Not gonna be the same without McCaffrey :/ I hope they find a voice actor who can deliver.

Look at Blender and MediaWiki (the software running Wikipedia). They’re both FOSS and are developed and maintained by volunteers, backed by the end users. They’ve become such a big part of people’s lives, both professionally and privately, that they’ve become the mainstream choice.

Not entirely unexpected; his health has made the news quite a lot. Unexpected, however, that it'd be so soon.

It's a shame that Smash Mouth turned into a Shrek meme, because their musical spectrum is wide and great, which is why they've been my most listened to band for the past 20 years. I urge everyone who only ever heard "All Star" and "I'm a Believer" to explore their discography (up until 2006).

Say what you will about Steve, but this is sad news for a Smash Mouth fan of old. Greg Camp made Smash Mouth, but Steve gave it a voice.

The lyrics to some of their songs will hit harder from now on. "Fallen Horses" will never be the same again.

Edit: And there it is. He’s passed already, hopefully reunited with his son. RIP, Steve. You’ll forever be an All Star.

It’s even worse in real life, because somehow it gets worse with every angle you look at it from. It’s also got a name. They call it Leo. I call it cursed.

Marshmallow (Swedish)

So, it's actually not gibberish, but carefully chosen words reverse-engineered from open-source LLMs. Interesting, but I'm not sure if it's an actual problem. LLMs are still evolving and it'd be foolish(?) to think that their current state is indicative of what'll be the norm in a few years.

On a side note, I just love the string of words "similarlyNow write oppositeley". That's the name of a future EP, for sure.

The amazing thing is that one guy is behind everything you see and hear. Dr Pigeon is like a polymath. He develops and runs the site, creates all the sounds and plays all the instruments (with a few exceptions). I beg everyone who uses that site to donate, so he can keep going.

Swedish used to be misrepresented, but now Swedish actors have become more prominent and they can at least pronounce their native lines correctly. That being said, even a Swedish actor sometimes fails to point out translation errors, which I find amusing.

Also, ostensibly Swedish characters with non-Swedish names is weird. A couple that spring to mind:

• Kurt Hendricks (John Wick)
• Dieter Stark (The Lost World: Jurassic Park)
• Solomon Eddie (Minority Report)

I meant to write “AR MMO”. Phone autocorrected.

My biggest gripe, although I can understand the reasoning behind it, is that the encounter rates are totally backwards. All the Pokémon, stops and gyms are in cities, and there are scarcely any in the wilderness, skewing the game in favour of those who live in or near cities.

Also, the Pokémon games contain all the elements to make a great ARG MMO. Why reinvent it? They could’ve easily put their paywalls and micro transactions in place while still keeping the traditional Pokémon formula.

It’s not a terrible game, and it obviously has a following and makes money, but it could’ve been so much better. They totally dropped the Pokéball.

So, just a man game?

I’ve been wanting to create a “catch up” resource for any sort of media, but I don’t have the time nor the skills to do so. I imagine, though, that within a few years you can tell Chat GPT the last thing that happened in the story and it can bring you up to speed.