Johannes Heinonen
@thenezzz.bsky.social
A writer, video editor, IGDA Helsinki volunteer and game dev hobbyist trying to become a game designer. I will probably mostly post about film and games.
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This is simply not technically possible. You cannot generate enough writing in-house to train an LLM. You cannot generate enough art in-house to train a GAN. People who think they have a model "trained on our own material" are using a base model of mass-scraped data, unknowingly or disingenuously.
Larian CEO says Divinity could have gen AI assets in it but only if the tools are trained on the studio's own data.
"If we use a GenAI model to create in-game assets, then it'll be trained on data we own."
https://kotaku.com/divinity-gen-ai-larian-bg3-reddit-ama-2000658429
"If we use a GenAI model to create in-game assets, then it'll be trained on data we own."
https://kotaku.com/divinity-gen-ai-larian-bg3-reddit-ama-2000658429
January 9, 2026 at 3:39 PM
This is simply not technically possible. You cannot generate enough writing in-house to train an LLM. You cannot generate enough art in-house to train a GAN. People who think they have a model "trained on our own material" are using a base model of mass-scraped data, unknowingly or disingenuously.
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Your power bill has tripled and you can't afford new PC parts just to create this.
December 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Your power bill has tripled and you can't afford new PC parts just to create this.
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the larian stuff sucks to hear a lot. you have to be a true all-timer loser to think generative AI is useful for concepting ideas or artwork. you let the machine do the fun part you dumbass. it doesnt tell me you think efficiently it tells me youre a fuckass who's given up on being interesting
December 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
the larian stuff sucks to hear a lot. you have to be a true all-timer loser to think generative AI is useful for concepting ideas or artwork. you let the machine do the fun part you dumbass. it doesnt tell me you think efficiently it tells me youre a fuckass who's given up on being interesting
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"placeholder text" "concept art" either the temporary thing you put in matters to the process, in which case you need to get a human to work on it, or it doesn't, in which case you can just as easily put a bright pink rectangle that says PLACEHOLDER in and save everyone time and effort
December 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
"placeholder text" "concept art" either the temporary thing you put in matters to the process, in which case you need to get a human to work on it, or it doesn't, in which case you can just as easily put a bright pink rectangle that says PLACEHOLDER in and save everyone time and effort
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Using gen ai for text and asset placeholders is not solving a problem; games have been made for decades with regular placeholders. studios using AI this way are just testing the water to see what more they can get away with - which will inevitably mean laying off skilled workers, to make worse games
December 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Using gen ai for text and asset placeholders is not solving a problem; games have been made for decades with regular placeholders. studios using AI this way are just testing the water to see what more they can get away with - which will inevitably mean laying off skilled workers, to make worse games
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don't claim it.
doesn't matter that it's free.
Don't.
doesn't matter that it's free.
Don't.
Hogwarts Legacy is free on Epic Games Store. Mystery game is the next title buff.ly/HE94Ti2
December 12, 2025 at 2:32 AM
don't claim it.
doesn't matter that it's free.
Don't.
doesn't matter that it's free.
Don't.
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far and away my most hated software trend of the last 3 years is bundling old, useful features alongside LLM horseshit i don't want and putting them all under one fucking setting.
gmail now has gemini tied directly to their existing email categorization feature! can't have one without the other!
gmail now has gemini tied directly to their existing email categorization feature! can't have one without the other!
November 20, 2025 at 9:45 PM
far and away my most hated software trend of the last 3 years is bundling old, useful features alongside LLM horseshit i don't want and putting them all under one fucking setting.
gmail now has gemini tied directly to their existing email categorization feature! can't have one without the other!
gmail now has gemini tied directly to their existing email categorization feature! can't have one without the other!
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get their assess George 💪
Massive win and beginning of the end for generative ai
October 30, 2025 at 8:29 AM
get their assess George 💪
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I realized I’ve been sort of mourning the internet lately. It’s odd. This ‘place’ that used to contain a wealth of actually valuable information, and introduced me to many people I now call friends, and which paved the way for my career, has almost completely rotted away. It’s not coming back.
Do you ever think about the fact that Wikipedia is the last good major website on the internet? You aren't bombarded with ads. It doesn't try to push video on you, and it doesn't redirect you to a scam site.
October 2, 2025 at 5:48 AM
I realized I’ve been sort of mourning the internet lately. It’s odd. This ‘place’ that used to contain a wealth of actually valuable information, and introduced me to many people I now call friends, and which paved the way for my career, has almost completely rotted away. It’s not coming back.
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I need all the selfish folks to understand that capitulation doesn’t save you, it just accelerates progress down the list towards you.
September 20, 2025 at 9:07 AM
I need all the selfish folks to understand that capitulation doesn’t save you, it just accelerates progress down the list towards you.
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this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either
September 14, 2025 at 1:50 AM
this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either
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It's messed up that I cannot purchase Bo Burnham's Inside on blu-ray, in my opinion
September 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM
It's messed up that I cannot purchase Bo Burnham's Inside on blu-ray, in my opinion
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Somewhat hilariously, YouTube's restricted mode hides my most recent video on reading game guides, but DOESN'T hide my video on the Nuremberg Trials.
