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A collection of some classic Lemmy memes for your enjoyment
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).
What exactly am I missing out on?
He thinks LLMs are self-conscious.
Who is he?
The 8 Bit Guy, or David Murray, retro content creator.
Ok.
Should I know who that is? What did they do?
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?
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.
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
Yes, it was outsourced to someone who had an off-the-shelf solution eventually, complete with a tracker software.
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:
