iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

if you can't be bothered to make your own game i can't really be bothered to play it

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 01/09/2026

i don't think i should be required to work hard and do a good job when everyone with power over my life barely works and does a bad job

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Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

How do I explain to small business owners that the menu on the left is one billion times more appealing than the one on the right

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 13/08/2026

in a normal world this would have instantly ended this man's professional career

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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 12/08/2026

You may be thinking, why didn't the waiter ask before putting shit in my food? Well, if we asked, no one would want to have shit in their food.

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Phil Salvador @philsalv.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Years ago, Twitch gave people fun emotes to encourage them to opt into 2FA, a vital security feature. But this time around, they know this (non-essential) feature shit sucks so they're just forcing it on

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Darío @dariosamo.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Somebody asked me on Reddit why people who use AI to generate Recomp projects are currently being rejected from the communities and what they can do to fix this. I might tweak parts of this to be a more general blog post at some point, but this should be of help to anyone in a similar situation.

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Matt Sayer @macka1080.itch.io · 01/08/2026

Can't stop thinking about what Halo: Campaign Evolved would have looked like with id Engine instead of Unreal.

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 29/07/2026

All the video game studios that refuse to use generative AI aftermath.site/video-games-no...

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 29/07/2026

I 100% have not changed a single goddamn thing about how I write here in the age of "AI." I write how I write. If the "AI" writes anything like how I write, it's because it stole from me. I'm gonna use any punctuation I like, and if it looks "AI"ish to you, you can go fuck yourself.

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Haley MacLean @haleyfax.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

What if I told you that all of the Publishing Agreements I have reviewed in the last 6 months (several dozen) included a no gen AI provision, wherein the use of gen AI in development is a material breach, but companies like Epic and EA are still trying to convince us the industry is cool with it

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Rayne Grimm Vulpes Zer-Duh @raynegrimm.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Reskeeting with alt text But yeah this Ive had quite a few people ask me "wait you've never used it? Why not it's so fun" and I'm there like why would I want someoen else to do the thing I love for me? Its the same as when I say I don't want players to design my world thr making is what I love!

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As a writer who doesn't use Al, it's not like there is some temptation I am resisting.

I am a writer. I engage in the act of writing.

It's like asking if someone who loves to play tennis would prefer sitting on the sidelines and watching a robot play tennis. They'd be like, "No, man, it would just make me want to play tennis."

There's no temptation; the very idea is baffling.

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Dan Olson @foldablehuman.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

It is impressive that AI might actually scale *worse* than Blockchain.

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Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

working on a new project for @aftermath.site: a semi-comprehensive, regularly-updated list of every game studio that refuses to use AI. if that sounds like your studio, message me with the reason(s) why as well as basic details about what you make. DMs open and email is nathan@aftermath.site

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julie muncy @julie.radiantarray.io · 13/07/2026

gdq has done way, way more than most in terms of earning some grace for someone's clear and immediately reversed fuckup

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Games Done Quick @gamesdonequick.com · 12/07/2026

🏁TIME🏁 #SGDQ2026 has raised a total amount of $2,408,701 for @doctorswithoutborders.org!!! Thank you to everyone who made this marathon possible, and to all of you for your amazing generosity & support. 💙 See you next time at #AGDQ2027!! WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!

GDQ audience during the SGDQ 2026 finale with Doctors Without Borders and GDQ staff standing on stage

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Games Done Quick @gamesdonequick.com · 12/07/2026

THAT IS 2 MILLION DOLLARS RAISED FOR @doctorswithoutborders.org!!!! All of your generosity has helped us reach this amazing goal!!! 💙 #SGDQ2026

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Games Done Quick @gamesdonequick.com · 11/07/2026

@doctorswithoutborders.org is the embodiment of compassion knows no borders. When we say we're here together, we mean it. Here to stand for what is right and together as a collective to help those in need. Don't underestimate the impact of your support making this world a better place ❤️ #SGDQ2026

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Games Done Quick @gamesdonequick.com · 09/07/2026

It's canon: Cortex is an ally! #SGDQ2026

TV from the background of the final level of Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time. The text has been modified to say "TRANS RIGHTS".

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Jeff Gerstmann @jeffgerstmann.com · 09/07/2026

I think if you needed any more evidence that the cuts are shortsighted and focused on cutting as deep and as fast as possible with little regard for the future, this is pretty definitive. That engine felt like magic in some spots. A colossal waste of talent and resources.

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OneBGS - Bethesda Game Studios Union @bethesdaunion.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

One way you can show Microsoft your concern is here through the XBOX Player Voice feedback platform: feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/ide...

Yesterday’s layoffs at Bethesda Games Studios were not a cut of “14 layers of management”. We lost dozens of programmers, artists, designers and testers. Many of whom worked at BGS for decades.

If Bethesda fans are worried this will harm the quality of our future games, like TES VI, let Microsoft know!

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Microsoft is laying off 4,800 workers today. Its CEO made $96.5M in 2025, a 22% increase from the previous year. Microsoft made $101B in net income last year — and raked in up to $12.5B in tax breaks from Trump's Big Ugly Bill. This is what a rigged system looks like.

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Matt Sayer @macka1080.itch.io · 04/07/2026

With this renewed frustration over the lack of digital ownership, I hope more people support @gog.com. The preservation and no-DRM work they do provides the closest thing we have to truly owning your digital games.

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John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

One of the issues with the numbers they provide is that things are not equal. There are far more games available digitally than physically so naturally, you’ll see more sales on digital. Digital numbers can also factor in currency purchases for online only titles.

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Frank Cifaldi @frankcifaldi.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

As the director of a historical video game preservation institution, and someone who has dedicated his entire adult life to this cause, this is accurate. We have attempted to work with the industry's trade organization to find a legal path forward, but they refuse to offer a meaningful alternative.

