Tom De Roeck
@tomderoeck.bsky.social
Producer, "Generalist Everything" (AKA a little bit of everything, poorly) & Cocktailrobot Handler
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Tom De Roeck
@tomderoeck.bsky.social
· Dec 15
As it says, quote post your first and latest game, game devs.
brilliant art for my first game done by the wonderful @pixeloccult.bsky.social btw
brilliant art for my first game done by the wonderful @pixeloccult.bsky.social btw
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"The only issue I am facing as a professional art director in games is that I just want them to leave me and my art teams alone so we can make cool art. There is no problem to be solved here"
I think about this quote A LOT
I think about this quote A LOT
November 12, 2025 at 3:52 AM
"The only issue I am facing as a professional art director in games is that I just want them to leave me and my art teams alone so we can make cool art. There is no problem to be solved here"
I think about this quote A LOT
I think about this quote A LOT
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"It is important to assume that CEOs have no real concept of how games are made but idolise AI tech bros who also value profitable slop over people and actual creativity."
“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm
automaton-media.com/en/news/its-...
automaton-media.com/en/news/its-...
“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm - AUTOMATON WEST
In an interview following the launch of ARC Raiders, the CEO of Embark Studios' parent company Nexon shares his views on AI.
automaton-media.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:51 AM
"It is important to assume that CEOs have no real concept of how games are made but idolise AI tech bros who also value profitable slop over people and actual creativity."
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We don't use Ai in our games. Ai isn't and hasn't ever been needed been needed to make a good game and CEOs like this don't know what the fuck they are talking about.
They just want to slowly take humans out of the process thinking they can just hit and button and it'll print money.
They just want to slowly take humans out of the process thinking they can just hit and button and it'll print money.
“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm
automaton-media.com/en/news/its-...
automaton-media.com/en/news/its-...
“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm - AUTOMATON WEST
In an interview following the launch of ARC Raiders, the CEO of Embark Studios' parent company Nexon shares his views on AI.
automaton-media.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:18 AM
We don't use Ai in our games. Ai isn't and hasn't ever been needed been needed to make a good game and CEOs like this don't know what the fuck they are talking about.
They just want to slowly take humans out of the process thinking they can just hit and button and it'll print money.
They just want to slowly take humans out of the process thinking they can just hit and button and it'll print money.
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NEW: I spoke to Obsidian (Outer Worlds, Avowed, Fallout: NV) about how their games are written
They've heard "horror stories" of writers sidelined at other studios
Sawyer: At Obsidian, writers and area designers are "co-creators" who sculpt a game world together
www.gamefile.news/p/obsidian-e...
They've heard "horror stories" of writers sidelined at other studios
Sawyer: At Obsidian, writers and area designers are "co-creators" who sculpt a game world together
www.gamefile.news/p/obsidian-e...
How Obsidian writes
A chat about the words that go into video games, with creators behind The Outer Worlds, Pillars of Eternity, Pentiment and more.
www.gamefile.news
November 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
NEW: I spoke to Obsidian (Outer Worlds, Avowed, Fallout: NV) about how their games are written
They've heard "horror stories" of writers sidelined at other studios
Sawyer: At Obsidian, writers and area designers are "co-creators" who sculpt a game world together
www.gamefile.news/p/obsidian-e...
They've heard "horror stories" of writers sidelined at other studios
Sawyer: At Obsidian, writers and area designers are "co-creators" who sculpt a game world together
www.gamefile.news/p/obsidian-e...
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We don’t use generative AI at Strange Scaffold and I can confirm that a *lot* of other studios are not—whether indie or AAA.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm
automaton-media.com/en/news/its-...
automaton-media.com/en/news/its-...
“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm - AUTOMATON WEST
In an interview following the launch of ARC Raiders, the CEO of Embark Studios' parent company Nexon shares his views on AI.
automaton-media.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:25 AM
We don’t use generative AI at Strange Scaffold and I can confirm that a *lot* of other studios are not—whether indie or AAA.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
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Trump demands to remove mentions of Ukraine’s territorial integrity and condemnation of Russia’s occupation from the UN resolution.
November 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Trump demands to remove mentions of Ukraine’s territorial integrity and condemnation of Russia’s occupation from the UN resolution.
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🚨 Upcoming #booktalk! 🚨
#CoryDoctorow talks about his new book ENSHITTIFICATION & how the internet broke & how we can fix it. He explores why everything online feels worse & what we can do next.
