Reposted by MaxxyStacey Mason @stcymsn.bsky.social · 15/10/2024Formal affordances are the elements that pull a player toward certain actions, they “cry out” for the player to take those actions. Material affordances are the actions a system actually allows the player to take. Agency occurs when the two are in balance. (Mateas 2001) 6922356
Reposted by MaxxyBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/09/2026Ron Cobb’s original signage designs for Alien, made with felt tip pen and graph paper. humanoidhistory.tumblr.com/post/8286472... 71356376
Maxxy @maxdoesnotexist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026That's been Trump's whole pitch. "Your lives suck, and *only I* can fix it!" 000
Reposted by MaxxyAnna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Related: “how can you write when you’re young/poor/uneducated/have never traveled?” Writing isn’t just for people of means. It can’t be. 721436
Reposted by MaxxyGail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Writing "wisdom" I hate: WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW. This is the worst advice ever. It would be better if it was KNOW MORE SO YOU CAN WRITE ABOUT IT. Every good writer I know is constantly researching and getting new information and asking experts. It's a terrible bit of advice! 1031613310
Maxxy @maxdoesnotexist.bsky.social · 21/09/2026"What if we made your phone's keyboard suggestion engine so powerful it could kill every human being" is such a ridiculous premise. We need to stop calling this shit AI like it's HAL 9000 or GLaDOS. 000
Maxxy @maxdoesnotexist.bsky.social · 21/09/2026If you see this, post your favorite Disney character currently.static.klipy.comSadness HelloAlt: Sadness, from Inside Out 010
Reposted by MaxxySmooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026when ai leaves u behind 74255609586
Maxxy @maxdoesnotexist.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Watched the 40th Anniversary screening of Transformers, and had some thoughts: boxd.it/gpz4Ulboxd.itA ★★★ review of The Transformers: The Movie (1986)This review may contain spoilers. Visit the page to bypass this warning and read the review. 000
Maxxy @maxdoesnotexist.bsky.social · 20/09/2026"Actually it's perfectly normal and acceptable to imagine the sex lives of strangers on the street" says the comic strip that does that every day 040
Maxxy @maxdoesnotexist.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Peeper/Peeping (something) Can't decide if the (something) should be a pun that rhymes with Tom or just some other common name, to emphasize how mundane they are in the world. It's not a threat, just a perv trying to get its rocks off like the rest of us. 001
Maxxy @maxdoesnotexist.bsky.social · 19/09/2026And once they're installed, you get the same gui versions you're used to in Windows. Launch them from the start menu or pin icons to a task bar. It's the same experience for everything. 0410
Reposted by MaxxyCalvin Lin @calvinloveinternet.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The best part of being an artist is that you can just draw whatever dumb idea comes to your head at 1am 147206345682
Maxxy @maxdoesnotexist.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Have you heard the good news about our Lord and Savior Jesus Chrysler? 000
Reposted by MaxxyLonestar Gooner @lonestargooner.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Your regular reminder that GenAI: -is NOT sentient -will NEVER become sentient -is not hacking with volition -will ALWAYS be at risk of hallucination -WILL NOT LEAD TO AGI. These voices cut through the hype and obfuscation: - @edzitron.com - @doctorow.pluralistic.net -Cal Newport -Gary Marcus 813334
Reposted by MaxxyBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 09/09/2026We can fix this, just as our not-so-distant ancestors did when they tamed *their* robber barons. It won't be easy. It starts with remembering. 513930
Reposted by MaxxyBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 09/09/2026It's one thing to learn to hit a ball by swinging at it and watching where it goes - it's another altogether to swing blindfolded, go home, and then, eight years later, have someone tell you where the ball ended up. No one would start smoking if the first puff caused visible tumors. 1779
Reposted by MaxxyComic Book Couples Counseling @cbccpodcast.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Art by Daniel Warren Johnson. From his Insta. 81608624
Maxxy @maxdoesnotexist.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Submitting to right wing framing on these issues just gives more power to the right wing. If both sides agree that there is a problem, the side proposing the most drastic solution looks like they're more serious to the general public. 000
