Craig Bamford
@spacetalk.bsky.social
I write about space, in several places. Used to write about other stuff? But now pretty much it's space. I also talk about gaming here, though. Also politics, sadly and mostly unwillingly, but I do try to damp it down a bit
Update: rollin' credits on Star Ocean now, and I'm quite pleased, especially as it had been in my half-finished backlog for ages
It's theoretically got another playthrough in it, using different characters, but I'm just not that enthused about doing that in long RPGs.
It's theoretically got another playthrough in it, using different characters, but I'm just not that enthused about doing that in long RPGs.
Like I'm on the last dungeon in Star Ocean now, and I used the skill system to break that game over my knee. And why wouldn't I? The tools are there, devs put them there, gonna use them to get those credits rolled.
December 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Update: rollin' credits on Star Ocean now, and I'm quite pleased, especially as it had been in my half-finished backlog for ages
It's theoretically got another playthrough in it, using different characters, but I'm just not that enthused about doing that in long RPGs.
It's theoretically got another playthrough in it, using different characters, but I'm just not that enthused about doing that in long RPGs.
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My guess—and it is just a guess—is that they thought they'd have more time. They were expecting to have until the midterms at the very least, not that his popularity would crater immediately.
Now, if they fuck with elections, it'll look like Saddam shit instead of Xi or Putin shit. Laughably fake.
Now, if they fuck with elections, it'll look like Saddam shit instead of Xi or Putin shit. Laughably fake.
There's a lot of shitty shit Trump can do to fuck with elections, but seeing as how Dems keep winning, he seems to be doing a crap job of it.
December 10, 2025 at 12:21 PM
My guess—and it is just a guess—is that they thought they'd have more time. They were expecting to have until the midterms at the very least, not that his popularity would crater immediately.
Now, if they fuck with elections, it'll look like Saddam shit instead of Xi or Putin shit. Laughably fake.
Now, if they fuck with elections, it'll look like Saddam shit instead of Xi or Putin shit. Laughably fake.
It remains incredibly weird how firmly game journalists are planted in these guys' heads
Game journalism is essentially dead, it's like two reader-supported part-timer websites and Gene fucking Park now, but instead of taking the victory lap you're just boxing shadows
Game journalism is essentially dead, it's like two reader-supported part-timer websites and Gene fucking Park now, but instead of taking the victory lap you're just boxing shadows
December 10, 2025 at 10:51 AM
It remains incredibly weird how firmly game journalists are planted in these guys' heads
Game journalism is essentially dead, it's like two reader-supported part-timer websites and Gene fucking Park now, but instead of taking the victory lap you're just boxing shadows
Game journalism is essentially dead, it's like two reader-supported part-timer websites and Gene fucking Park now, but instead of taking the victory lap you're just boxing shadows
Counterpoint: I'm now making a solid effort to roll credits on at least one game a week and it's great
What you have to give up is the need to 100% everything, one reason why I like getting stuff on switch as there's no cheevos to put you in that mindset
What you have to give up is the need to 100% everything, one reason why I like getting stuff on switch as there's no cheevos to put you in that mindset
December 10, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Counterpoint: I'm now making a solid effort to roll credits on at least one game a week and it's great
What you have to give up is the need to 100% everything, one reason why I like getting stuff on switch as there's no cheevos to put you in that mindset
What you have to give up is the need to 100% everything, one reason why I like getting stuff on switch as there's no cheevos to put you in that mindset
I've really never seen a technology rolled out in such a hostile way, feels like they got away with RTO and decided "fuck it they're all sheep"
I continue to have no sympathy left for whinging about how the public are rude about AI and feel threatened by it when the biggest players in the AI space have spent years very vocally and constantly *threatening the public*
December 10, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I've really never seen a technology rolled out in such a hostile way, feels like they got away with RTO and decided "fuck it they're all sheep"
On the one hand I do feel bad for the regular people at that agency who were run ragged trying to use stupidass prompting to make a real ad, surely on orders by the CEO
But they'll be able to throw this debacle in his idiot face for the next decade, so it works out in the end
But they'll be able to throw this debacle in his idiot face for the next decade, so it works out in the end
December 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
On the one hand I do feel bad for the regular people at that agency who were run ragged trying to use stupidass prompting to make a real ad, surely on orders by the CEO
But they'll be able to throw this debacle in his idiot face for the next decade, so it works out in the end
But they'll be able to throw this debacle in his idiot face for the next decade, so it works out in the end
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First: AI DID make it.
Second: if ya'll hardly slept for weeks doing this, then what exactly is AI solving here? 'Cause sounds like it'd be quicker, easier and better to just film it with actors. Plus you don't get the bad publicity.
Sounds like none of ya'll knew what the hell you were doing.
Second: if ya'll hardly slept for weeks doing this, then what exactly is AI solving here? 'Cause sounds like it'd be quicker, easier and better to just film it with actors. Plus you don't get the bad publicity.
Sounds like none of ya'll knew what the hell you were doing.
