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Falko Loeffler @falko.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The roof The roof The roof is on fire

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I have been yelling since 2021 about how using synthetic text extruding machines for information access is a TERRIBLE IDEA. And yet and yet and yet: they are marketing so heavily that way that people keep falling for it. edition.cnn.com/2026/09/18/p...

edition.cnn.com

Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN Politics

The episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war

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Falko Loeffler @falko.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Sir, this is REALLY a Wendy's.

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Falko Loeffler @falko.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Any sufficiently dumb technology is indistinguishable from incompetence.

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Richard Cobbett @richardcobbett.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Turn it into a ‘new talent’ type program, harnessing its potential as an anthology to act as a springboard for both newer creative minded folks and those with experience in other fields to work under skilled TV people, with the goal of making the Doctor a true natural symbol of British creativity.

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Adam Becker @adambecker.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I was getting increasingly frustrated with the Discourse this week, and then Ed asked me to come on and vent about it. Felt good and hopefully did some good too. (The next day, Cal and I talked about it even more for @dreamingagainstthemachine.com. That episode will be up next week!)

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techaltar.bsky.social @techaltar.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The new Apple Watch features Audio Intelligence: it constantly listens, transcribes & analyzes everything around itself, including on Apple's servers. Here's what that means for privacy. Nebula: nebula.tv/videos/techa... YouTube: youtu.be/GyxYEYsNUn4

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Falko Loeffler @falko.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I'm not tired, I'm a Large Languish Model.

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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This is just a spectacular unintentional self-own

Dude on Threads: If you hate on ai, you better be pretty damn good at whatever you're doing

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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

You’ve gotta use AI because it’s the future. But also it’ll take your job. But also it’ll create a paradise on earth and solve most of our problems. But also it’ll end humanity soon. But also you’ll get left behind if you don’t use it right now.

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Jess Morrissette @decafjedi.com · 01/06/2025

Something to think about before exposing your kids to Star Trek.

Reddit post titled: "My son watched 'Darmok' and now he only speaks in memes."

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

As @hypervisible.blacksky.app puts it: These are technologies of isolation. Big Tech would like to get in between every last one of our interactions to they can monetize them in some way (bare minimum is harvesting data) and create dependency. >>

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Increasingly convinced this is the most important post

Twitter post from January 24, 2019, from @Merman_Melville reading

"Being a billionaire must be insane. You can buy new teeth, new skin. All your chairs cost 20,000 dollars and weigh 2,000 pounds. Your life is just a series of your own preferences. In terms of cognitive impairment it's probably like being kicked in the head by a horse every day."

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Richard Cobbett @richardcobbett.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Please buy my game. I am very, very exhausted.

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 02/09/2026

Trade xkcd.com/3290/

Comic. [Person standing holding hammer above raised knee.] PERSON: Listen up, leg. I’ve been sending you rich, oxygenated blood for years, while you send me worthless used-up blood with no oxygen. Time to teach you a lesson about not ripping me off! [caption] Tariffs

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Falko Loeffler @falko.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Sadly, I have to skip this year. :( Program looks great, and it's a joy to be among these people.

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Rik Godwin @rikgodwin.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

THOSE ARE MY STICK MEN! and they served their purpose every bit as well as any AI slop.

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I want to bring back the plastic metaphor here, too. Refusal and creating space for refusal *now*, while we are still relatively early in this process, is especially meaningful. >>

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Falko Loeffler @falko.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I've used Proton as a go-to account for logins and communications for around two years now, while my Gmail is now just an archive. Wish I could get away from Google services completely, doing it one step at a time, but it's a marathon ...

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Falko Loeffler @falko.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

My next game will be a Decklike Roguebuilder.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Maybe if the AI people yell at me for the 5 millionth time about how I’m not using their dogshit technology that has made everyone’s lives worse I’ll finally start liking it for no conceivable reason.

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Falko Loeffler @falko.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The rest of us are still tired from game development.

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Rik Godwin @rikgodwin.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Rare gaming industry W

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Falko Loeffler @falko.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

In the 80s many young people in Britain were on the spectrum. Others were on the commodore.

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Falko Loeffler @falko.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I always thought that if freelance goes downhill I could still apply for a job, but once again the timeline is full of laid off writers and narrative designers ... probably more than companies are left. Haven't seen the game biz this fierce in 30 years. :/

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Falko Loeffler @falko.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Trump awarded FIFA Piss Price

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 25/06/2026

Hi! I'm looking to speak to anyone who is finding ways to resist/work around mandatory AI usage policies at work. Mostly games industry-related, but happy to speak to anyone adjacent as well! Published quotes can of course be anon if desired. DM me here or email at luke@aftermath.site, thanks!

