Sometimes IT means trying to untangle nonsense Microsoft errors for hours on end, and sometimes IT means going for a nice stroll down main street with a hammer and a pry bar. (I wish the second task was related to the first.)

If you're part of the BioWare or Sims community and want to talk about how those studios' queer characters and themes have impacted you and your fears for those series moving forward after this sale, I'd love to chat with you for a Kotaku story. Can be reached here or email kshepard@kotaku.com

Kotaku@kotaku.com · yesterday

Well, I guess Electronic Arts belongs to Saudi Arabia, private equity, and Jared Kushner now. https://kotaku.com/electronic-arts-officially-belongs-saudi-arabia-jared-kushner-now-2000721666

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All the video game studios that refuse to use generative AI aftermath.site/video-games-no...

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Benjamin 🜬 (they/she)@enbyemu.bsky.social · 2w ago

For anyone who ever wants to read (or re-read) @trungles.com's Pride & Prejudice readthrough commentary w/o having to slog through needing to constantly expand the original thread, I put it all together on a google doc! 135 glorious pages! 💙📚 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

oh okay??

So. I did it. Lotta people gonna be mad about this one. Show it some love?

A Jewish Case for AI work exemptions

or: why should CHICAGO POPE have all the fun

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RIP to an utter legend 💔

Josephine "beckbook.com" Riesman@josie.zone · 10mo ago

Never forget that time Sam Neill gave a quote about murder that was so beautifully kabonkers, we all assumed it was a Clickhole bit initially

This is clearly an AI-generated image

Faytuks Network@faytuksnetwork.bsky.social · 3w ago

After around a month of silence surrounding the hospitalization of US Senator Mitch McConnell, his office releases a photo of him in the hospital, saying that he took a fall that landed him in the hospital. https://t.co/zQ5YleqNAL

I'm been wondering if it would come to this and apparently it has. huge move from cloudflare, which hosts a fifth of all websites on earth.

Publishers Are Preparing to Opt Out of Google Search

The nuclear option is gaining traction as web traffic collapses and Google refuses to negotiate with content creators

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some tips for actually doing this: -shitty is better than incomplete -you are the ONLY one who can do what YOU'RE doing -people LOVE seeing the artist's hand in their work, esp in the age of genAi -the more you say "this sucks," the more you believe it. the opposite is also true

Keezy Young🌼@keezyyoung.bsky.social · 4w ago

when you're surrounded by what seems like everybody admitting that they feel awful about themselves, it can start to feel normal and expected that you also feel awful about yourself. but actually, it's okay to not want that! you can feel better! it takes work, and effort, but it's on the table!

WIRED@wired.com · 4w ago

As part of Meta’s Muse Image model rollout, Instagram users with public accounts need to opt out to block AI generations of their content. www.wired.com/story/meta-n...

important to revisit the words of the Founding Fathers on this day

do you ever just ... think about Dragon Age 2

Brennan and Ed yelling and cursing about how AI is a colossal waste of money with nothing to show for it healed me on a deep level

Ed Zitron@edzitron.com · last mo.

Had a great time talking to @adamconover.net and @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social on the Adam Conover show about Mamdani, The Reflecting Pool, the AI bubble, and SoftBank's beautiful golden eggs. youtu.be/EGqCAmXTJBI?...

"And he does, indeed, go on." When I start a rant, there's really no stopping me, and apparently I ranted enough during my chat about AI with @woodwould.bsky.social that he was able to write an entire other article about it. 😅

Austin Wood@woodwould.bsky.social · last mo.

I'm back at work! The latest in this series of gen AI-focused articles is Dragon Age and Summerfall's @davidgaider.bsky.social mincing no words www.gamesradar.com/games/rpg/ge...

No, seriously, #makeaterriblecomicday #makeaterriblecomicday2026

Just signed the contract on what's turned out to be our biggest & most complicated printing ever. [thread]

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Aftermath Vs 2026

New year, new goals, same (but better) Aftermath

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can’t believe a narcissist is being so publicly humiliated by a reflecting pool

Personally I think we need to bring back shame. It's shameful to be unable to write an email. It's shameful to demand others spend time on something you didn't spend time on yourself. BRING BACK SHAME.

Martin@concretebadger.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Why does it bother me when a manager or the CEO of my employer boasts about using Copilot to write their emails? This. This is why

I got a fan email from someone who said they loved my Dragon Age II book even though they're not a gamer 🥰

I am approaching levels of vindication that I have only ever dreamed of

Ed Zitron@edzitron.com · 2mo ago

It's time for another round of IS! THAT! GOOD?

I somehow completely forgot I agreed to talk about writing to a group of 6th graders at an event this morning, but despite my basically winging it I had a blast. The things they wrote and presented were so fun and they had great questions. Kids rule.

this is a game of weird little freaks, show me some of those

very happy to see that the oot remake sticks to its localized title in the german version

I know it's nostalgia bait but I also haven't gotten this excited about Zelda news since the dramatic face reveal in the first Breath of the Wild trailer where for approximately 1.5 seconds I truly, genuinely thought we were about to get playable Zelda as the hero

Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Remake Is Real, And It's Launching This Year.

Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Remake Is Real, And It's Launching This Year

This Hy-rules!

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I got to play Kart World over the weekend and only just managed to convince myself that I should not spend $500 just to play Mario Kart. AND NOW THIS HAPPENS