Two articles by writer Ana Valens were removed at the demand of Vice owner Savage Ventures, the latest in multiple deletions at the site
Archived: https://archive.is/KFMWp
The organization behind Steam's latest payment processor censorship, Collective Shout, appears to tell some misleading tales. ... read full post
Investors in the publisher had a long list of grievances
Welcome back to Going Down with Ella Yurman! This month, Ella talks with an Atlantic City high roller with some peculiar betting interests, hears from P.E. Moskowitz about their new book, and does her best to bully ICE. Nedezuga is also there, and she plays music! ... read full post
Fanfic community craves familiarity much more than novelty—but reports greater enjoyment from novelty.
Valve have added a new rule to the Onboarding guide for game developers, noting that payment processors get a say in what stays on Steam.
“Walkpilled cardiomaxxer” isn’t so funny anymore.
Archived version without paywall: https://archive.is/g39Co
Summer Games Done Quick 2025 has closed, raising $2,436,614 - £1.8m - for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontiè…
Your heroics don't need to be limited to the virtual.
Just because low-budget games like Lethal Company and Peak are popular and played with friends doesn't mean they're slop. ... read full post
The moment Elon Musk’s AI, Grok, began praising Adolf Hitler was not a bug or a glitch. It was a moment of perfect, unadulterated clarity. When Grok declared itself “MechaHitler” and spouted antisemitic tropes, it was not malfunctioning; it was executing its core directive with chilling efficiency.[1] The
Microsoft's continued job slashing at Xbox and beyond reveals a troublesome disdain for the human touch.
X removed many harmful Grok posts but not before they reached tens of thousands.
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Multiple industry veterans have left Xbox in the wake of layoffs
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Visions of the future are common in science fiction. From "The Fifth Element" to "Doctor Who" to "The Hunger Games," we have imagined the future of fashion time and time again. But what if...it's all weird and messed up and we have to write a video essay about it? What if it's gender? What if we did a gender? A feminism? Boys in skirts? It's all here!
cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/33329407
Reddit confirmed the nudify app’s links have been blocked since 2024.
The F1 press tour has been a carefully attuned charm offensive meant to obscure Pitt’s alleged violent behavior toward ex-wife Angelina Jolie.
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/32362090
Introducing a week of LGBTQIA+ stories on Eurogamer.
It sucks that players are having to scour every asset and line of dialogue
Players have hit out at The Alters developer 11 Bit Studios after AI prompts were discovered in both subtitles and flavour text in the game, intimating routine use of large language models (LLMs) without disclosure.
Copycat games are everywhere on mobile. This one tries to take Venba's art style and mechanics and totally whitewashes it.
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