From Circana's PlayerPulse - US video game player sentiment around the use of generative AI is worsening. In December 2025, over 25% of players said the use of generative AI would lead them to refuse or be less likely to buy a game.
Reposting because in my first try I words up my mixed.
Nintendo suing US government over tariffs
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A screenshot from The Knightling. The protagonist is in front of a wondrous fantasy castle.
Does a video game aimed at a younger audience deserve less recognition than their more mature counterparts? It certainly seems that way, but it shouldn't.
The Knightling has a juvenile vibe, but it's still a rich open world with heart.
looking at the GDC talks for this year and this kinda sums it up, huh
Accidentally hit the soft reset ABXY combination in LeafGreen and lost 2.5 hours of gameplay. Can't say that I'll play any more now, what an astonishing feature to have on by default
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In 2019, I created #WhatAGameDevLooksLike after I was stopped by security 3(!!) times while picking up my speaker badge. I’m a small Asian woman with pink hair, and I guess I didn’t visually meet their expectations of a speaker.
Ironically, I was at GDC to speak about inclusive studio cultures. 🫠
Oh shiiiii, that's a welcome surprise!
Can't believe we fell for it but we're also enjoying the fall
This is amazing.
www.getyourfuckingmoneyback.com
#WhatAGameDevLooksLike now has a feed you can follow on Bluesky!! Hopefully this makes it easier for people to find all the posts and share/amplify them. HUGE props to @singingpigs.online for the suggestion and helping get it set up! 💖
Not sure why NL got Marty Supreme only this month, but glad I got to see it in cinema yesterday! Such energy, what an amazing movie
That should be it tbh
I'm a writer
BREAKING: PlayStation is shutting down Bluepoint Games, the studio responsible for modern remakes of classic games such as Demon's Souls and Shadow of the Colossus, Bloomberg News has learned.
A shocking end for a well-respected studio.
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PlayStation is closing Bluepoint Games - the acclaimed studio behind magical remakes of Shadow of the Colossus, Demon's Souls, God of War/Uncharted collections - five years after acquiring the studio.
(Read more at Bloomberg)
"The Knightling is so unbelievably good that I felt it was my duty to not only tell you all to play it, but to remind everyone of the similarly excellent open-world indies that are at risk of being overshadowed by their AAA brethren." 🔥
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meme of just make it exists first you can make it good later. But the second circle has a drawing of a horny male face from the 'shall we do it' comic. The caption reads 'Just Make It Exists First. You Can Make It Horny Later'
The JC lore keeps expanding😂
That hashtag was also you???
Just like with the level design analogy, it doesn't fit every team or process I think. For us it works really well so far! A big caveat is that you need to spend significant effort to keep things clean, although you also have that with Google Drives that get quite full after a while.
We still have linear documentation on there, but embedded in an open space that allows for much more than just text. Add to that the collaborative features, brainstorm features that are great for ideation, the drawing tools and you'll get a team excited to dive into the 'docs'.
Our whole studio shifted to Miro as our main documentation space and I grow more in love with it every day. It really feels like the evolution of documentation from standard doc formats and wiki pages - it feels like moving from linear level design to open world game design😂
Announcing RAT GAME! 🐀
1 Chef vs 2 to 8 rats - who would win??
A comedy horror co-op game where a team of rats secretly tries to ruin a restaurant while another player tries to stop them…
“Why is AI helping me write a song or tell a story? Send some shit through a black hole; do something that we can’t do. Or dig a ditch; do the shit we don’t want to do. Why is it coming after the stuff that we essentially need to do to be human beings?”
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The Knightling triumphs because its purposeful open world is filled with whimsy and clever design choices. If you'd like to learn more about it, read this!
Lovely new series of blogs we wanna do with the amazing folks in our studio! First up is @sashalewis.bsky.social with some cool insights on her worldbuilding process :)
Discord logo on a blue-coloured design background
Discord is switching to teen-by-default settings next month, with face scanning or ID upload required for full access.
Unrelated - this past October, Discord suffered a data breach where 70,000 government IDs and info was stolen.
(Discord official press release)
