Matsci
@matsci.bsky.social
CCTV Tech for Big Brother. General Nerd. Plays game, poorly.
Old enough to have seen the original Live Action TMNT in theaters, and to remember not to post things like your age where bots could scrape it.
Avatar by @panzerbunn.bsky.social
Old enough to have seen the original Live Action TMNT in theaters, and to remember not to post things like your age where bots could scrape it.
Avatar by @panzerbunn.bsky.social
Reposted by Matsci
you know what i just thought of?
In the 20+ years since it came out, I have not seen a SINGLE contrarian nerd or wanna-be fascist cosplayer go, "Ya know, Dr. Breen was right"
not a SINGLE one.
Is Half Life 2 somehow one of the only pieces of antifascist art that has zero fash-stans?
In the 20+ years since it came out, I have not seen a SINGLE contrarian nerd or wanna-be fascist cosplayer go, "Ya know, Dr. Breen was right"
not a SINGLE one.
Is Half Life 2 somehow one of the only pieces of antifascist art that has zero fash-stans?
November 23, 2025 at 1:12 AM
you know what i just thought of?
In the 20+ years since it came out, I have not seen a SINGLE contrarian nerd or wanna-be fascist cosplayer go, "Ya know, Dr. Breen was right"
not a SINGLE one.
Is Half Life 2 somehow one of the only pieces of antifascist art that has zero fash-stans?
In the 20+ years since it came out, I have not seen a SINGLE contrarian nerd or wanna-be fascist cosplayer go, "Ya know, Dr. Breen was right"
not a SINGLE one.
Is Half Life 2 somehow one of the only pieces of antifascist art that has zero fash-stans?
Reposted by Matsci
I don't consider myself someone who regularly engages in schadenfreude.
This is an exception.
This is an exception.
Supervisor sent an AI proof of concept to client, promising a full 30s animation in two weeks
AI's not delivering. They're reaching out to illustrators asking if they can make base illustrations for the AI to animate. Everyone's saying no.
Lol. Lmao, even.
AI's not delivering. They're reaching out to illustrators asking if they can make base illustrations for the AI to animate. Everyone's saying no.
Lol. Lmao, even.
November 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I don't consider myself someone who regularly engages in schadenfreude.
This is an exception.
This is an exception.
Reposted by Matsci
Some guy told me that "infinite growth is not only possible but preferable, they teach you this in year one economics" and I'm reasonably certain he had to be trolling but it made me reconsider my stance on capital punishment anyway
November 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Some guy told me that "infinite growth is not only possible but preferable, they teach you this in year one economics" and I'm reasonably certain he had to be trolling but it made me reconsider my stance on capital punishment anyway
Reposted by Matsci
Us: hey military, don’t follow illegal orders
Them: death to members of Congress
Media: job market is slow this month
Them: death to members of Congress
Media: job market is slow this month
November 20, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Us: hey military, don’t follow illegal orders
Them: death to members of Congress
Media: job market is slow this month
Them: death to members of Congress
Media: job market is slow this month
Reposted by Matsci
Not sure what's funnier; conservatives desperate to peg Drumps attempted unalivers* as furry, or MAGA furs going "Whoa! Hold on!"
Yeah. They come for everyone, dumbasses.
*forced to use this word for safety...
Yeah. They come for everyone, dumbasses.
*forced to use this word for safety...
November 21, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Not sure what's funnier; conservatives desperate to peg Drumps attempted unalivers* as furry, or MAGA furs going "Whoa! Hold on!"
Yeah. They come for everyone, dumbasses.
*forced to use this word for safety...
Yeah. They come for everyone, dumbasses.
*forced to use this word for safety...
Reposted by Matsci
At the risk of sounding like a prude I'm enjoying hanging in VR less and less when the majority of my friends group likes to hang out in adult worlds with fully nude avatars.
Like, I'm never gonna try to yuck someone's yum but I gotta deal with the fact my ace ass will never find that fun.
Like, I'm never gonna try to yuck someone's yum but I gotta deal with the fact my ace ass will never find that fun.
November 21, 2025 at 6:32 AM
At the risk of sounding like a prude I'm enjoying hanging in VR less and less when the majority of my friends group likes to hang out in adult worlds with fully nude avatars.
Like, I'm never gonna try to yuck someone's yum but I gotta deal with the fact my ace ass will never find that fun.
Like, I'm never gonna try to yuck someone's yum but I gotta deal with the fact my ace ass will never find that fun.
Reposted by Matsci
My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
Reposted by Matsci
it still boggles my mind that Andrew Wakefield is allowed to...live?
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 6:58 AM
it still boggles my mind that Andrew Wakefield is allowed to...live?
Reposted by Matsci
My favorite example is that the asinine “no augments in Starfleet” policy?
That’s eugenics!!! Literally!!!
That’s eugenics!!! Literally!!!
November 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
My favorite example is that the asinine “no augments in Starfleet” policy?
That’s eugenics!!! Literally!!!
That’s eugenics!!! Literally!!!
Reposted by Matsci
Apparently P*ypal now asks for customer opinions on accounts sending invoices.
If you are paying an invoice to a nsfw artist, do NOT mention NSFW in any way, keep it blank even. you risk both your account and the artists.
If you are paying an invoice to a nsfw artist, do NOT mention NSFW in any way, keep it blank even. you risk both your account and the artists.
November 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Apparently P*ypal now asks for customer opinions on accounts sending invoices.
If you are paying an invoice to a nsfw artist, do NOT mention NSFW in any way, keep it blank even. you risk both your account and the artists.
If you are paying an invoice to a nsfw artist, do NOT mention NSFW in any way, keep it blank even. you risk both your account and the artists.
