Aasheim
@aasheim.bsky.social
Interactive + Entertainment. Emmy Winner. Found in CA marine layers.
New Thing In Progress
Prev @: Apple, Lucasfilm, Imagineering / Disney.
GDC Advisory Board Emeritus
Here to amplify others. Random shouts re: games, music, tv/film + sport, dystopia...
New Thing In Progress
Prev @: Apple, Lucasfilm, Imagineering / Disney.
GDC Advisory Board Emeritus
Here to amplify others. Random shouts re: games, music, tv/film + sport, dystopia...
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steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
Insulting to the players, insulting to the IP, insulting to the medium, the developers. And the craft itself. Fuck you executives who pushed this garbage.
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI art slop, because your $70 means nothing anymore
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI generated artwork which makes the $70 feel like a complete rip-off.
frvr.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
Bring it! Can’t wait to see it! 😍
Alright let’s do this one more time! So stoked to be rejoining the Spiderverse crew - in theaters June 18, 2027!🕷️
November 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Bring it! Can’t wait to see it! 😍
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And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
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JD Vance owns a company that buys American real estate and sells it to foreign investors. They specifically target Americans in crisis to buy their property for less than it is worth.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
JD Vance owns a company that buys American real estate and sells it to foreign investors. They specifically target Americans in crisis to buy their property for less than it is worth.
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Regretfully, in my state of delirium, I did not catch the rogue ‘e’ accompanying Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 in the nomination video. Rest assured that the appropriate parties* will be punished accordingly.
*it’s me. I’m the party. ily, @sandfallgames.bsky.social / @kepler-interactive.bsky.social 💙
*it’s me. I’m the party. ily, @sandfallgames.bsky.social / @kepler-interactive.bsky.social 💙
November 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Regretfully, in my state of delirium, I did not catch the rogue ‘e’ accompanying Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 in the nomination video. Rest assured that the appropriate parties* will be punished accordingly.
*it’s me. I’m the party. ily, @sandfallgames.bsky.social / @kepler-interactive.bsky.social 💙
*it’s me. I’m the party. ily, @sandfallgames.bsky.social / @kepler-interactive.bsky.social 💙
This isn’t even the pile* they’re protecting
Imagine “what and who” is in the stuff they haven’t released.
Worst thing heard on news last night:
“We draw the line at pedophilia.”
Brother, if that’s where you set the bar, I got news for ya:
You don’t have a bar.
*double meaning in that
Imagine “what and who” is in the stuff they haven’t released.
Worst thing heard on news last night:
“We draw the line at pedophilia.”
Brother, if that’s where you set the bar, I got news for ya:
You don’t have a bar.
*double meaning in that
November 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
This isn’t even the pile* they’re protecting
Imagine “what and who” is in the stuff they haven’t released.
Worst thing heard on news last night:
“We draw the line at pedophilia.”
Brother, if that’s where you set the bar, I got news for ya:
You don’t have a bar.
*double meaning in that
Imagine “what and who” is in the stuff they haven’t released.
Worst thing heard on news last night:
“We draw the line at pedophilia.”
Brother, if that’s where you set the bar, I got news for ya:
You don’t have a bar.
*double meaning in that
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if you are food insecure for both the humans and pets in your household there is a tool called Pet Help Finder that can help locate pet food banks nearby and other free or reduced price assistance and supplies for pets.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
November 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
if you are food insecure for both the humans and pets in your household there is a tool called Pet Help Finder that can help locate pet food banks nearby and other free or reduced price assistance and supplies for pets.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
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When the Conservative Party in Korea declared martial law, the Korean Democrats knew if they didn’t send them to hell there would be no opposition afterwards. And look at them. They’re taking the ex conservative president and ensuring he never breathes free ever again.
