Skybrush Threepwood

Skybrush Threepwood

@skybrush.bsky.social

I mostly ramble about trivial nerd stuff - or at least I'd like to, but I spend a lot of time hating on AI and bigots and it's funny how often the two overlap, isn't it?

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I couldn't reproduce the sound my wife makes every time James Hurley shows up on screen with my own voice, much less in text. But if she directed it at me, I would retreat into a dark crevice somewhere and cry forever

Skybrush Threepwood@skybrush.bsky.social

Every time he pops up on screen at this point, both me and my cousin turn our heads away from the TV and towards her instead. She hates him. Haaaaaaaaaaaaates him, possibly more than BOB or Leo or anyone else in the show, and it's incredibly entertaining.

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Twin Peaks watch status: We're well past the midpoint of season 2 - some of it bumpy, some of it great. And watching with other people makes the bad parts better - like how I almost look forward to the aimless James scenes because I want to see what kind of invectives my wife will throw at him.

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We're almost through Season 1 - one episode short, which is almost annoying but we're all old and there's a limit to how late we can stay up on weekdays - and I love it so much. But that was always going to be the easy part for me. The real test is going to be season 2.

Twin Peaks watch status: We're well past the midpoint of season 2 - some of it bumpy, some of it great. And watching with other people makes the bad parts better - like how I almost look forward to the aimless James scenes because I want to see what kind of invectives my wife will throw at him.

Skybrush Threepwood@skybrush.bsky.social

We're almost through Season 1 - one episode short, which is almost annoying but we're all old and there's a limit to how late we can stay up on weekdays - and I love it so much. But that was always going to be the easy part for me. The real test is going to be season 2.

Every time he pops up on screen at this point, both me and my cousin turn our heads away from the TV and towards her instead. She hates him. Haaaaaaaaaaaaates him, possibly more than BOB or Leo or anyone else in the show, and it's incredibly entertaining.

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genAI can't both be the indisputable future of art AND a scarlet letter that's unfair to make people disclose. If you're the vanguard of the new frontier, surely the "haters" don't matter, right? They're bound to come around eventually. Right? Or maybe you're just a fucking lazy thief.

genAI can't both be the indisputable future of art AND a scarlet letter that's unfair to make people disclose. If you're the vanguard of the new frontier, surely the "haters" don't matter, right? They're bound to come around eventually. Right? Or maybe you're just a fucking lazy thief.

It's the one year anniversary of the premiere of Dispatch, and it made me think of this blabbering I did on "choices matter" in general and one end-game choice in particular:

Skybrush Threepwood@skybrush.bsky.social

I'm seeing some talk about choice in Dispatch, particularly one near the very end (extremely vague spoilers): "What does it matter if I end up in the same place anyway," and, as it applies to this specific endgame choice, what I more implicitly read from it is "What does it matter if I can't fail?"

Also, re: the fact that "Choices Matter" is such a common phrase in this genre of video game:

Skybrush Threepwood@skybrush.bsky.social

Still sometimes think about how I learned from an interview with devs from @adhocstudio.com that the reason the phrase "Choices matter" is so common in press releases etc for games with diverging plots is that the phrase "Choose your own adventure" is copyrighted

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It's the one year anniversary of the premiere of Dispatch, and it made me think of this blabbering I did on "choices matter" in general and one end-game choice in particular:

Skybrush Threepwood@skybrush.bsky.social

I'm seeing some talk about choice in Dispatch, particularly one near the very end (extremely vague spoilers): "What does it matter if I end up in the same place anyway," and, as it applies to this specific endgame choice, what I more implicitly read from it is "What does it matter if I can't fail?"

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Amy Feldman@amyfeldman7.bsky.social

*NEW* Colossal Biosciences’ Ben Lamm and Anduril’s Palmer Luckey team up on a new startup to genetically engineer war dogs for the military. Warhound comes out of stealth at $1.2B valuation For @forbes.com with @iainmartin.bsky.social and @mhunterhart.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...

Amy Feldman@amyfeldman7.bsky.social

*NEW* Colossal Biosciences’ Ben Lamm and Anduril’s Palmer Luckey team up on a new startup to genetically engineer war dogs for the military. Warhound comes out of stealth at $1.2B valuation For @forbes.com with @iainmartin.bsky.social and @mhunterhart.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...

