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Bencompetence @bencompetence.bsky.social · 13h

Oh my goodness! Congratulations!

Bencompetence @bencompetence.bsky.social · 19h

Oh, I love this. This sounds so fun. I love games with good co-op. I’ll tell my wife about it!

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Bencompetence @bencompetence.bsky.social · 1d

What do you love so much about it? I’d be down to hear a joy-rant!

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Bencompetence @bencompetence.bsky.social · 1d

The creation and use of “TikTok Friendly Synonyms” (Unalive, for example), are every bit as offensive and unethical as things like AI Art and invasive marketing.

It is monstrous to me that people would alter their way of thinking/speaking to be better exploited by a marketing algorithm.

Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 3d

Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?

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Bencompetence @bencompetence.bsky.social · 1d

Ah, yeah. I misunderstood originally but this makes sense. Yeah, wife and I played Cabin Factory. Costs $3. Can be 100%’d in 2 hours. Absolutely one of my favorite games recently.

Bigger doesn’t always equal better.

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Bencompetence @bencompetence.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, yeah. And also not voice acted.

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Bencompetence @bencompetence.bsky.social · 1d

What’s bringing this up?

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Bencompetence @bencompetence.bsky.social · 1d

What did you think of this game? Would you recommend it?

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

The Marines plan to fire munitions over Interstate 5 in Southern California on Saturday, despite Gov. Gavin Newsom’s concerns, as part of a demonstration to celebrate the Marine Corps’ 250th anniversary.

Military Plans to Fire Artillery Over California Freeway on Saturday

Rounds were fired on Friday across Interstate 5 as part of a test for Saturday’s event in Southern California. The governor said the state would shut a section of the freeway.

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Bencompetence @bencompetence.bsky.social · 1d

It’s wild that Digimon has single episodes with more Named Character Permadeath than One Piece has collective had in its 25 year run.

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Bencompetence @bencompetence.bsky.social · 1d

Digimon is so brutal. I think about this exchange from YouTube Series “Anime Crimes Division”.

CRIMINAL: “Detective. You know the traditions of anime. I am entitled to a monologue.”

DETECTIVE: “I’ve always been a fan of Digimon… and we just straight up kill people.” *BANG*

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Bencompetence @bencompetence.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely fantastic. Games are amazing.

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Kimi Hughes @goldenlassogirl.bsky.social · 1d

AVOID PROVACATEURS AT THE PROTESTS! They will try to get in your face and antagonize you.

Conservative rage content farmers have been spotted at multiple protests.

Don’t speak just blast copyrighted music at them.

🎶Let it go, let it go🎶 #nokings

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Olivia Just Wants Tech To Be Fun Again @kingdomfantasy6.bsky.social · 2d

Remember folks. The original bluesky ethos by us bluesky elders (apparently I count?) is block and move on.

Don't quote dunk, don't pick fights.
Block, and move on.

This is what made this site unpalatable to the right early on, and we can continue to make it unpalatable to them.

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Bencompetence @bencompetence.bsky.social · 1d

They addressed his view in the reboot and it is delightfully incoherent. He ran for mayor on an extreme anti-mask policy (no masks of any kind! Ever!). He won, which he felt was so unlikely that it was proof the system was rigged. So he quit in protest within three days.

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 2d

FINALLY

newrepublic.com/post/201926/...

Hackers Dox Hundreds of Trump’s Masked ICE Agents

A group of hackers has released the personal info of hundreds of Homeland Security and Justice Department officials.

newrepublic.com

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Bencompetence @bencompetence.bsky.social · 2d

When Microsoft announced they were breaking their promise and ending support for Windows 10, I was annoyed but patient.

Then I found out that Windows 11 will have mandatory AI Assistants in it. Now I won’t ever get it. Doesn’t it feel like they are ending Windows 10 just for the AI opportunity?

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Bencompetence @bencompetence.bsky.social · 3d

Played a bit of this with wife. It is remarkably terrifying and skillful in its storytelling.

Emphatically recommended.

The Cabin Factory ⏐ a spot-the-difference horror game 🔴 @internationalcat.bsky.social · 3d

🚨 The Cabin Factory is OUT NOW on consoles! 🚨

it's a horror game where you inspect cabins and check whether they’re haunted or not. Look closely at everything and if you see something move... get out, immediately 🙂

Only $2.99 on Nintendo Switch // Xbox // PS5 and PS4

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Chris Murphy: "This is a country that's falling apart because Trump is in the middle of an authoritarian takeover. We're not on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We're in the middle of it ... I have no moral obligation to vote for a budget that literally funds the destruction of our democracy"

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Bencompetence @bencompetence.bsky.social · 3d

🫡

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victoria rose, two job haver @riningear.bsky.social · 3d

having jared leto is like spotting ai in a project: sure, it's a problem in and of itself, but it's also indicative of other decisionmaking problems

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Bencompetence @bencompetence.bsky.social · 4d

Finished the Evocarium content of Borderlands 4.

… where are the lore fans of the Borderlands franchise? We need to TALK.

Bencompetence @bencompetence.bsky.social · 4d

Apparently, DMsGuild allows AI-Generated content.

This is even more offensive than most enablers, given that AI Bots were famously trained off of WoTC artists. AI Art is literally pirated WoTC content.

I hate this so much.

Dungeon Masters Guild @dmsguild.com · 5d

Now that the new DMsGuild site is live you can adjust your Account settings to filter out content you are not interested in.

Community Content Creators are still getting caught up with updating the settings on their content, so please have some patience as things get updated.

Account page filter updates on DMsGuild.com are available now.

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Bencompetence @bencompetence.bsky.social · 4d

It’s awful that you allow AI content at all. It is, by definition, stolen artwork.

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Bencompetence @bencompetence.bsky.social · 5d

THANK YOU! Most game journalism is marketing, but journalists can do actual “Watch Dog” writing by letting us know when developers are shady about review copies.

This is what I’ve wanted to see. Excellent.

Polygon @polygon.com · 5d

The good news is reviews say it’s smooth on Switch 2

We still have no clue how Pokémon Legends: Z-A plays on the OG Switch

The good news is reviews say it’s smooth on Switch 2

www.polygon.com