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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 18/06/2026

Me yesterday: I am gonna try to be less angry on BlueSky. Me today:

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John Walker - Industry Analcyst @botherer.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

This one really pissed me off. There are almost no classic point-and-click adventures in Next Fest this time, and this one looked lovely. But quickly something seemed wrong about the backgrounds and... yup. Just fucking pay an artist or don't make a game.

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Joseph Humfrey @joe.inkle.co · 12/06/2026

Jet lagged 2:30am thought: "Vertical slice" has always been a flawed concept, and the clue was in the name the whole time: you can't have a slice until you've baked the whole damn cake.

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Falko Loeffler @falko.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I keep posting AI critical articles on Linkedin, so I guess I'll never work again.

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Captain Pooky @captainpooky.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

As a former fraud analyst I can tell you somewhere at Visa there is a fraud analyst trying to explain to the higher ups how this is a very bad idea and is being ignored.

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

So… this whole ‘we use gen AI to think through an idea before wasting dev cycles making it’ talking point… Like if I take that on the best possible faith, that the chatbot is used before human concepting… Are you publicly owning up to needing AI to do the job of thinking and scribbling some notes?

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dumbcat @dumbcat.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

new version of the advert:

John Romero's
about to make
you his friend

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Falko Loeffler @falko.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Time, a galactic resource produced in the Time Factory in another dimension, is running out, because its employees were fired and the factory now runs on AI.

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Francisco González @grundislav.games · 10/06/2026

I was shown a video of someone who claims to be “vibe coding a Monkey Island adventure game.” The art, music, script, voiceover, and puzzle demonstrated were all AI generated. It was worse than you could possibly imagine.

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Laura Cress @cressup.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

AdventureX is the UK's only dedicated narrative gaming expo & it's looking for sponsors for this year! It's volunteer-run & not-for-profit - yet pulls in amazing talks & games with 600+ attendees from all over the world. If you like that idea - support it! www.adventurexpo.org/sponsorship

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Sponsor AdventureX

Help support one of the best loved and respected narrative game conferences in the world.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Here’s how the AI Boom, such as it is, has impacted my life: it has been used as an excuse to lay off my friends for bot equivalents that never came. It has made mass culture and art immeasurably worse. I have a stalker with AI psychosis. So, no, I don’t more data centers. I want less of all that.

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eric stirpē @stirpicus.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

the profundity of this comment on a random thread about the obsequiousness of AI chatbots stopped me dead in my tracks

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pig'slaundry @pigslaundry.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Do not watch Sesame Street on Tubi with the subtitles on 😭. I swear, I didn't edit or add anything. Is it hilarious? Yes, but also, they need to fix this immediately. Absolutely incomprehensible and bad

Screenshot of Elmo next to his pet's fishbowl in Elmo's World. The subtitles say "We. Dorothy's been thinking abou and down to what’s her daughter."

four birds in a cartoon from Sesame Street, with the caption reading "Oh, shit"

Another Sesame Street cartoon saying "Oh shit"

Screenshot of Big Bird in Hooper’s Store with live human Alan and a flying red bird. The subtitles read: "Time for the birth of terror. Me"

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 11/04/2026

I missed this from @phineas.bsky.social when it originally came out but it sure feels relevant at the moment. Also, you can buy this as a print from the artist here: www.inprnt.com/gallery/phin...

A "wartime" poster that says: "Using Generative AI? You're Prompting with Hitler! GenAI is a Fascist Project! Try using your brain instead! Don't surrender your creativity to the Tech Billionaires' control!"

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Amos Posner @amosposner.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

There is no McTry.

A McDonald’s where the sign has been reduced to McDo.

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Chip Stewart @medialawprof.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Just in case folks miss this due to the block

Info about an account sharing viral video of the moon saying it’s Artemis 2 but it’s not, and that account is blocking people who point it out

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Falko Loeffler @falko.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

I'd like to thank Bluesky for getting me off Bluesky today.

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Alex Blechman @alexblechman.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Video games often have floating platforms, but they don’t explain why the platforms are floating. That’s where game writers come in, to say that platforms are kept aloft by “ghostium” an invisible fog created by the souls of every dead person

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John Ryan @johnryanwrites.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

As I posted in the comments, yeah, I absolutely feel this. Narrative veterans are getting ghosted or outright rejected within 24 hours of applying. It's hard for us. Recently I spoke to some narrative younglings. Had to be honest. I didn't want to crush their hopes, but it's cruel to lie to them.

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Jess Morrissette @decafjedi.com · 22/03/2026

It's been offline for a couple of months due to hosting issues, but the Video Game Soda Machine Project archive is back online again. If you've ever wanted to browse through more than 3,000 screenshots of soda machines from video games dating back as far as 1983, this is the site for you.

vgsmproject.com

The Video Game Soda Machine Project

Obsessively Cataloging Video Game "Pop" Culture

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