📆 Fri Nov 21st
🕙 10 AM PT
📍 Online
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...
@AuthorsAlliance.bsky.social
#CoryDoctorow talks about his new book ENSHITTIFICATION & how the internet broke & how we can fix it. He explores why everything online feels worse & what we can do next.
📆 Fri Nov 21st
🕙 10 AM PT
📍 Online
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...
@AuthorsAlliance.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
🚨 Upcoming #booktalk! 🚨
#CoryDoctorow talks about his new book ENSHITTIFICATION & how the internet broke & how we can fix it. He explores why everything online feels worse & what we can do next.
📆 Fri Nov 21st
🕙 10 AM PT
📍 Online
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...
@AuthorsAlliance.bsky.social
#CoryDoctorow talks about his new book ENSHITTIFICATION & how the internet broke & how we can fix it. He explores why everything online feels worse & what we can do next.
📆 Fri Nov 21st
🕙 10 AM PT
📍 Online
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...
@AuthorsAlliance.bsky.social
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The ability to potentially 'tune human personalities' seems to be one of the most attractive features of AI to tech folks.
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has defended AI following Eurogamer's 2/5 Arc Raiders review, which criticised the game's use use of AI voice generation. "AI dialog generation + human personality and tuning could totally transform gaming," Sweeney said.
www.gamesindustry.biz/epics-tim-sw...
www.gamesindustry.biz/epics-tim-sw...
Epic's Tim Sweeney wades into the Arc Raiders AI row
"This technology increases human productivity in some areas by integer multiples"
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The ability to potentially 'tune human personalities' seems to be one of the most attractive features of AI to tech folks.
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PSA: tips to protect yourself from scams on Signal.
Every major comms platform has to contend w phishing, impersonation, & scams. Sadly.
Signal is major, and as we've grown we've heard about more of these attacks--scammy people pretending to be something or someone to trick and abuse others. 1/
Every major comms platform has to contend w phishing, impersonation, & scams. Sadly.
Signal is major, and as we've grown we've heard about more of these attacks--scammy people pretending to be something or someone to trick and abuse others. 1/
November 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
PSA: tips to protect yourself from scams on Signal.
Every major comms platform has to contend w phishing, impersonation, & scams. Sadly.
Signal is major, and as we've grown we've heard about more of these attacks--scammy people pretending to be something or someone to trick and abuse others. 1/
Every major comms platform has to contend w phishing, impersonation, & scams. Sadly.
Signal is major, and as we've grown we've heard about more of these attacks--scammy people pretending to be something or someone to trick and abuse others. 1/
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Lavrov Makes It Explicit: Russia Will Not End the War Unless Ukraine Capitulates
+ factcheck on Trump's claim about India
www.onestnetwork.com/post/lavrov-...
+ factcheck on Trump's claim about India
www.onestnetwork.com/post/lavrov-...
Lavrov Makes It Explicit: Russia Will Not End the War Unless Ukraine Capitulates
Lavrov demands Ukraine’s capitulation, Trump downplays war risks, and India continues Russian oil imports despite U.S. claims—signaling a widening geopolitical shift.
www.onestnetwork.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Lavrov Makes It Explicit: Russia Will Not End the War Unless Ukraine Capitulates
+ factcheck on Trump's claim about India
www.onestnetwork.com/post/lavrov-...
+ factcheck on Trump's claim about India
www.onestnetwork.com/post/lavrov-...
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See, look, U.S.A., it's this easy
(and should have been done immediately upon the knowledge that these cheats and grifters were STEALING our work)
(and should have been done immediately upon the knowledge that these cheats and grifters were STEALING our work)
November 11, 2025 at 12:17 AM
See, look, U.S.A., it's this easy
(and should have been done immediately upon the knowledge that these cheats and grifters were STEALING our work)
(and should have been done immediately upon the knowledge that these cheats and grifters were STEALING our work)
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"Outrage and betrayal"
AOC on House Dem.
AOC on House Dem.
November 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
"Outrage and betrayal"
AOC on House Dem.
AOC on House Dem.
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I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct.
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct.
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
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“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
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One of the publishers I worked with submitted my game to igf without either asking me or telling me they had done it. I only found out when I saw it in the list when I logged in to judge. V embarrassing.
blog post boiling within me titled "indie publishers, you need to get your shit together" based on this year of indie pubs submitting games to IGF w/ a demo and then when asked for a dev build so anyone can actually judge it, either ghost or go "we will provide you with a build on the release date"
November 11, 2025 at 7:26 AM
One of the publishers I worked with submitted my game to igf without either asking me or telling me they had done it. I only found out when I saw it in the list when I logged in to judge. V embarrassing.
