I use Assistant for literally one task: setting timers. How do I know Gemini is going to fuck this up?
Ars Technica@arstechnica.com · 3h agoArs Technica@arstechnica.com · 3h ago
Somebody asked me on Reddit why people who use AI to generate Recomp projects are currently being rejected from the communities and what they can do to fix this. I might tweak parts of this to be a more general blog post at some point, but this should be of help to anyone in a similar situation.
after Twitch Plays Pokémon twitch tried hard to push twitch integration for games (to my knowledge there weren't many games that did it - IDARB comes to mind as great, after searching I'm reading Dead Cells did but I didn't play that?), anyhoo these people played intellivision over the phone in 1979
CC@cckirby.bsky.social · 14h agoAn insane video game-related Lost Media find has quietly popped up on YouTube. Two episodes of "Say Powww!", a 1979 game show about video games that only aired in some markets. People in studio and over the phone played Intellivision (!!) games. Predates Starcade!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=29tJ...
A classic 1973 Bruce Pennington cover to ‘Children of Tomorrow,’ by A. E. van Vogt.
Candy Crush maker King has declined staff's collective bargaining agreement
Candy Crush maker King has declined staff's collective bargaining agreement
The Microsoft-owned studio says its current benefits are 'in line with, or exceed' what the agreement would offer.
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Adding to this - we're also looking for a 2D Animator!!!!
Kayla Lakey@temmiiee.bsky.social · 19h agoI have risen from the dead to let you know that POWERHOUSE ANIMATION IS HIRING!!!! 🚨🚨🚨🗣️🗣️🗣️ We are looking for a Production Accountant Assistant and an IT Assistant. COME WORK WITH ME!!!! i promise i'm super cool 🥺🙏 www.powerhouseanimation.com/careers/
Sad for the Russian folks who might have felt seen by our game. Someone in their government may have just done a sweep of the LGBTQ+ tag on Steam and issued bans. Here's hoping more of you don't wake up to a ban 🤍
Crosshair Pack has been updated! 🎯 It now includes separate SVG (vector) files for each of the 200 crosshairs in a light and dark color scheme. Also adds a new glow effect, and the missing outline tilesheet! kenney.nl/assets/cross...
the oscilloscope can produce mind-boggling effects 💀
The fact that this is labeled adult content feels like we've fallen through the hourglass.
USSR Pictures@ussrpictures.bsky.social · yesterday"Prudery is the enemy of art" - Soviet poster, 1980s
Am I crazy for thinking Brand New Day is the best Spider-Man movie ... by like a wide margin? Homecoming: rock solid. No Way Home: audacious fan service. Raimi: the auteur. Spider-Verse: incomparable. And this one? Hits apex levels of dynamism, expression, and humanity, confined to the right scale.
Assets that I made for the 2024 Roguelike Celebration Steam sale page. 🧑🎨 The tallish tile size here I'm very fond of. I choose it because it reminds me of the tall grid often in ASCII roguelikes, but it also had some benefits when it came to actually draw the tiles & sprites.
shocked,
Ben Schwarz@benschwarz.bsky.social · 2d agoAustralia’s eSafety commissioner buried a report (released Friday afternoon) that shows the under 16 social media ban didn’t tangibly reduce teen social media use, and also resulted in parents tuning out of kids usage. We traded our privacy for no reason. theconversation.com/more-than-80...
Rebecca Heineman's source code disks for Apple II, Apple IIGS, and C64 versions of "Tass Times in Tonetown" were recently imaged at KansasFest 2026 and are now archived. Burger Becky was an incredible and beloved engineer and raconteur who we sadly lost last year. archive.org/details/tass...
This artwork, titled "Juji Gorge at Kurobe" (also known as Cross Gorge at Kurobe), was created in 1933 by Ito Takashi (1894–1982), a prominent Shin-hanga landscape artist.
Someone did a demake of Tempest 2000 by @stinkyox.bsky.social on *Pico-8*. Mad. www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=158...
Tempest 2000
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Two long-lost Atari 5200 prototypes have been recovered from Frank Cohen's source code archives. Mail Boy (early Cohen's Towers) and Topsy Turvee are now preserved thanks to a fantastic community effort. More details: www.gamesthatwerent.com/2026/08/two-... Image credit: AtariProtos
In response to the unprecedented number of game developers laid off this year, we have created a bundle on itch to benefit a Game Industry Hardship Fund, managed by @videogameworkers.bsky.social. More than 100 games for 10+ bucks! Please share widely and donate generously! itch.io/b/3802/game-...
New Tutorial Video on the Official #GameMaker YouTube Channel! This was an amazing opportunity to collab with GameMaker and @glebtsereteli.bsky.social and it was a blast to make! Hope you enjoy it!
GameMaker@gamemaker.io · last wk.Make every playthrough unique! Build procedurally generated levels in GameMaker using GMRoomLoader with @pixelatedpope.bsky.social 🙏 youtu.be/gUlcha0e7Hg