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Phil Spencer retiring from Xbox, Microsoft AI exec Asha Sharma taking over gaming division Xbox president Sarah Bond to depart Microsoft. Sharma, hyping Xbox, promises: "we will not chase short-term efficiency or flood our ecosystem with soulless AI slop."

NEWS: Phil Spencer stepping down, Microsoft AI exec Asha Sharma stepping in

Sharma commits to gaming in memo to staff. Notes: "we will not chase short-term efficiency or flood our ecosystem with soulless AI slop."

www.gamefile.news/p/phil-spenc...

I would never repost a means to keep your ID safe and to give the middle finger to a company ran by the grandson of Mosley.

I would also never encourage you guys to spread the word of this method to fill Palantir's servers with Metaverse like avatars to do a bit of trolling (a lot of it) 😇

Announcement from Substack: Post Polymarket 🤝 Substack We are excited to announce our exclusive partnership with Substack. Starting today Substack authors can natively integrate data from the world's largest prediction market. Journalism is better when it’s backed by live markets.

Substack, as expected, escalates toward hyper-disinfo.
Remember, folks: The tech bros tearing down our country are the major forces behind this monstrosity.
Choose your future wisely.

Spirit Swap: A Slice of Life TTRPG A solo journaling, city witch slice-of-life TTRPG using Tarot and D6.

The 77 reduced price early bird copies are down to just 11! If you wanna cop a discount on the DRM-free PDF you’ve gotta lock it in soon!
Although our 5$ economic hardship tier isn’t limited so don’t worry about that one.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sof...

A screenshot from the upcoming game Fishbowl showing the protagonist, Alo, in her apartment talking to a toy fish. Text overlayed on top of the image reads “It takes a virtual village - Fishbowl preview”

Since last summer, I’ve been highly anticipating @imissmyfriends.bsky.social. Rich characters, a relatable story, and comfy apartment made my entire time with the extended demo memorable.

New write up at: honestindies.substack.com/p/it-takes-a...

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'Students Are Being Treated Like Guinea Pigs:' Inside an AI-Powered Private School Leaked documents reveal the inner workings of Alpha School, which both the press and the Trump administration have applauded. The documents show Alpha School's AI is generating faulty lessons that som...

This is an insane story start to finish. $65k a year "AI school" heavily surveils students, generates nonsensical questions that "does more harm than good," scrapes from competitors. Stores hours of video of children insecurely. Lots more:

www.404media.co/students-are...

This is genuinely one of the most infuriating articles I've read this year. Alpha School is just openly scraping course information and RANKING THEM. I don't get how you can get more scummy than that.

Updates: Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Leader, Dies at 84

Jesse Jackson, whose impassioned oratory and vision of a “rainbow coalition” of the poor and forgotten made him the nation's most influential Black figure in the years between the civil rights crusades of Martin Luther King Jr. and the election of Barack Obama, died on Tuesday at 84. Follow live.

Join Alba on another unforgettable journey and discover how she and Neva first met in the new DLC, arriving on February 19!

*Available for €2.99 on Xbox Series, PS4, PS5, Switch, Steam, and Mac App Store.

'Tekken 8' Season 2 retropsective - InBetweenDrafts Season 2 of 'Tekken 8' updates were a saga of twists, turns, and mismatched understanding of how the game even works.

My first gaming piece on InBetweenDrafts is live. I wrote about the disastrous season 2 patch for Tekken 8 and broke down why the patch fundamentally went against the very basics of the series. I'm really proud of myself for putting this together, despite work deadlines and writers block. ❤️

These are concentration camps and its our duty as citizens to ensure these things don't get built.

Ubisoft workers are on strike: 'We are treated like children' The strike comes after the publisher revealed plans to cut up to 200 jobs and ordered remote workers back into the office

Over 1,000 Ubisoft workers around the world have walked off the job.

In response to a return-to-office mandate, layoffs, and the cancellation of several games, workers launched a three-day strike.

The workers walked out in response to five French unions issuing the strike call.

What the hell are we even doing here:

aftermath.site/highguard-stud...

This fucking sucks, man. No two ways about it. I hope everyone's able to rebound from this.

Virtuoso Skins Game Is A New Y2K-Inspired Golf Title That's Giving Us Major Dreamcast Vibes Travel to a "a futuristic world of high-rolling hi-jinx and golf courses."

Virtuoso Skins Game Is A New Y2K-Inspired Golf Title That's Giving Us Major Dreamcast Vibes. (Repost)

Active time action game .45 Parabellum Bloodhound from VA-11 Hall-A developer Sukeban Games is now content complete. A release date announcement in the coming months is possible if all goes well:
www.rpgsite.net/news/19573-4...

LET'S GOOOOOO.

One of the most anticipated games of the year for me.

WOKE IS BACK ON THE MENU, BOYS AND GIRLS AND EVERYONE INBETWEEN!

“Please enjoy the museum”:

Relooted is OUT NOW!

Please share!

myself @sheilur.bsky.social @hyjules.bsky.social @notkanesa.bsky.social and @toastedlatte.bsky.social will be doing a fundraiser event for National Immigrant Justice Center ANY donation will be entered into a raffle for a FUCK ICE crocheted tote bag made by me!

FEB 28TH 1PM EST MARK YOUR CALENDARS

graphic that says no ice in Minnesota itch.io charity bundle

The No ICE in Minnesota Charity Bundle has officially LAUNCHED!

There are 1,439 games to discover for a $10+ donation to Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota!

Purchase the bundle here: itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...

That's fair, but I don't believe 2XKO alone would be able to make that happen.

I just...don't understand why people who claim to care about video games wish for projects they don't enjoy to shut down.

2XKO didn't click with me for a number of reasons (namely the fact that I didn't want to make the jump back to 2D after playing Tekken 8 for a year), but I want it to succeed.

Ten years ago today we shipped Firewatch. I say this every anniversary but it feels both like a lifetime ago and like it was yesterday. Thank you everyone who played it back then or played it today for the first time. Thank you to everyone on the team, I’m still so proud of what we made.

Woke kickoffs. What will they think of next?

Shot from the stands of the Bad Bunny halftime show.

What a moment.

"Why didn't the Bunny sing about the stock market" okay grandpa time for your nightly smoothie of every pill known to man

Help Rodney Taylor, a Disabled Double Amputee Being Held by ICE Rodney has been in the country more than 40 years. He's in solitary confinement in Georgia, being denied disability accommodations and having his medical needs ignored. He must be released.

Please speak up for Rodney. A year in an ICE camp is beyond comprehension.

Public pressure works.

If enough people speak up, a life may be saved.

Many of the deaths in ICE custody have been due to medical neglect… let’s make sure Rodney isn’t one of them.

Is this the revival of Kami’s golden age of tourism?
 We couldn’t be happier to have welcomed 200,000 climbers to the mountain over the weekend.

Abolish ICE.

There’s no reforming it.

There’s no compromise.

There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.