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Simon Roth @simoroth.bsky.social · 18h

Got my flu jab today. Has anyone paid to get a c-vid jab in the UK? The price delta between them (£21 vs £100) is a bit much. You can't put a price on health, but oof.

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Simon Roth @simoroth.bsky.social · 18h

Grasmere vibes.

Mora my dog, standing with her eyes closed, in front of a big blue expanse of water.

Simon Roth @simoroth.bsky.social · 22h

I was tempted to give the post a slight turn by posting the instructions for Metallica's Load cover. 😅

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Simon Roth @simoroth.bsky.social · 23h

Still annoyed about this. Just walk outside and take a photo on your phone. Set it on macro mode and shoot something up close. Collage some old magazines. Message someone on Deviant art and offer them a few dollars. License a stock art photo. Find an artist and suggest a collaboration.

Simon Roth @simoroth.bsky.social · 1d

Listening to a playlist on Youtube.
Decide to buy the tracks to support the artists.
See their Bandcamp full of Midjourney album covers
Close window.
Nevermind.

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Simon Roth @simoroth.bsky.social · 1d

Listening to a playlist on Youtube.
Decide to buy the tracks to support the artists.
See their Bandcamp full of Midjourney album covers
Close window.
Nevermind.

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Simon Roth @simoroth.bsky.social · 1d

Tech represents 1/3 to 1/2 of the US markets. In the history of modern economics there's really no precedent here. I can't imagine many financial institutions have any protection from this.

What's worse is the AI light show is the only thing masking the current deterioration of the US economy.

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Simon Roth @simoroth.bsky.social · 1d

Now that even the extremely cautious economists from central banks are starting to talk about "sharp market corrections" in the AI space, it's quite wild to see so many companies still associating with them, yet alone trading stock.

The level of contagion here is breathtaking.

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innes @innes.bsky.social · 1d

"Nature's Labubu"

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Simon Roth @simoroth.bsky.social · 1d

Does it need to be office based?

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Liam @ GamingOnLinux @gamingonlinux.com · 3d

Build a living city on rails in Steel Artery: Train City Builder
#SteelArtery #CityBuilder #Gaming #PCGaming

Build a living city on rails in Steel Artery: Train City Builder

Set in a steampunk fantasy world with many different races, Steel Artery: Train City Builder is an interesting looking take on a city-builder.

www.gamingonlinux.com

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Simon Roth @simoroth.bsky.social · 7d

I like that they put in the shadow map interaction on the cars. Hard to see but it looks slightly better than per-vertex, maybe they are drawing a bit of depth into the imposters?

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Jeremy Peel @jeremypeel.bsky.social · 7d

I talked to Glen Schofield about maybe the most fascinating and volatile moment of FPS history - when he took the reins of the world's most anticipated game amid the breakdown of Infinity Ward. www.pcgamer.com/games/call-o...

Call of Duty was saved against the odds when Infinity Ward imploded

Modern Warfare 3 co-director Glen Schofield tells the dramatic story of its making first-hand.

www.pcgamer.com

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Simon Roth @simoroth.bsky.social · 8d

RPS used to have carefully crafted weekly round-ups of interesting deals on cool indie games. Now it has an entire section devoted to advertising Amazon.

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Simon Roth @simoroth.bsky.social · 8d

Almost every games site has one of these articles or worse, a whole damn live blog! Grim.

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 8d

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 9d

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 9d

Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild

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Simon Roth @simoroth.bsky.social · 13d

Just the sort of email I want to get from Unity on my day off.

An important message
A security vulnerability was identified that affects games and applications built on Unity versions 2017.1 and later for Android, Windows, Linux, and macOS operating systems. There is no evidence of any exploitation of the vulnerability, nor has there been any impact on users or customers. We have proactively provided fixes that address the vulnerability, and they are already available to all developers. The vulnerability was responsibly reported by the security researcher RyotaK, and we thank him for working with us.

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 13d

for anyone who hasn't seen these things happen before everything said by EA here is lies. not optimism, uncertainty, or naive confusion - just fully aware, calculated, researched, expert lying. no one in giant deals like this goes into it for business as usual or gets surprised by not planning ahead

GamesIndustry.biz @gibiz.bsky.social · 15d

Electronic Arts has addressed employee concerns regarding layoffs following its decision to go private in a $55 billion deal, clarifying that there will be no "immediate changes" to its workforce

www.gamesindustry.biz/ea-says-ther...

EA says there will be no "immediate changes" to its workforce following leveraged buyout

Electronic Arts has addressed employee concerns regarding layoffs following its decision to go private in a $55 billion…

www.gamesindustry.biz

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Simon Roth @simoroth.bsky.social · 13d

I didn't know there was a Deus Ex remake coming out and I would like to return to that state.

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BáiYù 🏳️‍⚧️ he/they @baiyu.tofu.rocks · 14d

Industry Events Have COVID Protections Challenge failed

A purple Tshirt mockup that says, "I went to GDC and got Long COVID but still don't have funding for my indie studio"

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Simon Roth @simoroth.bsky.social · 14d

Them having to remove it now once the "big reveal" is out.. is again absurd. The viewer is well aware something is off about what is happening. The reveal is for the character who has been lost in his wishful thinking. The episode is called "Ignorance Is Chris" for a reason.

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Simon Roth @simoroth.bsky.social · 14d

The Peacemaker intro Fortnite saga is so pathetic.

The intro dance is an interpretation of the plot of the season, it was last season.

Them having to remove a swastika emote is obvious, but it's absurd it even went in. Why is Peacemaker even in Fortnight, it's an entirely adult show??

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新膣エヴァンゲリオン @thenetho.bsky.social · 14d

Much like how the rest of Fortnite has no creative intention

Eurogamer @eurogamer.bsky.social · 14d

Epic confirms "no creative intentions" connecting controversial Fortnite emote with Peacemaker TV show

www.eurogamer.net/epic-confirm...

Close up of Peacemaker superhero character in Fortnite on yellow background with red and blue stars

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Simon Roth @simoroth.bsky.social · 14d

Not even that, (although we are getting into more of that soon as our loc testing continues). Just basic content size fitter stuff. Having to write a page of code to get basic functionality that other engines had 20 years ago. 😒

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Laura Kate Dale - LauraKBuzz @laurakbuzz.bsky.social · 14d

The Sims Was a Safe Haven For Millions. Now It Belongs to People Who Hate Them. - Slate

slate.com/technology/2...

This Video Game Was a Safe Haven for Millions. Now It Belongs to People Who Hate Them.

The Sims helped me—and countless other queer players—see ourselves. The new owners could erase that legacy.

slate.com

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 15d

RIP renowned Italian film poster artist Renato Casaro.

Considered one of the most influential Italian poster designers, Casaro leaves behind a legacy of hand-painted artwork for thousands of films, including such classics as Conan the Barbarian, Octopussy, and A Fistful of Dollars.

He was 89.

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