Ducus

Ducus

@ducus.bsky.social

Here because Twitter scares me. He/Him They/Them

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Game file sizes have gotten unacceptable.

Eurogamer@eurogamer.bsky.social

Phantom Blade Zero is asking players to free up 300GB of space for pre-loading, double its actual 145GB file size www.eurogamer.net/phantom-blad...

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China’s first AI-generated theatrical film, ‘Sanxingdui: Future Past’, has bombed at their domestic box office, only making $121,000 USD against a budget of $1.5M USD. In contrast, the crudely animated ‘Niu Lai’ made nearly $10M USD against a budget of $200-500 USD.

Seeing all of these H3 podcast clips circulating... Was it really just half HR meetings and half ranting at people who criticized Ethan? Why would anyone want to watch this trash?

Tim Sweeney also believes that his life actually has meant something, so I wouldn't put too much stock in his beliefs.

This entire thing is insane because it's basically a feature Valve added to increase transparency. Saying "if people knew how these games were made, they wouldn't buy them" is such a massive self-report. Why is he like this.

Also this isn't even defending Valve, since having this feature benefits liars like Tim since Valve has positioned it as required without punishing people who don't add it. It makes people think "it doesn't have this disclosure so it must not be AI."

Rest in peace to an absolute legend.

ToonHive@toonhive.bsky.social

Eric Bauza has sadly passed away at the age of 46, his family confirms in new Instagram post.

When media made by a white guy is not very good: "Haha! This is so funny" When media made by someone who is part of a minority group is not very good: "You just set your entire cause (right to exist) back generations. This is proof that you are subhuman and don't deserve rights"

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Grab your dex everyone! Trainer’s Unite begins Nov. 15, where YOU can join our celebration of the wide world of Pokémon.

 We’ll also be hosting a special show featuring some of your favorite creators. All donations benefit @play.breakthrought1d.org! Details soon, start planning your journey!

Can't announce anything yet, but there are a couple plans in the works. Things will be jank, mic will be worse, but I want to test the waters with a stream in the next couple weeks (maybe OOT remake?) and then for mid-November I'm trying to arrange something.

Ducus@ducus.bsky.social

This was most likely my last stream for the year. I am leaving the country later this month and will not be home until January. I'll have a laptop, my capture card, my Switch 2, and a headset mic, so there's a chance I'll do something like the OOT remake, but do not expect any regular streams.

Did you know that German law requires you to clearly label a product uniquely if it has differences from another product? So Nintendo actually needed to call the OOT remake something different in Germany, so they went with "The Legend of Zelda: Das Fluten Duten Rebooten"

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Saw Book of Mormon on the West End a couple days ago. Definitely written by the South Park guys and has all the positives and negatives of that, but way more heart than I expected... Also, was the role of Elder Cunningham written for Josh Gad, or was Josh Gad written for Elder Cunningham?

And the music is way better than it should be. The composer went on to do the music for Frozen and you can tell by listening to it that this is the same guy. Without Spooky Mormon Hell Dream, we wouldn't have Let It Go.

Kiwami 3 was so awful it made some people forget RGG are one of the most consistently great studios in gaming right now

*Uncats your catgirl*

Nova Crystallis@novacrystallis.com

Y'shtola Rhul (Final Fantasy XIV) is the next limited fighter in Dissidia Duellum Final Fantasy, available between October 27~November 23, 2026. Details & trailer: novacrystallis.com/2026/10/ysht...

Finished Leda Part 1 in Fortune's Weave after roughly 35 hours of playtime. This game is one of the best RPGs ever made.

If only there was a recently released animated show on Netflix about the meaning of being human that begins its entire thesis by speaking on the merits of art and how much more meaningful that is than new technology creating shallower means of entertainment.

Hana Michels (Personal Account)@hanamichels.bsky.social

Netflix has told several people going forward with new pitches that they plan for all animated shows from now on to be AI. I've heard this more than once now.

