Conor Caulfield
@cptcorallis.bsky.social
http://GeekErrant.co.uk for Personal writing on Games/Movies/TV/Tabletop/Comics not being yelled into the Void
Writes the News at Bellular News
He/Him
Belfast NI
Contact: [email protected]
Writes the News at Bellular News
He/Him
Belfast NI
Contact: [email protected]
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Society is a construct. You can just ask someone to do a ska cover of Faith of the Heart and they'll say "$300 please" and you give it to them and then you have it.
Everyone, give
@skatunenetwork.bsky.social
your money. They deserve it.
Everyone, give
@skatunenetwork.bsky.social
your money. They deserve it.
November 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Society is a construct. You can just ask someone to do a ska cover of Faith of the Heart and they'll say "$300 please" and you give it to them and then you have it.
Everyone, give
@skatunenetwork.bsky.social
your money. They deserve it.
Everyone, give
@skatunenetwork.bsky.social
your money. They deserve it.
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Valve: Skimming 30% off the top of the PC games industry to fund Franz Kafka's Hays Code Experiment.
November 26, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Valve: Skimming 30% off the top of the PC games industry to fund Franz Kafka's Hays Code Experiment.
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I hate every box I see
From Xbox One to 360
No you'll never stop me playing on PC
Oh my god! I was wrong
It was an Xbox all along
From Xbox One to 360
No you'll never stop me playing on PC
Oh my god! I was wrong
It was an Xbox all along
a cartoon of a man kneeling down next to another man
Alt: Animated gif of Troy McClure in the Planet of the Apes musical in the Simpsons.
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:25 AM
I hate every box I see
From Xbox One to 360
No you'll never stop me playing on PC
Oh my god! I was wrong
It was an Xbox all along
From Xbox One to 360
No you'll never stop me playing on PC
Oh my god! I was wrong
It was an Xbox all along
I love the idea that this is gonna be White Lotus for dudes.
Tropical location, new cast, big chaos.
Tropical location, new cast, big chaos.
As was accidentally released by Ubisoft itself back in August, there's a Far Cry series coming to FX from Rob McElhenney and Noah Hawley.
It's be an anthology series like Hawley's Fargo, which... is smart to be honest. Each season, new person gotta FAR CRY.
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
It's be an anthology series like Hawley's Fargo, which... is smart to be honest. Each season, new person gotta FAR CRY.
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
‘Far Cry’ TV Series Set at FX From Noah Hawley and Rob Mac
FX has ordered a series adaptation of Ubisoft's "Far Cry" video games from Noah Hawley and Rob McElhenney, Variety has learned.
variety.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I love the idea that this is gonna be White Lotus for dudes.
Tropical location, new cast, big chaos.
Tropical location, new cast, big chaos.
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EXCLUSIVE: So far it's been unclear what proof Rockstar Games has to justify its firing of 34 union members, who it claims were leaking "confidential information in a public forum".
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
The Messages Rockstar Saw Before Firing 34 Union Members
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
EXCLUSIVE: So far it's been unclear what proof Rockstar Games has to justify its firing of 34 union members, who it claims were leaking "confidential information in a public forum".
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
Experimenting with some other units (and regiments) for my Imperial Militia, so finally getting to build a model I've had my eye on for years in the Tauros Venator.
It makes a great little scout car for Heresy with some changes to the crew, stowage and weapons.
#WarhammerCommunity
#Nerdlings
It makes a great little scout car for Heresy with some changes to the crew, stowage and weapons.
#WarhammerCommunity
#Nerdlings
November 22, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Experimenting with some other units (and regiments) for my Imperial Militia, so finally getting to build a model I've had my eye on for years in the Tauros Venator.
It makes a great little scout car for Heresy with some changes to the crew, stowage and weapons.
#WarhammerCommunity
#Nerdlings
It makes a great little scout car for Heresy with some changes to the crew, stowage and weapons.
#WarhammerCommunity
#Nerdlings
What's interesting is that this mostly sounds like Ubisoft combining EndWar's 2008 voice control schemes with some of the pre-ChatGPT era research on large language models in games.
Self-contained models with no exterior input, designed to allow for individual characters crafted by humans.
