Falko Loeffler

eXistenZ is a movie that anyone working in games should watch. Prescient in a lot of ways, it's also a story about a woman game designer who is getting chased by men who don't like how she designs games. (Yes, really.)

I read thousands of pages of Epstein files this weekend trying to understand what he wanted out of his meeting with 4chan's Christopher Poole. Here's everything we know about Epstein's plans to dismantle the internet and, eventually, democracy.
www.garbageday.email/p/here-s-how...

If in doubt - just consult the map. :D

www.atlas-alltagssprache.de/brotchen/

If that "cultural takeoff" slings AI dudes out of my gravitational field, I'm all for it!

ah, "Anchorman"

I say this with utmost respect, but Taylor is an absolute tool for saying this privately or publicly.
I can say on good authority that it takes 7 to 10 years to develop game development skills to “good enough” to produce commercial game content. 7-10 years plus the cost of a university education.

A page from the manual. The "Introduction" part starts with the text ...

So ... the sleazy text adventure is actually set in a postapocalyptic 2020. And although the skies are not green (neither in reality nor in the game) I think this is an inside joke decades in the making. :)

Wrong! As historians know, the original Larry in 1987 was a graphical remake of the Sierra game "Softporn Adventure", a text adventure from 1981, adding the main character and being a legend due to its cover.

But take a look into its manual ...

So, yeah, dude seems to be on something and hallucinates. At least he knows the correct year, since the game was released in 2020.

No inside joke here.

Right?

Larry in front of the toilet. Subtitle (from the person in the booth) says: "The year is 2020 A.D. Alas, the skies are green with plutonium, interest rates are doubling annually, the world has become weird and bizarre ..."

Because I haven't reallly posted here quite some and just feel like it - here's my favourite adventure game inside joke. No, not some three headed monkey, too many of those already.

In our second Larry "Wet Dreams Dry Twice" there's a guy in the toilet you never see. Knock the door, he says ...

Discord wants to know how you feel about AI.

Go tell them: discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Hooded Horse ban AI-generated art in their games: "all this thing has done is made our lives more difficult" Hooded Horse CEO Tim Bender has taken a firm view on genAI art assets. "I fucking hate gen AI art and it has made my life more difficult in many ways."

Hell yeah.

“I fucking hate gen AI art and it has made my life more difficult in many ways… suddenly it infests shit in a way it shouldn’t.”

An easy to fix problem: buy a fourth copy!

Robot dog is so lifelike, it will eat you when you're dead.

This Brazilian woman hates AI

Delete that shit right now friends.

I still think it's very simple: the word "generative" is where I draw the line. Spellcheck in your design doc? Sure, go ahead. Copilot to fill out the blanks? Haha NOPE.

The AI dudes try to muddy the waters, of course. As if using any kind of tool gives permission for Gen AI everywhere.

So the Trump goons did NOT release files that incriminate Trump? I AM SHOCKED.

Having gone through the process with them three times (I liked the writers and wanted to live in Ireland), every negative thing you've heard about Larian's hiring process is not only true, but quite probably understated.

What they demand for a "test" would be considered a prototype at some studios.

A few years ago someone from Larian had an appointment with me at Gamescom and didn't show up.

Must have been a bot.

tweet reading: GAME TRAILER: “Enter a world beyond belief...” ME: “Yes” GAME TRAILER: “An adventure like never before...” ME: “YES” GAME TRAILER: “Join your friends online” ME: “I’m out”

i stand by this statement every year

For our recent project we needed some temp audio early on so I generated it by getting a microphone, doing a voice, and recording it. This was (a) fast, (b) instructive and (c) actually kinda okay to play the game too while still being obviously placeholder

🎉 AdventureX is back! youtu.be/7Ujm4xkjLbM
@adventurex.bsky.social #AdvX25

Featuring @lightfootbrosgames.bsky.social
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Here are a few short interviews I did at @adventurex.bsky.social for my adventure game podcast. Mostly in German, some in English.

(And if you're wondering: the podcast title translates as "Use Ear With Loudspeaker".)

adventurepodcast.de/folge-37-adv...

Das ist zwar mein englischer Account, aber vorhin war ich ja noch in England. :D

Enjoy!

It was joyous.

The party location with the Shard skyscraper loving over it.

AdventureX party.

Travel information mail from Eurostar: Hello. The UK has introduced temporary restrictions on milk, dairy products, and certain meats from the EU. This is to prevent the spread of foot and mouth disease following a rising number of cases across mainland Europe. Travellers can no longer bring the following meats and animal products from the EU into Great Britain for personal use: Pork Beef Lamb and mutton Goat meat Venison Other products made from these meats, like sausages Milk and dairy products

Great, now I have to unpack my cow. :/

3 years ago I returned from the conference with the idea to start adventurepodcast.de. This year no attendee will be safe from my microphone!!! (Unless they run away. Or politely decline.)

Soon.