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William B Hell @wbhwrites.bsky.social · 2h

I’m going to regret being online in December, aren’t I?

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Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 3h

"You can't criticize AI unless you're familiar with it and use it" watch me

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Flora 🍓🏳️‍⚧️ @floramerigold.bsky.social · 10h

Yesterday's news about Jacob Geller broke my heart, so much that I couldn't stop dwelling on it all day. In an effort to make sense of this horrific news and my admittedly complicated feelings about it, here is my article on the Jacob Geller situation: epiloguegaming.com/what-do-we-d...

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What Do We Do With Jacob Geller? - Epilogue Gaming

Earlier this week, a friend noticed Jacob Geller’s book, How A Game Lives, sitting amongst my living room shelves. Under almost any other circumstances, this would have been an exciting invitation for...

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William B Hell @wbhwrites.bsky.social · 3h

Four more frames and then we can animate the arms...four more frames...four...and then more...

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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 6h

I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:

Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads:

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."

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William B Hell @wbhwrites.bsky.social · 5h

Every time I want to believe that the culture around video games can grow up, I am yanked back to the fact that while the subject matter of the medium is trying to claw its way into maturity, the marketing types still make boob jokes about Lara Croft.

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William B Hell @wbhwrites.bsky.social · 7h

It's Friday. I'm off. I'm going to continue drawing this character sprite so that I might finish it before the end of the world.

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

shirley jackson you tell em www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...

ar and away the greatest menace to the writer—any writer, beginning or otherwise
—is the reader. The reader is, after all, a kind of silent partner in this whole business of writing, and a work of fiction is surely incomplete if it is never read. The reader is, in fact, the writer's only unrelenting, genuine enemy. He has everything on his side; all he has to do, after all, is shut his eyes, and any work of fiction becomes meaningless. Moreover, a reader has an advantage over a beginning writer in not being a beginning reader; before he takes up a story to read it, he can be presumed to have read everything from Shakespeare to Jack Kerouac. No matter whether he reads a story in manuscript as a great personal favor, or opens a magazine, or—kindest of all—goes into a bookstore and pays good money for a book, he is still an enemy to be defeated with any kind of dirty fighting that comes to the writer's mind.

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William B Hell @wbhwrites.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

*recalls Elon's Elden Ring build and shivers at the stupidity* There are a lot of other reasons this is awful, but I always go back to that stupid tweet for some reason. Maybe it's the 200 hours I spent in the Lands Between. Maybe it's my desire to go back. And maybe stay there where he isn't.

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William B Hell @wbhwrites.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Writer folk, quick question: What do you do with the stories you've been unable to sell? And I don't mean...so far...I mean period. I'm out of places to send some of the work I've done.

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Jordan Kurella @jordankurella.com · 01/10/2026

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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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Oh, nearly forgot... Movie recommendation for tonight, House If you haven't already seen it, just do it. Magnificent movie, works on dream logic, it's a trip.

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Watermelon Man's Demise in House (Japanese Horror)

ALT: Watermelon Man's Demise in House (Japanese Horror)

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William B Hell @wbhwrites.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

--starts demo --gets zapped by an eyeball plant --goes different direction, gets zapped by eyeball plant, but then gets wrecked by what looks like a tree. Aw fuck yeah, I'm sold.

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lex luddy needs a nap @lexluddy.xyz · 30/09/2026

kinda feel like it should be a bigger news story that ceo of xbox is talking openly about how her chief strategist (and snow crash fanfic writer), matthew ball, has been grooming select journalists to control the media narrative around xbox

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William B Hell @wbhwrites.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The worst thing I've encountered in editing my novel over the last few weeks are some brutally difficulty questions about my setting, specifically the aspects that were inspired by conversations I had with my wife when she was in grad school.

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William B Hell @wbhwrites.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Dammit, now everyone will think I got my costume from a kit!

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

True not just in publishing/writing. Look at how this new Meta Muse basically jumps into the user's shit, mixes it around, gets it everywhere. Shares their address. Lies to their contacts. Sells their stuff at a low price. Do not let the vampire in. Hang garlic. Sharpen stakes.

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William B Hell @wbhwrites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Well…at least I don’t have to worry about a draft.

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William B Hell @wbhwrites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Someone laughed at his penis one time and now he’s spending billions making it our problem.

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William B Hell @wbhwrites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I wonder what dipshit Nick would say about the hundreds of CDs I rely on over streaming…

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William B Hell @wbhwrites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Marked up twenty pages of my novel, resolved a few issues, and restored the idle animation for the nonogram protagonist. All in a night's very sleepy work.

