Sinéad McDevitt

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Freelance journalist, still figuring things out

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Remember when some of y'all got real mad at me for doing some back-of-the-napkin math about how much water "AI" likely uses, in light of the fact that they refuse to release their actual numbers? Anyway.

Google’s emissions are up 48% in 5 years. Microsoft’s are up 30% since 2020. Those soaring figures are being driven by mass investments in data centers to power AI tools. Generative AI is a climate disaster and data center expansion must be stopped.

Generative AI is a climate disasterdisconnect.blog Tech companies are abandoning emissions pledges to chase AI market share

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Please share! Use code ROGER2024 for 40% off anything* on our website today July 4th only. We will be closed for in store shopping today, but consider making a purchase if you can and help us get caught up on a slow, extra hot June *pre-orders, subscriptions & new comics excluded

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I can only scream "LESBIAN MOTORCYCLE JOUSTING!!!" or "REVOLUTIONARY GIRL KAMEN RIDER!!" 🌈🏍️⚔️ loudly into the void so many times so uhhh... Reminder S.I.R. (1 of 5) drops August 14 from @boom-studios.com ! The FOC is closing fast on July 22, so get them preorders in! <3

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I shared some thoughts about the debate and the state of affairs with which we are contending. audacity.substack.com/p/the-fall-o...

The Fall of Democracyaudacity.substack.com On the dismal presidential debate and the state of our union

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The debate is irrelevant. No one will remember or talk about it in a week. The only important election news this week was the NYTs admitting its national polling is fucked because the only people answering the phone are old Republicans. And everyone ignored it.

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HOLY FUCK SOMEONE FIXED BLENDERS SHIT UI AND MADE IT USABLE BY HUMANS WITHOUT INVESTING A SHIT TON OF TIME JUST KNOWING WHERE THE SINGLE OPTION YOU NEED IT FOR IS OR LEARN 300 GODSDAMNED SHORTCUTS RESKEETED TO THE MAX HOLY SHIT

A friend shared this with me, so now I'm sharing with you: This is a fork of Blender that has an overhaul of the interface that adds colored icons, verbose tooltips, and more industry-standard behavior across the board. www.bforartists.de Check out this before and after of the modifiers menu:

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happy investigations ace attorney fans 🎉

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given today's news that SCOTUS will take up bans on gender-affirming care for trans youth next session, this piece has everything you need to know about the history & efficacy of this care, & debunks common anti-trans talking points against it: juliaserano.medium.com/gender-affir...

Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth Is Neither New nor Experimental: A Timeline and Compilation…juliaserano.medium.com NOTE: this essay is a 15 minute read. If it’s listed as longer than that, it’s because it contains a list of over 100 references at the…

They killed off Tasha Yar in season one and now every subsequent season they were like "can we bring Denise Crosby back? Can we pleaseee bring Denise Crosby back???" As they should for the record

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I fucking love David Tennant SO MUCH! (Source: Georgia Tennant's IG)

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This review of Botany Manor by @rcmacleod.bsky.social brought the most "me" game ever into my life. I finished, and am now unlocking hidden achievements just so I don't have to put it down. If you love games and aren't already reading @aftermath.site, why? aftermath.site/botany-manor...

Plant-Growing Puzzle Game Botany Manor Is Simply Too Charming - Aftermathaftermath.site Botany Manor is a new indie game about solving puzzles to grow mythical plants in a 19th century English manor

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Imagine being such a shitty mayor, the Public Library is calling you out.

New newsletter! I wrote about @laurakbuzz.bsky.social 's Access-Ability Summer Showcase and why I think it's important to have devs talking about their process for making games accessible.

The Access-Ability Summer Showcase Is Still The Best Thing At Not-E3open.substack.com The last couple of weeks have shown off a lot exciting game announcements, but my personal favorite remains the Access-Ability Summer Showcase, which focuses on the accessibility settings of new games

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Juneteenth is for antiracism pass it on betches.com/juneteenth-n...

This isn’t getting a lot of attention but apparently Ron DeSantis is trying to call his little fascist campaign “Freedom Summer” at the same time he’s preventing any mention of actual Freedom Summer in Florida classrooms, if white people wanted to find something to do on Juneteenth

How About We Don't Make Juneteenth Another Generic Holidaybetches.com It has been three years since Juneteenth became a national holiday, and we still haven't quite nailed the vibe.

Got this for Christmas, great read!

