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He/They, 30s. SMW hacker, glitch explanation watcher. Working on #SVTheBrokenMirror: a PKMN fangame for those looking for more cozy companionship and carefully crafted competition with the series' best characters. Build/share the world/self you dream of!

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🍉 HamOfJustice 🍉 @hamofjustice.bsky.social · Mar 1

*ahem* #SVTheBrokenMirror will be two things: A challenging new adventure in the misty valleys of Orgul, starting from scratch with your Paldea friends in tow; and, spiritually, a playable version of #HamsLeagueClub , with a similar heavy emphasis on character stories and day-to-day dialogue.

gsc style pixel art; back sprites for nemona and juliana facing arven and penny in battle, all in new outfits

a colorful orgul pokemon center, with a TM printer next to the usual PC

my sprites for maschiff, mabosstiff, pawmot, and pawmi

a sample of one of the routes, showing off similar shadows to the ones i added to the indoor tileset

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samantha @goblinsorcerer.bsky.social · 1d

hard to please

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 16h

Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.

Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 22h

NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.

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1/2 Bit @pixelcat.wtf · 5d

Every time I see a friend starting a game multiple times in a row on steam this meme comes to mind

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Zoe TunnHELL @zoewithasword.bsky.social · 20h

Would it surprise you that the owner of Scientific American's parent company, Stefan von Holtzbrinck, invested $37 million in Inkitt, an AI firm?

What a SHOCK

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 2d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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🍉 HamOfJustice 🍉 @hamofjustice.bsky.social · 20h

most of the excitement of genAI is that it can't say no

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🍉 HamOfJustice 🍉 @hamofjustice.bsky.social · 20h

just like images coming out of a magic black box called generative AI doesn't launder what went into it from being stolen, it doesn't launder what you ask it to do from being as fucked up as making it yourself would be. you just have something else to blame and less time spent reflecting on yourself

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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 20h

The use of AI to marionette a woman whose tortured existence was spent trying to carve her own life and identity out of the space men forced her into is both damningly macabre and a surprisingly perfect encapsulation of the problems with this ghoulish use of technology.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 2d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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🍉 HamOfJustice 🍉 @hamofjustice.bsky.social · 20h

i even saw someone claim the hedge maze is a recreation of area zero's intended path your first time through but i can't easily verify that when no one cares enough to have drawn and uploaded a map that i can find that can muscle past auto generated images of a big red arrow pointing to the crater

🍉 HamOfJustice 🍉 @hamofjustice.bsky.social · 20h

and it's where the sunflora finding game is so you *have* to look around and notice all the playgrounds and gardens, the boardwalk, the pool, the hidden diner patios, the gym leader's sculptures (with backstory), the hedge maze, the food carts...

of course this being SV you can jump over the maze

🍉 HamOfJustice 🍉 @hamofjustice.bsky.social · 20h

i love artazon's variety of social activity spots (that are just there for decoration or hiding item balls from the camera, but still) and the running gag with the signs on the way there, more of the game could've been like that if it didn't have to be so damn huge

🍉 HamOfJustice 🍉 @hamofjustice.bsky.social · 20h

not just skippable terrain features and no interactables/puzzles but entirely skippable trainers who'll happily just let you walk by too. and they're so weak you could've gotten more exp from two or three wild encounters in the same amount of time. feature so embarrassed by itself it just disappears

🍉 HamOfJustice 🍉 @hamofjustice.bsky.social · 20h

(i still feel weird criticizing the indigo disk too much around people who don't know exactly where i'm coming from because getting hundreds of lines of new optional dialogue for the cast from the league club *was* absolutely miraculous, don't get me wrong, just stretched too thin between them all)

🍉 HamOfJustice 🍉 @hamofjustice.bsky.social · 20h

replacing handcrafted thoughtful world maps with open fields and skippable platforming and letting random spawns do all the game design for you wasn't even *profitable* trendchasing lmao

🍉 HamOfJustice 🍉 @hamofjustice.bsky.social · 20h

now i'm even more confused how the terarium came to be when it was so clearly not designed to be underwater and they just quickly added a country sized dome over it that perfectly simulates the sky to half-assedly sell the idea

the "elevator" doesn't even have a shaft going up to the surface!

