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Will They Take The Gay Away?!?
Elizabeth Warren and dozens of other Democrats are seemingly trying to stop the sale of the vintage video game company Electronic Arts to an outfit in Saudi Arabia, citing anti-competitive practices or something.
Really this is about protecting the unions and they’re mad Jared Kushner is involved. Oh, and they’re afraid the Saudis will take the gay away from The Sims. Probably. Here’s more from Clownfish TV.
Windows: Nothing But Trash!
The owner of GOG, one of the major outlets for online video games, has flat out said what we all already knew: Windows pretty much sucks.
Does that mean GOG will have more Linux support in the future? I’d say it’s pretty likely….Here’s more from Clownfish TV.
Microsoft Isn’t Woke Enough?
Microsoft has become the gaming media’s punching bag ever since they dropped DEI, embraced AI, the CEO sucked up to Trump and something something Israel.
Remember when the games media would go out of their way to defend poor Xbox and Starfield from the mean ol’ right wing chuds? Yeah, game over man. Here’s more from Clownfish TV.
Journalists Rage Against AI
Video game journalists have a new boogeyman — generative AI being used in game development. The problem?
Pretty much EVERY studio is using it to speed up production. So good luck with boycotting pretty much everyone.
On the upside, maybe they’ll lay off cancelling people for political difference? Maybe? Here’s more from Clownfish TV.
Sony Will Censor Your Games!?!
Sony filed a patent for technology that could allow them to censor video games in real-time with AI.
Of course, it’s “for the kids.” But if this technology is implemented, every piece of media could theoretically be altered in real time on a whim.
What could possibly go wrong? Here’s more from Clownfish TV.
Is Twitch Going Belly-Up?
Twitch introduced — and almost immediately walked back — a ridiculous $5,000 membership tier that allows you to gift memberships to 1,000 people.
Because of course nobody would use that to troll a streamer and subsequently initiate a chargeback a few months later. Absolutely not. Here’s more from Clownfish TV.
Kirk Killer’s Discord Logs
Here’s a look inside the Discord logs where Tyler Robinson, the alleged assassin of Charlie Kirk, and his roommate/lover Lance Twiggs shared messages with their friends, mostly video game players. There are messages pulled from a variety of channels. The expressive Twiggs went by the handles “lanclotl” and “fluxalotl,” while Robinson called himself “zealous_monkey” and “bedbuge inspector.” On the gaming platform Steam, Robinson even played for awhile using the handle “Donald Trump.”
The messages point to periods of time involving some degree of stability, followed by other periods that could be manic, delusional, drug-ravaged and schizophrenic. Robinson was typically more reserved and stoic, while Twiggs was more outgoing, flamboyant and also quite bizarre.
Twiggs sometimes stayed up for days at a time, engaging in conversations with ChatGPT using Greek, Latin and other archaic symbols and languages. He was prone to build “nests,” heaped-up piles of trash, that no one could touch without him going into a rage. In his frenetic and hurriedly scribbled charts and drawings, words are broken into syllables, and syllables into strange pastiches of grammar and geometry. His drug use was dangerous and prolific — not just weed, but also LSD, DMT and mushrooms.
Here’s a look into their private world via their Discord and chat messages. Friends and former gaming colleagues shared the messages with Turkey Tom.
Games, Comics Going Down?
Kickstarter employees went on strike this week because they want a 4-day, 32-hour work week and something like $80,000 a year.
Their bosses said no. Or something.
So let’s talk about this, and whether or not it’s justified given how important Kickstarter is to comics and games. This is especially so now that the Diamond comic distribution network went bankrupt. Here’s more from Clownfish TV.
Will We See Censorship Drive?
After the killing of Charlie Kirk, it’s very possible we could see a crackdown on video game censorship. Why?
Well, the suspect was allegedly an avid furry who played some pretty lewd games on Steam that are making headlines.
How long until Boomers in the government decide that furry games — and maybe anything anime-based — causes violence. It’s happened before…Here’s more from Clownfish TV.