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𝓢𝓽𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓷🤘🎸💙 @redfives.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

New PlayStation marketing just dropped

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Wes Fenlon @wes.readonlymemo.com · 28/06/2026

Remember the internet before Google, before algorithmic feeds, before monolithic social media corralled us onto the same handful of apps? When small, *personal websites* and webrings linking them together reigned supreme? Time to bring it back.

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Introducing Warp Point, a Web 1.0 gaming blog directory built for 2026

It's a webring! And a website!

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John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

In my mind, AI, the specific type of LLMs destroying the world, remains one of the worst creations in human history.

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Faisal فيصل @faisalhamadah.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

It will never stop being funny to me that the street fighter subreddit has a much better, well reasoned ai policy vis a vis literally all universities.

Hi, thanks for posting! We do appreciate you thinking of us even though we have to moderate.

Our stance on all AI generated content (Images, Video, Voiceovers, and whatever else LLM based AI gets up to in the future):

At best, they are approximations of street fighter characters as the AI has no clue what it is trying to create. Because of this, there is no street fighter content so they are not allowed. (rule 1)

Also, they aren't allowed per our source rule. As AI sources cannot be tracked, we must assume that they use uncredited sources in the learning data. (rule 5)

Finally, AI images, video, text, and voiceovers are barely any different than posting a screenshot of a google search. The level of effort is so low that we consider it spam (rule 3).

Because of these reasons, AI art and other AI content is not allowed.

If you would like to contact the moderators about this removal, you can do so here.

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Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

A friendly reminder that Double Fine's Psychodyssey is one of the finest pieces of media ever created, and a must-watch for anyone who cares about video games, yet somehow it's also completely free www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Double Fine PsychOdyssey - YouTube

2 Player Productions and Double Fine Productions present Double Fine PsychOdyssey, an unprecedented documentary experience seven years in the making. Ten yea...

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Wrighty @wrightsnake.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Nice thing to see on my way home.

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Mitch Dyer @mitchyd.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Very pleased with these SGF interviews scrutinizing questionable choices/ethical compromises. Keep this up! Please interrogate devs for why they think plagiarizing other artists is acceptable. Please ask Xbox about their relationship to BDS Please ask what motivates profiting off dead celebrities

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Matt Sayer @macka1080.itch.io · 04/06/2026

It's wild to think GTA V and The Last of Us ran on a console with 256MB of RAM.

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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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Alex Battaglia @dachsjaeger.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Alex here has a great perspective on the looming AI issues in game dev, art work, and why the human art/programmer/playet connection is one of the most important things that this AI trash is actively seeking to replace. Read this!

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lex luddy needs a nap @lexluddy.xyz · 28/05/2026

This kind of shit talking only works when you can walk the walk to back it up and Tim Sweeney just fired 1000 people because his infinite money printer isn't growing as fast as he wants it to.

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Ryan North @ryannorth.ca · 28/05/2026

Part of being an AI user in creative works is convincing yourself that everyone ELSE uses it too, because otherwise you have to confront the reality that you're a faker and a fraud

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Dredgen Dale @xn--eck9c3e.zone · 22/05/2026

Fucking prophetic line

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Aki Orange 🐶🍊 @orangeisborange.com · 21/05/2026

PSA for YouTube Creators! Just wanna share this in case you don't want Google to have access to remix your YouTube shorts with GenAI using Gemini! YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY ENROLLED. Here is what it's doing and how to opt out of said option if you don't want your shorts to be remixed with AI.

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NFG @nfgworld.com · 20/05/2026

I read articles like this and I'm simultaneously incrementing my own "I am right" counter and my "AI users are fucking dumb" counter. Because, I mean, fuck me. kucharski.substack.com/p/real-signa...

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Real signals or artificial stereotypes?

Adventures with a cultural Copilot

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kc 💀 play TRUE LOVE'S CURSE! @npckc.net · 03/05/2026

📢 CALLING ALL NONBINARY GAME DEVS! 📢 i'm helping run a steam sale event to showcase games made by nonbinary devs during the week of international nonbinary day! if you fit this description, fill out the form by may 18 👉 forms.gle/cx9AqFfPqzF9... please share & send to all your nb dev friends!!

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Nonbinary Coded Games Submission Form

This is a submission form for the Steam sale event, Nonbinary Coded Games, which will be happening from July 13 10:00 AM Pacific Time to July 20 10:00 AM Pacific Time. (July 14 is International Non-Bi...

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Wes Fenlon @wes.readonlymemo.com · 26/04/2026

I saw very little Neo Geo+ coverage this week bothering to mention the man who owns SNK, and I think that is a failing. The retro gaming scene continues to shy away from any uncomfortable realities that get in the way of nostalgic good times. It can and should be better than that

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If you're going to hype up the Neo Geo+, at least admit you know about all the blood

Also this issue: RetroAchievements come to the MiSTer, and a PS1 cross between Zelda and Tomb Raider gets a translation.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 25/04/2026

OR JUST WRITE THE THING YOURSELF FOR FUCK'S SAKE IT WILL TAKE LESS TIME THAN WHATEVER THE FUCK THIS IS mashable.com/article/sinc...

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Sinceerly is an AI tool to 'un-AI' your writing

A new ouroboros in the tech world has emerged.

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Bad Hand Books @badhandbooks.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

When you use AI to do your writing, you are telling your audience: “I deserve your attention, but you do not deserve my effort.”

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RJ Palmer 🔜 LBX 637 @rj-palmer.com · 19/04/2026

Its not a hot take but man the way the word "content" is used these days. A vile bit of late stage capitalist propaganda, lumping all forms of human creativity and expression into a single wastebin teaching the public to treat all art as disposable.

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