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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/53824958

Fun fact: I almost wrote the audio driver for his MS-DOS game. Maybe I'll still write one, but for a different project (and one that is primarily for the OPL2/3 instead of Tandy Audio with optional FM support).

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[–] sundray@lemmus.org 8 points 1 day ago

Does he still have a troll-boner for Shannon Watts (who lost her child in a school shooting) from Moms Demand Action? Or is he just busting up rare computers and whining about how other retro tech channels "stole" his viewers?

[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What exactly am I missing out on?

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

He thinks LLMs are self-conscious.

[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The 8 Bit Guy, or David Murray, retro content creator.

[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 1 points 21 hours ago

Ok.

Should I know who that is? What did they do?

[–] ThreeKnew@lemdro.id 1 points 1 day ago
[–] BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 day ago

I watched most of his stuff until a few years ago he made some video where he whined about viewers and started talking down to the viewers.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Given I'm assuming plus the text this is referring David:

Wait, so he outsources programming on his games? I thought he made it out like he was the one doing all the coding on those projects, and just got artists to help him out with the images and sound

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Yes, it was outsourced to someone who had an off-the-shelf solution eventually, complete with a tracker software.

[–] RedIce25@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Did I miss out on something? Been watching the 8bitguy for a long time

He recently made a video where he promoted a trailer for an AI-generated movie, which was absolutely atrocious. Dude thinks he's the next James Cameron, "inventing" characters like this: