I'm feeling the itch to Ki Pulse again & the only prescription is Nioh 1 this Saturday at 1PM EST! Definitely gonna die a lot while I remember how to play, but is it really a Team Ninja game if I'm not getting my ass handed to me on a Hayabusa-branded silver platter? twitch.tv/BallisticToaster

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Obviously “antiwoke gamers” are the #1 most insufferable demographic in gaming but you know who is #2? “Everything was better back then” nostalgia addicts. They only whine about modern popular games and never engage with anything from a studio smaller than EA/Ubisoft/etc

Thanks for tuning in! It was a pretty chill time yapping and relaxing and a wonderful way to come back after so long. Looking forward to doing this again soon! (And hopefully with a game to play) To end stream, we raided out to @starkitty00.bsky.social playing RuneScape: Dragonwilds!

BallisticToaster 🍞@ballistictoaster.com · 4d ago

[🔴LIVE] I'm (finally) back (again)! Let's catch up, shoot the breeze & ease back into streaming shall we? Live now at twitch.tv/BallisticToa...

[🔴LIVE] I'm (finally) back (again)! Let's catch up, shoot the breeze & ease back into streaming shall we? Live now at twitch.tv/BallisticToa...

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See you tomorrow. 🍞 twitch.tv/ballistictoa...

13,000+ people asked Twitch to disable generative AI tools or training by default, more than 50 times the number of votes on the next-most popular feature request. Twitch didn't listen. www.ign.com/articles/twi...

Twitch Now Trains Amazon's Generative AI Models On Your Channel By Default – Here's How To Turn It Off

Twitch has rolled out a new "feature" that trains Amazon's generative AI content models on its users' channels. The setting can be disabled, but it's turned on by default.

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Australia is planning some of the world's toughest AI regulations • Water usage will be limited • AI data centers will be required to become net producers of energy • AI companies can't train on Australian creators' work without their permission • Proposals expected to be introduced in 2027

[digs around in the Bag of Memes Holding for no particular reason]

updated for the modern times

This kinda reiterates why physical media is so important. Because if all our history books become digital, they can change records of the truth on a whim.

Jason Scott@textfiles.com · 3mo ago

I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving.

"Everyone agrees this is a serious problem, but the ESA has repeatedly opposed the efforts of cultural heritage institutions to reform digital copy protection laws to make it easier to do this work."

Kotaku@kotaku.com · 3mo ago

Sony is putting an end to physical PlayStation games, and perhaps unsurprisingly, the ESA doesn't really have anything to say about it. https://kotaku.com/video-game-industry-esa-digital-ownership-2000712263

God I didn't realize they were shutting down the PS3 and Vita stores too. Honestly, in our game availability study, we didn't even count PS3/Vita games as "available" because the stores were so broken that they barely worked. That's the long-term state of digital storefronts

As the director of a historical video game preservation institution, and someone who has dedicated his entire adult life to this cause, this is accurate. We have attempted to work with the industry's trade organization to find a legal path forward, but they refuse to offer a meaningful alternative.

Chloe "Low Power Chlobot" Adams@addamschloe.bsky.social · 3mo ago

piracy is the only extant form of media preservation that exists in games right now, you might find it morally reprehensible but there is literally no other institution that will keep games alive in 25, 50 years' time

Someone actually crunched the numbers, and using GenAI can decrease reviews for indie game on Steam (a useful proxy stat for sales) by as much as *58%* 🤖

hey yall, what'd i miss?

Today's stream has been moved to tomorrow 2PM EST so I can get things ready for family returning this week and getting my sleep sleep schedule in order. See you guys then!

BallisticToaster 🍞@ballistictoaster.com · 6mo ago

Currently getting ready for stream in a few minutes but here’s your schedule for this week! This week starts with powerwash sim, then uh... Don’t worry about that on Wednesday 7PM EST; and Saturday’s more DMC1 at 3PM EST! See you soon at twitch.tv/ballistictoaster !

[🔴LIVE] Hey everyone, I won't be able to make it to stream but I've sent someone else in my place to take care of stream duties while I take care of freelance gigs! Please give our special guest & our first guest host a warm toasty welcome! LIVE NOW at twitch.tv/ballistictoa...

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Currently getting ready for stream in a few minutes but here’s your schedule for this week! This week starts with powerwash sim, then uh... Don’t worry about that on Wednesday 7PM EST; and Saturday’s more DMC1 at 3PM EST! See you soon at twitch.tv/ballistictoaster !

My work ethic is at a collision course with my desire to play Marathon right now & I'm just staring at the Steam icon on my taskbar like:

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Every single person I know and met has an element of their past they're not proud of, or learned or grew from. Everyone I know has thought and/or done something they today regret, or abhor. Anyone who believes otherwise of themselves is dangerously delusional at best, a dangerous liar at worst.

𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐡✵@dogyards.art · 6mo ago

Realest post I have read today

DEATH OF THE MIDDLE.

Jason Schreier@jasonschreier.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Exact budgets of video-game productions can be tough to corroborate (more transparency from publishers would be nice!) but the numbers I've heard floating around AAA game dev these days are $300 million or more — sometimes much more! — which I think helps explain the current state of the industry

Hey everyone, no streams this coming week as I've got a lot of projects, events, & errands with a shaky weekend ahead. Been a bit overwhelmed lately so I'm taking time to reset post Ramadan & take care of things. Thanks for your understanding; I'll see y'all when things level out a bit!

[🔴LIVE] We're back with more Devil May Cry 1! (granted i'm sliiiiightly late, but duty (aka freelance gigs) does have a bad habit of calling. In any case: We're live, and ready to throw hands with a rejected Resident Evil boss fight. twitch.tv/ballistictoa...

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BallisticToaster 🍞@ballistictoaster.com · 6mo ago

[📅 SCHEDULE] This week, we're going back to 8PM streams (yay) & starting off with Marathon '94 tomorrow! I needed some time to actually do some research on Marathon 1 (that rabbit hole goes DEEP) & there's a lot to talk about. See y'all tomorrow at twitch.tv/ballistictoaster

"nobody taught us..." "we were always told..." "our media doesn't show us..." At one point you're an adult, responsible for what you consume, listen to, and believe. You are making choices every day. You could choose to be skeptical or curious. Information IS as available to you as it is to others.

[🔴LIVE] Somewhere in the heavens, they are waiting. ...For me to start stream. Tonight we're playing Marathon 1994, but first we'll be talking about the 2026 extraction shooter reboot, my thoughts on it, & what led to me wanting to play the 1994 classic! Live now at twitch.tv/ballistictoaster

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BallisticToaster 🍞@ballistictoaster.com · 6mo ago

[📅 SCHEDULE] This week, we're going back to 8PM streams (yay) & starting off with Marathon '94 tomorrow! I needed some time to actually do some research on Marathon 1 (that rabbit hole goes DEEP) & there's a lot to talk about. See y'all tomorrow at twitch.tv/ballistictoaster

lol. lmao even

Mat Piscatella@matpiscatella.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Well, there it is. "Meta is shutting down Horizon Worlds, the company’s virtual reality social network, on June 15." "The announcement comes as Meta scales back its once-prominent metaverse focus to prioritize artificial intelligence." www.cnbc.com/2026/03/18/m...

[📅 SCHEDULE] This week, we're going back to 8PM streams (yay) & starting off with Marathon '94 tomorrow! I needed some time to actually do some research on Marathon 1 (that rabbit hole goes DEEP) & there's a lot to talk about. See y'all tomorrow at twitch.tv/ballistictoaster

I'm really enjoying Devil May Cry 1 (all 1hr 30mins I played between bitching about the Netflix anime & trying to get PCSX2 to recognize my controller lol) but the original control layout has wreaked all kinds of havoc on my muscle memory coming from DMC3-5. Even then: DMC1's GOATed.

[🔴LIVE] Tonight, I'm playing a game I've been meaning to get to for a very long while now; the very first Devil May Cry game! Join me at twitch.tv/ballistictoaster to watch me go through it for the very first time. Live now!

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Just logged into Notion for the first time in months to move things over to my Obsidian vaults. The sheer amount of AI features they've crammed into every orifice of the UI is only hastening that move.