Still grieving that Nightbound sequel

Choices sideblog | She/Her | ENTP | Latina Jew

[acourtesanofedgewater]

Me, a simp for Aerin:

[imightdropdead]

^ this

[superspynova]

So uh that TCATF announcement…

[byerswheeler]

it’s his season!!! that’s our main character!!!

[acourtesanofedgewater]

in case y'all forgot.

[the-unconquered-queen]

👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

If I catch any of y'all replaying Endless Summer, it's on sight.

[choicesenthusiast]

it will be ai. IT WILL BE AI.

endless summer has been a complete series since 2018 and the elementalists has been abandoned after 2 books for over 5 years. if they truly wanted to continue these stories in the way they deserve, then they would have when they had the human staff to do so and not after an ai company acquisition. there is no other reason to do this other than the blatant cash grab—because they know these are beloved books with fanbases established years ago. the only result can be a bastardized version of the stories once created by people who were passionate about creating them.

i'm so very serious about this: stop playing choices. do not support them or ai.

[normal-thoughts-official]

listen. yes it's pretty frustrating but i think it's so funny how they had aerin be an official LI, made his route fuck so hard even previous haters wanted to fuck him, and then had him dip in the same chapter that he had sex with MC for the first time. and then he's just been gone like it never happened for 9 chapters and counting. like i know ill get death threats for this but i genuinely think this was one of choices' funniest moves. what was going through their minds. 10/10 no notes

[choices-binglebonkus]

That magical moment of seeing the Blades 3 AI cover for the first time <3

[zhoumeyourlove]

PSA: Start recording playthroughs of your favorite stories NOW if you want to save them.

It’s…not looking that great for Choices at the moment.

Last year a niche social media platform I had used for four years shut down, and since I had procrastinated on archiving things, I got to save almost nothing. I barely got my own posts, much less other peoples’. Almost every single thing posted on that platform, all the supportive comments and all the DMs between friends, is gone forever and there is no way to access it.

The situation is different with Choices, obviously, since every story has plenty of playthroughs recorded and posted on YouTube, so when Choices shuts down, nothing will be completely lost.

But if you want to remember these series with your own MCs and all of your own choices - that is something you will not be able to get back if you don’t save it.

It’s impossible to know when Choices will shut down - if it’ll die a slow death over the course of years or if the end is closer than we want it to be. It’s impossible to know how much notice we’ll get before sunset.

If you wait, there is no way to know how much time you will have to archive things. And trust me, since I’ve started the process - it will take longer than you think it will.

So I’m telling you - don’t wait. You will regret it.

The internet and all things digital are ephemeral unless you put in the effort to make sure they aren’t. So put in the effort! Save the things that bring you joy and allow yourself to relive them. One day, you’ll thank yourself for it.

[storyofmychoices]

PB shared the announcement on their blog.

I googled "Series Entertainment" and found article about this news and the article starts with:

Series Entertainment – itself a game development company that "pioneer[s] the use of generative AI to transform imaginative ideas into unforgettable gaming experiences" – says the acquisition "signifies Series' strategy to build out its studio system to deliver a diverse catalog of different genres that leverage its world class development technology, the Rho Engine", the world’s first "AI-native, multimodal full-stack game creation platform". [X]

And here is another article

Series Entertainment, a fast-growing AI game development company, has acquired interactive fiction mobile game studio Pixelberry.

From the companies website...

So basically we told Choices we didn't want AI and they sold the company to an AI entertainment company 🤦‍♀️

[fallahifag-deactivated20240722]

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[sparkleofstardust]

in light of the recent news that Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has been found dead after a helicopter crash you might be wondering 'who the hell is this guy and why are so many people celebrating his death??' and i'm here to answer that!

to fully understand what's going on we need to look into Iran's history: when the Iranian revolution in 1979 happened the authoritarian king who was ruling at that time was overthrown, but the ensuing power vacuum lead to the islamic regime seizing power and establishing Iran as an islamic republic

the following years were incredibly cruel to the Iranian people; thousands of people (especially minorities) have been protesting against the strict islamic regime leading to many being jailed, tortured and executed.

and this is where Raisi played a big part: in 1988 he was part of a committee that ordered the execution of thousands of political prisoners who were protesting the islamic regime, earning himself the title of "the butcher of tehran"

do not be fooled by what the state media wants you to believe, the Iranian people are celebrating his death. he was a cruel mass murderer who has destroyed the lives of thousands of people, his death should be used as a time to mourn for all the suffering he has caused, and bring new attention to the political prisoners still being held in Iranian prisions today

because sadly the fight is far from over. many of you have probably heard of the murder of Mahsa Jina Amini back in 2022, causing a new wave of nationwide protests and establishing the "woman, life, freedom" movement. the regime has gotten increasingly cruel in their treatment of the Iranian people, especially women, but the people of Iran are not deterred and keep fighting for a free Iran.

if you want to know how you can help, please keep talking about us. the one thing the regime hates is international attention, and in the past it has been proven that international pressure has stopped the regime from executing various political prisoners. people like Toomaj Salehi are under imminent threat of execution and spreading their names could save their lives. so whether you share social media posts or talk to your family and friends about what is happening in Iran, anything helps 🙏🏼

jin, jiyan, azadi ✌🏼

[rustyharveysbox]

"You wouldn't last an hour in the asylum where they raised me"

The asylum they raised me in:

[vivalgi]

Some interesting reading - latest Pixelberry review on Glassdoor by an ex-employee, giving their point of view of what's been going on at PB lately. Also says that those 200 people who were let go were around 75% of staff 😬

[kainebell]

idk if anyone else knows this but the lead writer for Nightbound also wrote Payback’s a Witch 🌗✨🔮 10/10 recommend this one if you like sapphic witchy rom coms. The plot is kinda “John Tucker Must Die” meets the Triwizard Tournament (sorry I hate referencing THAT series but you can tell it was kind of an inspiration) and the main character and the love interest are sooo good together. I won’t pretend it’s high literature by any means but I had fun with it and I think queer Nightbound fans will probably enjoy it 💁‍♀️

[what-do-you-mean-theyre-evil]

PB removing key ads days after announcing the death of Storyloom isn't suspicious at all

[cooltuna69]

So, with all the things we're hearing about pb, I think it's safe to say they're struggling. A lot.

While they probably deserve it, it means that if they go under we will also lose all our favorite scenes and stories. This is your sign to archive your favorite stuff.

Replay your most beloved stories. Take screenshots of what you want to keep. Screen record your playthroughs. ANYTHING you want to keep, make sure to keep it. Because if things continue like this, we're gonna lose it all very, very soon.

[what-do-you-mean-theyre-evil]

Finding out that Andrew was removed from Lead Writer of Blades 2 honestly explains so much