Godot adoption is rising, which isn’t surprising if you paid any attention to the industry in the past few years. Interestingly, Unity/UE only decrease a bit. Godot’s rise seems fuelled by people who stop making custom engines, and newcomers to the industry. Expect a generational shift.
“‘I feel dirty:’ EA workers trapped in a maelstrom of cynicism and doubt after Saudi buyout”: EA games will suck more not just because of the new bosses, the imposed giant debt, or the upcoming layoffs, but also because everybody in EA with half a soul will be depressed.
Marco Arment made an app for the procrastinators, ADHD, or forgetful people in your life. I can’t speak to it, but it looks nice, useful, and clean!
“We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility”: genAI is not only built on plagiarism and theft, it is also literally destroying our culture, not just the environment. This shit is evil, I don’t care that it is “useful in some cases” or whatever.
In the last article of the “Reading Classic RuneQuest” series, I looked at the Introduction chapter of the RuneQuest 2nd edition rulebook and noted that I would have things to say about the map of Glorantha we see here… as many of you know, I love maps, and this is one of the three classic and famous maps in this book! It deserves its own article!
“Tête-à-Tête”: you can include something like this in your Cthulhu By Gaslight game if you want a little levity between eldritch horrors…
You supposedly can’t judge a book by its cover, but you can definitely judge it by reading its first couple pages. “Uncovered” does that using free samples and then lets you reveal the book and save it for purchase later.
I love this article from The Alexandrian showing why Marvel or DC can’t easily sell their comics as “graphic novels” because, well, their catalogue is a giant clusterfuck of a mess.
“Did You Know That US Army Created & Maintains A Fictional World Entirely For Training Purposes With An Insanely Detailed Backstory & Lore?”: yes I did, but I always love learning a bit more about it.
