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@docsquiddy
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i make games. https://t.co/8VxeLuux9h. last 3: ADIOS. HARDSPACE. PARATOPIC. https://t.co/xefHMJEUfQ https://t.co/Qb8syHLDcF https://t.co/PUiD0K0jax
Lawrence, KS
Joined November 2018
#shiptember2023 BONUS 31/30: The GAMMA-WING Fighter, #StarWars inspired design from 1999 before I did SW work. Never officially used in any SW project, a next-gen fighter concept combines elements from existing designs. #idrawspaceships #jeffcarlisleart #illustration #shiptember
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did cory doctorow read my essay on ai art? fuckin awesome if so
This is done in the hopes that this work will cause a loose facsimile of that numinous, irreducible feeling to manifest in someone else's mind. Art, in other words, is an act of communication - and there you have the problem with AI art. 13/
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@docsquiddy put it best I think when he described art as fundamentally a means of communicating something from author to reader/viewer, and so AI content can never be art because it cannot communicate anything.
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The entire premise of this AI stuff, as @docsquiddy said in an article months back, is that these guys don't want ti be artists, they just want the acclaim and respect that artists have. They don't want to make art, they want to be wealthy and acclaimed.
maybe one of the dumbest things ive ever heard any craft worth learning is difficult by definition. i suck at guitar but have been playing on and off since i was a teenager and there is no better feeling than nailing a challenging riff or chord changes after trying for weeks
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Love this. “Pandering through structure is the empty calorie of the storytelling pantry.” — @docsquiddy
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I have this friend who considers himself a professional in his field. When he encounters other professionals acting unprofessionally, he…
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Comic writer Jimmy Palmiotti once criticized Power Girl for being portrayed as angry and muscular with big breasts. I fail to see the problem.
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But if you've heard him talk at length and thought, for instance, building a bunch of tunnels with conveyer belts for cars to go on, sounds good you should consider that maybe his depth of understanding transit infrastructure is as deep as his understanding of Path of Exile 2
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was talking with phil about canirvalesques earlier and ended up discussing bakhtin, who has an interesting idea here (I do not know nearly enough about bakhtin yet)
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I still think about Kristen Stewart's "HUH!?" line delivery.
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How much bigger do you think my biceps will get in 2025?
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it's also a review of the wonderful game I Was a Teenage Exocolonist https://t.co/WvNLiYDEtw
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I’ve realized that I’m much better at discussing broad ranging theory than individual games, just because it’s easier to find ten games…
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New article new article new article!!! I am mostly on the other site but I figured I'd let ya'll know! Have you ever wondered why it seems that some people who love wholesome media don't seem to be wholesome people? This is an article about exploring the Hitler connnection.
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Single player games have much shorter playtime than the most popular multiplayer games like dota 2 and csgo. Game sales in 2024 so far arent significantly different from other years.
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graders btfo once again
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it's also a review of the wonderful game I Was a Teenage Exocolonist https://t.co/WvNLiYDEtw
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I’ve realized that I’m much better at discussing broad ranging theory than individual games, just because it’s easier to find ten games…
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New article new article new article!!! I am mostly on the other site but I figured I'd let ya'll know! Have you ever wondered why it seems that some people who love wholesome media don't seem to be wholesome people? This is an article about exploring the Hitler connnection.
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When you have no damn time, but you need to stay fit
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Really great critique of the cozy genre and how the (very normal human impulse) has been historically weaponized by fascists and the ruling class for millennia. i was a teenage exocolonist (and so can you) by @docsquiddy
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I’ve realized that I’m much better at discussing broad ranging theory than individual games, just because it’s easier to find ten games…
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