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refraction

@refractionpcsx2.bsky.social

Former PCSX2 developer PC Gamer (ironically) Musician

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Invertex
@invertex.xyz

PSA: The latest NVIDIA App update adds a Default-ON option that allows AI Agents to control the app... Might want to turn it off.. Even aside from being lame AI features, that feels like making security even worse by defaulting it ON.

refraction
@refractionpcsx2.bsky.social

Godot is basically banning all slop PR's. Light AI use is fine, and it should be,but people who just use an agent or vibecode, you're not providing anything of value, nobody needs contributors to do that, we can do that ourselves if we just wanted to do that.

Godot Engine@godotengine.org

For years we have been overwhelmed by the volume of code contributions we have to review, especially from new contributors. AI has made the problem much worse. That's why we are taking steps to reduce the burden on maintainers while still welcoming new contributors: godotengine.org/article/cont...

godotengine.orgChanges to our Contribution Policies – Godot EngineGodot is growing fast, so here is how we are dealing with the huge increase in contributions.
refraction
@refractionpcsx2.bsky.social

With all this microslop banning "Microslop" on all their platforms, it feels a bit like the principle skinner meme, like "Are our products bad? No! It's the users who are wrong!"

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KaurTube
@kaurtube.bsky.social

I'm in need of a frame graphic for stream polls. Anybody out there open to discussion? Frame must be tentacle-y. Signal boost if you can! #art #stream

refraction
@refractionpcsx2.bsky.social

I have just released some patches for the NES game Deadly Towers to make the experience a little more palatable, One just speeds up transitions and stops repeated music tracks restarting, the other adds no knockback and iframes on room entry. Enjoy! #NES #DeadlyTowers github.com/refractionpc...

github.comGitHub - refractionpcsx2/DeadlyTowersEnhanced: A small set of patches (and information) to improve the Deadly Towers NES experienceA small set of patches (and information) to improve the Deadly Towers NES experience - refractionpcsx2/DeadlyTowersEnhanced

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Adrian's Digital Basement
@adriansdigitalbasement.com

More developments: Scott talks about how Ars Technica published an article on the subject with AI hallucinated quotes, discusses theories on why the original piece was posted and by whom, and the overall effectiveness of it. theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-...

theshamblog.comAn AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me – More Things Have HappenedContext: An AI agent of unknown ownership autonomously wrote and published a personalized hit piece about me after I rejected its code, attempting to damage my reputation and shame me into acceptin…
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@refractionpcsx2.bsky.social

Please if you wish to contribute to a big project you love, but you don't know how to code yourself, please donate, or help other users. PR's where you asked an AI to generate code is nothing but detrimental, more often than not it's uninformed work that is incorrect in its function/implementation.

Rémi Verschelde@akien.bsky.social

Honestly, AI slop PRs are becoming increasingly draining and demoralizing for #Godot maintainers. If you want to help, more funding so we can pay more maintainers to deal with the slop (on top of everything we do already) is the only viable solution I can think of: fund.godotengine.org

refraction
@refractionpcsx2.bsky.social

I should really post when I make a thing. So I made a really bad tool for Ultima Underworld 1 & 2 where you can replace the portraits/body with your own. It's not amazing, but it does the job! If it sounds interesting to you, you can check it out here #Ultima #Modding github.com/refractionpc...

github.comGitHub - refractionpcsx2/UltimaUnderworldPortraitReplacer: Tool for exporting and reimporting character portraits in to the Ultima Underworld games.Tool for exporting and reimporting character portraits in to the Ultima Underworld games. - refractionpcsx2/UltimaUnderworldPortraitReplacer

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Giada Zavarise ➡️ AdvX
@cheerfulgoth.bsky.social

Small, free act you can do to bring some good in this world: add positive reviews to ALL you Steam games, especially the small indies. You don't need to write anything smart, just "game good" is enough. Every positive steam review tips the algorithm and helps your fav artists get more sales

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🌸Izagar🌸 🌙✨
@izagar.bsky.social

