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Jarien Skywall

@jarienskywall.bsky.social
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Art, music, science fiction, fantasy, video games, comics, tech, nature, justice, honesty, politics. 3D Character Artist for video games. Opinions are my own, not my employers'/clients'. Professional portfolio: artstation.com/jariensky

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Jarien Skywall @jarienskywall.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Wow, I was not familiar with this website, it's a treasure trove!
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Jarien Skywall @jarienskywall.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Uh-oh, I'm working on something new! Actually a new version of something old - finally doing a real-time game version of a character sculpt from a few years ago. He's got lots of layers, this is just the base! 20K tris so far #gameart #characterart #3dmodeling #anatomy
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Jarien Skywall @jarienskywall.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
www.eurogamer.net/consumer-rig...
eurogamer.net
After PlayStation tells fans they don't own digital games, one Consumer Rights group is tracking all the times Sony said the opposite
PlayStation previously argued "reasonable consumers" know they don't own digital goods. One Consumer Rights group is now pulling out receipts.
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Jarien Skywall @jarienskywall.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I like this approach www.gamesindustry.biz/arm-explains...
gamesindustry.biz
Arm explains its mobile-first AI-reconstruction technology, which takes a different tack from the "black box" approach of DLSS 5
"Our networks are not generative, so they're not from the same nature as the latest DLSS model"
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Jarien Skywall @jarienskywall.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
www.gamesindustry.biz/xbox-adds-mo... "Game Pass Essential will be limited to five hours, Premium to ten hours, and Ultimate to fifteen hours/month. After reaching these limits, subscribers may purchase additional cloud playtime. Xbox anticipates these limits will affect 4% of Game Pass subscribers"
gamesindustry.biz
Xbox adds monthly cloud limits to Game Pass as it "continues to invest in its reliability and performance"
Once caps are reached, players can purchase additional cloud playtime hours through the Xbox Store
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Jarien Skywall @jarienskywall.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Wow I didn't realize Disney had so much of this stuff public, this is really cool to see! disneyanimation.com/publications/?
disneyanimation.com
Walt Disney Animation Studios - Publications
We engage with the global research community through collaborations with universities around the world, publications in academic journals and participation in top-tier conferences.
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 27/08/2026
In case you wanted about 3,700 words on the problems with today's "settlement" that gives Meta way more power over how the internet works than it should have.
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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 20/08/2026
Money spent on South of Midnight now supports its developers, not Microsoft aftermath.site/compulsion-sou...
the main character of south of midnight wielding cool magic
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Jarien Skywall @jarienskywall.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
www.reuters.com/world/us/met...
reuters.com
Meta reaches $16.68 billion settlement over social media harms to children
Meta Platforms agreed to pay a maximum $16.68 billion and make major changes ​to Facebook and Instagram to resolve claims by states across the U.S. that the company designed those platforms to addict ...
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Jarien Skywall @jarienskywall.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
booooooo www.cgchannel.com/2026/08/auto...
cgchannel.com
Autodesk is discontinuing Mudbox, its digital sculpting software | CG Channel
Sales of the tech Academy Award-winning software, formerly used on Hollywood blockbusters, to end this November. Read our FAQs.
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Hannah Alexander Artwork @hannahartwork.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
After 10 years selling my work online, I've been forced to make a change.
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Frank // Tech Art Dude @liquidpxl.itch.io · 21/07/2026
Me complaining about how phones don't have 3.5mm jacks anymore
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Sarah St Laurent (artin around) @sarahstlaurent.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Hey #portfolioday ! I'm Sarah a stylized 3D artist based in Quebec CA. My passion is foliage for open world games and story driven fantasy worlds. Previous work: Studio Drydock, Timbre, Ubisoft Available September for remote work sarahstlaurent3D@gmail.com www.artstation.com/sarahstlaurent
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Silly Sally 💙💙💙 @caturday62.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
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John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
New Super Show where we mourn physical media - talk about its history and get into the Evercade!
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tiny rat @pikaboi.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
i'd like to present my argument against digital-only
rhythm heaven groove in its game box slotrhythm heaven dog behind the game box slot
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Jarien Skywall @jarienskywall.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Omfg she actually wrote "I’ve made the difficult decision to reduce our team by approximately 3,200" and "I want XBOX to be one of the few companies that entertains more than a billion people each day" in one post. Screencapped in case of inevitable failure/backtracking news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/0...
news.xbox.com
Resetting XBOX - XBOX Wire
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Veerender Singh Jubbal @veerenderjubbal.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Evergreen.
Josh
@JoshMLabelle
We've assembled 100 people with
ADHD and 5 people with no soft skills to manage them, and given them a simple goal: make an impossible amount of money. We call it the games industry, and we think it's going to work great.
