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capybara enthusiast. game dev @KOOPMode

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max turnbull 🐀
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u know what ...... ... ... i can have a #PortfolioDay post as a treat hi i'm max! i'm a game developer (always) and a 3D artist (sometimes) and a capybara enthusiast (always) 🐀🐀🐀
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i don't know how to explain to you that a lot of people do not want to monetize every aspect of their lives
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[me]: wow ur house is so nice! [person who doesn't use the app to type their messages in animal crossing]: 🤔 🤔 🤔 🤔 🤔 🤔 t hx
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sorry if someone did this already
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max turnbull 🐀
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the green straw implies that luigi was sitting next to him but they waited until he wasn't around to take the photo and honestly? honestly??? i'm not gonna stand for it
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Nintendo of America
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Stay cool, Mario!
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need an answer to a question? pick ur poisoned chalice: GOOGLE: ai-generated articles for the first 20 pages DISCORD: cant search w google, the info u need is 4 years back on an invite-only server reddit WIKIA/FANDOM: the least usable site imaginable REDDIT: still in blackout
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video game writing will always feel unnatural without characters interrupting/speaking over eachother
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Anthony Giovannetti
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What is an *actually* controversial game design opinion you hold?
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what do you mean "fall out boy released a new version of We Didnt Start the Fire where they rhyme 'George Floyd' with 'Metroid'" what am i supposed to do with that
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AI people: why aren't people more receptive to AI every tweet, article, sentence about a new AI tool: HEY FUCKHEADS !!! U LIKE UR JOB ?????? WELL START RUNNING NOW BC THE NEW AI TOOL "REPLACING UR BITCH ASS AND KILLING UR DOG" IS IN BETA NOW !!!!!!! WANNA CRY ABT IT ?????
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max turnbull 🐀
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reasons someone might say "my partner": • they're long-term but not married • they're bi/pan and want to identify w that even if they're straight-passing • they're talking about a cowboy they know • they want to respect their nb partner who isn't publicly out
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google in 2022 is dogshit bc if i want to search "check mouse dpi" it comes up with 10000000 AI-driven tech blogs of which the content is eighteen paragraphs of: What is the DPI Mouse? Many people would like to check their DPI of mouse. The DPI of a mouse is the dots-per-second
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max turnbull 🐀
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ah, why didn't i think of that
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max turnbull 🐀
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potion: £150 pokéballs: £300 antidote: £100 every item of clothing i can find: £130,000 paralyz heal: £350 someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my pokémon are dying
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max turnbull 🐀
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🌻 evening sunflower chats 🌻 ( #screenshotsaturday #madewithunity )
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max turnbull 🐀
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any open world game with roaming animals should have a "sppspsppspspspsps" button. you can not change my mind
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max turnbull 🐀
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said before but when a person is outed/outs themselves as an asshole, saying "i never liked their stuff anyway" serves only yourself and reinforces the idea that "good people make good things" instead of "you shouldn't assume the creator is good because the thing is good"
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i often think about how zoomers getting into Dropout/D20/Game Changer will eventually click "popular" on the Dropout youtube channel and be confronted with this beautiful time capsule
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me: :( nintendo ui sound design: *pop* *finger click* *cheery whistle* *playful jingle* *cheery whistle again but down an octave* me: :)
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max turnbull 🐀
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a twitter account like Can You Pet The Dog but it's Can You Continue Playing The Game As Normal After Completing The Last Story Mission
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hey folks,,,,,... here's a little self-portrait of me,, a human male
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max turnbull 🐀
2 years
hey i'm on the twitter replacement we all agreed on, where are you guys ??
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3 years
PRO TIP: if you get tired of your friend aggressively recommending you FFXIV, put them in a conversation with a Yakuza fan and they'll be stuck in an endless recommendation loop for days
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walkies
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hot take but i think if you mismanage your company so badly that you have to let 220 people go then maybe you should be one of them
@Bungie
Bungie
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This morning, we shared an important update with the Bungie team on the difficult decision to eliminate 220 roles at Bungie. You can read the full statement below.
