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pulling out plugs by the cord until i die hacking music calculators @ intellijel, recording sounds, making sounds, blah blah poly pan boi he/himbo https://waitforme.industries https://slowwild.party https://intellijel.com

finally finished xenogears, chipping away at it for over a year what a great peice of gaming history, great game for its time

the gadget blog feels so dead, maybe because the gadget as an idea currently feels dead. verge lost me along time ago, engadget is 50% ai press releases, they all cover way to much movies and tv... is there any good sites left?

Oh hey, yep, basically same conclusions we came to. Like even if you're willing to write off the ethical stuff, there's a bunch of super boring business reasons to not go anywhere near it. Including "it appears to erode your abilities even if you're aware of that risk going in." That's uh. Um. No.

Daniel Fedor@dcfedor.bsky.social · 2w ago

Blue Bottle Games, as a policy, does not use generative AI. It's something we've discussed as a team, weighing the pros and cons, and ultimately, we decided it was not for us. Recently, while chatting with a colleague, she mentioned it was useful hearing our reasoning. So: Sharing time! 1/12

The main way in which AI has negatively impacted games industry jobs is not through actual automation of those jobs or even untrue claims about automation. It's by making capital unavailable because it's tied up in AI investments while also destroying the consumer base for video game hardware.