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RikPixel 👾 retweeted
you fired 1,000 people, tim
RikPixel 👾 retweeted
We do not score our reviews at Polygon. You also only have six reviews from us listed in the last two years. Your entire site (and profile picture) is AI-coded slop.
This is absolutely dreadful lmao
Hey folks,
I'm launching a website today: videogamescritic.com
It started as a little database I built for myself. I use Metacritic and OpenCritic a lot and they're clearly useful, but to me as a designer the user experience always felt a bit lacking.
Then the thing kept growing, and at some point I realized it had become genuinely useful for any gamer, not just me. So here it is, for everyone.
My main problem with the existing aggregators: Their scores tell you how the press felt about a game, not how players did.
That made sense 20 years ago. I cared a lot what GameSpot gave a game back then. But today we can actually measure how players felt, and to me that will always matter more than how the press did. On videogamescritic.com, players hold at least two-thirds of every score, by rule. Press still counts, it just can't outvote the people who bought the game.
The other big problem: Those sites rate a game once, at launch, and then never really touch it again.
But that's not how games work anymore. A game can launch rough and get patched shortly after, but on Metacritic and OpenCritic it carries that scarlet letter forever.
No Man's Sky is the obvious example: Famously rocky launch, and Hello Games has spent the years since relentlessly improving it. Its Metacritic score has never moved. On videogamescritic.com it launched at 50 and sits at 82 today, because scores here are LIVE: launch-era reviews fade out over time, and reviews written after a significant patch count the most. When player sentiment changes, the number changes. Simple.
And since press does still count, I ended up reviewing the reviewers too. Every outlet and creator gets a trust score based on one question: When they reviewed a game, did players end up agreeing? You can see who consistently calls games the way players see them, and who doesn't. Again, simple and fair.
And everything is transparent. Every game page shows exactly how its score was computed, and the full methodology is public. No editorial opinion, no magic number.
Anyway, I hope you get a kick out of it! Even just as a way to see the best games on each platform, find something you missed, or browse a site that isn't wallpapered in ads, I think it's already pretty useful.
Enjoy!👍❤️
RikPixel 👾 retweeted
gay men making fun of nonbinary people for a crumb of right-wing political clout in 2026
Comedian Matt Mathews IMMEDIATELY checked an interview host after she used “them” to refer to his boyfriend while trying to be respectful with pronouns 😳💀👀
“Let’s talk about you and your boyfriend. When did you meet them?”
“Them? I only got one… We ain’t got no damn pronouns up in here, we don’t do all that sh-t… F-ck all that, LGBTQ-L-M-N-O-P-W… STFU. You gay, you straight, you white, you Black, you a boy, you a girl.”
RikPixel 👾 retweeted
I do not trust anyone who just takes someone’s word about another person without actually proving it. I’ve been fed rumors about “bad people” when they are the sweetest beings ever and the rumors were from fuckers who were projecting their own evil onto them.
Don’t be stupid.
RikPixel 👾 retweeted
Jeremy Clarkson shares bleak update on Diddly Squat Farm: TV presenter complains his harvest is 'f*****' ahead of UK's fifth heatwave trib.al/5iBm6gT
RikPixel 👾 retweeted
We should fight hard against gaming becoming a subscription streaming model where we own nothing, and corporations control everything.
Capitalism wants us to rent and perpetually pay for everything in our lives. This model is terrible for consumers and creators for many reasons.
RikPixel 👾 retweeted
MIX IT UP v1.8.100 IS OUT NOW! 🚀
This update is a bit all over the place 😅
OBS events. veadotube. New actions. New widgets. New leaderboards. New credits sections. 40+ identifiers. 30+ fixes.
It's... a lot
🎬 OBS STUDIO EVENTS
@OBSProject can now trigger your commands.
Ten new events, reported by OBS itself. Scene Changed. Transition Started and Ended. Recording Started and Stopped. Stream Started and Stopped. Replay Buffer Saved. Source and Filter Visibility Changed.
It doesn't matter whether you clicked it, an action did it, or your Stream Deck did it. OBS reports in and your commands fire.
🦌 VEADOTUBE INTEGRATION
PNGtubers, we see you! @veadotube is fully integrated and detected automatically the moment it's running.
