Reposted by @mas0menos.bsky.socialDominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 20/08/2026See, this is why I think it's VITAL to differentiate the people making the games from the terrible corporate circumstances they're working under. The people actually doing the work are usually the coolest goddamn people you'll ever meet, fully in it for the love of the (video) game. 101674597 0
Reposted by @mas0menos.bsky.socialAccented Cinema @accentedcinema.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Niu Lai (lit. Cow Come) was released without a press kit. Movie theaters in China have begun making their own posters. Surprisingly, not an AI in sight, just ppl living in the mement. 10829188 0
mas0menos.bsky.social @mas0menos.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Imagine ordering a pizza and expecting praise because you choose the toppings ALL ON YOUR OWN! Then being butthurt because you are not being officially recognized as a professional cheff and nobody wants to second-hand buy the regular-ass pizza you ordered. That's how Gen-AI dorks genuinely think. 000 0
mas0menos.bsky.social @mas0menos.bsky.social · 21/05/2026I think I found a possible inspiration for the synths in Half Life 2 x.com/c10NMvp84p79...x.com森木靖泰 on X: "#自分しか知らないと思うアニメ挙げてけ その昔、「ルーツサーチ」と言うOVAがありましてな…その時描いたイメージボードがこちら。 制作会社が倒産した為、ノーギャラだった事は良い思い出…なんて事は無い‼︎ https://t.co/HaTrHOKli7" / X#自分しか知らないと思うアニメ挙げてけ その昔、「ルーツサーチ」と言うOVAがありましてな…その時描いたイメージボードがこちら。 制作会社が倒産した為、ノーギャラだった事は良い思い出…なんて事は無い‼︎ https://t.co/HaTrHOKli7 100 0
Reposted by @mas0menos.bsky.socialStevoisiak @stevoisiak.bsky.social · 03/02/2026I made a filterlist for uBlock Origin to remove Generative AI features on websites. Includes blocks for * Google AI Summaries * YouTube Ask button & chat summaries * GitHub Copilot * Facebook AI chat * X's Grok buttons * Deviantart DreamUp * Booru AI images * And more github.com/Stevoisiak/S... 3122404811915 0
Reposted by @mas0menos.bsky.socialminimme @minimme.bsky.social · 04/12/2025after reading some video game related discussion online (I do not recommend doing this) I'd like to say that a lot of video game enjoyers really need to expand their horizons into also enoying other formats of art and media. like read a book. at least pop a movie on. anything 13446156 0
Reposted by @mas0menos.bsky.socialChequered Ink @chequered.ink · 01/12/2025HUGE NEWS! We're launching a pack of 10,000 Game Assets for use in your games and other projects across a variety of genres including puzzle, platformer, RPG, Adventure and more. All made by HUMANS, for commercial use in YOUR GAMES! #gamedev #indiedev ci.itch.io/all-game-ass...ci.itch.io10,000 Game Assets by Chequered Ink10k Handmade Assets For Your Games! 1232126 0
Reposted by @mas0menos.bsky.socialDominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 12/11/2025Anyway, just to clarify, I'm just saying that you should be true to yourself. You don't need to lie to yourself about what you enjoyed, or put on a performative show of hating things you know you loved. Life is complicated, messy & painful enough without short-circuiting your own internal wiring. 211013 0
Reposted by @mas0menos.bsky.socialScifi Art @scifiart.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Art by Steve Venters for Shadowrun: Sprawl Sites Sourcebook (1989) 231760 0
mas0menos.bsky.social @mas0menos.bsky.social · 13/11/2025No matter how many times I've seen it, it's always wild to me just how westaboo was Japan in the 80's and early 90's. They weren't even subtle about it! 000 0
mas0menos.bsky.social @mas0menos.bsky.social · 26/08/2025Blackspit is probably the only UT99 gmodder in all of Youtube and you all should know about it. (ACKCHUALLY, he uses Blender but he perfectly nails the spastic and chaotic gmod spirit. Seriously, it's good shit!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUCN...youtube.comUnreal Drawing 99YouTube video by Blackspit 000 0
Reposted by @mas0menos.bsky.socialSasha's Retrobytes 🏳️⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 21/08/2025Bonus cockpit weapon selector screen Third Lightning is such a cool game. It just oozes so much style 💜 3433 0
Reposted by @mas0menos.bsky.socialPC Gamer @pcgamer.com · 20/07/2025"If you're creating value for people the capital will come your way." www.pcgamer.com/gami...pcgamer.comMulti-billionaire Gabe Newell says the whole startup culture of pitching VCs makes no business sense: 'A great way of destroying money and wasting peoples' time'"The key is to ignore all the distractions." 1446 0
