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40/ Elder Milennial nerd, mini-painter and drawer of pretty decent pics.
Pinned
So I really need to get my butt moving and post some art on my own instead of just waiting to reply to others. Lol!
I'll start off with the minis I've finished so far for the Marvel United board game. I've got just shy of 200 of them, so I still have a way to go yet.
I'll start off with the minis I've finished so far for the Marvel United board game. I've got just shy of 200 of them, so I still have a way to go yet.
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Why am I so against generative AI in games?
Because I simply do not want my initial reaction to art to be one of suspicion and scrutiny, AI slop is fundamentally damaging my relationship to art and artistry, and I am deeply resentful that it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed.
Because I simply do not want my initial reaction to art to be one of suspicion and scrutiny, AI slop is fundamentally damaging my relationship to art and artistry, and I am deeply resentful that it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed.
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Why am I so against generative AI in games?
Because I simply do not want my initial reaction to art to be one of suspicion and scrutiny, AI slop is fundamentally damaging my relationship to art and artistry, and I am deeply resentful that it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed.
Because I simply do not want my initial reaction to art to be one of suspicion and scrutiny, AI slop is fundamentally damaging my relationship to art and artistry, and I am deeply resentful that it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed.
Good God...
It gets worse the more you read
Dev bonuses were worth $250m based on 2025 earnings, so the publisher forced them to delay to 2026 so they wouldn't have to be paid
The leadership of devs were totally replaced too as Krafton became an "AI first" company
www.gamesindustry.biz/krafton-inc-...
Dev bonuses were worth $250m based on 2025 earnings, so the publisher forced them to delay to 2026 so they wouldn't have to be paid
The leadership of devs were totally replaced too as Krafton became an "AI first" company
www.gamesindustry.biz/krafton-inc-...
Krafton, Inc. vs the former Subnautica 2 lead developers: a timeline of events so far
UPDATE: Former Unknown Worlds executives claim Krafton deployed "secret task force" to take over developer
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Good God...
JFC.
Rather than be seen as a "pushover" for paying his staff what he OWED them, this CEO would rather be seen as an incompetent loser who can't even think for himself as he asks an LLM how to scam his employees out of their earned bonuses
www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
Krafton CEO allegedly asked ChatGPT to help him find a way out of paying Subnautica 2 devs their bonuses because he wanted to avoid the 'professional embarrassment' of being seen as a 'pushover'
A pre-trial brief filed by former Unknown Worlds bosses says Krafton CEO Changham Kim was worried about losing his job for overpaying for the studio.
www.pcgamer.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:25 PM
JFC.
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Good news, my Ko-fi was reinstated
This is ONLY to support me as a journalist and is ONLY intended as such. I’ve even changed the PFP to my irl face
ko-fi.com/acvalens
This is ONLY to support me as a journalist and is ONLY intended as such. I’ve even changed the PFP to my irl face
ko-fi.com/acvalens
Buy Ana Valens a Coffee
Become a supporter of Ana Valens today!
ko-fi.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Good news, my Ko-fi was reinstated
This is ONLY to support me as a journalist and is ONLY intended as such. I’ve even changed the PFP to my irl face
ko-fi.com/acvalens
This is ONLY to support me as a journalist and is ONLY intended as such. I’ve even changed the PFP to my irl face
ko-fi.com/acvalens
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this film is going to be like 90% CGI... so don't forget that these "live action" adaptations are still animated movies, they're really just there to exploit non-unionized VFX animator labour, because 3d character animators are unionized and can't be taken advantage of so easily
welp, "live action" how to train your dragon made a lot of money, I'm sure this one will too, it's basically the same thing just more textures and occasionally people up close are visibly real actors
this is not "haptic" :P
this is not "haptic" :P
Moana | Official Teaser
YouTube video by Disney
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
this film is going to be like 90% CGI... so don't forget that these "live action" adaptations are still animated movies, they're really just there to exploit non-unionized VFX animator labour, because 3d character animators are unionized and can't be taken advantage of so easily
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Now more than ever you have to call and you have to be loud and annoying about paypro censorship
#savespeech #DONTFUCKWITHUS #stoppayprocensorship
This is their end game, between game deplatforming, paypro restrictions/censorship, age verification, and digital ID: blacklist and debank the dissenter.
We must not yield. We must grow louder. We must push EVERYONE to fight. Every person.
This is their end game, between game deplatforming, paypro restrictions/censorship, age verification, and digital ID: blacklist and debank the dissenter.
We must not yield. We must grow louder. We must push EVERYONE to fight. Every person.