🍉 HamOfJustice 🍉 @hamofjustice.bsky.social · 20h

they straight up did not make the game with adding more maps in mind. damn almost like someone from paldea was supposed to be at our side handling terapagos or something

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🍉 HamOfJustice 🍉 @hamofjustice.bsky.social · 20h

update: and apparently making two more open worlds (and fixing the already struggling overworld engine so it'd even support them) and a second cast instead of just finishing the story in a satisfying way or fixing the performance issues went way over budget to the point it cost as much as all of PLA

🍉 HamOfJustice 🍉 @hamofjustice.bsky.social · 1d

adjusted for inflation the hidden treasure of area zero was made on a lower budget than doki doki panic / SMB2

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🍉 HamOfJustice 🍉 @hamofjustice.bsky.social · 21h

this is how we bring back final fantasy mystic quest for a new generation

Jonii Vee @joniivee.bsky.social · 21h

nihilist benjamin with big melons

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 21h

1. Last night, John Oliver destroyed Bari Weiss and specifically called out her inaccurate and targeted coverage of transgender people.

It's the latest of several shows Oliver has done in defense of trans people.

Weiss at CBS is a disaster for trans people.

Subscribe to support our journalism.

John Oliver Destroys Bari Weiss In Defense Of Transgender People

The right-wing commentator is now the head of CBS.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 21h

2. “She’s been given editorial control of a massive news organization, even though she’s never run a TV network, has no experience directing television coverage, and as one 60 Minutes producer pointed out, is not even a reporter,” Oliver said.

Watch his segment here:

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

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🍉 HamOfJustice 🍉 @hamofjustice.bsky.social · 23h

the See All Videos bell is no longer a different color for easily noticing you left it on Personalized because google is the "you get promotions for looking busy not having good ideas" company. and also probably want you to use personalized

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 1d

In 1999, the official Nintendo Australia site tested the visitor's ability to display Shockwave/Flash content by displaying a running Mario, crudely edited from a screenshot of Super Mario 64.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 23h

1. Yesterday, the press gave Gavin Newsom favorable coverage for signing pro-LGBTQ+ bills.

Little noticed, however, was that he vetoed one of the most important ones: a bill allowing trans people 12 month HRT stockpiles, protecting them from federal threats.

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Gavin Newsom Vetoes Important HRT Stockpiling Bill For Trans Californians, Signs Other Pro-LGBTQ+ Bills

The bill would have allowed transgender people to maintain a safe supply of medication in the era of government crackdowns on care.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Michael Bishop @michaelbishop.me · 1d

In between I visit the fridge because I know that food I'm craving will eventually appear.

merritt @merrittk.com · 1d

if you look at social media and dont immediately feel better what you should do is keep going back to it every five minutes or so. eventually you will find the Post that makes your life better

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merritt @merrittk.com · 1d

if you look at social media and dont immediately feel better what you should do is keep going back to it every five minutes or so. eventually you will find the Post that makes your life better

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 1d

This is "debanking", and its a problem that has plagued sex workers for decades. It isnt right when its targetting sex workers and its not right when its targetting game devs and creators either.

Give paypros and your givt reps your grievances and demand that debanking of adult content stop

Ana Valens | 🔞 | Comms Open @acvalens.net · 1d

Per Reddit: Steam adult developer in the UK is sitting on a USD equivalent of six figures, can’t find a bank to take his money because the developer creates adult games

www.reddit.com/r/UKPersonal...

r/UKPersonalFinance
3 hr. ago
Previous-Camera1641

I develop adult video games on Steam. I can't find a bank that will actually let me withdraw my money from Steam. Can I get some advice?
Game has sold quite well on Steam. I've got almost £90,000 ready to withdraw after Steam's cut + VAT taken off.

However, it's been 2 months now and I can't find ANY bank in the UK who will let me withdraw my money from Steam.

I've been banned/refused/unable to get a business account with:

Wise
Revolut
Monzo
Monese
Chase
Starling
Nationwide
Halifax
Barclays
Lloyds
RBS

It always comes down to, "Where did you get this money from?"

"It's coming from games I sell on Steam."

"Can we see the store page?"

"Sure."

"I'm sorry, we can't do business with you at this time."

It keeps coming down to a commercial decision purely because I make adult content.

What the hell am I supposed to do? I've pretty much exhausted the whole banking system. I just want to be able to be paid for products I've sold.

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