Self-contained models with no exterior input, designed to allow for individual characters crafted by humans.
The future of gaming, or "just a tool"? We went hands-on with Teammates, Ubisoft's ambitious voice AI tech demo.
www.videogameschronicle.com/features/the...
www.videogameschronicle.com/features/the...
The future of gaming, or ‘just a tool’? Hands-on with Teammates, Ubisoft’s ambitious voice AI tech demo | VGC
We tried Ubisoft’s in-game cloud AI project…
www.videogameschronicle.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
What's interesting is that this mostly sounds like Ubisoft combining EndWar's 2008 voice control schemes with some of the pre-ChatGPT era research on large language models in games.
Self-contained models with no exterior input, designed to allow for individual characters crafted by humans.
Self-contained models with no exterior input, designed to allow for individual characters crafted by humans.
This is the post that finally made it click for me that people are genuinely treating Polymarket like the Phillips Hydraulic Computer, especially people with actual power.
There's a lot to say about the Roblox CEO interview, and the right place to start is definitely his answers on children's safety, because that's kind of the fire that is hottest and closest.
However, I have to also say, the polymarket stuff is real 'summation of our neoliberal dumpster fire' shit.
However, I have to also say, the polymarket stuff is real 'summation of our neoliberal dumpster fire' shit.
November 21, 2025 at 7:14 PM
This is the post that finally made it click for me that people are genuinely treating Polymarket like the Phillips Hydraulic Computer, especially people with actual power.
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If Half-Life 3 does indeed get announced, what then?
If we do indeed find ourselves face to face with this white whale of video games, will we truly have succeeded? Or will it only pull us into the abyss?
Herein only madness reigns.
If we do indeed find ourselves face to face with this white whale of video games, will we truly have succeeded? Or will it only pull us into the abyss?
Herein only madness reigns.
November 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
If Half-Life 3 does indeed get announced, what then?
If we do indeed find ourselves face to face with this white whale of video games, will we truly have succeeded? Or will it only pull us into the abyss?
Herein only madness reigns.
If we do indeed find ourselves face to face with this white whale of video games, will we truly have succeeded? Or will it only pull us into the abyss?
Herein only madness reigns.
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#3157 A helpful tutorial
November 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
#3157 A helpful tutorial
My gut says a delay this late in the day is more about the ability to have the call than the contents. At this point I feel like Ubisoft are used to being battered by analysts.
Ubisoft not just delaying games anymore. Now delaying earnings results 15 minutes before they are scheduled to have their quarterly call with investors.
November 13, 2025 at 5:28 PM
My gut says a delay this late in the day is more about the ability to have the call than the contents. At this point I feel like Ubisoft are used to being battered by analysts.
And then there were four! Full detachment of Horus Heresy Militia Leman Russ now ready and finalised with transfers.
Had a lot of fun here working on unit markings, building a pseudo-command tank and generally adding texture to some very old, flat, models.
#WarhammerCommunity
#Nerdlings
Had a lot of fun here working on unit markings, building a pseudo-command tank and generally adding texture to some very old, flat, models.
#WarhammerCommunity
#Nerdlings
November 12, 2025 at 9:45 PM
And then there were four! Full detachment of Horus Heresy Militia Leman Russ now ready and finalised with transfers.
Had a lot of fun here working on unit markings, building a pseudo-command tank and generally adding texture to some very old, flat, models.
#WarhammerCommunity
#Nerdlings
Had a lot of fun here working on unit markings, building a pseudo-command tank and generally adding texture to some very old, flat, models.
#WarhammerCommunity
#Nerdlings
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Apparently a lot of people online think games aren't as fun anymore, but that could not be farther from the truth. There's more great games than ever now, so where is this coming from? As always, the culprit is capitalism.
#blog #gaming
#blog #gaming
Games aren't fun anymore!?
innerspiral.lol
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 AM
I had been purposefully trying not to learn about Pluribus before watching, but I'm thrilled to see it's from *this* Vince Gilligan.
Deeply unsettling sci-fi and a perfect lead performance, with some great cinematography.
Deeply unsettling sci-fi and a perfect lead performance, with some great cinematography.
