timluther.bsky.social @timluther.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Yeah but international blue helmeted soldiers on the streets of Tel Aviv, making sure the Israelis aren't killing people would be more effective. 000
timluther.bsky.social @timluther.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Another seven Just Stop Oil supporters acquitted after slow march www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026...thecanary.coAnother seven Just Stop Oil supporters acquitted after slow marchAs in previous Just Stop Oil trials for the same offence, defendants were not allowed to use any legal defences such as reasonable excuse. 011
timluther.bsky.social @timluther.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Counterpoint : maybe they all were, it's just that Trump is traitor-maxxing? 000
timluther.bsky.social @timluther.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Stop with the goddamned AI slop. Art is for artists, find another grift. 010
timluther.bsky.social @timluther.bsky.social · 05/08/2026sorry but it's AI, the background elements are a giveaway. 3411
timluther.bsky.social @timluther.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Been caught out by these too, sometimes takes a few minutes before I realise 'oh, this is *entirely* slop' and immediately turn it off, downvote, ignore channel forever. 110
timluther.bsky.social @timluther.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Why does he need anybody to pay him anything? 100
timluther.bsky.social @timluther.bsky.social · 14/07/2026I think Lucas has always resented having to go to people to get things done - with CGI he was an undisciplined director, throwing everything and the kitchen sink at every scene rather than having some physically imposed restraint. With AI, it'll just be a total mess. 100
timluther.bsky.social @timluther.bsky.social · 12/05/2026It's the people who have never appreciated actual work, talent, skill, effort and ownership who are so blithely excited by this. It seems incredible to me that there could be anybody who fails to understand why so many are upset but then, I've worked for such people so I shouldn't be surprised. 000
timluther.bsky.social @timluther.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Why would they do this though, what's to gain wasting energy lighting up the sky with overpowered lighting? 000
timluther.bsky.social @timluther.bsky.social · 23/04/2026"Make america great again" was always about moving in the _exact_ opposite direction. NASA was the best of the USA, the science and technology soft power that was like a Lighthouse for the world rather than the other glowing tower, the Miltary-industrial Eye of Sauron. 020
timluther.bsky.social @timluther.bsky.social · 22/04/2026People aren't ashamed enough of dependence to a subscription service. I've know my entire life that you only want to be dependent upon people who love you (or at least who want the best for you), everything else is a vulnerability. 031
timluther.bsky.social @timluther.bsky.social · 20/04/2026IIRC the name was a play on 'paper' and 'god' 100
timluther.bsky.social @timluther.bsky.social · 04/04/2026That boy found work later in the movie industrymedia.tenor.coma cartoon bee is standing on a stack of blue boxesALT: a cartoon bee is standing on a stack of blue boxes 010
timluther.bsky.social @timluther.bsky.social · 29/03/2026media.tenor.comtwo women are looking at the camera with the caption talk about pop muzikALT: two women are looking at the camera with the caption talk about pop muzik 010
timluther.bsky.social @timluther.bsky.social · 25/03/2026I is a *nuclear* battery but still, that's just a different battery chemistry that both doesn't need and is much harder to recharge. 000
timluther.bsky.social @timluther.bsky.social · 03/03/2026I like your zebra kelpie but I think you may be underestimating quite how badass zebras are: It's an untamable murder horse that has evolved alongside hippos, lions and elephants :) 110
timluther.bsky.social @timluther.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Those backgrounds are subtly mind blowing 000
timluther.bsky.social @timluther.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Was that automatic or did they do it manually? 010
timluther.bsky.social @timluther.bsky.social · 08/02/2026Always understand what this was : the crimes against children were the vehicle but the destination was kompromat and control. Why is the world so shit, why is positive endevour stillborn? It's because of this - we've all been screwed on Epstein's goddamned island. 000
timluther.bsky.social @timluther.bsky.social · 01/02/20261. Yes, I know it's janky, I know it probably requires the energy output of a small town to operate but I also know that investors will love the idea and that will mean less money for new projects, more layoffs, more uncertainty, more dread. 010
timluther.bsky.social @timluther.bsky.social · 01/02/2026I'm looking at Google's Genie right now and, as with most advances with genAI, I see nothing to be excited by, just existential dread. There is no joy to be had, no craft, no learning, no pride that can be associated with a dependence on a subscription service. They want to kill games. 110
timluther.bsky.social @timluther.bsky.social · 02/01/2026I've always liked this one, the cypress trees a great touch. 020
