Solstreaker - Furry ASMR & VTuber

Solstreaker - Furry ASMR & VTuber

@solstreaker.bsky.social

🐺☀️ Furry wolf dad-bod ASMR vtuber 🩷💛💙 ♂️ he/him 🔞 Minors DNI

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Maybe a weird suggestion but VR. I played the first VR consumer headsets in the 90s, like Virtuality and the VFX1. They were terrible. I know Meta did a lot to try and ruin it again but honestly VRChat is still amazing and some of the games are incredible.

Social media loves talking about how everything is getting worse. But what’s something that you’ve seen get _better_ in your lifetime?

Maybe the most minor of gripes but it sucks that one of the major players dragging us towards the AI torment nexus hellscape is Nvidia. Can you imagine the Nvidia logo in the backdrop of a Blade Runner cityscape? Me neither. Nvidia make good GPUs but suck at branding.

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Oh wow, I just realised... Remember how the videogame crash of 1983 is associated with Atari making more of ET than people who wanted to play it? AI recomps, slop games and asset flips are doing the same thing. More kettles than cups. Ye'd best start believin' in videogame crashes. Yer in one!

Stream over! No VoD for this one quite yet; as it was reading a story, I'll download it tomorrow and do a bit of editing, and upload this as a regular video.

Solstreaker - Furry ASMR & VTuber@solstreaker.bsky.social

About to start our 🏳️‍⚧️Mermaids fundraiser stream! Tonight I'm doing a spooooky reading of Dracula's Guest, a related work to Bram Stoker's famous Dracula. Come listen! Even if you just lurk & bump up the numbers to help us reach more people and, hopefully, donations: www.youtube.com/live/82uivfG...

Hey all, first of these streams to raise money for 🏳️‍⚧️ Mermaids is happening tomorrow! I'm gonna be playing a scary VR game, and you don't wanna miss it! Head over and hit the notification bell!

Solstreaker - Furry ASMR & VTuber@solstreaker.bsky.social

Hey streakers! For October, I'm raising money for the fantastic UK charity 🏳️‍⚧️Mermaids, who work with trans youth & their families! Streaming horror VR games (I'm a wuss for VR horror, so that'll be fun FOR YOU) & gothic horror stories! Head over here & hit "notify": www.youtube.com/@Solstreaker...

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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.”

Before anyone rises to this, just be aware that Kutaragi, whatever you may think of him, is a master of knowing what to say that gets you to talk about Kutaragi, or, when he was there, Playstation. He's made some absurd takes over the years and this is probably another.

Eurogamer@eurogamer.bsky.social

Ken Kutaragi, the founder of PlayStation has said that people being upset about Sony's discontinuation of game discs is probably a "mentality issue". He understands it, he noted, but that doesn't make it "economically reasonable" for Sony to keep printing them. https://bit.ly/3VWobVN

Saw a post doing numbers about how flirting is difficult but as it didn't ask for advice, I won't link/quote it... But if you ever want to compliment someone (and if you wanna flirt, this is a good way to start) try to compliment a choice they make, as opposed to who or what they are...

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When someone comes up to me and says "you're hot", or whatever, I'm flattered but I'm immediately defensive. I think this is pretty natural for many people. It's also a bit weird because where do you even take that conversation? But someone compliments my clothes or watch or aftershave?

Saw a post doing numbers about how flirting is difficult but as it didn't ask for advice, I won't link/quote it... But if you ever want to compliment someone (and if you wanna flirt, this is a good way to start) try to compliment a choice they make, as opposed to who or what they are...

For example, don't tell someone they're hot. Even if they are, it's kinda not something they've chosen and if they're not in the mood, it *could* feel objectifying. Instead, are they wearing a nice watch? A pretty dress? Rocking a tattoo? Compliment *that*.

This is honestly a great illustration of using "soft black". If you're new to visual arts, a useful tip is avoiding "true black", instead using deep greys, dark colours. Black is negative; it sucks colour out of the image. "Soft black" improves the richness of the palette while providing contrast.

MzCatieB@mzcatieb.bsky.social

The Power of Gradients and Close-ups

Obviously it depends on what you wanna do. Black is a powerful colour and deployed well, it can frame, silhouette, accentuate, conceal... But it's always worth experimenting with dark colours as an alternative. Take these comic panels, vs a night still of Akira that uses very little true black.

Hey Epic, you wanna know why anyone cares about how long the Epic store takes to open? I'll give you a clue - Steam on my computer is never closed.

Wario64@wario64.bsky.social

new Epic Games Launcher in preview - "Programming is hard. So, instead of doing that, we vibe coded a new Epic Games Launcher that’s way faster and more responsive than the current one, and has a new look." store.epicgames.com/news/epic-ga...

This whole situation with AI ports and mashups is making me realise that the way I look at videogames isn't how many others do. I don't get what's interesting about games made by AI. Why is that interesting to you? It just seems so dull compared to you, a human, making ANYTHING ELSE.

At the start there was a mild technical novelty, but that's over now, surely? Why post about it? Do you post your PS5 playing a Blu-ray movie? Do you post that your air fryer air fries? Isn't it just the same? You've asked a machine to do something and it's done it. What's interesting about that?

Yeah, you told AI to port Wipeout to the 3DS or something. But someone made a weird 3D version of Pokémon, so at this point what's even novel about a PC version of a PS1 game? You didn't make it. What's worth "showing off"? I just don't get it.

We have our first donation! Thanks, anon, for the £15 to help Mermaids with their work to support trans kids & their families!

Solstreaker - Furry ASMR & VTuber@solstreaker.bsky.social

Hey streakers! For October, I'm raising money for the fantastic UK charity 🏳️‍⚧️Mermaids, who work with trans youth & their families! Streaming horror VR games (I'm a wuss for VR horror, so that'll be fun FOR YOU) & gothic horror stories! Head over here & hit "notify": www.youtube.com/@Solstreaker...

This is *incredibly* disheartening. I was really excited to get one for content creation. I've been waiting for one since 2024 when the rumours got strong enough that this was going to be a thing. I hadn't realised how emotionally invested I'd gotten in this; I'm genuinely gutted.