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Article by Polygon: It talks about fictional fantasy worlds which have transformed in the face of global warming and pollution and now also beginning to affect vampire and horror fiction.

Article by TechCrunch reporting on the decision by the LGBT+ support ort Trevor Project to abandon exTwitter due to the increasing hate and homo-/transphobia stoked by platform owner Elon Musk

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/7994678

Mark Zuckerberg personally rejected Meta’s proposals to improve teen mental health, court documents allege::Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has personally and repeatedly thwarted initiatives meant to improve the well-being of teens on Facebook and Instagram, at times directly overruling some of his most senior lieutenants, according to internal communications made public as part of an ongoing lawsuit against the company.

Article by Game Developer: Ex-Workers of Keyword studios, that had previously provided support for Bioware, intend to strike at the Bioware offices, because they allege that Bioware and their former employer conspired to avert unionization efforts.

Article by Kotaku: The writer suffers from a rare degenerative disease that is progressively impairing their vision. They describe their desire to keep gaming despite the increasing difficulty and argues that universal standards should be introduced in order to promote accessibility options.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/7524034

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/7481270

Automated image generators are often accused of spreading harmful stereotypes, but studies usually only look at MidJourney. Other tools make serious efforts to increase diversity in their output, but effective remedies remain elusive.

Article by the BBC, reporting on a recently filed lawsuit against former-comedian-turned-rightwing-media-darling Russel Brand.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/7435108

Thursday on X (Twitter), all users saw the same pinned topic under the “What’s happening?” sidebar. As part of a “timeline takeover” — which gives advertisers “priority access to logged-in users’ first impression of the day” — conservative media nonprofit PragerU is promoting the hashtag “#DETRANS” to advertise its new film about “the stories of detransitioners.”

Article by Variety, reporting on 63 employees (more than 90%) voting to unionize at Walt Disney Animation.

Review of the game "Thirsty Suitors" by Eurogamer, explaining the mechanics and why the underlying story and aesthetics are more than the sum of their parts

Article by Rolling Stone: According to their reporting execs at HBO asked employees to create fake accounts in order to troll (ie. harass) people who dared to criticizes their shows.

Archived version here: https://archive.ph/Q0sFc

An article by The Verge about SEO (search engine optimization) and how it has changed the way many parts of the web operate, often to the detriment of users.

Article by Kotaku reporting on Ubisoft' use of AI generated images to promote its most recent Assassin's Creed game.

Article by Reuters: Israeli government-promoted ads made their way into several mobile games, exposing users to graphic images that the Israeli government uses to justify its military actions.

An interview by Gayming Magazine with voice actress Jennifer English who had a prominent role in the recently released game Baldur's Gate 3

An interview by Rock, Paper, Shotgun with Oliver Clegg, one of the activists who interrupted the UK gaming event EGX in order to draw attention to the ever escalating climate catastrophe

Article by Anime Feminist about "Goodbye, My Rose Garden" by Dr. Pepperco. It explains the setting of the historical manga and its specific meaning in the context of queer emancipation and how the artist used it to inform the story about two women who dare to challenge their standing in a deeply repressed and repressive society.

An Article by Paste Magazine about the game "Saltsea Chronicles". The article argues that the game encapsulates Ursula LeGuin's positive view on anarchism in order to create a soothing vision of the post-apocalypse.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/3426471

In the Lego-like world of Roblox, about a hundred blocky avatars march through a lamplit street, wielding Palestine flags that are larger than their own animated bodies. Characters dressed like cartoonish dinosaurs, steampunk zombies and pastel pink pop stars chant together via instant messages in both Malay and English as they arrive at a stage, where leaders of the Roblox server stand together to dictate when the next march around the pixelated streets will begin.

Article by CBS News: The publisher Scholastic which had previously segregated certain books from PoC and LGBT+ writers in its book fairs, now pledges to stop doing so.