this is the most linkedin a bluesky has ever done it

Misha@mkrl.xyz · 21h ago

while you port and emulate games, I ported Jira to my PSP

While this is 90% correct, it rankles me slightly. ME1 has better worldbuilding and a stronger plot that's better integrated. But you could argue that ME2 has better character writing, both on a line-by-line level and a character arc level.

Cat Manning@catacalypto.bsky.social · last yr.

I think this is a pretty lukewarm take but it’s instructive: ME2 has the better narrative design; ME1 has the better writing.

the past several years have felt like we've wandered from the societal town square and gotten lost in alleyways where we can't see or hear one another or get back out. now adding ai feels like people are turning into trash cans and broken glass and windows and talking about how much better life is

Aftermath@aftermath.site · yesterday

Every single hobby I love has has been infected by slopped up and unserious software. It's exhausting. aftermath.site/ai-slop-hobbie...

#Pokemon #Pokemonart #pokemonfanart #corsola #galariancorsola #Cursola

Science Magazine@science.org · last wk.

Researchers in #ScienceAdvances have demonstrated that brief physical contact between healthy and bleached coral can restore algae to the bleached coral, leading to their full recovery. https://scim.ag/4ilLAZq

There is a popular blog on tumblr that mostly reposts cute animal/nature videos but is run by a weird cryptofascist chud. Somehow, he still cares about like, science and education. So you'll see absolutely wild takes like "they stopped teaching phonics because they wanted to decolonize reading".

We're looking for a graphic designer/illustrator to join the Hello Sunshine team for a few months, starting ASAP. There are a lot of artists here looking for new opportunities so I'd be super grateful if y'all could share this call with your followers! www.redthreadgames.com/graphic-desi...

/massages temples the 4 problem and the PHP problem are different, equally bad problems, right?

The cozy horror debate boils down to Cozy has recently developed a specific meaning as a label (not a genre), and is often misunderstood Some people use the term Horror when spooky or creepy would be more appropriate Almost nobody who produces art at this intersection self-labels as cozy horror

“Women with high cognitive ability tend to be seen as more hostile by teammates.” Water wet. Fork found in kitchen.

Women with high cognitive ability tend to be seen as more hostile by teammates and report more mistreatment

Highly intelligent women often face a hidden social penalty in the workplace. A new study reveals that female employees with high cognitive ability are perceived as more hostile, leading to fewer supp...

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AND "i said the quiet part loud"????????????????????????????????????? is this critic crossover episode a loadbearing cultural fulcrum?????

the critic crossover had "that's the joke" AND "boo-urns"?????

In the nine years I've been freelancing with Wizards, almost every creative I've worked with has left for the exact reasons laid out by the Union here. Make sure to sign and support the people who make the game you love.

United Wizards of the Coast - CWA@uwotc-official.bsky.social · last wk.

Yesterday, Wizards informed us that it doesn’t intend to voluntarily recognize the D&D or Studio X units of our union ahead of a vote. We remain committed to creating a workplace focused on wellness, transparency, and collaboration by winning our coming election.

Dozens of games are released every day, but I want to focus on one that hits this week. Penguin Colony It has a very clever pitch: what if you witnessed a Lovecraftian story in Antarctica through the eyes of the local penguins? But there's a LOT more happening here about indigenous art and artists

Penguin Colony on Steam

Cosmic horror, through the eyes of a penguin. Rival human factions have come to your home in the Antarctic, seeking an ancient and inconceivable being. Observe their descent into insanity in this fait...

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"If you don't finish your [game], all of the non-indigenous people on the project put on their resume, 'Worked with indigenous people,' and they go up in their career. And all of the indigenous people put on their resume, 'Didn't finish the project,' and they go down, right?"

This was a tweet from Michael Hobbes a while back and I’ve seen nothing to contradict it yet: “I think we'll look back on the last decade as a time when social media gave previously marginalized groups the ability to speak directly to elites and, as a result, elites lost their minds.”

Evil John 2: John By Dawn@johnryanwrites.bsky.social · last wk.

Sometimes the Internet has been a mistake, but it's allowed people from all over the world to have a voice to dunk on these chucklefucks without remorse.

system alert

VOICE ACTOR CASTING CALL - Looking for male VAs for video game. Arabic or West Asian preferred, but also open to Black/SEA. Paying role. Supporting character. Non-union, no AI promised by game dev. Deadline Fri Oct 16, 11:59pm PST. Email for info & sides: hiro.jadechambersound@gmail.com

The level of just blatant interference on the part of both Meta and X in Brazilian elections is staggering by the way. Like I don't know how to convey this without sounding tinfoil-hatty but it's insanely out in the open and obvious.

choosing exactly which subsection of code to spend exactly how much time on is like one of the hardest NP hard problems we ever created for ourselves, which is why all the idiots are deciding "it's none of it obviously", it's a lazy-brained shortcut with a new tool

The most Drukhari footwear I've ever seen.

@pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 2w ago

Monster Heels by Theo Gravelines

Catching up on Widow’s Bay and that sequence in episode 8 is the scariest sequence of that type I have ever seen.

As a research tool, Chatgpt is good at one thing: producing summaries/lists that are 40-80% incorrect but can give you an overview of popular terms and discussion topics that you can then look into individually. Even this is bad/introduces bias but, given the state of search, sometimes useful.

While I agree with 99% of the SAG contract, there should be a subclause that audiobook-style text in video games can be charged at audiobook rates. I have worked on at least five games that would have benefited from audio of its in-game encyclopedia but sag rates made it cost-prohibitive.

Also mutes take alt text into account. If you mute a word and it shows up in alt text, you won't see that post. I deeply appreciate people who use alt text!

Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫@lookitup.baby · 2w ago

Hi, I’m a sighted alt text user! Here are some reasons I use it: - Slow Internet on an airplane - I’m over 40, I have no idea who that celebrity is - Bluesky broke images again - My vision sucks and that text is too small to read otherwise - Conveys further context and authorial intent

dont make me tap the sign

Alex 🏴Ⓐ🔆 (The Anarchist Turtle)@theanarchistturtle.bsky.social · 2w ago

The absolute state of trans ally journalism

a project the tech companies seem to have, intentionally or not, is to basically ruin phone calls as a method of communication. too direct to actually be able to speak to another human being, not enough opportunity for them to insert themselves in the middle