Ois

Ois

@oiseucalypt.bsky.social

Retro & Indie video games, dragons, plants, SPACE, greyhounds, and more. Probably a few grumbles about the state of the industry and whatever Aus politics is up to. Aro/Ace, Australian.

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Australia, and other parts of the world, are doubling efforts to harvest details of social mefia users just in case we insult the state. You know, to protect kids whos parents don't actually patent. Bsky already Age-ID'd me. But if they want drivers licenses or passports, I'm out.

Seriously. I can't sleep because I'm full of spite for a few people at work. Spite at life keeps me going. This situation just makes me want to raze the Northern Suburbs to the ground.

The tone changes whenever I speak. A certain someone jumps at any opportunity to correct me if I stumble over a word. I'm being deliberately excluded from certain changes. And the big PHP job last week was not good enough as I didn't get someone to sit next to me as I upgraded it all. Fuck you all

And the short distraction from Tamriel Rebuilt into the official Tribunal Expansion is over. All quests there done... I've not completed it since the initial release year. I've taken over the Balmora Mage's Guild to store all my loot... Anyway, overpowered we go back to the mainland!

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Replying to @domsalvia.iacon.co.uk

It’s really sad that we even have to tell people it’s not AI but hopefully people will be able to see how much work has gone into this. we can’t wait to share more!

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Replying to @caseyexplosion.bsky.social

The idea of the AI developer as someone burgeoning with wonderful, never before seen ideas who just needed the tools to realize them is by and large a fantasy. The reality of the AI developer is someone producing spam at volume who has no ideas of their own, so just clone something popular.

Not a good game. But a fantastic kicking some orcs game. 🥾🥾

Timeproof Games@timeproof.games

Happy 20th anniversary to the ultimate orc kicking simulator Dark Messiah of Might and Magic (PC, Arkane Studios, 2006)

Somebody give me a few billion so I can buy Arkane and allow them to continue to make cool games. Seriously! Don't burn this studio.

Wario64@wario64.bsky.social

'Report: Arkane Studios has until November 13 to find a buyer - "Several forms of takeover" reportedly under consideration.' www.gematsu.com/2026/10/repo...

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I had to go on Twitter to confirm this was real because Ship Awesome Games In A Weekend having a hand with six fingers was so on the nose I was about to pass out

Cale Michael@xjustified.bsky.social

This shit just writes itself at this point. Just the name "Epic AI MegaJam" is a joke that best describes what is going on with these companies.

The only reason I have not burnt it all down is that nobody will fund my laser canon on the moon. And dogs. I don't want to harm the dogs.

Well, accessing the filtering service? Not until DfE finish updating. Other services will temp shut down soon too, if not already. #PHP This is on the minor side. Imagine the panic at other government levels.

It's PHP! PHP all morning. PHP! 🎵 ...What do you mean our helpdesk was still running v7.1... Everything is on the latest release now. That was (not) fun.

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Replying to @errant-signal.com

It just feels like the pipe dream of the games industry at this point is to stream soulless AI slop games made by no one that you can't own onto your screen for $0.99 an hour with ads, subject to premium usage hour charges and paid DLC access, and just like... burn it all down, man. Who cares.

Honestly? BioWare lasted far longer than I expected before it went to the EA Graveyard.

RPG Site@rpgsite.net

EA is shutting down BioWare. The next Mass Effect has been canceled: https://www.rpgsite.net/news/21611-bioware-shutting-down-ea-job-cuts-mass-effect-canceled

So, I no longer have an office. I am now on the front desk space and my office desk is a hot desk that anyone can use. ..I'll still likely use the hot desk on the days I'm not scheduled to be out front. But still. Not pleased.

23 years in Education based ICT, 28 years in the industry overall. I've never had a real high paying job... I don't quite have enough savings to think about early retirement. IF I can hold out for another 5 years (urgh!) I can easily give the place the finger.

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Notice: our site, ZDoom dot org, will temporarily be taken offline while we deal with some maintenance work. During this downtime, the site itself, as well as the forum and wiki, won't be accessible. Sorry for the inconvenience! The site will be back up ASAP!

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