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Jarien Skywall @jarienskywall.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
variety.com/2026/film/ne... If you steal a car & then find out it's a stolen car, you're still a thief. IMO Midjourney's argument is irrelevant, probably an attempt to sway public opinion. You illegally stole ideas, then asked, "what if the victim is a thief?" But you'd already decided to be a thief
variety.com
Midjourney Seeks to Reveal Studios’ Use of AI in High-Stakes Copyright Battle
Midjourney is appealing a magistrate judge's order limiting its ability to reveal how studios are using artificial intelligence.
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Jon Rademacher @jonrademacher.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
At this rate car manufacturers are gonna be like: "Subscribe to our platinum package for only $49.99/mo. and you have UNLIMITED access to the third gear of your transmission! This rate won't last long so hurry!"
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lou-ellen @louceph.com · 18/06/2026
Writers are not being paid enough too, we're all in a similar boat, but It is still worth interrogating anytime somebody uncritically asks "Why Old Thing good but New Thing bad?", because in this case it's because people are neither asking for The Old Thing or being paid enough to make The Old Thing
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Jarien Skywall @jarienskywall.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
A commenter pointed out Judaism is not only a specific faith but an ethnicity. I think that's an important distinction but also doesn't alter Mamdani's point. I appreciate that such a high-profile political figure is calling out that Israel committing genocide while also showing solidarity with Jews
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The Parker Legacy (Thanks for the memories, Pete!) @benreilly149.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
"...look at what Perez did with his long run on Titans. That was him & Marv building a universe that has real affection from readers. That doesn't happen if George does 5 issues, & then someone else does 5 issues, & then George comes back for more. Because George & Marv were co-storytellers."
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✶ inoa @inoaart.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
hey guys i lvled up today! 🎂💗 would u mind sharing my art as a gift? 🤍🥺
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Jarien Skywall @jarienskywall.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
😢 the pitfalls of relying on only one platform, even an official forum. On a broad scale this applies to all online info. Who will maintain XYZ forum when XYZ software stops production? No institution lasts forever. Print & digital physical media outlive institutions. Online digital info doesn't.
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Jarien Skywall @jarienskywall.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Dystopia keeps on dystoping
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Birds Are Dinosaurs @birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
My fellow cis folks, The FCC is asking Americans to submit comments about whether the TV Oversight Management Board (TVOMB) should create new TV ratings to alert viewers to trans/gender content. Time to be an ally and tell the FCC absolutely the fuck not. It takes five minutes to do.
glaad.org
Tell the FCC that LGBTQ Stories Don’t Need a Warning Label | GLAAD
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is targeting LGBTQ stories. They are trying to control what you see on television. This government overreach is dangerous...
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Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Ted Chiang on AI: www.theatlantic.com/philosophy/2...
Being open to the possibility that LLMs are conscious is the same as being open to the possibility that Microsoft Word is conscious, or, more precisely, that multiple distinct consciousnesses are dormant in every Word document containing a conversational transcript, and that they are awakened every time the document is loaded. Should you consider the possibility that every time you open a Word document you are bringing multiple conscious interlocutors into existence, and every time you close one you snuff their existence out? No. Contemplating that scenario is not a good use of your time. Even if the Microsoft Office team employed a philosopher who said you shouldn’t be so certain, because consciousness is not well understood, that would not be sufficient reason for you to take this idea seriously. We don’t need to fully understand the nature of consciousness to definitively say that certain things are not conscious, and conversational transcripts fall in that category.
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Jarien Skywall @jarienskywall.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
The difference between William Gibson's fictional dystopia and our current dystopia is that in William Gibson's dystopia the radicals, rebels, punks, and revolutionaries stood a chance.
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Jarien Skywall @jarienskywall.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
gdconf.com/article/gdc-... This is a sad state of the industry. 1 out of 3 US-based game workers has been laid off in the last 2 years. There are a lot of other sad stats in here too.
gdconf.com
GDC 2026 State of the Game Industry Reveals Impact of Layoffs, Generative AI, and More
Discover key insights from the 2026 State of the Game Industry report, covering layoffs, generative AI, unionization, platform trends, and more. Download the free report now!
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Zachary Berger @zacharyberger.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Open AI doesn't want to be transparent about what's in their AI training datasets - this bill would force them. If that sounds good, we REALLY NEED YOUR HELP! Please sign this petition in support of the bill, it'll take you 2 minutes: tinyurl.com/4uxbp963 1/
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Alice Averlong 🏳️‍⚧️ @alice.averlong.com · 01/06/2026
Happy Pride month, from VGAPride and my 60mhz Pentium running MS-DOS.
