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The fact that I have seen more-than-zero LinkedIn posts from developers either writing what are essentially suicide notes, or developers remembering their former colleagues who committed suicide after being laid off, over the past three years… Words fail me. I don’t even know how to process it all.

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Donald Trump is an enemy of the human race.

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The only advice I give anymore when it comes to longevity in the video game industry is “never go public, and never sell.” If you go public, the shareholders and MBAs will rot you from the inside. If you sell, they’ll throw you out with the gypsum once they’ve stripped the copper out of the walls.

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It’s barely 8am and I’m already tired.

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I use Duolingo on-and-off (which is usually a tell as to my mental health state). I use it for Japanese. For learning anything beyond base Kana, and specifically on a tablet where you can use a stylus to write the characters, I reckon it’s useless. For me: Genki to read/write. Pimsleur for speech.

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I've been on LinkedIn more than normal these past several months as I try to help a former colleague land a job after nearly two years since being laid off. Let me tell you: the more time I spend on LinkedIn, the more I want to cash in my proverbial chips and find a thoroughly offline job.

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Ain't nobody going to call it that.

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adrienne ✨ Truth Scrapper @insertdisc5.com · 21/09/2026

Me: Controversial? What, did Tim Schafer consume human flesh at a Giants game or something? Me: *clicks ragebait link* Me: *reads* Me: I was promised something controversial. Casting a voice actor who was promised as a stretch goal is not controversial. Sort yourself, Francesco Cacciatore.

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did you get your tickets yet?!? i will have a talk AND a new Truth Scrapper trailer to show!!! buy tickets for the digital event here and catch the trailer during #gdocexpo direct on YouTube! www.gamedevsofcolor.org

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Abysmal (and almost certainly machine "learned") prose aside, there is a lot to be excited about in here. I'm always rooting for Bungie and my friends/former colleagues (at other studios, I've never worked for Bungie) who are now there. I want to see them succeed.

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Check headlines. Long sigh. Rinse. Repeat.

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when ai leaves u behind

7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2:
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4:
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6:
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy.
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

At the end of the day, beyond the hatefulness, he's really just a spectacularly dumb guy. Like I'm not sure he's achieved object permanence yet. He has to be reminded which hole the food goes in. His internal monologue is the sound of one hand clapping. He calls electrical sockets "finger zappers."

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James B. Jones @jamesbjones.com · 18/09/2026

If the past four years have shown me anything, it's that moving back to the United States, while necessary at the time (I was legitimately having a mental breakdown because of the COVID-induced isolation), was the worst decision I could have made.

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I don't speak for everyone, of course, but I reckon that one of the big reasons why we haven't seen as much righteous fury over AI-generated code is because programmers, in my experience, are the one subset of game developers who seem to be enthusiastically on board with using the algorithms.

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I have not seen these complaints about Debra Wilson, and I hope I never do. She is, for my money, the single-best actor working in games today, and her importance to the medium stretches well beyond her in-game work.

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This morning I was presented with a situation which reminded me of the modern necessity of game studios to clearly mark when the "AI Design" role is for behavioral AI (what we've been programming into games since the 1980s) and generative AI (ass-trash garbage slop kitbashed by the machine).

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