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Alphabet blames the Biden administration for its moderation decisions.

The PlayStation studio is getting ready to release Ghost of Yotei

Bluesky’s moderation team has suspended dozens of people for saying "rest in piss" while sharing posts about Charlie Kirk.

Archived: https://archive.is/Z8NPc

Gamergate 2.0 is looking to cancel people in the wake of the assassination

As if you've never gotten in trouble at work? Gretchen Felker-Martin dishes on the abrupt cancellation of her new DC series, Red Hood.

Archived version: https://archive.is/njhEt

DC Comics cancels Gretchen Felker-Martin’s Red Hood after one issue, citing conduct standards following backlash over her comments on Charlie Kirk.

Users feared Reddit used generative AI to rewrite user-created content.

Exclusive: Hundreds of film workers join new boycott initiative criticized by Israeli producers’ group as ‘misguided’

Archived: https://archive.is/Gjeix

Game developers are raising money for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency to help people in Palestine.

The fighting game scene is desperate for financing - but that same financing might ultimately bring about its end.

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/22015888

Elon Musk thinks Deus Ex is "one of the best games ever". It's not exactly a hot take. But his taste in games also displays an impressive lack of self-awareness. Musk sees himself as an outsider and heroic figure taking on the status quo, despite being the world's richest man, the owner of X, and a sometimes-ally of Donald Trump.

When Musk rails against 'the establishment', it's only when it threatens his vast fortune, his ability to indulge in hate speech, or when he's promoting conspiracies. Indeed, he posted multiple tweets during the Covid-19 lockdowns where he drew connections between essential measures to protect the vulnerable and the plot of Deux Ex, where a man-made pandemic is deployed by the world's richest man to advance a political power play.

Unsurprisingly, Austin Grossman, who wrote Deus Ex alongside Sheldon Pacotti and Chris Todd, is not a fan of Musk's take on the classic cyberpunk immersive sim.

2K said the layoffs were part of an effort to increase "adaptability, collaboration, and creativity" at Firaxis, whatever that means

Archived version: https://archive.is/uYnM1

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/21997073

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/51010150

Even journalism is suffering as conservatives wage war on DEI.

Fighting game players are up in arms following news that RTS a gaming talent agency and owner of the Evo tournament series has been acquired by the Saudi Arabia

Over 60 years ago the first narrative video game designer, Mabel Addis, created the first educational computer game: The Sumerian Game.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/Clr2E

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/44970151

This week, two prominent Republicans, Rep. James Comer (R-Kentucky) and Nancy Mace (R-South Carolina), both of whom play influential roles in the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, announced plans to probe into everybody’s favorite digital encyclopedia. In a letter that Comer and Mace sent to the Wikimedia Foundation (which helps run the site), they asked for internal documents that might show evidence of bad actors who had commandeered Wikipedia for their own ends. The letter, dated Aug. 27th, states that the committee is

investigating the efforts of foreign operations and individuals at academic institutions subsidized by U.S. taxpayer dollars to influence U.S. public opinion. We seek your assistance in obtaining documents and communications regarding individuals (or specific accounts) serving as Wikipedia volunteer editors who violated Wikipedia platform policies as well as your own efforts to thwart intentional, organized efforts to inject bias into important and sensitive topics.

Workers on Diablo are the latest arm of Blizzard to unionize, joining the teams behind Overwatch and World of Warcraft before them.

Archived: https://archive.is/ILNiW

ChatGPT taught teen jailbreak so bot could assist in his suicide, lawsuit says.

Personal Note: For people who have suicidal thoughts, please be aware that the number of suicidal thoughts a "normal" person is supposed to have is zero. As someone who struggled with this, get help before it gets worse.

AI makes it easier than ever to slip into the comforting glow of nostalgia.

Archived: https://archive.is/Lv4Xx

"We think that Microsoft has no place being accomplice of a genocide"

Archived version: https://archive.is/XMqIR