 10% on The Séance of Blake Manor on Steam
The Séance of Blake Manor is a supernatural detective mystery, set in 1897 Ireland, where you investigate the disappearance of Evelyn Deane in a remote hotel full of secrets and other-worldly occurren...
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November 10, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Our launch discount ends today. So it might be a good time to grab it if you were thinking about it!
store.steampowered.com/app/1395520/...
store.steampowered.com/app/1395520/...
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the reality is that they have already won & they do not want to change anything. they want a strong republican party, as they say often. the only time they put any work in is to sabotage candidates running to the left of them, otherwise they just sit around doing insider trading
November 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
the reality is that they have already won & they do not want to change anything. they want a strong republican party, as they say often. the only time they put any work in is to sabotage candidates running to the left of them, otherwise they just sit around doing insider trading
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getting harder to argue that the establishment democrats actually care about winning and accomplishing things, isn't it. in the sense of defeating the republicans and enacting the policies they run on, anyway
November 10, 2025 at 11:55 AM
getting harder to argue that the establishment democrats actually care about winning and accomplishing things, isn't it. in the sense of defeating the republicans and enacting the policies they run on, anyway
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This one's been in the making for a while & now it's fully out! In our new case study, my Bern colleagues and me had a look at GATE (1991), a Swiss Gauntlet-inspired action game that tells a lot of interesting things about early digitalisation #GameStudies
👉 chludens.hypotheses.org/tag/series-c...
👉 chludens.hypotheses.org/tag/series-c...
Series: Case Study GATE – Confoederatio Ludens
chludens.hypotheses.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:13 AM
This one's been in the making for a while & now it's fully out! In our new case study, my Bern colleagues and me had a look at GATE (1991), a Swiss Gauntlet-inspired action game that tells a lot of interesting things about early digitalisation #GameStudies
👉 chludens.hypotheses.org/tag/series-c...
👉 chludens.hypotheses.org/tag/series-c...
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Delayed air travel is probably the only element of the government shutdown that actually inconvenienced dems in Congress, unsurprising that they folded basically immediately
November 10, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Delayed air travel is probably the only element of the government shutdown that actually inconvenienced dems in Congress, unsurprising that they folded basically immediately
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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the first Resident Evil One comic I did vs the last ✨
November 9, 2025 at 12:07 PM
the first Resident Evil One comic I did vs the last ✨