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Mads Mackenzie 💀 narrative game dev, mundane birdwatcher, sometimes cosplayer 💀 co-director @ Freeplay 💀 they/them, icon by Penta

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common-or-garden Mads 🦆 @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social · Oct 18

since my bio on here didn't have enough space and I have some new-new followers

hi, I'm Mads, I'm director/narrative designer at @fine-fiends.bsky.social and co-director at Freeplay

outside games work I'm into cosplay, and I love horror and birdwatching

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Brendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social · 8h

Visa and Mastercard have the opportunity to do something really funny.

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 11h

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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common-or-garden Mads 🦆 @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social · 1d

hey casey i don't like cars. i think you should fix mini motorways so it doesn't have cars. in fact, you'll find not a lot of people like cars, so this change will be appreciated by everyone. so-called 'mini motorways fans' will be asking why you didn't remove the cars sooner! i'm a game designer.

common-or-garden Mads 🦆 @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social · 1d

... i have An Idea

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common-or-garden Mads 🦆 @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social · 1d

usually we get concern trolling from other devs where they'll be like 'ohhh are you sure you should be here i don't know if your type of game should be here but you're very brave but maybe this isn't the place for you'

and then players are like 'hellooo dracula 🥴'

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common-or-garden Mads 🦆 @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social · 1d

thrilled PAX went well for you! honestly, over the years i've had more devs be weird to me about gay games at events than attendees. i think the kind of people who explore the indie area are mostly curious about what's out there. i'm glad proximate hit for them!

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cécile @haraiva.bsky.social · 1d

no raiden, they're sensitive to the sun because they're bisexual

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ceej @ceej.online · 2d

caught my vampire neighbor creeping through my front door. he claims my saying “for sure dude, we should definitely hang out sometime” the other night counts as an invitation, but I disagree. we’re on hold with the etiquette hotline

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common-or-garden Mads 🦆 @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social · 2d

yaoi can be the most confronting and existential thing of all... thank you again for speaking! yay reaprieve!

common-or-garden Mads 🦆 @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social · 2d

the big Parallels secret is that my boots got stuck together at one point and I couldn't stand up to hook someone and I felt like a cartoon villain frantically trying to detangle them in time. evil defeats itself etc.

common-or-garden Mads 🦆 @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social · 2d

frosty games fest crossover special 🍦🍦🍦

common-or-garden Mads 🦆 @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social · 2d

i'm so sad i didn't run into you at all through the week 😭

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common-or-garden Mads 🦆 @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social · 2d

thank you for showcasing it! you pianto on our parallels til it blackcurrant

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common-or-garden Mads 🦆 @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social · 2d

i've had some people request the return of the big hook and some people say i should swap out the big hook for different timekeeping tools like big broom or big water gun. tbc!

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common-or-garden Mads 🦆 @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social · 2d

if any out of town pals are still around today and want to say hi, lmk 👀 otherwise I'll just be wandering in a fugue state and touching grass

common-or-garden Mads 🦆 @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social · 2d

what a lovely MIGW that was 🎉 thanks again everyone for coming to Parallels, and all the folks I hung out with throughout the week outside of that

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common-or-garden Mads 🦆 @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social · 2d

extra bizarre considering they have a bus with big pride flag decals on the side!

common-or-garden Mads 🦆 @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social · 2d

it was a delight having you around! I'm still thrilled you were able to do Parallels, and so many people reported back to me that they loved your talk 💜 you did an amazing job

gay house sex forever!!

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common-or-garden Mads 🦆 @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social · 3d

Cheers also for the Parallels shout out on Friday!

common-or-garden Mads 🦆 @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social · 3d

THERE'S A RENFIELD COSPLAYER AT PAX?? OH MY GOD??????

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common-or-garden Mads 🦆 @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social · 3d

pollen so bad today that I accidentally took a double dose of antihistamines and I'm still coughing

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common-or-garden Mads 🦆 @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social · 3d

i don't want to see gay dracula. he seems mean.

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common-or-garden Mads 🦆 @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social · 4d

Time for PAX pt 2...! In my regular Dracula tshirt ready to hype up gay Dracula.

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Tana ⭐➡️ MIGW⏭️SXSW @tanamakes.games · 4d

But coming back to Parallels - @free-play.bsky.social have spent years cultivating an audience who are the most supportive, excited, and Ravenous For Cool Video Games ever and I really felt those years of work while on stage!

So big thanks everyone for really showing up 🙏🏽💓💜⭐🟥🟠

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common-or-garden Mads 🦆 @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social · 4d

and this season he gets his CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT!!

common-or-garden Mads 🦆 @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social · 4d

meme edit of a stick figure in despair until an action figure of Caiman Dorohedoro appears through the door and they shout 'omg caiman hiii'