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Curiouser LLC @soi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Say what you want, but you'll miss Fable-speak when it's gone. #AI #anthropic

Curiouser LLC @soi.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The Overton window is widening because people are getting extremely rich doing it. It's an attention economy. If you want attention, you do "edgy" sh*t. You nudge the Overton window in a way your audience likes or hates. They get dopamine. You get 💵. Rinse and Repeat. ♾️

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Muppet Pictures @muppetpictures.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

RIP to Tim Curry, another friend of the Muppets gone too soon.

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Curiouser LLC @soi.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Want to help an indie game company test out a new game? It's a twist on crosswords and Midnight Monkey wants to know if it's fun or not! 5 min play time. No download or install. Mobile and web friendly. Monkey Business. Can you solve the puzzle? Click and find out! 🐵 #videogames #indie #gamedev

midnightmonkey.games

CROSSCLUES – Midnight Monkey Games

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Curiouser LLC @soi.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

If an AI can help a lone founder create what is now a billion dollar tech startup, then that's really an end of tech startups as they exist now. Because if one person + AI can make it, anyone + AI can make it, so who is going to "buy" it? Tech startups will have to adapt. 👇

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Matt Patches @misterpatches.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

One thing video games have over film is collecting shards. Regardless of how big Christopher Nolan goes with his camera, his movies will never allow us to collect shards.

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Curiouser LLC @soi.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

People are very mad about Sony ending the production of physical games. In other words people are very mad about the wrong thing. It's the DRM, not the disks. If you can't play the game without logging in for permission, share it, or copy it, who cares if it's on a disk? #Sony #PlayStation

theguardian.com

PlayStation says it will stop making physical games – and that should worry us all

Sony’s announcement spells the end of a whole ecosystem built by superfan collectors – and signals a troubling shift in the industry

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Curiouser LLC @soi.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

I really love being alive in this era when the AI is still bad at so much. We get the fun of "solving" things. Going to be crazy in a couple decades or so. #AI

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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

You cannot convince me that a technology where I can type this into a text box and expect to get an interesting, appropriate, and working output is not absolutely astonishing.

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Curiouser LLC @soi.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

It seems to be a fad for egregores, tulpas, golems, and memes to go completely feral.

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Curiouser LLC @soi.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Hey all! My discussion with @rushkoff.com on the Team Human podcast is live so please check it out! From the dawn of the internet to the AI revolution; a conversation about games, magic, AI, optimism, and caution. ✌️🤖

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Curiouser LLC @soi.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Tech companies keep firing people and telling us that it's because of AI. I believe the reality is that they're firing people because no one enjoys using their products anymore. "AI efficiency" sounds a lot better than "becoming irrelevant". #AI

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Curiouser LLC @soi.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

I have to post again. 5,000 game demos. How the hell do people decide what to play?

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Curiouser LLC @soi.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

I was in NY last month and had the fantastic opportunity to be invited to participate (in person, no zoom!) in Douglas Rushkoff's Team Human podcast! Episode dropping soon :) Until then, check out all his fine work here: www.teamhuman.fm #teamhuman

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Curiouser LLC @soi.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Just got out of The Backrooms movie. Or did I? #backrooms

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Curiouser LLC @soi.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

I love it that the first jungle gym was an educational game created in the hopes that children could understand the fourth dimension. "Mimsy Were the Bogoves" iykyk #notsciencefiction

youtube.com

The first jungle gym was meant to hack kids' brains

YouTube video by Tom Scott

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Curiouser LLC @soi.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Hey! If you’re interested in Gen AI and games and the safety issues of millions of people chatting with live AI my GDC talk is up for free. Check it out! #AI #gamedev #gdc

gdcvault.com

Playing with the Shoggoth: Safety in Games with Generative AI (Presented by GameSafe)

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Curiouser LLC @soi.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Little bit of game news and some context. NBC is creating a Wordle game show. However, it was already a televised game show in the 80's called Lingo! Also the game itself is the last of a lineage of similar games starting with "Cows and Bulls" in the early 1900's. #wordle #iruineditforyou

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NBC orders ‘Wordle’ game show hosted by Savannah Guthrie | CNN Business

Five years ago, Wordle was just a game that creator Josh Wardle played with his partner. Wardle sold the game to The New York Times. Now it’s becoming a prime-time game show on NBC.

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Curiouser LLC @soi.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

I have never felt so seen. Finally someone understands how I feel when I eat a great lunch. 🙏 #lunch #kpop #unchild

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Curiouser LLC @soi.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I think sometimes UX is the window into the dead-eyed soul of this new crop of tech companies. I signed up for OpenRouter and after creating my account a marketing survey popped up on every page with no way to cancel it. It's hard, as a UX designer, to convey how creepy this is. #UX #AI

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Curiouser LLC @soi.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

I love PAX East. It’s a conference where you are encouraged to actually play games. Prototypes, 40 year old games, TTRPGs, AAA titles, and everything else. Just thousands of people playing games together. #paxeast #games #❤️

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Curiouser LLC @soi.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Heading to PAX East this Friday if anyone wants to chat about AI and game design :)

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Curiouser LLC @soi.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Lol 😆 I just love creators unafraid of cringe and criticism. It’s like sci-fi from back in the day. @trishacode.com!!

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Curiouser LLC @soi.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

I don’t know how to make this sound as exciting as it feels. But an AI can make all kinds of software just by asking it. You don’t have to buy anything. The feature set is whatever you want it to be. No ads. No subscriptions. Just 15 minutes and a few bucks. #AI #genai

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Curiouser LLC @soi.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

$6k a month is a ton for a non-profit or individual but it’s nothing for some companies. Some get their storage at cost anyway. Surely as we build all these massive new processing facilities someone can give a little back? Come on! 😤

comicbook.com

Gamers Just Saved the Largest Repository of Retro Games From Closing Forever

A massive online repository of retro game files has been saved from being lost, thanks to an army of dedicated video game preservationists.

