Nick Holliday

It occurs to me that if the government did force UK writers to hand over their work to the big AI companies, that would now among other things mean contributing to the development of US advanced weapon systems.

yeah, I got snapped out that feeling the hard way last year 😒. It does feel liberating once you eventually realise there's more to life than your job (even though I havent necessarily found it yet 🤦‍♂️)

Bernie Sander’s 2028 litmus test would strangle America’s golden goose

Surprise! The Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post is against my 5% billionaire wealth tax. I wonder why?

If enacted, Bezos would owe $12 billion in taxes, and an average family of 4 would receive a $12,000 direct payment.

Poor Jeff would be left with just $224 billion to survive.

Calling AI "slop" has been one of the most effective instances of the public rebranding a product and it pisses them off.

To understand what's happening in Iran today, you have to know about the history of Western intervention in the country.

In the early 1900s, the British secured oil rights in the country until 1993, where they only agreed to pay Iran 16% of the total profits.

This was seen as an unfair deal. 🧵

Seriously, get off of X. Don't post there and don't spend time there. You will get exposed to propaganda and bullshit that will nestle into the corners of your brain EVEN IF YOU KNOW IT'S BULLSHIT. Stay away.

The amount of communications from school nowadays is crazy! back in the day our teachers spoke parents once a year maybe, and other than that I dont think they ever heard from them!

my dad bought me a GCSE revision guide from smiths once. Other than that, nothing I can remember. (thats not to say they weren't completely loving and supportive of course)

Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads: The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same... - Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

fuck yeah

:) no probs. Im sure it's not 'quite' as easy as a checkbox - but hopefully not too much more work 🤞

oh cool. Yeah I understand. Hopefully you'll get more Mac interest :)

do you have any plans to bring it to Mac?

Thanks - will keep my fingers crossed :) 🤞

Will you be bringing it to Mac? 🥹

No generative AI was used in creating The Mermaid Mask - this game is the result of nothing less than a small group of very talented artists working hard for a long time!

A shame it even has to be said, but it's important to restate our values when making games:

No GenAI. Ever.

watching people draw like this, is like witnessing magic to me

This guy gets it.

Had that feeling after watching the Selfish Giant

Artist's Sketch of a Sparrow, New Kingdom, c.1479-1458 B.C.

Made a couple of prints celebrating one of my fave #Amiga games. I loved the character animations of Putty so much (and the sfx of course). #retrogaming @theretrohour.com #3dprinting #putty

I remember making a game called 'New Kids on the Chopping Block' in SEUCK as a dig at my sisters fanaticism 😜

There was a time that the major driving force for AAA in my mind was stability. I had a belief that while I’d be a smaller fish that AAA would provide stability I wanted.

I was willing to give up some freedom to know that my paycheck was safe and consistent.

Fast-forward.

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Recent Sony game studio acquisitions

- 2021: Nixxes
- 2021: Firesprite (layoffs in 2024)
- 2021: Bluepoint (closed in 2026)
- 2022: Valkyrie Entertainment
- 2022: Haven Studios
- 2022: Bungie (layoffs in 2024; new game soon)
- 2022: Neon Koi (closed in 2024)
- 2023: Firewalk (closed in 2024)

That should have read Detectorists of course 🙄)

Oh most definitely! You you liked small prophets you’ll love it :)

assuming you've watched the Dectorists? One of my all time faves. The pace of these shows is so gloriously relaxed!

The AI bubble RAM crisis is caused for non-existent problems by non-existent money for a non-existent infrastructure to meet non-existent demand to make non-existent business and will utterly destroy real business based on real demand and real infrastructure built with real money for real problems.