November 9, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I had been purposefully trying not to learn about Pluribus before watching, but I'm thrilled to see it's from *this* Vince Gilligan.
Deeply unsettling sci-fi and a perfect lead performance, with some great cinematography.
Deeply unsettling sci-fi and a perfect lead performance, with some great cinematography.
It's not convenient at all! This is bad press on top of bad press, not good PR.
If you wanted to bury the news, you'd be releasing new images or a trailer.
Instead it was announced on the day of the financial report so it was prepared ahead of time at the Take Two level, tanking the stock price.
If you wanted to bury the news, you'd be releasing new images or a trailer.
Instead it was announced on the day of the financial report so it was prepared ahead of time at the Take Two level, tanking the stock price.
The timing is suspiciously convenient:
Massive backlash about firing 40 employees
Accusations of union-busting circulating
Press starting to dig into what “confidential info” actually means
Public perception turning against Rockstar
Solution?
delay GTA VI again
Massive backlash about firing 40 employees
Accusations of union-busting circulating
Press starting to dig into what “confidential info” actually means
Public perception turning against Rockstar
Solution?
delay GTA VI again
November 7, 2025 at 8:40 AM
It's not convenient at all! This is bad press on top of bad press, not good PR.
If you wanted to bury the news, you'd be releasing new images or a trailer.
Instead it was announced on the day of the financial report so it was prepared ahead of time at the Take Two level, tanking the stock price.
If you wanted to bury the news, you'd be releasing new images or a trailer.
Instead it was announced on the day of the financial report so it was prepared ahead of time at the Take Two level, tanking the stock price.
The word monopoly is gonna come in for critique (Especially while the Wolfire case details on Steam staff demanding price parity off-platform aren't widely known), but having talked to folks last week, many think any game *store* needs the same features as Steam's *platform*. That's the difficulty.
More than half of developers feel they rely too heavily on Steam to distribute their games, with 72% believing the platform has a monopoly on the PC games market
www.gamesindustry.biz/72-of-devs-b...
www.gamesindustry.biz/72-of-devs-b...
72% of devs believe Steam has a monopoly on PC games, according to study
Majority of studios surveyed say Steam accounts for 75% of overall revenue
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The word monopoly is gonna come in for critique (Especially while the Wolfire case details on Steam staff demanding price parity off-platform aren't widely known), but having talked to folks last week, many think any game *store* needs the same features as Steam's *platform*. That's the difficulty.
Very interesting that this happens immediately after the IWGB helped Za/um unionise and BARB get legal support.
Rockstar immediately scouring their employee base to kill union activities when they see the UK industry start making moves
Rockstar immediately scouring their employee base to kill union activities when they see the UK industry start making moves
BREAKING: Yesterday Grand Theft Auto VI maker Rockstar Games fired dozens of people, all of whom were involved in union efforts. A British union calls it "blatant and ruthless" union-busting. Take-Two Interactive says it was due to misconduct.
Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
‘Grand Theft Auto’ Studio Accused of Union Busting After Firings
Union says 30 and 40 people were terminated. Rockstar Games’ parent company cites ‘gross misconduct’
www.bloomberg.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Very interesting that this happens immediately after the IWGB helped Za/um unionise and BARB get legal support.
Rockstar immediately scouring their employee base to kill union activities when they see the UK industry start making moves
Rockstar immediately scouring their employee base to kill union activities when they see the UK industry start making moves
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I am the very model of an ancient trunkless leg of stone,
My shattered visage lies half buried with a sandy sneering frown,
The sculptor carved my arrogance upon these broken lifeless things,
My name is Ozymandias, the self-describèd King of Kings!
My shattered visage lies half buried with a sandy sneering frown,
The sculptor carved my arrogance upon these broken lifeless things,
My name is Ozymandias, the self-describèd King of Kings!
October 30, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I am the very model of an ancient trunkless leg of stone,
My shattered visage lies half buried with a sandy sneering frown,
The sculptor carved my arrogance upon these broken lifeless things,
My name is Ozymandias, the self-describèd King of Kings!
My shattered visage lies half buried with a sandy sneering frown,
The sculptor carved my arrogance upon these broken lifeless things,
My name is Ozymandias, the self-describèd King of Kings!
