Andy Corrigan
@flameroasttoast.com
Writer. Occasional freelancer and podcaster. Hobbyist artist. Sometimes writes comics. Fighting gamer. Master Juri & Ryu. Spider-Man fanboy. Married to @ShellieJaye. Posts about cats, gaming, and Liverpool Football Club.
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I’m not sure I’m happy with this experiment, but I’m gonna call it done. Might try it in a different style at the weekend.
#art #digitalart #darksouls
#art #digitalart #darksouls
February 5, 2026 at 10:08 AM
I’m not sure I’m happy with this experiment, but I’m gonna call it done. Might try it in a different style at the weekend.
#art #digitalart #darksouls
#art #digitalart #darksouls
I’m not sure I’m happy with this experiment, but I’m gonna call it done. Might try it in a different style at the weekend.
#art #digitalart #darksouls
#art #digitalart #darksouls
February 5, 2026 at 10:08 AM
I’m not sure I’m happy with this experiment, but I’m gonna call it done. Might try it in a different style at the weekend.
#art #digitalart #darksouls
#art #digitalart #darksouls
Reposted by Andy Corrigan
How’s this looking? Still need to add more lighting to Oscar and add the shield.
February 2, 2026 at 1:31 AM
How’s this looking? Still need to add more lighting to Oscar and add the shield.
How’s this looking? Still need to add more lighting to Oscar and add the shield.
February 2, 2026 at 1:31 AM
How’s this looking? Still need to add more lighting to Oscar and add the shield.
Oh dang, RIP Catherine O’Hara, what a legend.
January 31, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Oh dang, RIP Catherine O’Hara, what a legend.
This looks so fucking bad. Woooow.
First trailer for Darren Aranofsky's new AI animated series 'On This Day... 1776'
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
January 29, 2026 at 10:03 PM
This looks so fucking bad. Woooow.
Anyway, I finished Dark Souls’ NG+ again last night to get the Steam achievement for The Dark Lord ending, and for the first time ever I managed to keep Solaire alive until the end.
Amazed by how trivial he makes that last fight.
Amazed by how trivial he makes that last fight.
January 29, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Anyway, I finished Dark Souls’ NG+ again last night to get the Steam achievement for The Dark Lord ending, and for the first time ever I managed to keep Solaire alive until the end.
Amazed by how trivial he makes that last fight.
Amazed by how trivial he makes that last fight.
Some petty smugness: when I got laid off 18 months ago, I was told it was because they wanted to focus on hitting SEO targets and were engaging a specialist org to do that instead (who I also proved were prolific plagiarisers).
2 years later, my work still does more numbers than theirs.
2 years later, my work still does more numbers than theirs.
January 29, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Some petty smugness: when I got laid off 18 months ago, I was told it was because they wanted to focus on hitting SEO targets and were engaging a specialist org to do that instead (who I also proved were prolific plagiarisers).
2 years later, my work still does more numbers than theirs.
2 years later, my work still does more numbers than theirs.
Inspired by my latest Dark Souks replay, I sketched this yesterday, fucked up the shading, and then ruined the physical piece, but thankfully I take progress pics so I’m gonna paint it digitally later.
January 27, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Inspired by my latest Dark Souks replay, I sketched this yesterday, fucked up the shading, and then ruined the physical piece, but thankfully I take progress pics so I’m gonna paint it digitally later.
My only post today is this: change the date.
January 26, 2026 at 3:57 AM
My only post today is this: change the date.
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Microsoft provides technology that upholds Israel’s apartheid and powers ICE’s deportation and detention infrastructure.
It’s strange to watch people express genuine, justified rage at ICE and then immediately fawn over Xbox reveals like Microsoft exists in a gamer vacuum
medium.com/@noazurefora...
It’s strange to watch people express genuine, justified rage at ICE and then immediately fawn over Xbox reveals like Microsoft exists in a gamer vacuum
medium.com/@noazurefora...
Microsoft Powers ICE: Why doesn’t Microsoft want to talk about its contracts with Immigration and…
Executive Summary
medium.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Microsoft provides technology that upholds Israel’s apartheid and powers ICE’s deportation and detention infrastructure.
It’s strange to watch people express genuine, justified rage at ICE and then immediately fawn over Xbox reveals like Microsoft exists in a gamer vacuum
medium.com/@noazurefora...
It’s strange to watch people express genuine, justified rage at ICE and then immediately fawn over Xbox reveals like Microsoft exists in a gamer vacuum
medium.com/@noazurefora...
I’ve done the whole of Dark Souls solo the first time around so have nothing to prove, which means I’m not super precious about summoning for follow-up playthroughs as a timesaver.
However, I will *never* summon for Sif or Artorias.
Those two deserve the honor of one on one combat.
However, I will *never* summon for Sif or Artorias.
Those two deserve the honor of one on one combat.
January 24, 2026 at 2:20 PM
I’ve done the whole of Dark Souls solo the first time around so have nothing to prove, which means I’m not super precious about summoning for follow-up playthroughs as a timesaver.
However, I will *never* summon for Sif or Artorias.
Those two deserve the honor of one on one combat.
However, I will *never* summon for Sif or Artorias.
Those two deserve the honor of one on one combat.
