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Conor Caulfield @cptcorallis.bsky.social · 23h

Slott left the door open for it to return at the end of his run, and North has had stories with him using his powers, but the word Mutant hasn't been used in the present tense iirc.

Probably to avoid poking the bear by bringing it all up again.

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Conor Caulfield @cptcorallis.bsky.social · 1d

It was the same in February, Valve now effectively treats the first few days of NF like they do the regular store launches - everyone gets equal visibility before they start filtering games based on popularity/success (so AI stuff ideally gets downplayed).

aftermath.site/steam-next-f...

Steam Users Worry Good Next Fest Games Are Being Crowded Out By AI Slop, But The Real Problem Is More Complicated - Aftermath

The Steam algorithm is almighty, for better and worse

aftermath.site

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Conor Caulfield @cptcorallis.bsky.social · 1d

And now with transfers! Mostly used the classic vehicle set, but also managed to find my old Baneblade transfers and there's some great names on there to use.

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Conor Caulfield @cptcorallis.bsky.social · 2d

Been rescuing retro Leman Russ designs from eBay and trying to fix them up for my Militia, and realising the 2nd edition Guard codex has a guide for using them gives me a perfect excuse to make use of these old transfers too - for the retro feel.

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Rose Lerner @roselerner.bsky.social · 5d

This made me so happy

Screenshot of Claire's last skeet with one from the Frog and Toad bot underneath of Frog saying "don't be silly"

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Conor Caulfield @cptcorallis.bsky.social · 6d

Picked up a bunch of second hand Iron Hands rhinos that had been primed and then just lightly dry brushed - so tested retrofitting them to my Fists' colours without repainting everything.
Broadly happy, so now I just need to build a bunch of stowage for the roofs.

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Conor Caulfield @cptcorallis.bsky.social · 6d

I'm not gonna say that Ubisoft of all companies has the capacity to make this game meaningful and earnest, but the scene where your character infiltrates a Klan gathering in a traditional Assassin's outfit with a white hood writes itself.

I guess you *can't* make Blazing Saddles today.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 6d

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Conor Caulfield @cptcorallis.bsky.social · 7d

More than three of them in the end, but I'll take my win

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Conor Caulfield @cptcorallis.bsky.social · 8d

Three Pikmin And A Baby is not where I expected that series to go but this is cute.

VGC @videogameschronicle.com · 8d

Nintendo has posted a mysterious animated short film called Close to You.

www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintend...

Nintendo posts mysterious ‘Close to You’ animated short film | VGC

It’s not clear whether the clip relates to a game or a movie…

www.videogameschronicle.com

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Conor Caulfield @cptcorallis.bsky.social · 8d

Okay she has them, but has she read them? Or understood them?

Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 8d

Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild

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Conor Caulfield @cptcorallis.bsky.social · 11d

Seen a lot of folks acting as if this is some further betrayal who don't seem to get this isn't just for console owners.

On mobile and smart TV, the expectation is that you'll have a free to access tier (usually with ads) for *any* app. That's who Xbox is building this for, opening the funnel more.

Knoebel @knoebel.bsky.social · 11d

Microsoft is moving forward with its internal test of an ad
-supported version of Xbox Clous Gaming. The new tier let you stream games you own, free play days and Retro titles for free if you watch around 2min of preroll ads before you start the game.

www.theverge.com/report/79121...

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Conor Caulfield @cptcorallis.bsky.social · 11d

Proof of concept for my Imperialis Militia Cavalry now ready, returning from a rat horse to a normal horse!

I don't know if I can justify converting too many of these, especially in the numbers that Heresy can justify, but this one was satisfying to finish off.

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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 13d

WHAT YOU FAIL TO SEE MR POPE

worm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 13d

really enjoying all the people trying to explain the bible to the pope today

Pope Leo XIV
Today, more than ever, we must return to the heart, the center of feeling and emotion, the locus of freedom. Though it includes reason, the heart transcends and transforms it. Only by returning to the heart can we undergo a true ecological conversion that transforms our personal

Austin
I reject this whole heartedly. What you fail to see Mr Pope, the Bible says

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Conor Caulfield @cptcorallis.bsky.social · 14d

Games Workshop have spent time in the last few years reframing their work as part of four or five different hobbies you can enjoy - but they've always left off the secret final aspect the community brings to the table: Complaining.

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Conor Caulfield @cptcorallis.bsky.social · 14d

RPS headlines are on *fire* today

Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 15d

Baby Steps isn't 'Twitch slop', you have simply let your sense of wonder atrophy

Baby Steps has much to teach us about futility, but more about the importance of retaining wonder.

www.rockpapershotgun.com

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Giovanni Colantonio @marioprime.bsky.social · 15d

you ever just stop and remember sometimes that high violet era the national did an original song for portal 2 and it's just casually fantastic for no reason?

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Conor Caulfield @cptcorallis.bsky.social · 15d

That's basically the usual recipe! But I decided to take a risk and try the traditional method for the big flat panels, and while it paid off, the effort required was not worth it.

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Conor Caulfield @cptcorallis.bsky.social · 15d

The only appropriate response I think

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Conor Caulfield @cptcorallis.bsky.social · 16d

(also I'm never painting Yellow in traditional thin coats again, getting onto the WIP stage above took eleven coats over a silver prime)

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Conor Caulfield @cptcorallis.bsky.social · 16d

Weekend project, applying the tools learned from the Praetor to the Saturnine Dreadnought - and I think it's come along well!

Lorewise, Ancient Burkhard is the core the Beta Garmon Survivors have gathered around, so him stepping on a statue of Horus felt apt.

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Conor Caulfield @cptcorallis.bsky.social · 18d

We are about to see sportswashing on a scale heretofore thought impossible, with the SPIF in charge of EA Sports.

And Entertainment will almost certainly suffer

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 18d

WSJ: Videogame Giant Electronic Arts Near Roughly $50 Billion Deal to Go Private.

"A group of investors including private-equity firm Silver Lake and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund could unveil a deal for the publisher best known for its sports games as soon as next week"

LINK

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Conor Caulfield @cptcorallis.bsky.social · 20d

No Ventrillians here! For 3.0, I've reworked the force into the 497th Reman siege assault battalion, the Roman theme because I realised I'd already subconsciously gone that way with the paint scheme.

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 20d

i think this picture, from a public promo stream for a video games starring one of the most popular comic book characters of all time owned by the disney corporation, should be used on every single story about storefronts taking down lgbt content

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Conor Caulfield @cptcorallis.bsky.social · 20d

Finished off my Heavy Ordnance Batteries for my Horus Heresy Militia - very fun trying to work out how to reflect the colour scheme for the infantry across the big guns. (And I love the sculpted cast steel texture on those blast shields)

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Bryant Francis @bryantfrancis.me · 21d

EXCLUSIVE on Game Developer. We dug deep into the last two years of life at ProbablyMonsters—a period marked by mismanagement, alleged surveillance, and a CEO who "loves to talk shit."

If you don't know ProbablyMonsters, it's the company where Firewalk Studios began work on Concord.

Game Developer @gamedeveloper.bsky.social · 21d

Former ProbablyMonsters workers raise alarm about mismanagement at studio

Developers say they faced unrealistic expectations, alleged surveillance, and broken promises of a 'developer-first' company culture.

www.gamedeveloper.com

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