Dwarvenhobble
@dwarvenhobble.bsky.social
I currently blog about games and other media on https://entertainmentnasty.blogspot.com/
I was once cited by Jason Schrier for a Kotaku article trying to save Christmas for some indie devs no really.....https://tinyurl.com/54xuejut
I was once cited by Jason Schrier for a Kotaku article trying to save Christmas for some indie devs no really.....https://tinyurl.com/54xuejut
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Dwarvenhobble
@dwarvenhobble.bsky.social
· Apr 27
Companies: "We need AI to cut costs, increase efficiency and profits"
Also many of the same companies: "Oh yeh we can't be bothered to actually put out older media products up for sale so people can actually buy them"
Companies don't need AI. They need some-one to pointing out basic shit like this
Also many of the same companies: "Oh yeh we can't be bothered to actually put out older media products up for sale so people can actually buy them"
Companies don't need AI. They need some-one to pointing out basic shit like this
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Player™ thank you for telling everyone you're a tourist as this is actually closer to Lara's previous look.
December 12, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Player™ thank you for telling everyone you're a tourist as this is actually closer to Lara's previous look.
The true Christmas Battle.
A.I. Christmas stuff vs Who thought this was a good idea Christmas stuff.
A.I. Christmas stuff vs Who thought this was a good idea Christmas stuff.
December 11, 2025 at 10:09 PM
The true Christmas Battle.
A.I. Christmas stuff vs Who thought this was a good idea Christmas stuff.
A.I. Christmas stuff vs Who thought this was a good idea Christmas stuff.
Turns out you can get everything on Amazon these days, even the Kitchen sink
December 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Turns out you can get everything on Amazon these days, even the Kitchen sink
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
December 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
Or Player™ the game looked MID and was selling at a AAA price point
November 26, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Or Player™ the game looked MID and was selling at a AAA price point
And the industry will realise pretty quickly it doesn't keep.
Remember all the "This will be the next Twilight" in the movie industry?
How many of them can you name without google, those that tried to be the next Twilight. I'll give you a hint not including TV series there's 9 franchises 12 films.
Remember all the "This will be the next Twilight" in the movie industry?
How many of them can you name without google, those that tried to be the next Twilight. I'll give you a hint not including TV series there's 9 franchises 12 films.
And somewhere between this game and BG3 the industry realized that you can actually make *more* money by marketing to the ladies and the theydies/gentlethems as well rather than exclusively to the dudebros. It's a good thing.
Middle-Earth: Shadow of War was kind of the last grasp of the boy-centric Triple A gaming, where every game needed at least one sexy lady to act as Designated Love Interest/eye candy, and for this game they picked Shelob turning into a 70s pulp evil witch for this.
November 26, 2025 at 7:37 PM
And the industry will realise pretty quickly it doesn't keep.
Remember all the "This will be the next Twilight" in the movie industry?
How many of them can you name without google, those that tried to be the next Twilight. I'll give you a hint not including TV series there's 9 franchises 12 films.
Remember all the "This will be the next Twilight" in the movie industry?
How many of them can you name without google, those that tried to be the next Twilight. I'll give you a hint not including TV series there's 9 franchises 12 films.
Player™ you get unknown mean they can't tell right?
Hell this could be a Star Trek Voyager thing with 7 different sexes. They're animals not humans you weirdo.
Hell this could be a Star Trek Voyager thing with 7 different sexes. They're animals not humans you weirdo.
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Player™ you get unknown mean they can't tell right?
Hell this could be a Star Trek Voyager thing with 7 different sexes. They're animals not humans you weirdo.
Hell this could be a Star Trek Voyager thing with 7 different sexes. They're animals not humans you weirdo.
So tell me how did they Hogwarts Legacy boycott go again?
November 23, 2025 at 10:20 PM
So tell me how did they Hogwarts Legacy boycott go again?
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There is a post circulating on Bluesky encouraging the moving of a frozen turkey straight into a pot of hot oil. We are combating this misinformation the best way we know how - through the power of dance music.
November 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
There is a post circulating on Bluesky encouraging the moving of a frozen turkey straight into a pot of hot oil. We are combating this misinformation the best way we know how - through the power of dance music.
So I recently got an Xbox Series X and I was quite impressed. The little touches MS put in. The extra features not on PlayStation by default. Sure it's about $20 for Dolby but it's an option and had an equaliser. It works via the headphone output on the controller sounds great but......#Xboxseriesx
November 20, 2025 at 9:46 PM
So I recently got an Xbox Series X and I was quite impressed. The little touches MS put in. The extra features not on PlayStation by default. Sure it's about $20 for Dolby but it's an option and had an equaliser. It works via the headphone output on the controller sounds great but......#Xboxseriesx
Just saw some-one saying "You need explicit consent to be allowed to find some-one sexy".
I'm starting to understand the Darwinian idea of evolutionary dead ends at lot better after seeing a person say that.
I'm starting to understand the Darwinian idea of evolutionary dead ends at lot better after seeing a person say that.
November 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Just saw some-one saying "You need explicit consent to be allowed to find some-one sexy".
I'm starting to understand the Darwinian idea of evolutionary dead ends at lot better after seeing a person say that.
I'm starting to understand the Darwinian idea of evolutionary dead ends at lot better after seeing a person say that.
