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My apparently annual PRGE luck kicked in.

Stopped into the Rock Band room just in time for a raffle and not even 30 seconds later won a friggin' X-Plorer.

Ode to Toy (Poodles)

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

Well don't I feel stupid

Excitebots: Trick Racing

Happy September 21st to those who celebrate

Watkins is so infamous that there's a running trend for GH/RB streamers playing this game (and GHWT) where they flat-out mute this song and replace the audio with something else, like a cover or just random audio samples.

A roster to rival Smash...

Old Soviet joke for today:

A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves.

After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?”

“I’m looking for the obituaries.”

“The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.”

“Not the one I’m looking for.”

🍒 Whoa, what's this?!

UFO 50 is available right now on #NintendoSwitch!

#UFO50 #IndieWorld

I feel seen.

Generative Al is being marketed as a tool designed to reduce or eliminate the need for developed, cognitive skillsets. It uses the work of others to simulate human output, except that it lacks grasp of nuance, contains grievous errors, and ultimately serves the goal of human beings being neurologically weaker due to the promise of the machine being better equipped than the humans using it would ever exert the effort to be. The people that use generative Al for art have no interest in being an artist; they simply want product to consume and forget about when the next piece of product goes by their eyes. The people that use generative Al to make music have no interest in being a musician; they simply want a machine to make them something to listen to until they get bored and want the machine to make some other disposable slop for them to pass the time with. The people that use generative Al to write things for them have no interest in writing. The people that use generative Al to find factoids have no interest in actual facts. The people that use generative Al to socialize have no interest in actual socialization. In every case, they've handed over the cognitive load of developing a necessary, creative human skillset to a machine that promises to ease the sweat equity cost of struggle. Using generative Al is like asking a machine to lift weights on your behalf and then calling yourself a bodybuilder when it's done with the reps. You build nothing in terms of muscle, you are not stronger, you are not faster, you are not in better shape. You're just deluding yourself while experiencing a slow decline due to self-inflicted atrophy.

re: generative AI

I have finally fully and accurately explained my problem with how it’s marketed and used.

And now, you can use it, too.

I hope for your sanity that Turtle Bean is not one of those remaining stickers.

In my mind, Missile is the only correct answer.

Not technically the same, but I'm immediately reminded of how the Suicide Squad game starts with a lengthy user agreement and sign-in process on initial bootup.

Like... WB, you're already fighting an uphill battle winning people over with the game. Why have THAT be the first thing players see?

The honest reason I don't have microtransactions/season pass/ads/100 DLCs/etc in Balatro isn't just about the ethics of those practices but because when I play other games that have those things it makes me want to put my computer in the dishwasher and set it to pots & pans

YouTube video by SiIvaGunner Together - MOTHER 3

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I hope you aren't missing Turtle Bean...

*clicks play*

"𝕀𝕊ℕ'𝕋 𝕊ℍ𝔼 ℂ𝕆—"

*turns it off*

They look like they're in a Grubhub commercial.

@protonjon.bsky.social @jyggy.live

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Mission Status: SICK 🐮

#animation #nintendoswitch2 #Mariokartworld

Lol

My bold prediction is that "Gentle Breeze" will be used for this segment and some people in the comments will be like "Wait THAT'S where that song is from?!'

Balatro launched one year ago today

I often say I made this game for myself and friends, but seeing so many people connect with Balatro has filled this past year with joy. Thank you players, your love and support have kept Balatro thriving!

I appreciate you all naneinf! 🍌