Friendly Juneteenth reminder that boosting VIDEO GAME OF THE YEAR supports not just me but all the other Black writers who made it possible

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Friendly Juneteenth reminder that boosting VIDEO GAME OF THE YEAR supports not just me but all the other Black writers who made it possible

VIDEO GAME OF THE YEAR is OUT NOW from Abrams Books! Experts and newcomers alike can enjoy this epic look at more than 40 years of gaming history. Critical essays, stunning artwork, and extra picks from more than 75 guest writers. Order VGOTY today: https://linktr.ee/jordanwminor

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we are once again clueposting

clue (1985) is the best licensed movie of all time

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you think tables are a fckn JOKE

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A Peter Lindbergh photograph from 2008 of Lucy Liu throwing a javelin. Just seeing this nearly killed me.

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We are living through a national-level gas leak event

Pollsters are simulating political surveys with AI because nobody answers the phone: ash.harvard.edu/articles/usi... "The big difference between humans and AI agents is that the AI agents always pick up the phone..."

Using AI for Political Polling – Ash Centerash.harvard.edu

I'm back to writing! We've all talked about how #Pixar aiming for "relatable stories" is dumb, so I decided to write about how their strategy seems to rely on families going out to theaters when like, movie theaters suck for families open.substack.com/pub/sineadmc...

Pixar's Overly-Optimistic Plan For Theatersopen.substack.com Pixar hopes that giving Inside Out 2 a long time in theaters will result in better box office returns, but in a post-lockdown world, can it overcome the fact that theaters are worse for families?

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Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut is coming this fall! 🗡️ 35% more Stuff — 3 new routes. 3 expanded routes. A new ending. 🖼️ A gallery w/ over 400 images to unlock. And we're working with @serenityforge.bsky.social to bring you: 🎮 Consoles. 💬 Subs in 11 languages. ⭐️ A Collector's Edition.

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Brew tea. Keep shop. Stop running. Wanderstop, a cozy, narrative-centric game about tea and change, will open up shop in 2024. Wishlist now on Steam 🍵 store.steampowered.com/app/1299460/...

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We just dropped a new character roundup trailer for @necrosoftgames.com Demonschool. Give it a look if you please!

Demonschool character trailerwww.youtube.com Character lineup for Demonschool, a tactics RPG with hints of Shin Megami Tensei, Persona, and Italian horror cinema, where movement equals action! Coming 2024. Wishlist on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/Demonschool/ Tactics: Rewind any action during the planning phase and line up clever combos using the unique actions of 15 characters. Story: A light spooky-not-scary narrative told through huge avatars with side quests aplenty. Schedule: Plan your school schedule to level your characters and build their skillsets. Friendship: 15 characters to build relationships with, affecting stats and unlocking additional story. Minigames: ??? Units interact contextually with their environment. Enemies will be struck, objects moved, or characters healed/buffed. Plan movements at your leisure during the planning phase, then execute them all at once. Buffing friendlies and debuffing enemies compounds damage output. Combos do big damage and produce unique elemental attacks, which you can use to exploit enemy weaknesses. Explore a mysterious island that reveals its mysteries morning, noon, and night, day by day, week by week, across a university semester. Coming 2024 to all major platforms!

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NEW: What went wrong with Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League? This is the story, based on interviews with two dozen people who worked on the game, of how Rocksteady Studios went from the revered Arkham series to a $200 million flop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Behind ‘Suicide Squad,’ the Year’s Biggest Video-Game Flopwww.bloomberg.com After seven years of tumultuous development, Warner Bros. took a $200 million loss on the Rocksteady game

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Solid reporting on parts of the development process companies don't like talking about is always welcome, but the most notable bit here might be how the story is almost exactly what you would think it is if you've watched this unfold from the outside. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Behind ‘Suicide Squad,’ the Year’s Biggest Video-Game Flopwww.bloomberg.com After seven years of tumultuous development, Warner Bros. took a $200 million loss on the Rocksteady game

Have these guys just never played a game before?

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A hill I will die on: Games are art. Board games, video games, whatever…games are experiences created for the purpose of drawing out emotional response, and that’s art to me. Yes, there are systems and rules and math and constraints…but it all serves the purpose of making someone feel something.

I don't have the energy to state capture how disappointed this statement makes me.

Just fold the studio into Disney and kill it already. Make Toy Story sequels till the sun fucking burns out. Love how this shift conveniently happened when more woman/POC were really pushing to direct their own stories. Defining their experiences as not "universal" is saying the quiet part aloud.