Mark Lawson
@born2beslicker.bsky.social
Straight Edge guy who talks about gaming mostly but with some politics and anything else that comes to mind.
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Mark Lawson
@born2beslicker.bsky.social
· Oct 17
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A few months ago, a Division player named John Arnold died of kidney cancer. A thread documenting how he played the game with his daughters went viral.
Now, #TheDivision2 has a mural to John in game and a bundle that donates 100% to World Cancer Research. Thank you for this, @ubisoft.com 🫡
Now, #TheDivision2 has a mural to John in game and a bundle that donates 100% to World Cancer Research. Thank you for this, @ubisoft.com 🫡
December 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
A few months ago, a Division player named John Arnold died of kidney cancer. A thread documenting how he played the game with his daughters went viral.
Now, #TheDivision2 has a mural to John in game and a bundle that donates 100% to World Cancer Research. Thank you for this, @ubisoft.com 🫡
Now, #TheDivision2 has a mural to John in game and a bundle that donates 100% to World Cancer Research. Thank you for this, @ubisoft.com 🫡
If I did half as bad a job as Zaslav did, I would told to pay compensation, not get a generous amount of money
"Zaslav will receive $30 million in "Golden Parachute' compensation along with $537 million in equity for a total of $567 million in a transaction-associated pay."
half a billion dollars for being terrible at your job
half a billion dollars for being terrible at your job
Warner Bros. Golden Parachutes Revealed: What David Zaslav and C-Suite Will Get In a Deal
The CEO stands to gain $567 million if a deal is sealed to sell the WB empire while longtime lieutenant Gunnar Wiedenfels will see $144 million in cash and stock considerations if a transaction close...
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:17 PM
If I did half as bad a job as Zaslav did, I would told to pay compensation, not get a generous amount of money
#Umamusume community raises $600k to help rebuild stables or Meisho Doto. Get fucked, PETA
www.dexerto.com/gaming/umamu...
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Umamusume players raise over $600,000 to rebuild stables for iconic horse Meisho Doto - Dexerto
Fans of Umamusume have raised $615,000 USD to support the real-life retirement home of Meisho Doto, one of Japan’s most iconic race horses.
www.dexerto.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM
#Umamusume community raises $600k to help rebuild stables or Meisho Doto. Get fucked, PETA
www.dexerto.com/gaming/umamu...
www.dexerto.com/gaming/umamu...
Reposted by Mark Lawson
larians recruitment process features prominently in this:
December 16, 2025 at 7:27 PM
larians recruitment process features prominently in this:
Oh that’s awesome! When I was a child, I was really looking forward to this when I saw it in a magazine but it never happened. Almost 30 years later and I can finally play it
Our first big Christmas update is with an amazing recovery of the final build of Resident Evil on Gameboy Color. Hotgen's impressive conversion that got canned. This is much closer to completion, and seems completable too. Lots to discover!
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/12/resi...
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/12/resi...
December 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Oh that’s awesome! When I was a child, I was really looking forward to this when I saw it in a magazine but it never happened. Almost 30 years later and I can finally play it
Nah, you’re good Microsoft. I don’t need the 20 points that bad.
December 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Nah, you’re good Microsoft. I don’t need the 20 points that bad.
I finally got an Eagle Bearer! Merry Xmas, The Division 2 community!! #TheDivision2
December 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I finally got an Eagle Bearer! Merry Xmas, The Division 2 community!! #TheDivision2
#NIKKE ‘s story is all about the collapse of civilisation, decay, death and humanity scrambling to keep its existence from a near unstoppable force.
Fans: “How DARE you kill my waifu”?!
Are we for real? Stories don’t work if there aren’t stakes.
Fans: “How DARE you kill my waifu”?!
Are we for real? Stories don’t work if there aren’t stakes.
December 17, 2025 at 11:28 AM
#NIKKE ‘s story is all about the collapse of civilisation, decay, death and humanity scrambling to keep its existence from a near unstoppable force.
Fans: “How DARE you kill my waifu”?!
Are we for real? Stories don’t work if there aren’t stakes.
Fans: “How DARE you kill my waifu”?!
