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(DIR) Post #AyB8Kf138NwPjMDkB6 by bitinn@mastodon.gamedev.place
2025-09-13T03:37:35Z
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So someone leaked a huge repo of source code and internal documents regarding the tech behind Great Firewall of China (GFW), and it is because Geedge Network, a for-profit company with ties to CCP state censorship czars were selling “censorship as a service” globally, to Central/South Asian governments as well as some African countries. A full 76-page report via @interseclab https://interseclab.org/research/the-internet-coup/
(DIR) Post #AyB8KlztB6AjNmjPqC by bitinn@mastodon.gamedev.place
2025-09-13T03:47:01Z
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More media reports were summarized here, as well as links to the full leaked source code are on public torrents.(People are yet to dig deep into the source repo for more troubling details, but revelation such as these are not too surprising, it matches user experience on the Chinese Internet, or as people here routinely joke: Chinese Intranet.)https://github.com/net4people/bbs/issues/519
(DIR) Post #AyB8KtCYOPShj5i83M by bitinn@mastodon.gamedev.place
2025-09-13T03:54:50Z
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It is a common pattern for security research labs to establish both civil/military connections as well as commercial partnerships.When you can do censorship so well and have battle tested your system against a billion people, for-profit export seems like a natural next step.Same for Israeli spyware companies.
(DIR) Post #AyB8L0BOR7h1NWDniS by bitinn@mastodon.gamedev.place
2025-09-13T04:08:45Z
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Quick side note: Interseclab, the Brazilian forensics lab behind this analysis is at least partly funded by open tech fund.https://www.opentech.fund/projects-we-support/supported-projects/interseclab/OTF are in turn funded by the USAGM via US congressional approval.https://www.opentech.fund/about/about-our-funding/So of course they are under the same threat by Trump administration’s cut to USAGM funding.https://www.opentech.fund/news/open-technology-fund-files-lawsuit-to-contest-grant-termination-and-preserve-critical-mission/This is how right-wing politics fail to stop real state censorship.A profile of Interseclab here:http://takebackthetech.net/blog/stalkerware-and-targeted-digital-surveillance-what-it-and-what-strategies-can-we-use-look-out
(DIR) Post #AyEieaDtapKcMqXjDk by bitinn@mastodon.gamedev.place
2025-09-15T15:43:45Z
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A controversial question I want to ask the #gamedev fediverse:- Do you believe game industry is fundamentally a long tail market?As in, do you believe it is viable for smaller devs and publishers to not only exist, but generating more value in total at the tail end?Or do you believe the market lean towards oligopoly, where each genre will always have a few clear winners?
(DIR) Post #AyEiecPfS1w79w49qa by bitinn@mastodon.gamedev.place
2025-09-15T16:32:01Z
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@yora basically yeah, total revenue
(DIR) Post #Az48oOPN59FeFY3ECu by bitinn@mastodon.gamedev.place
2025-10-10T12:15:44Z
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I am trying to think of any game studios who got Chinese or Saudi investment in the past decade that does turn out well for the employees.And I kinda can’t think of any?
(DIR) Post #AzJ46JSybpzRjfrVSq by bitinn@mastodon.gamedev.place
2025-10-17T15:53:52Z
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Steam Next Fes' genre tab is such a wild west of demos, hundreds of demos under a single subgenre...https://store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfest?tab=22
(DIR) Post #AzJ46KjftEwPfkgM88 by bitinn@mastodon.gamedev.place
2025-10-17T15:56:12Z
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Also so many logos have that unique ChatGPT-generated font rendering and kerning it is a bit disheartening.
(DIR) Post #AzJ46LQZJlFhomkbzM by bitinn@mastodon.gamedev.place
2025-10-17T16:02:11Z
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Also despite having decent CPU and GPU these days, macOS demos are almost exclusively 2d games, only a few 3d titles. At this point it is not a tooling problem, it is a perception problem.
(DIR) Post #AzJ46Mo0C7ai5kiq9Y by bitinn@mastodon.gamedev.place
2025-10-17T16:52:40Z
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@wildrikku I see your argument but I don't think one can seriously built for a platform without target hardwares, it is not viable for commercial releases.
(DIR) Post #AzJ46SxnIczNBrLkFU by bitinn@mastodon.gamedev.place
2025-10-17T16:35:34Z
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I ran through the simulation genre for an entire hour, here are some picks (pure vibe, as I haven't played them):Dungeon Bodega Simulatorhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3458180/Dungeon_Bodega_Simulator/Gnomeballhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3885860/Gnomeball/More Sushi!https://store.steampowered.com/app/3950770/More_Sushi/No Players Onlinehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2701800/No_Players_Online/The Berlin Apartmenthttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2280430/The_Berlin_Apartment/Slots & Daggershttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3631290/Slots__Daggers/Hell Maidenhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4002340/Hell_Maiden_Demo/Tears of Metalhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4040960/Tears_of_Metal_Demo/
(DIR) Post #AzJ46ab2v5Xurclgu0 by bitinn@mastodon.gamedev.place
2025-10-17T16:43:02Z
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Also 2 special picks because of my old interests:Tavern Keeperhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2833530/Tavern_Keeper__Demo/(It took greenheart games 12 years to ship another game since Game Dev Tycoon from 2013, I don't know how they survived, looking to be a very polished demo)Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Erahttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3241970/Heroes_of_Might_and_Magic_Olden_Era_Demo/(I need this to be good, ok? we have been 2 decades away from a good HoMM game.)
(DIR) Post #AzJ46igeq6mvxLSHlA by bitinn@mastodon.gamedev.place
2025-10-17T16:51:13Z
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In case you need to know how old the OP am: let's just say I still remember having problems activating Half-Life 2 licenses.
(DIR) Post #AzX8msRs3YskQIKrQW by bitinn@mastodon.gamedev.place
2025-10-24T02:12:31Z
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Let me tell you the next step in age verification, as it happened in China:- simple age verification can be fooled too easily, so the natural evolution was to require government issued ID scan.- but then leaks happened, so government tightened regulations on ID storage, eventually only large providers are trusted to store those data.- now all services rely on them to provide ID verification, linking user profiles across multiple platforms.- total lost of privacy + cross-site tracking!
(DIR) Post #AzhZmOZnrCaNFYnH5E by bitinn@mastodon.gamedev.place
2025-10-29T12:40:17Z
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@dotstdy of course the ones responsible for implementing changes are largely funded by oligarchs, when things are finally ran by the people this might happen. (It is also unfortunate that a lot of “populist politicians” don’t really represent constituents.)
(DIR) Post #AzhZmPtKy3nzKQwOAa by bitinn@mastodon.gamedev.place
2025-10-29T12:44:02Z
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@dotstdy I do struggle to find a term to describe “politicians that actually represent voters” in English that isn’t made super negative by their opponents.
(DIR) Post #B0BhWrD6cB01Y5ecDo by bitinn@mastodon.gamedev.place
2025-11-13T01:32:31Z
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Are we going to say the term “Steam Machine (ARM) native games” in the next year?
(DIR) Post #B0BhWrpkIVuLTvjTRw by bitinn@mastodon.gamedev.place
2025-11-13T01:34:37Z
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In this particular case perhaps what Apple did actually encourage Valve to go this route.Also surprising to see Valve doubles down on VR, when literally everyone is canceling VR to double down on chatbots.
(DIR) Post #B1Ut2LB83zHWF7UOtk by bitinn@mastodon.gamedev.place
2025-12-22T05:25:03Z
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@foone FE should be Fire Emblem