Increasingly, Soylent Green serves as one of the best metaphors for AI -- it's taking all that we are, as people, chumming it up, and feeding the slurry back to us. We're told that we need it, it's nutritious, it'll save the world, even as it damns it and us.

This week I'm heading to San Diego Comic Con for the first time, & I'll be speaking on two panels while there! Very excited to chat with a bunch of talented creatives who I deeply admire & respect about all things comic writing. Thanks to @comixology.bsky.social for the invite.

I'm a full time video game content creator, playing hard and soft games! 😎 I have a few content creator number goals I'd like to hit this summer 👀 💜 14,725 followers on twitch ➜ 15k ❤️ 4,853 subs on youtube ➜ 5k 💙 2,926 followers on bluesky ➜ 3k 💛 4,537 followers on instagram ➜ 5k links below!! ⬇️

SHITKICKERS is an anti-fascist satire full of curse words and explosions. If you love the Green Lantern Corps but always wondered if maybe All Lanterns Are Bastards, this is the book for you! If you like dick jokes and hate fascists, this is the book for you! www.kickstarter.com/projects/joe...

Fanbase Press' 07/17/26 newsletter: Interviews w/ @roberta-g.bsky.social (@fantagraphics.bsky.social) and @fjbarb.bsky.social & @rhodeswrites.bsky.social (@comixology.bsky.social), new SDCC announcements, & more! This Month's Sponsor: @remixinghistory.bsky.social mailchi.mp/fanbasepress...

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Frank J. Barbiere@fjbarb.bsky.social · 3w ago

This week!

A Routine Raid Takes a Deadly Turn… An Interview with ZERO INSTANCE’s Frank Barbiere & Stephen Rhodes dailydead.com?p=315416 @comixology.bsky.social @fjbarb.bsky.social @rhodeswrites.bsky.social

A Routine Raid Takes a Deadly Turn... An Interview with ZERO INSTANCE's Frank Barbiere & Stephen Rhodes - Daily Dead

"A routine raid in a popular MMO video game takes a deadly turn" in Zero Instance, a new five-issue sci-fi horror comic book series from writers Frank Barbiere and Stephen Rhodes, where "the final bos...

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Read all about @comixology.bsky.social Originals new series 'Zero Instance' in our interview with writers Frank Barbiere and Stephen Rhodes. conskipper.com/zero-instanc... @fjbarb.bsky.social @rhodeswrites.bsky.social @vicmalhotra.bsky.social #EoinMarron #ZeroInstance #comics

'Zero Instance' Frank Barbiere and Stephen Rhodes: The Conskipper Interview

It's always a thrill to beat the final boss at the end of your favorite video game, but what if that boss entered the real world?

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Fanbase Press' @barbrajdillon.bsky.social Interviews @fjbarb.bsky.social & @rhodeswrites.bsky.social on the Release of the Comic Book Series, ‘Zero Instance,’ with @comixology.bsky.social Originals

Fanbase Press Interviews Frank Barbiere and Stephen Rhodes on the Release of the Comic Book Series, ‘Zero Instance,’ with Comixology Originals - Fanbasepress

The following is an interview with Frank Barbiere (Astonishing Times) and Stephen Rhodes regarding the release of the comic book series, Zero Instance,

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Some original art and color work for issue 1 of Zero Instance which is out today from Comixology!

ComicBuzz Chats With Frank Barbiere and Stephen Rhodes comicbuzz.com/comicbuzz-ch... @fjbarb.bsky.social @rhodeswrites.bsky.social @comixology.bsky.social #interview #comics #comicbooks

Zero Instance #1 drops tomorrow!Here’s the cover for issue 1 and the original art! Lots of texture and work on this one! @fjbarb.bsky.social and @rhodeswrites.bsky.social wrote an amazing 1st issue! Out from @comixology.bsky.social

All of this has happened before and will happen again

Next week on @comixology.bsky.social, see what happens when gaming turns deadly in Zero Instance from the creative team of writer Frank Barbiere, writer Stephen Rhodes, artist Vic Malhotra, artist Eoin Marron, colorist Lauren Affe, and letterer Taylor Esposito! www.freaksugar.com/first-look-c...