Player™ the problem is you whiny lot think art criticism is moaning that a cookbook doesn't talk enough about werewolves for your liking.
capital G gamers piss me the hell off bc they'll go around saying games are art and yet the picosecond a videogame is subjected to the level of artistic rigor other mediums get, they cry and whine BC someone doesn't like their favorite toy
November 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Player™ the problem is you whiny lot think art criticism is moaning that a cookbook doesn't talk enough about werewolves for your liking.
Nah Player™ we just understand the difference between a review & a critique and are aware of the essays on the nature of criticism by (admittedly I can remember which) Dickens or Wilde. Getting pissy because the game doesn't condemn ICE or talk about the politics of the Philippines is being a prat
November 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Nah Player™ we just understand the difference between a review & a critique and are aware of the essays on the nature of criticism by (admittedly I can remember which) Dickens or Wilde. Getting pissy because the game doesn't condemn ICE or talk about the politics of the Philippines is being a prat
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All my PVZ drawings so far!
November 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
All my PVZ drawings so far!
I think you are mistaken here, us "Gamers™" never agreed to any boycott. it was you Players™ who were boycotting and failed spectacularly.
November 6, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I think you are mistaken here, us "Gamers™" never agreed to any boycott. it was you Players™ who were boycotting and failed spectacularly.
You Players™ have literally causes chaos for studios and tried to get their games censored or funding pulled.
dealing with gamers™ is the worst part imo
Everything about making video games is harder than you think.
November 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
You Players™ have literally causes chaos for studios and tried to get their games censored or funding pulled.
Players™ like you
October 31, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Players™ like you
No Player™ it's we'd actually like to have fun with our leisure time not be given a ham fisted lecture about [current issue] even if we agree with the position given in the game.
I don't agree with that ratio even for those forums which are very insular communities but good god, everytime I check them you see some brain dead thread about whether the game in question is "woke".
Some Gamers™️ are indistinguishable from 12 year olds worried about cooties
Some Gamers™️ are indistinguishable from 12 year olds worried about cooties
October 29, 2025 at 7:25 PM
No Player™ it's we'd actually like to have fun with our leisure time not be given a ham fisted lecture about [current issue] even if we agree with the position given in the game.
Current status of work.
I've been told another A.I. set up to try and do my job has killed itself.
I think that's 4 or 5 now. The dev guys say it's promising, it lasted a whole day simulated doing my job this time
I've been told another A.I. set up to try and do my job has killed itself.
I think that's 4 or 5 now. The dev guys say it's promising, it lasted a whole day simulated doing my job this time
October 26, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Current status of work.
I've been told another A.I. set up to try and do my job has killed itself.
I think that's 4 or 5 now. The dev guys say it's promising, it lasted a whole day simulated doing my job this time
I've been told another A.I. set up to try and do my job has killed itself.
I think that's 4 or 5 now. The dev guys say it's promising, it lasted a whole day simulated doing my job this time
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I’m trying my hardest not to look at much social media, but my god the footage from twitchcon was just pathetic -
People showing up to instigate or act out to get attention is some genuinely disturbed shit.
How they got my immature ass thinking “these people need to grow up”?
People showing up to instigate or act out to get attention is some genuinely disturbed shit.
How they got my immature ass thinking “these people need to grow up”?
October 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I’m trying my hardest not to look at much social media, but my god the footage from twitchcon was just pathetic -
People showing up to instigate or act out to get attention is some genuinely disturbed shit.
How they got my immature ass thinking “these people need to grow up”?
People showing up to instigate or act out to get attention is some genuinely disturbed shit.
How they got my immature ass thinking “these people need to grow up”?
I sincerely hope whatever your hobby doubles in price tomorrow if you're going to take this tact towards the proposed $100 price for video games.
#Videogames #Gaming #Videogame
#Videogames #Gaming #Videogame
ah, the whiny babies have found the post, I see.
October 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I sincerely hope whatever your hobby doubles in price tomorrow if you're going to take this tact towards the proposed $100 price for video games.
#Videogames #Gaming #Videogame
#Videogames #Gaming #Videogame
No we had this argument with $70 only a few years back.
We agreed #Videogame companies could try $70 and the agreement from the gaming community was you get $10 more and cut the bullshit. Companies put $10 on the price, and kept the bullshit. Proving they can't be trusted to be allowed to ask more.
We agreed #Videogame companies could try $70 and the agreement from the gaming community was you get $10 more and cut the bullshit. Companies put $10 on the price, and kept the bullshit. Proving they can't be trusted to be allowed to ask more.
AAA video games should cost $100 on launch. this would still be extremely cheap for the amount of time and enjoyment you get out of them! But an audience of whiny babies has kept them literally at the same price for *two decades* despite both general inflation *and* sector-specific costs rising
October 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
No we had this argument with $70 only a few years back.
We agreed #Videogame companies could try $70 and the agreement from the gaming community was you get $10 more and cut the bullshit. Companies put $10 on the price, and kept the bullshit. Proving they can't be trusted to be allowed to ask more.
We agreed #Videogame companies could try $70 and the agreement from the gaming community was you get $10 more and cut the bullshit. Companies put $10 on the price, and kept the bullshit. Proving they can't be trusted to be allowed to ask more.
Then maybe multibillion dollar companies making record profits could not pay to animate every strand of Lara Crofts hair using tech only 1% of users could even run at a good framerate and only 5% of those who could would even notice the difference??
this is not the only cause, but big video games are straightforwardly too cheap for the level of investment required nowadays.
October 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Then maybe multibillion dollar companies making record profits could not pay to animate every strand of Lara Crofts hair using tech only 1% of users could even run at a good framerate and only 5% of those who could would even notice the difference??