South Korea special prosecutor indicts ex-President Yoon on more charges reut.rs/3Xka3TD
South Korea special prosecutor indicts ex-President Yoon on more charges
South Korea's special prosecutor on Monday indicted former President Yoon Suk Yeol on additional charges of abusing power and aiding an enemy state related to his short-lived imposition of martial law last year.
reut.rs
November 10, 2025 at 3:33 AM
When the Conservative Party in Korea declared martial law, the Korean Democrats knew if they didn’t send them to hell there would be no opposition afterwards. And look at them. They’re taking the ex conservative president and ensuring he never breathes free ever again.
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🚨🚨🚨
Wilson took a 1,976-vote lead over Bruce Harrell. With a maximum of 1,320 ballots remaining, it is mathematically impossible for Harrell to catch up.
Katie Wilson elected Seattle’s next mayor
www.seattletimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
🚨🚨🚨
@valvesoftware.com gon' make me lose my mind.
Look at the cool hardware comin'!
I mean, the headset... meh. Over it, BUT love the continued innovation there. Of all the VR Headsets I've worn / used: Valve is best. Not even close.
#SteamMachine😍 Oof! Take My💰!
#hardware #gamedev #console #VR
Look at the cool hardware comin'!
I mean, the headset... meh. Over it, BUT love the continued innovation there. Of all the VR Headsets I've worn / used: Valve is best. Not even close.
#SteamMachine😍 Oof! Take My💰!
#hardware #gamedev #console #VR
November 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
@valvesoftware.com gon' make me lose my mind.
Look at the cool hardware comin'!
I mean, the headset... meh. Over it, BUT love the continued innovation there. Of all the VR Headsets I've worn / used: Valve is best. Not even close.
#SteamMachine😍 Oof! Take My💰!
#hardware #gamedev #console #VR
Look at the cool hardware comin'!
I mean, the headset... meh. Over it, BUT love the continued innovation there. Of all the VR Headsets I've worn / used: Valve is best. Not even close.
#SteamMachine😍 Oof! Take My💰!
#hardware #gamedev #console #VR
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Once again, if you wrote a story in which the jetsetting corrupt FBI chief took a government plane to the "Boondoggle Ranch" an editor would tell you to get a different job, because you're not cut out for writing believable stories.
New WSJ: After flying an FBI jet to see his girlfriend sing at a wrestling match, FBI director Kash Patel took the jet to a private Texas hunting resort called the Boondoggle Ranch. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Kash Patel’s ‘Effin Wild’ Ride as FBI Director
In just one week in October, he ticked off his bosses with premature comments about a terror investigation squeezed in a trip to the ‘Boondoggle Ranch’ on the bureau jet.
www.wsj.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Once again, if you wrote a story in which the jetsetting corrupt FBI chief took a government plane to the "Boondoggle Ranch" an editor would tell you to get a different job, because you're not cut out for writing believable stories.
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And one other thing: we’re being told that AI is the only way to make games cheaper and faster, to pull us from this precipice of production nightmares the industry has found itself in. That it’s necessary.
We put out roughly 3 motherfucking games a year, not touching the stuff.
Skill issue.
We put out roughly 3 motherfucking games a year, not touching the stuff.
Skill issue.
November 12, 2025 at 3:34 AM
And one other thing: we’re being told that AI is the only way to make games cheaper and faster, to pull us from this precipice of production nightmares the industry has found itself in. That it’s necessary.
We put out roughly 3 motherfucking games a year, not touching the stuff.
Skill issue.
We put out roughly 3 motherfucking games a year, not touching the stuff.
Skill issue.
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please go buy my friend's game, thanks in advance
There'll be a new pinned post this week, but for now: Ambrosia Sky: Act One is *out* now!
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3580160/...
EGS: store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/ambr...
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3580160/...
EGS: store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/ambr...
Save 15% on Ambrosia Sky on Steam
You left. Now they’re dead. Ambrosia Sky: Act One is an immersive sim about exploring an asteroid colony devastated by a mysterious contamination. Survive and harvest strains of aggressive alien fungi...
store.steampowered.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
please go buy my friend's game, thanks in advance
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This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
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Tonight was a very bad night.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Tonight was a very bad night.