Reposted by Matsci
we tried to play umineko once and it took like 20 hours to get to sort of finding out what the plot actually was and then we fell off of it and now i don't remember anything that happened and i cannot bear to start over. so from my perspective the story is that everyone died, once, and that's it
November 19, 2025 at 5:26 AM
we tried to play umineko once and it took like 20 hours to get to sort of finding out what the plot actually was and then we fell off of it and now i don't remember anything that happened and i cannot bear to start over. so from my perspective the story is that everyone died, once, and that's it
Reposted by Matsci
I think the more people talk about the AI bubble bursting, the more investors will fear it’ll burst, we can make this a self-fulfilling prophecy just by yapping enough
November 18, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I think the more people talk about the AI bubble bursting, the more investors will fear it’ll burst, we can make this a self-fulfilling prophecy just by yapping enough
Reposted by Matsci
Reposted by Matsci
please, fellow #artists!!
i feel so bad not reskeeting your beautiful work, but i also have a policy of only reskeeting images with #AltText, whenever possible.
i feel so bad not reskeeting your beautiful work, but i also have a policy of only reskeeting images with #AltText, whenever possible.
Artists PLEASE I am begging you to use alt text on your art. I want to support you and RT your art but I'm not going to if it does have alt text, and there are so, so many people who feel the same
November 16, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Reposted by Matsci
A-HA, there's the catch.
Oh yeah btw the reason why Vine is being relaunched with great fanfare and no Al is because it's jointly operated with an Al company and they probably don;t want to pollute their scrap pile with stuff they've already shat out.
November 18, 2025 at 2:31 AM
A-HA, there's the catch.
Reposted by Matsci
One of the strangest aspects of aging that they don't warn you about is watching as history gets rewritten right in front of your face and people 20 years younger than you confidently tell you about something you lived through and get it completely wrong.
November 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
One of the strangest aspects of aging that they don't warn you about is watching as history gets rewritten right in front of your face and people 20 years younger than you confidently tell you about something you lived through and get it completely wrong.
Reposted by Matsci
There is a game I really liked that has AI art and you know what I have done since I found out?
actively told people to not buy it (it's Annihilate the Spance, which sucks because it rips)
actively told people to not buy it (it's Annihilate the Spance, which sucks because it rips)
November 18, 2025 at 4:51 AM
There is a game I really liked that has AI art and you know what I have done since I found out?
actively told people to not buy it (it's Annihilate the Spance, which sucks because it rips)
actively told people to not buy it (it's Annihilate the Spance, which sucks because it rips)
Reposted by Matsci
October 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Reposted by Matsci
I enjoy how I can tell from the way that submissions to the 200-word RPG jam drop off to nothing over the weekend, only to promptly pick up again first thing Monday that some of y'all are writing 200 word RPGs on company time.
November 17, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I enjoy how I can tell from the way that submissions to the 200-word RPG jam drop off to nothing over the weekend, only to promptly pick up again first thing Monday that some of y'all are writing 200 word RPGs on company time.
Reposted by Matsci
this line from cloud is in my head at least once a day
November 15, 2025 at 8:13 PM
this line from cloud is in my head at least once a day
Reposted by Matsci
When you're writing a tabletop roleplaying game, the mechanics should evoke the atmosphere you want in your story.
A simple example: we're writing a cozy woodland mystery game. What are the combat mechanics like? Well, clearly there aren't any. Combat isn't part of our cozy woodland story.
But...
A simple example: we're writing a cozy woodland mystery game. What are the combat mechanics like? Well, clearly there aren't any. Combat isn't part of our cozy woodland story.
But...
November 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
When you're writing a tabletop roleplaying game, the mechanics should evoke the atmosphere you want in your story.
A simple example: we're writing a cozy woodland mystery game. What are the combat mechanics like? Well, clearly there aren't any. Combat isn't part of our cozy woodland story.
But...
A simple example: we're writing a cozy woodland mystery game. What are the combat mechanics like? Well, clearly there aren't any. Combat isn't part of our cozy woodland story.
But...
Reposted by Matsci
What if we took one of the most iconic female protagonists in video games, famous for facing danger alone, and gave her a gormless wojak to mother? He could follow her around going "Well, THAT just happened!" and soyfacing at everything, like Navi, but with learned helplessness and a Funko Pop room!
November 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
What if we took one of the most iconic female protagonists in video games, famous for facing danger alone, and gave her a gormless wojak to mother? He could follow her around going "Well, THAT just happened!" and soyfacing at everything, like Navi, but with learned helplessness and a Funko Pop room!
Reposted by Matsci
the goo goo ga ga baby games company when they accidentally end up with a tense, atmospheric sci-fi series: "what if it was fucking dogshit?"
November 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
the goo goo ga ga baby games company when they accidentally end up with a tense, atmospheric sci-fi series: "what if it was fucking dogshit?"
Reposted by Matsci
"If you hate GenAI you're going to have to stop playing new games when they all start using it"
My brother in Christ, my backlog is literally thousands of games long. I have lifetimes worth of earlier titles to play, & I will gladly do that instead of boiling the oceans for a new CoD or whatever
My brother in Christ, my backlog is literally thousands of games long. I have lifetimes worth of earlier titles to play, & I will gladly do that instead of boiling the oceans for a new CoD or whatever
June 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
"If you hate GenAI you're going to have to stop playing new games when they all start using it"
My brother in Christ, my backlog is literally thousands of games long. I have lifetimes worth of earlier titles to play, & I will gladly do that instead of boiling the oceans for a new CoD or whatever
My brother in Christ, my backlog is literally thousands of games long. I have lifetimes worth of earlier titles to play, & I will gladly do that instead of boiling the oceans for a new CoD or whatever