November 17, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Now more than ever you have to call and you have to be loud and annoying about paypro censorship
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#SaveSpeech
Ana's situation has gotten more severe. This is blatantly targetted debanking and [extremely unfortunate] proof that these call campaigns are getting under paypros skin
Keep calling Visa and MC and demanding they stop discriminating against adult content!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
Ana's situation has gotten more severe. This is blatantly targetted debanking and [extremely unfortunate] proof that these call campaigns are getting under paypros skin
Keep calling Visa and MC and demanding they stop discriminating against adult content!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
November 17, 2025 at 11:18 PM
#SaveSpeech
Ana's situation has gotten more severe. This is blatantly targetted debanking and [extremely unfortunate] proof that these call campaigns are getting under paypros skin
Keep calling Visa and MC and demanding they stop discriminating against adult content!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
Ana's situation has gotten more severe. This is blatantly targetted debanking and [extremely unfortunate] proof that these call campaigns are getting under paypros skin
Keep calling Visa and MC and demanding they stop discriminating against adult content!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
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The full count as of today:
YouTube suspended
Twitch banned 3x
Patreon suspended (temporary)
Patreon 3x audio flags (one false posi)
Ko-fi suspended (indefinite?)
Buy Me a Coffee suspended
Vice reporting censored
Pornhub censored 3x times
Fansly censored 1x
YouTube suspended
Twitch banned 3x
Patreon suspended (temporary)
Patreon 3x audio flags (one false posi)
Ko-fi suspended (indefinite?)
Buy Me a Coffee suspended
Vice reporting censored
Pornhub censored 3x times
Fansly censored 1x
Is it really a conspiracy to say Ana is being explicitly flagged by finance bros when she's now been banned (or censored) from Twitch, Patreon, Buy Me A Coffee, Ko-Fi, and *PornHub*??
My new Buy Me a Coffee account was suspended before my first payout was received, the site stating it is “required to deactivate accounts that contain or use adult content to generate revenue through Buy Me a Coffee”
Adult content was never referenced on my page nor used as a motivator to tip
Adult content was never referenced on my page nor used as a motivator to tip
November 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The full count as of today:
YouTube suspended
Twitch banned 3x
Patreon suspended (temporary)
Patreon 3x audio flags (one false posi)
Ko-fi suspended (indefinite?)
Buy Me a Coffee suspended
Vice reporting censored
Pornhub censored 3x times
Fansly censored 1x
YouTube suspended
Twitch banned 3x
Patreon suspended (temporary)
Patreon 3x audio flags (one false posi)
Ko-fi suspended (indefinite?)
Buy Me a Coffee suspended
Vice reporting censored
Pornhub censored 3x times
Fansly censored 1x
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Cool, so they're just going full "Ana Valens is inherently pornographic"
My new Buy Me a Coffee account was suspended before my first payout was received, the site stating it is “required to deactivate accounts that contain or use adult content to generate revenue through Buy Me a Coffee”
Adult content was never referenced on my page nor used as a motivator to tip
Adult content was never referenced on my page nor used as a motivator to tip
November 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Cool, so they're just going full "Ana Valens is inherently pornographic"
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There's been a lot of very sophisticated, compelling social commentary on declines in cultural literacy in recent years, but honestly it is very reasonable to just boil it down to "people no longer understand that things mean stuff"
November 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM
There's been a lot of very sophisticated, compelling social commentary on declines in cultural literacy in recent years, but honestly it is very reasonable to just boil it down to "people no longer understand that things mean stuff"
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I’m gonna disagree with this one.
What we’re calling “AI” doesn’t replace cognition. It replaces pattern matching, but on its own has no idea which patterns are important or why.
We are nowhere close to an actual thinking machine.
What we’re calling “AI” doesn’t replace cognition. It replaces pattern matching, but on its own has no idea which patterns are important or why.
We are nowhere close to an actual thinking machine.
The plow, the steam engine, electricity — all replaced muscle. AI replaces cognition. If you spend your day “reading lots of stuff and turning it into straight English,” well… so does the machine. The goal now is to learn from history and cushion the blow better than last time.
November 17, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I’m gonna disagree with this one.
What we’re calling “AI” doesn’t replace cognition. It replaces pattern matching, but on its own has no idea which patterns are important or why.
We are nowhere close to an actual thinking machine.
What we’re calling “AI” doesn’t replace cognition. It replaces pattern matching, but on its own has no idea which patterns are important or why.
We are nowhere close to an actual thinking machine.
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Every time I hear a politician say that an issue is “dividing” this country they always then come down on the side of the right wing view of it. Just once I’d love to hear someone say “this issue is divisive, which is why I’m making the argument that kindness and compassion is important”
November 16, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Every time I hear a politician say that an issue is “dividing” this country they always then come down on the side of the right wing view of it. Just once I’d love to hear someone say “this issue is divisive, which is why I’m making the argument that kindness and compassion is important”
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Last year, someone I considered a very close friend was arrested for CSEM possession. I didn't rationalize it or seek excuses. I immediately condemned him and severed all ties to him forever.
I could do that to a former close friend, but the MAGAs can't do it for a fucking politician.
I could do that to a former close friend, but the MAGAs can't do it for a fucking politician.
November 17, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Last year, someone I considered a very close friend was arrested for CSEM possession. I didn't rationalize it or seek excuses. I immediately condemned him and severed all ties to him forever.
