Andrew
@digitalcantina.com
The Mensch, The Myth : Tech Artist For Video Games : Opinions are my own etc : Environment, Material, VFX Artist : Northern IL is Home : He/Him
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You’ve held your action for the right moment: Now is the time to act.
December 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
You’ve held your action for the right moment: Now is the time to act.
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tl;dr: GenAI and game design concepts traditionally referred to as "AI" (enemy behaviors, pathfinding, etc.) are not the same thing, and I'm on my knees begging people to learn the difference, lest we see more bullshit claims like what The Escapist put out re: Blue Prince.
Weird weekend, huh? Took a crack at breaking down the whole Clair Obscur genAI situation, and its bizarre fallout, as best as possible. My main takeaway right now is that people really need to figure out exactly what they're criticizing or it's going to get messy. www.polygon.com/clair-obscur...
The debate over gen AI in games is about to get a lot messier in 2026
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's GOTY retraction signals the start of something huge
www.polygon.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:17 PM
tl;dr: GenAI and game design concepts traditionally referred to as "AI" (enemy behaviors, pathfinding, etc.) are not the same thing, and I'm on my knees begging people to learn the difference, lest we see more bullshit claims like what The Escapist put out re: Blue Prince.
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it's not enough to outlive donald trump I also have to outlive all his voters and yes that includes the gen z ones
December 23, 2025 at 5:46 PM
it's not enough to outlive donald trump I also have to outlive all his voters and yes that includes the gen z ones
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wendell berry
QUESTIONNAIRE
QUESTIONNAIRE
December 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
wendell berry
QUESTIONNAIRE
QUESTIONNAIRE
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fascists barely win one election and the mouse is like “we made captain america white again 🙂”
December 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
fascists barely win one election and the mouse is like “we made captain america white again 🙂”
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I don't think free speech on campus ought to mean that a young coddled bigot gets to use their ignorance to casually destroy the career of a knowledgeable trans person on a random Wednesday
Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
December 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I don't think free speech on campus ought to mean that a young coddled bigot gets to use their ignorance to casually destroy the career of a knowledgeable trans person on a random Wednesday
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yeah let's just take that idea and push it to its limits then
December 23, 2025 at 2:40 AM
yeah let's just take that idea and push it to its limits then
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THE ENTIRE AI SECTOR IS FRAUD!
WE ARE WATCHING IT UNFOLD IN REAL TIME!
NO ONE IS FUCKING YELLING FIRE AND WE'RE BEING BURNED ALIVE!
WE ARE WATCHING IT UNFOLD IN REAL TIME!
NO ONE IS FUCKING YELLING FIRE AND WE'RE BEING BURNED ALIVE!
December 23, 2025 at 3:08 PM
THE ENTIRE AI SECTOR IS FRAUD!
WE ARE WATCHING IT UNFOLD IN REAL TIME!
NO ONE IS FUCKING YELLING FIRE AND WE'RE BEING BURNED ALIVE!
WE ARE WATCHING IT UNFOLD IN REAL TIME!
NO ONE IS FUCKING YELLING FIRE AND WE'RE BEING BURNED ALIVE!
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> uses ChatGPT to generate a large quantity of character concepts and quest contents, which are then used as reference during development. ...taking a quest name and summary as arguments, ChatGPT “imagines”... key characters, how the crime took place and who the culprit is, what pieces of evidence…
December 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
> uses ChatGPT to generate a large quantity of character concepts and quest contents, which are then used as reference during development. ...taking a quest name and summary as arguments, ChatGPT “imagines”... key characters, how the crime took place and who the culprit is, what pieces of evidence…
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tired: if they use gen AI we dislike their work because it's crappy
wired: if they use gen AI we dislike their work because they used gen AI and I don't care if the tech improves to yield less erroneous answers and stops obliterating climate change targets or make any economic sense, f those clowns
wired: if they use gen AI we dislike their work because they used gen AI and I don't care if the tech improves to yield less erroneous answers and stops obliterating climate change targets or make any economic sense, f those clowns
December 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
tired: if they use gen AI we dislike their work because it's crappy
wired: if they use gen AI we dislike their work because they used gen AI and I don't care if the tech improves to yield less erroneous answers and stops obliterating climate change targets or make any economic sense, f those clowns
wired: if they use gen AI we dislike their work because they used gen AI and I don't care if the tech improves to yield less erroneous answers and stops obliterating climate change targets or make any economic sense, f those clowns
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Lets do something a little more personal and direct. If you have any questions or things you'd like to hear about Big Hops, leave a comment and I'll respond with a video.
#indiegames #gamedev #bighops
#indiegames #gamedev #bighops
December 22, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Lets do something a little more personal and direct. If you have any questions or things you'd like to hear about Big Hops, leave a comment and I'll respond with a video.
#indiegames #gamedev #bighops
#indiegames #gamedev #bighops
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Like
There's no reason to
These goddamn platforms have been proven, over and over, to get basic facts and figures and math wrong. Why in the world would you want or need that for BUDGETS or DESIGN DOCS??
NOT TO MENTION that any information you enter is fed back into the machine! Goodbye NDA!
There's no reason to
These goddamn platforms have been proven, over and over, to get basic facts and figures and math wrong. Why in the world would you want or need that for BUDGETS or DESIGN DOCS??
NOT TO MENTION that any information you enter is fed back into the machine! Goodbye NDA!
