Brian
@itsbto.bsky.social
Senior Community Manager at Ubisoft
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Coffee • Food • Movies • Games
This is a personal account
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Weird weekend, huh? Took a crack at breaking down the whole Clair Obscur genAI situation, and its bizarre fallout, as best as possible. My main takeaway right now is that people really need to figure out exactly what they're criticizing or it's going to get messy. www.polygon.com/clair-obscur...
The debate over gen AI in games is about to get a lot messier in 2026
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's GOTY retraction signals the start of something huge
www.polygon.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Weird weekend, huh? Took a crack at breaking down the whole Clair Obscur genAI situation, and its bizarre fallout, as best as possible. My main takeaway right now is that people really need to figure out exactly what they're criticizing or it's going to get messy. www.polygon.com/clair-obscur...
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"Lay off CEOs instead": Game Awards protesters fed up with the show and the state of the industry
aftermath.site/game-awards-...
aftermath.site/game-awards-...
December 15, 2025 at 11:19 PM
"Lay off CEOs instead": Game Awards protesters fed up with the show and the state of the industry
aftermath.site/game-awards-...
aftermath.site/game-awards-...
Repping For Honor for the holidays in the office today ☃️
Shoutout to @mrpope.bsky.social who secured this for me back when I was a contract Community Rep for the game.
Shoutout to @mrpope.bsky.social who secured this for me back when I was a contract Community Rep for the game.
December 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Repping For Honor for the holidays in the office today ☃️
Shoutout to @mrpope.bsky.social who secured this for me back when I was a contract Community Rep for the game.
Shoutout to @mrpope.bsky.social who secured this for me back when I was a contract Community Rep for the game.
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Geoff Keighley really is the perfect representative of the gaming industry:
-unreservedly self serving
-pretends to care about the people actually making the product
-loves to make performative gestures that ultimately go nowhere and help no one
-would almost certainly sell out to the saudis
-unreservedly self serving
-pretends to care about the people actually making the product
-loves to make performative gestures that ultimately go nowhere and help no one
-would almost certainly sell out to the saudis
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Geoff Keighley really is the perfect representative of the gaming industry:
-unreservedly self serving
-pretends to care about the people actually making the product
-loves to make performative gestures that ultimately go nowhere and help no one
-would almost certainly sell out to the saudis
-unreservedly self serving
-pretends to care about the people actually making the product
-loves to make performative gestures that ultimately go nowhere and help no one
-would almost certainly sell out to the saudis
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Guillermo del Toro refused to make ‘FRANKENSTEIN’ with too many green screens
“I want real sets. I don’t want digital. I don’t want AI. I don’t want simulation. I want old-fashioned craftsmanship. I want people painting, building, hammering, plastering”
(Source: variety.com/2025/film/fe...)
“I want real sets. I don’t want digital. I don’t want AI. I don’t want simulation. I want old-fashioned craftsmanship. I want people painting, building, hammering, plastering”
(Source: variety.com/2025/film/fe...)
August 20, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Guillermo del Toro refused to make ‘FRANKENSTEIN’ with too many green screens
“I want real sets. I don’t want digital. I don’t want AI. I don’t want simulation. I want old-fashioned craftsmanship. I want people painting, building, hammering, plastering”
(Source: variety.com/2025/film/fe...)
“I want real sets. I don’t want digital. I don’t want AI. I don’t want simulation. I want old-fashioned craftsmanship. I want people painting, building, hammering, plastering”
(Source: variety.com/2025/film/fe...)
Won my first round and lost the second. Perfectly fine, because it's a win that I took even one round 💪❤️
August 16, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Won my first round and lost the second. Perfectly fine, because it's a win that I took even one round 💪❤️
Been practicing latte art for just over two years now and today I'm entering myself into a local barista throwdown for the first time.
Wish me luck 🫡
Wish me luck 🫡
August 15, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Been practicing latte art for just over two years now and today I'm entering myself into a local barista throwdown for the first time.
Wish me luck 🫡
Wish me luck 🫡
I feel like I'm being gaslit by all the positive reviews of Weapons, but I just don't feel that the movie delivered at all.
Well made. Solid cast. Premise was great. It just didn't land though.
Well made. Solid cast. Premise was great. It just didn't land though.
August 11, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I feel like I'm being gaslit by all the positive reviews of Weapons, but I just don't feel that the movie delivered at all.
Well made. Solid cast. Premise was great. It just didn't land though.
Well made. Solid cast. Premise was great. It just didn't land though.
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"I need ChatGPT to brainstorm" dear human person the whole point of brainstorming is to find new ways or angles when approaching a problem, the "let's regurgitate the complete stolen corpus of human achievement"-machine doesn't help you brainstorm - it stops you from brainstorming.
August 1, 2025 at 1:58 AM
"I need ChatGPT to brainstorm" dear human person the whole point of brainstorming is to find new ways or angles when approaching a problem, the "let's regurgitate the complete stolen corpus of human achievement"-machine doesn't help you brainstorm - it stops you from brainstorming.
