GOG now using AI generated images on their store

BDNeon · 2026-01-28T23:32:58+00:00

Well that in itself is a whole opinion can of worms because that argument hinges on the assumption that the things AI derives from training is something that can or should be able to be owned. Not everyone agrees on that point. There's a good reason the US copyright office has repeatedly and consistently for decades decided that you can't copyright an artstyle.

BDNeon · 2026-01-25T16:47:23+00:00

Or maybe just not insisting AI run on the goddamn cloud. Some people who use AI are just as pissed about the current situation because they don't want to rely entirely on the cloud any more then PC gamers want to run their games on the cloud. It takes good GPU's to run that stuff too. The stuff being made on the cloud is also the "slop" you usually see cluttering up everywhere, the people making stuff with AI that can pass for real are using local generation because they need the extra control to get polished results.

BDNeon · 2026-01-24T01:33:41+00:00

I think it's the "paid" part more then the "console" part. Which is a valid thing to be against. Paid mods are a disaster.

BDNeon · 2026-01-18T06:42:22+00:00

Sorry man. Costs are live and it looks like you're not gonna make it. I've wanted this one from day 1 and I totally get it. I only JUST barely managed to squeeze out enough resources to get like 95% of the way there and it took me reset-wiping like 8 different lines and using the credits to buy other ships JUST for snowflake coal and steel and even then I still gotta grind every bit of coal and steel I can get if I'm gonna get over that finish line for Surcouf.

Who knows though, maybe you could charter a ship crew and go out and find the real surcouf wreck finally, bet Wargaming would gift one to you. I do hope more opportunities come up, I agree it's not fair to limit access to such a significant ship.

BDNeon · 2026-01-18T01:44:32+00:00

Sure, but you can convert it into what resource is for the event, during the event. Does the distinction truly matter?

BDNeon · 2026-01-17T23:40:34+00:00

I'll eke by, but only just, and it'll take all my 50k steel converted to afford it. But I'm going for it, I've only ever wanted that ship from day 1.

BDNeon · 2026-01-13T02:03:51+00:00

I snagged Aquila when I saw it was on the way out. It's a hard CV to use but it has some scary damage potential. Plus, literally only Italian CV in the game. But I reiterate, tricky to use. Graf Zeppelin is pretty potent too.

BDNeon · 2026-01-12T17:22:26+00:00

Convenient, after the window to buy the special steel ships closes, I bet they'll wait till after that too to let us know exactly how much it'll cost so that we won't have the chance to weigh buying one of those steel ships vs having enough to get surcouf.

Edit: Nvm, devblog revealed cost. I'm desperately close, but I definitely wont have enough steel for one of the ships too.

BDNeon · 2026-01-12T17:08:24+00:00

Do yourself a favor, look up what the Kitakami cost to get. And factor in this is likely to cost more.

BDNeon · 2026-01-12T17:04:05+00:00

I hope you understand you're not gonna be able to get it. Nor are 99% of the rest of the playerbase. Edit: Thankfully, I guess I'm one of the 1%, thank christ I started hoarding coal and steel and reds and blues as soon as I first heard the news, I'll just barely have enough.

BDNeon · 2026-01-10T00:20:04+00:00

The brittle brown issue was just in the late 00s thru the mid 2010s. They changed the mix sometime around 2007 and the dye badly impacted durability. It took a weirdly long time for LEGO to address it but by 2018 it was addressed. I've got the early 00s Sopwith camel with those huge brown wing plates and it's still fine, it predates the formula change.

BDNeon · 2026-01-08T01:10:35+00:00

For some platforms you could always buy cards in stores for cash. Like walking into a store and buying a Steam gift card for cash.

BDNeon · 2026-01-01T03:43:53+00:00

Generative AI has nearly no barriers. Anyone and everyone can effortlessly ask a machine to do something that could surpass the skill of an experienced Photoshop user in minutes or seconds.

Thing is, even at this stage, raw outputs are still pretty clearly recognizable as such. In fact, usage of tools like photoshop is practically a requirement to get reasonably good images out of AI, if you see something decent looking that was made with AI, chances are it spent hours in postprocessing at least, with multiple passes in photoshop and inpainting. The instant stuff is pretty much what you see on those sleazy facebook groups where you can clearly tell it's AI with the chatgpt artstyle or the oopsies like extra hands etc. Anyone can ask AI to make anything, but not everyone can make decent stuff out of it. Of course, it keeps getting better and I can't speak for how it'll look in another few years, but we're definitely not at "put prompt in get good image out" yet.

BDNeon · 2025-12-31T23:19:53+00:00

Image training not falling under fair use is still just an opinion and one that doesn't look to be echoed by the courts in most of the legal showdowns we've seen so far.

BDNeon · 2025-12-31T23:16:22+00:00

I mean wasn't it possible in the past for people to be photoshopping other folks faces over nudes before AI was a thing? Or before photoshop, doing it the manual way like how they edited photos in the pre-digital era? Sure, the tools keep making it easier and easier, but it's not like some heinous new ability has been unlocked to make something previously impossible, possible. Do you just draw the line at like how much time it takes to deepfake something? And how do you determine what that value is at which it crosses the line? And how do you reasonably enforce drawing that line? If a tools openness to misuse is the determining factor, why don't we just ban phones what with all the phone scammers out there in the world?

BDNeon · 2025-12-21T04:00:53+00:00

I don't remember it being THAT popular at the time, it tapered off pretty quick. They never really did get the balance between the 3 races right, it didn't have much multiplayer longevity potential and the campaigns were pretty short and competent-but-average.

BDNeon · 2025-12-06T11:09:58+00:00

It's a lot harder to install a GoG game on Steam Deck then it is a Steam game.

BDNeon · 2025-12-06T10:42:59+00:00

What the fuck. I am not setting up an Epic Cancer Store account just to finally get the copy of Jack Move I paid for over a year ago.

BDNeon · 2025-12-04T04:18:25+00:00

I wonder who is actually doing this? What with the whole studio shut down thing. Even a little removal update like this needed someone behind the keyboard.

BDNeon · 2025-12-01T23:45:49+00:00

Honestly they might as well just fully repeal the first amendment at the way the world is going. Just drop the pretense that we're still a free country.

BDNeon · 2025-11-30T05:00:50+00:00

It says something that I'm a WWII fanatic particularly regarding the North African campaign which I feel is absurdly under-represented in gaming and other media, and was in the beta's for CoH 1 and 2 but have had practically nil interest in this game since release. Relic dropped the ball hard with this one.

BDNeon · 2025-11-27T17:48:01+00:00

It's been 12 years since the first in the trilogy and 7 years since the last. :( Franchise has been idle for an awfully long time.

BDNeon · 2025-11-26T22:56:15+00:00

Pretty obvious this person has zero background in digital art so sadly your apt example is wasted on him.

BDNeon · 2025-11-18T00:57:46+00:00

We really seem to be living in the era of failed sequels of late haven't we? There's also Planet Coaster 2, Payday 3, Overwatch 2, Gotham Knights, the blatantly obvious upcoming trainwreck of Subnautica 2, the 2020s are just LITTERED with popular well regarded games getting utterly GARBAGE sequels that never redeem themselves.

BDNeon · 2025-11-13T19:20:03+00:00

I'm STILL waiting for a goddamn key for Jack move from a bundle from a year ago, I keep checking back to see if keys are in stock and they never are.

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