Are we for real? Stories don’t work if there aren’t stakes.
He’s really missing the point
“Holy fuck guys we’re not ‘pushing hard’ for or replacing concept artists": Larian boss Swen Vincke has responded to online backlash following confirmation the studio is using AI for some early ideation tasks.
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‘Holy f*** guys, we’re not replacing artists’: Larian boss responds to AI backlash | VGC
CEO Swen Vincke clarifies comments that the Divinity team is using AI for early ideation…
vgc.news
December 17, 2025 at 11:21 AM
He’s really missing the point
Balder’s Gate isn’t my thing but I respect the hell out of @larianstudios.com accomplishments and how fans love their games.
Hearing them using genAI is fucking depressing. Even such a talented studio as them still wants to utilise shortcuts for no reason at all
Hearing them using genAI is fucking depressing. Even such a talented studio as them still wants to utilise shortcuts for no reason at all
December 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Balder’s Gate isn’t my thing but I respect the hell out of @larianstudios.com accomplishments and how fans love their games.
Hearing them using genAI is fucking depressing. Even such a talented studio as them still wants to utilise shortcuts for no reason at all
Hearing them using genAI is fucking depressing. Even such a talented studio as them still wants to utilise shortcuts for no reason at all
Reposted by Mark Lawson
consider my feedback: i loved working at @larianstudios.com until AI. reconsider and change your direction, like, yesterday. show your employees some respect. they are world-class & do not need AI assistance to come up with amazing ideas.
December 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
consider my feedback: i loved working at @larianstudios.com until AI. reconsider and change your direction, like, yesterday. show your employees some respect. they are world-class & do not need AI assistance to come up with amazing ideas.
Reposted by Mark Lawson
Hollow Knight Silksong has sold 7 million copies, "alongside millions more playing on Xbox Game Pass"
December 16, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Hollow Knight Silksong has sold 7 million copies, "alongside millions more playing on Xbox Game Pass"
Reposted by Mark Lawson
Where Winds Meet Surpasses 15 Million Players in Just One Month #GamingNews #actionrpgs
Where Winds Meet Surpasses 15 Million Players in Just One Month
NetEase has announced that Where Winds Meet, the free-to-play open-world action RPG set in ancient China, has surpassed 15 million players, in just one month, as the game officially released on November 14, 2025! Everywhere I go, I hear someone talking about Where Winds Meet, and for good reason. The combat looks genuinely enjoyable, the [...]
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December 15, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Where Winds Meet Surpasses 15 Million Players in Just One Month #GamingNews #actionrpgs
You can finally rip copilot out of Windows 11 https://www.pcgamer.com/software/windows/if-you-want-to-scrub-windows-11s-ai-features-off-the-face-of-the-earth-some-legend-has-made-a-tool-that-does-just-that/
December 15, 2025 at 7:42 PM
You can finally rip copilot out of Windows 11 https://www.pcgamer.com/software/windows/if-you-want-to-scrub-windows-11s-ai-features-off-the-face-of-the-earth-some-legend-has-made-a-tool-that-does-just-that/
Reposted by Mark Lawson
We’re embracing the dark sci-fi world and survival extraction challenge of Marathon.
🔗 Watch the full video: youtu.be/fjzmhROTv28
🔗 Watch the full video: youtu.be/fjzmhROTv28
December 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
We’re embracing the dark sci-fi world and survival extraction challenge of Marathon.
🔗 Watch the full video: youtu.be/fjzmhROTv28
🔗 Watch the full video: youtu.be/fjzmhROTv28
I’ll say it again, I’d play @marathonthegame.bungie.net if it had a PvE mode because I just want to explore the world and take in the lore as I love the art style.
Only The Division and Tarkov have allowed a PvE mode and it’s a huge missed opportunity for Marathon and Arc Raiders
Only The Division and Tarkov have allowed a PvE mode and it’s a huge missed opportunity for Marathon and Arc Raiders
December 15, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I’ll say it again, I’d play @marathonthegame.bungie.net if it had a PvE mode because I just want to explore the world and take in the lore as I love the art style.
