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I mostly ramble about trivial nerd stuff, but I'm also on a Bluesky list for "angry politics." My politics are that bigots should fall into a deep, empty well. He/Him. Pfp: Guybrush Threepwood falling down against a blue sky. Banner: Guybrush flying.

Skybrush Threepwood

it is really important to be loud about this stuff because it's typically kept very quiet to enable people to go "See? Nothing happened, it was just people being dramatic"

23h

Hatok

Whiny shit-babies: "Waaah we need genAI, it's too hard to make good art without it" Iain McCaig with 256 colors AND A FUCKING MOUSE, THEY DIDN'T HAVE STYLUSES YET, THIS WAS DONE WITH A FUCKING MOUSE:

There's this delusion I keep seeing in Steam AI disclosures where the devs assume that "intent" and "decisions" are the main concerns with using genAI. And I mean, those *are* concerns, but you're stealing people's work and burning the world - I don't give a shit about which piece of slop you chose!

It wouldn't be It, but it'd sure be something

And, per the artist himself, the VGA portraits aren't based on any direct photo reference, either. mixnmojo.com/features/sit...

I still think about how amazing the Iain McCaig Monkey Island character portrait revisions were.

YES YOU FUCKING COULD, RAINN THE OFFICE WAS NOT PARTICULARLY TRANSGRESSIVE, RAINN SHUT THE FUCK UP, RAINN

16h

Imagine owning Double Fine and even *considering* closing it. The history of Double Fine is the history of the games industry itself. This is a crime.

11h

Skybrush Threepwood

Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou

oh yeah, in terms of good news- I haven't seen anyone talking about this??? In short- worst case scenario of 4C warming by 2100 is no longer possible, new worst-case is 2.8C now DOES NOT MEAN we just relax- the only way we got here is through hard work- but it means THE HARD WORK IS WORKING

Michael Marquis Albright