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Cake day: July 14th, 2023

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  • Oop I didn’t mean to say overpay lmao, I know that’s not the case.

    I honestly had no idea the games industry was so lucrative, I assumed they made less money than movies but that’s not even on the list. That’s extra evil, I knew they have rich execs ofc but I didn’t know just how badly distributed that wealth was. Maybe they make more profit bc of how horribly they treat everyone Idk, or maybe bc there aren’t as many celebrities with massive paychecks as there are in Hollywood.

    You’re right, I thought it wasn’t a very profitable industry but it’s just that publishers are evil and choose not to pay studios enough or treat them like people. Nvm I hope AI bullshit doesn’t end up in these games (my hypothetical magical christmasland scenario of devs working less and not being laid off by it wouldn’t be too bad in my book but that’s not at all likely)


  • Honestly, if there’s ways that machine learning and the like can make AAA game development cheaper or faster I’m all for it, and I’m pretty against most use of ML in art. Modern AAA games aren’t economically viable. You have to overwork and underpay the shit out of developers to make your average AAA game, and even with that they still nickel and dime users for all they’re worth. The obvious solution is obviously to stop paying execs so much and stop endlessly, pointlessly pursuing better graphics (ie more polygons and shaders and RTX), but that’s not gonna happen any time soon bc capitalism and shit. Theoretically ML can be used in a way that doesn’t result in people being laid off and instead just reduces the workload and allows more to be done in less time, while everyone gets paid more. It certainly couldn’t make EA games any more generic or sloppy than they already are. That would be perfectly fine imo, but chances are they’ll just lay off half their devs and voice actors and shit, again bc capitalism and shit.

    Tldr AAA game devs could use ML to make AAA development more ethical and economical, but probably won’t be bc that’d make less money for the shareholders :c











  • Gaza getting “taken care of” means them getting wiped out to Biden and most democrats. He had made it abundantly clear he will not budge on this issue, there is nothing that can stop the flow of weapons into Israel, and that he is straight up ignoring the protestors because “disorder isn’t the answer” (besides the disorder Israel is generating in Gaza ofc). What is your solution to this? Just ignore it and fall in line? Biden will never unaffix his lips from bibi’s asshole, so what are we supposed to do other than accept the genocide and accept Biden helping the IDF wipe Gaza off the map? How about you pressure biden to stop committing genocide instead of telling people with empathy to shut up and take it?