Neil Young

Ultimately, the actual accusation is not a subject that benefits from discussion of "censorship". Games absolutely are art, the issue is should any platform being obliged to host art that strays too close to that line? Can't say if this does stray, but if it does, it's *ok to decline such art*.

Ultimately, some subjects benefit from art pushing the boundaries. Some, including the allegation here, *don't*. Maybe valve were too strict, maybe the Devs unwittingly sent a build they Really Shouldn't Have - we just don't know.

Finding the whole furore over That Equine Game a bit puzzling - it seems pretty clear at this point why Valve put it in an "absolutely not" category. Where they a bit too strict? Haven't seen the build, so can't say, but pretty much everyone crying censorship hasn't seen the build either.

Quite. It's pretty clear that green supporters for a while have been [oblivious/indifferent/supporting] of quite how fecking *weird* the party often is, so Polanski being Also Fecking Weird isn't instant doom for them.
Might mean disenchanted labour voters consider lib dems, though.

Always hard to say without having heard the whole trial.

Probably less a case of getting rid of juries, more a case for enabling jury research so one can determine why they make a decision, and if they is a concern they're getting it "wrong", work out why.

This looks *so* bad. I could get behind a "training ship" space opera, but this just looks like high school musical without the singing, and self awareness, and instead a prosthetics budget.

Brutal but true.

Yeah, you want to guide them without railroading them. Best one can do is try to encourage them to think for themselves....

Quite. It's endearing *to a parent* when a kid does this. Noone else gives a flip, and using it to try and suggest some underlying truth to your beliefs is idiotic - kids aren't generally known for their incredulity. Ho, ho, ho...

Oooh, the government is doing a Hoover again, is it?

www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk/p/government...

Labour bearing down on immigration will fix this any day now.

In theory, yes. That does assume a good review, and that assumption is somewhat contraindicated by the current administration and their framing of the announcement.

Fingers crossed? Yup?
Holding breath? Nope!

When modders add an FOV slider:

A: LOL

B: how does one benchmark one chatbot against another? They're automated prattle engines.

It's good that Martin visited the site for this - I drive past it semi regularly, and unless you have been there, you can't grasp how bonkers the level of audacity is, and how well it was hidden.

This one's for *anyone* in game dev, not just us coders: "So you sit and play games all day?"

No, really not. Not even true of QA unless you are flexible about the word "play". It's like asking a chef if they eat all day.

With a detour via sham rock, which is a Different interpretation of "dance" music... 🤣

"Hey, you seem to be listening to a lot of tunes you haven't listened to in about a year. Can't see any link between them, must be you're on a nostalgia binge. How's about some dance tunes?"

Sure, YouTube, but... 🤦

For "algorithmically suggestion" the YouTube music algorithm really isn't bad as it sticks to what you normally listen to (mostly). But man does it have a tin ear for context.

They're simultaneously making a ridiculous accusation and ignoring genuine points of criticism. It's utterly incompetent as journalism.

I wouldn't be at all surprised if it's this, but the way the press deals with blamestorming government cockups can't handle this kind of banal procedural error.

Yeah, watch to the end.

Seriously, get yourself a @financialtimes.com "FT edit" subscription. It's a complete bargain, you get a set of curated articles daily, and most relevant, their coverage of the budget puts rest of UK press to shame.

Oh, and it includes @jayrayner1.bsky.social restaurant reviews, to lighten the mood

Right, this is the thing, "the Budget is not honest", okay, sure, I'm with you, "because they made things seem worse than they are" - are you on glue?

It's not just labour's fault anymore, the "discourse" has completely lost the plot.

YouTube video by Jethro Tull - Topic Ring Out, Solstice Bells (2003 Remaster)

Since it's now legal to play Christmas music, let's start with a neglected gem.

music.youtube.com/watch?v=XJS9...

Hah, that helps the salesperson if so!

Exactly. The thing doesn't have to actually work to cost someone a job, it just needs a salesperson to convince their boss it works.

That's not to say worries about jobs aren't valid - they absolutely are, because people can still get laid off even if their hype bubble replacement is electronic snake oil.