Johnny IV retweeted
China is insanely jealous that Japan and South Korea actually succeeded at exporting pop culture. China’s soft power is really weak, after all.
Even Genshin Impact uses a Japanese anime style, and “Genshin” is literally the Japanese reading of 原神 (Chinese reading: Yuánshén).
They’re so desperate to export their own culture that Chinese AAA games all feel the same: set in China, wuxia fantasy, overly complicated yet cheesy stories that barely resonate outside China, and Soulslikes. Same old formula, different game.
IGN China scored Phantom Blade 0 a perfect 10/10 and provided a scathing commentary on the Western game industry
"In the foreseeable future, when Western game creators are stuck in a creative rut, held hostage by political correctness, and bound by highly industrialized commercial logic, producing one mass-produced, industrial garbage game after another , then let Chinese game creators teach them a lesson and make them relearn what a high-quality, content-rich AAA game should look like."
It's kinda hard to argue when you look at the state of the games industry. Asian games and developers look to be thriving whilst Western studios are either facing layoffs or being shut down.
#PhantomBladeZero #PS5 #PS5Pro
Johnny IV retweeted
He needs to let it go, but he just can't.
If Gabe's life were a sitcom, Tim would be the annoying next door neighbor, always trying to challenge him to something stupid.
"Hey Gabe - my platform is way faster!!"
"Uh huh, that's nice, Tim"
"I bet I can hold my breath longer!!"
"I scuba dive, Tim."
"I'll do it right now -- 1-2-3[turns into a blue puffer fish]"
"You don't look so good, Tim, want me to call a doctor for you?"
Johnny IV retweeted
Last year anyone who predicted and warned us to prepare for the impact of fully AI-generated games was met with derision and abuse. Now in late 2026 we've entered the clone and decomp slopocalypse
*things will continue to progress*
AI “vibe coding” is starting to create a serious problem for the video game industry.
The release of Claude Opus 5.5 has made it much easier to decompile and recompile games, leading to a wave of unofficial ports, mods and game clones. Publishers are already filing DMCA takedowns over some of this activity. Kotaku
Former Take-Two AI chief Luke Dicken says developers and publishers need to take the trend seriously:
“This new wave of decompile-and-port is definitely something that developers and publishers need to take seriously.”
“More invasive DRM, platform-level solutions, and probably more of a push towards streaming solutions.”
Godot executive director Emilio Coppola puts more responsibility on platforms such as Steam, arguing that developers have very few ways to protect themselves while bad actors can profit from selling AI-made clones:
“The burden should fall onto the platforms who are enabling this sort of behavior.”
There’s also a growing concern among indie developers about showing unfinished games publicly. Coppola says he has heard from developers who are now:
“Worried and anxious to even share early access versions of their games”
Johnny IV retweeted
They're doing the thing again where they talk about politics being in games in the most general sense to excuse why modern politics in the most specific and strictest sense keeps being forcefully included into our games.
Cliff Bleszinski, the creator of Gears of War, has responded to people saying the series should “keep politics out of games.”
He points to the original Gears lore, arguing that the series was already dealing with political and social themes long before Gears of War: E-Day.
He specifically mentions the COG’s breeding farms, where women were forcibly impregnated to help produce more soldiers, the Berserker being a female Locust, and the disturbing ways the Locust reproduce.
Johnny IV retweeted
Schrödinger's Russia
>An absolute joke of a country/military.
>Threat to the whole world which requires total destruction
You won't know which until it's the end of the month and rent is due.
Johnny IV retweeted
How long before they start limiting visibility because a publisher slides them a check?
How long til they block access because people are criticizing the wrong game?
What a shit move, basically throwing SteamDB in to an actively burning dumpster.
Nexus Mods has acquired SteamDB.
The site’s creator @thexpaw is stepping away after burning out from years of running it. He looked for a team he could hand the project over to, but never found anyone he fully trusted.
SteamDB will stay SteamDB for now, but over time, Nexus Mods will be slowly integrated in the site.
Johnny IV retweeted
Is this the most realistic Blender short film ever made?
LONGING HOME
Our CG short film, created in Blender.
#b3d
Johnny IV retweeted
This was the most popular at least on youtube and one of my favorite ones to animate/model the scene.
Dusknoir was fun to animate and the only reason why I haven't really animated him again is cause I couldn't find audio that worked as well as this #pmd
Johnny IV retweeted
WTF is this, gaslighting now?!
“It’s complicated” — people’s favorite playbook for preventing any real debate. Well, explain to us: why is it complicated? We’ve been trying to publicly debate this industry for over a year now.
These people lie to the Senate, meet the Commission at invite-only dinners, and publish misleading articles but never once have they addressed their own community directly.
There’s a mismatch between how a dialogue is supposed to work and how it’s actually working right no
Johnny IV retweeted
18 today! I'm so grateful for all the opportunities I've had as a direct result of how much you liked this silly toon. I wouldn't have what I have or get to do what I do without this show, all the brilliant people who have worked on it, and your support. Thank you again.
ALT The YouTube thumbnail for "asdfmovie" alongside its release date of August 10th, 2008 (18 years ago today).
Johnny IV retweeted
She was printed to solve one murder case.
When the case ends, she dies.
Dolly, Disposable Agent No. 00167, begins her investigation with Lau Yin, a printing assistant who hates what Dolly is.
Original manga by Ben Liu, debuts on July 24.
Johnny IV retweeted
I just found out that it’s not just chevron wallpaper. They are going after “Backrooms” in general.
I was looking for the thread below on reddit and came across another person with an issue. I asked them to post their artwork and they posted the takedown request (no chevrons to be seen).
This is bad. Really bad.
I love the movie so much but seeing this I’ve lost respect for A24. The Backrooms doesn’t belong to anyone and definitely not a film studio.
Link: reddit.com/r/backrooms/s/U7d…
A24 just removed someone's self-made Backrooms wallpaper texture from being sold on RedBubble despite it predating the movie and not even being the pattern they used. It does not belong to A24, and neither does the traced texture used for the film. This is absurd
#backrooms #a24