Since I can see this going viral, this linkedin post from an old exec doesn't note that Reflexive was purchased in 2008 and Twitch was 2014.
Amazon haven't really tried to build a store since 2020 (when this exec left) Luna literally just relaunched and afaik isn't part of these layoffs that way.
Amazon haven't really tried to build a store since 2020 (when this exec left) Luna literally just relaunched and afaik isn't part of these layoffs that way.
I legitimately didn't know they were competing with Steam and it's crazy to me that they burnt so much money on what sounds like something with very little (or wildly misguided) market research.
October 29, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Since I can see this going viral, this linkedin post from an old exec doesn't note that Reflexive was purchased in 2008 and Twitch was 2014.
Amazon haven't really tried to build a store since 2020 (when this exec left) Luna literally just relaunched and afaik isn't part of these layoffs that way.
Amazon haven't really tried to build a store since 2020 (when this exec left) Luna literally just relaunched and afaik isn't part of these layoffs that way.
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I asked Microsoft PR about this—specially the DHS using Halo IP to recruit for ICE—and the company declined to comment.
October 27, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I asked Microsoft PR about this—specially the DHS using Halo IP to recruit for ICE—and the company declined to comment.
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"where is all the good writing about games" now replaced with "where is the money for good writing about games"
October 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"where is all the good writing about games" now replaced with "where is the money for good writing about games"
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Systems design: you have two cows. one of the cows dies; it drops 25 xp, 2x leather, 1x meat.
Narrative design: you have two cows. one of the cows dies; the other cow uses a salience-based storylet system to react with an appropriate bark ("moooo")
3c design: you have two cows. they can airdash
Narrative design: you have two cows. one of the cows dies; the other cow uses a salience-based storylet system to react with an appropriate bark ("moooo")
3c design: you have two cows. they can airdash
October 23, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Systems design: you have two cows. one of the cows dies; it drops 25 xp, 2x leather, 1x meat.
Narrative design: you have two cows. one of the cows dies; the other cow uses a salience-based storylet system to react with an appropriate bark ("moooo")
3c design: you have two cows. they can airdash
Narrative design: you have two cows. one of the cows dies; the other cow uses a salience-based storylet system to react with an appropriate bark ("moooo")
3c design: you have two cows. they can airdash
What's especially odd about this one is that these models are being released as part of a book that is *explicitly* about the actions of the new Chaos character for TOW.
Her name is Frydaal the Chainmaker.
So it's not even like there's a faction-wide mandate not to have options.
Her name is Frydaal the Chainmaker.
So it's not even like there's a faction-wide mandate not to have options.
October 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
What's especially odd about this one is that these models are being released as part of a book that is *explicitly* about the actions of the new Chaos character for TOW.
Her name is Frydaal the Chainmaker.
So it's not even like there's a faction-wide mandate not to have options.
Her name is Frydaal the Chainmaker.
So it's not even like there's a faction-wide mandate not to have options.
Managed to find a treat for my last Leman Russ of my Imperial Militia detachment. One of the original Sprue layouts with all the free space and even more fiddly track designs.
The difference between this and the ones just released for Heresy is staggering.
#WarhammerCommunity
#Nerdlings
The difference between this and the ones just released for Heresy is staggering.
#WarhammerCommunity
#Nerdlings
October 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Managed to find a treat for my last Leman Russ of my Imperial Militia detachment. One of the original Sprue layouts with all the free space and even more fiddly track designs.
The difference between this and the ones just released for Heresy is staggering.
#WarhammerCommunity
#Nerdlings
The difference between this and the ones just released for Heresy is staggering.
#WarhammerCommunity
#Nerdlings
What's really fun is if you alter the time frames here to being paused every month, and the debate started from the moment the solicits went up, you'd have regular print comics fandom too.
i love webcomic comments. it's like if thousands of people watching a soap opera paused it every twenty seconds to debate for a full day who's being immoral and what might happen in the next twenty seconds
October 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
What's really fun is if you alter the time frames here to being paused every month, and the debate started from the moment the solicits went up, you'd have regular print comics fandom too.