Xavier Torres
@xenarcade.bsky.social
Professional gamedev cat-herder. Formerly at Disney, Treyarch. Usually I'm the producer, or the PM, or the ops guy. I make sure games get made and my devs get paid.
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while KOSA passed the subcommittee, there is still the full committee meeting it needs to go through before being voted on by the Senate/House
support is more split on it than you'd think, we just need to pull away enough votes to block it. CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES!
www.badinternetbills.com
support is more split on it than you'd think, we just need to pull away enough votes to block it. CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES!
www.badinternetbills.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
while KOSA passed the subcommittee, there is still the full committee meeting it needs to go through before being voted on by the Senate/House
support is more split on it than you'd think, we just need to pull away enough votes to block it. CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES!
www.badinternetbills.com
support is more split on it than you'd think, we just need to pull away enough votes to block it. CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES!
www.badinternetbills.com
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"come chop it up with fellow developers"
December 10, 2025 at 11:26 PM
"come chop it up with fellow developers"
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absolutely the fuck not
Saudi Arabia's latest overture to the games industry is a new conference, produced by GDC parent Informa, taking place in December 2026
www.gamesindustry.biz/saudi-arabia...
www.gamesindustry.biz/saudi-arabia...
Saudi Arabia to host Kingdom of Gaming conference in 2026
Organisers hope for 20,000 attendees, 500 studios and 200 investors to be in attendance next December
www.gamesindustry.biz
December 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
absolutely the fuck not
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🚨🚨
Tomorrow, a House Energy & Commerce subcommittee is voting on passing KOSA & several other age verification bills.
We need to spread mass opposition now. We cannot allow this to pass. We have to drive mass calls into congress NOW
Call 202-224-3121
www.badinternetbills.com
Tomorrow, a House Energy & Commerce subcommittee is voting on passing KOSA & several other age verification bills.
We need to spread mass opposition now. We cannot allow this to pass. We have to drive mass calls into congress NOW
Call 202-224-3121
www.badinternetbills.com
Bad Internet Bills
All of the bad internet bills. One website.
www.badinternetbills.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
🚨🚨
Tomorrow, a House Energy & Commerce subcommittee is voting on passing KOSA & several other age verification bills.
We need to spread mass opposition now. We cannot allow this to pass. We have to drive mass calls into congress NOW
Call 202-224-3121
www.badinternetbills.com
Tomorrow, a House Energy & Commerce subcommittee is voting on passing KOSA & several other age verification bills.
We need to spread mass opposition now. We cannot allow this to pass. We have to drive mass calls into congress NOW
Call 202-224-3121
www.badinternetbills.com
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it's 2025 and the gangly guy who appeared on a few seasons of The Office is now our only mirror to society
December 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
it's 2025 and the gangly guy who appeared on a few seasons of The Office is now our only mirror to society
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Tapping the sign
December 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Tapping the sign
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i wonder if there is a precedent for what IT companies are doing, which reduces to "we're going to sell the products WE want", ie not what customers want, or the public wants
i mean i'm sure there are historical examples of a similar *kind*, but it seems like an unprecedented *degree*?
i mean i'm sure there are historical examples of a similar *kind*, but it seems like an unprecedented *degree*?
Glassholes were driven from polite society. It could happen again.
Google unveils plans to try again with smart glasses in 2026
It is a significant turnaround for the tech giant after its first attempt - Google Glass - was pulled in 2015.
www.bbc.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
i wonder if there is a precedent for what IT companies are doing, which reduces to "we're going to sell the products WE want", ie not what customers want, or the public wants
i mean i'm sure there are historical examples of a similar *kind*, but it seems like an unprecedented *degree*?
i mean i'm sure there are historical examples of a similar *kind*, but it seems like an unprecedented *degree*?
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Just launched a new website
doIneedAIfor.it
Focusing on the essential for now :)
Calling out to all the smart folks around here: I'm listening to suggestions and ideas on how to better evolve it.
Such as a fake chatboot that always suggests good articles
doIneedAIfor.it
Focusing on the essential for now :)
Calling out to all the smart folks around here: I'm listening to suggestions and ideas on how to better evolve it.
Such as a fake chatboot that always suggests good articles
Do I Need AI For IT?
doIneedAIfor.it
December 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Just launched a new website
doIneedAIfor.it
Focusing on the essential for now :)
Calling out to all the smart folks around here: I'm listening to suggestions and ideas on how to better evolve it.
Such as a fake chatboot that always suggests good articles
doIneedAIfor.it
Focusing on the essential for now :)
Calling out to all the smart folks around here: I'm listening to suggestions and ideas on how to better evolve it.
Such as a fake chatboot that always suggests good articles
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never miss an opportunity to tell someone who thinks they're being clever quoting "voltaire" that actually, voltaire never said it. it's from a 1993 episode of a nazi radio show & the guy who did say it is quite famously a pedophile who was so weird even the other nazis thought he was creepy.
December 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
never miss an opportunity to tell someone who thinks they're being clever quoting "voltaire" that actually, voltaire never said it. it's from a 1993 episode of a nazi radio show & the guy who did say it is quite famously a pedophile who was so weird even the other nazis thought he was creepy.
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If you’re too young to remember why Mortal Kombat and Doom were news topics, it’s because of assholes like this.
Remember this every time you see people place morality qualifiers on sex, violence, or the meeting of the two. It took us decades to reject the Hays code. We won’t be so lucky next time.
Remember this every time you see people place morality qualifiers on sex, violence, or the meeting of the two. It took us decades to reject the Hays code. We won’t be so lucky next time.