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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Hi! this is a reminder to people who would like to be considered for an award for the AIAS narrative award for their game, especially if it is a deep, hours long, reactive RPG with branching!!!!! please allow us time to play your game and submit it here: www.interactive.org/awards/29th_...
29th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards Submissions Now Open
The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS), the video game industry’s professional trade organization, representing over 30,000 development and creative members, has opened submissions for the ...
www.interactive.org
November 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Hi! this is a reminder to people who would like to be considered for an award for the AIAS narrative award for their game, especially if it is a deep, hours long, reactive RPG with branching!!!!! please allow us time to play your game and submit it here: www.interactive.org/awards/29th_...
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so much suffering and sacrifice only to to agree to terms that will beget more suffering and sacrifice.
November 10, 2025 at 12:29 AM
so much suffering and sacrifice only to to agree to terms that will beget more suffering and sacrifice.
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Every donation ask from the Senate Dems henceforth needs to be met with FUCK YOU BITCHES
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Every donation ask from the Senate Dems henceforth needs to be met with FUCK YOU BITCHES
@ossoff.senate.gov
@schumer.senate.gov
@durbin.senate.gov
@captmarkkelly.bsky.social
@shaheen.senate.gov
@baldwin.senate.gov
@slotkin.senate.gov
@peters.senate.gov
@hassan.senate.gov
@cortezmasto.senate.gov
Ready to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory?
Tuesday voters gave you a spine. Use it!
@schumer.senate.gov
@durbin.senate.gov
@captmarkkelly.bsky.social
@shaheen.senate.gov
@baldwin.senate.gov
@slotkin.senate.gov
@peters.senate.gov
@hassan.senate.gov
@cortezmasto.senate.gov
Ready to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory?
Tuesday voters gave you a spine. Use it!
November 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
@ossoff.senate.gov
@schumer.senate.gov
@durbin.senate.gov
@captmarkkelly.bsky.social
@shaheen.senate.gov
@baldwin.senate.gov
@slotkin.senate.gov
@peters.senate.gov
@hassan.senate.gov
@cortezmasto.senate.gov
Ready to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory?
Tuesday voters gave you a spine. Use it!
@schumer.senate.gov
@durbin.senate.gov
@captmarkkelly.bsky.social
@shaheen.senate.gov
@baldwin.senate.gov
@slotkin.senate.gov
@peters.senate.gov
@hassan.senate.gov
@cortezmasto.senate.gov
Ready to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory?
Tuesday voters gave you a spine. Use it!
OMFG that catch IU v Penn State.
I cannot wait to hear Curt Cignetti post-game interview 🤣
HOW did he get the toe down????
#IU #CollegeFootball
I cannot wait to hear Curt Cignetti post-game interview 🤣
HOW did he get the toe down????
#IU #CollegeFootball
November 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
OMFG that catch IU v Penn State.
I cannot wait to hear Curt Cignetti post-game interview 🤣
HOW did he get the toe down????
#IU #CollegeFootball
I cannot wait to hear Curt Cignetti post-game interview 🤣
HOW did he get the toe down????
#IU #CollegeFootball
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Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
November 8, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
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Vince Gilligan had the 'Pluribus' credits include 'this show was made by humans'
"I hate AI. AI is the world’s most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism machine. I think there’s a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit"
(via Variety)
"I hate AI. AI is the world’s most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism machine. I think there’s a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit"
(via Variety)
November 7, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Vince Gilligan had the 'Pluribus' credits include 'this show was made by humans'
"I hate AI. AI is the world’s most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism machine. I think there’s a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit"
(via Variety)
"I hate AI. AI is the world’s most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism machine. I think there’s a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit"
(via Variety)
Folks who made the mess aren't gonna help. If you can donate to a food bank - please think on it. Multiple ways to give: not just money or food - you can donate time to help.
ALSO: Food $tress for folks trickles down to pets.
Consider donating food, time, or money for pets too!
💙
#hunger #foodBank
ALSO: Food $tress for folks trickles down to pets.
Consider donating food, time, or money for pets too!
💙
#hunger #foodBank
November 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM