thank god i found it again

The player character Meg is saying, "I don't want to die, so I'll find the monkey within 15 minutes."

The Ring: Terror's Realm (Dreamcast, 2000)

I was asked to give my thoughts on generative AI usage in games - here they are!

For when you absolutely, positively, don’t want any art direction in your gaming experience.

Disappointing to see anyone take this nonsense seriously. Such a mess.

I've been running gdcparties.com for a few years now. Some shitty company BlueberryAI decided they'd just take all the source code for the work I've done and reskin it, advertising it as their own. Jokes on them...it was still linked to my events spreadsheet, and now their website looks like this 😉

the key art for the sequel to hit indie game Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines, Endless Monday: In Progress. Penny is confidently looking into the distance while holding a tablet pen. Skye is smiling at Penny and holding an air fryer. Whiskey is looking at a bunch of papers and looking concerned.

My next game "Endless Monday: In Progress" is coming later this year (probably)!! Penny and crew are off on another adventure, thanks to your love and support!! 💙

You can wishlist here! -> store.steampowered.com/app/2627590/...

no, absolutely not, you all should've been nicer to my trans homies

If you pay attention to any large industry long enough and follow it to its logical conclusion you eventually end up sounding like a communist even if you started off testing CPU case fans. youtu.be/cUrJVdF2me0?...

"they don't know how to express the idea" here's rian johnson's storyboard for knives out

pick up a pencil and a napkin

Screenshot from Windows Settings>Privacy and Security>Text and image Generation. "Text and image generation uses on-device AI technologies to quickly respond to requests. Turning this settings off will not affect apps and features using cloud AI technologies. Text and image generation Windows and anyone using this device can use Text and image generation.

BY THE WAY

If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.

There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.

Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."

TURN IT OFF.

Folks on here probably already know this but Asmongold is a part owner of Mad Mushroom games and OTK (who occasionally runs “direct” style showcases) - he’s no friend to the industry and his labels really ought to be fully shunned

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Dammitbird @GalewindG X.com According to steam, early access is no longer an option for games with "mature themes" The culling of adult games continues. @ChibiReviews @Pirat_Nation Message from The Steam Team on Aug 30 @ 7:31am | 15 hours ago Thank you for your patience during this additional review. Please resubmit your app for review when you're ready. Failure: Your app has failed our review because we're unable to support the Early Access model of development for a game with mature themes. Please resubmit when your app is ready to launch without Early Access.

Message from The Steam Team on Aug 30 @ 7:31am | 15 hours ago Thank you for your patience during this additional review. Please resubmit your app for review when you're ready. Failure: Your app has failed our review because we're unable to support the Early Access model of development for a game with mature themes. Please resubmit when your app is ready to launch without Early Access.

Heavy Hearts dev Dammitbird received the following notice from Steam, noting “your app has failed our review because we're unable to support the Early Access model of development for a game with mature themes”

This strikes me as overcompliance and censorious on Steam’s part

The people dominating our political landscape, culture, and economy are just so stupid and full of shit it's almost impossible to describe

WeTransfer TOS says they can use all your uploaded content for genAI

Bye forever, WeTransfer.

activision put at least 60% of the entire western video game industry workforce on CoD so that they could make this

been thinkin a lot lately about how gambling addiction seems to be effecting the types of indie games comin out and making it big. It is kind of making me feel insane

Revenue at Duolingo in 2024 was up 41% on 23 to $748M. Net income was up by 451% for same period and yet they're firing workers. We've long been at "insatiable greed" point of late stage capitalism. People may feel helpless but there's a very easy way to kick companies like this. Delete their apps.

1. LLM-generated code tries to run code from online software packages. Which is normal but
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.

UPDATE—Mahmoud's attorney says they do NOT know where he is.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.

Becky Burke of Book Island (a picture book publisher in the UK founded by my fellow Tokarczuk translator Greet Pauwelijn) was "detained" by ICE at the Canadian border on 2/28. Her father asked that her story be shared in case someone can help her. He writes:

«Es ist schrecklich»: Deutscher Tourist wollte mit einem Esta über Mexiko in die USA einreisen – jetzt sitzt er in Abschiebehaft Der Deutsche Lucas Sielaff befindet sich in US-Abschiebehaft. Er wollte mit einem Esta einreisen. Es ist der zweite Fall dieser Art innerhalb kurzer Zeit. Seine Verlobte äussert sich besorgt.

A second German tourist is being held in a detention centre after having her Visa revoked by the U.S.

It’s the same detention centre holding Jessica Brösche, the German tattoo artist who spent 8 days in solitary. She’s been held for 6 weeks.

The U.S. is not a safe place to travel anymore

Photograph of the text of a magazine review of The Sims 2: H&M Fashion Stuff.

This is the review that got me blacklisted by EA. Some shitbag executive wanted me fired.

Happy 20th anniversary to Cave Story.

One of my favorite games forever!

Luigi Mangione, who was arrested and charged with murder in the shooting death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, once belonged to a group of Ivy League gamers who played assassins, a member of the group told NBC News. In the game, called "Among Us,"

That concludes my 'short thoughts on video games I've played' for the night, guess I'll post more when I play more video games.