Only The Division and Tarkov have allowed a PvE mode and it’s a huge missed opportunity for Marathon and Arc Raiders
Only The Division and Tarkov have allowed a PvE mode and it’s a huge missed opportunity for Marathon and Arc Raiders
If you have an LGTV don’t update your firmware. You might get malware called Microsoft Copilot and it’s unremovable
www.techradar.com/televisions/...
www.techradar.com/televisions/...
LG TV users are angry about an updating that adds an unremovable Microsoft Copilot app — it’s Apple’s U2 album for the AI age
AI for everyone, whether you want it or not
www.techradar.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
If you have an LGTV don’t update your firmware. You might get malware called Microsoft Copilot and it’s unremovable
www.techradar.com/televisions/...
www.techradar.com/televisions/...
Starmer is more worried about the anti-genocide protestors than the actual genocide
Starmer calls for police crackdown on pro-Palestine marches
Starmer calls for police crackdown on pro-Palestine marches
Starmer calls for police crackdown on pro-Palestine marches
www.independent.co.uk
December 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Starmer is more worried about the anti-genocide protestors than the actual genocide
Playing #TombRaider Remastered and there are times you’re running on hope as it’s up to whether Lara decides she ca be bothered to jump in the direction you want or grab a ledge.
December 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Playing #TombRaider Remastered and there are times you’re running on hope as it’s up to whether Lara decides she ca be bothered to jump in the direction you want or grab a ledge.
Gunther comes out to the ring. Stands in the ring, soaking the boos for minutes. Picks up the microphone and says, “who tapped now”? Drops the microphone and leaves. #WWERAW
December 15, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Gunther comes out to the ring. Stands in the ring, soaking the boos for minutes. Picks up the microphone and says, “who tapped now”? Drops the microphone and leaves. #WWERAW
How could you be a developer of this series and not be embarrassed by the fact your boss is a fucking loser?
Lords of the Fallen 2 Will Have 'Attractive Female Characters' in 'Revealing Outfits', CEO Says
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Lords of the Fallen 2 Will Have 'Attractive Female Characters' in 'Revealing Outfits', CEO Says
In a recent post on social media, the CEO at CI Games confirmed that Lords of the Fallen 2 will have 'attractive female characters'
insider-gaming.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:31 PM
How could you be a developer of this series and not be embarrassed by the fact your boss is a fucking loser?
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as of this week it has officially been 18 years since an anonymous user uploaded this bizarre image of an opossum cornered in a baby grand piano to Wikimedia Commons
December 15, 2025 at 2:45 AM
as of this week it has officially been 18 years since an anonymous user uploaded this bizarre image of an opossum cornered in a baby grand piano to Wikimedia Commons
Holy fuck
TMZ reporting Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner were found dead with wounds consistent with a knife
Rob Reiner, Wife Michele Found Dead in Their L.A. Home with Knife Wounds
Rob Reiner -- the legendary director -- and his wife Michele Singer Reiner have died ... TMZ has confirmed.
www.tmz.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Holy fuck
The United States of America is a foreign threat and should be treated the same as China and Russia.
Leaked files ‘show US wants to persuade four nations to leave EU’
The countries seen as targets to follow Brexit are Austria, Hungary, Italy and Poland, according to leaked details of the US national security strategy www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
The countries seen as targets to follow Brexit are Austria, Hungary, Italy and Poland, according to leaked details of the US national security strategy www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
Leaked files ‘show US wants to persuade four nations to leave EU’
The countries seen as targets to follow Brexit are Austria, Hungary, Italy and Poland, according to leaked details of the US national security strategy
www.thetimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:31 AM
The United States of America is a foreign threat and should be treated the same as China and Russia.
Modern Warfare 2 (2022 campaign) - A rehash of older ideas wrapped in a less coherent story. The backpack was an interesting idea but they were too afraid to commit to it
Gunplay was good as always and visuals were amazing as expected but it was shockingly safe and uninspired. 6/10 #MW2 #CoD
Gunplay was good as always and visuals were amazing as expected but it was shockingly safe and uninspired. 6/10 #MW2 #CoD
December 14, 2025 at 9:49 PM