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This calls for an all-hands meeting 💼 Since last year, over 5 million players have clocked in to join SDN! To celebrate, we’ve got A LOT to share with you...too big for one little social post. Head to our blog for all the details ⬇️ https://bit.ly/dispatchone

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A bummer followed by another game that I thought might turn out to be a bummer but ended up seeming safe

Skybrush Threepwood@skybrush.bsky.social

An indie game I was really looking forward to has snuck in an AI disclosure on Steam that just says "Text translations", which, my dude, language accessibility is great, but I think we could've forgiven a single-dev indie for being exclusively in English. What a fucking waste.

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‘Wildwood’ director Travis Knight on AI: “A pencil is a tool. A paintbrush is a tool. A 3D printer is a tool. A digital capture is a tool. AI is not a tool. AI can go fuck itself.”

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Kenney has done more for the profession than any billionare -- great place to start if you want to get into making your own games.

Kenney@kenney.nl

I've made 6 open-source @godotengine.org projects perfect for as a base for your first or next game. Completely human-made and easy to understand code & comments. All visuals and sounds included, CC0! kenney.nl/starter-kits

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I'm 41, and basically all my hobbies involve sitting, I eat more or less what I want, and my wife still thinks I'm hot, so I'm good, thanks

Bill Corbett@billcorbett.bsky.social

[smugly] I am much older than that.

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At long last, we have created a way for you to take away Nikki's free will, from the classic horror movie "don't take away Nikki's free will"

Bloody Disgusting@bloody-disgusting.com

Nikki from OBSESSION joins FORTNITE tomorrow. You wished for this...

Honestly, we should've stuck economists in the stocks - the literal, planks of wood around-people's necks ones - and pelted them with tomatoes all the way back when they came up with "Too much employment is bad" So, pretty much as soon as it became a field of study

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This is indistinguishable from a low-effort YouTube thumbnail

Kim Hu@kim-hu.com

I thought this was a joke at first but it looks to be real and man they really couldn't give less of a shit about anyone who still watches the MCU; they're so blatantly like yeah "yeah those fuckers will come watch it anyways who cares" 💀

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I thought this was a joke at first but it looks to be real and man they really couldn't give less of a shit about anyone who still watches the MCU; they're so blatantly like yeah "yeah those fuckers will come watch it anyways who cares" 💀

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list assembled, submitted, fingers crossed no one I'm promoting gets outed as a sex pest between now and publication

Ian Danskin@innuendostudios.bsky.social

trying to assemble my Sight & Sound poll and a major obstacle is "what is this video even called now?"

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Laughing, crying, throwing up, etc. to have a debut novel coming out in spring 2028. It’s a funny literary novel called HENRY GOODWOLF about a legendary monster hunter and the limits of understanding.

Duncan Fyfe@duncanfyfe.net

Some personal news

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I've spent two or three hours today figuring something out, just a hobby thing, and it's so niche and boring that I'm unable to describe it in a way that doesn't make *me* lose interest, but I'm honestly unreasonably happy with myself right now. Like, the sheer satisfaction of solving a problem.

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If you are at Epic using generative AI to create art or animations you are a plagiarist and a thief and should never show your work (or face) in the gamedev community again.

Jason Schreier@jasonschreier.bsky.social

NEW: Epic Games has delayed its upcoming (not yet announced) Star Wars + Marvel shooter as it pivots to complete AI game development. "No more hand-written code," a director told staff. All art "generated with full AI workflows." Full scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

I've spent two or three hours today figuring something out, just a hobby thing, and it's so niche and boring that I'm unable to describe it in a way that doesn't make *me* lose interest, but I'm honestly unreasonably happy with myself right now. Like, the sheer satisfaction of solving a problem.

The very short but also context-less version is that I worked out a way to model a deltoidal hexecontahedron in CAD in a way that I much prefer to how it's done in the only YouTube tutorial I can find. See?

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I'll have to reconsider my stance on genAI games; some of them are providing a valuable service in driving AI bros out of business

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I was really into Peter F. Hamilton for a while; I remember a friend at uni waaaay back in the mid-aughts recommending me Pandora's Star and loving it. So yeah.

AK Faulkner@ravenswordpress.com

This is news to some people, so I present to you: authorsfirst.com Peter F. Hamilton. Conn Iggulden. David W. Ball. R. A. Salvatore. All people who made a good living from writing.