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blog post boiling within me titled "indie publishers, you need to get your shit together" based on this year of indie pubs submitting games to IGF w/ a demo and then when asked for a dev build so anyone can actually judge it, either ghost or go "we will provide you with a build on the release date"
November 11, 2025 at 5:22 AM
blog post boiling within me titled "indie publishers, you need to get your shit together" based on this year of indie pubs submitting games to IGF w/ a demo and then when asked for a dev build so anyone can actually judge it, either ghost or go "we will provide you with a build on the release date"
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Legendary musician & activist Peter Gabriel celebrates the Internet Archive hitting 1 trillion pages & reflects on its role in preserving humanity’s memory.
More ⤵️
blog.archive.org/2025/11/10/v...
#Wayback1T @itspetergabriel.bsky.social
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blog.archive.org/2025/11/10/v...
#Wayback1T @itspetergabriel.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Legendary musician & activist Peter Gabriel celebrates the Internet Archive hitting 1 trillion pages & reflects on its role in preserving humanity’s memory.
More ⤵️
blog.archive.org/2025/11/10/v...
#Wayback1T @itspetergabriel.bsky.social
More ⤵️
blog.archive.org/2025/11/10/v...
#Wayback1T @itspetergabriel.bsky.social
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I didn't catch this until i saw @intense.wiggling.me 's post but he literally says "I, then say your name, do solemnly swear" oh my GOD
November 9, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I didn't catch this until i saw @intense.wiggling.me 's post but he literally says "I, then say your name, do solemnly swear" oh my GOD
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FREE STUFF FREE STUFF FREE STUFF
Email [email protected] to get a code for a free download of the audiobook of my modern non-traditional ghost story GHOST OF A MARRIAGE.
Did I mention it's FREE?
Of course I did. But it's FREE!
Email [email protected] to get a code for a free download of the audiobook of my modern non-traditional ghost story GHOST OF A MARRIAGE.
Did I mention it's FREE?
Of course I did. But it's FREE!
November 10, 2025 at 2:51 AM
FREE STUFF FREE STUFF FREE STUFF
Email [email protected] to get a code for a free download of the audiobook of my modern non-traditional ghost story GHOST OF A MARRIAGE.
Did I mention it's FREE?
Of course I did. But it's FREE!
Email [email protected] to get a code for a free download of the audiobook of my modern non-traditional ghost story GHOST OF A MARRIAGE.
Did I mention it's FREE?
Of course I did. But it's FREE!
theyre racing to the end of Civilization so they win with culture points
A 450-foot Prometheus. A 500-foot George Washington. Tech investors are racing to build colossal monuments celebrating Western power.
America’s Tech Right Is Obsessed With Building Giant Statues
With proposals for a 450-foot statue of Prometheus on Alcatraz and a 650-foot George Washington, MAGA adherents are racing to build America’s largest statue.
bloom.bg
November 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
theyre racing to the end of Civilization so they win with culture points
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🔥 Russian media report missile strike on power plant in Russia's Voronezh
Russian media report missile strike on power plant in Russia's Voronezh
Explosions were heard in the Russian city of Voronezh on the night of 8-9 November. Russian media later reported that the Voronezh-1 combined heat and power plant may have been hit by missiles.
www.pravda.com.ua
November 9, 2025 at 8:44 AM
🔥 Russian media report missile strike on power plant in Russia's Voronezh
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November 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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Altman has been quite clear about his strategy.
From the 2008 crash he learned that if you bind enough of the economy to your business you can do whatever you like; government will decide the rules no longer apply.
What he's selling is unaccountabilty.
From the 2008 crash he learned that if you bind enough of the economy to your business you can do whatever you like; government will decide the rules no longer apply.
What he's selling is unaccountabilty.
I honestly don’t get the value of this company. They hoover up energy and water. Their product constantly gets things wrong and, in extreme cases, coaches people into suicide.
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
November 9, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Altman has been quite clear about his strategy.
From the 2008 crash he learned that if you bind enough of the economy to your business you can do whatever you like; government will decide the rules no longer apply.
What he's selling is unaccountabilty.
From the 2008 crash he learned that if you bind enough of the economy to your business you can do whatever you like; government will decide the rules no longer apply.
What he's selling is unaccountabilty.