Kyle Ackerman

Mariana Trench Once Again Named Worst Place To Raise Child https://theonion.com/mariana-trench-once-again-named-worst-place-to-raise-ch-1819575833/

Anyway, I really do believe the flame of Bioware will live on in studios like Larian. I actually think that story-based games are among the most likely to survive the industry pivot towards AI. Because whatever else AI does well, great game writing is not it.

Had a visitor at the front door

The Black Hole

Hungover Egyptologist Just Gonna Call In Cursed Today https://theonion.com/hungover-egyptologist-just-gonna-call-in-cursed-today/

No doubt this has occurred to other bystanders as well, but it would seem that a handful of billionaires dropping $150 million into a single state's election in an attempt to defeat a wealth-tax initiative just about makes the entire case for a wealth-tax initiative.

A new cartoon by Niels! www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...

Turns out Bethesda’s environmental storytelling of a burned body on the ground with a computer terminal saying, “I don’t think the AI has access to the flamethrowers (I hope)” was kind of prophetic.

I just checked the Organism campaign and was so disappointed to see that it hasn't funded yet. Y'all, this is seriously one of the most incredible designs of the decade and truly a perfect example of what Kickstarter is for. What are you waiting for? www.kickstarter.com/projects/ele...

Lord of the Rings remade with the cast of Letterkenny

Geology Class xkcd.com/3292/

arkeonews.net/unique-roman...

Got Masters of Orion 2 to work on my phone and steamdeck goodbye Bluesky, my soul has everything it needs in life now.

Perseids xkcd.com/3287/

in memoriam, i strongly recommend you read a brief explanation of why tim curry was such an icon www.vice.com/en/article/a...

Nearly 25% of U.S. workers are "functionally unemployed," economic analysis finds

OK. Folks are asking for my research seminar AI statement in my syllabus. Here it is. I just wrote it. Might still tweak it.

new app for zoom that tells you what percentage of time other attendees are multitasking

And for a brief moment, it was...

I’m going to be really annoyed if the game Entropy comes with a component tray or baggies. Don’t be cowardly. Force everyone to throw all the pieces in the box.

Still my favourite Jane Austen adaptation... ;) youtu.be/r2PM0om2El8?...

It wasn't always bad times...

One thing that has been happening more and more is people emailing me AI generated content about my area of expertise and asking for free consultation. You spend ten minutes guiding some prompts and want that to be verified by people who’ve spent decades building knowledge.

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The games industry has been so depressing that it's been like 18 months since we had a discussion about how much implementing doors sucks.

"Dollar erosion: The macroeconomic consequences of losing reserve currency status" cepr.org/voxeu/column... "Whatever one thinks of an overvalued dollar, the cost of losing reserve currency status would be paid mainly in higher fiscal burden and lost wealth, not in a manufacturing renaissance"

Time Change xkcd.com/3272/

Clash of Cultures in the final moments

Love me some little prep bowls

As someone who has pitched a lot of games to executives, let me tell you that the ability to generate a lot of convincing-sounding bullshit on a very compressed timetable is an incredibly valuable life skill.

when the phone rang we used to answer it. now we wait for it to stop ringing and then look up the number. shutting all the blinds and curtains and turning off the lights is optional, sometimes we just move house

CNN: Where fact-checking iis more of a guideline.

This is a pure expression of parenting, for better and worse:

Not enough farms on the moon...

An old police reporter today takes a slight detour in St. Louis to visit the resting place of one of the true OG's of Jewish gangsterdom. And yes I threw Charlie a quick Kaddish. IYKYK.

After years hoping for a Busin 0 Wizardry fan-translation, I find out that one was released this week... ... but it was done with Claude Code and crashes whenever a battle starts.

Now that pride month is over, I was ready to begin wrath month, but with this heat, I propose we switch it to sloth month