Reposted by MaxxyBut Thou Mustelid @rewhan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026GOD am I sick to my eye teeth of that excuse. "If we just didn't give them ammo-" motherf- they own the munition factories! 1192
Reposted by MaxxyColin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 10/09/2026god it kills me just how dead on MLK was about people wanting the absence of tension more than the presence of justice and it applies to like literally any issue. totally on your side, support you 100 percent - so long as you can achieve your goals invisibly, unseen, unheard. 13515
Reposted by MaxxyMike Rugnetta @mikerugnetta.com · 08/09/2026How do I get this kind of client work, but not evil? Is there a pathway towards being a crooked government contractor that doesn’t involve suffering and death? Give me $1.1M to make one podcast episode or content strategy deck, you cowards. 2572
Reposted by Maxxy꼬리별 @kkoribyeol-tf.bsky.social · 04/01/2025TFIDW) 아기고양이 TFIDW) KITTEN #Soundwave #Ravage 022369
Reposted by MaxxyOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 08/09/2026A reminder for all the nostalgia takes this week: Fuck Bush. 1849485
Reposted by MaxxyAlison Lührs @alisontheperson.bsky.social · 07/09/2026static.klipy.comHomestar Runner: Todaybor Day is Labor Day!ALT: Homestar Runner: Todaybor Day is Labor Day! 3356160
Maxxy @maxdoesnotexist.bsky.social · 04/09/2026If this is the same video I watched (how many recent 6 hour videos about GamerGate can there be), it wasn't even actually about GamerGate so much as a targeted history of Zoe Quinn's posting history specifically. There's maybe one sentence talking about how it was co-oped by right wing politics. 000
Maxxy @maxdoesnotexist.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I grew up in New Jersey but I've been in Texas for the past 25 years. I guess this is what happens when you're raised by TV? mydialect.us/quiz-standar... 010
Maxxy @maxdoesnotexist.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Even this isn't good enough. The entire IP is tarnished. Engaging with the brand through mockery still lends value to the brand. Even if you're getting stuff from third parties, like an Etsy bumper sticker that says "my other ride is a broomstick" in the HP font, still reinforces the IP. 000
Reposted by MaxxyRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952 483192516889
Reposted by Maxxyevieeion 🩷 @strifehart.bsky.social · 01/09/2026what…beauty #transformers #maccadams 016644
Reposted by MaxxyAmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 29/08/2026not a single person has wondered whether dolly's life had any meaning because she didn't have any kids. it's almost like your legacy is about what YOU do with your time here.static.klipy.comMind Blown ReactionALT: Mind Blown Reaction 13371671163
Maxxy @maxdoesnotexist.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Now there's a whole infrastructure built up to latch on to folks pining for "the good old days" (childhood) and have a ready made narrative about who's responsible and what you can do to help fight back. 010
Maxxy @maxdoesnotexist.bsky.social · 30/08/2026It's still worth being aware of how easily conservatives have latched on to nostalgia movements like this. Conservatives may not have started GamerGate as a political movement, but they were happy to give them a narrative and help build an industry around grievance criticism. 110
Maxxy @maxdoesnotexist.bsky.social · 27/08/2026"There's a thin line between being a hero, and being a memory" 000
Reposted by Maxxy🎃 🩸 𝕂𝕪𝕝𝕖 𝕆𝕣𝕕 🩸 🎃 @therealkyleord.bsky.social · 25/08/2026❤️youtu.beDolly Parton - I Will Always Love You (Live)YouTube video by ShoutFactoryVEVO 0338
Reposted by MaxxyMaria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · 25/08/2026Not complaining about how kids can't read: Reading to them. Giving them books. 114915
Maxxy @maxdoesnotexist.bsky.social · 24/08/2026I can't believe we got GTA VI before we got GTA VI 000
Reposted by MaxxyAmonaly SSR @amonalyssr.bsky.social · 02/12/2024WASPINATOR MEGA COOL!!! #Transformers #TransformersAnimated 05014
Maxxy @maxdoesnotexist.bsky.social · 21/08/2026I didn't even notice the AI slop picture at first because I was already mad about paying $13.50 for a breakfast burrito 000
Maxxy @maxdoesnotexist.bsky.social · 20/08/2026This feels like an even dumber version of McCarthyism. "Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of the Lucasfilm Story Group?!" Give the committee some names and maybe they'll let you go. 000