Reposted by @mas0menos.bsky.socialDominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 10/07/2025The most absurdly overambitious Duke Nukem 3D fangame gets even more ridiculous in a few months. Nice. I wrote a bit about it (and two other related projects) here. Episode 5, out of a planned 6. Assuming no real-world apocalypse happens, I think it might actually be finished in 2028. Dang. 56216 0
Reposted by @mas0menos.bsky.socialDominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 09/07/2025Jesus, the comments are getting more and more hostile with each hidden gem roundup I do for PC Gamer. Folks get upset at even *hearing* about games that haven't sold big. 67820112 0
Reposted by @mas0menos.bsky.socialShirobon @shirobon.bsky.social · 04/07/2025❗️NEW TRACK ALERT❗️ Pizza Hotline x Shirobon - Mei Ling Listen/download: li.sten.to/meiling 58311 0
Reposted by @mas0menos.bsky.socialDiego @diegochiodini.bsky.social · 04/07/2025 #indiegames #gamedev #indiedevs 4259321626 0
Reposted by @mas0menos.bsky.socialminimme @minimme.bsky.social · 04/07/2025Cool industry we got here where a new IP can be a relative hit and still not survive 🙃 capitalism innit 1321 0
Reposted by @mas0menos.bsky.socialwes @funnywes.bsky.social · 03/07/2025ok but seriously cancel your game pass. with the BDS boycott and the microsoft higher ups constantly bleeding their developers for the most miniscule of gains you'd be doing yourself a favor in the long run not giving those assholes your money. with every passing month they get all the more ghoulish 2728501380 0
Reposted by @mas0menos.bsky.socialJohn Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Honestly, for me, this feels like the final straw. I get it - Microsoft is there to make money blah blah, but this truly feels like Xbox is over. The Switch 2 already took the spot of the Series X in my setup. I've been using more Linux and MacOS too. www.videogamer.com/news/doom-co...videogamer.comDOOM co-creator John Romero’s entire Romero Games studio has been let go following Microsoft layoffs as Xbox cuts funding for new FPSMicrosoft layoffs have resulted in cut funding for independant studio Romero Games as the studio lays off its entire workforce. 81995159 0
Reposted by @mas0menos.bsky.socialJohn Michonski @john.gamesline.net · 03/07/2025These are the people making the choices that lead to massive job loss. These are the complete morons who will continue to make more money than most people can fathom, flitting from company to company, with no care in the world. The dumbest, cruelest people who provide nothing to society. 215670 0
Reposted by @mas0menos.bsky.socialShirobon @shirobon.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Metal Gear Solid meets Jungle? Mei Ling drops tomorrow 👀 Shirobon x Pizza Hotline 47212 0
Reposted by @mas0menos.bsky.socialKenny Lauderdale @kennylauderdale.bsky.social · 28/06/2025"Animation? I didn't watch Akira for the Animation. In fact, I wish it were live action. That'd be WAY better" If somebody says this to you, run. 830661 0
Reposted by @mas0menos.bsky.socialAccented Cinema @accentedcinema.bsky.social · 27/06/2025Just saw someone said "AI is democratizing art"... Do people think artists horde their talent like billionaires horde their wealth??? 36012 0
Reposted by @mas0menos.bsky.socialSasha's Retrobytes 🏳️⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 25/06/2025Download and emulate the PS1 original instead of putting any coin to this slop. 1128779 0
Reposted by @mas0menos.bsky.socialTechnology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 25/06/2025Is this what will finally get Gamers™ to understand why every single time I see "historical footage of [place] REMASTERED 60FPS" I die a little inside? 591652153 0
Reposted by @mas0menos.bsky.socialKenny Lauderdale @kennylauderdale.bsky.social · 26/01/2025DVD vs. Original film negatives. 1345878 0
Reposted by @mas0menos.bsky.socialCasey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 24/06/2025I got to talk to Ross on my Stream a while back about the Stop Killing Games initiative, and it's a shame the traction has stopped, so even if I'm a relatively tiny streamer, let's see if we can't give this another push? If you're in an EU citizen, it'll take 2 mins: www.stopkillinggames.com/ecistopkillinggames.comStop Killing Games 2822311574 0
