Jasper Stocker
@jasperstocker.com
Procedurally Generated Developer
PlayStation One Obsessive
Occasional Mini Painter
Player of Bass Guitars
Edinburgh, Scotland
https://www.jasperstocker.com/
PlayStation One Obsessive
Occasional Mini Painter
Player of Bass Guitars
Edinburgh, Scotland
https://www.jasperstocker.com/
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Not surprising that Gary Marcus (@garymarcus.bsky.social) thinks LLMs will not get us to AGI. His recent column is about how the LLM-will-save-us narrative is crumbling at an accelerating rate, about how obvious the emperor's lack of clothing is becoming.
A trillion dollars is a terrible thing to waste
The machine learning community is finally waking up to the madness, but the detour of the last few years has been costly.
garymarcus.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Not surprising that Gary Marcus (@garymarcus.bsky.social) thinks LLMs will not get us to AGI. His recent column is about how the LLM-will-save-us narrative is crumbling at an accelerating rate, about how obvious the emperor's lack of clothing is becoming.
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the Michelin man is kinda like a Greek god in the sense that he presides over tires and which restaurants are good
November 30, 2025 at 5:01 AM
the Michelin man is kinda like a Greek god in the sense that he presides over tires and which restaurants are good
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Always love to see great talent using their platform for unabashed good.
'F*** Off And Let People Be': David Tennant Doubles Down On Support For Trans People
"People are trying to create division... and it's so f***ing unnecessary."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Always love to see great talent using their platform for unabashed good.
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I could listen to Rostov talk all day. In fact I did. It was great.
November 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I could listen to Rostov talk all day. In fact I did. It was great.
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🚨NEW DOC ALERT🕹️
The Making of Disco Elysium - Part One: Foundations
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH6m...
After over 18 months of research, interviews & editing our Disco Elysium series is here.
In this first episode we focus on the cultural and personal foundations of the world of Elysium.
The Making of Disco Elysium - Part One: Foundations
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH6m...
After over 18 months of research, interviews & editing our Disco Elysium series is here.
In this first episode we focus on the cultural and personal foundations of the world of Elysium.
The Making of Disco Elysium - Part One: Foundations
YouTube video by /noclip
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
🚨NEW DOC ALERT🕹️
The Making of Disco Elysium - Part One: Foundations
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH6m...
After over 18 months of research, interviews & editing our Disco Elysium series is here.
In this first episode we focus on the cultural and personal foundations of the world of Elysium.
The Making of Disco Elysium - Part One: Foundations
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH6m...
After over 18 months of research, interviews & editing our Disco Elysium series is here.
In this first episode we focus on the cultural and personal foundations of the world of Elysium.
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Only a few days left to try out the Cozy Marbles playtest!
Yes, you can make canon stairs as cool as this 🟢💨
🔗 mythwright.gg/CozyMarbles
Yes, you can make canon stairs as cool as this 🟢💨
🔗 mythwright.gg/CozyMarbles
November 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Only a few days left to try out the Cozy Marbles playtest!
Yes, you can make canon stairs as cool as this 🟢💨
🔗 mythwright.gg/CozyMarbles
Yes, you can make canon stairs as cool as this 🟢💨
🔗 mythwright.gg/CozyMarbles
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truly november 31st believers are the most scottish of all
November 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
truly november 31st believers are the most scottish of all
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
The PS1 game Epidemic front is a mess. Sony had requested a black portion at the bottom with "PlayStation" in white. They just scaled the whole artwork up to make room leaving black on left side BUT they didn't leave space for the hologram, so that ended up being stuck above where it should be!
November 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The PS1 game Epidemic front is a mess. Sony had requested a black portion at the bottom with "PlayStation" in white. They just scaled the whole artwork up to make room leaving black on left side BUT they didn't leave space for the hologram, so that ended up being stuck above where it should be!
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Chrono Divide is a thing of beauty, for it is a fanmade remake of Red Alert for web. Feels like home AND a night out with comrades simultaneously.
Have a look: chronodivide.com
Have a look: chronodivide.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Chrono Divide is a thing of beauty, for it is a fanmade remake of Red Alert for web. Feels like home AND a night out with comrades simultaneously.
Have a look: chronodivide.com
Have a look: chronodivide.com
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Let's get ready to ROCK! 😎🤘
November 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Let's get ready to ROCK! 😎🤘
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portfolio catch-up post 01
January 26, 2025 at 9:55 PM
portfolio catch-up post 01
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International Criminal Court judge, "sanctioned" by the USA for doing his job, blocked from using internet services worldwide, credit cards, banking... And nobody cares...
