Erev
@erev.bsky.social
Game Developer. Writer. Software Engineer. Eternally sleep deprived.
Human beings are relegating to AI to think for them because of mild frustration is just.... So sad man.
Anyone who supports this is an embarrassment. "Instead of typing it out they'll generate their idea"? Are you insane?
Call yourself whatever you want but you aren't creatives, that's for sure.
Call yourself whatever you want but you aren't creatives, that's for sure.
December 18, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Human beings are relegating to AI to think for them because of mild frustration is just.... So sad man.
If every developer is using AI to "stay ahead of the curb", whatever that means, fine.
I think we should regulate and have there be clear markers on the game box art and/or store page indicating whether or not GenAI was used, and let people decide if that's something they want to support.
I think we should regulate and have there be clear markers on the game box art and/or store page indicating whether or not GenAI was used, and let people decide if that's something they want to support.
December 18, 2025 at 6:34 AM
If every developer is using AI to "stay ahead of the curb", whatever that means, fine.
I think we should regulate and have there be clear markers on the game box art and/or store page indicating whether or not GenAI was used, and let people decide if that's something they want to support.
I think we should regulate and have there be clear markers on the game box art and/or store page indicating whether or not GenAI was used, and let people decide if that's something they want to support.
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As a gamedev of nearly 30 years, I can absolutely definitively say you do not need AI as a placeholder.
You know what we used as place holders?
Fucking cubes.
Grow the fuck up.
You know what we used as place holders?
Fucking cubes.
Grow the fuck up.
December 18, 2025 at 2:36 AM
As a gamedev of nearly 30 years, I can absolutely definitively say you do not need AI as a placeholder.
You know what we used as place holders?
Fucking cubes.
Grow the fuck up.
You know what we used as place holders?
Fucking cubes.
Grow the fuck up.
Yeah so uh... Not only is AI terrible for the environment, mostly dog shit results wise, and kinda lazy, it's also a recipe for a PR shit storm out of nowhere!
Maybe we should stay away from it.
Maybe we should stay away from it.
December 17, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Yeah so uh... Not only is AI terrible for the environment, mostly dog shit results wise, and kinda lazy, it's also a recipe for a PR shit storm out of nowhere!
Maybe we should stay away from it.
Maybe we should stay away from it.
We will NOT stand with Home Alone 3 slander of any sort! That movie is good.
‘Home Alone’ director Chris Columbus says the franchise has some ‘really bad sequels’
“it’s been revisited with really bad sequels. Sorry to insult anybody, but they’ve completely fucked it up. It started with 'Home Alone 3' and then it just went downhill from there"
“it’s been revisited with really bad sequels. Sorry to insult anybody, but they’ve completely fucked it up. It started with 'Home Alone 3' and then it just went downhill from there"
December 16, 2025 at 6:07 PM
We will NOT stand with Home Alone 3 slander of any sort! That movie is good.
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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.
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Agree. To go a step further - an award like Best RPG isn't worth nearly as much unless voted on by a subset of critics/devs/etc who are /notably/ experts in the genre. Same for, say, fighting games - if a category like that sticks, the jury should include some pro players, tourney orgs, etc.
I think these awards felt especially boring because categories like Best RPG and Best Indie each honor overall quality among a subset rather than a specific craft. If a game is the best of the year, and it’s an RPG, obviously it is also the best RPG. Needs an overhaul to avoid pointless repetition
December 14, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Agree. To go a step further - an award like Best RPG isn't worth nearly as much unless voted on by a subset of critics/devs/etc who are /notably/ experts in the genre. Same for, say, fighting games - if a category like that sticks, the jury should include some pro players, tourney orgs, etc.
Jesus Christ this Rob Reiner news
December 15, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Jesus Christ this Rob Reiner news
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Ahmed al Ahmed, the reported Muslim man who tackled the Pakistani shooting suspect at Bondi Beach, serves as an important testament that entire ethnic or religious communities should not be blamed for the hateful and violent acts of individuals.
December 14, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Ahmed al Ahmed, the reported Muslim man who tackled the Pakistani shooting suspect at Bondi Beach, serves as an important testament that entire ethnic or religious communities should not be blamed for the hateful and violent acts of individuals.
Expedition 33 is to JRPGs what Eminem was to rap.
December 13, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Expedition 33 is to JRPGs what Eminem was to rap.
Perfectly succinct way to put a lot of issues I have with discourse surrounding E33 which I enjoyed.
The only place I likely differ is I'd likely be a bit harsher to those who like RPGs only when they don't look Japanese.