Reposted by @mas0menos.bsky.socialSasha's Retrobytes 🏳️⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Happy 25th birthday, Deus Ex! With games like this, System Shock 2, Homeworld, and the incoming Diablo II, it felt like PC gaming was truly on the ascendant. I'd shifted focus more or less exclusively to PC gaming in 2000; Deus Ex's bombastic title screen captures that excitement for me. 26428105 0
Reposted by @mas0menos.bsky.socialpc2000s @pc2000s.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Famous for a soundtrack that gets stuck in your head for 25 years 27420 0
Reposted by @mas0menos.bsky.socialpc2000s @pc2000s.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Deus Ex (2000) Happy birthday to a real one 4338100 0
Reposted by @mas0menos.bsky.socialSasha's Retrobytes 🏳️⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 23/06/2025I've just been made aware of this mod; the creators really went the extra mile for it. No simple gender/model swap; they re-recorded 1700 lines of spoken dialogue, added new NPCs and tweaked others, and made sure pronoun swaps were included across all text. Amazing.moddb.comThe Lay D Denton Project mod for Deus ExThe Lay D Denton project is an effort to provide a FULL seamless female JC Denton experience. Features include: -A complete female JC voiceover -Female JC model -All pronouns and gender references mod... 271273461 0
Reposted by @mas0menos.bsky.socialThe Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 23/06/2025Deus Ex, a sci-fi masterpiece, was released 25 years ago today! In a year's time, we'll have covered half the distance between this cyberpunk game's release and the events recounted in its story, set in 2052. 🤯 1020248 0
Reposted by @mas0menos.bsky.social台羽正 @tadashidaiba.bsky.social · 21/06/2025Dodonpachi original sketches 14610 0
Reposted by @mas0menos.bsky.socialDan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 20/06/2025This so-called news site is starting to follow comics folks, but they use AI illustrations all over the place, ChatGPT-generated editorials, and - worst of all - they're scraping material from sites like Broken Frontier, and clumsily rewording it (while leaving the original site's name in the copy). 8289172 0
Reposted by @mas0menos.bsky.socialSasha's Retrobytes 🏳️⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 20/06/2025Some more snaps from the arcade I went to earlier today (Retro Realm), this time taken with our 2002 4MP Sony CD Mavica camera. I looooove how this camera handles bright screens and marquees, and how they have a timeless quality. 1224034 0
Reposted by @mas0menos.bsky.socialPedro Soares @peachflavor3d.bsky.social · 16/06/2025The artwork of #NinjaScroll by Yutaka Minowa used on the cover of the Japanese LaserDisc release. Removed logos, applying the usual upscale/clean/retouch process. Kudos to @wiz_kaleb (on the other social platform) for sharing the scan some time ago! 37719 0
Reposted by @mas0menos.bsky.socialRetro Tech Dreams @retrotechdreams.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Deus Ex (2000) 919927 0
Reposted by @mas0menos.bsky.socialDominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 14/06/2025The whole situation with Mindseye really highlights that there's whole cottage industries on YouTube DESPERATE for high-profile trash to be released. If they don't have something fresh to make performatively angry videos about, or point and laugh at, they've got nothing much to offer. 81128 0
Reposted by @mas0menos.bsky.socialKenny Lauderdale @kennylauderdale.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Those people who hoard lost media make me really sad. Imagine you're the only person to see some show from 1985. Your entire life centered around betamax tapes. Then someone else puts it on the internet archive & they just have nothing. That's like some parable from Greek myth. 615816 0
Reposted by @mas0menos.bsky.socialDominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 13/06/2025A reminder that numerical scores are bullshit and mean nothing. Usually an afterthought required by the publisher, and something the reviewer loathes to include as it destroys all the nuance of a 1000+ word opinion piece and tries to condense it to a one or two-digit integer. 3719 0