Nick Reineke

Play games made by women!

Absolutely loved those goofy illustrations on the cover of Sega Master System games. They had so much character!

Tried to sculpt a bust of Shrek's head in Blender and was too depressed so I just closed it and watched the new Scrubs episodes instead.

I was specifically referring to any AI model that currently exists. The way the tech works has no chance of ever "getting better" in the way that it is commonly discussed. It is a dead end. All it does is obfuscate LLMs' lack of sophistication better.

So you cede your argument then? Being lazy and complacent is the systemic issue I was calling out. Their compensating and crediting is a PR move. I don't believe they would have done anything if they weren't caught and called out. If discovered internally, it would have been silent.

Anyone saying AI can gain sentience is a con man or an idiot.

The people who can tell are intentionally lying to make more money from people having a hard time understanding what the tech is or what it's capable of. Also perpetually hiding behind "in a year it will" as a permanent moving goal posts grift scapegoat.

This isn't the first time in recent memory that Bungie has been caught stealing art. One time you fire the individual - two, three or more? That has to be a systemic issue which I believe you can point a finger at Bungie as a company.

Source: www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/ar...

Exactly this. The artist even said in public they couldn't afford to pay for legal proceedings, so it all feels like they settled "under duress". They had no leverage and probably got steamrolled, had to settle for very little and get NDA'd to hell and back.

They still stole it and if the artist didn't make an accusation they would have just gone ahead. It's wild to run defense for this sort of stuff when Bungie has a history of plagiarism.

Haha honestly yes, I had a panic I wouldn't be able to play OW, but the cat is so annoying I'm somehow dealing with it. XD

Hi Cory. I wasn't sure if I would cover it (I have a hard time seeing violence on cats, even in an over the top cartoon way) so I didn't end up getting a code. There's a chance I might down the line, but I'm not 100% if I will. Sorry about that.

Mask of Sorrow (1996) / Маска скорби by Ernst Neizvestny.

I've never been able to try it yet, but I find myself thinking about Horchata surprisingly regularly. It looks so pleasant to sip.

I never can wrap my head around how much I can or should advocate for myself. I don't want to come across entitled, that I deserve anything or even imply that I have any special skill, but also surely that's part of the whole capitalism performance we're all doing, no?

I agree and want to add as well, I'm not likely to click through links at all unless I'm really certain I know everything about the situation. I've been scammed by valid looking proposals (I had my YouTube channel stolen) and I know what to look for, having been doing this for 13 years.

But also Hugo is doing marketing for an upcoming product he'd like everyone to buy.

The need for art is a vital, primal need to connect to the people around you somehow. I needed to have that screamed into me until I couldn't hear anything for the next day.

The world never made any sense outside of those moments. Complete strangers united entirely by their love of music. Violently dancing, thrashing and punching, yet the most safe place I ever felt. Unafraid to be injured - I was afraid to be away from understanding those other people in silence.

My view on art is inextricably linked to when we were 16 and going to hardcore shows every weekend we could. Absolutely no idea why this meant so much but aching to test the limits of "if he falls, pick him up". They always picked me up. Everyone there was screaming and filled with life.

$14 cocktails just makes me immediately in a bad mood. Everything is unaffordable.

-The subreddit for Marathon is kinda hilarious - I haven't seen almost any negative posts, just loads of people angry about negative posts. 🤣

-I still don't like extraction shooters and this game only reinforced that. You'll die instantly over and over for reasons you may not even understand and have to wait through 5-7 min of loading and menus.
-I really wish this was just a story based single player Marathon game, not a live service.

-Difficulty balance seems to be exclusively tuned for trios, playing solo is maybe impossible, even vs PvE robot groups.
-Feels almost nothing like classic Marathon aside from the lore screens shown like the old terminals.
-So many cool weapon and creature designs they didn't use for some reason.

I streamed Marathon (2026) for about 5 hours today. My takeaways are:
-Runs well, gunplay is punchy, animations look good.
-Visuals average toward good. Sometimes moments of real artistry appear, sometimes it's garish dissonance.
-UI is a mess, needs to be thrown away and rebuilt.

It's still not too late to port the Motorstorm games to PC.

I've dabbled a bit but haven't gotten out of the "I need tutorials for everything" stage. It is quite amazing to see all geo nodes can do.

This is what is going on node-wise for the buildings. Nothing too crazy really.

Hotshot Racing on Steam Hotshot Racing is a blisteringly fast arcade-style racing game fusing drift handling, razor-sharp retro visuals and an incredible sense of speed to create an exhilarating driving experience.

You probably know it already but just in case I really enjoyed Hotshot Racing: store.steampowered.com/app/609920/H...

Yeah I love stacking and mixing layers in the Blender node editor. As far as I can tell you can do almost anything if you know enough tricks. I'm obsessed with the idea that you bring no textures at all and just create objects and scenes out of almost nothing.