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Rafayel looks so good in the new banner I'm cryinnnnn

you know what could be in the avowed universe....pillars of eternity 3 👉👈

Genuinely gives me a lot of hope that the NFL is a cynical, cash-motivated organization and they're betting on this being the future

Consumption Corner: January 2026 New year with new things to enjoy! Games, books, and more.

First monthly media review of 2026!!! Wooo let's keep this up for another 11 months!
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At both Silent Hill and Iron Lung the people sitting next to me in the theater were vaping, and this is a sign to me that gamers have gotten too comfortable in society

Just a reminder, the greatest living American historian filmmaker, Ken Burns, released a 720 min exploration of every facet of the American revolution using zero generative AI and paying for all of its assets instead of cobbling it from stolen data, then he gave it away for free on PBS this year.

YouTube video by MinnMax Minneapolis - January 2026

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6 Ins and 6 Outs of 2026 Gaming, creativity, and more

open.substack.com/pub/catalyst... I love new years resolutions, manifestations, ins and outs, tarot readings, all that jazz. They are so fun so I wanted to share some of mine even though it's late January.

Alex Pretti from his early days working at the VA

Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now

Donate to Support Gene Park's Cancer Surgery and Treatment, organized by Gene Park Hi, my name is Gene Park. I’m a games critic at The Washington Post, and I’… Gene Park needs your support for Support Gene Park's Cancer Surgery and Treatment

hey guys, just to confirm this is my fundraiser. i didn't want to ask for help, but i do need it.

my cancer is back. i am going through a lobectomy next week, the same surgery Walter White undergoes. i can't express how grateful i am. thank you so much everyone.

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since removing the demographic categories 3 years ago, the Shogakukan Manga Awards has only awarded ONE shoujosei manga in that time

removing the demographic categories has (and will) only serve to accelerate the erasure of media specifically made by and for women

Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'

A belated best games of 2025 Two weeks into January already??

I'm back on substack baby, here's my best video games of 2025, might turn this into a video but no promises
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imagine having infinite money and influence and choosing to suck the dick of fascism. such loser shit.

so crazy how money makes you pathetic.

Definitely wouldn't try to rush through it im in a similar boat with FFXIV lol but it would be cool if I can see how warframe is rn and one day get to romance LOL

God damn it my backlog is gonna be fucked 😭

me trying and failing to calculate the logistics of getting into FFXIV and warframe ☠️☠️☠️

while not every game needs a romance I do adore a game with romance

a cartoon character named stitch is standing in a field with trees in the background ALT: a cartoon character named stitch is standing in a field with trees in the background

if I knew years ago when I started and dropped warframe there'd be romances I would've kept playing warframe

human artists, use only one piece to convince people to follow you!! 🚬🔥

bite sized assassin 😋
#dragonage #dao #zevranarainai

Grok Is Being Used to Depict Horrific Violence Against Real Women People are asking Elon Musk's Grok chatbot to alter images to depict women being sexually abused, humiliated, and even killed.

NEW: People are using Elon Musk's chatbot, Grok, to alter images to depict real women being sexually abused, humiliated, hurt, and even killed.

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My favorite part of this is how games are going to take just as long to make and cost even more but now they transparently don’t have a human touch, because you, the consumer, deserve nothing more than soulless rehashes of everything that has ever existed.

FUCKKK OFFFF

We've talked about GenAI a lot on @remapradio.bsky.social and @theindiecouncil.com. Even if it doesn't hit the player-facing build, I do not want to play (and thus support) games using GenAI. But let me be clear, I know I probably already have. But I'm trying to avoid all I can. (conti)

steam replay to keep me happy

Using gen ai for text and asset placeholders is not solving a problem; games have been made for decades with regular placeholders. studios using AI this way are just testing the water to see what more they can get away with - which will inevitably mean laying off skilled workers, to make worse games