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· Jun 10
Embracer CEO who oversaw the staggering $2B blunder that led to studio closures and layoffs is now set to become its executive chair, focusing on 'mergers and acquisitions and capital allocation'
Lars Wingefors is stepping down as Embracer CEO, but he's not going away.
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This is the best video I've seen on the subject: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zhn-...
Larian's GenAI Controversy Is A Terrible Look | Bloomberg Responds
YouTube video by Slandered Gaming
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December 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
This is the best video I've seen on the subject: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zhn-...
Quick thoughts on AI:
Gen IA as it is right now seems utterly useless in the process of games especially.
- it cannot be broken down into components
- it cannot be replicated reliably
- it cannot be copyrighted
- it has negative public perception
Gen IA as it is right now seems utterly useless in the process of games especially.
- it cannot be broken down into components
- it cannot be replicated reliably
- it cannot be copyrighted
- it has negative public perception
December 19, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Quick thoughts on AI:
Gen IA as it is right now seems utterly useless in the process of games especially.
- it cannot be broken down into components
- it cannot be replicated reliably
- it cannot be copyrighted
- it has negative public perception
Gen IA as it is right now seems utterly useless in the process of games especially.
- it cannot be broken down into components
- it cannot be replicated reliably
- it cannot be copyrighted
- it has negative public perception
Well...shit. Was concerned about the lack of gameplay in the trailer at the game awards. I'm more concerned now not just for Exodus, but because this IP is supposed to be a massive IP to rival DnD and Magic...This is supposed to be much larger than Exodus.
Deeply concerned here
Deeply concerned here
Exodus boss James Ohlen stepping down at Archetype Entertainment, feeling his "work on the game was complete and that the polishing and tuning were in great hands with the team,” said Hasbro VP Abby Hodes.
Ohlen will stay on as a creative consultant for Wizards
➡️ www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Ohlen will stay on as a creative consultant for Wizards
➡️ www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
December 18, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Well...shit. Was concerned about the lack of gameplay in the trailer at the game awards. I'm more concerned now not just for Exodus, but because this IP is supposed to be a massive IP to rival DnD and Magic...This is supposed to be much larger than Exodus.
Deeply concerned here
Deeply concerned here
Pretty interesting split there between Demos and New Games. Not surprised at the top three games being @everquest.bsky.social @pantheonmmo.bsky.social and @expedition33.bsky.social though
December 18, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Pretty interesting split there between Demos and New Games. Not surprised at the top three games being @everquest.bsky.social @pantheonmmo.bsky.social and @expedition33.bsky.social though
Let's talk a bit about what "Larian Unleashed" might look like as we delve a little bit into some of the first interviews we've got on the newly announced Divinity from @larianstudios.com youtu.be/s5wOvcmIZYg
What does "Larian Unleashed" Look Like?
YouTube video by Redbeardflynn Rolls A One
youtu.be
December 17, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Let's talk a bit about what "Larian Unleashed" might look like as we delve a little bit into some of the first interviews we've got on the newly announced Divinity from @larianstudios.com youtu.be/s5wOvcmIZYg
The reason I feel quite confident in the Ai bubble bursting soon is two fold: its a technology trying to solve problems that dont exist by exacerbating problems that do exist.
Excess things like already overloaded entertainment for already strained resources
Excess things like already overloaded entertainment for already strained resources
December 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The reason I feel quite confident in the Ai bubble bursting soon is two fold: its a technology trying to solve problems that dont exist by exacerbating problems that do exist.
Excess things like already overloaded entertainment for already strained resources
Excess things like already overloaded entertainment for already strained resources
This is what it's about #Expedition33 #thegameawards
December 13, 2025 at 10:07 PM
This is what it's about #Expedition33 #thegameawards
They took the time to write these words and post them...because I said racism in an indie mmo discord is bad.
November 29, 2025 at 5:40 PM
They took the time to write these words and post them...because I said racism in an indie mmo discord is bad.
Briefly mention the toxicity in Ashes community in a video being a problem and:
November 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Briefly mention the toxicity in Ashes community in a video being a problem and:
This freeze frame while editing must be a crime @everquest.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 4:58 AM
This freeze frame while editing must be a crime @everquest.bsky.social
Congratulations to @sandfallgames.bsky.social for their #GoldenJoysticks sweep.
