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Rob MacWolf, Werewolf Hitchhiker @robmacwolf.thevoice.dog · 10h

When we write or draw porn or erotica, we get banned from having a bank account and our livelihoods get seized even if we give it away for free.

When billionaires steal what we've written or drawn to churn out a slop-approximate of porn, they're allowed to charge for it.

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 13h

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 7h

The guy responsible for forcing horrible smeary texture filtering on by default in GZDoom has finally crossed a line that the community cannot stand. An unfortunate schism, but hopefully this means things improve faster from here!

HiMyNameisChair 🏳️‍⚧️ @himynameischair.bsky.social · 9h

The short version: the Gzdoom team has finally had enough of Graf Zhal's shit (including but not limited to pushing AI code into Gzdoom).

The entire team has packed up and made a new fork of Gzdoom.

github.com/DZDoom/DZDoo...

GitHub - DZDoom/DZDoom: DZDoom is a feature centric port for all Doom engine games, based on ZDoom, adding an OpenGL renderer and powerful scripting capabilities

DZDoom is a feature centric port for all Doom engine games, based on ZDoom, adding an OpenGL renderer and powerful scripting capabilities - DZDoom/DZDoom

github.com

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St1ka @st1ka.bsky.social · 12h

I am covering EVERY First Person Shooter EVER made in Japan.

From 1985 to 2025, that's over 40 years and 70 games of gaming history.

Link: youtu.be/F80Cl6WzBNo?...

This was without a doubt the most ambitious video I've ever made.

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Tavos Silva 🇵🇸 @tavosmm.bsky.social · 9h

SEGUINTE SEUS PUTO
VOU LANÇAR MEU PRIMEIRO VIDEO JOGO

ISSO MESMO

EUZINHO, TAVINHOS, VOU LANÇAR UM JOGO DE VIDEOGAME

(mentira, eu só fiz o design narrativo, roteiro e a tradução, e uns quebra galho disso e daquilo - o jogo foi resultado de muito trampo de todo nosso time na @longhathouse.com )

Long Hat House @longhathouse.com · 10h

Vamos lançar nosso último projeto, MAGENTA ARCADE II, AMANHÃ:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPXg...

Quando você ver por aqui o trailer de anúncio, já pode procurar o jogo! Dá pra fazer o pré-registro nas lojas:

iOS: longhathouse.com/ma2_appstore
Android: longhathouse.com/ma2_googleplay

Magenta Arcade II - Trailer de Anúncio

YouTube video by Long Hat House

www.youtube.com

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Design Room @designroom.bsky.social · 16h

For the Shadow of the Colossus story, we interviewed 14 people including project leads Fumito Ueda and Kenji Kaido, hired Gravity Rush concept artist Takeshi Oga to illustrate the cover, and put together a 10,000-word story with help from @milkman.bsky.social @shmuplations.bsky.social and others.

Shadow of the Colossus: An oral history

Celebrate the 20th anniversary of Team Ico’s masterpiece by looking back with 11 people who worked on it (and three who didn’t).

www.designroom.site

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Felipe Pepe @felipepepe.bsky.social · 19h

I went to the Yosakoi Festival in Ikebukuro this weekend, the ChiよRen北天魁 presentation blew me away:
youtu.be/a8itU3Mq-_I?...

It's weird that Yosakoi isn't more well-known, it's such a magical mix of Japanese culture, dance, music & design. If you're ever Japan when there's an event, it's a must-see

【4K】CHIよREN北天魁（第26回東京よさこい 2025/池袋西口公園会場）

YouTube video by よさこいch

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Dr Artyom Trakhanov - THERE COMES FOR YOU A DAY is out now! @vor-bokor.bsky.social · 1d

Mother, I’m a Pixels Artist now!

Please wishlist our game on Steam now, would you? ;)

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Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 1d

Now that Chinese companies are actually competitive, the West no longer believes in free markets and free trade.

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 2d

Dutch government takes control of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia on.ft.com/4hdts1U

Dutch government takes control of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia

Move by The Hague escalates frictions between western countries and Beijing over access to high-end technology

on.ft.com

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Wanderjegson @wanderjegson.bsky.social · 1d

Imagining Jack Frost, Pikachu, and Agumon having a conversation

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Abandonware France @abdw.fr · 1d

New blog article!

#MadeInFrance 12 : Robots, dragon balls and ABsurdities

Do you want to know how Japanese animation and mangas became so popular in France?

A wacky tale of money, betrayal, vengeance, tasteless humor, silly dubs, moral panics and scorpions. ⬇️

Abandonware France, #MadeInFrance 12 : Robots, dragon balls and ABsurdities

The goal of the section

www.abandonware-france.org

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Vinícius Medeiros @vinimedeiros.bsky.social · 2d

Version 0.2.0 of the Sega Saturn emulator Ymir is now available, with more compatibility improvements and the introduction of a low-level CD block emulation, boosting accuracy. An automatic update check has also been added.