Jurassic World Rebirth had a cool concept for a film in there. You'd just have to cut out the half of the film with the A-List cast.
July 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Jurassic World Rebirth had a cool concept for a film in there. You'd just have to cut out the half of the film with the A-List cast.
I see what they're trying to do here...but all three of these picks are not it.
June 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I see what they're trying to do here...but all three of these picks are not it.
this is MY steam summer sale
50% off sale on The Criterion Collection (4K/Blu-ray/DVD) at B&N (ends July 27th) buff.ly/4rr5Jwr
price matches on Amazon buff.ly/eaOHKWy #ad
price matches on Amazon buff.ly/eaOHKWy #ad
June 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
this is MY steam summer sale
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CEO compensation graphed next to employee compensation. 🙃
June 26, 2025 at 8:05 PM
CEO compensation graphed next to employee compensation. 🙃
I turned another year older yesterday, and I don't think anyone's ever going to top getting a theater to play a private viewing of my favorite movie for my birthday 😭
June 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I turned another year older yesterday, and I don't think anyone's ever going to top getting a theater to play a private viewing of my favorite movie for my birthday 😭
Okay all caught up on pressers I think. Really excited about:
- End of Abyss
- Mudang Two Hearts
- Beast of Reincarnation
- Cronos The New Dawn
- Out of Words
- Mindseye
- Stranger than Heaven
- Resident Evil Requiem
- End of Abyss
- Mudang Two Hearts
- Beast of Reincarnation
- Cronos The New Dawn
- Out of Words
- Mindseye
- Stranger than Heaven
- Resident Evil Requiem
June 8, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Okay all caught up on pressers I think. Really excited about:
- End of Abyss
- Mudang Two Hearts
- Beast of Reincarnation
- Cronos The New Dawn
- Out of Words
- Mindseye
- Stranger than Heaven
- Resident Evil Requiem
- End of Abyss
- Mudang Two Hearts
- Beast of Reincarnation
- Cronos The New Dawn
- Out of Words
- Mindseye
- Stranger than Heaven
- Resident Evil Requiem
Only just catching up on the weekend's conferences and holy shit I'm understanding the discourse around SGF and dev team sizes now.
June 8, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Only just catching up on the weekend's conferences and holy shit I'm understanding the discourse around SGF and dev team sizes now.
One last ride with XDefiant 🥲
Infinitely thankful for all the opportunities I had working on this game and with its talented developers. Servers turn off tomorrow at 12PM ET and I'll be looking to play with the community for as long as I can today.
Infinitely thankful for all the opportunities I had working on this game and with its talented developers. Servers turn off tomorrow at 12PM ET and I'll be looking to play with the community for as long as I can today.
June 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
One last ride with XDefiant 🥲
Infinitely thankful for all the opportunities I had working on this game and with its talented developers. Servers turn off tomorrow at 12PM ET and I'll be looking to play with the community for as long as I can today.
Infinitely thankful for all the opportunities I had working on this game and with its talented developers. Servers turn off tomorrow at 12PM ET and I'll be looking to play with the community for as long as I can today.
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Steve Carell tells us about his fears of AI ahead of his new film ‘MOUNTAINHEAD’
“I like the human touch when it comes to creativity, I like the warts, the imperfections and if something’s perfect, it’s not real to me.”
“I like the human touch when it comes to creativity, I like the warts, the imperfections and if something’s perfect, it’s not real to me.”
June 2, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Steve Carell tells us about his fears of AI ahead of his new film ‘MOUNTAINHEAD’
“I like the human touch when it comes to creativity, I like the warts, the imperfections and if something’s perfect, it’s not real to me.”
“I like the human touch when it comes to creativity, I like the warts, the imperfections and if something’s perfect, it’s not real to me.”
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Guess we gotta keep up the sentiment that GenAI sucks so that more companies start to feel it.
May 25, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Guess we gotta keep up the sentiment that GenAI sucks so that more companies start to feel it.
Took a latte art class today and already feel much better about my results
April 25, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Took a latte art class today and already feel much better about my results
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A projectionist has shared their POV shot from an IMAX 70mm screening of ‘SINNERS’
(Source: taylor.umphenour. film/IG)
(Source: taylor.umphenour. film/IG)
April 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A projectionist has shared their POV shot from an IMAX 70mm screening of ‘SINNERS’
(Source: taylor.umphenour. film/IG)
(Source: taylor.umphenour. film/IG)
Found a few "holy grail" pickups to add to the 4K collection
April 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Found a few "holy grail" pickups to add to the 4K collection
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Am I about to get gaslit into watching this?
That live action Monster Hunter movie kinda rips
aftermath.site/monster-hunter...
aftermath.site/monster-hunter...
March 17, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Am I about to get gaslit into watching this?