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💍 @acousticdonuts.bsky.social 32 | any pronouns | casual artist & writer | office lady | #NileArts plays crpgs, Fallen London, Warframe, and reads books i: @ skeb.jp/konuhisa ❤️ 21+/minors please dont interact
NEW: Why did EA shut down BioWare? Twitter thinks the studio failed because it was too woke. BlueSky thinks Saudi Arabia killed the studio for being too gay. The real reason? Star Wars www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Why Electronic Arts Shut Down BioWare
Facing financial pressure, the video-game publisher chose ‘Star Wars’ over ‘Mass Effect’
bloomberg.com
if my ambition has taught me anything, its that raising an abomination is apparently my FLPC's secret talent
Swaddled still in a zee-stained cloth, the Foundling looks up at you with wide, luminous eyes, their shrieks quieted by your presence. You are burdened with a monumental task: the saving of a life. November's Exceptional Story in Fallen London is The Foundling, by @hazelmonforton.com
I wrote another Exceptional Story for Fallen London! I had a wonderful time writing this and I’m so excited for people to play through the Foundling’s tale.
Swaddled still in a zee-stained cloth, the Foundling looks up at you with wide, luminous eyes, their shrieks quieted by your presence. You are burdened with a monumental task: the saving of a life. November's Exceptional Story in Fallen London is The Foundling, by @hazelmonforton.com
We're heating up a new Omegaverse collection and want your input! Help us choose which colors to make: Navy, Burgundy, Light Blue, or something else? Which would you (or the Alpha/Beta/Omega in your life) want to wear? 👀
PSA for people with epilepsy or have sensitive eyes in the new typing game in ffxiv!!! there is a mechanic in wave 3 final boss where the words are blurred in intervals and makes the edges of the screen + the word boxes go static in intervals. This is unavoidable. Pls be aware for your safety!
Sometimes, gloves are hereditary. Here's an illustration of your mother from our upcoming rural life sim Mandrake, with time lapse commentary by @erionmakuo.bsky.social.
Your Mother's Profession || Illustration Timelapse from Mandrake
YouTube video by Failbetter Games
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LRT because I know some oomfs still play F*rtnite It contains AI slop and continues to implement AI slop frvr.com/blog/epic-ga...
Epic Games confirms Fortnite characters, skins and environments are now being made with AI tools
Epic Games confirms that new Fortnite characters, skins, and environments are now being made with heavy AI assistance.
frvr.com
i managed to grab a criossant breakfast sandwich from work and like bro theres so much shit in this sandwich omg
Always strange seeing people you've never met before block you because I'm always mildly curious what I did, esp if you're an oomfs mutual
I don't know how to impress upon you that developers and studios should get to create games and have livelihoods even if you didn't like what they made.
i used to look forward to my seasonal steam nextfest review series, but almost everyhing i see is either ai slop or vibecoded slop, which sucks cause i like giving devs actual feedback/looking at their games and now it just feels hopeless. ugh
it cannot actually be ignored or danced around that the closure of BioWare came so soon after the Saudi and Jared Kushner acquisition of EA. they absolutely did take the studio making EA’s broadly queerest games out back and shoot it old yeller style. do not let yourself or colleagues ignore that
BioWare, which was once hundreds of employees across three offices, had around 50 staff remaining when EA closed the studio this morning. EA gutted BioWare after the release of Dragon Age: The Veilguard last year, as we reported then: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Electronic Arts Slashes BioWare After ‘Dragon Age’ Sales Miss
The studio has shrunk to less than 100 people following the release of Dragon Age: The Veilguard
bloomberg.com
you can't judge when bioware was really killed because the mismanagement at the higher level under EA has been so constant and pervasive since the acquisition at every stage that every game shipped at all was a herculean miracle
there's a bitter irony here: the 'fan protest' around the original ending of Mass Effect 3 was a blueprint for where we are now. Weaponization of consumer-uber-alles mindset, online brigading, etc.
Bioware made games with depth, curiosity, and ambition. Their loss is gutting.
BREAKING: 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...
Electronic Arts to Cut 400 Jobs, Shut Down BioWare
The next ‘Mass Effect’ will be canceled as part of the layoffs
bloomberg.com
i cant wait for people to somehow blame veilguard for all this and for people to act like that game burned their crops. good grief