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William B Hell @wbhwrites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Now Playing: Star One - Victims of the Modern Age Previous Spins for the night: Emerson Lake and Palmer - self titled Electric Light Orchestra - Out of the Blue

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William B Hell @wbhwrites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Back to work tonight...and since I'm done with all things job related until the phone rings, it's time to work on editing my novel until the coffee can no longer hold my brain above the water.

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William B Hell @wbhwrites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

You know shit is bad when the people who invested in Bed Bath and Beyond and GameStop are calling it a fucking disaster. (Disclaimer: This might be a different group of stock trading Redditors.)

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StopSkeletonsFromFighting @stopskeletons.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hmm, the real issue is should we drown Artificial Intelligence in the Gulf of Mexico or Lake Ontario?

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William B Hell @wbhwrites.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Sure you did, Jensen. Sure you did.

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William B Hell @wbhwrites.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Five days of vacation with a seven year old who wants to do every thing. Today saw me on roller coasters eleven times. I am very tired now.

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William B Hell @wbhwrites.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I don’t seem to recall @thegamingmuse.bsky.social ever covering this. Maybe it’s in one of his books.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 26/09/2026

I feel like one of the most radical, best and most rebelliously good things you can do right now in the informational online space is just....give people credit, love, support and shoutouts. Even if they just inspired you or prodded a thought you built on, name them and thank them loudly.

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Jordan Starkweather ✨ @jackal27.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

You can’t even comprehend how important Eien ni Hen’s work is to the fan translation community. Romancing SaGa, Fire Emblem, Sakura Wars, Tear Ring Saga, Glory of Heracles, Dragon Force II, Dark Half, Beyond Oasis, Psi-O-Blade, Arabian Nights, and so much more. What a loss. Rest in peace.

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William B Hell @wbhwrites.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Jeffrey Katzenberg continues to be the villain he’s always been.

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William B Hell @wbhwrites.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

…how the fuck is Game of Thrones at number six? Like…I hate the entirety of lists like this, but what the fuck.

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Eniko Fox @enikofox.com · 23/09/2026

It's like everyone who came on board to AI because "they can write code now!" thinks the primary argument the rest of us have is "no it can't" So I'll say it: yes AI can write code. I believe you. They can write code. It compiles. It even passes the tests that the AI also wrote. UNFORTUNATELY...

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William B Hell @wbhwrites.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Spending some time doing something I am years behind on doing - editing my fucking novel.

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William B Hell @wbhwrites.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

My only problem is that it isn’t in the top ten. I might even accept top twenty. …I fuckin loved Halt and Catch Fire. It’s one of the shows that further motivates me to create things.

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William B Hell @wbhwrites.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It’s Final Fantasy VIII Look…I know. FFVIII is a weird fucker to discuss and one that I have only grown more uniquely defensive about overtime. It’s a particularly unique mess of a narrative, features a combat system that is built to be broken, and is one of the more divisive in the series.

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William B Hell @wbhwrites.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

New Gemini Home Entertainment has arrived to ring in the spooky season with Invasion of the Body Snatcher flavored terror!

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

when ai leaves u behind

7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2:
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4:
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6:
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy.
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”

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William B Hell @wbhwrites.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

“Donald Trump is only for now” getting a round of applause was wonderful. Fantastic performance. Laughed to the point of tears.

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William B Hell @wbhwrites.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

We are right on top of the stage for Avenue Q.

A photo of a small theatre stage where the musical Avenue Q

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William B Hell @wbhwrites.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Fuck yeah. I love it when games that have a car payment price tag get a rerelease.

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William B Hell @wbhwrites.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Few movies can show you nothing and still have you retreating to the back of your seat. The Haunting is a fuckin masterpiece.

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

"A small price to pay for freedom, Mandrake. A necessary sacrifice to preserve our precious bodily fluids from communist infiltration."

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William B Hell @wbhwrites.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Just a perfect bit of theater marketing.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 19/09/2026

Every now and then I see myself referred to as an "AI Denier" and I want to be clear I acknowledge "AI" exists, it's just I think it's a massive energy drain, created from theft, implemented poorly for inappropriate tasks by loathsome tech executives who get hard at the idea of the rest of us dying

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William B Hell @wbhwrites.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

To lose that much money and still be allowed to function is maddening. Like…even if AI wasn’t an environmental, social, and cognitive poison, that’s an unimaginable amount of money to just toss into a furnace with nothing to show for it at all.

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