calliope
@calliope@piefed.blahaj.zone
- Comment on Netflix's $82.7 billion deal to buy Warner has been dramatically gazumped by Paramount, to the tune of $111 billion 1 hour ago:
That’s because “Paramount” in the title translates to “the Ellisons.” I feel like they could have just spelled that out in the title.
The article later says
Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison and his dad Larry Ellison - who is funding the acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery out of his personal fortune
- Comment on The "video game preservation service" Myrient is shutting down in March 3 hours ago:
Myrient is a popular video game preservation service that has over 390 terabytes of classics
Increasingly popular, according to the owner, which was part of the problem. Myrient was costing them $6,000 a month to run after donations.
Which is why people don’t start these things out of pocket. At best it’s questionably legal to distribute ROMs… but it’s really expensive to pay for the traffic.
They blame rising component prices as well, but the main issue was traffic costs.
- Comment on MindsEye studio reportedly installed monitoring software on staff PCs without their knowledge, as execs continue alleging sabotage 2 weeks ago:
Sadly, we do have evidence that there has been a coordinated campaign to purposefully and maliciously damage Build A Rocket Boy’s reputation and undermine confidence in MindsEye,” a spokesperson for the studio told GamesIndustry. “We are working with our legal team and taking steps to address this.”
Maybe your game just sucks?
- Comment on AI gold rush sees tech firms embracing 72-hour weeks 2 weeks ago:
I love that there’s always a new crop of suckers.
We look for people who are like Olympian athletes, with characteristics of, you know, obsession, infinite ambition.
“It’s people who want to do incredible things and have a lot of fun while doing so,” he says.
They must be building something really important!
The website belongs to Rilla, a New York-based tech business which sells AI-based systems that allow employers to monitor sales representatives when they are out and about, interacting with clients.
🤣 so fucking embarrassing!
- Comment on If you're struggling to play tactics sim Menace, it could be because your antivirus is randomly deleting files 2 weeks ago:
created by the piss-swigging misanthropes behind Battle Brothers
I’m sorry, you’re saying the developers themselves guzzle urine?
- Comment on US | Trump Says He’ll Only Accept 2026 Midterms If He Deems Them “Honest” 3 weeks ago:
This is of course the same game he’s been playing since 2016. His fans are just legitimately too blinded by their cult to realize it.
Literally every time. Now that he’s not running, he’ll just keep repeating it for every election because it works for his idiot base of Christian nationalists.