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Best videogame bark ever written
January 2, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Best videogame bark ever written
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andy cohen's "am i excited about 2026? [pregnant pause] yeah. i... yeah. i mean, what's the alternative?" is the realest thing i've seen all night
January 1, 2026 at 4:49 AM
andy cohen's "am i excited about 2026? [pregnant pause] yeah. i... yeah. i mean, what's the alternative?" is the realest thing i've seen all night
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We really need to bring back a focus on reading comprehension
December 28, 2025 at 6:54 AM
We really need to bring back a focus on reading comprehension
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Environmental storytelling
The saddest thing:
I saw a like-new book at Goodwill by an author I collect. It was inscribed with something like, "Emily, I love you to the end of the world. You are my sun and moon. I can't imagine living a single day without you. This book is me. - Connor."
It was dated six weeks earlier.
I saw a like-new book at Goodwill by an author I collect. It was inscribed with something like, "Emily, I love you to the end of the world. You are my sun and moon. I can't imagine living a single day without you. This book is me. - Connor."
It was dated six weeks earlier.
December 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Environmental storytelling
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"Did you see what Mark Cuban posted? Oh did you see the clapb—"
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
December 27, 2025 at 2:06 AM
"Did you see what Mark Cuban posted? Oh did you see the clapb—"
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
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to have consciousness is to suffer
be like frog and avoid conscious thought
be like frog and avoid conscious thought
December 26, 2025 at 9:10 AM
to have consciousness is to suffer
be like frog and avoid conscious thought
be like frog and avoid conscious thought
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All the ones I've done over the years so far ❤️
December 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
All the ones I've done over the years so far ❤️
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Anyway, Christmas Eve. Enjoy stretching out time a little.
December 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Anyway, Christmas Eve. Enjoy stretching out time a little.
the kind of parties I wanna go to
amazing photo on spanish wikipedia's chinchilla article
December 24, 2025 at 5:27 AM
the kind of parties I wanna go to
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Essentially, I think that LLM-generated dialogue only makes sense if you believe that the product of writing is words.
But the product of writing isn't words, any more than the product of justice is prisoners, or the product of love is weddings. The product of writing is meaning.
But the product of writing isn't words, any more than the product of justice is prisoners, or the product of love is weddings. The product of writing is meaning.
I had five fascinating conversations for this RPS piece, gathering perspectives on genAI chatbots in games, as seen in Where Winds Meet. Thanks to @meghna.bsky.social, @pyrofoux.bsky.social, @maxkreminski.bsky.social, and @chrisgardiner.bsky.social www.rockpapershotgun.com/horrible-bor...
"Horrible", "boring", and "cheap": Experts pan new chatbot NPCs, but some leave room for optimism
We speak to a collection of developers and AI experts about the potential impact of LLM-powered NPCs in videogames.
www.rockpapershotgun.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Essentially, I think that LLM-generated dialogue only makes sense if you believe that the product of writing is words.
But the product of writing isn't words, any more than the product of justice is prisoners, or the product of love is weddings. The product of writing is meaning.
But the product of writing isn't words, any more than the product of justice is prisoners, or the product of love is weddings. The product of writing is meaning.
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Isopogon
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April 2nd 2024
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April 2nd 2024
December 23, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Isopogon
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April 2nd 2024
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April 2nd 2024
the cat looks like it has been put on guard duty against its will 😾
December 23, 2025 at 11:06 PM
the cat looks like it has been put on guard duty against its will 😾
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Meanwhile in Japan...
December 22, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Meanwhile in Japan...
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I’ve been in game dev for 26 years and I can’t remember any other time where a specific tech was being insistently and persistently pushed on devs as a group in the public sphere.
Why would it? Cui bono? Why would any given dev have an interest in other devs using tech they don’t have a stake in?
Why would it? Cui bono? Why would any given dev have an interest in other devs using tech they don’t have a stake in?
My conspiracy theory about genAI in games blowing up more and more by big companies is that they’ve all got a ton of investors insisting they use genAI tools otherwise they(investors) won’t be able to bankroll em anymore
December 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I’ve been in game dev for 26 years and I can’t remember any other time where a specific tech was being insistently and persistently pushed on devs as a group in the public sphere.
Why would it? Cui bono? Why would any given dev have an interest in other devs using tech they don’t have a stake in?
Why would it? Cui bono? Why would any given dev have an interest in other devs using tech they don’t have a stake in?
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I'm watching SNL and Ariana Grande is singing and every time I see someone like her or Crhistina Aguilera or any of all these super petite singers is WHERE DOES ALL THAT SOUND COME FROM
December 21, 2025 at 4:44 AM
I'm watching SNL and Ariana Grande is singing and every time I see someone like her or Crhistina Aguilera or any of all these super petite singers is WHERE DOES ALL THAT SOUND COME FROM
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another example of AI as tracer dye, exposing an already existing problem (and, of course, significantly worsening it)
I think this post nails the actual problem, for researchers at least—AI hallucinations would simply not be a problem in academic work if we’d not normalized citation-as-signaling rather than actual engagement—you can only cite a fake paper if you’re not in the habit of reading the papers you cite
Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read it
December 21, 2025 at 7:11 AM
another example of AI as tracer dye, exposing an already existing problem (and, of course, significantly worsening it)
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The issue about using a/i in games is simple:
Corporations of all sizes lie. They lie implicitly. If you've ever been employed by one you have been party to at least one corporate lie by volume. If a company is caught using a/i in one instance, the likelihood they've used it elsewhere skyrockets.
Corporations of all sizes lie. They lie implicitly. If you've ever been employed by one you have been party to at least one corporate lie by volume. If a company is caught using a/i in one instance, the likelihood they've used it elsewhere skyrockets.
December 21, 2025 at 10:43 PM
The issue about using a/i in games is simple:
Corporations of all sizes lie. They lie implicitly. If you've ever been employed by one you have been party to at least one corporate lie by volume. If a company is caught using a/i in one instance, the likelihood they've used it elsewhere skyrockets.
Corporations of all sizes lie. They lie implicitly. If you've ever been employed by one you have been party to at least one corporate lie by volume. If a company is caught using a/i in one instance, the likelihood they've used it elsewhere skyrockets.
This is why I get so mad when the game forces me into the modern world. don't care nothing about that, I'm here to roam in historical landmarks until I get bored.
As a history nerd, I've bought Assassin's Creed games just to walk around the cities because I know they've collaborated with actual historians to try and reconstruct the era and landmarks as accurately as possibly...I dont think I've ever finished one to be honest, I just liked walking xD
December 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
This is why I get so mad when the game forces me into the modern world. don't care nothing about that, I'm here to roam in historical landmarks until I get bored.