Alex

Hello! I wrote this op-ed because I've fielded some awkward requests from devs and PR (who shall remain anonymous) this year and I think it's indicative of a wider issue in the game industry that stems from some folks not fully understanding the role of reporters.

THOUGHTS on Game Dev Dot Com:

I’m opening a movie theater in which I show recently released films that I ripped from the internet but the studios are welcome to opt out if they wish.

Had a blast chatting to Stone – curious whether Peter Pan has the massive audience that Second Star thinks it has, but if there's anyone that can make a licensed IP works, it's this group of TT vets.

Some big implications for journalism, too, where reporters often mistake trending posts as a reasonable reflection of public opinion.

Congrats to everyone involved in this, in particular whichever management consultant intern made millions telling them that this was a great idea

These people are such fucking losers lol

Idiots, and they're probably using it for dumb things.

Yes look, ok, I see what you're trying to say, but also

It took Hollow Knight five years to get more than 20k CCU on Steam. Silksong? 18 minutes, and it now has a higher CCU record on the platform than its predecessor (by around 3k).

It's been out for 18 minutes and for most of that time, Steam hasn't been working. FUCK

UM, GUYS

The fact that I have never seen an access error for Steam is a testament to Valve's engineering. And the fact that it looks like Silksong might just have accidentally taken down Steam is absolutely insane.

Counter point - it hasn't been ruined by Americans on Tiktok who don't understand the point of the sound/ad

Gonna be refreshing Steam all day hoping it drops before 1500

All good, dude. This stuff happens.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it: Why Jagex's new CEO is happy for it to be the 'RuneScape company' Jon Bellamy lays out his vision for the long-running British studio, as well as discussing the success of the newly launched Dragonwilds

In a wide-ranging interview, new Jagex CEO Jon Bellamy reflects on the success of RuneScape: Dragonwilds, this year's Pride controversy, and why he wants to double down on RuneScape. "Great companies are built by doing what they do well even better."

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This is not the AI boom creating a new type of work, this is a classic example of managers using automation to deskill old ones. Creative workers who once made a higher wage creating original art and writing are now paid in piecework to edit automated output. Bosses are using AI to cut labor costs.

Damn, this snuck up on me. Was a massive Ruiner fan so have some real high hopes for this. Looks awesome 🔥

You okay buddy?

No cost too great

Baudrillard’s 4 stages of simulacra applied to pumpkin spice Stage one (next to picture of pumpkin): Initially the sign (image or representation) is a reflection of basic reality Stage two (next to picture of pumpkin pie): the sign masks a basic reality. The image becomes a distortion of reality Stage three (next to Starbucks pumpkin spice latte): the sign marks the absence of basic reality. The image calls into question what the reality is and if it even exists Stage four (next to jug of pumpkin spice flavored coffee mate): the sign bears no relation to any reality whatsoever; it is it’s own pure simulacrum

Don’t know who made this but thank you

But I thought dumb plagiarism machine that's wrong a lot of the time was the future!!!

Headline from the BBC news website reading 'Hundreds attend protest over asylum seeker housing'.

Let's be clear. This is nothing. Demonstrations with thousands or even tens of thousands are frequently entirely ignored. That the BBC chooses to put this on the front page of their news website is a political decision as to what positions to push.

RoboCop: *about to arrest me*

Me: before you arrest me, which of these 9 pictures have cars in them

RoboCop: i’m going to let you off with a warning

Easy to leave that way when you already have a significant net worth I guess ha

Perhaps another reason the consent manufacturing for getting British people using VPNs to be shot by the space laser from Akira has started up

Spring McParlinJones and John Paul Donnelly from the IWGB Game Workers Union make the case for why the UK games industry should be unionising

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