McDonald's has released an AI-generated Christmas ad
The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
Comments have been turned off on YouTube
The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
Comments have been turned off on YouTube
December 9, 2025 at 1:29 AM
First: AI DID make it.
Second: if ya'll hardly slept for weeks doing this, then what exactly is AI solving here? 'Cause sounds like it'd be quicker, easier and better to just film it with actors. Plus you don't get the bad publicity.
Sounds like none of ya'll knew what the hell you were doing.
Second: if ya'll hardly slept for weeks doing this, then what exactly is AI solving here? 'Cause sounds like it'd be quicker, easier and better to just film it with actors. Plus you don't get the bad publicity.
Sounds like none of ya'll knew what the hell you were doing.
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New rule this year: If you post "Play more indie games" during the game awards, you are required to make a thread recommending 50 of them.
December 9, 2025 at 12:56 AM
New rule this year: If you post "Play more indie games" during the game awards, you are required to make a thread recommending 50 of them.
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I appreciate Skate Story upping the game on the "we did not use Generative AI to make this game" disclosure meta.
December 9, 2025 at 6:30 AM
I appreciate Skate Story upping the game on the "we did not use Generative AI to make this game" disclosure meta.
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I like how a lot of QRPs on this are "yeah duh because modern tech sucks" and that sounds like projection from the Millennials in the crowd seeing the headline and going no further, but no it's exactly what the kid said
December 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I like how a lot of QRPs on this are "yeah duh because modern tech sucks" and that sounds like projection from the Millennials in the crowd seeing the headline and going no further, but no it's exactly what the kid said
Extraordinary that the antimask/denialist stuff was what snapped him out of it, considering how it drove so many others into the depths of fash.
And, yeah, Jillette felt like a dude who actually had opinions, not a thirst for clout or factional belonging. Wrong ones...but you can work with that.
And, yeah, Jillette felt like a dude who actually had opinions, not a thirst for clout or factional belonging. Wrong ones...but you can work with that.
Glad to see people talking about Penn Jillette. The 2024 interview was done by me. I found him to be a refreshingly reflective, self-critical individual who has remained curious and willing to evolve.
December 8, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Extraordinary that the antimask/denialist stuff was what snapped him out of it, considering how it drove so many others into the depths of fash.
And, yeah, Jillette felt like a dude who actually had opinions, not a thirst for clout or factional belonging. Wrong ones...but you can work with that.
And, yeah, Jillette felt like a dude who actually had opinions, not a thirst for clout or factional belonging. Wrong ones...but you can work with that.
Also, near as anybody can tell, US ground kit holds up fairly well when the Ukrainians put it in action, they just never have enough of it, and the F-35 seems to be coming along okay
So this is literally just Wow The Navy Is Fucked
And yeah building ships is hard, so work with the Koreans on that
So this is literally just Wow The Navy Is Fucked
And yeah building ships is hard, so work with the Koreans on that
This is a wild framing.
The US can dominate everywhere in the world except 7000 miles away at an island 100 miles off another superpower’s coast.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The US can dominate everywhere in the world except 7000 miles away at an island 100 miles off another superpower’s coast.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Overmatched: Why the U.S. Military Must Reinvent Itself
Investing in the old ways of war leaves America at risk.
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Also, near as anybody can tell, US ground kit holds up fairly well when the Ukrainians put it in action, they just never have enough of it, and the F-35 seems to be coming along okay
So this is literally just Wow The Navy Is Fucked
And yeah building ships is hard, so work with the Koreans on that
So this is literally just Wow The Navy Is Fucked
And yeah building ships is hard, so work with the Koreans on that
Getting back into Atelier, and one example of the Localization is Hard problem is that the one I'm currently playing, "Escha & Logy", is actually "Escha to Logy" in Japanese.
They're studying remnants of a past apocalypse.
IOW, "Eschatology".
I feel for the localizers that had to kill that pun.
They're studying remnants of a past apocalypse.
IOW, "Eschatology".
I feel for the localizers that had to kill that pun.
December 8, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Getting back into Atelier, and one example of the Localization is Hard problem is that the one I'm currently playing, "Escha & Logy", is actually "Escha to Logy" in Japanese.
They're studying remnants of a past apocalypse.
IOW, "Eschatology".
I feel for the localizers that had to kill that pun.
They're studying remnants of a past apocalypse.
IOW, "Eschatology".
I feel for the localizers that had to kill that pun.
I kinda feel for this dude, because you know and I know and we all know that Nadella's the one forcing all this.
Windows' problem is exactly like Xbox's: MS leadership only cares about genAI investors and Azure revenue. Every other part of the business is in service of that.
Windows' problem is exactly like Xbox's: MS leadership only cares about genAI investors and Azure revenue. Every other part of the business is in service of that.
December 8, 2025 at 11:11 AM
I kinda feel for this dude, because you know and I know and we all know that Nadella's the one forcing all this.
Windows' problem is exactly like Xbox's: MS leadership only cares about genAI investors and Azure revenue. Every other part of the business is in service of that.
Windows' problem is exactly like Xbox's: MS leadership only cares about genAI investors and Azure revenue. Every other part of the business is in service of that.
I should probably stop scrolling the discover tab because good lord. There are SO many people here who don't simply think it's still the 2010s, they are convinced that it will be the 2010s again just as soon as Trump is gone
Same lines, same assumptions, same weird bad faith, all of it
Same lines, same assumptions, same weird bad faith, all of it
December 8, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I should probably stop scrolling the discover tab because good lord. There are SO many people here who don't simply think it's still the 2010s, they are convinced that it will be the 2010s again just as soon as Trump is gone
Same lines, same assumptions, same weird bad faith, all of it
Same lines, same assumptions, same weird bad faith, all of it
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December 8, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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Oh okay it's just the FULL seventh gen brainworms being let out here, huh, complete with the part where they get very normal about Japan
Q-Up and Candy Crush, say, are more serious works of game than Horses (which seems fine and even innocuous!) or whatever embarrassing anime RPG trash is on Steam or Nintendo EShop.
December 7, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Oh okay it's just the FULL seventh gen brainworms being let out here, huh, complete with the part where they get very normal about Japan
Ohhhh yeah I've been mildly crashing out on this thing for a minute
I get that the PayPros thing is very much a power thing, but it is DISGUSTING how the AI companies are getting a pass like this. And I'm honestly wondering if this isn't a quiet tactic to make people friendlier to the slop.
I get that the PayPros thing is very much a power thing, but it is DISGUSTING how the AI companies are getting a pass like this. And I'm honestly wondering if this isn't a quiet tactic to make people friendlier to the slop.
crazy all the websites and paypros are doing their big No Horny Allowed crackdown while every online advertisement now is iether "AI SEX HOT AI CHAT NO FILTER BOOB AI FURRY GIRLFRIEND only for adults ages 6+" or "NPR is now teaming up with Bumfights dot com to revolutionize gamified asset trading"
December 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Ohhhh yeah I've been mildly crashing out on this thing for a minute
I get that the PayPros thing is very much a power thing, but it is DISGUSTING how the AI companies are getting a pass like this. And I'm honestly wondering if this isn't a quiet tactic to make people friendlier to the slop.
I get that the PayPros thing is very much a power thing, but it is DISGUSTING how the AI companies are getting a pass like this. And I'm honestly wondering if this isn't a quiet tactic to make people friendlier to the slop.
COVID fucks with executive function and judgment, we just kinda pretend otherwise because CEOs forced everybody back into disease pit open plan offices
Can't remember if it was this bad before COVID but I'm seeing an alarming spreading of what I'll call Airport Behavior to other public places. Obliviousness to other people's existence, ineptitude at navigating the environment. "Is this your first time at the grocery store" type stuff
December 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
COVID fucks with executive function and judgment, we just kinda pretend otherwise because CEOs forced everybody back into disease pit open plan offices
Like wayyyyy too many of the prominent Horses Discourse people spent the 2010s failing this test, and have never recanted once
Again if your stance is "media that I agree with & like should be protected from censorship" you are 100% in agreement with the censors, you're just quibbling on details
Again if your stance is "media that I agree with & like should be protected from censorship" you are 100% in agreement with the censors, you're just quibbling on details
This is a fair question to ask, but so is the opposite: do all the people complaining about the censorship of Horses also complain about the censorship of anime titty games and the like? Because you can only truly be against censorship by opposing it with both of these, not just one or the other.
December 7, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Like wayyyyy too many of the prominent Horses Discourse people spent the 2010s failing this test, and have never recanted once
Again if your stance is "media that I agree with & like should be protected from censorship" you are 100% in agreement with the censors, you're just quibbling on details
Again if your stance is "media that I agree with & like should be protected from censorship" you are 100% in agreement with the censors, you're just quibbling on details
Honestly tempted to just use an rfid spoofer, this is noxious
Maybe I'm stupid but finding out the Metroid Desert only has music if you get the amiboo really knocked a point off it for me
December 7, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Honestly tempted to just use an rfid spoofer, this is noxious
I mean, the thing that's kinda going on here is the collapse of pretext. SCOTUS decides which laws count because that's the role they have in the system, what's written in the constitution doesn't matter.
The core idea is that they, like the President, supersede all law and are not bound by it.
The core idea is that they, like the President, supersede all law and are not bound by it.
Counterpoint:
The Supreme Court lacks the authority to change the text of the Constitution.
So either it affirms the text or (further, and more completely) nukes its authority as Constitutional arbiter.
There’s no third option. Art III (courts) can’t just usurp Art V (amendments).
The Supreme Court lacks the authority to change the text of the Constitution.
So either it affirms the text or (further, and more completely) nukes its authority as Constitutional arbiter.
There’s no third option. Art III (courts) can’t just usurp Art V (amendments).
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration. n.pr/48E1oko
December 7, 2025 at 7:55 AM
I mean, the thing that's kinda going on here is the collapse of pretext. SCOTUS decides which laws count because that's the role they have in the system, what's written in the constitution doesn't matter.
The core idea is that they, like the President, supersede all law and are not bound by it.
The core idea is that they, like the President, supersede all law and are not bound by it.