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wrestling rules because what do you mean 3 power rangers are showing up to back up Sentai-loving dorks against a three year old, a non-binary mad max character, and the legendary Aja Kong.

Thanks to everyone who stopped by the stream tonight. Archive will be up tomorrow. I tried out 3 game demos and I liked 2/3!

(no idea why images aren't posting).

Steam logo with the word "DEMOS" added

I'm live at www.twitch.tv/patbaer and it's time to check out some steam demos! I'm gonna start with Poly Bricks and then try out... Poodle Kick? Probably some others, too. Come hang out!

Is it just a coincidence that so many apps/websites are having outages today? Or is it because I dropped heat? (actually asking though)

Matt Johnson in the Wii Shop Channel Update Day sketch

Baldur's Gate 2

Matt Johnson (left) and Jay McCarrol in Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie

Chrono Trigger

We spoke with Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie and BlackBerry director Matt Johnson about how video games are, "the single greatest influence on my creative output at all levels."

We also spoke about the legacy of the Wii Shop Channel Update Day sketch. gameinformer.com/interview/20...

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1. Ziff Davis is selling Downdetector and Speedtest to Accenture.

2. I had forgotten Ziff Davis owned Speedtest.

3. It's a good time to switch to openspeedtest.com

March Badness is really good!

I now have every The Improvised Postmortem panel (and one UCB show) archived. I'll do the two PAX Anime Club at some point. Turns out I didn't have every IPM in on an external drive so I'm glad I did this.

Rumbleverse got 6 months! And THAT felt way too quick. Crazy shit.

Fortnite took a long time to become the juggernaut FORTNITE. No game is going to get that kinda runway. It really fucking sucks. I'm not even saying Highguard could have been anything, but damn dude- 45 days isn't enough time to find out!

"But Wildlight was a funded studio outside the public big studio system, why are people saying this is an issue with shareholder and immediate growth focused big pubs?"

Well, because (reportedly) they were being funded by Tencent and Tencent pulled out, so the money went away.

now seems like a fantastic time to mention that while all of the dmca shit was going down, someone put out a fully playable english translation of cookie's bustle! even runs on modern windows (as long as you install quicktime v6.5.2, which is not what the game comes with)! cookies-bustle.net

Honcho on Steam Take on the Keiretsu and reclaim your grandfather's rightful spot amongst Japan's financial elite. Use your bespoke kei truck to deliver packages, purchase real estate and expand your company to show ...

last reskeet: the game with the Mr Tofu option is Honcho

store.steampowered.com/app/2961860/...

Steam community requesting additional body types for added immersion.

A large block of sentient tofu

Steam community: “Can we play as a male character?”

Me (indie dev in this economy):
“Best I can do is sentient tofu.”

Steam logo with the word "DEMOS" added

Tonight I'll be streaming at www.twitch.tv/patbaer and checking out some demos! Next Fest might be over but I've still got a lot of Steam stuff to check out, starting with Poly Bricks. Stream starts at 9pm Eastern.

YouTube video by Pat Baer VODs Build With Baer Workshop 3/2/26 started Arios Gundam HG

Last night I started a model kit from 2009 that's got a very underused color (to me): orange. Also I recommended some manga. youtu.be/B91F7AYoe-c #GUNPLA

sounds like a lot of music has been replaced, which.... yeah, that's gonna happen.

We've freed Cookie's Bustle from copyright hell. Here's how. | Video Game History Foundation We've stopped a persistent copyright troll who was trying to impede our work. Here's everything we learned—and how we beat them.

BREAKING: We've freed Cookie.

Following an investigation by VGHF, Ukie and Web Capio have suspended DMCA takedowns for Cookie's Bustle on behalf of Graceware, SL.

More info:

Attention people who think Stella is funny and cool (that’s you, reading this) — With Stella’s blessing I am organizing a fundraiser event (probably a livestream) to try and raise as much money as we can to replace the $24k that was stolen from her! Please DM me if you’d like to be involved!

Two settings on a washing machine. One says NORMAL and the other says NORMAL with an asterisk next to it

My two settings

somebody's gotta do something about that! Messed up for sure!

new mcmansion hell to cleanse the horrors: mcmansionhell.com/post/8099372...

just noticed I took this photo sideways. Oops.

Partially built Arios Gundam HG model kit.

Fun stream! Made a lot of progress on the Arios Gundam HG. Archive will be up tomorrow.

A render of the Arios Gundam HG

OH YEAH!!! I’m live with Build With Baer Workshop at www.twitch.tv/patbaer ! I’m starting the Arios Gundam HG. Come hang out! #GUNPLA

If you have ever doubted yourself as a writer, please remember that Smallville went for 10 seasons and 217 episodes and the best name they ever came up for pre-Superman Superman was THE RED-BLUE BLUR

In this case, a computer scientist attributes authorship of an artwork to the operation of software. Dr. Stephen Thaler created a generative artificial intelligence named the “Creativity Machine.” The Creativity Machine made a picture that Dr. Thaler titled “A Recent Entrance to Paradise.” Dr. Thaler submitted a copyright registration application for “A Recent Entrance to Paradise” to the United States Copyright Office. On the application, Dr. Thaler listed the Creativity Machine as the work’s sole author and himself as just the work’s owner.

Second, Dr. Thaler argues that he is the work’s author because he made and used the Creativity Machine. Thaler Opening Br. 42-51. We cannot reach that argument. The district court held that Dr. Thaler forwent any such argument before the Copyright Office. Thaler, 687 F.Supp.3d at 150. And in his opening brief, Dr. Thaler did not challenge the district court’s finding of waiver. Dr. Thaler offered only a single sentence in his opening brief, in which he describes the district court’s conclusion as “based on a misunderstanding of the record below.” Thaler Opening Br. 43. That “bare and conclusory assertion” is insufficient to preserve an argument for resolution on the merits. Abdullah v. Obama, 753 F.3d 193, 199 (D.C. Cir. 2014).

Just so folks don't overread this: Thaler is a narrow case. Someone initially attributed sole authorship of an image to an AI tool and asserted ownership over the copyright, only later asserting authorship based on using the tool. The court refused to consider the tool argument.

YouTube video by Pat Baer Pat Baer's Anime Club ep 170: My Most Rewatched Shows

It's time for a new episode of Pat Baer's Anime Club. I wouldn't call them all "comfort shows", but there are certain series that I revisit often. So I talked about a few of them! Maybe your fav is on this list. youtu.be/nNys5vUr9Sc

More peeks at rhythm pools tomorrow, album's out on Friday!