November 21, 2025 at 8:58 AM
International Criminal Court judge, "sanctioned" by the USA for doing his job, blocked from using internet services worldwide, credit cards, banking... And nobody cares...
Looking forward to our gig on Friday 😎🤘 been calling it part of the "won't someone think of the children" tour...
Hey #Edinburgh folk - my band are putting on a charity gig at the Voodoo Rooms next month. If you're into some classic hard rock, we've got you covered! Friday 21st November
November 19, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Looking forward to our gig on Friday 😎🤘 been calling it part of the "won't someone think of the children" tour...
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For reasons I needed to watch Its a Wonderful Life again last night.
Will do a thread closer to Christmas about it, but next time you watch it, remember this:
Both Capra and Stewart had just come back from WW2. Consider every directing, script and acting decision with that context in mind.
Will do a thread closer to Christmas about it, but next time you watch it, remember this:
Both Capra and Stewart had just come back from WW2. Consider every directing, script and acting decision with that context in mind.
November 18, 2025 at 10:37 AM
For reasons I needed to watch Its a Wonderful Life again last night.
Will do a thread closer to Christmas about it, but next time you watch it, remember this:
Both Capra and Stewart had just come back from WW2. Consider every directing, script and acting decision with that context in mind.
Will do a thread closer to Christmas about it, but next time you watch it, remember this:
Both Capra and Stewart had just come back from WW2. Consider every directing, script and acting decision with that context in mind.
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Rebecca Heineman's last message was for people to look up her departed partner, Jennell Jaquays.
Jaquays was so influent to tabletop RPGs that "Jaquaysing" became a verb for designing complex, non-linear dungeons.
@nickoten.bsky.social wrote a great article on her:
pathikablog.com/2025/04/26/h...
Jaquays was so influent to tabletop RPGs that "Jaquaysing" became a verb for designing complex, non-linear dungeons.
@nickoten.bsky.social wrote a great article on her:
pathikablog.com/2025/04/26/h...
How Jennell Jaquays Evolved Dungeon Design, Part 1: Pre-Jaquays Dungeons
(This is a slightly cleaned up version of my two Bluesky threads on Jennell Jaquays, preserved in a hopefully easier to read format. Thank Amanda P for reminding me that having these things stored …
pathikablog.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Rebecca Heineman's last message was for people to look up her departed partner, Jennell Jaquays.
Jaquays was so influent to tabletop RPGs that "Jaquaysing" became a verb for designing complex, non-linear dungeons.
@nickoten.bsky.social wrote a great article on her:
pathikablog.com/2025/04/26/h...
Jaquays was so influent to tabletop RPGs that "Jaquaysing" became a verb for designing complex, non-linear dungeons.
@nickoten.bsky.social wrote a great article on her:
pathikablog.com/2025/04/26/h...
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As an example of the sort of stuff on there, one of the articles is a short writeup of a prototype I mentioned on bluesky a year or so back. An approach to generating a top down city map.
www.nullpointer.co.uk/generating-c...
www.nullpointer.co.uk/generating-c...
Generating City Maps
This post explains how I coded a city map generator for a…
www.nullpointer.co.uk
October 13, 2025 at 8:44 AM
As an example of the sort of stuff on there, one of the articles is a short writeup of a prototype I mentioned on bluesky a year or so back. An approach to generating a top down city map.
www.nullpointer.co.uk/generating-c...
www.nullpointer.co.uk/generating-c...
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My trailblazing game industry bad-ass friend Rebecca Heineman has passed away.
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Rebecca Heineman - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
My trailblazing game industry bad-ass friend Rebecca Heineman has passed away.
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
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Tonight I’m re watching the move Contact and if you not seen it or giving it time you realy should it’s got some of the most wonderful transition shots and the films is just full of them constantly and some fantastic locations for filming.
Film Contact 1997 - Brilliant Tricky Mirror Shot Explained
YouTube video by Alex S
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Tonight I’m re watching the move Contact and if you not seen it or giving it time you realy should it’s got some of the most wonderful transition shots and the films is just full of them constantly and some fantastic locations for filming.
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And one more last paper: presenting Pixie, a Unity plugin that generalises my approach to procedurally generating game mechanics, so it can work on games it’s never seen before (including yours, maybe!). Open access and paper coming soon 🙂
Next up we have Mike Cook's @mtrc.bsky.social Pixie system which is a Unity plugin that can do mechanic generation in games that real people have actually made! Very cool, and related closely to the last DC in topic!
November 13, 2025 at 8:50 PM
And one more last paper: presenting Pixie, a Unity plugin that generalises my approach to procedurally generating game mechanics, so it can work on games it’s never seen before (including yours, maybe!). Open access and paper coming soon 🙂