Horses shows "abuse, gory imagery (mutilation, blood), depictions of slavery, physical and psychological torture, domestic abuse, sexual assault, suicide"
It also implies someone is r*ped until they die. It's implied someone comitts necrophillia on the corpse.
Why are we mad about this ban?
It also implies someone is r*ped until they die. It's implied someone comitts necrophillia on the corpse.
Why are we mad about this ban?
December 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
If you’re too young to remember why Mortal Kombat and Doom were news topics, it’s because of assholes like this.
Remember this every time you see people place morality qualifiers on sex, violence, or the meeting of the two. It took us decades to reject the Hays code. We won’t be so lucky next time.
Remember this every time you see people place morality qualifiers on sex, violence, or the meeting of the two. It took us decades to reject the Hays code. We won’t be so lucky next time.
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Steam is filled with far worse than a horror game focused on heavy themes
December 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Steam is filled with far worse than a horror game focused on heavy themes
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1/3 Massive efforts are being done to ensure states do not regulate GenAI.
Regulations like CA’s AB-412. A transparency bill that terrifies Big Tech!
On Dec. 8th, there is a major hearing on this bill.
We need as many folks to show up! Come join in support of creatives!
Rsvp link in thread!
Regulations like CA’s AB-412. A transparency bill that terrifies Big Tech!
On Dec. 8th, there is a major hearing on this bill.
We need as many folks to show up! Come join in support of creatives!
Rsvp link in thread!
November 25, 2025 at 11:10 PM
1/3 Massive efforts are being done to ensure states do not regulate GenAI.
Regulations like CA’s AB-412. A transparency bill that terrifies Big Tech!
On Dec. 8th, there is a major hearing on this bill.
We need as many folks to show up! Come join in support of creatives!
Rsvp link in thread!
Regulations like CA’s AB-412. A transparency bill that terrifies Big Tech!
On Dec. 8th, there is a major hearing on this bill.
We need as many folks to show up! Come join in support of creatives!
Rsvp link in thread!
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every time i see that water tower i remember the animaniacs are trapped in there by david zaslav. Yet every story leaves it out
PSKY'S ATTORNEYS: $WBD "appears to have abandoned the semblance and reality of a fair transaction process, thereby abdicating its duties to stockholders, and embarked on a myopic process with a predetermined outcome that favors a single bidder .."
@sherman4949.cnbc.com
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/04/p...
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Paramount questions Warner Bros. Discovery on 'fairness and adequacy' of sale process: Read the full letter
Paramount attorneys sent a letter to Warner Bros. Discovery questioning whether its acting in the best interest of shareholders.
www.cnbc.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
every time i see that water tower i remember the animaniacs are trapped in there by david zaslav. Yet every story leaves it out
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I have come to the conclusion that all gambling should be made illegal again; or at the very least, must all be conducted in person at bookies.
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 4, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I have come to the conclusion that all gambling should be made illegal again; or at the very least, must all be conducted in person at bookies.
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people, you have the chance to put my book ahead of Olivia Nuzzi’s on the bestseller list. put aside all other considerations and think how objectively funny this would be. #1, that Mountain Goats guy. #2, Antivax Man Has My Heart. funniest list of the century. We can do this if we try
December 4, 2025 at 3:47 AM
people, you have the chance to put my book ahead of Olivia Nuzzi’s on the bestseller list. put aside all other considerations and think how objectively funny this would be. #1, that Mountain Goats guy. #2, Antivax Man Has My Heart. funniest list of the century. We can do this if we try
No need, here's a summary of the whole thing
December 3, 2025 at 7:28 PM
No need, here's a summary of the whole thing
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I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
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There is a fifth wave of ska, beyond that which is known to rude boys
December 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
There is a fifth wave of ska, beyond that which is known to rude boys
OH MY GOD THE POTUS IS A LOLCOW
Does the White House think this is going to win them support with Gen Z?
December 3, 2025 at 1:35 AM
OH MY GOD THE POTUS IS A LOLCOW
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This is DEFCON 1 priority, y'all. Call your senators, reps, call your friends and tell them to call their senators and reps about this. Call your grandma and tell her to call her senators and reps about this.
What we have here will be *gone* if these bills pass.
What we have here will be *gone* if these bills pass.
Congress is attempting to fast track KOSA and more than a dozen bills that would restrict internet access, censor speech and increase surveillance under the guise of protecting children.
Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
Lawmakers to consider 19 bills for childproofing the internet
KOSA is back, along with more than a dozen other bills that will erode free speech and privacy in the name of protecting kids.
reason.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:38 AM
This is DEFCON 1 priority, y'all. Call your senators, reps, call your friends and tell them to call their senators and reps about this. Call your grandma and tell her to call her senators and reps about this.
What we have here will be *gone* if these bills pass.
What we have here will be *gone* if these bills pass.
Architects are cooked. AI is coming for you.
Prepare accordingly.
Prepare accordingly.
December 2, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Architects are cooked. AI is coming for you.
Prepare accordingly.
Prepare accordingly.
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It was Downey who coined the phrase in the LEVERAGE writers room “future episodes do not win out over present episodes”. Trust me, you’ll have more ideas. You’ll die full of them.
WRITING TIP, something simple but it catches many of us out: if you have a great/fun idea for your story, *use it now*.
Don’t save your ideas for some nebulous other story you might write tomorrow. I promise you’ll have more.
Break your story’s status quo. Go a step further. Use the big idea.
Don’t save your ideas for some nebulous other story you might write tomorrow. I promise you’ll have more.
Break your story’s status quo. Go a step further. Use the big idea.
November 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
It was Downey who coined the phrase in the LEVERAGE writers room “future episodes do not win out over present episodes”. Trust me, you’ll have more ideas. You’ll die full of them.
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Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
November 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...