The only place I likely differ is I'd likely be a bit harsher to those who like RPGs only when they don't look Japanese.
Took some time to unpack a few thoughts on Expedition 33.
Watching what I thought was a "pretty good" game get transformed into A Cultural Object has been disheartening.
So I have some thoughts on glitz, glamour, and respectability...
transgamerthoughts.com/post/8027631...
Watching what I thought was a "pretty good" game get transformed into A Cultural Object has been disheartening.
So I have some thoughts on glitz, glamour, and respectability...
transgamerthoughts.com/post/8027631...
The Attempt To Escape From Pain Creates More Pain
Lord forgive me, I'm blogging. I can't help it! Many years ago, I got some advice from a writer who I deeply respect, James Howell, and he told me that criticism needs to proceed confidently. Don't...
transgamerthoughts.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Perfectly succinct way to put a lot of issues I have with discourse surrounding E33 which I enjoyed.
The only place I likely differ is I'd likely be a bit harsher to those who like RPGs only when they don't look Japanese.
The only place I likely differ is I'd likely be a bit harsher to those who like RPGs only when they don't look Japanese.
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Took some time to unpack a few thoughts on Expedition 33.
Watching what I thought was a "pretty good" game get transformed into A Cultural Object has been disheartening.
So I have some thoughts on glitz, glamour, and respectability...
transgamerthoughts.com/post/8027631...
Watching what I thought was a "pretty good" game get transformed into A Cultural Object has been disheartening.
So I have some thoughts on glitz, glamour, and respectability...
transgamerthoughts.com/post/8027631...
The Attempt To Escape From Pain Creates More Pain
Lord forgive me, I'm blogging. I can't help it! Many years ago, I got some advice from a writer who I deeply respect, James Howell, and he told me that criticism needs to proceed confidently. Don't...
transgamerthoughts.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Took some time to unpack a few thoughts on Expedition 33.
Watching what I thought was a "pretty good" game get transformed into A Cultural Object has been disheartening.
So I have some thoughts on glitz, glamour, and respectability...
transgamerthoughts.com/post/8027631...
Watching what I thought was a "pretty good" game get transformed into A Cultural Object has been disheartening.
So I have some thoughts on glitz, glamour, and respectability...
transgamerthoughts.com/post/8027631...
I think we have a real media literacy problem on the left (I'm praying people didn't just read the headline and go with it)
This video and what people in the replies are saying the video said are just not the same. At all.
This video and what people in the replies are saying the video said are just not the same. At all.
October 2, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I think we have a real media literacy problem on the left (I'm praying people didn't just read the headline and go with it)
This video and what people in the replies are saying the video said are just not the same. At all.
This video and what people in the replies are saying the video said are just not the same. At all.
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Making video games is a joy. It's a hard job, a desk job, and involves a marathon runner attitude, but it is a joy. Watching a game develop stage by stage, feature by feature is an incredibly stimulating process.
The industry? Absolutely garbage truck full of used needles driven by psychopaths.
The industry? Absolutely garbage truck full of used needles driven by psychopaths.
September 28, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Making video games is a joy. It's a hard job, a desk job, and involves a marathon runner attitude, but it is a joy. Watching a game develop stage by stage, feature by feature is an incredibly stimulating process.
The industry? Absolutely garbage truck full of used needles driven by psychopaths.
The industry? Absolutely garbage truck full of used needles driven by psychopaths.
Peacemaker S2 reminds me of Vinland Saga S2, in that the show slows down and tries to focus on the character and say something about an overarching theme...
And people complain about the show not being action packed and nothing happening.
And people complain about the show not being action packed and nothing happening.
September 26, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Peacemaker S2 reminds me of Vinland Saga S2, in that the show slows down and tries to focus on the character and say something about an overarching theme...
And people complain about the show not being action packed and nothing happening.
And people complain about the show not being action packed and nothing happening.
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🚨ACLED: 94% of Palestinians Killed Since March Are Civilians
New data from ACLED, the UN- and Western-backed conflict tracker, shows Israel’s post-ceasefire campaign in Gaza has produced one of the highest civilian death rates of the war, with roughly 15 civilians killed for every fighter.
New data from ACLED, the UN- and Western-backed conflict tracker, shows Israel’s post-ceasefire campaign in Gaza has produced one of the highest civilian death rates of the war, with roughly 15 civilians killed for every fighter.