First Look: Comixology Originals Launching New Fast-Paced Comic ZERO INSTANCE | Freaksugar

We’re big fans of Frank Barbiere, writer of such gripping comics as The Author Immortal and Violent Love, so when we received news that he has a new Comixology Originals series hitting next week, we w...

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good morning! we're watching Kingdom Hearts x Back Cover before jumping back into Dark Souls 3 with @elliejoypanic.bsky.social ☀️ www.twitch.tv/ashiirosee

Launching a new website about video games today. Meet @respec.net. A sibling to @rpgsite.net, a spiritual successor to VG247, & a brother from another mother to other 100% independent UK media brands like @videogameschronicle.com and @trueachievements.com. www.respec.net/feature/87-w...

Welcome to Respec: A word from the Editors | Respec

Welcome to our new little corner of the internet. Why a new video game website, and why now? Allow us to explain...

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Video Game Writers Frank Barbiere and Stephen Rhodes Level Up with ZERO INSTANCE, a Video Game Thriller Drawn by Vic Malhotra and Eoin Marron @comixology.bsky.social @fjbarb.bsky.social @rhodeswrites.bsky.social @vicmalhotra.bsky.social @eoinmarron.bsky.social buff.ly/Fszf4Pu

🎮⚔️ What if the final boss escaped the game? 👾🌍 We break down the key players of @comixology.bsky.social's Zero Instance, the new #scifi thriller by @fjbarb.bsky.social, @rhodeswrites.bsky.social, @vicmalhotra.bsky.social, and @eoinmarron.bsky.social, where an AI raid boss invades the real world.

Meet the players of ‘Zero Instance’ where a video game boss invades the real world

A streamer battling self-doubt, a developer hiding a dangerous secret, and an AI villain bent on conquest collide in Zero Instance, a new sci-fi thriller that asks what happens when the game doesn't s...

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So excited for this book! Infinite and the Divine was an incredible book that absolutely deserved a sequel.

Robert Rath@robertrath.bsky.social · 4w ago

If there’s one question I’ve been asked more than any other it’s this: “Will there be a sequel to Infinite and the Divine?” Today I can answer: YES. Join Trazyn and Orikan as they try to mend their relationship by ruining the galaxy… again. www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articl...

My very first creator-owned comic ZERO INSTANCE has been revealed! Been a joy to write this with @fjbarb.bsky.social & our amazing art team - @vicmalhotra.bsky.social @eoinmarron.bsky.social @laurenaffe.bsky.social @tayloresposito.bsky.social Check it out over at @comixology.bsky.social July 14th.

Comixology Unveils Zero Instance, an Action-Packed Sci-Fi Comic That Erodes the Boundaries Between Reality and an MMORPG Fantasy World

Comixology's newest original series, Zero Instance, introduces a world where the boundaries between MMORPG fantasy and reality have begun to break down.

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Minimum wage job: 12 hours of delicate, finicky, painful hard work Medium wage job: 8 hours a day of delicate, annoying hard work. With emails CEO of company: 4 hours of gooning to his AI secretary with a suspiciously childlike face, with word salad about quantum physics and how smart he is

I and a good number of very talented game devs were laid off by Obsidian as part of the Microsoft sacrificial rituals this morning. If you or anyone you know is looking for a Senior Writer/ND with more than two decades' experience in titles like Dragon Age and Mass Effect, please let me know!

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Game Developer@gamedeveloper.bsky.social · last mo.

Opinion: Everything hurts and no one knows when the pain will end

The writer and co-creator of Dragon Age says AI is a "virulent plague" that stops developers learning their craft. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/dragon-...

Dragon Age co-creator says AI is a ‘virulent plague’ that stops developers learning the craft | VGC

“Why have systems that nobody on your team really knows how they work?”…

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Our games industry is people. Our studios are people. Our teams people, our games by people for people. Our games are made by people, in groups of people, in teams of people, making people things for people. The magic is people, and the people deserve so much better than all this. I am so sorry.

My heart goes out to all those impacted by the layoffs at Bungie. Every time cuts like this happen we all feel it & the industry is getting worse for all the talent we are abandoning. Destiny 2 was a hugely important game to me so I thank all of you for your art.

Believe it or not, you need to keep devs in the industry (and ideally with some actual stability) if you want games to continue being made.

Every time a writer in the games industry loses their job we all feel it acutely like a mycelium network.

when AI companies go bankrupt