Head's up there is a Bluesky ban scam going around. This account just joined 40 mins ago and send me this DM. DO NOT CLICK THE LINK. Bluesky would NEVER send a DM like this and make you scared. This would come through email and would have a more professional email than this. Stay safe!

refraction
@refractionpcsx2.bsky.social

Apparently I deleted the entire last post, not intended, but anyway, I managed to fit a 30 second 1080p video on to a floppy disk! Quality isn't great, but very good for the size, enjoy! (link for video in comments) #av1 #floppydisk #compression

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Alanna Smith
@alannamode.bsky.social

Give folks their flowers No, I mean right now. Go tell someone you loved their work right now. They're on social media just say it, it has never been easier "They know how much people love--" no they don't go say it right now to a composer or artist or game dev or writer or anyone AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

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Silent
@cookieplmonster.bsky.social

For the devs following me that build their games on Unity - important news ☝️

SteamDB@steamdb.info

Notice for Unity Game Developers: CVE-2025-59489 https://steamcommunity.com/gid/[g:1:4145017]/announcements/detail/524229329545071275?utm_source=SteamDB

steamcommunity.comSteam :: Steamworks Development :: Notice for Unity Game Developers: CVE-2025-59489This news post is for all developers shipping games on Steam using the Unity game engine.   Earlier today, Unity announced that applications made with Unity 2017.1 or newer contain a vulnerability that could allow an attacker to remotely target a user's machine. You can read the full report on Unity's website. The issue has been filed under CVE-2025-59489.   As a response, Valve has released a new Steam Client update to all users.

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Godot Engine
@godotengine.org

#GodotEngine 4.5 has finally arrived! 🎉 With this new release, we made meticulous efforts in order to amplify what is possible to do with our engine, guided by our goal of making gaming and game development for everyone! godotengine.org/releases/4.5/

godotengine.orgGodot 4.5, making dreams accessible – Godot EngineFrom mind-blowing effects now made possible by the stencil buffer to accessible descriptions of your GUI elements that opens up the possibility for people with disabilities to play your game — we are ...
refraction
@refractionpcsx2.bsky.social

So I saw the video from 100th Coin yesterday about his test that he ran on all the Nintendo NES emus through the years, and how badly they did (I'll post a link to the video in the comments), so figured I'd try it on my emulator, and to be honest, consdering it's incomplete, i did pretty good!

refraction
@refractionpcsx2.bsky.social

So I saw the video from 100th Coin yesterday about his test that he ran on all the Nintendo NES emus through the years, and how badly they did (I'll post a link to the video in the comments), so figured I'd try it on my emulator, and to be honest, consdering it's incomplete, i did pretty good!

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Faine Greenwood
@faineg.com

I do firmly believe that refusing to outsource your basic cognitive functions to LLMs right now - as so many are stumbling over themselves to do right now, like hogs trotting to a pile of slop that’s been set up inside of a butcher’s delivery truck - will very much pay off in a few years.

refraction
@refractionpcsx2.bsky.social

Please sign this if you are able. Payment processors being able to dictate content available on gaming platforms is overstretching their jurisdictions. Adult gaming has much of a right as any other type to exist, and LGBTQ+ content has been unfairly added to the mix. Stop this madness. #gaming #lgbt

✨ 🌕 Lu(na) Awoo(na) 🐺 ✨ 🔞@rusheloc.bsky.social

Once again, there is an ACLU petition specifically made to stop Mastercard from unlawfully policing adult content. It’s getting pretty grim for us out there. Please sign and/or spread the word. action.aclu.org/petition/mas...

action.aclu.orgMastercard: Sex Work is Work. End Your Unjust Policy.Mastercard's new policy unfairly targets the adult content industry, making sex workers more vulnerable, especially Black trans women. It must be stopped.
refraction
@refractionpcsx2.bsky.social

Today at work, we had a townhall meeting with the head of RnD where we were told we have to embrace vibe coding and if the AI lies/hallucinates, we just have to add "don't lie to me" to the prompt. I hate this world.