Balázs Farkas
@fbdbh.bsky.social
Writer, designer, critic, translator | Collector of books & video games
Against fascism & generative AI
Working at NeocoreGames | HUN / ENG | He / Him
balazsfarkas.com | oubliette37.com | epik.hu
Against fascism & generative AI
Working at NeocoreGames | HUN / ENG | He / Him
balazsfarkas.com | oubliette37.com | epik.hu
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Special thanks to GOG for being so supportive of the project! HORSES preorders are now available on the store: www.gog.com/en/game/horses 🙏
November 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Special thanks to GOG for being so supportive of the project! HORSES preorders are now available on the store: www.gog.com/en/game/horses 🙏
Every fucking tool I use is technically "AI-powered" at this point
Cold take: I do agree that it is (or will soon be) nearly impossible to avoid AI-powered tools.
If the backlash continues, studios will simply not disclose uses that are undetectable to players (coding, text editing, hybrid pipelines) and favored by employees.
www.gamesradar.com/games/opposi...
If the backlash continues, studios will simply not disclose uses that are undetectable to players (coding, text editing, hybrid pipelines) and favored by employees.
www.gamesradar.com/games/opposi...
Opposing Steam's AI disclosures, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says game stores should drop "the AI tag" because "it makes no sense" when "AI will be involved in nearly all future production"
Steam has actually made AI disclosures even more prominent
www.gamesradar.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Every fucking tool I use is technically "AI-powered" at this point
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Help me fund epic poem GULA: A Poem For The End Times on BackerKit! A modernist/post-modernist long-form poem, GULA explores Carrion City, a place where the lost and forsaken end up and rarely leave -- a mirror city to the world of the beloved and treasured.
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/e...
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/e...
November 17, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Help me fund epic poem GULA: A Poem For The End Times on BackerKit! A modernist/post-modernist long-form poem, GULA explores Carrion City, a place where the lost and forsaken end up and rarely leave -- a mirror city to the world of the beloved and treasured.
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/e...
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/e...
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Got two weeks left to finish work on like six books
November 28, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Got two weeks left to finish work on like six books
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I can't believe I'm about to say this...
Dragon Ruins II is OUT now on the PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch.
Have fun!
www.kemco.jp/game/dragonr...
Dragon Ruins II is OUT now on the PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch.
Have fun!
www.kemco.jp/game/dragonr...
Dragon Ruins II
Explore dungeons, grow stronger, and slay the dragon to become a hero!
www.kemco.jp
November 28, 2025 at 5:35 AM
I can't believe I'm about to say this...
Dragon Ruins II is OUT now on the PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch.
Have fun!
www.kemco.jp/game/dragonr...
Dragon Ruins II is OUT now on the PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch.
Have fun!
www.kemco.jp/game/dragonr...
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if you've never heard the end credits song for Aliens Infestation on the Nintendo DS
I beg you to stop and listen right now
it's important
I beg you to stop and listen right now
it's important
[OST] Aliens Infestation (Nintendo DS) [Track 16] LV426 - Ending Theme
YouTube video by Sega-Mag
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:27 AM
if you've never heard the end credits song for Aliens Infestation on the Nintendo DS
I beg you to stop and listen right now
it's important
I beg you to stop and listen right now
it's important
Remember Left Shark?
November 26, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Remember Left Shark?
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Killer headline
Ubisoft, face covered in bruises, once again extends leg confidently towards end of rake:
aftermath.site/ubisoft-ai-tea...
aftermath.site/ubisoft-ai-tea...
November 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Killer headline
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Huh. Looks like Cleared Hot - a modern successor to EA's old Strike series of helicopter shooters - is doing great. 1000 user reviews in a few days, 98% positive.
Right now it's just Episode 1 (defending Texas against corporate technocrat takeover), shareware style, with the others coming later.
Right now it's just Episode 1 (defending Texas against corporate technocrat takeover), shareware style, with the others coming later.
Save 10% on Cleared Hot on Steam
CLEARED HOT is a nostalgic helicopter shooter with satisfying physics and light tactical elements. Shoot, dodge, move your squad around the battlefield, and pick up almost anything with your rope and ...
store.steampowered.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Huh. Looks like Cleared Hot - a modern successor to EA's old Strike series of helicopter shooters - is doing great. 1000 user reviews in a few days, 98% positive.
Right now it's just Episode 1 (defending Texas against corporate technocrat takeover), shareware style, with the others coming later.
Right now it's just Episode 1 (defending Texas against corporate technocrat takeover), shareware style, with the others coming later.
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Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.
'Slop Evader' Lets You Surf the Web Like It’s 2022
Artist Tega Brain is fighting the internet’s enshittification by turning back the clock to before ChatGPT existed.
www.404media.co
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.
an original one
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
an original one
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Santa Ragione co-founder Pietro Righi Riva addresses the studio's potential closure in an exclusive interview with GamesIndustry.biz. "There will likely be no money left to make a new [game]... Unless a miracle happens and Horses does very well."
www.gamesindustry.biz/santa-ragion...
www.gamesindustry.biz/santa-ragion...