Compatibility with the Saturn library is now over 90%

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Felipe Pepe @felipepepe.bsky.social · 2d

I never hear anyone talking about Microzeit, but they put out some banger books on video game history - I own the ones on software piracy in the 80s & 90s in Europe and they're a great read.

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Tiani Pixel @tianipixel.bsky.social · 3d

I know I can't beat the peak aesthetics of Mega Man Legends, but I'm doing the best I can!

(game is ABYSS X ZERO for those unaware! Coming out... eventually)

#gamedev #lowpoly

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Felipe Pepe @felipepepe.bsky.social · 3d

Would probably be like watching the history of soccer while hating soccer...

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Felipe Pepe @felipepepe.bsky.social · 3d

Good presentation, worth a watch. It's a quick overview, but I like that it mentions things like Kart Rider, browser games & pirate/private servers.

Michael Pusateri @cruftbox.com · 6d

A tour de force presentation on The Evolution of Online Worlds by Raph Koster ( @raphkoster.bsky.social ) at IGDA

The intertwined history of gaming and social interaction.

Slightly older than Raph, this is my lived history from the 70s onwards.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=USeg...

Raph Koster at the IGDA - The Evolution of Online Worlds

YouTube video by Stars Reach

www.youtube.com

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NARFNra @narfnra.bsky.social · 8d

emulator filter called gameboy advance at night which looks like this

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Dark Horse Comics @darkhorse.com · 5d

Take a chronological journey through gaming’s least linear format: the action RPG with The History of Metroidvania: Decade One—1980-1990, coming next march. Details: bit.ly/3KBaRk9

Dives into the gaming trends of the early 1980s and how those beginnings shaped metroidvania genre.

By Jeremy Parish

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Konstantinos Dimopoulos @konstantinosd.bsky.social · 4d

Let me calmly point out that there's a Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II demo out now on Steam.
store.steampowered.com/app/2532480/...

Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II on Steam

Fast-paced tactical combat meets strategic management in this sequel to the acclaimed Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus. Take control of either the ancient and deathless Necron legions or the techno-religi...

store.steampowered.com

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Felipe Pepe @felipepepe.bsky.social · 5d

Amazing read, I'm so glad they spoke with Roger Dean AND got images from his book!

I wrote about this game on the CRPG Book, it's a legendary vaporware - a huge team of super stars, extremely ambitious scope (6 episodes with 24 CDs each lol), and rather conflicting reports on what it actually was.

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JAKE @guiltyjake.bsky.social · 6d

To everyone reading this right now.
I'm JAKE.
I'm the Japanese person who recently published this article and promoted it on Twitter (X).
note.com/guiltyjake/n...

This article introduces Fantasy Maiden Wars, an amazing game I absolutely love.

Everyone, please get to know the super great game: "Fantasy Maiden Wars"｜JAKE

Hello, world. I'm Zyake. I'm born and raised in Japan, and just your average video game nerd. First and foremost, I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to you for opening this page. And if you can...

note.com

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Felipe Pepe @felipepepe.bsky.social · 6d

I've visited many castles in Japan, but Himeji really stands out. Not only it's huge, but it really feels like the inspiration for countless games.

Seriously, the way you move across multiple gated courtyards & small areas with weird angles feels just like Onimusha, Nioh, Ninja Gaiden, etc

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Felipe Pepe @felipepepe.bsky.social · 7d

On happier news, I'm currently cruising the grand line lol

A photo of the seat cover for the One Piece-themed shinkansen, showing the character Luffy.

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Felipe Pepe @felipepepe.bsky.social · 7d

Reminder that the CRPG Book is freely available as PDF. That's how the whole project started, I edited & designed it

But the difference in awareness when it went from a free ebook to a hardcover was gigantic. I hope Bitmap recovers from this mess, publishers are important to reach the mainstream :/

Felipe Pepe @felipepepe.bsky.social · Sep 3

Hi, I spent 10+ years researching all sorts of PC RPGs: AAAs, indies, RPG Maker, non-English, etc. Together with 167 volunteers, I created/edited The CRPG Book: crpgbook.wordpress.com

You can download it for free, or buy a hardcover edition from Bitmap Books - ALL author's revenue goes to charity!❤️

The CRPG Book Project

The CRPG Book Project is a collaborative, non-profit effort to create an ebook on the history of Computer Role-Playing Games.

crpgbook.wordpress.com

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Play History @playhistory.bsky.social · 7d

I've neglected updating the Video Game History Booklist for a while.

thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/2020/08/27/t...

Anybody remember some of what came out this year or is forthcoming? Not review or reminiscence books - history (any language).

The Video Game History Booklist

The Video Game History Book List is a chronological list of books in physical, digital, and webpage format which aspiring game researchers can use to find reading material related to the developmen…

thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com

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Felipe Pepe @felipepepe.bsky.social · 7d

Rique Sampaio's "Primeiro Contato" book on the arrival of hoke computers & PC gaming in Brazil| Amazon.com.br share.google/gzW1P6vAOlVU...

Was published on May 2025

Amazon.com.br

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