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I'm going to be taking a big step back from social media for a while. I've truly enjoyed 99% of the interactions I've had on here with you all but I want to focus on my creative outlets and actually playing games. Unfortunately being on socials feels more and more like a distraction every day.

Round 2 of Stranger Things shots. 🌲🎁

Despite its faults, Pokemon Legends Z-A has become my second favorite Pokemon game (just under Black and Black 2 which are tie). 65+ hours in and I've yet to feel a dip in my enjoyment of it. It also gave my favorite Pokemon a Mega so bonus points.

Look man, I absolutely hate generative AI as much as the next guy but we can't keep grabbing torches and pitchforks every time someone says AI. "AI" is being used as a catch-all for both the useful and the scummy stuff.

This is my first real Steam sale since I moved to PC. My entire wishlist on sale is a wild thing to witness.

Conversations surrounding media are no longer about the media itself but about demonstrating how your opinion about said media is superior to all other opinions. Forget about nuance, discussion, and understanding. Everything is black or white, you're right and they are wrong.

Got a pretty decent promotion at work but it's a bit overwhelming how quickly things fell into my lap. That said, I'm excited for the bulkier paycheck since it's just in time for the Steam Winter Sale.

I'm both excited for and horrified to dive into the World of Warcraft player housing. The pure amount of options and flexibility is going to consume me.

Smash JT is a scumbag who has done an obscene amount of damage to individual developers, studios, and gaming communities as a whole with his dipshit racist/misogynist grift. Him sitting there and smiling like a turd at the Game Awards is like a fucking ICE Special Agent celebrating Cinco de Mayo.

I will not speculate on The Game Award winners because I haven't played enough of those games. All I know is I want to play all of those games and can't seem to find the time. 😢

Look out. #Supergirl lands in theaters June 26.

Typing out a generative AI script doesn't make you a creative. You're a glorified thief using 0s and 1s like an automated tracing marker. AI 100% made this and it's fucking embarrassing.

The amount of AI slop ads on YouTube is disgusting.

I got married today. Very cool.

Other than a newfound anxiety surrounding CPU and GPU temps, the switch to PC has been absolutely worth it.

The only downside to choosing to send out a bunch of sincere messages to people that you're grateful for early on Thanksgiving Day is having to reply later on once they've been read. I've already slipped into antisocial mode, my lovelies. We'll catch up after Black Friday.

Anyone else getting a massive influx of scam calls recently? I got 4 obvious scam voicemails just this morning. -sigh- The people who do this are garbage along with scalpers and rage bait content creators. All low effort no morality bullshittery.

'The Witcher 3' director Konrad Tomaszkiewicz says he doesn't think that games created with only AI 'will have a soul' 🎮 He adds that 'Dispatch' is his game of the year and AI couldn't possibly make something like that (via Euro Gamer)

For @aftermath.site, I spoke to @imodrew.bsky.social, the Sucker Punch dev fired after making a Charlie Kirk joke. She paints a picture of an industry that all too often ignores bad actors until those bad actors threaten them financially. aftermath.site/sucker-punch...

Wicked For Good definitely feels padded but that was always going to happen having Act 2 be its own movie. It's darker, sadder, and a bit more disjointed but it sticks the landing. Walked out appreciating my friendships and what they mean to me. I really like this adaptation.

While my office rework won't be done till Wednesday ... my new PC is up and running. I've officially left primary console gaming behind to join the PC peasant legion.

Shrek Forever After is a masterpiece and I'm tired of pretending it's not ...

Making the jump from a controller player to using a mouse and keyboard for everything has been rough retrain for my hands. Last night I had to relearn how to play DBD with varying degrees of success 🤣

I'm a simple man, if someone puts on Caramelldansen I'm going to jam out HARD.

Not to throw shade at Shroud but he also did say that "multiplayer games need a win" about an industry dominated by live service and multiplayer games ... Also, it's not that the world isn't ready for AI it's that no one who respects games as an art form respects generative AI.

I'll have my PC built and ready to party on Saturday. I'm so excited.

There is no middle ground in discourse between AI tools (the middleware mentioned) and generative AI because they're two different things! AI tools are there to help streamline and speed up the dev process, generative AI is there to replace devs. There is no middle ground here imo.

Pokémon that I'd want people to associate with me ⚡