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Curiouser LLC @soi.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Just got back from speaking about live generative AI in games at GDC. What a crowd! AI may not be making a splash at most game conventions but at the developers conference it was EVERYWHERE. I felt right at home here! AI tools, vibe coding platforms, and games are coming fast! #AI #gamedev

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Curiouser LLC @soi.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Getting ready to give my talk on Generative AI and safety at GDC! #ai #gdc

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Curiouser LLC @soi.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Excited to share I'll be giving a talk on Safety in Games with Generative AI at GDC this year! Find out what happens when your "content" is also a content creator! Adversarial creativity ensues. If you're in town and want to talk about AI in games, let me know. ! ✨ #AI #gamedev #GDC

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Playing with the Shoggoth: Safety in Games with Generative AI (Presented by GameSafe) | Agenda | GDC Festival of Gaming

The GDC Festival of Gaming program blends expert insight with interactive formats designed to spark ideas, sharpen skills, and connect communities.

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Curiouser LLC @soi.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Backrooms movie plot thoughts The backrooms has always reminded me of an AI. Close, but not quite right. The style but too many fingers. Form, but no understanding of the *use*. Close enough. It isn't proc-gen. That would be random and endless, but correct. #backrooms 🧵

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Curiouser LLC @soi.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Ads are coming to AI and this is bad * ♾️ . I'm an AI enthusiast, however AI ads border on catastrophic harm. They have too much information and the AI is much too persuasive. It will be the most manipulative form of advertising ever created. #AI #OpenAI #ads

nbcnews.com

OpenAI starts testing ads in ChatGPT

OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, says ads will affect users of free and Go tiers of the app.

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Curiouser LLC @soi.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Ads are coming to AI. But not to Anthropic's Claude. This is a very funny Super Bowl ad. 🔥🔥🔥OpenAI🔥🔥🔥 #AI #Claude #Anthropic #SuperBowl

youtube.com

Can I get a six pack quickly?

YouTube video by Anthropic

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Focaccai Games @focaccai.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Not enough jams welcome AI development, so we made our own! 😅👍 itch.io/jam/ai-brows... Devs will have 2 weeks to make a game using AI tools. Any engine is fine, as long as it runs in the browser. Join if you dare! 🚀 #AIGameJam

itch.io

AI Browser Game Jam

A game jam from 2026-02-20 to 2026-03-13 hosted by Focaccai. Focaccai AI Browser Game Jam Welcome! This jam exists to encourage more people to experiment with AI-assisted game development. There still...

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Curiouser LLC @soi.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Opus 4.6 is out from @anthropic.com and I'm still getting over how good 4.5 is! Always love @emollick.bsky.social's academic memes! This one is bananas. 👏 #Claude #AI #Opus #Anthropic

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Curiouser LLC @soi.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

AI tools to help children (and adults) make games absolutely makes sense. AI-enabled Roblox is going to make it easier for millions of kids to realize their ideas. Fantastic! www.gamesindustry.biz/roblox-debut... #AI #gamedev #gamedesign

gamesindustry.biz

Roblox debuts tool for players to AI-generate interactive in-game objects, promises "full scene generation" is coming

News follows share price plunge following debut of Google's Genie world-generation tool

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Curiouser LLC @soi.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Seriously I'm glad I was raised in the 80's and can sustain myself indefinitely on irony. @sfwa.org ruled that there can be no AI or LLMs used at any point in the writing process for stories submitted for the sci-fi Nebula Awards. At least they support science in fiction? #AI #nebula #scifi

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Curiouser LLC @soi.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

I've rarely seen anything that illustrates how profoundly investors misunderstand AI and games. It's cool, but Google's Genie is as far away from creating video games as it is from writing and directing a blockbuster movie. www.theverge.com/games/871348... #genie #google #videogames #AI #gamedev

theverge.com

Video game company stock prices dip after Google introduces an AI world-generation tool

Prediction markets.

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Curiouser LLC @soi.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

It’s inevitable that AI is going to be used in almost all game production pipelines. Also inevitable that the x100 boost is based in hype, not reality. But x2 or even x0.5 is probably a good enough reason to use it for most studios. #AI #gamedev

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Gavin @shhhitsgavin.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

I think about this picture I took of the Queen’s Gambit board game in 2022 a lot.

The Queen’s Gambit board game with a small sign in front of it saying “NOT CHESS”

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GameRant @gamerant.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Embark Studios CEO Patrick Söderlund defends the use of AI in ARC Raiders and urges players to "step back" and understand how it can help developers. bit.ly/3N8NjEj

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Curiouser LLC @soi.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

If I vibe-code a piece of software I learn a lot more about coding than someone who just installs and uses the code. Same with art, writing, music, or anything else. Creating is better than not creating IMHO. AI or not. 🤷‍♂️ #AI

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Curiouser LLC @soi.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Just surfacing this reply that turned into a little thread on how to restructure AAA studios. Let me know what you think. Yeah, I just saved the gaming industry. You're so welcome everyone! 🦸‍♂️🏆🥇 #gamedev #gamedesign

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Curiouser LLC @soi.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

It’s clear that any mobile slop shop can pop out a f2p mobile game in a week or less. Because they do. If they had good game designers each game could be a lottery ticket. It’s not their technical ability that’s lacking; it’s their design ability. #gamedev #gamedesign

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Curiouser LLC @soi.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

If I ran a AAA studio I would already be restructuring to hire indie game designers and exploring how to make under $15 “indie games” #gamedev #gamedesign

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