timluther.bsky.social @timluther.bsky.social · 22/12/2025The other day I was day dreaming about what the landscape around me would look before we built all the crap around us, I imagined how I'd feel about my own home standing incongruous on a primordial Welsh hill. 000
timluther.bsky.social @timluther.bsky.social · 21/12/2025It sounds like you're saying that because you want it to be true, not because there's any evidence that it is true. The creators of Blue Prince have *explicitly stated* that they didn't use AI so either you know their game better than they do or you're lying or they're lying. Which is it? 040
timluther.bsky.social @timluther.bsky.social · 15/12/2025Is that Steve Buscemi?media.tenor.coma man in a suit and tie is sitting in a crowd of people at a awards show .ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a crowd of people at a awards show . 010
timluther.bsky.social @timluther.bsky.social · 02/12/2025This is often awkward. I've worked on some big games but even with those, the probability of somebody having heard of them is inversely proportional to their connection with the games industry. 020
timluther.bsky.social @timluther.bsky.social · 18/11/2025There is a gremlin that lives in all windows installations that feeds off the panicked energy generated from specifically that situation where you're in a meeting with a person whose opinion of you can shape your future, desperately trying to figure out why the audio has chosen today to fail. 010
timluther.bsky.social @timluther.bsky.social · 09/11/2025I'd completely forgotten about this one! I have fond memories of driller (even ran on a spectrum!) and 'Total Eclipse' running on the same engine. Their games had a unique feel. 010
timluther.bsky.social @timluther.bsky.social · 13/10/2025I'm not sure if/when trumpers will learn that their bloc routinely accuse others of what they do or plan to do. It's a childish form of rhetoric designed to deflect but it can be quite useful if you want to figure out what they really want. Pizzagate was an example. Epstein files now, please. 021
timluther.bsky.social @timluther.bsky.social · 12/10/2025Then they pivoted to AI like every other corporate bastard because the essential *meanness* at its core appealed to them in a way that well crafted VR games never could. Stick them all on an Elon Musk rocket and fly it into the sun. 110
timluther.bsky.social @timluther.bsky.social · 12/10/2025Meta didn't listen to game devs, the made a bunch of boring, soulless beige corporate chatrooms because that's what's in their souls and called it a revolution. Meanwhile, teams like 'Read at Dawn' were creating amazing games like 'Lone Echo' that showed what could be done. 120
timluther.bsky.social @timluther.bsky.social · 12/10/2025That's exactly what I felt about it - I was genuinely excited by the push for VR - that was nothing but a good thing for the games industry and creative work but they fluffed it by spending billions doing what a game dev team could do in half the time for so much less. 000
timluther.bsky.social @timluther.bsky.social · 09/10/2025Maybe, I'll see what they come back with. 110
timluther.bsky.social @timluther.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Facebook just blocked my account, absolutely no idea why. Is it a crackdown on people who're anti-trump or left-wing? Was I hacked? Can't tell as its all totally locked down. Has anybody else experienced this? 430
timluther.bsky.social @timluther.bsky.social · 06/10/2025Oh totally, I've had quite enough of Unity's boardroom shenanigans: they've burned through an awful lot of loyalty and goodwill, it makes me wonder if the c-suite there undersands the concepts. Tim Sweeney is a developer himself and has been there since the start, the difference is obvious. 000
timluther.bsky.social @timluther.bsky.social · 06/10/2025I think the main thing is having a pressing need to do it - if somebody were to ask (ok, pay) me to do something in Unreal then I'd do a deep dive but so far I've really just tinkered. It's easier than Unity for getting nice visuals quickly though. 100
timluther.bsky.social @timluther.bsky.social · 06/10/2025I've never got much further than exploring shaders and making test scenes in Unreal. It's on my list of things to learn but that list seems to grow faster than I can learn things. 110
timluther.bsky.social @timluther.bsky.social · 06/10/2025It's a nice thought but the needs of shareholders and the needs of customers and employees are, in the long run, antithetical to each other. PLCs are a cancerous way to organise collective effort. They've managed to gain legal personhood but if a PLC has a personality, it's that of a psychopath. 010
timluther.bsky.social @timluther.bsky.social · 06/10/2025I didn't make a ship a day for #shiptember but I enjoyed making these. The more polished ones are blender + krita, the physical media ones are a mixture of pen & ink, marker, gouache and watercolour (consistency wasn't my goal :D) . 242
timluther.bsky.social @timluther.bsky.social · 29/09/2025It's not a hard message to understand and it's been shared many times but with less gross genAI, which is a tool the few (those who're rich enough to own data centres running plagiaristic genAI) use to disenfranchise the many (talented artists trying to earn a living). 000
timluther.bsky.social @timluther.bsky.social · 15/09/2025media.tenor.coma man in a white shirt is holding a bowl of pencilsALT: a man in a white shirt is holding a bowl of pencils 140
