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8 months ago

New blog update, sharing my thoughts on generative AI (I don't like it): https://overclockworked.neocities.org/blog/2026/18-1/

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overclockworked 8 months ago

As I mentioned in the post itself, this is a bit dryer and more cynical than my usual stuff. If you're not feeling yet another AI rant, you might want to skip this. A new review is in the works and nearly finished, so more fun content is on the way soon!

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underwhite 8 months ago

I agree with this review a lot, I hate how people are misusing AI to replace rather than its intended purpose, which I still would not use because I don't wanna. I do want a petition to call AI "artists" AI commissioners because their way of making their "art" is more similar to commissioning an artist (the only difference is that the "artist" is GenAI) than drawing.

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pixelglade 8 months ago

I agree with this. I also hate how genAI and AI are bundled together. A lot of old machine learning algorithms that don't pirate people's data are lumped in there. It doesn't help that genAI users claim things like "technology is always advancing art like photoshop, there's just an adjustment period" like they are in any way equivalent in terms of how they work.

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overclockworked 8 months ago

@pixelglade There's a Taiko no Tatsujin game on Steam that has an AI content disclaimer because it uses Vocaloid songs, and it was when I first saw that that I realised just what a mess this whole AI terminology has become, since Miku is harmless!

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p7uen 8 months ago

I used those robots.txt files from Neocities since htey were available but Google still has me (but says I provide guided meditations based on games which... actually now I really want to do). My question is why are those people writing/arting/whatever if the computer is doing the creative bit. Literally the whole point is that is your unique voice! Oh well.

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overclockworked 8 months ago

@p7uen Yeah, seems Google also still has AI summaries of me last time I checked after adding robots.txt. It's minor, but my main objection is the emphasis of the AI summary to emphasise nostalgia when summarising my site. I consciously try to avoid getting hung up on nostalgia when writing for my site, plus most of the games I review I'm playing for the first time! Ah well.

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8 months ago

New Amiga review is up, looking at Treasure Island Dizzy's follow-up; Fantasy World Dizzy https://overclockworked.neocities.org/amiga/dizzyiii/

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p7uen 8 months ago

May the God Egg bless you for playing these Dizzy games so that we don't have to.

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overclockworked 8 months ago

@p7uen I have become numb to Egg, I can handle it now. I give Fantasy World Dizzy a Not Treasure Island Dizzy out of 10.

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8 months ago

Heyo!! Thought i'd drop by and let you know I enjoyed your site a bunch!! I made a custom button for it and put it on my site. ^w^

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overclockworked

8 months ago

New Amiga review is up, looking at DMA Design's first video game, Menace: https://overclockworked.neocities.org/amiga/menace/

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p7uen 8 months ago

I'm too weak for shmups, but I did learn about euro shooters, I didn't know about that sub-genre!

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overclockworked 8 months ago

@p7uen They're an intimidating genre for sure! My love of arcade games has made me a fan however, if a somewhat casual one. Sometimes practicing a tough arcade game for better high scores is weirdly comforting to me, in spite of the difficulty.

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p7uen 8 months ago

"Sometimes practicing a tough arcade game for better high scores is weirdly comforting to me, in spite of the difficulty." No wonder you like pinball!

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8 months ago

this looks pretty promising https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/panelparty/comix-cleric-the-indie-way-to-host-indie-comics

rabidrodent 8 months ago

the campaign is already ended and fully funded i guess you can still chip in on it if you want idk

arcadestriker

8 months ago

aaand now i'm feeling like rolling back to an older theme because I miss the flexibility and style of either one - you'll see something related to this if you see anything added to a main/ folder

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overclockworked

8 months ago

New Amiga review is up, looking at the arcade-style top down run & gun Alien Breed: https://overclockworked.neocities.org/amiga/alienbreed/

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overclockworked 8 months ago

Additionally, I have added a couple of links to two previous posts that a mutual linked me on Discord, both relevant to subjects covered on this site. First off is a beta source port of Realmz ( https://github.com/Realmz-Castle/realmz ) and secondly is an article about gaming history across the world in different regions ( https://felipepepe.medium.com/the-gentrification-of-video-game-history-dfe11f1e08ae )

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p7uen 8 months ago

Great stuff, I remember playing this a bit back in the day. Were the soft locks just a way of making the game 'harder' and extending the play time

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