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Music/Audio person, fascinated with UI/UX and Game Design for games of all types. Performer on Dice Funk. Currently playing too much SMZ3 and loving it. They/Them

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Brandon Sheffield@brandon.insertcredit.com · 3w ago

I got asked about AI in games again! I think we underestimate how, while AI use is more rampant in the East than the West, our protections against it here are dramatically worse.

From the Gamesradar article: "Necrosoft Games creative director Brandon Sheffield also highlights a cultural divide. "I think we are witnessing an attempted assassination on the very concept of creative work, especially in the West," he says. "While I'm anti AI use everywhere, at least in China and Japan people aren't getting fired with the intention to replace them with AI as that's legally difficult. There it's being used to supplement the work. I've seen Chinese companies express amazement at how Western studios are firing folks in order to have 'fewer devs do more' with AI. Why fire all your good people?" Sheffield says Necrosoft will never use gen AI. "I feel sick about it frankly," he adds, and he would love to see the tech "be treated like a pariah." In his view, "once you let it infect your studio, [it] creatively bankrupts that studio." "We've also seen that companies outside of games have had to hire back their engineers because AI couldn't cut it – or they're finding that all their tokens are getting spent by execs on 'convert this PDF to a powerpoint' which is cheaper to just have an intern do! So it may be slightly faster, and a lot worse, but it's also more expensive? Neat ... We're dismantling the entire industry in the interest of short-term shareholder gains and it's just a terrible plan.""
Austin Wood@woodwould.bsky.social · 3w ago

He's only gone and written 2,500 more words about how game devs feel about generative AI. Latest piece quotes around two dozen different people with an indie background. When asked how they feel about gen AI, not one, but two devs responded, "Fuck that shit." www.gamesradar.com/games/it-cre...

Laura Kate Dale - LauraKBuzz@laurakbuzz.bsky.social · 4w ago

After a bit more time with it, including think what's really special about Denshattack it's it's dense mechanic variety, crazy taxi style pop punk aesthetic energy, and it's pleasantly anticapitalist narrative. Mesh that with cool on rails skating and trains, it feels really special.

Laura Kate Dale - LauraKBuzz@laurakbuzz.bsky.social · 4w ago

Still working on my full review, but Denshattack is really checking fun. Genuinely game of the Year material for me personally.

Spice8Rack@spice8rack.bsky.social · last mo.

Two things can be true at once: 1) Platner is a vile imperialist murderer whose Nazi tattoo alone should have been disqualifying, & everyone who browbeat his critics for pointing out the above must admit their short-sighted, reformist failure or lose all credibility. 2) Platner is a vile imperia-

Laura Kate Dale - LauraKBuzz@laurakbuzz.bsky.social · last mo.

If any of my followers here are colourblind (specifically Protanopia or Tritanopia) and would like to get a foot in the door with accessibility playtesting, I might be able to point you in the direction of a project in the next few weeks. Give me a nudge and I can point you in the right direction.

Laura Kate Dale - LauraKBuzz@laurakbuzz.bsky.social · last mo.

God, it looks like a LOT of Accessibility specialists were hit by today's layoffs at Xbox, inclusing some of their most senior accessibility folks. This feels like a REALLY bad sign for accessibility at Xbox going forward. A huge amount of skilled talent being thrown out as part of this "shake up".

David Walters@hiddenasbestos.bsky.social · last mo.

Tinkering with my "fmComposer" a bit more. Added support for songs with both FM and PCM in them, and as a test swapped out the fm drums of this Desert Strike theme remake for samples. The UI is still pretty clunky, it needs a FM/PCM mixer, but I'm excited about some hissy Genesis-style beats 😎

Zee 🎧@zeelatunes.neocities.org · 2mo ago

Worth checking out bc in addition to the usual album releases, this was also a weirdly stacked month for new trackers and sequencers

Chiptune Monthly@chiptunemonthly.bsky.social · 2mo ago

6/26 issue LIVE www.patreon.com/ChiptuneMont... featuring: @eyr.ee @mythsandmonsters.bsky.social @nu11-chiptune.bsky.social @ray-nexus.bsky.social @staffcirc.bsky.social @sloopygoop.bsky.social @pkchiptuneomega.bsky.social @h-mister21.bsky.social @lukhash.bsky.social @npchelsea.bsky.social

Velan Studios@velanstudios.com · 2mo ago

Star Fox™ launches today on Nintendo Switch 2! Velan Studios developed this game and expanded the story in collaboration with Nintendo because Fox McCloud and his crew deserve nothing less. It’s out now. www.nintendo.com/store/produc... #StarFox #NintendoSwitch2

Star Fox – Nintendo Switch 2 Exclusive - Nintendo Official Site

Join Fox McCloud in Star Fox, a Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive. A cinematic reimagining of Star Fox 64 with orchestral music and enhanced visuals.

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