Domen Kozelj

@domenkozelj.bsky.social

Videogame Concept artist and TTRPG enthusiast https://darkpupil.com

It's 1925. I'm leanin' against this lamppost on the lookout for dames who are lookin for trouble. I start flipping a quarter. I catch her eye. I fumble the quarter and it rolls into a sewer grate. I have lost the equivalent of thirty thousand dollars.

I've long held that AI is for when a thing doesn't need to be good or right, it just needs to exist. And if your job is to simply make number go up (be it revenue or productivity) existing is all that ultimately matters. We're long, long past the point of capital caring about products themselves.

Devs, pay attention to who is actually, practically offering support to our laid off colleagues. It’s not the companies, it’s not the ESA, it’s the union, it’s us.

United Videogame Workers-CWA@videogameworkers.bsky.social · 4w ago

🎉 IT'S LIVE 🎉 The game industry hardship fund itch bundle made in partnership with @necrosoftgames.com is HERE. Over 100 games for $10+ bucks: all funds (save for itch fees) go directly to the UVW-CWA Game Worker Hardship Fund. GOOD GAMES FOR A GOOD CAUSE👇 itch.io/b/3802/game-...

Shigeru Miyamoto says the games that resonate most with players all around the world aren’t those deliberately designed for global appeal, but those based on a developer’s personal interests. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/miyamot...

Miyamoto: Games based on developers’ personal interests resonate around the world, not those aiming for global appeal | VGC

If developers try to make something the world will like, it becomes generic…

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Totally not related to any situation that might be going on right now in the hobby community : Being political neutral doesn't exist, it is a political stance in itself. And why would you want to be neutral against fascists, homophobes and transphobes?

The main way in which AI has negatively impacted games industry jobs is not through actual automation of those jobs or even untrue claims about automation. It's by making capital unavailable because it's tied up in AI investments while also destroying the consumer base for video game hardware.