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Guillermo Del Toro dropping another one liner that’s exactly how I feel about AI slop, the “punishment” is built in

Ethan Klein has 3 options: 1. Leave the internet 2. Start posting super pro Palestine stuff and blame Hila for everything bad he's ever done 3. Somehow make this about Hasan Piker

Just saw a post that was about Davinci Resolve's machine learning stuff that was basically the equivalent of calling for a boycott of a game because it has "advanced enemy AI". Some people really need to educate themselves on what an LLM is and stop freaking out anytime they see the word "AI"

Usually I'd be against giving people more weapons, but it's not like someone is going to commit mass murder with a switchblade plus switchblades are kind of awesome so like...

Nate Raymond@nateraymond.bsky.social

A 68-year-old federal law that bans the manufacturing of switchblades ​for sale or distribution across state lines violates the Second Amendment, the 5th Circuit ruled last night. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

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I can’t believe Epstein’s best friend doesn’t care about child rape.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "Ramaswamy put up a very powerful Ad about a mother saying that her daughter, Acton, is a liar, and much worse. The Press is trying to get him to 'take down the Ad.' Frankly, anybody whose mother spoke about daughter that way would normally lead to the daughter being precluded from serving"

Are we all in agreement that Switch Sports Resort tells the story of the Sportsmates colonizing and occupying Wuhu Island?

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What really drives me nuts about the Bioware stuff is that, the justification was undoubtedly that their last few games haven't reviewed or sold well. But we KNOW that's largely because of executive meddling and poor management! And you know the executives who made those calls didn't get laid off.

Most of the negative reviews for Edgerunners 2 are basically "it made me cry less than 1, which means I connected less with it, therefore it's bad." Just watch 1 if you want that. 2 is trying something different so it would be great if you at least *tried* to engage with it on its terms.

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It also expands on and enhances the theme of the entire Edgerunners series. Because now ER is about how under the crushing forces of capitalism and an increase in reliance on tech, you are still human and that means something. And I think that's beautiful.

And all of those themes are there from the start, they're just clarified and reach an optimistic conclusion in Edgerunners 2

Most of the negative reviews for Edgerunners 2 are basically "it made me cry less than 1, which means I connected less with it, therefore it's bad." Just watch 1 if you want that. 2 is trying something different so it would be great if you at least *tried* to engage with it on its terms.

ER1 is about the crushing forces of capitalism and how they can beat down and destroy lives. ER2 is an exploration of what it means to be human in a world increasingly reliant on technology. It's a much more optimistic story but it still has just as much meaning.

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Not to beat a dead horse but i think people who say the Malfoy trend doesnt give JKR money so who cares need to consider Gacha companies comm artists all the time and theres no link to the game or anything the art itself is a positive promotion

I keep seeing people calling AI programming "cuck coding". That is extremely disrespectful and I'm shocked people are using those words. People who engage in cuckolding do not deserve to be compared to these vile people who dare to call themselves programmers.

The weeb in this picture is infinitely cooler than Elon will ever be I'm afraid...

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Is it bad I'm actually kind of hoping the PS6 is a complete flop? I think Sony needs a big flop and change in direction...

r/decomps when someone releases a completely broken 90% emulated "PC Port" of a game that they asked Claude to generate overnight.

It's so gross how Blumhouse (Universal) keep trying to turn Nikki from Obsession into a slasher movie icon. Like that's so blatantly ignorant of what the movie is trying to say and completely ignores what makes the movie as scary and beloved as it is.

Elon Musk needs to be branded an international criminal, have all of his wealth seized and redistributed to fund public programs, then be imprisoned for the rest of his life in a dark and smelly solitary confinement prison cell.

I have to say my favorite moment in OOT is when Link tells the player that they are carrying the destination of saving Hyrule from Dek Tree Sama

Billons of dollars but egos so fragile they completely shatter when someone even completely indirectly or maybe even unintentionally calls them out

Kenney@kenney.nl

Last I'll post about this, but Elon Musk disagrees with me. This means I am onto something, and I feel more valid in my opinion than ever.

Okay so here's the plan. I'm going to say terrible things about a company, 50% of which are legitimate criticisms and the other half is made up or at least incredibly hyperbolic. Then here's the fun part. When people come in to clear up the misinfo, I'm going to call them corporate bootlickers!