Ben Starr and Jennifer English's speeches were everything. This is why I love these games and the people who breathe life into them from QA, and Devs to stand out performers.
youtu.be/m3JXAiQbyXU
Ben Starr and Jennifer English's speeches were everything. This is why I love these games and the people who breathe life into them from QA, and Devs to stand out performers.
youtu.be/m3JXAiQbyXU
Ben Starr & Jennifer English Stole the Show – Expedition 33’s Big Night
YouTube video by Redbeardflynn Rolls A One
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Congratulations to @sandfallgames.bsky.social for their #GoldenJoysticks sweep.
Ben Starr and Jennifer English's speeches were everything. This is why I love these games and the people who breathe life into them from QA, and Devs to stand out performers.
youtu.be/m3JXAiQbyXU
Ben Starr and Jennifer English's speeches were everything. This is why I love these games and the people who breathe life into them from QA, and Devs to stand out performers.
youtu.be/m3JXAiQbyXU
Saw an article today about "holding off on buying that big screen tv"
I buy the cost of a big screen tv every time I buy necessities at the grocery store, the fuck? So much financial advice seems so divorced from the reality of where costs really are: food, housing, healthcare
I buy the cost of a big screen tv every time I buy necessities at the grocery store, the fuck? So much financial advice seems so divorced from the reality of where costs really are: food, housing, healthcare
November 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Saw an article today about "holding off on buying that big screen tv"
I buy the cost of a big screen tv every time I buy necessities at the grocery store, the fuck? So much financial advice seems so divorced from the reality of where costs really are: food, housing, healthcare
I buy the cost of a big screen tv every time I buy necessities at the grocery store, the fuck? So much financial advice seems so divorced from the reality of where costs really are: food, housing, healthcare
I can't argue with any of the nominees for #TheGameAwards but I wish Split Fiction had been in there. But I can't rightfully say what I'd take out.
My personal #GOTY though is Expedition 33 and it's not close.
My personal #GOTY though is Expedition 33 and it's not close.
Game of the Year nominations for #TheGameAwards:
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
- Donkey Kong Bananza
- Hades II
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
- Donkey Kong Bananza
- Hades II
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
November 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I can't argue with any of the nominees for #TheGameAwards but I wish Split Fiction had been in there. But I can't rightfully say what I'd take out.
My personal #GOTY though is Expedition 33 and it's not close.
My personal #GOTY though is Expedition 33 and it's not close.
One of my favorite things as an author has been seeing or hearing a good insult some where and immediately writing it down so you can include it in a book.
November 16, 2025 at 4:27 AM
One of my favorite things as an author has been seeing or hearing a good insult some where and immediately writing it down so you can include it in a book.
What's a Game you loved and wish more people knew about? I'll go first:
November 15, 2025 at 6:31 PM
What's a Game you loved and wish more people knew about? I'll go first:
If you want people to like gen AI, use it to solve actual problems like cancer research, not profit margins. It's that simple.
November 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
If you want people to like gen AI, use it to solve actual problems like cancer research, not profit margins. It's that simple.
There are two primary reasons many people get upset about AI, including that used in Arc Raiders:
1. Ethically (it displaces workers, has high energy costs)
2. Enshittification (it's usually much worse than the workers its replacing. Its just cheap and fast)
It's unnecessary as is and harmful.
1. Ethically (it displaces workers, has high energy costs)
2. Enshittification (it's usually much worse than the workers its replacing. Its just cheap and fast)
It's unnecessary as is and harmful.
November 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
There are two primary reasons many people get upset about AI, including that used in Arc Raiders:
1. Ethically (it displaces workers, has high energy costs)
2. Enshittification (it's usually much worse than the workers its replacing. Its just cheap and fast)
It's unnecessary as is and harmful.
1. Ethically (it displaces workers, has high energy costs)
2. Enshittification (it's usually much worse than the workers its replacing. Its just cheap and fast)
It's unnecessary as is and harmful.
If you cut corners and use shitty AI because you don't want to pay people who are integral to the creative process of games, yes, that should be considered in reviews as a negative.
It's a completely and utterly unnecessary enshittification shortcut that Embark took.
It's a completely and utterly unnecessary enshittification shortcut that Embark took.
For Arc Raiders to ride the wave of human sociability all the way to the bank, while also being so contemptuous of the thing that makes us social animals in its own workflow demonstrates a lack of artistic integrity that I find impossible to ignore.
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
November 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
If you cut corners and use shitty AI because you don't want to pay people who are integral to the creative process of games, yes, that should be considered in reviews as a negative.
It's a completely and utterly unnecessary enshittification shortcut that Embark took.
It's a completely and utterly unnecessary enshittification shortcut that Embark took.
You wouldn't know it by looking, but this guy is about to make a poop joke about an RPG.
November 9, 2025 at 4:02 AM
You wouldn't know it by looking, but this guy is about to make a poop joke about an RPG.
I am so so freaking excited about this mod.
Did you miss us? We know, we've been suspiciously quiet.
Our full November update is live on Discord.
There’s progress.
There’s infrastructure.
There’s recruitment for Design, Tech, and UX.
Come find out what's next:
discord.com/channels/129...
#BaldursGate3 #PathToMenzoberranzan #BG3Modding
Our full November update is live on Discord.
There’s progress.
There’s infrastructure.
There’s recruitment for Design, Tech, and UX.
Come find out what's next:
discord.com/channels/129...
#BaldursGate3 #PathToMenzoberranzan #BG3Modding
November 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I am so so freaking excited about this mod.
Firing 40 employees for simply talking about unions and then delaying your game is crazy work.
Gross man. Just gross.
Gross man. Just gross.
November 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Firing 40 employees for simply talking about unions and then delaying your game is crazy work.
Gross man. Just gross.
Gross man. Just gross.
Playing some more Veilguard and just happened upon this line
November 7, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Playing some more Veilguard and just happened upon this line
So this little bit of breakdown between #EXODUSGAME and #Osirisreborn got flagged as "shocking content."
If you'd like go go be shocked by...aliens? Check it out. There's no tentacles...or bears. Not in the #bg3 way anyway : youtu.be/a81bKYCUdkQ
If you'd like go go be shocked by...aliens? Check it out. There's no tentacles...or bears. Not in the #bg3 way anyway : youtu.be/a81bKYCUdkQ
The Next Mass Effect Might Already Be Here — Exodus vs Osiris Reborn
YouTube video by Redbeardflynn Rolls A One
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 3:05 AM
So this little bit of breakdown between #EXODUSGAME and #Osirisreborn got flagged as "shocking content."
If you'd like go go be shocked by...aliens? Check it out. There's no tentacles...or bears. Not in the #bg3 way anyway : youtu.be/a81bKYCUdkQ
If you'd like go go be shocked by...aliens? Check it out. There's no tentacles...or bears. Not in the #bg3 way anyway : youtu.be/a81bKYCUdkQ
If you use gen AI in your game i just assume you're trying to cut corners and be cheap.
Yes, that includes arc raiders despite all its good features. No reason not to pay actors to say "wires." You're not innovating. You're being cheap.
Yes, that includes arc raiders despite all its good features. No reason not to pay actors to say "wires." You're not innovating. You're being cheap.
November 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
If you use gen AI in your game i just assume you're trying to cut corners and be cheap.
Yes, that includes arc raiders despite all its good features. No reason not to pay actors to say "wires." You're not innovating. You're being cheap.
Yes, that includes arc raiders despite all its good features. No reason not to pay actors to say "wires." You're not innovating. You're being cheap.
Two of the games I am the *most* excited for in the coming years: @exodusgameofficial.bsky.social and The Expanse: Osiris Reborn from @owlcatgames.bsky.social
They feel like two heads of the same coin, and I couldn't be more excited for both. youtu.be/a81bKYCUdkQ
They feel like two heads of the same coin, and I couldn't be more excited for both. youtu.be/a81bKYCUdkQ
The Next Mass Effect Might Already Be Here — Exodus vs Osiris Reborn
YouTube video by Redbeardflynn Rolls A One
youtu.be
November 2, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Two of the games I am the *most* excited for in the coming years: @exodusgameofficial.bsky.social and The Expanse: Osiris Reborn from @owlcatgames.bsky.social
They feel like two heads of the same coin, and I couldn't be more excited for both. youtu.be/a81bKYCUdkQ
They feel like two heads of the same coin, and I couldn't be more excited for both. youtu.be/a81bKYCUdkQ