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There is always another page. Avatar made in Hero Forge. It is a white man holding a staff with a hand on his hip. He has a cape on his left shoulder as well as a dagger on his belt.
Rest in peace BioWare. While Mass Effect 3’s multiplayer was not unique, it was one of the most polished and throughly enjoyable during its release era.
Jason Schreier@jasonschreier.bsky.social · 4d agoBREAKING: Electronic Arts is cutting 400 jobs and shutting down BioWare, the legendary development studio behind Dragon Age and Mass Effect. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Make art. Make BAD art. Get better. Fuck AI.
Caleb Dume@thacalebdume.bsky.social · 2w agoHave the courage to be bad at what you’re doing because that’s how you get good at what you’re doing. AI is fool’s gold because it promises you the ability to produce something good without getting good. You don’t believe in getting good at this thing. That’s why people don’t respect your output.
Honestly, if you know absolutely nothing else about Twitter, the fact that Elon *personally intervened* to reverse the ban of someone who had posted CSAM should, on its own, be reason enough to delete your account. (Preaching to the choir, I know.)
Anil Dash@anildash.com · 2w agoNormal people didn't used to hear, "this person built a platform that pays a man who published images of a 2-year-old being sexually abused" and ask "how are the sports scores there?" This is very recent development. Read this story, if you haven't. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Nice to know Hachette nearly blew up ebook lending 5 years ago over purported copyright violations. Good to know that they totally fine with using the copyright violation machine for their own profit.
WIRED@wired.com · 2w agoMore than two dozen workers at three major publishing houses—HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and Hachette—tell WIRED that LLMs are being used for publicity, cover art, back cover copy, and emails, as some execs push junior staff to champion the tech. Read the full story: buff.ly/p0ymGmN
Did groceries today. Definitely didn't buy a few things I need because I don't have grocery money. If anyone can spare $60 for groceries, I'd appreciate it. (I give up on the elder care supplies. Just gonna have to deal with whatever comes.) Thanks for sharing and donating in advance 🙏🏾
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the thing i love most about King is that he occasionally lapses into truly bonkers phrasing (especially in dialogue) in a way I've never seen Rowling do. Rowling feels like reading a copy of a copy of language; King feels like a transcription of some insane guy in a bar plus a porno mag in the woods
Ladies, gentlemen, and everything in between, it’s that time of year again. Time to watch all of Garth Meranghi’s Dark Place back to back again.
"I want to play, and I need dad to brush my teeth first should I: a) let dad brush my teeth and go back to playing in two minutes b) whine and moan and throw a 20 minute tantrum" difficult choices for small children, please advise
Phoenix Wrong in the Von Karma Machine. (I’ve never played the games, only seen someone play them.)
Wario64@wario64.bsky.social · last mo.New Ace Attorney title announced - Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies VR - Announcement Trailer (Coming 2027 for Meta VR Glasses, Meta Quest 3/3S, Quest Pro, and Quest2) www.youtube.com/watch?v=-674...
It's library open house week at NYPL (I'm not sure sure they are on here and if they are not they should really be). www.nypl.org/connect/open... - September is also library card sign up week. I want to encourage everyone in NYC to get a library card if you don't have one. Get cards for kids too
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So this pretty bang on when it comes to diagnosing why Harry Potter succeeded but I think it misses one critical detail: the house system ramped the fandom into the stratosphere.
A Tea Walks Home Alone at Night@teaberryblue.net · 2mo agoThe reason that the Harry Potter apologists won't just read better books is because they're not looking for good stories...if they were, they wouldn't have glommed on to Harry Potter. They're looking for the camaraderie and social phenomenon that Harry Potter was in the 2000s.
Do you like Mega Man but wish it was about a street smart magical girl? Then do I have the comic for you!
Ryan jampole@mrjamps.bsky.social · 2mo agoHey everyone! Taka is now on webtoons! It’s an awesome delinquent turned metal hero vs evil robot manga written and drawn by me, with @idwpublishing.com ! If you could Please share the link—let’s get as many people to read Taka as possible! www.webtoons.com/en/action/ta...
Comics (and by extension manga) is for the children, teens, and adults.
The twisted beauty of American Psycho the book is that it’s either one of two very different narratives depending on how you view the climax of the first half of the book. Either Patrick suffers a silent breakdown that leads to increasingly severe alienation or he’s Jack the Ripper in cuff links.
The idea that book bans boost sales is false and harmful. No one benefits. But YOU can help authors thrive. So feel free to shout out your favorite books that made this list.
Ryan Estrada@ryanestrada.com · 2mo agoI was up late messaging so many friends to let them know their book is on the "illegal in Texas schools" list, but I don't want to spend all week being the bearer of bad news. Fellow authors, check this list for your name or titles. recoveramerica.com/inappropriat...
Out of all the monsters that have come out of DnD, the Aberration class of monsters are probably its strongest design-wise. Mimics are gray and so are beholders.
I am becoming incredibly exhausted of this pattern: many people: "AI sucks!" Very Smart Person: ah but have you considered (distinct application of ML or statistical modeling that has no real relationship to what the tech industry is marketing as, and people broadly perceive as, "AI")
Megan Greenwell@greenwell.bsky.social · 2mo agoapropos of nothing, here's a terrific feature about a meaningful, life-saving use of artificial intelligence, which I have been thinking about for over a year. it's just extremely stupid to say that AI has zero benefits even if you don't think it should be used in writing (which I don't)!
thinking you can fix nancy mace is more or less the same energy as this
28 Days Lehner 🪦@danlehner.bsky.social · 2mo agoreal “can I say something” final boss with Mace rn — not condoning, just observing
If Bluesky was really as dead as they say, could I do THIS?? (okay I am going to need this to do big numbers)
there's a lot of dunking on kids and "kids today" in the comments, and can I just cordially request that as millennials we, uh, don't fucking do that? it's the worst trait of gen x and boomers. we could just NOT do that. this isn't a story of "kids today" its adults Big Brothering society.
jon christian@jonchristian.net · 2mo agokids today are literally confused about whether "partying" was real or an urban legend
Rest in pieces possible SSX Tricky remaster. You would have been too good for this timeline.
Kotaku@kotaku.com · 3mo agoWell, 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
The last ten years on US American politics have been dominated by the absolute worst people demanding a live studio audience that claps, laughs, and boos on cue.
🎃GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE🎃@golikehellmachine.com · 3mo agoit’s legitimately fucking offensive to me as a taxpayer that this entire administration is run by people whose only goal in life is to be on television
“My kids will learn to be quiet when they need to.” plus “I will not be distracted at all when I am supposed to be watching my kids.”. Turns out, silence is terrifying when I realized I lost track of both time and where my kids are in the house. Scoured the house in record time to find them.