December 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Like
There's no reason to
These goddamn platforms have been proven, over and over, to get basic facts and figures and math wrong. Why in the world would you want or need that for BUDGETS or DESIGN DOCS??
NOT TO MENTION that any information you enter is fed back into the machine! Goodbye NDA!
There's no reason to
These goddamn platforms have been proven, over and over, to get basic facts and figures and math wrong. Why in the world would you want or need that for BUDGETS or DESIGN DOCS??
NOT TO MENTION that any information you enter is fed back into the machine! Goodbye NDA!
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It's very easy:
Just don't. The idea that Copilot or ChatGPT are suddenly essential tools is just buying into the corporate ad blitz.
Games were made just fine (well, relatively) up through...what, 2023? 2024? They didn't suddenly become VITAL for budgets or design docs in the last 2-3 years.
Just don't. The idea that Copilot or ChatGPT are suddenly essential tools is just buying into the corporate ad blitz.
Games were made just fine (well, relatively) up through...what, 2023? 2024? They didn't suddenly become VITAL for budgets or design docs in the last 2-3 years.
December 22, 2025 at 9:49 PM
It's very easy:
Just don't. The idea that Copilot or ChatGPT are suddenly essential tools is just buying into the corporate ad blitz.
Games were made just fine (well, relatively) up through...what, 2023? 2024? They didn't suddenly become VITAL for budgets or design docs in the last 2-3 years.
Just don't. The idea that Copilot or ChatGPT are suddenly essential tools is just buying into the corporate ad blitz.
Games were made just fine (well, relatively) up through...what, 2023? 2024? They didn't suddenly become VITAL for budgets or design docs in the last 2-3 years.
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i wanna know why the famously litigious Tolkien Estate is ok with technofascists stealing names from Lord of the Rings for their doomsday devices
December 23, 2025 at 3:58 PM
i wanna know why the famously litigious Tolkien Estate is ok with technofascists stealing names from Lord of the Rings for their doomsday devices
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"We Beat 'Em Before... (Portland's Version)"
This idea came to me late. I think it fits really well since Portland Frog Brigade literally carries no weapons and yet ICE has no idea how to respond to them. Just feckless incompetent goons all around.
This idea came to me late. I think it fits really well since Portland Frog Brigade literally carries no weapons and yet ICE has no idea how to respond to them. Just feckless incompetent goons all around.
December 23, 2025 at 3:56 PM
"We Beat 'Em Before... (Portland's Version)"
This idea came to me late. I think it fits really well since Portland Frog Brigade literally carries no weapons and yet ICE has no idea how to respond to them. Just feckless incompetent goons all around.
This idea came to me late. I think it fits really well since Portland Frog Brigade literally carries no weapons and yet ICE has no idea how to respond to them. Just feckless incompetent goons all around.
I am here to confirm. Normally this shit would work on me.
I am so tired/burnt on this shit. Let it rest.
I am so tired/burnt on this shit. Let it rest.
fuck off slowed down piano ballad of a nostalgic theme, you will not save this bullshit
December 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I am here to confirm. Normally this shit would work on me.
I am so tired/burnt on this shit. Let it rest.
I am so tired/burnt on this shit. Let it rest.
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fuck off slowed down piano ballad of a nostalgic theme, you will not save this bullshit
December 23, 2025 at 3:32 PM
fuck off slowed down piano ballad of a nostalgic theme, you will not save this bullshit
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Task difficulty tier list of game development
December 23, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Task difficulty tier list of game development
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Meanwhile, in the land of the real and tangible things... MOLLY!!
measuredandslow.studio/shop/molly-t...
#webcomics #3Dsculpt #figures
measuredandslow.studio/shop/molly-t...
#webcomics #3Dsculpt #figures
Molly the Baby Dragon — Measured and Slow
Take home your own little sidekick with a 3D printed Molly the baby dragon! These figures come in either matte grey, ready for you to paint yourself, or a full color version ready for display. Each on...
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December 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Meanwhile, in the land of the real and tangible things... MOLLY!!
measuredandslow.studio/shop/molly-t...
#webcomics #3Dsculpt #figures
measuredandslow.studio/shop/molly-t...
#webcomics #3Dsculpt #figures
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1/5 Seeing some tech/ai slop accounts online claiming that AI has always been used in games, pretending GenAi is a part of that, when its absolutely not.
Yes, AI has always been a part of games in: NPC behaviors, Data Mining, PCG’s (Procedural Content Generation) etc
All different from GenAi!
Yes, AI has always been a part of games in: NPC behaviors, Data Mining, PCG’s (Procedural Content Generation) etc
All different from GenAi!
December 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM
1/5 Seeing some tech/ai slop accounts online claiming that AI has always been used in games, pretending GenAi is a part of that, when its absolutely not.
Yes, AI has always been a part of games in: NPC behaviors, Data Mining, PCG’s (Procedural Content Generation) etc
All different from GenAi!
Yes, AI has always been a part of games in: NPC behaviors, Data Mining, PCG’s (Procedural Content Generation) etc
All different from GenAi!
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Making games is tough as fuck.
December 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Making games is tough as fuck.
Ok this is the greatest piece of Star Wars gaming lore I’ve ever heard
I was told by an ex Lucasarts designer I worked with at Telltale that Dash Rendar, the main character of Shadows of the Empire, got his name from the command the engineers used to update the scene:
-render
-render
i was going through my X archives and found this by @superpodsaga.com, which I qrt'd at some point years ago
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
December 23, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Ok this is the greatest piece of Star Wars gaming lore I’ve ever heard