iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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I frequently see "AI" boosters implying that LLMs are simply an innate and superior part of coding now, inescapable, and that literally all programmers agree with them. And, well. That, too, is a form of propaganda

Looking at my software peers in 2026 I see fatigued faces, I see frustration, and I see a lot of people looking for a way out of an industry that seems poised on the brink of collapse. LLMs are being pushed on us at every turn, most people seem at best frustrated by them, and ultimately they seem to appeal most to people who see the production of software as a purely mechanical means to an end. They are antithetical, however, to the idea of software as a craft, or something requiring both initial and ongoing care. As an expression of the soul.

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yaoi gagarin @mel.bzky.team · 11h

this may be controversial to some but i think even if a rapist has gone to therapy they still shouldnt have a public platform

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Nebula @nebula.tv · 13h

Jacob Geller is no longer a part of Nebula. Ongoing projects have been terminated effective immediately, and his content has been removed from our catalog.

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Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 12h

This sucks for many reasons. But I think it's worth emphasizing how selfish and duplicitous it is to go work with a public-facing, community-focused media org like MinnMax without disclosing this part of your past to them. (MinnMax confirmed to me they were not told.) Please support them if you can

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Jordan Kurella @jordankurella.com · 16h

waking up every day in 2026 like:

a construction sign on the side of the highway that says "IT'S COMING IT'S BAD"

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MinnMax @minnmax.com · 17h

Jacob Geller is no longer a part of MinnMax. He won't be on content moving forward and we won't be publicly airing this week's episode of The MinnMax Show. We're in shock and deeply hurt. Thank you for your patience during this sensitive time.

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👻👹 boo-rit 👹👻 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 23h

bsky mods when they review my posts

•Erica, 40, Republican, Latino, customer service
“Bad”

•Pam, 66, Republican, white, retired
“Amoral”

•Becky, 51, Democrat, white, retail
“Disgusting”

•Robert S., 52, Republican, Latino, human resources
“Two words: morally corrupt”

•Hitesh, 57, Republican, Asian, looking for work
“Disgusting”

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Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social · 20h

Take a look at Mothership's homepage and just look at the range of bylines it's already enabled. One of only a few, green shoots in the games media right now and as the last few days have highlighted, its existence feels absolutely vital.

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Mike X. Nichols @mikexnichols.bsky.social · 19h

It’s October 1st

David Lynch. Next to him is a graphic with a Halloween jack-o-lantern and the text, “Devil’s Night.”

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SpeckObst @speckobst.bsky.social · 21h

Did everyone else receive a different game than me???

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Carolyn Petit @carolynmichelle.bsky.social · 21h

I'm sorry, "Metacritic bonuses" are still a thing?! They should never be a thing! If I play your game and review it and it didn't work for me and I don't think it's good, that doesn't mean the people who made it should get paid any less!

As well as having the life-changing impact of losing a job, imminent layoffs at The Coalition could also lead to another financial loss for current employees. According to Eurogamer, E-Day developers were working under the assumption of receiving a so-called “Metacritic bonus,” a pay-out should the game achieve a given Metacritic score based on critics’ reviews. However, according to the terms, to be eligible for this you still have to be working at the company at the time of the pay-out, which is expected to be “near the end of October.” Anyone let go before that could possibly no longer receive the reward for their work.

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SpeckObst @speckobst.bsky.social · 21h

Everytime I hear that 12 hours is a short campaign, i feel the risk of an aneurysm going up.

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HokutoAndy 🤜🤜➡️ 🦶👊 @hokutoandy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Ex-Capcom Street Fighter artist myth Akira Yasuda on how Elden Ring still looks better than higher fidelity fantasy games because FromSoftware is good at art the way Edo period Ukiyo-e artists like Hiroshige and Hokusai composed evocative landscapes: automaton-media.com/en/news/this...

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“This is what it means to be good at art.” Capcom veteran Akiman on why Elden Ring’s environments stand out even among higher fidelity AAAs - AUTOMATON WEST

Former Capcom art director and character designer Akiman (Akira Yasuda) talks about the strengths of FromSoftware's "controlled" environment design.

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Phil Salvador @philsalv.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We don't talk enough about the soundtrack of Fuck's Quest II, which was clearly made by someone who understands how to compose music and used that knowledge for evil

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Chairman George @superbunnyhop.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"I'm so happy we won the gay award, but I just need to announce that it does NOT make me gay or woke or anything, bro!"

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Gef the Toking Mongoose @geftokingmongoose.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Me talking about someone I've posted with on the same social media site for a long time but never actually met

Still from the television show What We Do in the Shadows showing Laszlo speaking. Text reads "he's my best friend, he's my pal. He's my homeboy, my rotten soldier. He's my sweet cheese, my good-time boy."

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SpeckObst @speckobst.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I was holding out for actual evidence but this sure seems pretty fucking bad.

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 01/10/2026

everything about the jacob geller allegations is deeply upsetting and traumatising, from the details themselves to their being publicised on twitter by third party texts seemingly without any consultation with the victim to the armchair detective posting that followed

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SpeckObst @speckobst.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If you fall for these tactics, you should be barred from the industry.