September 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🚨ACLED: 94% of Palestinians Killed Since March Are Civilians
New data from ACLED, the UN- and Western-backed conflict tracker, shows Israel’s post-ceasefire campaign in Gaza has produced one of the highest civilian death rates of the war, with roughly 15 civilians killed for every fighter.
New data from ACLED, the UN- and Western-backed conflict tracker, shows Israel’s post-ceasefire campaign in Gaza has produced one of the highest civilian death rates of the war, with roughly 15 civilians killed for every fighter.
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currently at record-high search interest for canceling disney plus. pulling kimmel is a bigger deal to the company's bottom line than any of the "woke" scandals of the past 5 years. i think news & entertainment corp execs need put more work into understanding their audience, & get off twitter
September 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
currently at record-high search interest for canceling disney plus. pulling kimmel is a bigger deal to the company's bottom line than any of the "woke" scandals of the past 5 years. i think news & entertainment corp execs need put more work into understanding their audience, & get off twitter
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Trump’s tariffs are negatively impacting gamers like you and me.
BREAKING: Microsoft is raising prices on Xbox consoles in the US again. Xbox console prices are going up in October, making an Xbox Series X $649.99. Full details on price increases here 👇 www.theverge.com/news/782079/...
Microsoft is raising prices on Xbox consoles in the US again
Xbox console prices are going up in October, making an Xbox Series X $649.99.
www.theverge.com
September 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Trump’s tariffs are negatively impacting gamers like you and me.
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The suspect who killed Charlie Kirk said his rifle-cartridge messages were all "a big meme," according to messages just released in court.
"if I see 'notices bulge uwu' on fox new I might have a stroke," he said.
So, yeah, it was all a shitpost. More here on the meanings: bsky.app/profile/drew...
"if I see 'notices bulge uwu' on fox new I might have a stroke," he said.
So, yeah, it was all a shitpost. More here on the meanings: bsky.app/profile/drew...
September 16, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The suspect who killed Charlie Kirk said his rifle-cartridge messages were all "a big meme," according to messages just released in court.
"if I see 'notices bulge uwu' on fox new I might have a stroke," he said.
So, yeah, it was all a shitpost. More here on the meanings: bsky.app/profile/drew...
"if I see 'notices bulge uwu' on fox new I might have a stroke," he said.
So, yeah, it was all a shitpost. More here on the meanings: bsky.app/profile/drew...
society has fallen so much the past 10 years that DC Comics esque rogues are starting to pop up
A Disney Springs restaurant was robbed by a scuba man 🤿
• He swam up to the restaurant after it closed
• Spray painted the security cameras
• Stole up to $20K while staff were counting cash for deposit
• Dove back into the water and escaped before police arrived
(via WFTV 9)
• He swam up to the restaurant after it closed
• Spray painted the security cameras
• Stole up to $20K while staff were counting cash for deposit
• Dove back into the water and escaped before police arrived
(via WFTV 9)
September 16, 2025 at 1:34 PM
society has fallen so much the past 10 years that DC Comics esque rogues are starting to pop up
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games in general now, not even just aaa games, are way too concerned with the player getting stuck or upset or whatever. why give a shit. The Player is not gonna put the game down as soon as they hit any friction, most of them won't even stop when the game actively makes their life worse
September 16, 2025 at 1:15 AM
games in general now, not even just aaa games, are way too concerned with the player getting stuck or upset or whatever. why give a shit. The Player is not gonna put the game down as soon as they hit any friction, most of them won't even stop when the game actively makes their life worse
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We're witnessing the most aggressive, fanatical crackdown on free speech in my lifetime. The speed and breadth of government censorship and private sector and nonprofit capitulation has been astonishing. As has the lack of urgency/silence from people who've long claimed to care about this stuff.
September 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
We're witnessing the most aggressive, fanatical crackdown on free speech in my lifetime. The speed and breadth of government censorship and private sector and nonprofit capitulation has been astonishing. As has the lack of urgency/silence from people who've long claimed to care about this stuff.
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this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either
September 14, 2025 at 1:50 AM
this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either
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Remembering MN house speaker Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark and their beloved dog Gilbert. Murdered in June at their home by a rightwing Trump-voting evangelist, who also shot another MN lawmaker and his wife at THEIR home, 9 and 8 times, respectively (miraculously, they survived).
September 11, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Remembering MN house speaker Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark and their beloved dog Gilbert. Murdered in June at their home by a rightwing Trump-voting evangelist, who also shot another MN lawmaker and his wife at THEIR home, 9 and 8 times, respectively (miraculously, they survived).
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