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Ben Thomas
@superchromatic.bsky.social
videogame artist @ CAPY games. Previous: Grindstone, OK KO Let’s Play Heroes, Severed, Guacamelee!. He/Him.
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So many people are self sabotaging by deskilling via this nonsense right now. Want an edge in 2027? Don’t build reliance on bad tools into your process in 2025.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.

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November 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Ambrosia Sky: Act One is available now!!

15% off on both Steam & Epic!!
store.steampowered.com/app/3580160/...

store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/ambr...
Ambrosia Sky 🪐 | Launch Trailer
YouTube video by Soft Rains Games
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
dazzled by magic, or simply jingling the keys
So new studies showcase that the more you know how GenAi works, the less likely you are to use it! 😌

This reminds me of ai advocates who claim that those who refuse to use GenAi do so because they dont know how it works, yet it’s the opposite!
The less you know the more you are likely to use GenAi
The Less You Know About AI, the More You Are Likely to Use It
AI can seem magical to those with low AI literacy, a new study finds. That, in turn, might make them more willing to try it.
www.wsj.com
September 2, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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I’m just saying that when it happens I’m jumping out of bed, running to my window, and tossing a coin to a boy to buy the biggest goose in town
August 30, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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Sam Altman just says shit! What do you mean "more powerful than any human who has ever lived" - and what do these "hundreds of millions of people" rely on it for? Why won't you talk about the god damn things ChatGPT DOES, Sammy???
June 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Announcing our debut title... Ambrosia Sky. 🪐

Amongst the asteroids of Saturn lies your home, and a mystery
that demands to be solved. Clean the contamination, lay the dead to rest, and find her.

store.steampowered.com/app/3580160
June 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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It's my birthday 🌱

I will be very glad to rt 🐌
Thank you so much for following my work ✶
May 22, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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i wanted to collect links people are posting to good polygon-adjacent sites + ways to follow/support folks who've been laid off from there - almost certainly extremely incomplete but maybe it'll be helpful? haunts.neocities.org/polygon
rip polygon
haunts.neocities.org
May 1, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Do not fall for the lies of c-suites. Not making enough money for endless growth goons is not “inherently unprofitable.” Media is very challenging, yes, but the vultures want you to believe these layoffs are inevitable and necessary.
May 2, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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Mighty Yell is announcing some sad news. If you run a dev studio and are looking for some of the most wonderful people on the planet, we can help you get in touch.
April 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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who were the april fools
April 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Any medium can be art, but the more we refer to something as "content" or "product" the further we get away from that.
March 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Just released these as prints!
They are an alternate take on my Super Metroid OST work from last year.

And they're now 30% off!

Shares are much appreciated, sales are still hurt from my Twitter deletion...
March 18, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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When I do Witchy RFKjr tweets I sometimes get people who are like "as a REAL psychic healer we don't claim him🤣" and like bro you two are legit just in two different snake oil wagons I cannot respect it
March 5, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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the work is mysterious and important #severance
February 21, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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I hope people getting into art direction understand that 80% of your job is making the quickest, ugliest paintovers known to man
You just gotta communicate those ideas to your team!! Today!!! Lord knows you don't have the luxury of being able to paint an Actual Piece of Art
September 14, 2024 at 2:39 AM
I remember pouring over his HL2 artwork back in the day... RIP
Half-Life 2 and Dishonored art lead Viktor Antonov dies aged just 52

www.eurogamer.net/half-life-2-...
February 16, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
February 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Today, we at Google have a new product: what if you could could ask an app a question? Oh, we do that already? Well, what if we were a little bit worse at it? What if we also sometimes gave you egregiously wrong information? And what if it cost a billion dollars? Still not interested? It's mandatory
February 10, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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the brain is a big moist computer and reality is probably a videogame with really good graphics so why would you need anything but engineers and investors ok
If we survive the next few years, we should probably have a larger cultural reckoning about how the cult of STEM above all else convinced people who should know better that tech and private equity guys are not just the best at building apps and managing money, but at every field of human endeavor.
February 5, 2025 at 2:54 AM
It’s Citizen Sleeper 2 day, and by a stroke of synchronicity this also popped into my mailbox today @jumpovertheage.com @lostincult.co.uk @blackysan.bsky.social - it’s a gorgeous book!
February 1, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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Oh no, the Chinese plagiarism machine might have plagiarized the American plagiarism machine

search.app/gLKPBELL2weQ...
Microsoft Probing If DeepSeek-Linked Group Improperly Obtained OpenAI Data
Microsoft Corp. and OpenAI are investigating whether data output from OpenAI’s technology was obtained in an unauthorized manner by a group linked to Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek, ...
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January 29, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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no one ever asked for an "engaging" refrigerator. we want it to keep our food cold and not cost too much. if my refrigerator ever starts talking to me i will empty a .308 into it
Hell. You are describing hell. Nobody wants an “interactive and engaging” dishwasher. They just want their dishes cleaned. www.forbes.com/sites/bernar...
January 5, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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Opened 5 more sketch commissions!
My commissions are open! 💖✨

There are examples with pricing on the site 💖 I will do my best to have these in your hands by the 25th so you can gift them for the holidays!!

ko-fi.com/nicterhorst/...
Nicterhorst's Ko-fi Commissions
Ko-fi Commissions Open! Click to see Nicterhorst's commission menu.
ko-fi.com
December 9, 2024 at 6:47 PM
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I'm so happy to share that Citizen Sleeper 2 releases Jan 31st 2025!🚀

Play our dice-driven RPG on PC, Mac, PS5, Nintendo Switch and Xbox Gamepass in less than 2 months!

Wishlist now to be notified the moment the game goes live 💫
December 5, 2024 at 8:24 PM