Reposted by Charles PBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 14/10/2026theonion.com/man-who-drin... 876450935
Charles P @charlespainter.bsky.social · 10/10/2026As much as I don't want to hear about LLMs every day I can't avoid it currently. It has me thinking - what is the endgame of "freeing up our time?" What are we freeing up time to do? I keep coming to the conclusion that we're just freeing up time to consume for the sake of pleasure. Like forever. 110
Reposted by Charles P🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ＞∿＜ₑͤ ∞🌮 @unormal.bsky.social · 07/10/2026there is no privacy in the panopticon; if you do not participate you are simply a lacuna that remains exactly you shaped. 27616
Reposted by Charles PMascot Texorcism 🐯 @texsaber.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I've had this stupid joke in my head for the past 3 weeks, I had to put it into drawing 3252671640
Charles P @charlespainter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Internalizing this makes opening LinkedIn feel like inhaling nuclear fallout 030
Reposted by Charles PAndrew Alan Johnson @andrewalanjohnson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Georges Bataille, Erotism (1957) 1335
Charles P @charlespainter.bsky.social · 29/09/202638 hours in and beat one of four Routes in Fortune's Weave's first act? We gaming forever. 100
Charles P @charlespainter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Dishonored 1 is one of the most fine wine games ever made. I enjoy it more every time I play it. Every replay also causes me to repeat the guard NPC barks like a parrot for at least three weeks. 000
Reposted by Charles P🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ＞∿＜ₑͤ ∞🌮 @unormal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026any list of best tv shows without ghost in the shell sac or any animation at all is a sad joke and i feel sorry for their bitter hollow world 6663
Reposted by Charles P🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ＞∿＜ₑͤ ∞🌮 @unormal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026overrun by marauding, starving hoards of C people 618838
Charles P @charlespainter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026There is A LOT going on in Fortune's Weave but one thing I particularly like is the use of a tournament as the driving narrative device. Not only do you get to ally with/know the other teams early on before being forced to fight, you get to play from every perspective. Pretty compelling imo. 020
Reposted by Charles Pg0m @g0m.bsky.social · 20/09/2026A world where a twist ending is repurposed as a video title. where a thing's climax has been removed, leaving an advertisment for the gap where it used to be. such things are commonplace in. the twilight zone 137149603447
Charles P @charlespainter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Seeing and hearing Seteth Fire Emblem in a new game has had much more of an impact on me than I thought it would I love that goofball 010
Charles P @charlespainter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Me when I'm mixing up my greek yougurt in the AM #literallyme #greekyogurt 000
Reposted by Charles POracle of the Obvious @oracleobvious.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Kirby's getting a game about the wonderment of exploration, and Metroid's getting a game where you eat people to become powerful 520337
Charles P @charlespainter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Should have started a timer to measure from "that sounds cool" to "of course it's vibe coded." Couldn't have been more than 15 seconds. 120
Reposted by Charles PBURG: Slider Gaiden BEYOND @digijeg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026lol damn 59118742815
Reposted by Charles P🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ＞∿＜ₑͤ ∞🌮 @unormal.bsky.social · 23/02/2026are there a lot of other industries where after a very successful project all the people post "it almost killed me and was driven past the brink of sanity that dark abyss beyond which light cannot reach and now im looking for work also check my linkedin"? 1533554
Charles P @charlespainter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Esoteric Ebb (PC) Yeah this is uh... this is just exceptional. This game made me happy to be alive. I went in with good faith but it was not *enough* good faith; it still held some accusation of derivation or contrivance. Nope. This is as good as games get. This is very special. 010
Reposted by Charles PSkitch @skitch.bsky.social · 13/09/2026More to the point, genAI tools are terrible collaborators because as designed, they almost uniformly aren't meant to push back on ideas. Part of the creative process is when someone else tells you your idea ISN'T WORKING and you then need to pivot/compromise. Erase the process, erase the growth. 011
Charles P @charlespainter.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I have to remind myself that the universe is not testing me specifically but if there is any long-form lesson life has drilled into me it is that the process is the important part. And right when I feel that setting in, the process-erasure device arrives. I'm sticking to my guns for now. 131
Charles P @charlespainter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Big Walk (PC) I feel like I can't say anything that you won't get just by playing this. It IS as good as everyone says, and it's worth your trust and time. A best-case result of current gaming tech and trends. 101
Charles P @charlespainter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Maybe don't pretend to be enamored with the hardly-gilded garbage "game" if your immediate response is, "Ok, but IMAGINE what it'll be like in X years." I'm sure things will continue to develop and change. Still, these engagement-bait software tumors are will provide nothing to the world. 001
Charles P @charlespainter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I actually am not impressed by the Brain Asbestos Machine's ability to create video games nobody would ever want to play. "It generated [EXISTING GAME] in 30 minutes!" Yeah, no it didnt. It generated a worthless facsimile. 100
Reposted by Charles PMike Cook @mtrc.bsky.social · 06/09/2026One of the cyclical games discourses is "game developers need to consume media outside of games", but the truth is that everyone actually needs to play *more* games. Just... games that do not appear on bus ads. Or Steam. 3334
Reposted by Charles PBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026The agentic vizier software I bought to automate my whispers to the sultan has developed its own agenda and long story short I'm getting beheaded at dawn 274132668
Charles P @charlespainter.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Just hit two million followers on this account, 000
Charles P @charlespainter.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Dialect map is correct. Calling shopping carts "buggies" is great and no amount of code switching, conscious or otherwise, will ever take it from me. 000
Reposted by Charles P404 Media @404media.co · 02/09/2026An a16z article argues that enshittification isn’t real and that people actually love social media.404media.coA16z Says You Actually Love Social Media, Enshittification Isn’t RealAn a16z article argues that enshittification isn’t real and that people actually love social media. 168918
Charles P @charlespainter.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Ooh, Dagger of Amon Ra is going on the list for sure! 020
Charles P @charlespainter.bsky.social · 30/08/2026The Incident at Galley House (PC) @skitch.bsky.social played and I rode shotgun for this whole game and it was fantastic. It is a compelling mystery that is superbly paced and full of surprises, but I'm left mostly in awe of the elegance and effectiveness of the game's menus and presentation. 231
Charles P @charlespainter.bsky.social · 22/08/2026It even has its own Rick. Game of the Anthropocene. 010
Charles P @charlespainter.bsky.social · 22/08/2026IT'S BLOODBORNE KIRBY AIR RIDERS?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! 010
Charles P @charlespainter.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Sony allow me to introduce ParmaSean, the living parmesan rind. He is great at adding some extra volume to soups and stews. There are no images of him. There are no images of him. He is afraid of the color blue. There are no images of him. 010
Charles P @charlespainter.bsky.social · 15/08/2026why does llm soundvomit have like fifty choruses that all lead into another chorus i hate i hate 110
Reposted by Charles PDamien Crawford @developerdamien.bsky.social · 15/08/2026when the King of All Cosmos breaks Ursa Major and decides this time it should be made of as many bears as possible 021
Charles P @charlespainter.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Onimusha (PS2) I mean yeah why DON'T we do Resident Evil but you have a magic gauntlet? Very solid, super fun to explore. Combat system started strong but I felt like it didn't quite keep up with the encounter designs (could also be a skill issue). Phenomenal environment art and atmosphere. 100
Reposted by Charles P🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ＞∿＜ₑͤ ∞🌮 @unormal.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I can't drink coffee this late unless there's a little left in my mug from earlier in the day in which case its coffee im owed and I can drink it any time. 1012210
Charles P @charlespainter.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Horrible news: an asteroid is NOT immenently striking the earth and reducing us all to atoms 000