I could do that to a former close friend, but the MAGAs can't do it for a fucking politician.
I could do that to a former close friend, but the MAGAs can't do it for a fucking politician.
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i wonder if something like this would be too silly as an adopt. .
November 17, 2025 at 12:40 AM
i wonder if something like this would be too silly as an adopt. .
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"kill all pedophiles" crowd really quiet rn
November 16, 2025 at 11:23 PM
"kill all pedophiles" crowd really quiet rn
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god these women are so much braver than any of the talking heads or politicians trying to minimize this.
> www.worldwithoutexploitation.org
> www.worldwithoutexploitation.org
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:53 PM
god these women are so much braver than any of the talking heads or politicians trying to minimize this.
> www.worldwithoutexploitation.org
> www.worldwithoutexploitation.org
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And if more journalists + streamers + YouTubers keep ignoring this issue, what they are doing is throwing you — trans, gay, artist, smut customer — to the dogs
A lot of people really aren’t getting it. In less than a year we’ve seen it leap from the *most* objectionable content that I’m not even really comfortable talking about here to far more innocuous stuff, they’re not going to arbitrarily decide to stop here
November 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
And if more journalists + streamers + YouTubers keep ignoring this issue, what they are doing is throwing you — trans, gay, artist, smut customer — to the dogs
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I'm usually not 1 to fearmonger but this should scare LITERALLY everybody. Institutions used ai to target and debank a person BY NAME over PERFECTLY LEGAL CONTENT.
EVERYONE needs to join the fight, b/c it does not matter if your content is SFW, IF THEY DO NOT LIKE IT OR YOU, THEY WILL DEBANK YOU.
EVERYONE needs to join the fight, b/c it does not matter if your content is SFW, IF THEY DO NOT LIKE IT OR YOU, THEY WILL DEBANK YOU.
Friend tried to donate to my Throne, flagged by fraud detection at Bank of America — bank identified the transaction as specially for “giantess voretuber Ana Valens”
I suspect I faced those Patreon / Ko-fi dings b/c financial institutions have me, specifically, on record as a high risk recipient!
I suspect I faced those Patreon / Ko-fi dings b/c financial institutions have me, specifically, on record as a high risk recipient!
November 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I'm usually not 1 to fearmonger but this should scare LITERALLY everybody. Institutions used ai to target and debank a person BY NAME over PERFECTLY LEGAL CONTENT.
EVERYONE needs to join the fight, b/c it does not matter if your content is SFW, IF THEY DO NOT LIKE IT OR YOU, THEY WILL DEBANK YOU.
EVERYONE needs to join the fight, b/c it does not matter if your content is SFW, IF THEY DO NOT LIKE IT OR YOU, THEY WILL DEBANK YOU.
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Okay i know i've been yapping about this and games stuff alot lately but seriously again this is why i keep saying DON'T make exceptions to "Fuck ai".
Don't give any leniency to any of these companies, hell not even to the smallest ones.
No exceptions, no excuses, fuck ai and anyone that uses it.
Don't give any leniency to any of these companies, hell not even to the smallest ones.
No exceptions, no excuses, fuck ai and anyone that uses it.
Ubisoft admits AI-generated loading screen "slipped through" into final build of Anno 117: Pax Romana
www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-admi...
www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-admi...
November 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Okay i know i've been yapping about this and games stuff alot lately but seriously again this is why i keep saying DON'T make exceptions to "Fuck ai".
Don't give any leniency to any of these companies, hell not even to the smallest ones.
No exceptions, no excuses, fuck ai and anyone that uses it.
Don't give any leniency to any of these companies, hell not even to the smallest ones.
No exceptions, no excuses, fuck ai and anyone that uses it.
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In other words, because my art can be considered anime, and I draw D&D characters, my financial information could get flagged by MasterCard's AI and I'll lose everything. PayPal, Ko-fi, my bank account- everything.
It's not about porn.
It's not about porn.
MasterCard is marketing its new MasterCard Threat Intelligence platform to issuers & acquirers. A source familiar w/ MasterCard’s internal operations told me MTI is flagging anime, VTubing, adult content, tabletop, video games as potentially “high fraud risk”
fintechmagazine.com/news/how-is-...
fintechmagazine.com/news/how-is-...
How is Mastercard Preventing Payment Fraud at Scale?
Announcing Threat Intelligence at Money 20/20 US, Mastercard showcases its latest technology in preventing fraud, combining insights from Recorded Future
fintechmagazine.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:13 AM
In other words, because my art can be considered anime, and I draw D&D characters, my financial information could get flagged by MasterCard's AI and I'll lose everything. PayPal, Ko-fi, my bank account- everything.
It's not about porn.
It's not about porn.
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Most obese nation on earth refuses to allow other obese people to move there.
"Do these immigrants make me look fat?"
"Do these immigrants make me look fat?"
November 15, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Most obese nation on earth refuses to allow other obese people to move there.
"Do these immigrants make me look fat?"
"Do these immigrants make me look fat?"