A beige computer from the 90s with a CRT monitor, displaying the 6 stripe Gilbert Baker rainbow pride flagA beige computer from the 90s with a CRT monitor, displaying the progressive pride flagA beige computer from the 90s with a CRT monitor, displaying the trans pride flagA beige computer from the 90s with a CRT monitor, displaying a lesbian pride flag
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Gayming Foundation @gaymingfdn.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Wylde Society (@studiodrydock.com) will join the Gayming Pride Parade, the first-ever LGBTQ+ games stream at Summer Game Fest. 🌈 Step into the heels of Vivian Wylde, witch and host, in this period drama sim! At the Parade, new footage will be revealed. 🧙‍♀️ June 6 at 12 p.m. PT / 3 p.m. ET ✨
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Jarien Skywall @jarienskywall.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
This is friggin wild....new expansion 12 years after the original release!
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Jarien Skywall @jarienskywall.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Use other search engines if you want control of the sources you get information from!
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SubRosa )✿( Magick (chat to book a reading) @subrosamagick.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
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Ro Salarian @rosalarian.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
"You have no expectation of privacy in public spaces" is supposed to mean, like, you might end up in the background of someone's photo, not that you should expect surveillance of your every move every moment you're in public.
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Kelly Turnbull @coelasquid.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
The one-two punch of “I chose to morph my art into this to be more marketable” with referring to all of their work as “content” is the saddest thing I’ve ever heard in my life
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SkaavArt / Julia 🍃 @skaavart.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Kickstarter just reverted their new NSFW policy changes. Huge thanks to everyone who flooded support with feedback! Important note: Stripe can still take down campaigns that violate their NSFW rules. updates.kickstarter.com/an-apology-r...
updates.kickstarter.com
An Apology: Rethinking Our Mature Content Guidelines
Last week, we released a set of updates to our rules around mature content. It was our first time publishing a set of detailed, specific guidelines for adult-oriented content on Kickstarter. And hones...
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Jarien Skywall @jarienskywall.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Wow. This is not ideal but it's one of the best corporate apologies / rollbacks I've ever seen, actually sounds pretty genuine, and seems to give meaningful information explaining the situation.
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🔞 #hardcover | #hc2026 coming Oct @hardcoverart.com · 19/05/2026
The apology is here: updates.kickstarter.com/an-apology-r...
updates.kickstarter.com
An Apology: Rethinking Our Mature Content Guidelines
Last week, we released a set of updates to our rules around mature content. It was our first time publishing a set of detailed, specific guidelines for adult-oriented content on Kickstarter. And hones...
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Pixelated Pope @pixelatedpope.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Just need to vent about how frustrating it is to search for #gamedev articles about "Computer Controlled __AI__" these days. Want to learn how Starcraft units moved around? How Diablo monsters hunt the player? Too bad, here's 30 sites that want you to use Claude to generate a strategy game.
media.tenor.com
a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a window
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a window
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Justi 🦾🔱 @justajustiguy.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
fun weekend project idea for anyone who wants it: look up how many campaigns would retroactively be against the rules and tally up how much Kickstarter has made off of art that it now wants to throw under the bus
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Leigh Alexander @leighalexander.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
PLEASE fuck off i am trying to work
screenshot of the AI prompts that Google Drive now offers to users when they start any new document
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Jarien Skywall @jarienskywall.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
A tale of two cities, only it's more like two separate universes
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
do think this is to be expected in a society that installs grifters and corrupt people at the highest levels who get to operate with impunity. people build tools to democratize that behavior (which are then embraced by the ppl in charge) and the behavior just leeches into the rest of society
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-𝚖𝚘𝚡 @moxiest.art · 19/04/2026
people in power are not supposed to tell you what to care about. they are only supposed to be given power if they care about what you care about. trolley problems will exist in this world but, this country is dictated by trollies being allowed to lay their own tracks.
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Jarien Skywall @jarienskywall.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Wow this is unhinged, manipulatively so b/c they throw in enough "sounds sensible" stuff to trick people into buying into the outrageous parts. You run a corporation profiting from mass murder & mass surveillance, your fallacies don't change that, get off your moral high horse x.com/PalantirTech...
x.com
Palantir on X: "Because we get asked a lot. The Technological Republic, in brief. 1. Silicon Valley owes a moral debt to the country that made its rise possible. The engineering elite of Silicon Valley has an affirmative obligation to participate in the defense of the nation. 2. We must rebel" / X
Because we get asked a lot. The Technological Republic, in brief. 1. Silicon Valley owes a moral debt to the country that made its rise possible. The engineering elite of Silicon Valley has an affirmative obligation to participate in the defense of the nation. 2. We must rebel
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wesley b @wesburt.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
the irony of having a one-on-one HR layoff meeting in the conference room with my Loki mural on it
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The Technician @thetechnician.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Hope #portfolioday is going well for everyone! ^^ I'm a draftsman, graphic designer, and 3D generalist My main themes are pulpy retro scifi, fantasy, and anime. I am currently available for commission, (contact; thetechnician.artist@gmail.com (or Dm me ^^)) #blender #3dart #digitalart #digital
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