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Japanese game studios tell OpenAI to stop pilfering their work An anti-piracy organization representing major studios like Square Enix and Bandai Namco isn't thrilled with how OpenAI appears to have trained its video model, Sora 2.

Japanese game studios tell OpenAI to stop pilfering their work

Burnout is rough :’) and it’s hard learning how to be kind to yourself/let yourself take a break

42 DAYS TO GO...

@lostincult Presents: The Horror Game Awards 2025 LIVE!

CREATOR AND PRESS TICKETS BELOW 👇

This December 13th 2025, Kensington Conference and Events Centre in London will host the 4th Annual @HorrorGameAward show.

Omg yes!! I love using shirts I get from work as PJs xD

For Halloween I dressed up as a person who’s had a very long day at work so they took a nap 🙂‍↕️👻

It’s Michael in his midlife crisis saying “Birth is a curse and existence is a prison”. Somebody else posted this pic here today which is prolly why I remembered. WHY DOES HE LOOK SO HOT HERE. WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT MEEEE 😭

Suddenly remembered that I was down bad for Michael in the Good Place

YouTube video by Anna C. Webster Game Writing Tests And You

New YouTube video!

This one's all about writing tests: what they are, how to handle them, etc! I even wrote up a fake writing test for you to try your hand at if you like! :)

youtu.be/049qX3gpgVU?...

We gotta get that YouTuber who calculates the unemployment rate of the different Skyrim cities to do the same for Kamurocho

I love this idea 👀

YouTube video by Lucas Pope Return of the Obra Dinn - Narrated Modeling Mega Timelapse

"Return of the Obra Dinn" is seven years old this week.

For this not-particularly-special anniversary, here's a re-cammed and narrated timelapse of (nearly) all character creation, object modeling, scene posing, and general 3D work for Obra Dinn from 2015 to 2018:

youtu.be/90vqCKEEj3s

Screenshot of a bed and s o m e t h i n g i n t h e s h a d o w s. (This is from The Deepest Sleep, part of the Deep Sleep Trilogy by Scriptwelder Studio)

Just started the Deepest Sleep and I'm already tempted to nope out 😭 😱

Exactlyyy it’s genius 🙂‍↕️

Yesss it’s one of my favourite games of all time! 🥹

It’s late at night and I’m completing the Deep Sleep trilogy even though I get spooked easily 🙂‍↕️

Screenshot of Golden Sun (that we’re playing on our Switch). There is a group of cute white puppies. Some text on screen that says, “There are some puppies playing over there.”

I’ve been playing through Golden Sun with my partner and he fell in love with the game as soon as he saw this group of puppies blocking a path 🥹

Anyone have any good offbeat horror movie recommendations? Especially stuff with that cozy, small town vibe (maybe coastal too? That shit hits). Looking for movie candidates to watch with my wife on halloween

#halloween #horrormovies

Hey everyone. This is my friend Sharif. After suffering devastating loss in the genocide he is now trying to rebuild a life for himself and his children. Things are still incredibly difficult and unsafe in Palestine and will be for the foreseeable future—please consider helping Sharif and his kids

Screenshot of Golden Sun (that we’re playing on our Switch). There is a group of cute white puppies. Some text on screen that says, “There are some puppies playing over there.”

I’ve been playing through Golden Sun with my partner and he fell in love with the game as soon as he saw this group of puppies blocking a path 🥹

ICYMI:

I did my very first podcast recently and the episode is out NOW!

Check it out and support Aaron's new show, "Make Games, Drink Coffee".

I think it's really neat!

“Fuck AI”

— Guillermo del Toro

🎥 Vanity Fair

@amagire@mastodon.social elevated horror: what if you're grieving your loved one TOO MUCH? folk horror: what if a child's disability could EAT PEOPLE? supernatural horror: what if your childhood trauma could EAT PEOPLE? psychological horror: what if your adult trauma could EAT PEOPLE? body horror: what if your gender dysphoria could EAT PEOPLE? slasher horror: what if a random guy was trying to kill you, instead of a cop or your boyfriend?

this one doin numbers on mastodon but bsky doesn't let me have enough characters

Movie poster for The Vourdalak. Depicts the bust of a man with very pale makeup emotionlessly looking towards the viewer; he is wearing a blue overcoat, and seems to have a white kerchief around his neck. A hairless, humanoid creature is behind the man, grabbing him by the head and shoulder and appears to be biting the man's neck.

Poster for the movie Cure. Highly detailed closeup of the right side of a man's face, seemingly mesmerized by something out of view. There is a glint in his eye that appears to be a reflection of a small flame from possibly a candle.

Poster for the movie The Day of the Beast. High contrast colors; bright red background, with the title typed out in a deep black on the top half of the image in a scratchy font. Between the 'S' and 'T' is a bright white silhouette of a horned, humanoid figure casting a light in the shape of a cross.

Apparently every post from me is a 'hey, sorry I haven't posted in a while' but uhh, yeah; horror movie update time:

1. The Day of the Beast (1995, dir. Álex de la Iglesia)
2. The Vourdalak (2023, dir. Adrien Beau
3. Cure (1997, dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa)

All highly recommended depending on your mood.

I stopped posting about Silksong because I stopped playing the game hehe 🥲 It wasn’t the difficulty per se (the last thing I did was the Slab, and I didn’t die once). It just no longer felt fun 🙁 I’ll revisit it at some point but I’m a little bummed out

I know I’m late but A&W by Lana Del Rey is so good holy shit 😭

Three indie games, three different takes on a digital nightmare. While Proximate, Without a Dawn, and Dead Letter Dept. differ in their approaches, the takeaway is the same: our very perception of the world has been warped by systems outside our control. youtu.be/0zxQ9YAzy00

The "cognitive decline and brain damage from repeat COVID infections" and "easy to use robot that makes slop and melts your critical thinking skills" is a hell of a combo in a post-fact media ecosystem

This week I’m going to raise money for @medicalaidpal.bsky.social to help Palestinians in need.

On Fri I'll start & finish Metal Gear Solid, MGS2 on Sat, Delta on Sun. It'll be 9 AM PT each day on www.twitch.tv/tamoorh.

Fundraiser is live on my Twitch. Please share if you can!

Boosting again, please share! Still looking for writing work-- full time or contract, i'm incredibly adaptable and eager to learn and grow ✍️