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What’s really going on with AI and jobs? Record-breaking layoff reports, Amazon's mass firings, and a slump in entry level employment. Is AI behind it all?

How is AI *really* impacting jobs?

Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:

-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs

Headline from NPR reading: Critics said 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' would flop. They underestimated Turtle Power.

Me on the playground in 1992, to no one in particular:

“It’s a security hole that endangers democracy itself.” NieR creator speaks out against payment processors pressuring Japanese adult content platforms  - AUTOMATON WEST NieR creator Yoko Taro comments on the series of instances of Japanese adult platforms being pressured by credit card payment processors.

It's heartening to see Big Names speak out about this issue, I think it's something artists and creatives from all genres and levels of notoriety can unite on automaton-media.com/en/news/nier...

hi, i'm suki (sukinapan) ૮ ◞ ﻌ ◟ ა
i'm an artist & gamedev from chile, and one of the creators of the game RENTAL.
you might have also seen my illustrations around online, particulary from my project Peklo
i wasn't active here til now, but last week 1/3

some days

crisp white hallway on a tanker ship

metal gear solid 2: substance / ps2
konami computer entertainment japan, 2002

Woof, @hitpoints.bsky.social. Yes.

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MATSUNO YOU ARE THE ETERNAL GOAT

Time was, folks would just put out a video game called shake kids

Rewatching PsychOdyssey.

Still one of the most extraordinary studies of what it takes to make a game and keep a team together.

Find it on YT. It’s really great.

CAUTION: It might make you want to start making video games.

Watch at your own peril.

@2playerproductions.bsky.social @doublefine.com

“handheld device that plays every game ever made up to PS1 and costs like $40” is the only good invention of the last 5 years

FF9 25th Anniversary website is up jp.finalfantasy.com/ffix25th

"FF9, which was released on July 7, 2000, will celebrate its 25th anniversary in 2025.
We are preparing various projects, including merchandise and collaborations to commemorate the 25th anniversary, so please look forward to it!"

This is what you do after winning an Oscar

Atelier Ryza’s famous thick thighs were influenced by Japan’s economic recession, according to series’ producer  - AUTOMATON WEST Atelier series producer Junzo Hosoi talks about the influence economic recession had on the iconic design of Ryza.

Atelier Ryza’s famous thick thighs were influenced by Japan’s economic recession, according to series’ producer
automaton-media.com/en/news/atel...

Toys r us attack of the killer demos packaging with a screaming 50s horror poster style lady on the front.

Back of the sleeve. Try em before you buy em! Games featured include R4, Contender, Legend of Legaia, Xena, Cool Boarders 3, Ergheiz, and of course Elmo's letter adventure.

Oh right, it's random game Saturday - how about this ps1 toys r us demo I just picked up? Some decent games on here but one of them is definitely not like the others.

Yeeeeeeah this is one of my fav videos I've done

This port of Mario Bros. is completely different to the other NES version. It shares more elements from the arcade while completely redoing the physics to be less rigid
youtu.be/JLQa6bNbwJk?...

A photo of mine showing an absolute boatload of PSP boxes, like portable gaming heaven.

Oh heck, is the PSP really 20 years old today?! What a treat! I've loved it since day 1 :D

Click this way for a heap of articles covering everything from sneaky card 'em ups to Suikoden's swansong, King's Field, untranslated RPGs, and more!
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/category/psp/

Fantasian Neo Dimension is OUT NOW!

- Classic style JRPG
- Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi
- OST by Nobuo Uematsu
- Hand crafted dioramas
- Turn based
- 4K/ 60fps on PS, Xbox and Steam
- Physical versions on Switch and PS5
- English and Japanese VO
- Select FF songs as in game battle music

a knight holding two weapons, painted in black with a brush on a white sheet of paper

Final Fantasy XII logo shown at Yoshitaka Amano's Corpus Animae exhibition currently held in Milan. The final version is the top one.
amanocorpusanimae.com/en/

Monolith Soft posted a picture of all the Xenoblade series main story scripts that the team used.

The sidequests get separate books too.

Love Japanese game company logos that look like I'm at the store and need to sign for a credit card purchase but I have to use my non-dominant hand because the other is holding an Arizona and Takis

Crazy Taxi was such a good concept for a game. It’s all in the title. You’re mentally ill, and you own a taxi. Sign me up.

I redrew the GAME FREAK magazine cover girl

Both @playstation.com and @xbox.com now have BlueSky accounts.

a moon-like object with white text over the top of it

woman reading a magazine in a spaceship

universal nuts / saturn
lay-up kk, 1997

Happy 'Dead Internal Clock Battery' Day to all my fellow Dreamcasters and Dreamcast players

If you work here you're a scab. Not of a particular union but of life itself