Dean Sinclair

It's such a shame. I've seen a couple really good looking games (in terms of gameplay) that are just ruined for me cause they decided to use AI instead of just hiring someone.

arc raiders, alters, same story

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YouTube video by People Make Games The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6

I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct.

That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.

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I'm sure Arc Raiders is a good game, but its use of gen AI voiceover is a line in the sand I won't cross.

Hold the line.

At risk of flogging a dead horse: this whole letter is a reminder that the creative process is an end in and of itself, and vital to self-actualisation. You can’t experience BECOMING, as he puts it, by outsourcing it to ChatGPT.

AI generated content disclosure via Arc Raider's Steam page: The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this: During the development process, we may use procedural- and AI-based tools to assist with content creation. In all such cases, the final product reflects the creativity and expression of our own development team.

Not to be the fun police but I do hope people know that Arc Raiders does use generative AI for voice acting, and by supporting the game you're letting higher-ups know that this is an okay practice.

They try to downplay this on the Steam store page by describing the AI usage as vaguely as possible.

For those idles, we played part of a song for the performer once and told them: You don't have to remember it well. You don't have to be good, in fact it's better if you're not. Think "singing in the shower."

I've had these experiences. It is shocking how bad some people are at understanding intent or imagining what something is supposed to look like, but doesn't yet.

A little anecdote about that...

This is the most ruthless act of union busting in the history of the UK games industry. Yesterday, @rockstargames.com unfairly fired over 30 employees for union activity.

We won't back down, and we're not scared - we will fight for every member to be reinstated.

‘Grand Theft Auto’ Studio Accused of Union Busting After Firings Union says 30 and 40 people were terminated. Rockstar Games’ parent company cites ‘gross misconduct’

BREAKING: Yesterday Grand Theft Auto VI maker Rockstar Games fired dozens of people, all of whom were involved in union efforts. A British union calls it "blatant and ruthless" union-busting. Take-Two Interactive says it was due to misconduct.

Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

This is such exciting news, genuinely so hyped to hear about what yous end up getting up to!

hi we are...

❗ PANIC STATIONS ❗

📢 a brand new video game studio... run entirely by pigeons?!? 🐦

Tidal is the one I've really never tried, but was on my list. Also checked out YT Music since I have YT Premium, but I didn't like it and also fuck Google. Deezer feeling nice so far but it's day 1 😂.

Also holy shit 760 playlists is insane hahahaha.

FWIW it was super painless to swap. TuneMyMusic was ezpz to transfer my playlists and everything across, and there were only like 2 songs out of 2000+ that weren't there (and those were fairly niche songs at that)

Also it's called "Deez" er, how could I not

Took the first step today in moving away from using Spotify. At least 12 years of using it but I think it's time to try a less harmful service (fuck you Daniel Ek).

Trying out the free trial of Deezer with a hopeful mind 🤞

Currently in between either continuing the current game dev project I've been working on, or starting a completely new project to do some terrain/planet generation bullshit.

Or, y'know, just playing more Battlefield.

mir̃ti (third-person present tense mi̇̀ršta, third-person past tense mi̇̀rė) (intransitive) to die (used only for humans and bees)

Also googled this, super fascinating. The Lithuanian word seems to be "mirti" en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mirti#L...

Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia Musk has denounced Wikipedia as "Wokepedia" on X and urged people not to donate to the platform.

I’ve never donated to Wikipedia before but I set up a small monthly donation as a fuck you to the world’s richest psychopath.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Scottish Premiership league table after 9 games - with Hearts 8 points clear of Celtic.

Mind the gap 🇱🇻

Scottish football glory hunters this season

They really don't make songs like Viking Death March - Billy Talent anymore

a man with a beard is standing in a warehouse and making a funny face . ALT: a man with a beard is standing in a warehouse and making a funny face .

"fun"

Went to the cinema to see One Battle After Another this evening. Good film, enjoyed it a lot.

Also since I'm in Spain I have to watch the VOSE showings (voiceover original, subtitles Español), but when characters speak in Spanish it shows no English subtitles. Always fun trying to figure it out.

Mediatonic founder launches new group of studios under the banner Skeleton Crew Skeleton Crew will consist of a slate of new companies, plus the existing teams at Payload, Brightrock and Mythwright.

Mediatonic founder launches new group of studios under the banner Skeleton Crew

Definitely get this feel re MT every so often. Honestly, what a wonderful studio that was to work, play, and socialise in, and I miss it dearly.

Battlefield 6 has got me in a chokehold atm. What a fun, fucking game.

Dundee doing us a solid. Can't believe Hearts are actually gonna win the league