I don’t think its fair to put the blame on stupid people when you have the best minds of the modern age finely tuning advertising and visual effects and psychological trickery to entice people into specific, addictive, behaviours

The only reason casinos try hard to keep people out is because of laws - there are no where near the same kinds of regulations about lootboxes

Anyway - we broadly agree with eachother and I think we both made our point :P

Making the game free was part of the model of the loot boxes - people are less likely to get invested in your moneymaker if they have to pay for entry to the casino

But yes. Despite being in many ways the first iteration of what cosmetic loot boxes are nowadays, they weren’t the most predatory about it

They effectively created the modern videogame lootbox, yes. However they haven’t been caught with their pants down specifically targeting children with them, unlike Epic.

Still, fuck valve for lootboxes

Their next engine has AI baked into its very core!

Why are people still using the r-slur in 2026 sigh

Its approx a 6 inch cube

Aha makes sense

Um, what?

Reasonable

If you’re not trans you’re definitely something

The frame is a standalone headset

My interpretation was not that its about sheer volume, but a relative proportion. One might have 2x more orgasms from masturbation than from sex, but if they have sex 1/4 as often then they are “orgasming more frequently from sex than from masturbation”

However, I do imagine the vast majority of people who masturbate have a near 100% orgasm rate from masturbation.

To be clear, I’m not saying the process is the charm. I’m saying the process leads to a product that is charming, as a result of having had restrictions.

An AI that could perfectly produce what the dev desires would not lead to this innovation from constraints.

Don’t Stop Girlypop is such a vibe wym ugly

I’d imagine people care more about a cohesive visual direction than they care about “pretty”. A lot of AI art already captures what an average jane would probably consider pretty, in a shallow sense. It just isn’t cohesive and its morally bankrupt beyond that so it gives people the big ick

Even if AI could perfectly produce art for a video game - it would lack a lot of what makes indie games charming.

Part of that discovery process is so valuable to the charm. “I don’t know how to do art! The fuck is this shit! How do I 3d model? I guess that works, it’ll do. Hey actually it’d be kinda cool if I based the general aesthetic of the game around this kinda look.” Boom, unique art emerging from their constraints. They had to work to get there, but their work is infinitely more artful as a result

The manga author has included quite a bit of thinly veiled child fetishes in the manga - they’re sommmmeewhat less blatant in the anime but its still just gross

God the world building in FMA:BH is elite.

I also hate that the world building in Made In Abyss is so good, because its a show I can’t in good conscience watch.

It is truly his best work since Plankton Farts and Dies

The closest thing I’ve found is this tweet I found on x which was made by an account with the handle “@StopKilingGames” with one L. It does however seem to actually be the official account, with activity going back over a year and lots of visibility.

https://xcancel.com/StopKilingGames/status/2066550613463228809

You coulda made this just as “good” without using an AI image - cmon