My major takeaway is DON'T SELF-CENSOR YOUR OWN WRITING. You don't know what will or will not be restricted!! Do not comply in advance!!!
My major takeaway is DON'T SELF-CENSOR YOUR OWN WRITING. You don't know what will or will not be restricted!! Do not comply in advance!!!
September 8, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Somewhat hilariously, YouTube's restricted mode hides my most recent video on reading game guides, but DOESN'T hide my video on the Nuremberg Trials.
My major takeaway is DON'T SELF-CENSOR YOUR OWN WRITING. You don't know what will or will not be restricted!! Do not comply in advance!!!
My major takeaway is DON'T SELF-CENSOR YOUR OWN WRITING. You don't know what will or will not be restricted!! Do not comply in advance!!!
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Stories of people developing psychosis because of AI are going to get more and more frequent and then they'll stop because it will be so common it won't even be worth reporting
WSJ: ChatGPT fueled a 56-year-old tech industry veteran’s paranoia, encouraging his suspicions that his mother was plotting against him.... On Aug. 5, Greenwich police discovered that Soelberg killed his mother and himself in the $2.7 million Dutch colonial-style home where they lived together.
A Troubled Man, His Chatbot and a Murder-Suicide in Old Greenwich
“Erik, you’re not crazy.” ChatGPT fueled a 56-year-old tech industry veteran’s paranoia, encouraging his suspicions that his mother was plotting against him.
www.wsj.com
August 29, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Stories of people developing psychosis because of AI are going to get more and more frequent and then they'll stop because it will be so common it won't even be worth reporting
I remember that some parts of Mario 64 scared me, like the death screen with Bowser's laugh and also this Chain Chomp thing.
August 23, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I remember that some parts of Mario 64 scared me, like the death screen with Bowser's laugh and also this Chain Chomp thing.
"I'm a hardcore gamer boy.
But this game killed me.
This is literally abuse."
But this game killed me.
This is literally abuse."
this just in: im an abusive gamedev for (checks notes) making you feel things
August 18, 2025 at 5:45 AM
"I'm a hardcore gamer boy.
But this game killed me.
This is literally abuse."
But this game killed me.
This is literally abuse."
Hey it's me. But yeah, I can enjoy difficulty in games but having to repeat content lot is the reason I struggle with any roguelites and Soulslikes.
One of the hardest things for me to accept (for me) is that most people (80%) just don’t like the feeling of dying and having to retry things in video games. They just HATE doing shit over and over.
August 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Hey it's me. But yeah, I can enjoy difficulty in games but having to repeat content lot is the reason I struggle with any roguelites and Soulslikes.
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In my experience there are three kinds of fantasy magic novels:
July 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
In my experience there are three kinds of fantasy magic novels:
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Said this on Remap this week but the “pro-big titty triple A game too woke stop censorship” crowd is real quiet over the censorship happening on steam and itch rn. Why is that? Because it was never about censorship.
August 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Said this on Remap this week but the “pro-big titty triple A game too woke stop censorship” crowd is real quiet over the censorship happening on steam and itch rn. Why is that? Because it was never about censorship.
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ah yeah the familiar whiplash of seeing a legacy media org cover something you're an actual expert in and realizing "oh if this is how badly they're fucking up this, how badly are they fucking up every other topic?"
This is an insane thing to write about game development. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/a...
July 29, 2025 at 2:35 AM
ah yeah the familiar whiplash of seeing a legacy media org cover something you're an actual expert in and realizing "oh if this is how badly they're fucking up this, how badly are they fucking up every other topic?"
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As a maker of exceptionally sexless art, I just wanna say publicly that any attempt at censorship of the arts is to be resisted. NSFW art is always an easy target, but it’s also always only the first step in a chain, not to mention the artistic value of this stuff in its own right.
July 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
As a maker of exceptionally sexless art, I just wanna say publicly that any attempt at censorship of the arts is to be resisted. NSFW art is always an easy target, but it’s also always only the first step in a chain, not to mention the artistic value of this stuff in its own right.
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This is insane. Payment providers should not have the power to do this.
Games marketplace Itch.io has removed “all adult NSFW” content from search results and browse pages, following scrutiny from payment processors.
The platform says the content will undergo a comprehensive audit, with "some pages being permanently removed."
thisweekinvideogames.com/news/itch-io...
The platform says the content will undergo a comprehensive audit, with "some pages being permanently removed."
thisweekinvideogames.com/news/itch-io...
Itch.io Deindexes Adult NSFW Content For Audit, Following Payment Processor Pressure
Itch.io has removed all adult NSFW content from its search and browse results, to undergo an audit in which some games may be removed.
thisweekinvideogames.com
July 24, 2025 at 7:07 AM
This is insane. Payment providers should not have the power to do this.
This blows. The fact that these payment processors have so much power over Steam and Itch is so bleak. We keep seeing this shit where reactionary action against a few harmful actors take so many other numerous casualties with them.
July 24, 2025 at 7:08 AM
This blows. The fact that these payment processors have so much power over Steam and Itch is so bleak. We keep seeing this shit where reactionary action against a few harmful actors take so many other numerous casualties with them.