Set, Push, Pop, Toggle, and Random avatar state actions. Push-To-Talk On, Off, and Toggle. And it runs both directions, with Avatar State Changed and Push-To-Talk Changed events firing your commands.
⚡ TWO NEW ACTIONS
User Lookup grabs any viewer on any platform by username or ID and hands you their display name, ID, and avatar for the rest of the command.
Platform Message sends a chat message to exactly one platform. Finally.
📊 THE WIDGETS GOT LOUD
Three new Leaderboard types: cumulative months subbed, subs gifted, and subscription streak. All combined across Twitch, YouTube, Kick, and Velora at once.
Three new Label types: Date, Time, and Custom Text, with format tokens, time zone support, and a clock that ticks live on your overlay.
🎞️ EIGHT NEW END CREDITS SECTIONS
Your credits roll can now rival most Star Wars films!
We've added new sections for VIPs. Regulars. First-Time Chatters. Channel Points. YouTube Jewels. Streamloots. Patreon.
🎨 AND THEN SOME
Custom UI fonts + scaling, over 40 new and updated special identifiers, and 30+ fixes and performance improvements.
Full changelog's in the Discord. Docs are already updated.
You all keep building incredible things, we'll keep giving you more to build with. 💙💜❤️💚💛
ALT Mix It Up v1.8.100 release graphic on a purple starfield background. The OBS Studio logo sits beside the heading "OBS Events": stream started and stopped, recording started and stopped, replay buffer saved, scene changed, transition started and ended, filter and source visibility. The veadotube logo sits beside the heading "veadotube Integration": avatar state changed event, push-to-talk changed event, avatar state actions (set, push, toggle), push-to-talk actions (on, off, toggle). Below, a section headed "And more" lists: new leaderboard and label widgets, updated UI customization options, new actions (user lookup and platform messages), 8 new end credits sections, over 40 new and updated special identifiers, and 30+ fixes and performance improvements.
RikPixel 👾 retweeted
Twitch will use your streams to train AI.
@zachbussey leaked this info. He's a great resource for streaming news.
My role is to help you understand what news actually matters, and what it means for you / the industry.
So here's what you need to know:
Your stream data is incredibly valuable.
Livestream data is some of the most valuable for training AI.
- It's multimodal (video, audio, text chat) which is very in-demand in the data market
- It's social data. Real people interacting with each other teaches models to engage socially and have personalities (ai is very bad at this rn)
- It's unscripted. The same reason Reddit data is so valuable: it's real
- There is a lot of it. Millions of streamers, billions of hours of data
Here's what Twitch will (probably) use this data for.
None of this is confirmed, but we can make assumptions.
1. Generic foundation model training. This is boring & low stakes, these already exist and don't really hurt you
2. Livestream-specific products like auto-highlights / clips, moderation, streamer co-pilot tools, etc. They want to keep streamers & not make y'all use other tools in this category
3. But the worst one... they could use this to create AI streamers.
You're probably thinking "they can't do this! I own my content."
The unfortunate reality is....
Twitch vs. Kick vs. YouTube ToS & Your Rights
You do not own the rights to your content on Twitch. They can sell your data to whoever they want and you agree to this by using the platform.
But there is a silver lining: their rights are non-exclusive and you keep copyright.
YouTube has the best platform rights for creators. You retain all ownership, their license is limited to just running their platform, AND they already have AI as *opt-in*.
Kick is the worst... specifically the Kick Partner Program. Kick has a permanent, exclusive, sub-licensable buyout. You lose the right to license elsewhere the moment you monetize.
So what's the actual problem for streamers?
When platforms own the ability to sub-license your data, they can sell it to other companies and use it however they want.
Twitch and Kick both have this ability. YouTube does not.
If you stream on Kick or YouTube, you could end up as unpaid Research & Development for an AI that replaces you.
There is precedent...
The content rights argument is playing out across many industries.
- SAG-AFTRA went on strike in 2023 and won
- Reddit makes ~$130M /yr from Google & OpenAI. Redditors receive none of it
- Federal legistlation battles are happening, like the No Fakes Act
And many more.