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Quality performance art. Easy to parse, thematically relevant, kinda gross. Love it.
January 22, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Quality performance art. Easy to parse, thematically relevant, kinda gross. Love it.
FYI, this article doing the rounds is over a year old, and a more recent report from Capcom said they shouldn’t use it because of the (justified) reactions from the gaming community when studios do. I really hope that stays the same.
Capcom is another studio embracing gen-ai sadly. Popular titles include: Resident Evil, Monster Hunter, Okami, Street Fighter, Ace Attorney, Devil May Cry, and Mega Man. -y
Sources: giznewsdaily.com/capcom-discu...
www.ign.com/articles/cap...
Sources: giznewsdaily.com/capcom-discu...
www.ign.com/articles/cap...
Capcom Experimenting With Generative AI to Create 'Hundreds of Thousands of Unique Ideas' Needed to Build In-Game Environments - IGN
Capcom is experimenting with generative AI to create the "hundreds of thousands of unique ideas" needed to build in-game environments.
www.ign.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:01 PM
FYI, this article doing the rounds is over a year old, and a more recent report from Capcom said they shouldn’t use it because of the (justified) reactions from the gaming community when studios do. I really hope that stays the same.
Whenever I take a short break I do a quick run through 3rd Strike’s arcade mode on the Anbernic. Much better than scrolling for 10-15 mins.
January 22, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Whenever I take a short break I do a quick run through 3rd Strike’s arcade mode on the Anbernic. Much better than scrolling for 10-15 mins.
Anyone use Proton Mail? After doing a really good job of removing Microsoft from most aspects of my life, I'm now looking at doing the same with Google.
January 22, 2026 at 6:29 AM
Anyone use Proton Mail? After doing a really good job of removing Microsoft from most aspects of my life, I'm now looking at doing the same with Google.
HITMAN CROSS PROGRESSION?! Shit yeah.
a man in a suit adjusts his red tie
ALT: a man in a suit adjusts his red tie
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January 21, 2026 at 7:29 AM
HITMAN CROSS PROGRESSION?! Shit yeah.
I have played through Dark Souls *umpteen times* and only last night, in my current run on PC, have I discovered a Vagrant.
I didn’t even know they existed. Researching them makes that seem all the wilder.
I can’t believe I’m still finding new things out all these years later. What a game.
I didn’t even know they existed. Researching them makes that seem all the wilder.
I can’t believe I’m still finding new things out all these years later. What a game.
January 20, 2026 at 3:37 AM
I have played through Dark Souls *umpteen times* and only last night, in my current run on PC, have I discovered a Vagrant.
I didn’t even know they existed. Researching them makes that seem all the wilder.
I can’t believe I’m still finding new things out all these years later. What a game.
I didn’t even know they existed. Researching them makes that seem all the wilder.
I can’t believe I’m still finding new things out all these years later. What a game.
Did more experiments after porting the original sketch to Procreate, all unfinished. Which is best?
January 18, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Did more experiments after porting the original sketch to Procreate, all unfinished. Which is best?
Me today:
(I haven’t played the series on PC before so what choice did I have, honestly?)
(I haven’t played the series on PC before so what choice did I have, honestly?)
January 14, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Me today:
(I haven’t played the series on PC before so what choice did I have, honestly?)
(I haven’t played the series on PC before so what choice did I have, honestly?)
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What four classic video games do you find yourself replaying no matter how old they are?
January 12, 2026 at 2:41 PM
What four classic video games do you find yourself replaying no matter how old they are?
What four classic video games do you find yourself replaying no matter how old they are?
January 12, 2026 at 2:41 PM
What four classic video games do you find yourself replaying no matter how old they are?
Echoes of Wisdom done. A wonderful game that happens to have the series’ least interesting final boss fight.
a video game character is standing on a purple surface .
ALT: a video game character is standing on a purple surface .
media.tenor.com
January 11, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Echoes of Wisdom done. A wonderful game that happens to have the series’ least interesting final boss fight.
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I cannot stress this enough: this is not possible
in a literal technological sense: you cannot train an AI and expect even comprehensible results with under ~1 million pieces of data, nobody can supply all that with the variance needed. You can only achieve it through wanton scraping
in a literal technological sense: you cannot train an AI and expect even comprehensible results with under ~1 million pieces of data, nobody can supply all that with the variance needed. You can only achieve it through wanton scraping
Larian CEO says Divinity could have gen AI assets in it but only if the tools are trained on the studio's own data.
"If we use a GenAI model to create in-game assets, then it'll be trained on data we own."
https://kotaku.com/divinity-gen-ai-larian-bg3-reddit-ama-2000658429
"If we use a GenAI model to create in-game assets, then it'll be trained on data we own."
https://kotaku.com/divinity-gen-ai-larian-bg3-reddit-ama-2000658429
January 9, 2026 at 8:26 PM
I cannot stress this enough: this is not possible
in a literal technological sense: you cannot train an AI and expect even comprehensible results with under ~1 million pieces of data, nobody can supply all that with the variance needed. You can only achieve it through wanton scraping
in a literal technological sense: you cannot train an AI and expect even comprehensible results with under ~1 million pieces of data, nobody can supply all that with the variance needed. You can only achieve it through wanton scraping