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max turnbull 🐀
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I LIKE WHEN PEOPLE ARE HUMAN I LIKE WHEN PEOPLE ARE HUMAN I LIKE WHEN PEOPLE ARE HUMAN I LIKE WHEN PEOPLE ARE HUMAN I LIKE WHEN PEOPLE ARE HUMAN
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ooohhhhhhhhhhh a customer
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so far nobody has given me a reason why the new AI video generation fuckery improves the lives of anyone in a material way while i can easily think of many many many ways where it would make people's lives significantly worse which is a good ratio for new tech i think :)
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max turnbull 🐀
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you can not win arguments against the play-to-earn crowd because they fundamentally do not understand wanting a hobby that doesn't create financial value
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max turnbull 🐀
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how is the internet less useful than it was 20 years ago. how'd we get here fellas
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max turnbull 🐀
5 years
ported the jittery text to my game but ....... made it a bit strong honestly its a huge anxiety mood
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max turnbull 🐀
3 years
ace attorney mfers be like "hi i work at an italian restaurant my name is Al Dente"
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max turnbull 🐀
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why is this website so against having complicated feelings towards something. i have complicated feelings towards everything. i contradict myself 3000 times before breakfast
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max turnbull 🐀
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he was able to work full time bc his gf worked two jobs and supported them both financially while he was making $0 for years
@volodarik
Aleksandr Volodarsky
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Eric Barone has made $300M+ (yes, that's not a typo) in revenue in 6 years with 0 employees. He developed a game that has sold 20M copies to date. At this rate, he can easily become the first one-person founder to do 1B+ in sales. Here's how he did it:
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who the hell called it the Game Developers Conference instead of Burnout Paradise
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today's... "fun surprise" was learning that the letters in speech bubbles rotate with the characters all games are barely duct taped together no exceptions
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max turnbull 🐀
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ok the itch . io bundle for racial justice has 1400+ projects and can be overwhelming so here is: the beak friend guide to the bundle for racial justice gonna do a short review and screenshot (THREAD) of all of my favs 🧦
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max turnbull 🐀
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it's been
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DOOM
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one week
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max turnbull 🐀
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drew some kirbys in jeans
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max turnbull 🐀
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okay since people seem to not know this RT TO SAVE A LIFE instead of using the switch keyboard to type messages to Animal Crossing buds you can download the Nintendo Switch Online app on ur phone and talk through your phone keyboard or voice chat!!!!
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max turnbull 🐀
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from the original gif to six months later 🧦💀👕🦴
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max turnbull 🐀
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i was lookin for some old art and stumbled upon this and i swear i have no recollection of making it
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• they want to normalize it for queer people so "partner" doesn't automatically imply queerness • they're about to rob a bank and are referring to their partners in crime • they're about to rob a bank (with a bisexual cowboy) • they just prefer the word partner! who cares
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i'm ok
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Wordle 208 6/6
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max turnbull 🐀
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i don't remember if i posted this pokéball home but here's a pokéball home
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crypto ppl are like "in a few months the technology will be more eco-friendly" sure bro we have an entire half-inch of icecap left let's fuck around with it
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max turnbull 🐀
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just noticed this crazy parallel from the start and end of undertale, i can't believe i missed it the first time
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max turnbull 🐀
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Sigmund Freud gets a lot of flak ........ much to the delight of his brother, Schaden Freud
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max turnbull 🐀
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all videogame dialogue should sound like an always sunny episode
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max turnbull 🐀
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making a game where you hang out with skeletons and cats in a needlessly sunrise-lit laundrette (cats pending) #screenshotsaturday
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max turnbull 🐀
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if you paid $15 for a 2-hour movie, watched the whole thing, and then asked for a refund, you'd be laughed out of the cinema if you paid $15 for a 2-hour game, played the whole thing, and then asked for a refund, steam will give it you no questions asked super cool and normal
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max turnbull 🐀
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if you're "bisexual" it means u are attracted to at least two genders :) if you're "bilingual" it means you're attracted to just linguini from the film ratatouille
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max turnbull 🐀
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list of things i care about: 1. making your text/speech bubbles as compelling as your dialogue fin
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💀🧺 laundry day
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max turnbull 🐀
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a witch's day off
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max turnbull 🐀
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ace attorney evidence: the victim was killed at exactly 11:30pm me: uh huh ace attorney witness: i saw him get killed! right in front of a clock that said "9:00am" and i can not stress enough how certain i am phoenix: there's gotta be a lie here but i can't put my finger on it
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ow please stop this
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max turnbull 🐀
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a lot of people are saying "what about if you were paid to sleep" and tbh? i find it hard enough to sleep without knowing that every second i don't sleep i'm losing money
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max turnbull 🐀
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🧦💀 hello! i'm Max, a freelance 3D artist and indie developer. i make small cute vignettes and am working on a game about laundry, family and skeletons. 📬: beakfriends @gmail .com 🎨: 💕: #PortfolioDay
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max turnbull 🐀
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being a game programmer is stupid because i have to do hours and hours of research and a ton of complex vector math in order to make frog squish good
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kerning the frog,,. send tweet
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max turnbull 🐀
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people think programming is a set of rigid instructions but in reality its actually a very personal and expressive form of art that really allows a person to show how deranged they are
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indie devs polishing one feature for a year
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shout out to tv as head gotta be one of my fav genders
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max turnbull 🐀
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(wah its #PortfolioDay again) i'm Max!! i'm a freelance 3D artist and maker of cozy vignettes. i'm also an indie developer workin on a lil game about laundry. 💌: beakfriends @gmail .com 💖: 🎨:
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max turnbull 🐀
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my kingdom for internet safety classes that teach kids the realities and dangers of the current parasocial-fandom-oriented cultural moment in a way that respects them instead of just telling them to change their passwords every three months
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max turnbull 🐀
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hello!! i'm Max, i'm an indie game developer + 3d illustrator + oat milk enthusiast from the UK. i'm making a game about laundry + skeletons. #PortfolioDay 🎨 ☕ 💌 beakfriends at gmail dot com
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max turnbull 🐀
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👏 RETWEET 👏 YOUR 👏 OWN 👏 ART 👏 YOU 👏 WORKED 👏 HARD 👏 ON 👏 IT 👏 AND 👏 ITS 👏 OKAY 👏 TO 👏 WANT 👏 PEOPLE 👏 TO 👏 SEE 👏 IT 👏
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Jasmin Habezai-Fekri 🔜 Gamescom✨
6 years
Reminder: don't feel guilty about posting your art, resharing it from time to time etc. there's no harm in doing that. People's livelihoods depend on getting their art out there, so I gladly see their work more than once on my timeline 💁
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max turnbull 🐀
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updated my game to be more relevant to this year so far
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max turnbull 🐀
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local sad dad makes cozy art #artvsartist
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call me crazy but i'm not seeing the harm in this they can't afford to do real translations, so they're opening up the game to be able to be modded in different languages people have been fan-translating games for decades and this just lets them do it easier?
