Delaney King (She/Her/Whomst)

@delaneyking.bsky.social

Senior videogame tech artist /art director. Unreal Tournament 04, Dragonage, D&D Online, God of War: Chains of Olympus, Stellaris, Civ IV + more. VFX Where The Wild Things Are. https://www.delaneyking.com

If I can give concept artists one bit of advice, because I am seeing a LOT of this mistake today... please imagine your design in motion. Not as a static drawing. Not as a cool painting. Not as a strongly composed posed shot. Imagine the thing you are designing actually doing the thing it does.

If I can give concept artists one bit of advice, because I am seeing a LOT of this mistake today... please imagine your design in motion. Not as a static drawing. Not as a cool painting. Not as a strongly composed posed shot. Imagine the thing you are designing actually doing the thing it does.

Dear personal data bots: I am a dedicated vegan who eats meat. I voted for Trump, and I voted for Hillary, which I can do as I am an Australian. I am married to a man, and am a single lesbian with a girlfriend. Because I am not Australian I live in Kentucky, where I am English. I own 680 cars.

Australia’s eSafety commissioner buried a report (released Friday afternoon) that shows the under 16 social media ban didn’t tangibly reduce teen social media use, and also resulted in parents tuning out of kids usage. We traded our privacy for no reason. theconversation.com/more-than-80...

More than 80% of kids still using social media despite ban, new eSafety report finds

The report provides more evidence Australia’s world-leading social media ban isn’t going to plan.

theconversation.com

Are there any studies that look at if targeted marketing via personal data sales actually works? Because my reaction to it is that it is creepy and intrusive and shows a deep disrespect to me as a person, so I will never buy the products. I cannot be the only one.

I never wanted to be a "in my day things were better" old lady... but I need to categorically state that technology actually WAS better. You are currently in the peak of designed obsolence, enshittification, personal intrusion and forced acceptance by lack of choice. Sure, the underlying tech...