CMZinac

@zinac.bsky.social

Combat Designer, Programmer and Fearless Night Cocreator. ゲーム開発者 https://www.youtube.com/zinac https://www.twitch.tv/zinac

I was trying to explain to my GenX friends why we do not like moderates. There are no actual moderates. The so called moderates failed us our entire voting lives. They are just the people unwilling to fight against corporate interests. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary, notching a Midwest victory for the left

The former public health official has defeated Rep. Haley Stevens, NBC News projects, despite facing a huge advertising disadvantage.

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EA's annual Ebitda is around $1.5 billion, which should be enough to service the interest payments. But the publisher has told debt investors that it will cut $700 million in annual costs including $170 million in "organizational efficiencies," per Bloomberg. In other words: mass layoffs

EA officially goes private tonight, meaning: - EA will no longer trade on the NASDAQ for the first time in 36 years - All stockholders of EA (including many employees) will receive $210/share - EA will take on $18 billion (!) in debt, putting it on the hook to pay ~$1.8 billion/year in interest

My wife is taking a class on American history of war and asked me if I could vote in 2004. If I did who did I vote for and why. Oh could I list the reasons.

OK, so having just had a lovely phone call with a support person involved in this recall, since yes indeed this is the very same Little Red Fridge and yes indeed mine is subject to the recall, but I myself have already replaced the part in question. Allow me to speculate on what's going on here. 🧵

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission@cpsc.gov · 6d ago

#Recall: Galanz Americas Retro Refrigerators; One Death Reported. The recalled refrigerators’ internal electrical components can short circuit and ignite, posing a risk of serious injury or death from fire and burn hazards. Get repair. www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2026...

Recalled refrigerator.

Well, it finally happened! After 9 years of Unity dominance, Godot was the most used game engine for GMTK Game Jam 2026 submissions. 🤖 Godot - 47% 🎮 Unity - 34% 🛠️GameMaker - 5% 🚀 Unreal Engine - 3% ✨ Other - 11%

Pie chart showing game engines used to create 10,511 GMTK Game Jam games in 2026. Godot has the largest slice with 47%. Then Unity with 34%. Other with 11%. Game Maker with 5%. And Unreal Engine with 3%.

This is today! Ill be on @wooliewoolz.bsky.social 's show to chat about #GameDesignDirect and whatever else they want to char about. See ya there!

Woolie VS The Algorithm@wooliewoolz.bsky.social · 2w ago

Stream Schedule July 20th - 26th: Twitch.tv/woolieversus YouTube.com/WoolieVersus MON 3:00pm ET: twitch.tv/castlesuperbeast WED 3:30pm ET: Final Fantasy XIV THU 3:30Pm ET: Ace Attorney 2: Justice For All SAT 3:00pm ET: Get Into Fighting Games: Talking Game Balance w/ @keits.bsky.social Tokon!

This was a fascinating exercise: find out what went wrong with creativity in the games industry. The conclusion: there are too many cowards controlling too many critical levers, and until we figure out how to put people -taste, creativity, and craft- back at the top, we're going to be stuck.

GamesIndustry.biz@gibiz.bsky.social · 2w ago

The games industry is stifled by a culture of fear, concludes a workgroup hosted by Rami Ismail. https://bit.ly/4vPbIzv

SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal judge has approved a $1.5 billion copyright settlement in which artificial intelligence company Anthropic will pay thousands of authors about $3,000 per book after using pirated copies of their works to train its Claude chatbot. abcnews.com/Technology/w...

Judge approves a $1.5B Anthropic settlement over pirated books used to train the Claude chatbot

A federal judge has approved a $1.5 billion copyright settlement involving AI company Anthropic

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So much harder to save money on food in the summer because the last thing you wanna do is make and eat big pots of soups and stews days on end.