Santa Ragione co-founder Pietro Righi Riva on Horses, Steam, and possible closure of the studio
"No publisher will fund a game that's not coming out on Steam"
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Santa Ragione co-founder Pietro Righi Riva addresses the studio's potential closure in an exclusive interview with GamesIndustry.biz. "There will likely be no money left to make a new [game]... Unless a miracle happens and Horses does very well."
www.gamesindustry.biz/santa-ragion...
www.gamesindustry.biz/santa-ragion...
Fel kellett vinnem a The Pride of Chanurt a Molyra; mi ez a kulturálatlanság
November 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Fel kellett vinnem a The Pride of Chanurt a Molyra; mi ez a kulturálatlanság
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The first volume of one of the best Hungarian SF series, Csodaidők (A Time to Heal) by Raana Raas (Suhajda Etelka) (translated by Székács Judit) is now available in English.
The Hungarian original was a fresh voice in the scene, a family saga inspired by abrahamic religions.
The Hungarian original was a fresh voice in the scene, a family saga inspired by abrahamic religions.
November 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The first volume of one of the best Hungarian SF series, Csodaidők (A Time to Heal) by Raana Raas (Suhajda Etelka) (translated by Székács Judit) is now available in English.
The Hungarian original was a fresh voice in the scene, a family saga inspired by abrahamic religions.
The Hungarian original was a fresh voice in the scene, a family saga inspired by abrahamic religions.
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Heads up: New Thief 2 level by one of Arkane's senior level designers and director of The Black Parade for Thief 1.
If he says it's his most ambitious work to date, you KNOW it's going to be amazing.
If he says it's his most ambitious work to date, you KNOW it's going to be amazing.
My new Thief 2 Fan Mission, Reflection in Red, is out! I am very proud of this one, and it is by far my most ambitious work in the Dark Engine to date. www.ttlg.com/forums/showt...
November 23, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Heads up: New Thief 2 level by one of Arkane's senior level designers and director of The Black Parade for Thief 1.
If he says it's his most ambitious work to date, you KNOW it's going to be amazing.
If he says it's his most ambitious work to date, you KNOW it's going to be amazing.
My review of Ginga Force: an excellent, beginner friendly shmup by Qute. (It's currently $1 on Steam.)
oubliette37.com/2025/11/22/g...
oubliette37.com/2025/11/22/g...
Ginga Force – Rookies on a Budget
There are two good reasons to pick up Ginga Force if you’re looking for a gateway drug to manic shooters. First, when it goes on sale, it’s usually around $1-$2. Second, it’s a be…
oubliette37.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
My review of Ginga Force: an excellent, beginner friendly shmup by Qute. (It's currently $1 on Steam.)
oubliette37.com/2025/11/22/g...
oubliette37.com/2025/11/22/g...
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GOLD!
Mosfilm has now made Solaris available in 4K on YouTube for free. Specialists from Mosfilm's Telecinema and Computer Graphics branch finished the restoration of the film.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-Wr...
Mosfilm has now made Solaris available in 4K on YouTube for free. Specialists from Mosfilm's Telecinema and Computer Graphics branch finished the restoration of the film.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-Wr...
Солярис (4К, фантастика, реж. Андрей Тарковский, 1972 г.)
YouTube video by Киноконцерн "Мосфильм"
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:37 AM
GOLD!
Mosfilm has now made Solaris available in 4K on YouTube for free. Specialists from Mosfilm's Telecinema and Computer Graphics branch finished the restoration of the film.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-Wr...
Mosfilm has now made Solaris available in 4K on YouTube for free. Specialists from Mosfilm's Telecinema and Computer Graphics branch finished the restoration of the film.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-Wr...
Today's jackpot: Tanith Lee!
November 21, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Today's jackpot: Tanith Lee!
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November is a very long month, isn't it
November 20, 2025 at 9:06 PM
November is a very long month, isn't it
Roguelike Carmageddon? 💀
Carmageddon: Rogue Shift Steam page (for some reason they censored the word Carmageddon) store.steampowered.com/app/1712100/...
News/reveal in ~14 days driversmustdie.com
News/reveal in ~14 days driversmustdie.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Roguelike Carmageddon? 💀
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The "Golgo 13" anime (from 1971) will be released on Blu-ray in Japan.
This series was considered lost until the masters were found two years ago.
natalie.mu/comic/news/6...
This series was considered lost until the masters were found two years ago.
natalie.mu/comic/news/6...
November 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The "Golgo 13" anime (from 1971) will be released on Blu-ray in Japan.
This series was considered lost until the masters were found two years ago.
natalie.mu/comic/news/6...
This series was considered lost until the masters were found two years ago.
natalie.mu/comic/news/6...
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People using Chrome may want to know about this.
To disable the new default AI mode. Type chrome://flags in your address bar. Search for AI mode in the search box below and disable the three options displayed.
To disable the new default AI mode. Type chrome://flags in your address bar. Search for AI mode in the search box below and disable the three options displayed.
November 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
People using Chrome may want to know about this.
To disable the new default AI mode. Type chrome://flags in your address bar. Search for AI mode in the search box below and disable the three options displayed.
To disable the new default AI mode. Type chrome://flags in your address bar. Search for AI mode in the search box below and disable the three options displayed.