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Lum @brokentoys.social · 29/09/2026

this is why x is a very toxic environment for every game developer. you are never going to win an argument with asmongold and his millions of friends no matter how wrong they are (and they are) being a worse human is in fact asmongold's entire thing and made him a millionaire, why would he stop

kotaku.com

WoW: Forever Ban Controversy Forces Blizzard Dev To Delete Account After Asking Players To Be 'Better Humans'

Otherwise, the beta has been going great

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SpeckObst @speckobst.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I honestly think most of this shit would vanish overnight, if Twitter goy nuked. The Youtube channels are already super insular and would also lose their only source of “information”

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SpeckObst @speckobst.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Honestly wish we’d go back to tacked on multiplayer modes. At least the base game wasn’t stretched with semi open world bullshit and I could simply ignore any extra modes. I know it still takes resources away but so does all of this nonsense (probably even more).

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"Why are you crying?" "I am fed up" "From what?" "Life" Emir Nader: "Laras father was killed last year whilst searching for food.. UNICEF says nearly all children in Gaza require urgent mental health & psychosocial support"

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shaun @shaunvids.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

i know a lot of people really, really want gaza to be a two-sides issue that maps cleanly onto US electoral politics, but it isn't. the mainstream of both parties supports the genocide, because the US as an institution supports the genocide. i know that's uncomfortable but you can't run away from it

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shaun @shaunvids.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

& 5 minutes later when the next shipment of weapons arrived as scheduled, netanyahu concluded that biden was a weak bluffing fool who he could completely ignore to zero consequence

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John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I remain pretty bummed out by the state of decompilations, ports, FPGA cores etc these days. The rise of GenAI has really flooded the whole scene with garbage and kinda poisoned the whole concept. Good piece from @pandamonium.bsky.social on it www.segasaturnshiro.com/2026/09/24/c...

segasaturnshiro.com

Column: All A.I. Projects Are Digital Asbestos

The views expressed in this article do not necessarily represent the views of all SHIRO! Media Group contributors. The cost of modern day video game consoles and personal computers have skyrocketed…

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SpeckObst @speckobst.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Ah yes, this will work wonderfully of course

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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Apropos of nothing, here's the callout I wrote for Eurogamer about the glaring lack of female voices in the games media. I wrote this in *2018*. Things did seem to get better for a while but now we're backsliding again and the reasons for it haven't changed. www.eurogamer.net/why-the-game...

eurogamer.net

Why the games media has a diversity problem - this website especially

Eurogamer has far too low a proportion of articles by female writers. Keza MacDonald, the Guardian's games editor, explains why this happens and what can be don

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

The formatting of this Beckett quote does still represent resilience and determination, just of a very different sort.

A neon light art piece of Samuel Beckett's famous quote "I can't go on. I'll go on" but spaced - it would seem inadvertently- so that it reads "I can't goon. I'll goon".

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BearhAHHH!!t @fussybabybit.ch · 28/09/2026

You catch that big video essay last night?

coworkers deviously luring you over to the water cooler

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Writing on Games @writingongames.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Just... no fucking words anymore.

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Jiikae @jiikae.com · 29/09/2026

I find it funny when people talk about how games are this art form that can make you feel emotions, but then you bring up something like wanting more games to have timers & people will say its bad design "because it makes me anxious" So emotions only allowed through story, not gameplay. Got it lol.

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⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie) @stinasdemons.com · 28/09/2026

It's that day again. Use any and all resources available to help you through it. (And, as always, #FuckAI)

Reminder to treat your body like a data center:
1. Consume as much water and literature as possible
2. Upset the local city council with your existence

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Robin LeBlanc, from work @robinfromwork.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The film is written, directed, and co-stars Hitoshi Ozawa, a legendary Yakuza actor who is a villain in Yakuza 0, who got his fellow legends involved. This was his passion project inspired by one of his best friends, a trans woman, and he worked with the community for representative casting.

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Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

NEW: In January, I was sent a threatening and absurd email by Bobby Kotick's lawyers It was unsettling I've wanted to tell readers about it, but didn't want to step on Mikhail's toes. Now that his report is out, here's my experience of standing up for my work www.gamefile.news/p/bobby-koti...

gamefile.news

Bobby Kotick’s lawyers sent me a bad email (and later apologized)

Part of a broader strategy by the former Activision CEO to shape press coverage

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SpeckObst @speckobst.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Loved Primetime. Superb performances from everyone. Great soundtrack and probably my favorite visual style of the year so far. They really went above and beyond to capture the technology of the time. Also was surprised how funny the movie was considering the subject matter.

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Willa Harlow Ross @willaharlowross.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

FINAL FIGHT 1cc on hardest dips. Win/popoff clip here; full video linked in the next post. Will also do a commentary at some point soon.

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Haze Arquebus @reapthegirlwind.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

finally, bugfuck nowhere

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SpeckObst @speckobst.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It's not 2008 anymore. You can't be the game director for every big Bethesda RPG. Just pick one and let someone else do the rest. Not like you're the creator of Elder Scrolls or Fallout anyway lol

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