Why Twitch Might Grant Opt-In
If you don't like AI, you probably would love to know that Twitch has potential to grant an opt-in feature similar to YouTube's
Amazon has a large team of very talented lawyers. Litigation is very expensive, especially in a completely new category. Having opt-in consent could prevent a lot of headaches for their (expensive af) legal team.
Also, YouTube already has this feature. If Twitch rolls out a forced default while its biggest competitor lets creators choose, Twitch looks anti-creator by direct comparison & loses users
How to Make Money From Your Own Data
You want to be paid for your data, not these big companies.
That's why it's crucial to maintain the ability to sub-license your content (which KPP does NOT allow, Twitch & YouTube are safe)
In order to make money from your data, you need to join an aggregator platform. These platforms pool users together to sell and monetize their data.
It's going to happen anyway. You might as well be the beneficiary of it.
Lmk if you want platform recommendations.
What You Should Do Now
1. Demand an opt-in toggle like YouTube. Twitch has caved to pressure before
2. Keep copies of all your VODS in case you want to license them someday. This will be a new revenue line for streamers over the next few yrs
3. If you really hate this, stream on YouTube
4. If you are a Kick Partner, consider leaving the platform or renegotiating your contract
The simple conclusion is...
The move isn't to rage against AI or roll over for platforms
Your move should be to force Twitch to say what they're building and demand the right to choose
Protect your rights and force consent, then you decide whether to license your data for money or withhold it entirely
Good luck everyone.
RikPixel 👾 retweeted
NEW WEBSITE IS UP! 🚀
Okay, so this one is kind of big deal for us...
Our old site and wiki were always two separate things, both held together with hope, patch cables, and a splash of paint from 2019.
Now, we finally have a HOME and everything is all one place! Docs, downloads, brand assets, community commands, all of it. (don't worry you wiki bookmarks still work 🫣)
Go break it and tell us what we missed 😅
mixitup.bot
ALT Mix It Up launch graphic on a dark purple starfield. The Mix It Up spiral logo and wordmark sit top left, with "NEW WEBSITE!" top right. Below it reads "Community commands, documentation portal, and more!" Three angled screenshots of the new site are shown. Left is a documentation page for Twitch with a dark sidebar of topics. Center is the homepage, headlined "One bot. The whole stream." with a download button and cards for Twitch, YouTube Live, Kick and Velora. Right is a page titled "Commands by the community" showing user submitted command cards. The URL https://mixitup.bot runs across the bottom.
RikPixel 👾 retweeted
Twitch and Amazon are apparently planning to use streams to train Generative AI.
Multiple sources tell me it will be announced in the coming months, despite some internal friction against it. Creators may be able to opt out of some training data.
RikPixel 👾 retweeted
Kellie-Jay Keen. Tommy's star pupil. Patriot. Defender of British values.
Asked to name the British values by Muslim.
Awkward silence.
Two brain cells fighting for third place. 💀
RikPixel 👾 retweeted
Happy Tuesday lads! I hope everyone is doing well!
I am live right now for the next 10-12 hours! I also am going to be on the #Twitch Front Page from 4PM UK / 11AM EST / 8AM PST for 8 of them!
Come through and get your mount and vibe!
twitch.tv/ponto
#FFXIV #FF14
Presenting the Twitch Support-A-Streamer Campaign! 🦄 sqex.to/nAYLX
Purchase or gift 3 Twitch subs while watching any channel streaming FFXIV from now until August 25 and score the new unicorn mount, Alsvid!
ALT The Final Fantasy 14 Online logo placed above the Twitch logo on a white and purple banner. Cut out from the solid colors on the right is a screenshot from Final Fantasy 14 of a player riding a white unicorn mount with a flowing rainbow-colored mane.
RikPixel 👾 retweeted
One thing that sucks about the content creation space is that someone, or a group of people, that treated you horribly in private can just continue to have a career publicly cause maybe what happened is not something that is worth publicly announcing.
If you want to be in this space you have to understand that some people won't get along with you. You will have to be professional around people you may have used to be friends with or even people you don't like.
It's just part of the job even if it sucks
RikPixel 👾 retweeted
For this to come just days after healthcare workers have begged the world to notice that Palestinian children are being targeted and shot in the head, or the videos of patients burning alive with their IV drips still attached…
This is just so fucking grim.
