Vibe coded software is free as in puppy not free as in beer. Even if writing code is now cheap, you still have to maintain it.

Anthropic winning as usual

are you british

I know more about the inner workings of Epic Games than anybody who has never worked there rightly should, and every time Tim Sweeney opens his mouth about embracing generative AI I have to remind myself to not violate the trust of those who confide in me just how fucked up things are there.

This was, is, and always will be a brilliantly shit illustration of how stupidly self defeating business people can be. Forgoing the universal positive of a staff self-training on their own time, because of the vague fear that one in a hundred might make some money.

Chris Kerr@kerrblimey.bsky.social · last wk.

NEW: I spoke with multiple video game developers and a U.S. employment lawyer to learn more about restrictive side clauses that often prevent employees at major companies from pursuing hobbyist work or personal projects. In an industry renowned for creativity, why are we stifling it?

*Trojan historian watching as the Achaeans break down the gates* Wow, my civilization is undergoing a complex transformation from a heavily centralized and stratified administrative society to a more socially-fragmented modality of living in which material culture is dispersed amidst smaller sites.

Honestly, a real problem with a lot of 'collapse' revisionism for both LBAC and the later Roman Empire. You get a lot of fancy academic rhetorical footwork and sure, there are things of value in the periods that followed, but, like, aggregate population declines are generally not fun.

Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · last wk.

*Trojan historian watching as the Achaeans break down the gates* Wow, my civilization is undergoing a complex transformation from a heavily centralized and stratified administrative society to a more socially-fragmented modality of living in which material culture is dispersed amidst smaller sites.

Layoffs hit Double Fine today, and I'm sorry to report that I was one of the ones hit. If you need a game designer with tech chops and 2+ decades of experience, here I am.

Now I'm confused, are you upset because there's too much dick or not enough?

we invented the unaligned paperclip maximizer from the sci fi theme dont invent the unaligned paperclip maximizer

Simon Willison@simonwillison.net · last wk.

Hugging Face just published a highly detailed technical account of OpenAI's accidental cyberattack on their systems - it's wild how sophisticated this was: huggingface.co/blog/agent-i... Wrote up some of my own notes here: simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/28/...

Do you know why airlines are so safe? Because we regulate the ever-loving shit out of them. You don't have to like government regulations. They can be annoying. I promise they have saved your life. They happen when people get hurt or die. Every single one is written in blood.

I worked at Disney a while ago. Do you know why theme parks are so safe? Because OOSHA reps can walk the track on any ride at any time and any safety violation they see is a $10,000 fine. Each. Theme parks are not safe because the company cares. They're safe because it's cheaper to comply.

Jon of The North@krauza.bsky.social · last wk.

Turns out that food companies were only checking their food because the government told them to, which is exactly why we need government regulations.

Maaaan the Halo remake is exhaustingly Modern in its bullshit... Cortana has all kinds of extra tutorial dialogue. The intro of invisible elites, instead of being a scary moment of guys suddenly dropping dead around you, is her going "Invisible elites!! Look for distortions in the air!" Christ alive

Just learned that skunks can spray in either a 30-foot line or a 15-foot-diameter area of effect centered on them, and I don't think I've ever heard of an animal more obviously operating by tabletop RPG rules. (Thanks to @davekellett.bsky.social on @comiclab.bsky.social for the education.)

@thegamechief.bsky.social Hi Brian! Good old Sid Meier's Civilization 2 doesn't make it into mainstream gaming news much these days but amazingly my Civ2 Heroes of Might & Magic 2 mod I showed you & my other Civ2 work has made it into PC Gamer magazine! :) blakessanctum.wordpress.com/2026/07/24/i...

I made it to PC Gamer Magazine.. again!!!

Nine years ago I opened up my latest PC Gamer mag and was stunned to see my Doom & Hexen total conversion mods on the page in front of me. I’ve been getting PC Gamer UK magazines imported…

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I keep thinking about how uncannily prophetic Pravin Lal's speech from that game is

max dithered 🌌@sneptech.bsky.social · 2w ago

beware he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart, he dreams himself your master

Can I sell “the bank” my coin toss for like £250,000? Although that mostly shows I’ve worked on game design & balance for way too long…

YouGov@yougov.co.uk · 2w ago

If you had a choice between instantly receiving £50,000 or a 50% chance to win £1m, which would you pick? £50,000: 73% 50/50 chance of winning £1m: 21% yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...

Income - Taxes - Expenditures - Savings = 0 someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my family is dying

ah yes famous greek author emily homer, thanks amazon for clearing that up

Sin that must be eternally punished is a culturally Christian idea that you can and should reject. If someone admits wrongdoing and changes their behavior, that's the desired outcome. You don't continue to punish because you then signal there's no point to contrition at all, you're damned either way

GREAT value for money by any standard!

Casey@cannibal.holiday · 2w ago

Damn! GameRanx put Caves of Qud at #1 for longest game of the last five years, with a completionist time of 503 hours.

Damn! GameRanx put Caves of Qud at #1 for longest game of the last five years, with a completionist time of 503 hours.

This is kind of an incredible website: Why your stuff stopped lasting, who profited, and what's still built right.

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Say it AI n’t so.

Futurism@futurism.com · 2w ago

It's a bloodbath.

Unfortunately this is now out of date, and the "Opt Out" option was recently silently changed to "Be stabbed less often"

Friz @ EdFringe@frizfrizzle.bsky.social · 2w ago

Meta are sending Fucko the Knife Robot to stab you in the knee. To disable go to Accounts> Settings> Robots> Knife Robots> Fucko> Opt Out

Meta are sending Fucko the Knife Robot to stab you in the knee. To disable go to Accounts> Settings> Robots> Knife Robots> Fucko> Opt Out