@monsterprom
Wishlist "Monster Con"
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FAN TRANSLATION MODTOOL We've launched a modtool for "Monster Camp" that allows for people to individually or collectivelly make fan translations for the game. We've also created a channel in our Discord server for anyone interested in teaming up for specific languages!
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maybe i'm crazy but when i'm on a store page for a video game and i think "oh this looks great i wonder if this developer has made any other games" i would like to be able to easily find the developer rather than the publisher
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max turnbull 🐀
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its my bday here's a tiny anim
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max turnbull 🐀
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the length of a game doesn't really matter. what's really important is girth
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the yellow paint virus strikes again ... lazy ass level designers ...
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max turnbull 🐀
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a tiny self-portrait with a tinier friend
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max turnbull 🐀
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my biggest "yeah ok i'm old" is when dropout fans have not heard of jake and amir
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max turnbull 🐀
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my pause/unpause shit is all sorted now but here's a Bug Of The Day from my earlier attempts
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max turnbull 🐀
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you've heard of ACE ATTORNEY now get ready for: BI BARRISTER PAN PROSECUTOR LESBIAN LEGALDOER
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max turnbull 🐀
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if you're google how do you deal with thousands of websites popping up generating millions of AI-written "helpful" articles designed just to maximise SEO and serve ads feels like a fundamental flaw
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max turnbull 🐀
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i have seen 100x amount of my friends immediately jump on hive (which i had not heard of before this morning) compared to mastodon and if that isn't an argument for UX friction being the most important factor then idk what is
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they're all bad but this is my least favorite genre of "laying people off" post. just endless paragraphs of dogshit soulless corpospeak
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@Wario64
Wario64
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EA laying off around 670 employees. "We are also sunsetting games and moving away from development of future licensed IP that we do not believe will be successful in our changing industry. This greater focus allows us to drive creativity, accelerate innovation, and double down
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anyone saying discord is insane [joins a tech help discord] [the last 10 messages all contain slurs] me: hey i have a problem [six people continue the conversation they were having] me: hey excuse me admin with a hentai profile picture and a racist name: lol read the FAQ
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max turnbull 🐀
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environment artists be like
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max turnbull 🐀
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hello #PortfolioDay 👋 i'm Max!!!! i'm a cozy 3D artist by night, programmer by day, bi disaster all the time. 🎨: ☕️: 💌: beakfriends @gmail .com
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max turnbull 🐀
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a tiny 3D postie dodie for the release of @doddleoddle 's debut album! the album! is very good!
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it is WAY past bedtime !!!! 💤💤💤
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there's only one answer to this
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@AndyLunique
Andy Lunique @ PAX with Pancakes
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Name a game that SHOULD exist but, for stupid reasons, does not.
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max turnbull 🐀
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oh midjourney?? call me when ur mid-way on ur journey to being a likeable or interesting person
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max turnbull 🐀
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👕🩲👖🧦💫 mocking up a loading screen for laundry game
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oop. missed a spot
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call me when it can do this
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@JezCorden
Jez
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BREAKING: Microsoft Copilot will get Xbox integration, allowing you to ask AI for game guides, tips, and even search your inventories. "How do I create a sword in Minecraft?" DETAILS: #Copilot #AI #ChatGPT #Minecraft #Xbox
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max turnbull 🐀
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✨👩‍🚀 she's got her head in the stars
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max turnbull 🐀
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✨PIXEL-PERFECT 3D RENDERING!!!!!!✨ i get asked how i do my pixelly 3D shit ALMOST DAILY!!! i hope this helps point you in the right direction (here's the artstation link which has individual slides and makes it a LOT easier to see the difference: )
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"we're removing games that normalize sexual activity" super hot spicy take but actually i would like sex to be normalized !!!! if i had to choose either sex or hyper-violence to be normalized i would choose sex !!!!
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